Title: Questions

Part: 1/1

Author: Trixie

Email: goldynangyl@yahoo.com

Archive: Sure, but please tell me first! ^_^ I'd like to know where my ficcies are going.

Rating: PG

Pairings: Jyoushiro

Warnings: Erm... no... unless you can't read fluff... ^^;; Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of its characters.  I am making no money off of this at all, it is only for pleasure purposes. ^_^

Author's Notes:

_Blah_ emphasized words

"Blah" dialogue

BLAH really loud words

//blah// time reference

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*blah* Kasumi's age

Oh, and btw:

            Daddy = Koushiro

            Papa = Jyou

            "Daddy?"

            "Yes, honey?"

            "Can I ask you a question?"

            "Of course."

            "Where do babies come from?"

            Koushiro completely stopped typing at his computer console and turned to look at his seven-year old daughter who was looking up at him with large, sloe eyes.  A type of innocent curiosity burned in those deep depths as his little girl waited patiently for him to supply an answer to her question.

            Her question was simple enough, but there wasn't exactly a simple answer. 

            Licking his dry lips, Koushiro mentally raced to find something to say.

            He opened his mouth and then closed it again, not knowing what to say.  He was at a loss for words.

            "Well, daddy?"

            Suddenly Koushiro wished he hadn't encouraged his daughter's quest for knowledge as he looked back down at the face of the little girl before him. 

            Her fine, red eyebrows were slightly furrowed in childish concentration as she waited.  Her upturned face was a bit red from playing outside, and her fiery hair was pulled back in two pigtails held by carefully tied yellow ribbons. 

            She was clothed in a pair of jean overalls that had little yellow bumbling bees sewn on all over.  The checkered yellow shirt that she wore underneath the overalls had a large stain on it from something Koushiro knew would be a hassle to get out. 

            "Daddy?" the red haired girl prodded, placing a small hand onto her father's thigh.

            How could he _not_ answer her??

            Then a wonderful, no _PRODIGIOUS_, idea came to mind.

            Grinning inwardly, Koushiro scooted back and stood up, taking his daughter's hand into his own, and leading her out of the room.

            "Where we going?" the little girl asked as she waddled along side her father - usually Daddy just told her the answer - this was something entirely new.  Daddy had never brought her somewhere when she asked what something was.

            But maybe Daddy was taking her to the place where babies came from!

            "We're just going to see Papa.  He'll know how to explain it better than Daddy can," Koushiro replied to the question as they made their way down the hallway to the living room where Jyou was reading the paper while nursing a cup a coffee.

            Upon entering the room, Jyou looked up and smiled at the image he saw. 

            Koushiro, dressed in a pair of form-fitting khakis and a maroon button up shirt, was holding hands with their seven-year old daughter who had the same fire-red hair as her Daddy. 

            "Papa!!" the child yelled happily as she let go of her Daddy's hand and ran to her Papa.

            Quickly setting down the newspaper and the orange mug, Jyou opened his arms and received the blur of red, blue, and yellow.

            "Hello Kasumi!" Jyou laughed as he dropped a kiss on the little girl's nose.  She gave him a grin that showed off the two missing teeth that she had lost last week.

            "I thought you were outside playing, what brings you in here?" Jyou asked as smoothed back the messy tawny bangs that fell into Kasumi's large eyes.

            "She had a question, and I, erm, thought you would like to explain this one. Go ahead Kasumi," Koushiro supplied as he took a seat on the love seat opposite of where Jyou and Kasumi were sitting. 

            Jyou looked curiously at his love wondering what in the world Koushiro meant.  The redhead usually supplied the answers for their daughter's never-ending questions.

            Looking back at his little princess, Jyou wondered idly what this question could be.

            He would soon find out.

            "Where do babies come from, Papa?" Kasumi asked for the second time of the day.

            Jyou spared a glance at Koushiro who had a small smirk on his face as he raised his eyebrows, silently prompting Jyou to answer the question.

            "Why do you ask, Kasumi?" Jyou queried, as he returned his attention back to the little girl on his lap.

            "Oh, my friend Kotori got a little sister yesterday and she said that her mommy said that the stork brought him to their house.  But another girl called Akemi said that babies don't come from the stork.  She said that they came from a cabbage patch that was behind the rainbow.  So I got confused.  Daddy said that you knew," Kasumi replied happily, hoping that she would finally get an answer.

            "Oh... I see... well, Kasumi... you see..." Jyou started, looking hesitantly at his daughter, trying to find the right words to say.

            He didn't want to lie to her, but how was he going to explain where a baby really came from to a seven-year old girl?

            Shooting Koushiro a pleading look, Jyou was only met with a slight shrug of the shoulders and a mischievous smile. 

            The said redhead then got up and mumbled something about having to finish up a report before quickly exiting room, leaving Jyou with the responsibility of answering the question all by himself.

            Making a mental note of returning Koushiro's favor, Jyou set Kasumi beside him on the couch and began to explain the rules of the 'birds and the bees.'

~*~*~*~

//Several minutes later//

            "Daddy, Daddy!! Papa told me where babies came from! Boy, Kotori and Akemi are going to be surprised!" Kasumi cried out as she ran into the computer room, nearly tripping over the cuffs of her overalls.

            "Oh really? What did Papa tell you?" Koushiro asked, genuinely interested in how Jyou had managed to explain where babies came from to their daughter.

            "Babies come from something called 'the birds and the bees!'  So does that mean if I go and get some birds and bees, I'll get a little baby brother or sister??" Kasumi explained breathlessly, excited about the prospect of having a little sibling.

            Koushiro didn't know what to say, he was too busy keeping himself from laughing.

            His little girl thought that babies came from birds and bees instead of something that was the product of 'the birds and the bees.'

            This was just too ironic.

            Finally giving up, Koushiro let out a chuckle and nodded his head at the little girl who was glowing with anticipation.

            "We'll see Kasumi, we'll see.  Just don't go and collect birds and bees, Papa and I will do that.  Now go and start the water for your bath.  I'll be up there in a minute," Koushiro said as he grinned at his daughter who let out a squeal of happiness as she bounded off to get ready for her bath, chanting rather loudly that she was getting a baby brother or sister.

            A few minutes after turning back to the report he was just finishing up, Koushiro felt two arms wrap around him, pulling him back against a comforting warmth.

            Silky locks cascaded about Koushiro's slender neck, tickling the sensitive skin there.  Then, a skilled mouth found the tender spot at the junction at the base of his neck, and began to exploit it, rendering the red-haired boy breathless.

            "Wh... What was... that for?" Koushiro made out between gasps.

            "That wasn't very nice, Kou-kun. You've been a bad boy, and I'm going to make sure you're going to pay for that little stunt tonight," Jyou whispered huskily into Koushiro's ear before releasing his husband and walking purposely from the room and disappearing into their room to devise Koushiro's "punishment."

            Closing his eyes as he shivered at the prospect of what was to come, Koushiro took a deep breath and tried to calm down. 

            Quickly saving his report and closing the computer, Koushiro made his way to the bathroom where Kasumi was already splashing water all over the tiled floor, as she played with her rubber ducky. 

            She grinned at her Daddy as he came in and helped her wash; and to Kasumi's delight, effectively getting him soaked in the process. 

            And as she chattered happily about how helpful Papa was with her question, little did Kasumi know that her Daddy was going to get his own "lesson" on 'the birds and the bees.'

~Owari~

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