10-hru & ELA

The rocking chair rocks back and forth. A sleeping baby can be heard in the room. That baby belongs to the married couple, Elma and Kano. Haruki sleeps soundly as Kano was holding the baby in his arms. Today's his turn to take care of the baby since Elma had her turn yesterday. Haruki wasn't like any other baby. Besides the fact that he's a dragon in human form, he's a ravenous baby. He always eats a snack every waking hour. Luckily, he wasn't a picky child, Haruki eats whatever's on the plate even the vegetables!

While Elma's doing the chores, she receives a call from her phone. It was someone from her contacts, which turned out to be Kioshi. She answers the call with a greet.

"Hello, Kioshi!"

"Hey Elma, how's it going?"

"Nothing much, just in the middle of doing chores. You?" Elma answered in a bored tone.

"Well, there's news I need to tell you about."

As Kano continues rocking the chair, he instantly stops when he hears a squeal from downstairs. Haruki opens his eyes and starts developing tears. Just as he's about to cry, Kano quickly grabs the pacifier and places it in Haruki's mouth. This prevented the baby from crying to then falling back to sleep.

Kano places Haruki in his crib and immediately makes his way downstairs to check on his wife. Arriving at the living room, she turns to Kano and hugs him.

"What's wrong Elma!?" Kano asked worriedly.

"I have great news!" Elma said. "Kioshi knows a way to extend your lifespan!"

Kano's heart almost stopped, will he finally be able to live a long life with Elma and his child?

"Kioshi and Tohru are coming over with the potion. If you drink that potion, it'll allow you to have the same lifespan as a normal dragon has! Kano, this means that you won't die before Haruki and I do!"

"I'm...I...have no words...to explain how happy I am." Kano struggled to say.

"We should make them dinner to repay them! They'll be here in two hours!"

"That...sounds like a great idea! I have an idea, how about I bake a cake?" Kano asked.

"That sounds amazing! Let me finish the chores and I'll take care of Haruki!"

They nod and part ways to do their roles. Kano turns on the oven to prepare to bake the cake while Elma quickly finishes her remaining chores.

Two hours pass by. Kano finished baking and frosting the cake as he promised. After Elma finished with her chores, she went up to take care of her son. By the last thirty minutes, the cake was already placed in the fridge and Kano started cooking tonight's dinner. Which would be freshly cut pieces of breaded chicken, white rice, soup, and a side of vegetables.

The doorbell rings, Elma yells from upstairs to say that she would get the door. She stood up with the baby in her arms, goes downstairs to the kitchen to place little Haruki on the baby chair, then she opens the door.

"Kioshi, Tohru, welcome back!" Elma greeted.

"Long time no see, Elma," Tohru said uncomfortably.

The reunited three entered the house. Kioshi encounters Kano by the kitchen counter and Haruki on the baby chair. The baby's face lights up with a smile and then giggles when he sights Kioshi.

"Who do we have here? Haha!" Kioshi pinches on Haruki's cheek which causes the baby to giggle some more.

"You're pretty good with babies, aren't you Kioshi?" Kano commented.

"Nah, I'm pretty chill with Haruki, he's your baby after all. The moment I saw your child, I literally knew we would end up on great terms!" Kioshi gets a whiff of the aroma from the food Kano was cooking. "Wow, what's on the menu today Kano?"

"Breaded chicken, white rice, and soup with a side of vegetables. Food's almost ready, honey, can you get the plates for Tohru and Kioshi?" Kano asked his wife.

"On it!" Elma which then replied.

"Whoa whoa whoa, Kano! You don't have to cook for us!"

"I insist Kioshi! It's the least we can do to repay you for the potion!" Kano said.

"But-" A hand grabs onto Kioshi's shoulder, it was Elma.

"Just, please let us do this? Just for this time?" Elma asked him, Kioshi nods.

"You got your man Elma, so hands off of mine!" A jealous Tohru interrupts.

"Yep! Sorry hehe!" Elma apologizes.

"Oh right, I think it's best to drink the potion before you eat anything, Kano! I don't want any side effects to occur to you if there are any."

"There are no side effects Kioshi, I'm positive that there aren't. But I'll let you do your way." Tohru said.

Everyone sits in the dining room while Kano finishes up the cooking. During that time, Elma catches up on whatever's been going on in Tohru and Kioshi's life. A lot of information to take in. At one point, Tohru gave Elma too much information when it came to Tohru's "private time" with Kioshi. Elma had to cover Haruki's ears just in case.

By the time Kano settled down after serving food on everyone's plates, Kioshi passed the potion down to him. Kano looks over at everyone and then the potion.

"Thank you Tohru and Kioshi for this."

"We're all on the same boat, so let's make the best of it, together as a whole," Kioshi said.

Kano smiles at everyone and his child; he takes out the cork from the potion bottle, sets the cork aside, and finally drinks the potion. The same process happened to Kano as with Kioshi, a glowing green colored aura surrounds him and then his body absorbs every bit of it to its mind and heart. After the process finished, Kano felt that he had a lot of energy in his body, he felt a lot younger now that he drank the substance.

"Now you're with us!" Tohru caught everyone's attention. "This time, you can catch up with your wife and son!"

Kano looks over at a teary-eyed Elma. She was smiling due to the idea of not being left alone in the future.

"Well then, let's eat guys!"

Hours after supper, Kioshi and Tohru leave the house and return home. As night struck, Kano tucks in his son to bed. He gives him a goodnight kiss on the forehead and then leaves the room to join with Elma. Haruki will now have a father to look up to for his entire life.