A brief look into the eldest's arrival

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Sugawara Koushi is not a person with much wish to begin with. He could live his life happily with only simple things such as being able to stay with his loved one. When the person he had been going out with since high school proposed to him on his 25th birthday, giving him a sweet promise of forever with a ring, he thought his life was completed already. However, he never thought he could be greedier than that.

The first one came on a certain spring.

"Suga-san, can I stay here fooorever~?"

He looked at the little girl sitting on his laps, staring at him with gleam in her tiny brown eyes. "Eh?" was the best he could manage from the sudden question.

"I like it here! Of course I like Gramps' house too! But gramps said I have to live on my own from now on. But I like Daichi-san and you. So can I stay?"

Koushi felt an uncontrollable emotion coming to him with the force of a flood. It was as though the honest words of that little girl in front of him had pierced a hole in his heart, speaking his mind out loudly. He couldn't help himself to hug her and silently sobbed.

"Of course, Yuu-chan. You can stay as long as you want."

The landlord of the small apartment Koushi and Daichi moved into had a granddaughter. Raised by her grandfather alone, Yuu grew to be an adventurous little girl. She's much bolder and curious than any child in the neighbourhood. In no more than 2 weeks, she's already extremely close with the Sawamura couple.

As time passed, Yuu's grandfather kept getting in and out of the hospital for the illness he had been having for years, whilst hiding it from Yuu with his dandy attitude and gorgeous smile. During those times, Koushi and Daichi often took care of her. It started out rather difficult, because playing with the kid on their day-offs was different with having her around the house. But at some point, they grew attached to her and found it harder and harder to part with her.

Koushi in particular had always loved children, though he had long been giving up on the idea when he decided to live with Daichi for the rest of his life. Yuu coming into their lives was unexpected and it gave him hope again. But he knew he couldn't. When Yuu's grandfather passed away, she'd undoubtedly be admitted to the orphanage. There, she may be adopted by a normal couple and live a happy life with bright future ahead.

Koushi knew that was for the best. He knew he and Daichi couldn't possibly give her any better life than that. Even so, he wanted to take care of her, nurture her, and to watch her as she grew up to a fine adult. He no longer knew if it was just his selfishness speaking or was he really thinking on her behalf.

"But have you ever thought about her feelings?"

Daichi asked him in a serious tone. Koushi couldn't answer that question straightforwardly.

"Putting everything aside, Suga, do you ever think about what she wants?"

"That's…"

"She said she like it here and she wanted to stay with us. Is that right?"

Koushi could only look down, hiding the tears that were threatening to fall. "She did."

"And what about you?"

"…"

"Do you think you can take care of her?"

"I will do everything that I can."

"Do you think you're ready to?"

"I will always be ready for her."

"So do you want her to stay?"

Koushi hesitated at the last question. But Daichi didn't give up on attacking.

"Answer me, Suga. Do you want her to stay?"

He clenched his fists hard and mumbled. "…I do."

Daichi sighed at last. He said nothing as he came closer to embrace his lover and patted him on the back as Koushi cried on his shoulder.

"Is it okay? Am I allowed to?"

"Of course." He then let go of Koushi to face him, wiping the tears away with his hand and added with a reassuring smile. "And it's not 'I'. 'We' are going to take care of her from now on. Don't forget that I will always be here for you."

"Daichi...!" It only made Koushi cried even harder, tackling the other in a hug.

After Daichi registered Yuu's name in the Sawamura household, she's officially their daughter and both of them are her legal guardians. As they were redecorating their apartment and making spaces for Yuu to move in, she came up to them.

"So are you my dad now?" Yuu asked Daichi with an expectant look.

"Huh?" said both Koushi and Daichi.

"Can I call you Dad?"

"Umm…" They looked at each other in confusion, suddenly unable to find their words. But Daichi answered anyway, carried by the flow. "Y-You can?"

"Dad!" she called excitedly.

Daichi had to turn away to hide his tear of joy.

Yuu cheered as she ran to pick up her new backpack. "I'm going to brag about my new Dad at school tomorrow!"

A bit unsettled by the situation, Koushi couldn't help to speak up as well. "Eh, how about me?"

The girl stopped on her tracks, thinking for a moment before replying nonchalantly, "Suga-san is just Suga-san." And she ran off again.

The said man froze there with his mouth agape, unsure of what to think or react. He didn't know what he was hoping for an answer anyway. Daichi stood next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "That's great, isn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"You're good the way you are and she doesn't want you to change. I'm sure that's what she thinks."

Upon realizing what was happening, Koushi felt his face heating up and he covered it with his hands before tears started welling up in his eyes. He gulped down a sob as he groaned. "Aren't you just making that up?"

Daichi laughed. "I might."

im sorry for killing noya's grandpa *sobs*
was that rushed? i hope it isn't
but it's meant to be like that anyway
anyway
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