So yesterday night I found out that using the copy-and-paste method on FanFiction takes out random phrases or words. I knew that it did that three or four years ago, but I thought the issue was resolved. Apparently not. So now I'm going to go through and rewrite the chapters in a separate word document and upload it that way to make sure this doesn't happen again.

I wonder if it happened in previous chapters as well, or if that's the reason why people don't go past the first few chapters. Oh well, I'll resolve this soon.

Day Twenty-four: Dealing with children

Bold= English

Taylor hated children.

She couldn't stand them. She couldn't handle the crying and yelling and disobedience. She couldn't stand the fact that they think they can do whatever they want and then start to cry like a spoiled brat when they get scolded for their actions or if they don't get something they want.

Kind of makes her wonder how she can deal with teenagers.

First world problems.

"Aunt Taylor, Tyler pulled my hair again!"

"Aunt Taylor, tell her to give me back my action figure!"

"Aunt Taylor! Aunt Taylor! Aunt Taylor!"

"Taylor," said girl looked up, a slight red line on her forehead from where the edge of the table was digging into her head. Saguru stared at her with an amused expression. "Do you require assistance?"

Her chair squeaked against the floor as she stood up. "Saguru," she breathed, giving him a relieved hug. "You're here!"

He raised an eyebrow, staring at the side of her head. "You asked me if I could come and I agreed." He reminded her. "So I'm here, just like I said I would be."

"Thank the gods." Taylor mumbled before pulling back, looking at him with pleading eyes. "Saguru, please help me with the – back away from that piano right now!"

The five-year-olds stood frozen, staring at her with wide eyes as their hands held the cover protecting the delicate ivory keys. They stood in a staring contest with Taylor, no one moving. Then they let go of the cover and let it slam against the piano.

Taylor screeched and darted across the room. The children screamed and ran away from the instrument. She ignored them as she ran her hands over the piano, inspecting every last detail and giving a sigh of relief when nothing wrong happened to it. She sunk down on the piano seat and held her head in her hands. It was quiet again.

"Taylor?" Saguru asked slowly, taking equally slow steps towards her. "Are you alright?"

Taylor's head snapped up and she sent a glare towards the children that was so cold he could have sworn it dropped three degrees. The children screamed again and jumped over the couch to hide behind it- or rather, they attempted to climb over the couch and fell over it to land on each other. Crying sounds followed immediately after. Saguru thought it was because they got hurt; Taylor knew it was because they were scared.

Rotten children deserve it, hurting her precious instrument like that.

"Tyler, Tori, you two are in big trouble!" She growled out, moving to try and catch them. But Saguru intervened and stepped in front of her, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"Now Taylor," He cooed. "They're only children, so you can't be too harsh on them."

"Saguru!" She whined, staring up at him with blue eyes that were shining with unfallen tears of frustration. "Please help me; I can't manage this on my own!"

He gave a small chuckle. "I can tell."

"Saguru!"

"I know, I know, that's why I came over. To help, you know?" He gave her a reassuring smile that she couldn't help but return. His hands dropped to give hers a small squeeze before he turned to the children. "Now, who exactly are they?"

"My cousin's children, Tyler and Tori; they're from America." She explained. "Their parents are sightseeing around Japan and I'm being forced to watch over them."

"And I assume your parents are with them?" Saguru asked, frowning. If her parents were here then why didn't they take the children? He met her parents before- her mother would have never left Taylor alone with something she couldn't handle.

Then again, her mother thought that Taylor could handle much more than she actually could. But he digressed.

"No, they're still in America. It's just my cousin and her husband that came to Japan. My parents agreed for them to drop their children off with me for awhile- thank god they aren't actually staying in my house- while they have time for themselves." She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "They just dropped in unexpectedly, so I have no idea how to deal with them."

Saguru thought for a moment. "Well, us talking in a language they aren't familiar with is more than likely freaking them out a little." He said. "So, until they leave we're going to talk in English."

"Uh-huh."

"And don't use big words that they won't understand either. They're already frustrated so it would only make them more confused and more upset."

"That's more of a comment towards yourself than anything." He gave her a look and she smiled innocently. "What?"

"Finally, no sarcasm- they don't understand the concept of it and will take what you say literally." He said. "Now repeat that back to me."

"No bitter and sarcastic humor." Taylor repeated back at him. "In other words, no fun."

Saguru sighed. That was good enough for him. He turned towards the children, who were peaking over the side of the couch with tear-stained faces. He smiled. "Hello," he greeted, talking in a soft voice. "My name is Saguru Hakuba, can you tell me yours?"

A grin appeared on Taylor's face. The way his tenor voice flowed smoothly from one word to another never failed to make her feel better. Unfortunately, it worked on more people than just her.

Tori immediately jumped up to run to him. "A prince!" She squealed, bouncing up and down in her excitement. "A prince is here!"

"Oh wow!" Tyler agreed, appearing next to his sibling. "Are you going to teach us how to sword fight and fight dragons?"

"Unfortunately, there are no more dragons left to fight." He told the child, crouching down in front of them and taking on a teasing voice, "And I don't think you could pick up a sword if you wanted to."

Tyler frowned and crossed his arms. "Could too!"

"Oh my god." Taylor mumbled before straightening up when Saguru gave her a sharp look. "Right, sorry, English only, I know."

Saguru continued as if her interruption never happened. "Well, perhaps you could. I suppose we'll figure that out some other time. Any other questions?"

Tyler asked another question immediately. "Why does your hair look like there are stairs climbing to the top of your head?"

Saguru deadpanned as Taylor laughed. "Perhaps you shouldn't have said he couldn't pick up a sword." She teased.

He sighed. "Perhaps not." Well, questions was going downhill fast. "Alright, question time is over. What do you kids want to do?"

Their faces brightened. "I want to play outside!" Tyler chirped.

"No, no, a tea party!" Tori argued.

"Why not a tea party that's outside? After all, it's a nice day out." Saguru recommended. The children pondered it for a second before nodding. He grinned and stood, taking Tori's hand. "Alright, let's go and get it set up. Come, my dear Taylor."

"Yeah, come play with us, Aunt Taylor!" Tyler exclaimed, running out the door. Taylor sighed and, after getting motioned by Saguru to go on ahead of them, followed him.

"You're a savior." She murmured quickly to him before following the young boy outside. Saguru smiled softly at her back and gazed after her, watching Tyler explain what he wanted to play.

Tori stared at Saguru with wide eyes. "Are you and Aunt Taylor gonna get married?"

He looked down at her with surprise before looking back at Taylor. He tightened his hold on her hand. "Perhaps," He said slowly. "Do you think she'll say yes if I ask her?"

Tori's eyes twinkled. "I bet she would! I'll help! She'll be the princess in the tea party and you'll be the prince- you'll have to be together then!"

Saguru chuckled and led her outside. "That sounds like a wonderful plan."

Unlike Arabelle, Taylor is not good at dealing with small children that get into trouble. Poor gal. Children are far too blunt, don't you think? I'm going to be an aunt this spring, and I have the same view on children that Taylor does. I wonder if that view is going to change later on. Also, I couldn't help but take another jab at Saguru's hair. I know it's the way it's animated but it cracks me up every time.

This has to be another one of my favorite prompts that I write. I think that almost all of my favorite prompts appear at the end of the 30 days, and is written one after the other (with the exception of one. Screw you day 26). So expect the next one to be just as good~~ And with the highest numbered chapter coming out with 1,800 some words, that means I can increase the length! Yay for unexpected editing!