OHAYO everyone! Once again I will be bringing up our legendary apologizing machine Onodera Ritsu on stage to apologize for me!

Ritsu: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

thank you Ritsu! Yes everyone I'm really sorry for not updating in a long time. It's just that I was in a really hectic situation. My uncle died from cancer and without even being a full month my uncle in law died from heart attack. I'm really in an upsetting situation. I even still feel upset and not much lively but I'm doing better.

I finally got time so I wrote this. The idea of this chapter came from one of my readers who posted a review stating this idea so I was like I should write it and boom here it is.

i hope you all enjoy this chapter. Don't forget to favorite, follow and review, it truly helps me become motivated to write more.

i love you all and stay trashy! Xoxo


"Achoo!"

A cute little sneeze resonated throughout Takano's apartment. And we all know where the origin of this sneeze is from. It's from the youngest Onodera, who was currently under the weather. It had been two days since Ricchan had fallen sick. At first it wasn't anything serious, just little sneeze and sniffles here and there but yesterday was when things took a turn for the worst. Ricchan's body temperature had went up, his face became bright red, and he kept sneezing. He was instantly brought to the bed, and with the help of a thermometer, it was confirmed that Ricchan had 102 Fahrenheit fever. The night had somehow passed by with Takano and Ritsu there to nurse the boy, both adults worried sick. And when morning came, Takano being Takano, announced without taking anyone's opinion that he was taking Ricchan to the hospital.

So that is why, right now, with Ritsu's help, Takano was getting Ricchan dressed. It was a good thing Takano had bought Ricchan some clothes beforehand. It was true that Takano's expenses had gone up after Oda and Ricchan's arrival but he didn't care. His pay was more than enough to support their two guests. Plus Takano didn't mind working a little harder for Ritsu's younger selves.

"There we go." Takano offered a small smile to the young boy after he had finished wrapping a warm scarf around him. He picked Ricchan up and held him securely in his arms. Takano grabbed his necessary things like wallet and phone and stuffed them in his pocket.

"Let's go." Takano announced, gesturing towards Ritsu. The two adults walked over to the genkan and started putting their shoes on. Oda stood close to them, watching them. Ritsu wouldn't lie but he was feeling kind of embarrassed but he was more worried about Ricchan to pay attention to his own feelings.

"We're off now. Ritsu-Kun, be safe and watch over the house, okay?" Takano turned towards the teenager just in time to see the boy nod.

"H-Hai Saga-Senpai!"

"Ittekimasu."

With that, Takano and Ritsu walked out of the door with Ricchan.


Takano resisted the urge of wanting to press down harder on the pedal as he drove his car. Ritsu was situated beside him in the passenger with little Ricchan on his lap. The boy's face was flushed red and Takano thanked God that his fever hadn't risen since last night.

Takano kept his amber eyes on the road ahead of him but he couldn't help but peek glances at the two brunettes beside him.

Good thing there wasn't much traffic so they were able to reach the hospital pretty quickly. But the weather wasn't on their side. The sky was already cloudy when Takano was driving but it started to rain slightly when Takano parked his car. It was a good thing Takano always kept an umbrella in his car.

Opening the door and taking the umbrella, Takano got out and held the umbrella over head before walking to the passenger side. He opened the door for Ritsu and the brown haired man got out with Ricchan in his arm. He quickly got under the umbrella to avoid getting wet. The two started to head towards the entrance. There was a bit of pink on Ritsu's cheeks from embarrassment but there is really nothing he could do about it. So he just sucked it up and paid no attention towards it.

They eventually made it inside the building. Takano closed his umbrella and walked over to the reception. He had made an appointment beforehand so they wouldn't have to wait long. Ritsu stood just a little behind Takano, his arms tightly holding onto the little boy while one of his hands secured the scarf around him. His green eyes held worry in them as he gazed at Ricchan's flushed face.

"Come on, let's go." Ritsu looked up to see Takano gesturing him to follow him after he had finished paying at the reception. He nodded and started following the tall man. After walking through some corridors, they stopped in front of one of the many door aligned in the hallway. The nurse knocked on the door and almost immediately came the doctor's reply.

"Come in!"

Getting permission, the nurse twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open for Ritsu and Takano. The nurse held the door open as the two men walked inside. The room looked like any other normal pediatrician's office.

"Good morning, please take a seat."

The doctor smiled gently at the three of them. The two adults also offered a small smile to the doctor to be polite and sat down on the chairs in front of the doctor's desk with Ricchan in Ritsu's lap. After taking a seat, Takano observed the doctor, who seemed very young. He looked about Ritsu's age. 24 or 25 maybe? He also had a massively tall structure. Six feet perhaps. Blueish black hair framed his face, navy blue eyes to compliment it. He wore a brown turtleneck under his white coat.

"Hello, my name is Dr. Nowaki Kusama." The doctor smiled once again and extended his hand towards Takano, who gladly shook it. He didn't extend it towards Ritsu seeing his arms were busy with Ricchan in them but he still offered him a smile.

"And who might this be?" Nowaki smiled gently at the young boy.

"This is Ricchan." Ritsu replied for the little boy.

"Hello Ricchan." Nowaki spoke in a gentle but happy voice to try to make Ricchan comfortable. Even while being sick, Ricchan didn't forget his manners. The boy weakly greeted him back in the most politest way possible in his condition, which widened Nowaki's smile.

"Now, what seems to be the problem?" Nowaki asked, traveling his blue eyes up to Ritsu. Ritsu turned his head towards Takano to glance at him before looking back towards Nowaki.

"Ricchan has been sick since yesterday, it only got bad last night so we got here first thing in the morning." Ritsu explained as Nowaki nodded, his hand writing away on his prescription pad.

"Hmm, let's check him up a bit."

Nowaki stood up and strode towards Ritsu before picking Ricchan up and setting him down on the examination table. Nowaki reached towards his desk's drawer and pulled out a thermometer.

"Can you open your mouth Ricchan?" Nowaki asked the boy in a gentle tone to which he nodded. Nowaki gingerly placed the thermometer in Ricchan's mouth.

After the thermometer beeped, Nowaki gently took it out and took note of the temperature. He settled it back down on his desk before grabbing the stethoscope around his neck and put the earpiece in and placed the chest piece under Ricchan's breast bone.

"Breathe in for me, will you Ricchan?" Nowaki gently request and the boy complied.

Ricchan started to breathe in and out deeply as Nowaki moved the stethoscope from one location to another. After a while, Nowaki pulled away and picked Ricchan up again and handed him over to Ritsu. He walked back to his desk and sat down before he started writing on the prescription pad. After he finished, he tore the paper off and handed it to Takano.

"It's just a normal fever, there is nothing to worry about. I've prescribed some medicines and also wrote down when to take them. Also make sure to give Ricchan loads of liquid to drink." Nowaki explained as they all stood up.

"Thank you so much ." Both Takano and Ritsu offered their gratitudes.

"You're welcome. Take care. Goodbye!" Nowaki smiled at Ricchan and softly waved his hand.

The two adults turned around and walked out of the door.

Nowaki sat in the silence for a moment as he stared at the door, his mind lost in thoughts.

Awh, they are such a nice family. They seem like great lovers and their child is so nice too. I wonder when me and Hiro-san will be like that with our own child.

Nowaki contemplated with a smile on his face before he traveled his eyes towards his left hand that held a silver ring on it's ring finger.

Soon.


Back at the Takano residence, Takano and Ritsu walked side by side after stepping out of the elevator, Ricchan still in Ritsu's arms and this time, a bag of medicines and food occupied Takano's hand.

"W-Well, I'll be going home then.." Ritsu mumbled as he tried to avoid Takano's eyes.

"Ha? What the hell are you talking about, whose going to help take care of Ricchan?!" Takano gave Ritsu an annoyed look, clearly not wanting to deal with his tsundereness at the moment.

"I-I'm very sure you can handle it on your own just fine!" Ritsu defended himself, not wanting to be in this situation with Takano. This was all like they were a married couple with a child! That made Ritsu so embarrassed that his cheeks were pink. Soon the two started bickering like an old couple until a soft voice cut through their slightly heavy conversation.

"Can you please stay for a little bit more Onodera Onisan...?"

This made the two adults halt instantly. Ritsu looked down at the child in his arms who clenched his fists tighter against Ritsu's coat in a way to tell him to not go. Ritsu sighed, giving into his request, and nodded. The child's eyes instantly brightened a bit.

The two started walking again.

They eventually reached Takano's apartment and Takano quickly used his free hand to pull out his spare keys and unlock the door before they all walked in. They instantly detected a weird smell when they entered.

"What the?" Takano thought aloud as he looked.

"W-Waaah! S-Saga-Senpai! Y-You're back!" The brown headed teen burst out from the kitchen after he heard the front door. His appearance looked weird. Takano eyed the teen up and down, he looked like a mess!

With a ladle clutched in his hands, Oda was covered in flour and other splatters of unknown substances on his shirt and face.

"I-I w-was j-just t-trying t-to m-make s-soup f-for R-Ricchan! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" While stuttering out his apology, Oda bowed down.

Where the hell did he find flour in a soup recipe? Takano thought seeing the boy's floury appearance. He truly was hopeless. Takano couldn't help but expel a heavy sigh after he imagined the condition of his kitchen. But even still, he walked over to the boy who kept rambling on and placed a hand on his head.

Oda instantly stopped and stood up straight and looked into Takano's amber eyes that held a gentleness in them. He squeezed his eyes a little when Takano ruffled his brown hair.

"It's fine. Come on, let's go clean up the kitchen first and then we can make the soup together okay?" Takano spoke in a gentle and kind voice which made Oda turn pink.

"H-H-Hai..S-Senpai..."

With an opened mouth and awestrucked eyes, Oda followe Takano into the kitchen like a lost puppy.

All the while Ritsu stared at them, a weird and unknown emotion swirling in his green eyes. He quickly snapped himself out of the daze when they were gone and silently walked over to the couch. He placed Ricchan down on the couch and started to take off his shoes, scarf, coat etc. and yet again he went into another daze while doing so, his eyes glued to Takano's back as he happily cleaned the countertops with Oda.

After a while, Takano sensed a pair of eyes boring into his back and turned around to find Ritsu staring at him with an indescribable look in his eyes. Takano smirked, having a slight idea of what that look could be.

"I thought you were leaving?" Takano spoke out to Ritsu, a smug look on his face.

Ritsu, after snapping out of the daze hearing Takano's voice, instantly went pink.

"O-Of course not! I'm not l-leaving Ricchan!" Ritsu yelled back, trying to hide his inner conflicting feelings.

"Hmm, are you also here to look out for me and Ritsu-kun?" The taunting tone never left Takano's voice.

"N-No! I'm o-only here for Ricchan!" By now Ritsu's cheeks were turning darker.

"Hai, hai, whatever Onodera-sama says." Chuckling, Takano turned around to resume his previous duty.

With a growl, Ritsu snapped his head away from Takano, his fist clenching in anger and embarrassment.

T-There is a-absolutely n-no way I-I'm staying h-here for t-them! I d-don't e-even care what they do! I-I'm only here for Ricchan! I'm only here for Ricchan..


Give it up for our special guest today, Nowaki! *pops confetti* so Nowaki, do you have anything you want to say to the readers?!

Nowaki: Ohayo Minna-San! I hope you all are doing fine. Actually Author-San there is something I wanna try.

Me: sure, what is it?!

Nowaki: can i try out your outro and the disclaimer?!

Me: sure!

Disclaimer, I don't own any of the characters, all rights goes to Shungiku Nakamura Sensei Sama! But I do own the story!

Nowaki: Thank you, I love you all and stay trashy! Xoxo

Hiroki: oi, just who are you saying I love you to? *glares*

Me: Sugar Honey Iced Tea! It's Kamijou the devil! Run for your lives!

*destruction noises and horrified screams*

The Nurse in this chapter who no one gives a shit about: We are facing some technical difficulties, please come back after some time for the next chapter. Thank you.

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