Waiting

Chapter 5

Erh. Babysitting?

Disclaimers: I do not own the cast of HYD~!

A/N: Hi! A long time since I updated huh? But I did, so am I forgiven? I just finished writing a new chapter for my fiction in winglin, Dreams, and then I immediately started on this. It's ten in the night right now. I'm so tired.

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"I am NOT doing this for you Tsukasa!"

Tsukasa shot Soujirou a look. "Come on, you're my friend! I have to work you know?"

Soujirou scowled. "I have to work too!"

"Chasing girls are NOT work, Soujirou. Therefore, she is now in your capable hands. Ja."

"Tsukasa!"

But the man had already got into his car and zoomed away. Soujirou sighed and looked down to his feet. Tsukino smiled brightly up at him.

"Guess it's just you and me now, Nishikado-jiichan!"

"I'm not your Ojiichan! I'm so young and yet you called me grandpa?"

Tsukino gave him her ultimate innocent eyes, each gleaming with playfulness. "You're twenty-seven this year, ne?"

"Yes."

"That makes you Ojiichan!"

"Nishikado-niichan is much better, okay?"

"Ojiichan!"

Soujirou sighed. This little girl was driving him crazy. Damn that Tsukasa. Flipping on his cellphone, he dialed Rui and Akira's number.

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The Nishikado residence was normally as peaceful as a falling leaf, touching the water in the pond gently. But it seems like the house was out of its normal atmosphere today.

"EH?" Akira's eyes widened considerably as he pointed at Tsukino, then back at himself. The quiet house seemed to shake at his sudden exclaimations.

"Me? BABYSIT? Are you out of your mind, Soujirou? How could you just tear me away from my work to help you baby sit this mini Tsukushi?"

Soujirou slumped back on his armchair and smiled. "We're friends, that's why."

Akira groaned. "But-" He pointed at himself and back at Tsukino again. "A guy does not babysit!"

Soujirou lifted a delicate eyebrow and gestured towards the floor. "Who says so?"

Akira looked at the direction his friend was pointing and stood there, speechless.

Rui was sitting on the carpeted floor and playing a toy truck with Tsukino.

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"I want milk!" Soujirou and Akira looked at each other helplessly while Rui fell asleep on the comfy couch in the living room. The two big guys are experts when it comes to girls and work. But they are useless while facing a crying little girl.

Soujirou knelt down to level himself with the sobbing Tsukino. "We don't have milk here, Tsukino-chan. Why don't you just settle with water?"

"No!"

Akira quipped helpfully. "Erh, canned drinks?"

"I want milk!"

Soujirou scratched his head, unable to think of any other things. "How about some 1988 produced red wine?" Akira eyed Soujirou with a sweat drop hanging on his forehead.

"She's a kid, Soujirou. Don't do it unless you want to kill yourself with Tsukasa's fists."

"Erh, right." A light bulb clicked on above the man's head. "I know!"

A few minutes later, Tsukino could be seen coughing violently on the bitter Japanese tea Soujirou fed her.

"Told you that you should put some condensed milk in it."

"Shut up, Rui!"

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Soujirou leaned back on the sofa, fully worked out and restless, a successful product of Tsukino's unstoppable demands.

Tsukino climbed up towards him as Soujirou, who noticed her efforts, carried her up onto his lap. "What do you want now?" Tsukino smiled angelically, her innocent eyes turned serious suddenly.

"Soujirou, how's Yuuki and Sara?"

"Eh?"

"You know what I mean."

Soujirou sighed, remembering the fact that Tsukino had Tsukushi's memories. "I'm still stuck in between. I didn't know who I really do love."

"It seems like yesterday when Sara walked away from my life and Yuuki came in, right before Sara came back again."

His heart panged with a sudden rush of emotions. He wanted so much to accept Yuuki, but he couldn't forget Sara. If he really did accept Yuuki, he would be lying to her and to himself.

Two small arms wrapped around his head as they pulled them towards her little body.

"It's all right, Oniichan!"

He smiled. "Thanks."

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A/N: Seems like Soujirou's happy with Tsukino. Hm. Actually, I think this chapter is kinda crappy you know. Can someone cheer me up? I'm so tired!