As he was brushing his teeth, Yuuri heard his phone alert go off on the counter next to him.

Replacing his toothbrush, he picked up his phone to unlock it. He had received a message from his husband that proved to be a link to a TikTok video. With a sigh, he opened it. In the video, a mom laid her head in her son's lap as he watched TV. The little boy rested his head on his mother's, patting her lovingly. Yuuri smiled a little at the adorable scene, but then realized that he was meant to recreate this. A sudden suspicion struck him, and he opened the bathroom door, finding his husband standing outside wearing a grin.

"Well, good morning, zolotse!"

Yuuri didn't even bother acknowledging this greeting. "So do you want me to film today or be in the video?"

"Both!" Victor willingly jumped into the conversation with his spouse. "It's more fun if you do both parents. So we can take turns videoing!"

Resigned, Yuuri asked, "So who do you want to go first?"

"Me!" He pressed his phone into Yuuri's free hand. The Japanese man stared down at it with a mixture of surprise and amusement at his husband's ability to predict his actions. When he looked up, Victor was already making his way down the hall to the living room. He said over his shoulder, "I've already got her set up watching Masha and the Bear."

His mouth twitching in amusement, Yuuri followed behind. Once in the living room, Victor motioned him to crouch under the TV so he would have a good view of the action. When he was settled in to Victor's satisfaction, a nod was given as a signal to start filming.

Once it was rolling, Yuuri gave his spouse a silent thumbs up. Somehow, through all this fuss, their daughter hadn't seemed to notice that her parents were planning something, and had her eyes still trained firmly on the TV screen. Victor was able to kneel on the couch without her noticing, and carefully laid his head in her lap.

At first Aki didn't seem to notice her papa's head on her. Then she looked down at him gravely, and Yuuri could practically see the gears turning in her head. Then a wicked grin spread across her face, and she leaned down and licked Victor's ear.

Yuuri burst out laughing at Victor's shocked face, and Aki echoed him with her own full-bellied giggles. Victor's expression switched to injured as he whined, "Akiyaaa! That was cruel! Papa just wants to love you!" He twisted his head in her lap so he was looking up at her.

As his face was presented to her, she leaned down and licked his nose, then started giggling even harder. As she laughed, she rested her cheek sideways on her papa's forehead. Victor's face immediately melted, and he reached up and cradled the back of her head. "Awww, Akilina, such a sweetheart," he crooned, patting her hair.

Yuuri snorted through his laughter. "Yes, it was very sweet when she licked you."

"It was! It's like how you lick a piece of candy to claim it as yours. She's just claiming her papa," Victor protested, giving Aki a kiss on her head.

"Hai, hai, whatever you say Vitya." Yuuri shut off the video and stood up. Victor echoed his actions, disentangling himself from Aki's lap and taking the phone back as they switched positions. When his husband nodded, Yuuri lowered himself on the couch next to Aki, slowly lowering his head onto her legs.

She looked down at him, then up at her papa. She smiled broadly at her otousan and kissed him on his forehead, patting his hair gently. Yuuri couldn't help smirking at his husband as the Russian man sputtered indignantly, "Hey, Akiya, that's not fair! You didn't give Papa a kiss!"

Yuuri smirked. "I thought you said she was marking you as hers, though. Isn't that just as good?"

"No, it's not, and you know it! Akiiii! Don't you love your Papa too?"

Aki giggled at him, and nodded. "Aki loves Papa and Tousan!" She punctuated her words with another kiss to Yuuri's forehead.

As Victor squealed in dismay, Yuuri smiled. These internet parenting challenges were fun, after all. He'd have to see if he could find any more they could do.