I'm Yours

By: Iceyicecream
Chapter 15: Father and Son Day

For 0202 and everyone else who reads this story! I hope you all enjoy!

"You know where everything is right Ryoma?" Sakuno said slipping on her heels.

Ryoma nodded his head while carrying his drowsy son. "Mama?" Ryosuke said in a confused mumble.

"Mama is going out with Tomoka."
"Tom…mukwa?" Ryosuke said with difficulty.

Sakuno laughed and patted his head. "Hai, mama will be back soon. But during the meantime, papa will be watching you."
"Papa." Ryosuke said looking up at Ryoma with a smile.

Sakuno nodded her head. "So you two play nice alright?"
"Hai!" Ryosuke said happily.

Sakuno nodded her head. "I'll see you two later."
"Have fun." Ryoma said.

"Bye bye mama!" Ryosuke said with his eyes watering.

Sakuno waved back. "Bye bye."
Sakuno shut the door and Ryosuke looked up at his papa. "Mama bye bye."
Ryoma walked to the living room. "Mama is only going to be gone for a little bit."
"Mama gone?"
"Hai," Ryoma said, "But she'll be back."
Ryosuke's eyes began watering. "Bye bye Mama."
He started to sniffle and tried holding in his tears. Ryoma ran his fingers through his hair. He had never been good with crying children or even his wife at that point. "Ma, ma you're a boy." Ryoma pointed.

"Boy?"
"Yes, Ryosuke, you're a boy."
"Me boy?"
Ryoma nodded his head. "Boys don't cry."
"No cry?"
"Yes, and you're supposed to be strong to protect mama."
"Strong?"
"Yes, like papa." Ryoma said.

"Protect mama?"
Ryoma patted his head. "Uh huh. But if you cry, mama will be sad."
"Sad mama?"
"Sad mama is not good."
"No sad mama!" Ryosuke said.

Ryoma nodded his head and picked his son up. "So you have to be strong for both mama and you. You're the man of the house when papa is gone."
"Papa leaving?" Ryosuke said getting all teary.

Ryoma shook his head. "Papa will stay forever."
Ryosuke smiled. "Forever!"
Ryoma nodded his head. "Now that, that is over, what do you want to play?"
Ryosuke paused and thought this over and got up and walked away and came back grunting with effort. Ryoma got up and smirked seeing his son dragging his racket. "You want to play?" Ryoma asked.

Ryosuke smiled and nodded his head. "Papa play."

Ryoma chuckled and picked up Ryosuke. "Let's play in the backyard then." Ryoma said.

"Yay." Ryosuke said.

They headed to the backyard and Ryoma grabbed the bucket with greenish yellow tennis balls. Ryoma positioned Ryosuke's hands and helped him follow through a few times. "Like that okay?" Ryoma said, "When I toss the ball you do that to hit it back okay?"
"Hit ball back." Ryosuke said determined.

Ryoma nodded his head. He stepped back in front of his son with a ball in hand. "Ready?"
"Ready!" Ryosuke said with his eyes fixed on the ball.

Ryoma tossed the ball. Ryosuke swung but missed. "Here." Ryoma said tossing another.
Ryosuke swung but missed by mere millimeters. "Close, here." Ryoma said tossing another.

Ryosuke swung this time the ball hitting the racket but catching him off guard. Ryosuke stumbled and fell on his bottom. "You okay champ?" Ryoma asked.

Ryosuke nodded his head and got up to his feet and picked up the racket with some difficulty. "More papa!"

"Hai hai, here."
Ryoma said tossing balls to his son.

Ryoma looked at his son to find him sweating. At two years Ryosuke was a pretty strong kid. "Do you want something to drink?" Ryoma asked.

"Juice!" Ryosuke said dragging the racket over to his father.

"What kind of juice?" Ryoma asked.

Ryosuke thought this over. "Or-or-or-orange!"
"Orange huh?" Ryoma said.

"Yeah!" Ryosuke said following his father inside.

Ryoma went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. He frowned finding no orange juice. "We ran out of orange juice."
"No more orange juice?" Ryosuke said.

Ryoma nodded his head and patted his son's head. "Let's go to the market."
"Market!" Ryosuke said.

"Hai." Ryoma said picking up his son.

Ryoma strapped his son in and buckled himself in the car. "Ready?" Ryoma asked looking at the review mirror.
"Ready!" Ryosuke said.

Ryoma backed out of their driveway and headed to the market. "Papa music."
"Music?" Ryoma asked.

"I want to listen to music."
"Please." Ryoma said.

"Please."
Ryoma nodded his head and turned on the music. Ryoma looked through the review mirror to see his son dancing in his seat. He chuckled watching his son move and hum along to the song. Soon they had reached the market. Ryoma sat Ryosuke down in the grocery cart and began wheeling him around the aisles. "What else do we need?" Ryoma asked.

"Juice!" Ryosuke said.

Ryoma patted his head. "We'll get juice."
"Cookies."
"No cookies." Ryoma said, "You've had enough of those. You got a tummy ache remember?"
Ryosuke pouted. "How about ichigos? Do you want some?"
Ryosuke smiled and nodded his head. "Ja, then we'll get some."
Ryoma wheeled the cart over to where the strawberries where and looked for a package with good strawberries. He placed it in the cart and went to the refrigerated area where they kept cold items. "Brrr!" Ryoma said, "It's cold."
He rubbed his arms and Ryosuke copied him. Ryoma chuckled and poked his son's stomach. "Let's hurry so we don't turn into popsicles. "Yummy." Ryosuke said.

Ryoma grabbed the orange juice cart and hurried away. Ryosuke patted his father's hand and pointed to a plush doll to the side. "Neko!"
Ryoma looked. "Hai, that's a cat, very good."
"Inu." Ryosuke said pointing to the stuffed dog.

"Good job."
"I want an inu!" Ryosuke said.

Ryoma chuckled. "Well we'll have to ask mama first."

A group of girls walked up to Ryoma and Ryosuke cooing over him. "Kawaii!" The girls cried.

"Konichiwa." Ryosuke said.

"Kawaii! That was adorable!" One of the girls said.

"How old is he?"
"2 years old." Ryoma said.

"Are you his brother?" Another girl asked.

"No, his father."
"Awww are you a single father?"
"Would you like me to be your mommy?"
"NO!" Ryosuke cried, "Ryosuke already has a mama and a papa! I don't want anyone else!"
"You heard him." Ryoma said, "I need to go now."
The girls nodded their heads and watch the two of them head to the cashier. Ryoma patted his son's head. "Don't worry, they were just asking okay kiddo?"
"Mmm." Ryosuke said with a frown on his face.

He stayed this way all the way even in the car. Ryoma looked to find his son still sad. Ryoma sighed. "Hmm…I think I want a snack." Ryoma said looking through the review mirror.

His son didn't budge. "It's pretty warm outside, maybe some ice cream would be good."
Ryosuke looked up. "Ice cream?"
"Mmmm but I don't know. If Ryosuke doesn't want any, we'll just go home."
"I do! I want ice cream."
"Oh?" Ryoma said, "Are you sure?"
"Yes! I want ice cream."
Ryoma smirked. "Then I guess we'll get ice cream."
"Yay!"

Ryoma nodded his head happily. They headed to the ice cream parlor, the same one Ryoma and Sakuno use to go when they were dating. They headed inside and the shop keeper smiled. "I haven't seen you in a while!" The worker said.

Ryoma nodded his head. "Say hi Ryosuke."
"Domo." Ryosuke said shyly.

The man laughed. "You have a son too?"

Ryoma nodded his head. "You know, your Oto-San asked your Okaa-San to marry him here."

"Mama and papa?"
"Uh huh, he was so red."
"Hoy." Ryoma said.

The man laughed. "Well what would you like kiddo?"
Ryoma picked Ryosuke up so he could see all the flavors. "That one." Ryosuke said pointing.

"Strawberry coming up, do you want the usual son?"
"No, I'll just share."
The man looked at Ryoma with disbelief. "Are you sure about that son?"
Ryoma chuckled. "Yeah."
The man shrugged and handed Ryoma the cup of ice cream. Ryoma pulled out his wallet but the man shook his head. "On the house."
Ryoma nodded his head. "Thanks."
"No problem."
"Papa and mama's friend?"
Ryoma sat Ryosuke down on his lap. "Yeah, you could say that."
"Papa doesn't want ice cream?"
Ryoma shook his head. Ryosuke scooped ice cream and put it in his mouth and smiled. "Yummy?" Ryoma asked.

"Yummy!" Ryosuke answered.

Ryoma nodded his head. "I'm glad."
"Papa want some?" Ryosuke asked putting the spoon full of ice cream up to Ryoma's mouth.

Ryoma opened his mouth and ate it. "Yummy papa?" Ryosuke asked.

"Yummy." Ryoma said.

Once they had finished Ryosuke began to yawn. "It's time for your nap." Ryoma said checking the time.

"But, I wanna stay up with papa."
Ryoma chuckled and patted his son's head. "After your nap, you'll play some more with papa."
Ryosuke smiled and almost instantly fell asleep in Ryoma's arms. Ryoma carefully placed him in the car seat and drove back home. He unclipped the buckles and set Ryosuke down on Ryoma and Sakuno's bed. Ryoma yawned and turned on the T.V.

2 Hours Later

"I'm home!" Sakuno said.
She looked around to find the whole house quiet. She quietly crept to the bedroom and smiled. Ryosuke was laying top of Ryoma with his arm wrapped protectively around him. Sakuno took a picture. Ryoma opened one of his eyes. "Welcome home."
"I'm back." Sakuno said.

Ryoma grabbed her wrist and pulled her on the bed and hugged her. Sakuno smiled and kissed her husband. "How was it?" Sakuno asked.

"Fun, we had a great time." Ryoma said looking down.
Sakuno kissed Ryosuke's forehead. "I'm glad you had fun."
"Yeah."
"I love you papa…" Ryosuke mumbled.

"Aww." Sakuno said.

Ryoma smiled.