Hello again! This just came to me :)
Timeline: shortly after Haruka's birth (a day or two at most), so after Aizen
Summary: Haruka's keeping them up at night
DISCLAIMER: if I owned Bleach, Hisana wouldn't have died and they would have a baby
Enjoy!
Jealousy?
Byakuya watched silently as Hisana fed their little baby girl. It was the middle of the night, and he should be resting, he knew, as he would have to go to work the next day, but he couldn't- or more like, didn't want to- fall asleep now. For a short moment, he felt a spark of jealousy toward the contently sucking baby, pinkening in emberassement at this childish emotion. He had absolutely nothing to be jealous of, he chastised himself. He had a wonderful wife and an adorable little girl, who would grow up into a fine woman just like her mother. He would give his best to be the best father little Haruka could wish for. Haruka would need both their support, as being that she was currently heir to the family, she would be scrutinised hard. Byakuya knew this from his own experience already, but for Haruka, it would most likely be even worse, as he had the feeling the elders still hadn't forgiven him for marrying Hisana again and would try their utmost to prove to him how wrong his decision of marrying 'a low-born', as they would call Hisana if he hadn't forbidden it, had been. Inwardly, Byakuya snorted in disgust.
They can try all they want. I know that marrying Hisana was right and I won't let them convince me otherwise.
Well, he had nothing to be jealous of, only perhaps the fact that Haruka was all Hisana was focusing on at the moment (he loved his baby very much, but it was not easy to share his Hisana even more now, having just become used to sharing her with Rukia) and that he would be away from home the next day. Just as he reflected on this, Haruka was finished eating and Hisana was burping her, looking up. Her lips formed a warm smile as she found Byakuya awake and staring at her, which still brought color to her cheeks, and she stood, walking towards him.
„You should be asleep, love." She chastised him gently, chuckling when he didn't answer. Shifting the softly cooing Haruka into the crook of one arm, she placed her free hand onto his chest, gently but firmly pushing him down on the covers.
„Sleep. I'll join you in a bit." She said firmly, kissing him and then tried to get back up to place Haruka back in the nursery into her crib (Byakuya had protested when she had suggested sleeping in seperate rooms so that Haruka wouldn't wake the two of them, so they had opted for a seperate room for the girl, who would be guarded by trusted servants who would fetch Hisana in the night, when Haruka was hungry), but finding that she couldn't because Byakuya was keeping her in place.
„Leave her here, with us." He said and she wanted to protest, to point out that Haruka would most likely keep him from his much needed sleep, but he didn't let her.
„I wake up anyway when they call you to feed her."
„Then I should sleep seperately from you, at least for the rest of this night." She said, trying again to stand up and Byakuya shook his head.
„Then I wouldn't be able to sleep at all." Hisana blushed and thought for a while, then she shrugged, settling into his arms, laying a now sleeping Haruka onto his chest, keeping a protective hold on her.
„You're stubborn, you know that? You'll regret it later." Byakuya chuckled in response, nuzzling her head.
„I don't mind being stubborn if that means I get to spend more time with you and Haruka." He murmured and Hisana laughed.
„Okay, I get it. But we should sleep now, Haruka will be waking us up soon enough."
A few hours later, a shrill scream woke them and, ears ringing, Byakuya silently asked himself whether he should have agreed to them sleeping seperately after all. Then his gaze fell on his two girls and he smiled.
No, I wouldn't want to miss this, and I'm used to little sleep anyways.
...I'm not sure whether the title really fits...does it?
How was it anyway? Please tell me in a comment :)
Till next time! *waves*
~Ayla