"Oh, oh," whispered Emi, looking at the mess she made.
She just woke up from a nap and wanted to play. Unfortunately, no one realized she was awake until it was too late. The group stood in front of a table. A table that had spilled tea and a soaking wet Bun-bun.
"We…we done it now," whispered a fearful Tamaki.
"We aren't involved." argued the twins
"You guys weren't watching Emi like you said you were."
"Well, since Emi was taking a nap, we were trying to get Haruhi to dress as a girl for today."
"As a girl?" questioned Tamaki. He looked like he wanted to.
"We got outfits for her to try on," mentioned the twins with a grin as they hugged Haruhi "Don't you want to see?"
"I would, but this isn't the time!" yelled Tamaki, snapping out of it, "And would you morons stop pawing her like that? Release her now!"
"Guys, baby in the room," scolded Yuka, "I really don't want her learning any more colorful language than necessary, or copying any other things." Yuka glared at the twins after that, who let Haruhi go immediately. They haven't forgotten the last thing Emi 'learned' from them and even though it was funny, they felt bad about it.
"Sorry," muttered the twins and Tamaki.
"It's outside business hours, so I don't mind you guys horsing around and being loud, but if you keep it up, you might wake up Honey," stated Kyoya. He continued working on his laptop, while the three loud hosts hid behind a couch and looked over at Honey, who was still sleeping.
"A third-year who still takes naps…" Yuka thought aloud as he picked up Bun-bun. He was looking it over as the others freaked out about Haruhi almost waking up Honey. He was used to the dramatic atmosphere, so he was half paying attention to their antics. The other half of his attention was towards solutions to the problem at hand and how to fix it.
"Here, Emi. Do daddy a favor and hold onto Bun-bun for me. I am going to get towels to clean up the table," Yuka explained to the toddler. He gave Bun-bun to Emi (who had tea all over her, so holding onto Bun-bun wasn't going to hurt either one of them) and made his way to the kitchen. There wasn't much he could do for Bun-bun now (besides taking him to the cleaners or throwing him in the washer), so he dealt with what he could.
When he got back, Tamaki and the twins were explaining to Haruhi why it was a bad idea to wake up Honey and their reasoning. Rolling his eyes, he cleaned up the table and then put Bun-bun on the now clean table.
Tamaki, with the help of the twins, had just explained that Honey had the blood type AB. Which to them means he had a good and evil side, a split personality if you must. The kicker was that Kyoya had the same blood type and when mentioned, convinced Haruhi of their theory. The four of them were on their knees as they let the knowledge sink in.
"Don't you just love their reasoning, Kyoya," the father joked as he bent down to picked up the sticky toddler.
"Yeah, that makes me feel so good," deadpanned Kyoya earning a chuckle from Yuka as he carried Emi to the bathroom to get cleaned up. He washed her up, getting a lot of protests and giggles along the way. He changed her diaper and clothes, before heading out to see what was going on now.
Tamaki was planning some elaborate scheme to get Bun-bun fixed before Honey woke up. Sighing, he set Emi down and joined the group.
"Get a grip, lord lame-brain!"
"We know you're frazzled, but think of something sensible!"
"Maybe we can get Bun-bun cleaned! While we try that…" Tamaki schemed, pulling a bunny costume out of nowhere "Haruhi put this on."
"That's better!" agreed the twins as Yuka facepalmed.
"Are you nuts? I can't pass myself off as a toy bunny!" yelled Haruhi.
"Look, he wakes up all bleary. He won't notice right away!" Tamaki insisted, he threw the costume to the twins and they went to work on getting Haruhi in it.
"Then why don't you wear it?"
"Obviously I wouldn't be as cute." admitted Tamaki "I also want to see you in it!"
"Um, guys…" Yuka smirked as he pointed out Honey. What the group didn't notice until now was Honey was starting to wake up. Honey was sitting up and rubbing his eyes when Tamaki yelled, "Too late. Replacement plan B!" Tamaki quickly shoved a teddy bear in front of Honey and ran behind the couch with the twins and Haruhi. Yuka noticed it was the teddy bear Tamaki owned. He named it Beary and brought it for Emi to play with. Honey took one look at the bear, before throwing it across the room.
"What do we do? What do we do? That will be us next," panicked the guys as Haruhi struggled to get the costume off behind them. Yuka chuckled at the reactions of the terrified hosts as Honey found Bun-bun.
"Oh no. He found it," screamed Tamaki in terror, as he clung to the twins.
"Well, ya didn't try to hide it," choked out Yuka, who was trying so hard not to laugh.
"Bun-bun…what?" muttered Honey, picking up Bun-bun to get a closer look. Honey turned to face the group and Yuka understood why they were terrified of the older boy. "Why is he dirty?"
Yuka saw the others starting to freak out and jumped in, "It was my fault. I should have been watching Emi closer. I was working on homework while she was napping. She woke up and…" explained the man. He wasn't afraid of the teen, but that didn't mean he couldn't try resolving the issue at hand. Emi looked so heartbroken as she made her way over to Honey.
"Sorry. Got dirty, Hunee. Sorry," cried the little girl. She hugged her blankie as tears fell down her face.
"Oh don't cry, Emi-chan." comforted the older boy as he picked up the toddler.
"Emi did such a good job taking care of Bun-bun while you were asleep," Yuka gave a wink towards Honey to show there were no hard feelings.
"Bun-bun wanted tea," stated Mori with a nod from Yuka.
"Why don't we have a tea party with him? Just the four of us and we can give him some cake," bubbled Honey as the idea struck him "You think he would love it, Mori."
"I bet he will," said the silent one. The three of them started setting the table up for a tea party as the others silently watched in awe.
Yuka was having a horrible day. It started last night when Emi developed a fever and it went downhill from there. Caring for a sick child is never easy. Most of the morning, poor Emi couldn't keep solids foods down. He was covered in puke more times than he could count. He was tired and worried. He called the doctor and they weren't concerned as long as she drank fluids and her fever didn't get too high.
Yuka cuddled the toddler and tried comforting her as much as he could, getting her to drink water as much as possible. Most of the time, she wanted juice and was very demanding when she didn't give it to her. He decided to just add a little bit of grape juice to the water he was giving her. That seemed to satisfy her to the time being.
Yuka would rock her to sleep, singing to her and rubbing her back. Just like he was doing now.
"Down in the valley the valley so low,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow,
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow," sang Yuka, he didn't notice that he had an audience, who was let in by his aunt while he was busy with Emi. His audience stood by the door and listened in on the young father sang to his sick daughter.
"Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven, know i love you
If you don't love me, love whom you please
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love, give my heart ease
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease
Write me a letter, send it by mail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail
Birmingham Jail love, Birmingham Jail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail
Build me a castle, forty feet high
So I can see her, as she rides by
As she rides by love, as she rides by
So I can see her, as she rides by
"Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow," he finished singing with a kiss on Emi's forehead.
"Never heard that song before," whispered Honey, getting the attention of the young father to the group.
"It's an old song," Yuka whispered as he looked at the group before him, "My grandfather sang it to all the little ones he rocked to sleep. It is a tradition of sorts. I continued it after he passed away since this little one never got to meet him. I guess it is a way to keep him close."
"Well, it's a beautiful song. How is she doing? How are you holding up?" asked Tamaki, making his way into the room, followed by the rest of the club.
"She is doing better. She is keeping stuff down at the moment and her fever is down. She is just really tired," explained Yuka "As am I. It is exhausting."
"I bet it is," said the twins as they held up a teddy bear, "We got her gifts."
"I can see that," whispered Yuka, looking around at all his friends. They all carried a present, toys (mostly stuffed animals), activity books, or coloring books. Even some books for him to read to her "You guys didn't have too," started Yuka before he was interrupted. "It was no trouble. Most of this comes from us, but some of the gifts came from the customers. They are getting well soon presents." stated Kyoya. He gave Yuka a look that said it was pointless to argue and that he was stuck with all of it. "We also brought food and medications. We gave them to your aunt when she let us in earlier.
"I figured," muttered Yuka "Thanks. You really didn't have to..."
"It's no problem, Yuka-chan. We were so worried when you didn't come to school and then Kyoya told us that the reason you weren't there was because Emi-chan was sick. Everyone wanted to do this," Honey moved closer and handed Yuka a small stuffed bunny that was a mini-me to Bun-bun.
"She is going to love it," grinned Yuka. He felt happiness, gratitude, relief, all mixed in as he looked at the group in front of him.
"So, you sing often?" asked the twins.
'Welp. Feelings gone now,' thought an embarrassed Yuka as the twins cracked up. Tamaki smacked them in the head and told them to be quiet before they woke up Emi, which got immediate action. 'But I wouldn't have it any other way.'
Honestly, this chapter is my favorite chapter. It was the hardest to write as well. The song was the same one my own grandpa used to sing to every child he held as he rocked them to sleep. It's hard even writing this. My grandpa died on March 8th from cancer. I am so thankful it happened before all this crisis got worse. We were able to be by his side and have a funeral. Something most families can't even do right now, or even last month/months. I miss him and wanted to include this song in his memory.
I do have other chapters written, but I lost interest after chapter ten. I kinda hit writer's block, but I like this chapter so much, I want to make it the last chapter. The rest of the chapters will be added as extras. This story lasted six chapters with five extra. so a total of eleven. Don't worry. I have other stories planned and will be using the characters again. I had fun writing Yuka and Emi and its not the last time I plan to write for the Host Club.
Thanks for the reviews, favorites, and follows. I only own Yuka and Emi. The song used was 'Down in the Valley' by Tony True.