A/N : Mina Konichiwa! Heya everyone, sorry for the constant hiatus, here's a new chapter, probably not long enough for the length of time you've all been waiting, but I hope it's still worth the wait. Thanks to everyone that is still following me, and thanks to the new readers and followers, hope you're all enjoying. Please leave your reviews, it drives me to write faster! Now without further ado.
Chapter 10
The front door opened again and the girls walked in;
"Otoo-san, Ichi-nii, we're home!" Karin announced as the girls walked into the living room, "Oh, the Ishida are here too."
"Konichiwa Ishida-san, Uryuu-san!" Yuzu bowed and greeted.
"Okaerinassai girls," Isshin greeted, "Great, now that you kids are all here; Karin, Yuzu take a seat please." The girls looked at each other, and then at their brother and his boyfriend curiously but obyed their father. Once the girls were seated Isshin threw an arm on the back of the chair behind Ryuuken and continued;
"So boys, girls – as you all might have guessed by now, Me and Ryuuken are together, and we've decided to make it official; we're –"
"Getting married?" the girls interrupted.
"Getting engaged?" the boys piped up.
"Ain't that a bit soon?" Ichigo asked pointedly
"No, No, and yes that would be too soon." Isshin answered
"And very irresponsible," Ryuuken added, "and we are not irresponsible."
"So…what is it?" Ichigo asked
"We want to move in together; well…Ryuuken would move in with us." Isshin replied patiently.
"And?" the kids inquired.
"Well, we wanted to give you a heads-up and know your opinions before going ahead with it." Ryuuken replied
After a minute of silence in which the kids exchanged awkward looks they all shrugged, and Yuzu giggled.
"I don't see anything wrong with it; I think it'd be fun!" Yuzu beamed; Isshin and Ryuuken looked at each other and smiled at this.
"Yeah, nothing wrong with it; about time I'd say." Karin shrugged; Ryuuken raised his brow and gave Isshin a look that made him laugh.
"She's way too mature for her age." He whispered chuckling.
"Uhm…I guess it's just natural, since you are together…" Ichigo responded awkwardly
"A bit soon if you ask me," Uryuu remarked, "Though I guess it doesn't really matter; since I don't live here anyway."
"About that…" Ichigo started, turning toward Uryuu, "I was gonna ask you if you would move in with us….if it's okay with our dads." He looks to Isshin and Ryuuken
"What?" Ryuuken snapped, "I thought we were gonna ask their permission to let you move out with me?!"
"I like Ichigo's idea better," Ryuuken responded, "I've never liked the idea of you living by yourself, and I don't trust you two living all alone together."
"Plus, the biggest part of our decision to move in together is so that you kids can learn to be comfortable with all of us being a family." Isshin added, smiling and squeezing Ryuuken's shoulder.
"But, we're second year Kokosei (High School Students)*, we'll be off to Daigaku (College) in a couple years anyway!" Uryuu argued
"And you can move out on your own then." Ryuuken responded
Uryuu opened his mouth to protest, but closed it again and decided against it when he met his dad's glare and Ichigo's pleading eyes.
"I guess it can't be helped; I'll move in too, if it's no problem for the Kurosaki family." He sighed
"Of course not!" Isshin beamed, "right kids?"
"MHM!" The girls beamed, while ichigo just smiled and hugged Uryuu.
"Yosh!" Isshin cried, "This house is now officially the KurosakIshida home!"
All the kids laughed at the silly name while Ryuuken gave him a funny look.
"Where did you come up with such a ridiculous name?"
"It's a combination of Kurosaki and Ishida, it's a ship name!"
At this Ichigo and Uryuu facepalmed, while Ryuuken and the girls unanimously asked,
"Ship name?"
"Yeah!" Isshin replied, "people take a couple's name and jam them together into a single name, I see it all the time in Ichigo's yaoi forum."
"You look at my Yaoi forum?!" Ichigo asked mortified
"You HAVE a Yaoi forum?!" Uryuu cried, outraged
"Oh hush Uryuu, you act as if you aren't part of one." Ryuuken scolded
"Wait, how did you know I'm part of one?" Uryuu asked, horrified
"Hypocrite!" Ichigo cried in accusation
"More importantly, YOU look at your son's yaoi forum?" Uryuu scolded Isshin, outraged.
"Hey, it's his fault he leaves it on when he goes out." Isshin defended.
"What's Yaoi?" Karin asked innocently. Yuzu giggled and whispered something into her ear; Karin's confusion turned into horror "EEEEEEEEW! Wait, how do you know that, when I don't?!"
All the men looked down at Yuzu in horror, "YUZU!"
Yuzu frowned and looked as if she was about to cry, "I-I read it off of Nii-san's computer when I was cl-cleaning his room." She explained and then burst into tears.
Everyone glared at Ichigo while he sheepishly kneeled down to comfort her.
Isshin stooped down to pick up his youngest and cradled her in his arm, calming her.
To change the subject and hoping to score some points with the kids Ryuuken suggested they all go out to Ice Cream. "How about we go out for Ice cream to celebrate the KurosakIshida household?"
"That's a great idea, Love!" Isshin beamed and leaned in to give Ryuuken a kiss making the boys squirm. "And as his punishment for exposing his sisters to Yaoi; Ichigo's paying!"
"YEAH!" both girls exclaimed, throwing their hands up in the air. Uryuu chuckled at Ichigo's crestfallen expression and pulled him in for a peck on the cheek. The dads chuckled at the commotion and looked at each other with knowing looks.
Ryuuken gave Isshin the "you know this is only the beginning of the chaos, right?"
Isshin chuckled and gave him the "It's worth it as long as I have you and the kids with me." When Ryuuken replied by rolling his eyes, Isshin laughed and went in for a kiss, at which point Yuzu wrapped her arms around Ryuuken's neck and laid her head on his shoulder
"I love you Papa Ryuu; I can call you Papa Ryuu right?"
Ryuuken shared a surprised look with Isshin and smiled softly down at the petite girl in his arm,
"Of course you can call me Papa darling, I can call you darling right?" Yuzu giggled and nodded "Now let's go to the creamery, ne?"
Uryuu's expression darkened at the sight and he went ahead and headed out the door in a huff, followed by Ichigo and the rest of the family. Ichigo caught up with Uryuu and pulled him in close and muttered under his breath,
"What's wrong, Uri-kun? You suddenly seem upset. Was it because Yuzu embraced Ishida-san?"
Uryuu sighed and shook his head,
"I know it's silly, being jealous of an eight year-old, it's just…..he was never that fatherly to me when I was growing up…..it's just disappointing, you know?"
Ichigo sighed and pulled him in tighter, kissing his hair
"I'm sorry you missed out on that with your father, babe," he jokingly added, "but you have me now, to hold you and tell you I Love you, don't you?"
Uryuu chuckled and elbowed Ichigo playfully,
"Yeah, but I do hope you know there's a difference."
Ichigo chuckled and pressed his forehead against Uryuu's
"I'm not that thick, and hey, I did get you to smile."
When they got to the Creamery, Ichigo gave Isshin a look that said they should leave the Ishida men alone to talk. Isshin nodded in agreement and took Yuzu from Ryuuken and picked up Karin and loudly marched into the Creamery.
"Let's go get us some Ice Cream! Chocolate! Vanilla! And don't forget our favorite; Strawberry!" he sang with the girls, causing Ichigo to facepalm. The Ishida men were about to follow in but Ichigo poked his head out and made the excuse that it was really crowded and they should just wait outside for now. The two decided to go sit down on a bench, of course as far away from each other as possible.
"So," Ryuuken started awkwardly, "it'll be fun with the Kurosaki, huh?"
"Yeah," Uryuu answered dryly, "fun."
"Do you not approve that I'm warming up to the little one so quickly?" Ryuuken queried suddenly.
"What?" Uryuu looked up in surprise, he noticed that?
"Yes, I noticed that look of yours when I held her." Ryuuken answered the unasked question. "I am your father you know."
Whatever, Uryuu looked away and scoffed
"Uryuu…."
TBC
A/N : *the Japnese school system consist of three years of Junior High (Chuugaku) and then three years of High School (Kotogaku) , Ichigo and Uryuu are in the 2nd year of Kotogaku which is the equivalent to 11th Grade/High School Juniors.
A/A/N : Next time, the Ishida men talks, fun at the creamery, and another peek into the past. Stay tuned!