Protect You


The Next Morning...

Yuma woke up, slowly opening his eyes to see the time was five twenty. Sitting up, he realized that Ryoga was no longer with him on the bed. "You already left...again..." He sighed out. Getting out of bed, he went to the bathroom to shower.

After his shower, Yuma began to make breakfast for Beno. By the time he finished, Beno walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Mommy." Beno greeted, surprising Yuma. "Oh! Good morning, Bunnito. How did you sleep?" Yuma replied, giving his son a kiss on his forehead. "Good." Beno answered.

"I'm glad to hear that." Yuma smiled. "Take a seat while I make you a plate." Yuma said. "Okay Mommy." Beno responded, sitting at the table. Yuma came to the table with a plate of eggs, pancakes and sausage. "Here you go, Bunnito." Yuma sighed out. "Thank you." Beno singsonged. "You're welcome." Yuma laughed, quite happy about his son's enthusiasm.

Yuma made himself a plate and sat next to Beno. After a few minutes, Beno looked up at Yuma. "Mommy?" He asked. "Yes Bunnito." Yuma replied. "Is Daddy still here?" He asked. "Daddy already left, little one. So he won't be joining us." Yuma answered, petting Beno.

"I miss seeing Daddy all the time." Beno sighed out. "I do too, Bunnito. I do too." Yuma replied, kissing Beno's head.


After Breakfast...

Yuma and Beno were sitting on the couch, relaxing and watch any random show that plays on Saturdays. Beno was quite into the show while Yuma began to doze off a bit.

When he was about to succumb to sleep, his phone went off. He grabbed his phone from the table and looked at his notifications.

Good morning, Yuma. I'm coming to pick up Beno in a few hours.

"Bunnito, Papa is coming to get you." Yuma informed Beno. "I don't want to see Papa today. I wanna stay home with you, Mommy." Beno stated. "Why?" Yuma asked. "I go with Papa every weekend and I always see Uncle Michael and Uncle Chris. I just wanna stay with you today cause Daddy isn't around and I don't want you to be all alone." Beno answered.

"Don't you have fun when you go with Papa?" Yuma asked. "I do, but I just want to stay with my Mommy." Beno explained. Yuma smiled. "Okay, Bunnito. I'll let you spend the day with me. But you have to promise to go with Papa tomorrow, alright?" Yuma propsed. "I promise, Mommy." Beno replied. "Pinky swear?" Yuma held out his right pinky. "Pinky swear." Beno replied, giggling as he pinky swore to keep his promise.

"Alright. I'll tell Papa to get you tomorrow." Yuma said, replying to the text.

Good Morning to you too, Thomas. Beno said he wants to spend the day with me. You can come pick him up tomorrow, he promised to go.

After a few minutes, Yuma's phone buzzed.

Alright. I'll see you two tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Relaxing, Yuma sent a quick 'You too' to Thomas before cuddling with his son. "So what do you want to do today?" Yuma asked. Beno thought a bit. "A bunch of things!" He decided, shouting enthusiastically. Yuma laughed. "Like what?" He asked Beno. "We can draw and color, dance, play outside, oooh I wanna duel too!" Beno began listing things excitedly.

"Okay, we can do all of that but you have to do some things with Mommy first." Yuma stated. "What do we have to do?" Beno asked curiously. "Well, we have to do the groceries today and a few new outfits for you." Yuma informed. "Okay!" Beno replied. "Should we start the day or cuddle a while longer?" Yuma asked.

"Hmm...I wanna cuddle more, Mommy." Beno decided, nuzzling closer to Yuma. "Alright, Bunnito. Twenty more minutes and we'll get ready." Yuma sighed in content.


Forty Minutes Later...

Yuma and Beno softly snoozed, holding each other in content with smiles on their faces. Yuma dreamt of Ryoga being around more often. Beno dreamt of all the fun he was going to have with his mother. With the cozy atmosphere, they couldn't wake up.

Three Hours Later...

Yuma and Beno were still sleeping on the couch. The coziness was still lingering in the air. With the house being so quiet and Beno and his mother sleeping soundly, no one heard the door open and someone walk into the living room.

Yuma, slowly stirring due to someone softly nudging him. Opening his eyes, he looked up to see Ryoga looking down at them with a smile. "Ryo...?" Yuma questioned softly, giving a large yawn at the end of speaking. Hearing his mother talk, Beno began to wake up as well.

"Mommy?" Bemo called, rubbing his eyes. "Yes, Bunnito?" Yuma responded. Ryoga sat down in front of them. "Why'd you wake up? It was cozy." Beno asked. "Mommy woke up because Daddy's home now." Ryoga spoke up. Beno jolted and turned on the couch to look at Ryoga.

"Daddy?! When did you get here?" Beno jumped over to Ryoga, hugging him. "I came not to long ago. I woke Mommy up so I can tell you guys the news." Ryoga answered, hugging Beno back. "What news?" Yuma inquired, stretching and yawning. "Well there's good and bad news. Which one first?" Ryoga replied.

"Bad first, good after." Beno stated, Yuma nodding in agreement. "The bad news is that I didn't get the promotion I worked three years for." Ryoga informed, earning very upset faces from Yuma and Beno. "Hold on, let me tell you the good news. I was given my boss' position instead." He finished.

"What!?" Yuma screamed, shocked. Beno sat there confused. "Yeah, he travels quite far to my site, so when the woman who had the same position at a closer site left, he took up for her and gave me the highest recommendation. So informed me that I have his position now." Ryoga elaborated. "Congratulations, Ryo!" Yuma cheered as he flew on top of Ryoga.

"Daddy?" Beno spoke up. "Yes, Leon?" Ryoga responded. "Does that mean you'll be around more?" Beno asked. "Yes—" He started before Beno joined the hug, cheering away.

"Yuma...Leon...I can't...breathe..." Ryoga wheezed out. Letting him go, the crimson eyed duo said, "Sorry."


Kirua: I'm really excited for this. I plan to do about two-three chapters per month, four if I'm lucky. But that'd start after the third chapter. I am active on my Instagram, kirua_gasai. If you have any questions or want to talk about the stories, that's the place to go.