Note: There isn't much lovey stuff between Matt and Tai in this chapter, it's most about the kids. (There will be more later, don't you worry) All the digidestined have the same jobs mentioned in episode 50 of season 2 unless stated otherwise. And if you don't like the couples I picked out for everyone... uh, sorry? They're not in it much so don't worry about it.
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Shinji was sitting on the floor of the apartment, screaming at the top of his little lungs. Tai was lying on the couch, sound asleep by some miracle, despite all the noise.
"Tuesday, let your brother play with that," Matt said, storming in from the kitchen.
"No! It's mine." She was holding the doll she had been playing with just high enough that Shinji couldn't reach it. It was the one doll that most little girls have that they play with more than any other, until its hair is a mess and most of the accessories are missing.
"Don't you talk back to me young lady..." He said, narrowing his eyes.
"Shinji wants to play with his own toys," she replied. She often let Matt and Tai know what her brother was thinking, or what she wanted him to be thinking. 'The baby wants me to have his juice/milk/cookie,' or 'The baby told me I could play with it,' were some common replies when Matt or Tai told her to share. Since Shinji couldn't talk very well yet he didn't get a chance to put up much of an argument, but the two young men were used to their daughter's antics. She was not a brat, far from it, she was usually extremely well behaved and polite for a four year old, but she liked to have things go her own way most of the time.
"He told you that, huh?" Matt replied, folding his arms across his chest. Tuesday nodded and held the doll further away from the baby's outstretched arms. Matt grabbed it quickly from her and handed it to his son.
"Daddy! Give it back, it's mine!" She shrieked. The argument would have continued but the doorbell rang suddenly.
"Huh, wha, what's going on?" Tai said, waking up. Matt glanced over at the brunette sitting up on the couch. How he could sleep through two screaming toddlers but be woken up by something like a doorbell, Matt would never know.
The tall blonde strolled over to the doorway, almost tripping over the cats in the process, he swore at them, got scolded by Tai for swearing in front of the kids, and at last, opened the door.
The doorbell had rung about four more times during this whole process, causing Matt to become annoyed and he swung the door open shouting,
"WHAT, oh, it's you guys."
"Hey! How's it goin!?" Davis said, grinning. Ken was standing behind the considerably shorter man and waved cheerfully.
"Hey Davis, hi Ken!" Tai said getting up and standing by his husband. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We just got home and we brought you back some stuff!" Davis said. The two of them held up packages and Matt and Tai invited them inside. Taking their shoes and jackets off at the door, they were greeted by their 'niece'.
"Uncle Davis!" she squealed jumping up into Davis's arms.
"How's my favorite girl in the whole world?" Davis said, hugging her.
"Hello, Tuesday," Ken said, smiling.
"Hi Uncle Ken..." Tuesday blushed and hid her face against Davis's shoulder. It was no secret that the little girl had a huge crush on the handsome blue haired man.
"Shinji are you going to say hello?" Matt asked. Shinji looked up from trying to pull the doll's head off and ran over. Instead of saying hello to anyone he looked inside the bags Davis and Ken had left on the floor and pulled out a wrapped box.
"Kissmas peasent!" He said, holding it up.
"Uh, not exactly," Matt said smiling.
"We got something for everyone," Ken said. He took the three packages and handed them to their proper owners. Ken and Davis had been married for a few years but had no children of their own. For this reason they showered gifts on Tuesday, Shinji and Yamachi and offered to babysit whenever the need arose. They also enjoyed traveling when Ken had time off from work and always brought back souvenirs.
The other digidestined had either not married yet or hadn't gotten around to starting a family. Mimi and Joe were together and married, an unlikely combination though, Mimi being a model and Joe a doctor. She assured everyone though that she was the healthiest model in Japan. Sora and Izzy had been dating for a few years, with a wedding in the works, and Cody and Yolei had been seeing each other on and off. Yolei's job as a lady scientist (IN YOUR FACE 'HOUSEWIFE') kept her from having a very active social life.
Tuesday opened her present and found a beautifully crafted porcelain doll in a kimono.
"Oohh..." she marveled at her new toy.
"I think that's going on your shelf until you're old enough not to break it," Matt said, reaching for the box.
"No, I wanna play with it now! Please?" she begged.
Tai grabbed the doll Tuesday had been playing with previously out of Shinji's mouth and handed it to her.
"Here, play with this."
"Thank you, Daddy Tai."
"Ugh, Tai..." Matt groaned, all his work getting the doll away from her having just been undermined.
"What?" Tai asked, puzzled.
"Nothing..." Matt shook his head and sighed.
Tai helped Shinji get the paper off his present to reveal a Yami Yugi action figure and a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
"You got our two year old Yu-Gi-Oh cards?" Matt asked.
"What?" Davis said, "That's like my favorite show!"
"Davis... he's two. What is he going to do with them?" The blonde said, raising his eyebrow.
Shinji then threw the pack of cards at the cats who were napping in their bed by the couch and giggled with delight when Kikoutei sprung up from a sound sleep.
"Does that answer your question?" Davis said.
"Bad boy Shinji, don't hurt the kitties!" Tai yelled.
"Ok, he can keep them," said Matt.
"Yami!"
Matt grinned. Tai and Matt opened their gift, finding a lovely china set and a new quilt for their bed. There was also a book about the top 10 best soccer players of the century for Tai, since they knew he wouldn't appreciate the household items as much as Matt would.
"You guys should go on a vacation, you're always home," Davis said after supper. Matt and Tai had invited the pair to stay for the evening. Shinji and Tuesday were now playing in their room and the adults were sitting at the dining room table.
"We never have time, we're always taking care of the kids or working," Matt replied, sighing.
"Why don't you have one of your assistant managers run the music store for you for a week and you two can go for a trip?" Ken suggested to Matt.
"Yeah, our team sucked this year so the season's over for us," Tai said, referring to his soccer team.
Matt swirled what was left of his tea around in the bottom up the cup.
"Who would take care of the kids though? Kari has a lot of work to do, school is starting in a few weeks." He said.
"Ken and I can do it!" Davis said. Ken nodded in a agreement.
"For a week?" Matt said.
"You two work during the day too," Tai pointed out.
"I'll stay home for a week, there's other people to push the noodle carts around now ya know," Davis replied.
"I usually get home around 4 unless I'm working on a case," Ken added.
"Come on, when's the last time you two had a week alone, your honeymoon?" Davis said, nudging Matt in the arm with his elbow.
Matt and Tai looked at each other for a moment.
"A week away couldn't hurt..." Matt said.
"Wait, who's going to take care of my cats?" Tai remarked suddenly.
"Leave them here, maybe they'll eat each other."
"Matt! Stop being a cat hater," Tai said, shoving him slightly. Matt just smirked and said,
"Sora can probably come feed the cats, she likes them."
"So, whattya say?" Davis said, trying to get an answer out of them.
"Well... it sounds good to me, Yami?"
"Sure." Tai smiled and Matt shoved a cookie in his husband's mouth.
Ken and Davis grinned at each other. The discussion was interrupted though, by a loud wail coming from the children's bedroom.
"Let's see what they broke this time..." Matt groaned, getting up.
"Hopefully not a bone," Tai said, and hurried after his husband.
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"Uncle Ken... are you awake?"
Ken opened his eyes when he heard the tiny voice and saw a little pigtailed figure step into the dark room.
"Tuesday, what's wrong?" He switched the light on the nightstand on and sat up. She came over and climbed up into the bed and sat in Ken's lap.
"I can't sleep, I miss my daddies..." She sniffled and hugged her beaten up, baby brother bitten doll to her chest. Tai and Matt had decided to go for a week long vacation and left Tuesday and Shinji in Ken and Davis's care while they were away.
"Don't worry, they'll be home in a few days." That didn't seem to cheer her up very much. "And I bet they'll bring back something nice for you," he added, causing Tuesday to smile a little.
Davis snorted and rolled over in his sleep, muttering something. Tuesday looked at the other side of the bed for a minute.
"Uncle Davis snores so loud, how can you sleep?" She asked.
Ken smiled and smoothed her hair out.
"I'm used to it."
"Can I sleep with you, please?" She asked after Ken rolled Davis onto his stomach to stop his snoring.
"Sure," He moved over and let her slide between them. Ken turned the light off and settled back against his pillow.
"How come you don't have any kids, Uncle Ken?"
"Davis and I just haven't decided we want a family yet." He tucked in the covers around her and made sure she was settled in. Her blonde hair rested gently around her head in the nook between Davis and Ken's pillows.
"Are you a police man?" She asked.
"I'm a private detective, it's a little like a police officer."
Tuesday yawned and snuggled further into the pillows.
"Do you have a gun?"
"Yes, but never touch it, ok?"
"Have you ever shot somebody?"
"No, I've never had to."
"Do you catch bad people?"
"I try my best to."
Davis began to snore loudly again and shifted onto his back.
"Does Uncle Davis drool like my Daddy Tai?"
Ken smiled, "Sometimes."
"Why does Uncle Davis say Dude a lot?"
"That's his catchphrase."
"Why does Daddy Tai leave the seat up on the potty and then Daddy Matt yells at him?"
"Um... I don't know."
She paused for a moment.
"Why do you have blue hair?"
Ken laughed softly. "Go to sleep, Tuesday."
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"Daddy Matt I don't wanna go..."
"But you were so excited about it yesterday, come on, it'll be fun"
The Ishida family was standing outside the large building with children and their parents walking by them on the sidewalk. The car was parked by the curb and Tai stood with Matt and Tuesday, holding the baby. The day had come for one of the big moments in every child's life, the first day of kindergarten. She was dressed in a little skirt and sweater set, with a book bag that looked far too big for her hanging on her back.
"Aunt Kari is your teacher, don't you want to see her?" Tai said.
"Yeah..." she answered hesitantly. She started chewing on her fingernail and looked up at the school. It seemed huge to her, but then again, most things seem huge to someone who is just over three feet tall.
"Can you come too?" She asked, looking back up at Matt and Tai.
"Daddies aren't allowed to come to school," Tai said. Shinji, getting bored, then started pulling his hair and laughing. "Ow, ow... stop, stop."
"Then can I bring Shinji with me?"
"Um, no..." Matt said, gently pushing her towards the front doors and then helping Tai get his hair out of the little boy's hands. "You can't bring your baby brother to show and tell. Besides, he might rip everyone's hair out..."
"Mmph..." Tuesday wrapped her arms around Matt's leg and held onto him.
"Tuesday, let go. You'll have a great day at school, I promise. Aunt Kari will be there and you'll get to make new friends!" He freed Tai's hair from Shinji's clutches and walked closer to the front door with Tuesday still hanging on his leg and Tai following behind.
"I wanna stay with you!!" She was now on the verge of a temper tantrum.
"Aunt Kari told me you get cookies," Tai said out of nowhere.
"Yummy, cookies!" She immediately let go of Matt's leg and started running towards the school with the other children.
"Bye bye, Daddy Matt and Daddy Tai!" she yelled after her as she went through to doors to find the way to her new classroom. She scampered down the hall with her blonde pigtails bobbing up and down the entire time.
Matt stared for a moment and then looked back at Tai, somewhat in amazement.
"How did you do that...?"
"Duh Matt, EVERYBODY likes cookies!"