"I want to hold him!"
"No, she's drop him. Let me hold him instead!"
"They both know nothing of children. Let me hold little brother, please."
Misaki sat on the couch with the new baby, Sora, cuddled up to his chest. He furrowed his eyebrows at all three of the triplets, as if the answer was all that obvious.
He shook his head. "Your brother is sleeping right now. Maybe later on. But how about you go get the milk machine from beside the crib, one of you? It's almost time for his lunch."
The triplets all looked at one another. Only one of them could retrieve the machine from the crib side. Misaki opened his mouth to ask them to hurry up but he saw they all three were already running up the stares, shoving and rushing past the others to get there first. He let out a deep sigh. Hopefully they didn't break it. He really needed it to get the baby's milk.
The triplets tumbled into their parents room, where the baby was to going to stay until they managed out his room. It took them all a moment to stand up and actually realize what it was they needed, since none of them had actually seen or used one before. Babies were a new thing that they were all too happy to help their mother with now that Sora was born.
"Wh...What does mama donwithnthis, exactly...?" Taka asks as he picks it up and examines one of the hoses. He holds up the plastic to his face. "Is it a face mask like one of that Kawa kid's breathing treatment? I do not see how this would feed the baby.."
"What would this hook up to, the bottle?" Shinju questions as she holds onto the second hose from the small machine.
Chou picked up a piece of paper and furrowed her eyebrows. "Well, Shinju-neechan... You are right about that hose, but Taka... That goes to mama's breast to get the milk out for the baby."
Silence held between the three of them before Taka dropped the plastic part and cringed, making a grossed out face. "That is disgusting!"
"Eh, it's how he feeds our new sibling so shut up." Chou said and rolled her eyes. She set the paper down and took the milk machine from her siblings and headed downstairs, leaving Shinju and Taka upstairs.
Both brunettes stayed silent for some time only for it to be broken by Shinju speaking up. "So, Josh told me something."
"What is it?" Taka asks without taking his gaze from the door.
"You know about the letter he got from America, right?'
He tensed up a bit. "Yeah."
"How do you feel about it..?"
"It's Josh's decision to talk with him. As long as he is comfortable with it, I have no problem with them meeting."
"... But the guy comes in after ten years. Do you really think he should meet this guy? I mean, he might be back with beer, but.."
"Shinju."
She sighed. "Sorry. I'll stop now.. It just doesn't make sense to me. Honestly, I wouldn't even give the man a single thought if I were in Josh's position."
Taka looked at his sister and furrowed his eyebrows. "You wouldn't give your father any thought? Sure, Josh was left alone with just his mom, but he still wants to know why it is that he left. Wouldn't you be curious of that stuff, if you were in Josh's position?"
Shinju went silent. She slowly shook her head and rubbed uneasily at her arm. She walked out and headed downstairs.
Feeling bad about the conversation, Taka watched her walk out of the room. "I'm a total idiot. I should just sick with videogames and computers, not discussions..." He brings a hand to his beanie hat and takes it off before running a hand through his hair. He walked out of the room and headed form his own, walking in to see his boyfriend sitting in his favorite beanbag chair, reading away at a magazine. "Hey. Can we talk?" He stepped into the room and closed the door behind him.
Josh held up one finger, letting the brunette know she just needed one more minute to finish reading the article he was on. Taka counted actually much more less than a minute when Josh put his magazine down and pat the beanbag chair across from him with his foot. "Of course we can talk, that's sort of silly to ask. You know we can talk about anything."
Taka hoped they could.
Taka took a seat in the beanbag chair Josh was across from in his own. He uneasily messed with his fingers, picking at the tips lightly and tracing over the palms as he thought up how to bring the conversation up without making his boyfriend tense. He already saw how bad Josh reacted the day he received the letter in the male. He was experiencing so many feelings at once, Taka wanted to just kiss it away. But for once Josh pushed him away and left with the letter. It wasn't until close to midnight he returned. He was worn out and sweaty, looking quite exhausted. Josh told him he was running around town while he took in the fact that his dad finally wanted something to do with him, and after ten years.
"Josh, you know we all love you here, right?"
"Of course I do. You guys are all so kind and caring, especially when your parents took me in and let me live with you guys after... You know."
After Josh's mother died in that accident.
Taka nodded. "You know my parents wouldn't let you go through so much hardship alone. And you know my dad sees you as a kid of his own."
Josh smiled. "Yeah... Mister Usagi is very nice too... Is there going to be a point in this, Taka..?"
"... Are you sure you want to meet your dad when he comes down to Japan from America? I don't want him to be able to hurt you again... It seriously... Pisses me off to think of you getting hurt in any sort of way."
"You're acting like my husband." Josh laughed. He smiled and crawled over, leaning in and placing a soft kiss on his brunette boyfriend's lips. "If you're so worried, then... You can be there by my side when I go to meet him. But no losing your cool! Last time that happened-"
"They were allover you, they deserved to get my fist to their jaw!"
"Takahiro Usami. You seriously are like your father."
Taka blinked. "Was that meant as an insult or compliment?"
Josh shrugged. "Whichever way you take it." He smiled more.
Taka smiled. He's going to take it as a compliment.
The brunette stood up from the beanbag and pulled Josh up to his feet with him, then pulled the line into his arms. He hugged him tight, feeling himself being hugged back just the same. Just as he tried to pull away he felt himself pulled in tighter with Josh huffing. Taka chcukled and continued to hug his boyfriend, swapping their usual I love you with each other, the one they both knew held deep meaning like their two year, on going relationship.
"He's drooling on me!" Shinju whimpered.
Down in the living room Misaki and the girls were getting a bottle ready for Sora. Shinju was holding the blond baby in her arms carefully while Chou helped with the machine being on or off. Misaki held the plastic nozzle to his breast under his shirt. It was already embarrassing enough to lactate.
"He's not even a week old. What do you expect from a new baby?" Chou asks with a roll of her green eyes. She looks at the bottle being filled up then to the baby. "Does he seem too hungry yet?"
"No.." Shinju shook her head. "He's mostly just trying to bite my chest."
"We're hurrying. Sorry, Shinju." Misaki signed.
Shinju quickly shook her head. "N-no! It's OK, really! I should get used to caring for a baby this way. S-so one day if I have kids, I could know what all to do."
Misaki smiled. Ever since the day they found out about Sora being in his stomach the kids all have been trying so hard to keep him pleased and content. He thought of it being very sweet. He let out a small sigh. "You know what I just thought of..?"
The girls looked at him.
"You guys used to have different hair colours when born." Misaki continues. "Chou had my hair colour and Shinju had Akihiko's. Taka is the only one that stayed brunette his whole life."
The girls exchanged looks at each other for a moment then looked back to Misaki.
"When did our hair change to... their current colours?" Chou asks.
"It was a gradual process up until around the start of school." Misaki responded. He took the nozzle from his chest and set it down, turning the machine off. He took the full bottle and put the nipple on it, Shinju coming over and carefully handing over Sora. Misaki cooed the baby in his sweet parental way as he gave the baby his bottle, Sora of hesitating to gulping down the sweet liquid.
"He's so messy." Shinju laughs. She sat back down and leaned her head softly to the side. "Ah... I wonder what my kids would be like."
"Let's not worry about that for a very long time, dear. Even if yo do have a girlfriend. There will be no babies from anyone you in a long time." Misaki says. "Or at least I hope.."
Chou crossed her arms over her chest. "You don't have to worry about kids from me. I don't want to have any."
Both of the other two looked at her.
"What?" She raised an eyebrow between the two. "Children would only slow down the career choices I am hoping to be able to accomplish and do in the future."
"What about your girl? Maybe she wants kids." Shinju put n.
Chou's eyes widened. "Excuse me while I go text someone." She stood up and rushed upstairs to her and her sister's room to go text her girlfriend about the whole... Baby topic.
Shinju and Misaki were laying at her reaction for a few more minutes before they went into talking about how Shinju hope she could have kids one day, but she assured Misaki it wasn't anytime soon. She wanted to be done with college at least. Misaki told her of how he was looking forward to being a grandpa in the far future, telling her that he knew she would have very cute children.
Hic.
"Seems someone ate too quickly." Misaki laughed softly. He picked up a towel he had to the side and put it over his shoulder before he burped the baby.
Shinju watches the baby go from being fussy looking to happy after he let out a few tiny milk burps. He seemed quite content to be rested back against Misaki's chest where he could hear his hcalming heartbeat like a slow melody. She smiled, watching his light purple and olive green eyes blinking repeatedly and slowly as he started to fall asleep.
Misaki stood up and started for the stairs. Shinju hurried up and walked after him, enjoying learning about taking care of babies. Learning to be a mother seemed so important but she didn't want to make it seem as if she weren't willing to wait. Because she was. And she was sure Hikari didn't want kids when a teenager, either.
So the two put Sora down in his crib to sleep. Misaki told his daughter he needed to take a nap as well. She left him be and headed to her room, finding her sister with her face buried in her pillows while she rolled a bit, muffled screams coming from her until Shinju cleared her throat and she stopped completely, playing it off as having a mouth ache. Even if Shinju saw her blushing deeply. Shinju went and sat on her bed, looking at her phone.
Talking with Hikari would be rather nice. But she didn't want to talk to bother her if she were busy. She took in a breath and sent a Hello with a heart emoji, only to get a Hello back. Her lips spread into a vein that went ear to ear.
"Ah, it seems everyone is busy." Akihiko tells to himself quietly. He sits down in an armchair in the living room and leaned back. "Oh well. Maybe I can get some reading in."
He reached over to the side table that was close to his armchair. He opened one drawer with a key and pulled out a book he didn't get to admire for years.
"Ah. Boys love. It never ceases to keep me content."
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