Chapter 20: Dad

Princess Sango

When the two returned home, Yuki saw Taru and Takeshi lounging on the couch talking to their newfound parents. Figuring they should leave them alone, Tohru and Yuki kept walking towards her room when Tomiko came rushing in, "Mom is it really true? Taru and Takeshi are both related to Kazuki?"

Tohru gave her daughter a smile, "Hai, they're Sohmas too."

Tomiko smiled and started on her way to who know where when Tohru called out to her, "Where's Kazuki?"

Tomiko stopped and turned around, "I believe he's with Kagura-san and Kyo-san, last time I checked anyway."

Tohru nodded to her and they started to sort through all the rooms to find Kagura with Kazuki and they were playing a hand game that looked like I went to a Chinese restaurant. Sitting down next to her son Tohru poked his back lightly and Kazuki stopped and turned around, "Hi mom!"

Yuki looked over at Kyo who seemed to be content watching the two, "Hey Kyo, can I have a word with you?"

Kyo shrugged and walked out of the room with Yuki, leaving the two women and the one boy alone to play. Sitting outside the door Kyo looked over at Yuki, "Nani?"

"You ready to have a kid? Hatori and I have them, and now well…" Yuki left the sentence for other imaginations.

"Sure I'm ready, I mean how hard can it be?" Kyo asked Yuki confused at the subject.

"I don't know, since I was deprived from Kazuki-chan when he was a baby. Same with Hatori, we didn't get the chance to know them when they were babies. I'm just asking you if you're ready."

"Of course I am! If I wasn't, I wouldn't be married would I?"

"Yeah true, true, just make sure you take care of what you got. I on the other hand still have a lot to do with Tohru, like dating her," Yuki answered, slipping into a spacey zone.

Kyo gave Yuki a coy smile, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yup, I want to ask her to marry me, but that won't be soon. We still have holes to fix up," Yuki said with a sigh as Kyo smacked his back and walked back into the room.

Looking down at his hands Yuki walked inside the room and saw Tohru, Kazuki, Kagura, and even Kyo watching television, while Kazuki started nodding of. That's when Yuki bent down to pick him up when Tohru smiled at him, "Let's go put him to bed, he does have school tomorrow."

When they walked out and placed their child in Tohru's bed, Yuki and Tohru blushed, knowing they would have to share a room again, which they weren't used too yet. When Tomiko came inside the room she was a little whiny, "This house is crowded, I mean too many people are living here! It wasn't always like this was it dad?"

It took a second for Yuki to realize Tomiko had called him 'dad', after all this girl had just met him, what, yesterday? "Um, no it never was this crowded, then again…" Yuki said, remembering all those times a Sohma would stop by to meet Tohru.

"Well any way, I'll share the room with Kazuki tonight, the bed's big enough after all. Night mom, night dad," Tomiko said, smiling as she curled up right next to Kazuki and instantly fell asleep.

Yuki and Tohru crept out of the room when Yuki looked at Tohru and smiled, "She called me dad!"

"Why wouldn't she? After all, you are Kazuki's father and she's wanted one just like you. This is her second chance at living with a real family, and she wanted a dad, since she already has a sibling and a mother."

Yuki smiled at Tohru's optimism and dragged her to his room where they lay down to sleep.

Next Morning…

Tohru was in the kitchen this time when everyone came in. Taru and Takeshi were stretching and gave Tohru a hug before sitting down to wait for their food. Tohru started to talk to them, "So how do you like your parents?"

"Dad's so uptight, he reminds me of Taru! Mom on the other hand is just so loose like me, where did a match like that come from?" Takeshi answered Tohru.

"Well I'm not sure, since I really don't know your parents but I think the match was wonderful. Did winders on your dad anyway. So are you going back to Kyoto, or are you moving out here?" Tohru asked them attentively.

"We're planning on staying here, but what about you? Who is Kazuki's father?"

"It was Yuki, didn't you see the resemblance?"

"No, I didn't have time to look."

Taru looked at Tohru and only stared, not a word from this uptight person and finally spoke up, "I saw him, and yes the resemblance is very close. Tohru-san, are you going to marry him, give him a second chance?"

"Of course I am, I love him a lot, not to mention it does all of us good. With everyone now knowing each other everything is going along just fine." Tohru answered Taru, just glad he even spoke up.

Soon everyone flocked inside and they all had breakfast.

TBC…