A/N: Because one scene is inspired by a little quote from one of my favorite Disney movies...and I just needed an excuse to write a little more of the start of my CosmicInferno family XD Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. That goes to the respective owner. I only own my OC(s).
Our New Lives Together 2:
(Scene 1)
(Ren's POV)
"Daddy! Come on, it's time to wake up!" Isabella yelled into my ear, tugging on my arm.
"Ngh...five more minutes," I groaned. Ever since she's begun walking and talking, she's become another alarm clock. Like Yusei's not enough.
"Daaad, come on!" When I didn't respond, she grabbed one of the pillows and started whacking me with it, yelling, "Dad" with every whack.
"Ow ow ow ow! Okay okay, I'm up!" I pushed myself onto my elbows.
"Yes!" She raced out of the room.
"Sounds like your daughter's awake," Yusei teased from his side.
I growled, taking the pillow and throwing it at him. "Before sunrise, she's your daughter." He chuckled as I crawled out of bed.
(Scene 2)
(Yusei's POV)
I'm pretty sure once we got the news that we were able to adopt Isabella came through, the excitement wore off within a few minutes and reality sunk in. Ren practically summed it up with, "Oh, shit, we're parents..." Both of us had our fair share of being around kids, but this situation was different. Isabella was our kid. It's not like we hadn't talked about it, before and after we married. We were expecting to wait a few more years.
Of course, I doubt Ren would have wanted to give her away anyway. He got attached to her in the first couple of days after she came to us. I'm pretty sure she was attached to us, too, as she couldn't stand being away from us for long, or rather she didn't want to be taken from us. A bit crazy to say that, but that's how it seems. Ren's even convinced of it.
It was a bit tricky for the first several months, considering Ren had his classes and I had my job. Thankfully, Ren always managed to find someone to babysit her until we came back. Though, on my end, I arrived later than Ren, sometimes even after dark. By then, I would find Ren passed out on the couch. This time it wasn't just him. He was sitting up, cradling Isabella in his arms who was also asleep.
Isabella must have really warn him out, I thought, setting everything down and walking over. When I got to the back of the couch, I leaned over and brushed some of Ren's bangs back. His eyes slowly opened, turning to me. "Wazzup?"
"I'm going to guess that Isabella wouldn't settle down much," I replied.
He groaned. "No, not really. I guess she was wanting her other daddy."
"Well, I'll take her to her room. And you can get ready for bed."
"No arguments there." He got up, walking around and handing her to me. "She's all yours." He headed up the stairs first.
I chuckled, shaking my head. Attitude's not going to change, is it?
(Scene 3)
(Yusei's POV)
I flipped to the next page of the report, reading it carefully. Ren was in the living room with Isabella while I was at the kitchen counter. Everything was quiet, until I heard Ren yell in pain. "Aaaaaaaooooowww!"
"Ren?!" I yelled, dropping what I was doing. We might not be having to save the world constantly anymore, but the events still had me a bit on edge even after the years.
When I did get to them, I was not expecting the sight in front of me. Ren, holding Isabella a little ways in front of his face, had a pained look on his face due to her yanking on both of his braids. She was busy giggling, not even phased by her father's cries of pain. The panic faded away, and I found myself laughing a little at the scene.
"Don't just stand there, help me!" Ren hissed, trying not to scream in pain again.
"Sorry, sorry," I breathed. I went over, releasing Isabella's hold of his braids. "I told you keeping those would come back to bite you."
"When have I ever listened to you when it came to my hair?"
(Scene 4)
(Ren's POV)
There's a lot of things I've dealt with that were difficult. Facing the threat of the end of the world (twice), dating—and later marrying—a Signer, and having to go through family drama that probably wouldn't have been resolved save for the fact that said boyfriend now husband convinced me to get off my ass (not in his words, mind you) and sort if out. But now? Raising a child is probably one of the hardest things we've been going through...especially at mealtime.
Isabella giggled as I wiped more of the food she threw at me off my face. Guess AJ was right about the whole 'food throwing' stage, I thought.
"You know the food's supposed to go in her mouth, not on your face," Yusei teased from where he sat.
"One more word, Fudo, and I'm gonna forget that our daughter's right in front of us when I make that hand gesture," I retorted.
A/N: Well, now I'm getting tempted to draw Ren as an adult with that third scene XD Also, he's a bad influence as I'll show in some future stories...not just an upcoming Wolf's Rain oneshot/full-blown story that I'm trying to write. I'll probably reveal it in whatever story I write. I just don't know when that will be as I have two or three ideas for it.
Plus, I'm gonna be busy the next couple of days as I'm planning a mix of an upload spree (hopefully) on the one year anniversary of this oneshot series along with a surprise over on dA (but I think I already mentioned it a few shorts back...oh well). And I'm trying to finish up chapter two of Dragons' Souls (a How to Train Your Dragon crossover) that's not split into two parts as I feel like it'd be too long otherwise. Well, see you guys in the next short...or shorts, rather. XD
