Practically Married
Author's Note: An alternate take on a scene from episode 25. Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Digimon series.
Pairing: Established Hiro x Kotaro.
Summary:
Amanokawa Hiro and Nomura Kotaro are practically married already.
"How am I doing, Hiro? Not bad for someone who's never babysat before!"
"It doesn't hurt your chances, Kotaro."
Kotaro celebrated inwardly. He squeezed a squiggle of toothpaste onto the toothbrush, holding the brush parallel and pausing for Gammamon to widen his jaw.
Hiro treated his AI hologram like a brother, but Kotaro thought his flesh-and-blood baby was more accurate.
Kotaro had to get in on that. Prove he could raise a child and be a good parental figure in the future when perhaps a real baby came along and Hiro overparented due to his parents not parenting at all.
Why wait? Hiro was having a midlife crisis now!
"Usually, when a wife finds pictures of other women on her husband's phone, it's a sign it's time for her to kick him out." Hiro scrolled down and down and down and down the Gift Patch feed of SV-hawking influencers on Kotaro's device.
"Huh! So you admit you're my wife in this scenario?"
Hiro groaned, covering his eyes with his towel (and drying his hair while he was at it to be pragmatic).
"This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth!" Kotaro swished the toothbrush back and forth over Gammamon's upper teeth.
Gammamon spat in the sink and Kotaro wiped Gammamon's mouth.
"Hiro, food!" The Digimon's priority immediately switched to food.
"I'll take you, little guy," Kotaro offered.
"Kotaro, could you stop pretending you're his dad?"
"If you're my wife in this scenario, aren't you his mom?"
"We're not married."
"I could probably find two onion rings in the cafeteria if you're not picky about that sort of thing."
"Ooooo! Onion rings! Yum! Yum!"
Hiro squinted. "Gammamon, don't encourage him."