Later that afternoon, after I had put izuru down for his nap, I searched the web for good thank you gifts. There were beautiful gift ideas, but none really stood out as being a good present for nanami. As I was clicking around, I found a flower shop website. On the cover webpage, they were advertising a sale on white hydrangeas. They were fairly cheap for how beautiful they were so I decided to buy them, and send them to nanami. Along with the flowers, I figured that I should bake her some cookies as well. I went to the kitchen and looked for all the ingredients, to which I had none. I looked at the clock on the wall, it was almost one and usagi wouldn't be home for another four hours. Izuru had just gotten to sleep, and it would be bad to wake him so soon, so I decided to sit and wait for izuru to wake up from his nap so that I could go shopping.

An hour later, (as expected) izuru woke up from his nap. He didn't cry this time, but instead called my name. The cry for his daddy, made me put my book down and hurry upstairs. When I got to the room, he smiled at me and I picked him up out of his crib.

"Izuru, do you want to go shopping with daddy?" izuru yawned, stretched his limbs, and then nodded to my question. I went into my room, and set izuru on the bed. I went to the dresser and got out my favorite outfit for izuru. It was a white, zip- up rabbit hoodie, with black pants and little rabbit sneakers. When izuru was dressed, I set him down on the ground and we both walked down stairs. He was still a little clumsy with going down the stairs but he always found his own way down, and if he couldn't he would most definitely scream. When he finally made his way down the stairs, we both walked out the building and down the street to the local supermarket. I picked up a hand basket, and started my search for ingredients. Izuru was right behind me, gabbing onto the rim of my shirt. I went down the baking isle, I grabbed sugar, flour, baking soda, and baking powder then went to the dairy isle.

"Izuru, do you want some…" I looked down to where izuru should have been, only to see that he was gone. I didn't panic; I simply back tracked through the store, calling for him. Eventually I found him. He was in the toy isle, and playing with the stuffed animals.

"Izuru! Don't ever go running off without telling daddy again!" I picked him up and placed him on my hip. I had only slightly raised my voice at him, but to izuru it must have seemed like I was super mad, because he began to cry hysterically. I sighed and bounced him, trying to calm him.

"Come on izuru, don't cry! I'm not mad…" his cry's simmered down to a hiccup and he was able to speak to me.

"d-da-da…wha..mm…mad?" I giggled a little then patted his head.

"I told you, I'm not mad…come on I have to do some more shopping." Izuru nodded and whipped his eyes, puffing out his chest, trying to act tough. I went back to the dairy section and grabbed a carton of eggs, and some butter then asked the question I couldn't earlier.

"Izuru, do you want some yogurt?" he nodded and pointed to the strawberry flavor. I picked it up and put it in the basket. I checked over the things I had, I still needed something for dinner.

"I think we should have rice and curry tonight, is that ok izuru?" he nodded I agreement and I made my way to get the ingredients.

The shopping was finally finished, and with an hour to spare. When we got home, it was already 3:30. I made the cookie batter and put the cookies in the oven, then started on dinner. Most of the time I would start dinner earlier, but since it's an easy dinner I'm sure it would be fine. As I cooked dinner, izuru was in the living room plying. I had the TV on, just in case he got bored, because when he's bored he tends to be clingy. To have a clingy two year old in the kitchen with you while you cook was never a good thing, unless you were planning on hurting your child. I watched the clock carefully, knowing exactly when usagi was going to burst through the door.

3

I placed the rice on their plates.

2

I poured the curry onto the rice.

1

I put the plates onto the table.

0

Usagi opens the door, completely out of breath.

"Welcome home." Usagi responded with an 'ah' then sat down at the dining table.

"Rough day?" usagi sighed then looked up at me.

"Never mind my day, how was yours?" with this I could have said so many things, but instead I simply said my day was good and began to eat. I didn't want to burden usagi any more than I have. Izuru sat on usagis lap and talked with him throughout dinner, making me feel like a third wheel. I heard the timer go off in the kitchen so I grabbed up the dirty plates and went to take the cookies out of the oven. The cookies were perfect; I packed them up in a nice box and placed them on the counter. Little did I know that a cookie thief was just around the corner.

chapter 5! so, this chapter was supposed to be longer, but I cind of didn't have any ideas so I just ended it here. if you have any ideas for this story please pm me or put them in the reviews! don't forget to favorite and follow me! and also I update every week so no worries! I love you all!

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