Hizashi loomed over each of the cribs seeing two wide-eyed babies staring at him. He glanced behind him as if he would see Katrina there. Hizashi tried speaking quietly, "Your mama is asleep. She conked out a half hour ago."
He noticed Julieanne's face started to contort. He placed a finger to his lips, "Oh no no no. Don't you dare, little listener. It's hard for me to even be this quiet but you and your brother are gonna have to chill out. You've been crying on and off all through the night and day."
As if Julieanne understood him completely, her face stop contorting into a cry. Hizashi clapped his hands together lightly, "How about this little listeners? I'll take you two on a walk and we will have some uncle time. It seems like a nice day out."
Both babies wiggled their arms into the air. Hizashi smiled wide giving a thumbs up to the two of them, "Alllrrriiiighttt! Let me get you two ready and we will zoom on out of here. I promise to leave a note for your mama."
Hizashi went to the twins' dresser and picked out the outfits he bought them. For Youta, it was a grey onesie with wording: Drop the- with an actual beet on the front. Paired with that is a black shorts and grey socks. Hizashi placed the outfit on Youta's crib's ledge. When it came to Julieanne, he picked out a light yellow onesie with the wording: pretty fly for a small fry. He paired that with light green pants and yellow socks. Hizashi rubbed his hands together with a smile, "Now let's get you two dressed."
The blond was set in civilian clothes. For the sake of his best friend's children, he'll wear civilian clothes. He didn't want to put them on the spotlight since their parents aren't much into the spotlight themselves. He double checked everything was in the pram. Diaper bag, check. Pre-filled bottles courtesy of Katrina, check. Blankets, check. Babies, che-. Hizashi paused when he looked into Julieanne's baby carrier. He looked between the two's baby carriers seeing one set of dark blue looking right up at him. Hizashi started to panic, "Oh no. I am already on baby duty and I lost one of the babies. Okay, let's back track into the apartment. Yeah, maybe she is in her crib."
Luckily for Hizashi, he didn't leave the house yet and the pram was still inside. He headed to the twins' room seeing a starting to fuss baby in a crib. He let out a relief breath. He shook his head mumbling to himself, "Of course she would be in the crib. Why wouldn't she?"
He reached in the crib and picked the wiggling baby up. His long fingers assisted the infant with her head. He held her up to his eye sight. Hizashi felt horrible and apologized, "I'm sorry little listener. I was making sure everything was set and I thought I grabbed you but for that I am sorry."
Julieanne stuck out her tongue and cooed. Hizashi winced when it sounded like a frustrated coo. Hizashi held her in his arms as he headed back to the pram. He mumbled, "You're starting to pick up your papa's traits."
He buckled the little one in the baby carrier. He placed his hands on his hips, "Alright now we are ready to go."
Hizashi headed out with the twins to the park nearby. What he forgot was to leave a note for the mother of the two.
Long legs laid out in front of him. His green eyes looked up at the clouds. Both babies fell asleep on the walk to the park. Hizashi squinted at the cloud. He held up his hands and made a square out of both sets of indexes and thumbs. He breathed out, "That one looks like a cat."
He glanced down at the pram. No movement other than their breathing was made. No sounds came from the sleeping children. The blond hero voiced out his thought on the two, "Your parents are lucky to have you two sleeping soundly. Well when your papa was here from what they told me. I have a feeling you two know he's away on a trip so you are creating problems for your mama."
He sat up straight looking into the pram. Hizashi could see the similarities between his friends in their children's faces. Hizashi scratched his chin. He adjusted his clear glasses. A voice chirped onto his right, "Oh your babies are cute."
Hizashi adjusted himself on the bench looking over seeing a young brunette. She had a charming smile. She walked over to him and the pram. The woman pointed to the pram, "Do you mind if I look?"
The blond hero rubbed his neck, "Well... I... They're not mine. I'm uh their uncle."
The woman was surprised for a moment then nodded. Hizashi peeked at the children, "But I can introduce you to them. Name's Hizashi."
She pointed to the seat next to Hizashi. Hizashi slid down to his left making room for her. The brunette sat down next to him. The woman introduced herself, "Chiharu."
He pointed to the black haired infant, "This little listener is Julieanne. She is sassy and I think she got that from her mama."
Chiharu's face grew a small smile. She waited for the blond to continue the introductions. He moved the pram so the brunette can see the auburn haired babe. He gave a light nod to the boy, "This little listener is Youta. He may look smaller than his sister but he is strong."
A sudden cry came from Julieanne which caused a chain reaction. Hizashi ducked his head down searching through the diaper bag. He found what he was looking for. He smiled big, "Found them!"
Chiharu tucked her legs underneath the bench. She asked, "Do you need help?"
Hizashi blinked, "Uh, sure!"
He handed her a bottle and both adults started to feed the twins.
Katrina stared at her phone for the last two hours. She had a feeling the twins were in good hands with Hizashi. She trusted him. That's not why she was staring at her phone. Katrina mumbled, "This is like when you were on a long mission and couldn't keep in contact."
She groaned rolled her head on her arm. The sight of the phone was now sideways. The sound of the door made her push the phone to the side to hide the fact she missed her husband deeply. It's been a couple days. The last couple nights the twins drove her crazy. Crying non-stop. They'll stop after a feeding and a burping but an hour later they would be crying again. Katrina stood up crossing her arms across her chest. Another voice accompanied Hizashi's. He was laughing at something she said. Katrina raised her brows with an amused face when the blond and mystery woman with the twins came into view. Her voice stopped their conservation, "Are you using my children to pick up ladies, Hizashi?"
Hizashi paused. Katrina could see light redness appear on the man's face. The mystery woman to Katrina piped up, "I... We... He wasn't."
Katrina winked at the two as she walked towards the pram. She pulled on the pram to bring the twins inside. Katrina placed her hands on Hizashi's shoulders to direct him out, "Now I appreciate it for letting me sleep. For thanks, get out of here."
Hizashi opened and closed his mouth wanting to say something. For someone who is forward, he gets flustered when it came to women he is attracted to. Katrina could see the signs. Katrina placed a hand on the door and the other on her hip. She smiled sweetly, "Oh Hizashi, I'll be sure to tell Shou you used his children as leverage for a date. Now get going. I'll be fine by myself for a bit."
The door shut in front of the two's faces. Chiharu blinked, "Your uh sister seemed nice."
She turned to the blond with a sparkle in her eye, "Should we take her advice-?"
He finished, "Go on a date with me?"
Chiharu smiled, "Yeah I'd like that."
The blond's mustache twitched from a smile. He held out his arm and she hooked her arm through his. He led the woman to a local eatery.
Katrina had each baby in a swing. Both pairs of dark blue eyes watched her. Katrina huffed placing her hands on her hips, "Don't look at me like that."
Katrina knelt in front of the swings. Youta waved his little arms up and down. His cheeks jiggled lightly. Katrina tried to hold her face but a smile graced her lips. The tips of her fingers lightly squished his cheeks. She cooed, "Oh don't do that either. You two are too cute. I hope you two take your papa's features then you two would make the world tremble."
She moved to her daughter and squished her chubby cheeks. Her daughter stuck out her tongue in distaste. Katrina pointed out, "Ah, there's your papa."
The mother of two released her daughter's cheeks. Her elbows rested ontop of her knees and her chin resting against her palms. She let out a deep breath, "Are you both going to take after your papa or am I somewhere in there?"
Getting no response from her not-yet verbal children, she released her stance by sitting on her bum. A groan escaped her lips as she plopped onto her back. Her auburn hair fanned out around her. A couple coos left her children's lips. Katrina held up her hands, "I'm here still. Don't get your diapers in a twist."
Katirna could hear their little arms slapping against their bare legs. They were fussy for having any clothes on so she took them off. They stopped fussing after that. Katrina started to pick up on a cry hiccup. Katrina sat up staring at the culprit. She narrowed her eyes at Julieanne, "Are you simply doing this because your father isn't here or are you trying to tell me something?"
Julieanne squeaked then hiccuped. Katrina could see a stray tear threaten to fall from her daughter's eyes. The mother looked over at her son with her head on her knee, "Let me guess, you're next."
On cue, the boy started to hiccup slowly into a cry. Both children's chests heaved up and down to cry. Katrina felt her throat start to close and her eyes burn. Her voice started to crack, "You two have been at it since your father left for the school trip. I'm trying here. I... I cannot bring your father back here."
The twins' lips puckered. Katrina reached over to wipe away the tears of her children. She spoke softly, "It's okay you two. We will get through this together but we have to work together okay? If you're trying to tell me something, your father will be and is fine. If you're just crying just because he isn't here, well you two need to toughen up. It's a lot to ask but you two are the children of Eraserhead."
Katrina cleared her throat, "Your father is strong and brave. So please?"
The two continued to cry. Katrina felt her own tears of frustration fall. She felt defeated. The door opened and Katrina quickly wiped away from her face. The mother of two stood up to look at the person entering the Aizawa residence. A wide smile wearing blond entered his friends' home. He twirled on the balls of his feet, "Kitty kat, man I think that woman could be my number one fan."
He stopped and his smile washed off of his face. He noticed the redness of her nose, eyes and cheeks. Hizashi crossed the living room. The cries of the babies finally registered to his brain. He placed his hands on his friend's shoulders. He ducked his head down to look straight into her eyes, "Now I want you to sit down and let Uncle Hizashi work his magic."
Katrina shook her head, "Oh no. Hizashi, no. The two are my children. I'm their mother."
Hizashi puffed out his cheeks, "You were crying, Katrina. Sit."
Katrina pushed his hands off of her shoulders gently. Katrina walked to the kitchen pulling out two pre-filled bottles of her breast milk. She roughly held out one to Hizashi who gingerly took it. Katrina went to her son picking him up. The mother sat down with her son in her arms and a bottle to his lips. Hizashi blinked at what just happened. Only one cry was going. Hizashi picked up the black haired infant and sat down next to their mother. He placed the bottle to the infant's lips. Neither adult made a sound. Only sounds were coming from the infants with their suckling. Hizashi glanced over at his friend who sniffled. He will wait till the twins are asleep and his friend have relaxed a little.
