The Moments Between Us
Summary: A collection of one-shot/drabble moments shared between Natsume Hyūga and Ruka Nogi as strangers, enemies, best friends, and lovers. Based on a list of 100 personal challenge prompts on LJ.
Rating: K – M (but will be mostly classified as T)
Disclaimer: is on chapter 1 :p
Memory 11 –Baby Blue
Pairing(s): friendship(?)NatsuRuka
Warning(s): haha NONE x) except maybe for the cuteness overload of a baby ruka :'D
Rating: K
Summary: A little experiment gone wrong.
Based on: Prompt 010 –Years
"Now Natsume," Mikan twiddled her thumbs nervously, Imai coughed and shifted next to her, "promise that if we show you, you won't do something extremely stupid?"
The raven quirked an eyebrow in question; "depends on what you did and your definition of extremely stupid."
The girls looked at each other, biting their lips before they nodded. Mikan took a deep breath and opened the door; a sudden shove from Imai pushed Natsume into the room before the door was shut again, locked by the nervously shaking girls from the other side.
"What the hell—!"
"We're sorry, Natsume!" Mikan cried, "we didn't mean to a-and he was just there—"
"Kitty catt!"
A squeal and a crash before a silence that caused a wave of fear coursing through the room from the two girls.
"The doors locked right?"
"…R-Ruka…"
Inside, Natsume was clinging, supporting the head of a rambunctious blonde toddler that was happily spouting unintelligible nonsense in the form of babbling. At hearing his name, the toddler laughed happily, smiling a toothy smile down at a shocked Natsume.
"W-wha—"he blinked before his eyes narrowed into furious slits.
"SAKURA!" his angered shout startled the toddler on his chest, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
Outside, Mikan and Hotaru flinched with every word that was half growled half shouted through. They could almost feel the door heating up underneath the fiery anger of the fire Alice wielder as they hugged each other out of fear.
"You both better fix this!"
Sitting and staring at the boy underneath him with wide blue eyes, Ruka's lips had started to tremble with the anger he heard. He patted the boy's chest but earned a growl that caused tears to spring into his eyes. He had wanted to help, why was this nasty kitty being so mean to him?
Before he knew it, Ruka was crying. Loud in volume as Natsume watched with wide eyes, sitting up to further jostle the baby, making the cries louder.
"Wha—Ruka!" He gathered the child awkwardly in his arms, shifting so that he could cuddle the protesting baby closer. "What's wrong?"
He hesitantly rubbed the child's back, gulping nervously as the baby's sobs continued, slowly dying out to pitiful little whimpers that made his heart clench. The raven cuddled the baby closer, nuzzling his face into the baby's soft neck as he inhaled the scent that was all Ruka.
"I'm sorry if I scared you," he murmured gently, shushing the baby away with kisses pressed to his soft cheeks and his downy hair.
Ruka blinked wide watery eyes at him, whimpering again and mumbling things that did not make sense. Natsume smiled though, sitting the baby down on his lap as he leaned down to take the baby's small fists, kissing them gently with the same smile on his lips.
Outside, the girls had been shocked and worried when Ruka had burst into loud crying. They hovered uselessly around the door before jumping back when two solid kicks sent the wooden door flying from its hinges.
Baby Ruka, who was nuzzling his face into Natsume's neck, looked up sleepily, drooling over the closed fist he put into his mouth. The girls took a hesitant step forwards but the furious ice in Natsume's fiery eyes forced them to take two steps back.
"It's Ruka's nap time," the raven said in a voice that was carefully displaced of emotion. "By the time he wakes up, I expect a cure."
He pulled the baby's fist away from his mouth, kissing it as he cuddled the baby closer, walking away without another look back. The girls standing in the hall looked at each other, torn between wanting to coo and wanting to cry at the danger that they had just faced.
Between the protective Natsume and the childishly oblivious Ruka, it was hard to choose which one was cuter.
A/N: cutekiddrabble! :D haha, i love kid ruka xD i betcha he was so freaking adorable as a kid, oh gosh haha
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see you all next week~