Once A Father, Always A Lover
Chapter 4
Hello again, I'm going to try to make the chapters a little longer because I feel as though they aren't long enough. Enjoy!
Warnings: There may be some language in this chapter.
Arthur stood in the toy isle and looked at the many crazy colours that were the toys. He picked up one that caught his eye. It was a stuffed blue lion with rather large eyes. It was very soft, Arthur couldn't believe how soft it was. He noticed that the little brat was whining behind him in the basket, he turned around to notice a cute pout on the baby's face as he held his hands out to the stuffed toy. Arthur handed him the toy and watched the child squeal in delight as he clutched the toy tightly. Arthur tried to conceal his smile but it came anyway.
He had picked out quite a few more toys that the baby showed interest in, he hoped these toys would keep him away from his breakable things. Arthur then made his way to the clothing isle, noting that there was a rather vast amount of clothes to choose from. He picked up a tiny T-shirt and held it up in front up the baby, he cooed and smiled when the attention was on him, slightly curious as to what Arthur was doing. "No, that won't do, too large." Arthur muttered under his breath. Arthur looked at the baby, the only thing he had on was a blue shirt and a (probably soiled) diaper. He reached around to check the size of the baby's shirt, 'infant M' was all it said. Arthur shrugged and started looking for tops that said 'infant M'.
He managed to find 4 nice looking shirts and an infant night outfit that fit the category he had set out to look for. He tossed them into the basket and started looking for bottoms. Arthur had assumed that the size would be different for the bottoms but he found that they were named with the same sizes to his relief. He picked out a few pairs of infant shorts, most of what he had chosen was either denim or cotton.
Arthur was very relieved that the baby had been keeping quiet (mostly) throughout the time they Arthur had spent shopping for him. The baby had mostly been hugging onto the stuffed lion the whole time, only fussing occasionally. After 15 more minutes of shopping, Arthur had made it to the checkout line with the basket carrying the baby and all of his stuff. He had already gotten some strange looks from people in the store but the checkout lady gave him by far the most offending look. He rolled his basket full of items up to the front, he looked at her and smiled politely. She looked at the huge pile of baby items and glared back at him, almost with a disgusted look. He ignored it and the baby just giggled. After almost everything had been checked out, he had to take the toy lion away from the infant, causing him to start crying. Arthur sighed and flushed from embarrassment, making people look at him. As the checkout lady wrung up the item, he quickly took it back. "Here, please stop your crying, shh it's okay." He handed the toy back to the baby, making the infant instantly stop crying. Arthur sighed in relief and noticed the woman behind him say "Aw!~" He pulled out his wallet, waiting for the checkout lady to give him an amount. "That'll be 285.99 pounds sir." the lady said in a monotone voice. Arthur nearly fell over. "Holy hell! That bloody much?" Arthur muttered to himself and pulled out his card and quickly paid the exact amount. To say the least, Arthur was not happy.
He had managed to fit all of the plastic bags of baby items into the cab with him. He knew the cab driver was already pissed off that there was a giggling baby in the car, and now there were piles of baby items. Arthur felt as though the ride back took longer because of the awkward situation, but he had made it home without getting his head torn off by the angry cab driver. He stepped inside of his home, the baby in one arm and as many bags as he could carry inside in the other and set the bags on the floor. The baby was starting to fuss and whine, probably because of his soiled diaper and the fact that it was lunchtime. Arthur set him down by the couch and went back to get the rest of the bags.
Arthur came back inside, setting the bags down and grabbing the package of diapers, wipes, and baby powder before going into the living room. He noticed that he hadn't cleaned up the broken teacup off the floor. He thanked God that the child had stayed away from the broken mess and was sitting in the middle of the floor with the stuffed lion. Arthur wasn't too sure how to change a diaper, he had never had to take care of a baby before so this was very alien to him.
He laid out a blanket and set the baby on it, having him lay down. He quickly grabbed the diapers and looked at the picture instructions. He looked at it for a few moments before setting it aside, he looked down at his baby. The little monster was looking up at him with big, innocent blue eyes. He looked down at the smelly diaper, he knew he had to conquer it. He reached down and pulled the diaper apart on each side like it showed on the package and pulled the diaper away before opening up the baby wipes. He used the wipe before putting it beside the dirty diaper and puffed some baby powder on the baby. He opened the brand new package of diapers before slipping it under the infant and folding it around him. Arthur sighed in complete relief, he had just changed his first of many more diapers to come.
He was quite proud of himself as a matter of fact. "Now then, that was not near as bloody awful as I had thought it would be." He picked up and disposed of the dirty diaper before washing his hands and returning to the living room. The baby began to fuss again, to Arthur's dismay and that was when he remembered it was lunchtime. "Ugh, must you fuss so damn much? Although you have had fairly decent behaviour throughout the day, I suppose I will feed you if it'll shut you the hell up." He snorted, with his head held high and walked back into the kitchen. He rummaged through the bags again until he found a jar of baby food. "I hope the little monster likes chicken and vegetable flavour." He knew he would have to name him or find out his name soon. He would have to go to court tomorrow to find out these things, meaning he would have to find a babysitter for the day. Arthur didn't want a certain frog knowing that he had a son so that was out of the question. Nor did he think the frog's friends should know about this either. He pondered at the thought of his next door neighbour, she was quite a sweetheart and she was very trusting. He quickly set the jar down before walking out of his flat, making his way to the door right next to his. Arthur sure hoped she could keep a secret.
You'll find out who this woman is in the next chapter, although you probably already know. I may add a cover picture or post some drawings of this on deviantart. I'll try to have the next chapter by tomorrow. Bye!