Disclaimer – I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! of The 12 Pains of Christmas by Bob Rivers

*Rated T for Teen

Whining Children

The eighth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me is whining children.

Seto didn't like the mall. He despised the mall. He hated the mall. But he had to be here anyway because Kai and Jovi wanted to go Christmas shopping without their Daddy along. And Seto seemed to be the logical choice in the matter. One, he was Papa. And two, he had the funds to do so.

The worst thing that he could have possibly done, he ended up doing. Why he did it, he didn't know. He should have known better. But now he was trapped with no means of escape. He knew he couldn't get out of this one…no matter what he did.

WHY DID HE HAVE TO WALK BY THE GODDAMN TOY STORE?

"Papa! I want a Transformer for Christmas!" Kai exclaimed, pointing at the display case in the store.

Oh, yeah…

WHY DID HE HAVE TO TAKE THEM INTO THE GODDAMN TOY STORE?

"I'll make sure to tell Santa," Seto deadpanned. He'd bought just about every Transformer there was for Kai for Christmas already. There was no need to tell him that little bit of information, though.

"Papa! I want some candy!" Jovi exclaimed, pointing to the rack of candy in the store.

Seto balked.

WHY THE HELL DID THEY SELL CANDY IN A FUCKING TOY STORE?

That was just asking for major hyperactive trouble of apocalyptic proportions. All candy should be banned from toy stores.

"You can have dessert after dinner. I'm sure Daddy has something chocolaty and sweet planned," replied Seto. Joey was going to kill him for this, which reminded him. He should probably call the blond to let him know to have a chocolaty dessert ready at home.

"Papa! Buy me something!" whined Kai, tugging on his Papa's arm roughly.

Seto closed his eyes and tilted his head toward the ceiling, already feeling the oncoming headache. He was in for a big one. Maybe if he ignored them, they'd shut up and they could move on.

No such luck. The whining only intensified.

"Papa! I have to go to the bathroom!" Jovi whined, stomping her foot.

Seto groaned. What were they doing? Taking turns whining or something? Well, it could have been worse. They could both be—

"WAAAAAH! WAAAAAH!" Kai and Jovi cried simultaneously. They both had some major waterworks going on at the moment, red faces and all. Apparently, he'd spent too much time contemplating the situation and not enough time paying attention to them.

"Hey! It's okay! It's okay! Stop crying!" Seto said, frantically trying to get them to calm down.

Customers and employees walked by him, pointed, and glared. They probably thought he was a horrible parent or something, which only made Seto angrier.

And that angry face only made Kai and Jovi cry even more. They thought it was directed toward them.

"Shit!" Seto cursed under his breath.

"Sir! I need to ask you to leave the store. You're disturbing the other customers," said an employee from behind him.

Seto rounded on the petit woman, glaring at her coldly. He was about to say something when Kai and Jovi cried even harder. How? He didn't know.

Losing it, Seto roared, "WILL SOMEBODY GET THESE KIDS A TOY? CANDY? ANYTHING?"

Employees scrambled in every direction, trying to find something to appease the wailing kids and the very pissed off CEO.

A few minutes later, Kai and Jovi had each been given a goodie bag filled with a few small toys and a large candy cane. No charge.

The twins stopped whining after that, content with their gifts.

"That's the last time I take the two of you anywhere alone," Seto muttered as he led them out of the toy store.

Kai and Jovi trailed behind happily. Looking at each other, they clanked their candy canes together in victory, quite happy with their prize.

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