"Hey there, guys," Skip greeted as he entered the Sakaki household, Yuzu in his arms.
"Hey, Skip," Yusho smiled from his spot on the floor where he was playing with Yuya.
"Dinner will be ready shortly," Yoko called from the kitchen.
"Sounds good. Can you say 'hi', Yuzu?"
"Hi!" she chirped.
"Aww! Yusho! Yuzu learned another word," Yoko gushed as she rushed toward the baby girl.
"I heard," he chuckled as he picked Yuya up off the floor and headed toward everyone else.
"Hi, Yuzu. Hi," Yoko took the baby girl from her friend's arms.
"Hi! Hi! Hi!"
"Yuya still isn't talking?" Skip cocked his head.
"No. He hasn't said anything yet. But I'm sure he's going to say Mama really soon," the woman emphasized the word as she looked toward her son. He laughed in response.
"I must disagree. I think that Dada will be his first word. Right, son? You'd rather say Dada than Mama first, right?"
Yuya giggled at his father.
"Hang on. Why exactly should he say Dada first?" Yoko raised a pointed eyebrow.
"First off, it just comes first alphabetically, so…" he shrugged.
"He doesn't know the alphabet yet, Yusho!"
"No, but, thanks to me, he knows that Dada comes before Mama. And that's all he needs to know for now."
"I invalidate your reasoning."
"On what grounds?"
"On the grounds that he is a baby and you can't use the alphabet as sound reasoning for his first word, Yusho!"
"I think that I can."
"I don't know, Yusho. I think she may have a point here," Skip interjected.
"Ha!" Yoko stuck her tongue out at her husband.
"State your logic, Skip, my boy," Yusho placed a hand on his hip.
"Well, I'm thinking that Yoko is right because Yuya obviously doesn't know his alphabet yet. He doesn't know what letters are. He doesn't know there's a specific order. So using alphabetical order just doesn't work here."
"Exactly," Yoko nodded as Yuzu clapped her hands, Yuya doing the same from Yusho's arm.
"Okay, but I'm not saying that he has to know the alphabet yet. I know the alphabet."
"Yeah, you. Not Yuya," Yoko shook her head.
"Okay. Well, why exactly is it that you are so certain that Mama will be his first word, hm?"
Yoko scoffed.
"Uh, because he spends the most time with me, his mama."
Yusho's jaw dropped.
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah. Who takes care of him all day when you're working? Me. Therefore –"
"No! I spend just as much time with our son as you do, Yoko!" the duelist argued.
Yuya squealed while clapping again.
"See? He agrees," Yusho ruffled the boy's tiny mop of hair.
"He's just playing with Yuzu from afar. He's not even paying attention to anything you're saying, Yusho," Yoko sighed with a shake of her head.
"Skip, help me out here. You're supposed to be my best friend!"
"Uh…no, thanks. I don't want to get into the middle of this one," Skip waved his hands distastefully in front of himself.
"It's just because he knows I'm right," Yoko gave a nonchalant shrug. "Yuzu's first word was Dada – "
"See!" Yusho cried.
" – because she's with him all the time. Ergo she is with him 'the most' just like Yuya is with me 'the most'. That means that Yuya's first word will undoubtedly be Mama."
"Okay here's why you're wrong though," Yusho started.
As the adults continued to bicker playfully, Yuya was growing restless. He saw the other baby over in his mother's arms and knew that whenever she was around they got to play together. But they weren't playing. And that just didn't seem right. The baby boy held out his arms and grunted at the baby girl, who clapped and giggled in merriment.
"Zzzz. Zzzz. Zzzzzu! Zzzzuzzzzu! Zuzu!" he cried, causing everyone in the room to fall silent.
"What did he say?" gawked Skip.
"Zuzu! Zuzu!" Yuya whimpered as he flexed his fingers toward the baby girl.
"Well…" Yusho grinned. "I guess that's his way of saying Yuzu's name."
"I guess you guys were both wrong then," Skip snickered.
"Oh. Poor baby boy. He wants to play with her," Yoko sat Yuzu on the ground, Yusho doing the same with Yuya, then the two infants started squealing happily as they crawled around.
Yusho chuckled.
"I can't believe our son's first word was basically Yuzu."
"Oh. I can. And you know why, Yusho? Because I already told you and this just further proves it. They're gonna get married, Yusho."
"My love…" Yusho frowned.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute! My baby girl is not getting married!" Skip exclaimed.
"One day, Skip," Yoko shook her head.
"No! No! Never. Never ever. Not my baby girl. She's not allowed to date or get married until after I'm dead. And even then, she'd be treading on thin ice!"
"Skip, they're not even a year old yet," Yusho mused. "You don't have to freak out about it or anything. There's still a long ways to go before either one of them has girlfriends or boyfriends on their minds."
"He's right, Skip," Yoko turned to head back toward the kitchen. "But they'll probably definitely just end up together, so…"
"No. No. We're not talking about this. Uh…we came over for dinner. So…how's that coming along?" the man changed the subject.
"It's ready," Yoko chuckled.
"Zuzu!" Yuya cried.
Yusho and Skip turned to see that the babies had found their way to Yuya's toys and were happily beating some stuffed animals on the ground. Yuzu giggled as she grabbed her feet and then rolled backwards.
"Zuzu! Zuzu!" Yuya giggled at her antics.
"Are you two ready for dinner?" Skip stepped toward the babies and scooped them both up into his arms and headed toward the kitchen table. Yusho also headed that way, sitting in his normal seat.
"Thank-you, my love," he smiled as Yoko served him his food.
"You are welcome, darling."
"So…Zuzu, huh?" he chuckled.
"He's cute," she gazed toward her son, who Skip was fastening into his highchair. "But, rest assured, his next word will be Mama."
"I beg to differ," Yusho gave the woman an ornery smile.
"Beg all you want. It's not going to change the inevitable, Yusho," Yoko gave his shoulder a squeeze as she headed back to the kitchen to retrieve Skip's plate.
"I guess we'll see," Yusho mumbled.
"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Yuya cried as he struggled in his seat.
Yusho raised his eyebrows at the boy's outburst.
"Goodness, young man," remarked Skip.
"Hi?" Yuzu kicked her feet, cocking her head to the side.
"Oh yeah," Yoko set Skip's plate in front of him then clapped her husband on the shoulder with a smirk, "I think it's a safe bet that he'll say Mama.
DGG: I struggled figuring out what Yuya's first word should be. Haha. It was going to be Mama, but...I clearly changed it. I thought it would be funnier/cuter if he said "Zuzu". Also, I don't like that the dub changed her name to Zuzu, but I do think it's cute as a little baby nickname. Hope you enjoyed! Please review!
