"What are we going to do about this?" The question rang through the room and Ayato scowled when no one answered right away as he sat in his chair, his cheek pressing against his fist and he waited for someone to answer.
"I'm not sure. I think the most we can do for the moment is just live with this for now. I'll do my best to figure out what happened with Yui but until then we'll have to be prepared to raised a little child for the time being." Reiji said seriously as his brows pinched together as his fingers held his chin lightly, his pointer finger resting against his lips lightly as he got his 'deep in thought' look.
"None of us has ever been around a child Reiji, I bet we'll screw this up somehow." Laito said sounding sulky as he looked at his brother and sighed out stretching his legs out as much as he could as he lenaed against the couch.
"Well just think, she's a child. She'll need clothes obviously, and some other things right? And we don't know if her mind will regress to a childish manor either so best to get her some stuffed animals should she need them." Shu said as he lounged across the couch, his eyes shut as his earbuds clared music loudly which would come across as shocking to anyone that he could still hear with his ear buds in.
"Even so how will we even begin to get this stuff? Not one of us are girls so it's a bit difficult to pick out what she'd need." Kanato jumped in suddenly as he held Teddy in his arms tight as he looked at his brothers intently and squeezed Teddy a bit tighter.
"Then a few of us will have to go shopping with Yui then." Reiji said simply as though that offered all the answers of life right there and the five other brothers had to hold back their groans of displeasure at the announcement.
"When do we have to go shopping?" Ayato huffed out as he looked at Reiji who just shook his head at his behavior and slid his gaze to his brother.
"Right when she wakes up. Since the things going on between Yui and Subaru odds are someone will be there with Subaru as well." Reiji said as he crossed his arms suddenly and looked at his brothers evenly who just felt another drop of displeasure well in them immediately.
"Fine I'll go with Bitch-chan shopping." Laito said suddenly before anyone else could as he stood up straight, his hat a bit crooked but he placed his hands on his hips lightly and looked at the others who looked at him with disbelief. "Bitch-chan might be comfortable around me or Subaru so I'll just go with them."
"Alright. I'll let Subaru know and-"
Reiji frowned at the interjection from his brother. "No I got it. I'll tell him myself." Laito said again."I'll be going in that direction anyways so I'll just talk to Subaru that way."
"Fine. Just don't cause a fight." Reiji said on a sigh as though he was already tired of this and walked right out of the room. Obviously he was going to his room to play with chemicals and try to find a way to change Yui back.
"Laito are you sure you want to do that? You never expressed any interest in doing anything with Yui before." Kanato asked as he looked at his triplet who just smirked as heplaced his hands on his hips again and looked at his brother.
"Even if I haven't I should still go with them. Who knows what Subaru will try to get her in! I'll have to go with them so she at least has some good, fashionable clothes~." He said in his usual, playful tone which seemed to make the brothers relax almost at the tone, as though a serious Laito was something to be thrown off by and Laito walked out of the room-well it was more like a strut if anyone could describe it- and stretched his arms up as he walked prepared to talk to Subaru.
Cute was the only word to describe the sleeping child. Subaru sat on the bed next to her, her tiny hand curled in his slightly in a way that made his heart warm and squeeze tight in a way that was not familiar to him but it felt. . good strange as the feeling was. Her cheeks remained a deep red as her pale lashes stood out against the blazing red and her little ringlets were spread out around her head gently and honestly the sight of her was making him feel human-like sensations.
The kind where he wanted to reach out and touch her burning cheek, to pick her small body up and hold her tight, squeeze her from how cute she honestly was, to stroke her little ringlets and kiss her forehead. The sensations were strange but he felt that he was always going to feel them when it came to Yui and he was surprisingly fine about it and he blew out a soft breath pushing down the slightly unwanted sensations and he stared at her sleeping face.
She was cute when she was this small but when she was bigger she was like beauty incarnate to him. She stirred lightly and rolled to her side facing him and her small hand curled into a tiny fist against his palm before it relaxed along with the rest of her in such a way he felt so swamped with those same sensations he thought his head was going to blow up and his chest was going to crack. It was so strange but her cuteness was honestly going off the scales and she didn't even know it! He felt completely tortured by it but he also felt so warmed by it that he wanted to keep seeing her like this but he also longed for her to be bigger again. Back to herself.
"Bitch-chan's surprisingly quite cute, isn't she~?" Subaru tensed up and snapped his head to the right to glare at his unwanted older brother.
"Go away Laito." Subaru growled out softly, his eyes flashing with a sort of protectiveness as he fought the urge to drape his body across Yui's tiny one.
"I only come in peace brother. We all talked and said that it'd be best if you and I go shopping with little Bitch-chan to get some clothes. No need to get so defensive~." Laito grinned as the words slipped out and watched Subaru's eyes narrow and seem to tighten almost at his words.
"Why the hell should you go? If anything I should just go with her, no need for anyone else! You are a pervert, Kanato will just want sweets or get anyry with her, Ayato would piss me off with his "Yours Truly" shit; Reiji would be too bossy and Shu wouldn't give a shit what she wore. So why the hell would you act like you care about what she wears?" Subaru demanded as he glared at Laito who just blew out a breath and pressed his hat in place slightly and his green eyes met Subaru's red ones.
"For the reasons you just said. I may be perverted but I know what kind of things you'd want to put her in so I am just going to make sure she has good clothes that won't embarrass her. That is all." Laito replied as he sighed again sounding tired and exasperated.
"Fine. Great. Can you leave now?" He snapped out as he took in his brothers sudden smirk.
"I could~. But it's so cute to try and see you play btoh protector and a possible lover to her. It's entertaining, little brother~." Laito smirked while saying the words in his leering way that had Subaru growling at him slightly, the sound just deep and low in his throat as he glared hotly at his brother who laughed.
"Shut up! I'll really kick your ass if you wake her up." Subaru hissed out through clenched teeth as he scowled a bit at his brother who just smirked as he walked to the door.
"Fine fine I'll be nice and leave~. For now anyways. The moment she wakes up we'll be going shopping~!" Laito threw over his shoulder as his smirk widened and he disappeared quickly. Subaru sighed as his body relaxed, realizing just how completely tense he'd been and held Yui's small hand gently when it put pressure on his and his eyes snapped to her seeing her small upper half sitting up and she looked at him with groggy pink irises.
"Subaru? I'm thirsty. And hungry." She whined out as her small belly growled so loud it actually made Subaru chuckle and he scooped her up and slid off the bed as he smiled gently.
"I'll get you some food and then we'll have to go shopping right after." Subaru mumbled to himself but Yui's wide, curious eyes lit on him and she smiled bright.
"Subaru I want to go to the park after shopping!" Yui chirped out gently as she smiled and Subaru realized her mind must have lost all essence of maturity and she was honestly just like a little four or five year would be. She was just so cute.
"Do you?" He asked with a raised brow, sounding curious but he expected that much, after all she was a little kid and little kid's have a lot of energy. Right?
"Yes! Can we? Can we? Can we? Can we? Can we?" Yui asked repeatedly as she squirmed around in Subaru's arms impatiently and looked up at him with her big, wide eyes which made him melt slightly and he sighed out knowing he'd never hear the end of it if he didn't say yes.
"I don't know Yui. People might recognize you and we'll be stuck with no answer. Maybe we should wait on the park for a little while." Subaru said sounding a bit exasperated but he looked down at the now pouting child in his arms. "I'm not saying no, Yui. I'm just saying we should wait until we have a solid story as to why we have a child now. Just be patient."
"I want to play though! Everyone's such stick in the muds! It's boring here!" Yui said haughtily as she crossed her tiny arms as Subaru turned to the stair case and began walking down them and a low chuckle seeped from his lips.
"I can imagine how boring it must be to you. But how about after you eat and we go shopping we can go walk around the roses huh? Sound fun enough?" Subaru asked as he raised a white brow looking at the little girl as she thought, her tiny eye brows pulling together tight as her lips pursed slightly as she thought then sighed and uncrossed her arms.
"Finnnneee. It won't be fun but I'll do it, only if Subaru wants too." Yui said then smiled bright at him, her previous pout all but disappearing nad his eyes widened a tiny bit as he looked at the tiny blonde.
"Why should it matter if I want too?" He asked looking at the smiling child who just smiled a little more and her cheeks got a soft pink tint as she looked up at him.
"Because I like Subaru. If Subaru wants to go to the flowers then I want to too!" She responded smiling bright as her words echoed through him and he blinked gently staring at the happily grinning girl.
"But Yui you don't have to do what I do. I can find a board game or something for you to play." Subaru said as they reached the bottom of the stairs and he looked at Yui again who was smiling, her eyes holding a soft almost heart warming look and Subaru had to force down what he knew was the hotness of a blush.
"No! If Subaru wants to walk with the flowers then I will too!" Yui shouted suddenly, her pink irises flashing with a child-like stubbornness that made a smile twitch at Subaru's lips. He'd never really seen Yui this stubborn even if it was over some roses it was kind of. . cute.
"Okay okay. We'll go do that but you need to eat first." Subaru chided gently and Yui gave a sigh so big her small chest moved with it and it just sounded to big for a little girl like her to heave but it was also very very adorable.
"Okaayy." Yui huffed out as her tiny arms crossed and that pout came upon her face again as they walked towards the dining room and was greeted with a look from Ayato, Shu,Kanato and Laito. Yui looked at the table and suddenly smiled again as her eyes took in one thing set out on the table and her eyes seemed to twinkle. "Takoyaki!" She squealed out and squirmed impatiently for Subaru to put her down.
"She likes takoyaki?" Ayato asked curiously as Yui scrambled into her seat and climbed up into the chair, a tiny grunt leaving her lips and she stood up in her chair, her eyes bright and she reached forward grabbing at the takoyaki and began to devour it quickly.
"I. . guess so." Subaru replied with a bit of surprise in his tone as he, along with the others, watched as Yui continued to scarf down the takoyaki until it was gone and she had little crumbs on her lips and her hands had some sauce on them which she licked at as her belly growled again. She saw some noodles in a big bowl and pointed at it.
"That! Subaru I want that!" She said as she pointed which made Subaru smile a little bit as he leaned forward grabbing the bowl pouring some noodles onto her plate she quickly began to eat again and when she finished her small shoulders heaved up slightly and her eyes grew round.
"What was that?" Kanato asked as he also loked at her with wide eyes as her shoulders heaved up again and she covered her mouth blinking quickly in surprise.
"I think it was a-"Hiccup! The sound left Yui's left which was so damn cute Subaru couldn't help but allow a full blown smile to curve over his lips. "Hiccup." Shu finished saying and surprised himself when a chuckle left his lips.
"That's. . strange. Did she get it from eating so fast?" Kanato asked as he slid his eyes to Shu who was staring at the now hiccuping Yui.
"Yes she did. I think drinking something will help." He said then looked down as he turned his mp3 on and began blaring music and Yui looked at him curiously as they began to eat and small hiccups continued leaving her lips.
"Here Yui. Keep drinking this and don't stop okay?" Subaru said as she turned her head to look at him and he held a cup of water in his hands and she took in her small ones and tilted her head back with the cup and began chugging the water down. Water trickled out of the corners of her mouth and trickled down her chin in little trickles but grew bigger and thicker as she chugged the water down and the water dripped onto her chest but when she finished she gasped in a breath. She felt sloshy almost from the amount of water she drank and she sighed out when no more hiccups came.
"I want to go play Subaru." Yui said as she looked at Subaru who just finished eating himself and he lifted up his own cup taking a series of large gulps then set it down and Yui noticed the light stains of red on his lips as she blinked quickly.
"Yui I told you we need to eat then go shopping and then we can go play." Subaru told her again and she pouted softly and crossed her arms much like she had a few moments ago.
"You know we can always go shopping now~."Laito said almost cheerfully as Subaru cut him a glare and Yui smiled jumping up and down in her chair whiile Subaru looked at her with an uneasy look.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" She shouted again and again as she jumped then climbed out of her chair carefully and grabbed Subaru's hand tugging on it hard and insistently. "Let's go!"
"Okay! Don't be so impatient Yui." He said a litle snappish making the girl look at him with wide eyes and he sighed standing up while holding her little hand and pulled her up into his arms with a tiny squeak from her. Then he shifted his gaze to Laito slowly and almost reluctantly. "Let's go Laito."
"Coming~." Laito said happily as they walked away from the table and walked through the door and straight to the front door immediately and when they walked out the car was already waiting. Subaru climbed in first while holding Yui tight and when Laito climbed in and the car started driving and he leaned back in his seat sighing softly as Yui snuggled up against his chest softly and he wondered if she'd still be like this when she was back to being the sweet, seventeen year old self.