Chapter 12
"Uhh..."
"Grr..."
"Aryama!-" Dazai stared between the older female and chibi staring each other, with annoyance written all over their faces.
Let's take you a few minutes back to clarify what is going on.
Previously
"Chuuya, I've enrolled you in a public school. You can now make lots of friends"
"Do I have to go?"
"Yeah. I mean you agreed to go and I paid for it too... so yeah you have no choice"
"Okie..." Chuuya said, sad at the thought that he wouldn't be able to play with Kouyou anymore
"You'll really like it" Dazai reassured him "Oh god I forgot, we need to buy you a uniform!"
"From when do I have to go?"
"Tomorrow"
"HEIN?!"
They both entered the mall, going to kids' section to buy Chuuya a school uniform.
"Welcome sir! How may I— Uhh oh it's you..."
"Grr..."
"Aryama!-" Dazai stared between the older female and chibi staring each other, with annoyance written all over their faces. "Looks like we got a problem here"
"Yes sir I agree, we do have a problem. I feel like your child is jealous of me for some reason" the employee replied, in a sickeningly over sweet voice. Chuuya continued to glare at her, while practically sticking to Dazai's leg.
'Uhh...Shouldn't the problem be that you're jealous of my child?'
"I'm really sorry about that miss. He's probably admiring you for your hard work, I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable" Dazai said, not sounding apologetic at all.
'I don't have the energy to deal with her right now. I'll just ask another woman to commit double suicide with me, not that I want to right now. I gotta buy chibi his uniform and play with him and prepare for tomorrow- lunch box, I need to buy a kids' lunch box too'
"Can you help me find this uniform?" Dazai said, whipping out his phone and showing the employee a picture of the uniform Chuuya needed.
"Sure sir!" the female replied, way over bubblily for an employee. Chuuya quickly grabbed Dazai's hand.
'Is she blind or something? I have a child with me, that should mean I'm married. Stop flirting, you're making Chuuya uncomfortable. And do you honestly think being nice to me and not him would make me consider you as an option?'
The girl brought out the uniforms and Dazai, much to Chuuya's annoyance, made him change repeatedly to find the perfect fit.
"Bill this one" Dazai said, finally finding the right size.
The Next Day
"Alright-chibi, we're-here. Now-off-you-go" Dazai said, struggling to get the little koala sticking to him, off his leg. "God! You were so excited to go yesterday- go already. I need to go to work"
Chuuya had been so excited to go to school, the previous day, that he couldn't sleep- that is until Dazai threatened that he will not drop him there if he doesn't. Even in the morning, when Dazai was making breakfast and getting Chuuya dressed and ready to go, he was excited. It was only now that they had reached, that Chuuya refused to go.
He clutched the fabric of the brunet's pants and shook his head vigorously.
"What's your problem? Why don't you want to go" Dazai asked, while trying his best to get Chuuya to leave his leg.
'Dammit kid, how strong are you-?!'
"What if everyone bullies me?" Chuuya responded, determined not to let go
"Bully them back! Simple"
"What if they don't like me?"
"You'd need to talk to them for them to like you, dummy! And even if they don't, I do ok?! Now off you go"
"Will sensei get angry if I make a mistake?"
"No. If you don't do it on purpose, she won't"
After a few more minutes of assuring and reassuring, Chuuya finally agreed to go. Dazai sighed in relief and waved Chuuya goodbye.
"Class we have a new student joining us from today" The teacher announced, gesturing Chuuya who was hiding behind her to come out " Everyone please welcome Nakahara Chuuya kun!"
Chuuya took a quick glance at the class. Feeling the curious stares directed towards him, he hid behind the teacher again, blushing madly from embarrassment.
The teacher, noticing Chuuya's discomfort, encouraged him to go and sit with others.
"Go play with everyone" she said softly "If they bully you, you can come to me okay?"
Chuuya nodded and quietly walked up to a raven haired boy building something with a set of blocks. He squatted down in front of him and, looking at him, asked
"Hey... I'm Chuuya. What's your name?"
"Ryuichi" The boy replied
"You have a similar name as Aku nii san"
"Really? What's aku nii san's name?"
"Ryunosuke"
"Wow! Then I'm your older brother from now on, okay?" Ryuichi proposed enthusiastically. Chuuya blushed, his chest filling with happiness at the words of the boy.
"OKAY!" He replied happily
Lunch time!
"Alright class! Arrange your chairs and form a big circle. We're all eating lunch together!" The teacher sang and the class hurriedly places their desks in a circle
"Sensei? Will you eat with us?" One of Chuuya's classmates asked
"Well, if you all want me to then sure"
"Yes sensei! Join us" The whole class requested, making the teacher give in to the request
She kept an eye on Chuuya, who was sitting in the opposite side of the circle, talking to the friend he made, wondering if she needed to feed him.
Chuuya opened his lunch box and his eyes lit up in happiness. Dazai had prepared a fun and cute bento box for Chuuya. He had divided the rice into two parts and shaped them like pandas, and made faces on them with seaweed and decorated the remaining space with tamagoyaki, some vegetables, fruits and sausages.
You could really see the effort Dazai put into, not only making Chuuya a proper meal, but also going an extra mile to turn it into cute little shapes to make it fun for Chuuya to eat. He had also attached a little note to the lunch box which read 'Good luck on your first day :) Tell me how the food was once we get home'.
Chuuya admired the cute lunch for a moment and happily ate, not talking to his new friend, just enjoying the delicious meal Dazai prepared for him.
Dazai waited outside the school to pick up Chuuya. It was almost time for the school to get over and, boy did he had to rush to get back quickly.
The car, lent to him by Mori, broke down in the middle of the road so he had to leave it there, with his subordinates in change of the repairing, and run 5 miles to the school. Funnily enough he reached 15 minutes before the school ended, so now he stood there, panting, his back leaned against the wall for support cuz his legs felt like jelly.
He earned quite a few curious stares from the passer-by's, who were probably wondering 'Why is this man standing there? Why is he out of breath?' or 'What's with that unusual attire? Why does he wear so many bandages?'
Dazai, straight up ignored them all and busied himself with catching his breath. Soon enough the final bell rang and a blob of red and blue ran up to him and stuck to his leg.
"Papa! You're back!"
"Yeah barely. I wanted to pick you up myself on your first day" Dazai mumbled "So how was your day?" He asked, picking Chuuya in his arms because his legs were in no position to support the weight of even a tiny human. He would have fallen on his butt if he let Chuuya stick to him any longer. "So chibi, did you make any friends?" He started walking back home, with Chuuya in his arms, taking small shaky steps.
"Yeah! I did—" Chuuya started but abruptly stopped as he noticed Dazai walking sluggishly. "Oi! put me down, I will carry you home"
Dazai snorted
"Grow up first dummy. Seeing how chibi you are, you'll not be able to even lift my leg, let alone lift me"
"I'll grow up quickly! And then I'll help you! I'll carry you back home whenever you're tired!" Chuuya announced determinedly
"Yes yes. Let's go home first. You tell me about your day now"
Dazai smiled fondly as Chuuya started telling him all about his day, the friend he made, what games they played, what they learnt and more.
"Oh! I almost forgot! The lunch was super yummy" Chuuya said happily, giving Dazai a big, bright smile
"Really?" Dazai asked, a little surprised but happy at the same time. Waking up a but early really paid off.
"Yup! It was the best food I have ever eaten!"
"Thanks chibi! Let's make you something to eat when we get home then"
'Damn... When did I get so attached to him?'