"What?! Abused?!" Shizuo and Izaya said in sync.
"Yup. The blood tests results came out and what do you know! I can't find anything! I don't know who the hell they are, where they're from or who are the parents! They might have not registered, or they are..." Shinra babbled but he got cut off by Izaya.
"Save it, Shinra. That explains everything! They're scared of us leaving them, never seen a playground, terrified at night time! Thanks Shinra!" Shizuo pressed the end call button.
"Nee, Shizu-chan... What are we going to do? They must be traumatized by the actions of the people that abused them.. Poor them.. They must have suffered a lot..." Izaya stroked Tsugaru's blonde hair gently. The little boy flinched but still fast asleep.
"Let's adopt them, then. That'll be easy. We just need to take care of them, right?" Shizuo said.
"But Shizu-chan, aren't you curious who is the one that brings them here? Who in the world would torture little kids?"
"I am, but what's important now is them, right? While we're taking care of them, we can gather information about them.. Killing two birds with one stone, isn't it?"
"Okay Shizu-chan, whatever you say... It's getting late, oyasumi..." Izaya kissed the blonde goodnight before snuggling into the blanket, holding Tsugaru in his arms.
"Oyasumi..."
After a couple of weeks, the couple became used to the kids. They did everything together. Bathing, eating, cooking and playing. But after awhile, they became busier with work. Izaya is with his clients day till night. After dealing with clients, he searched for some information about the children. Shizuo takes up a part time job as a bartender even though Izaya has more than enough money to support all of them.
They order take outs from restaurants, let them play by themselves, sometimes Namie has to babysit them. They only have time to see them while they're asleep. The feeling of guilt rises in both of them, but what can they do?
Finally, on their day off, they all sit in front of the television, enjoying watching Kasuka's newest movie. Tsugaru sneezed a few times but Shizuo and Izaya was fast asleep. Psyche ran to the bedroom and took out two blankets. He covered Tsugaru with one, and Shizuo and Izaya with the other. Tsugaru felt drowsy and fell asleep on the floor.
Psyche looked at his parents and big brother. He decided not to bother them, so he went and play with his younger siblings. "Hibi-chan, Del-chan... Papa, mama and Tsu-nii is tired, so let's not disturb them, kay?" Psyche talked to the babies.
"See, this is papa. And this is mama. This one is me, Tsu-nii, and Hibi-chan and Del-chan. We at the playground together. Play with swing and slide. Next time let's play together, okay?" Psyche showed his drawing to the babies. They gurgled and laughed in the basket when Psyche tickled their feet.
"Psyche? Psyche! Where are you?" Izaya called after waking up. He looked at Tsugaru on the floor and tried to wake him up.
"Tsu-chan~ Wakey-wakey... Let's go and take a bath, nee?" said Izaya while shaking the blonde boy. Tsugaru rolled over but still asleep. His face is red and breathing heavily. Izaya panicked and checked his temperature on his forehead.
"It's hot! Shizu-chan! Wake up! Tsugaru's sick! We.. We need to do something! Shizuo! Wake up!" The blonde adult woke up immediately. "What's wrong, Izaya?"
"Tsugaru's sick! We need Shinra now!" Izaya pick up the sick boy and hurried to the bedroom while Shizuo called for Shinra. He took a towel and wet it a bit and he puts it on Tsugaru's forehead.
"Ma..ma.. Itai.."
"Yes, Tsugaru.. Mama knows. Mama asked papa to call uncle Shinra, okay? Just hold on... Mama's here..."
"How's Tsugaru? Is he okay?" Shizuo asked. Psyche is in his arms, asking for Izaya. "What's wong wif Tsu-nii, mama?"
"Tsugaru is sick now... It's best if you don't come near your brother. You don't want to be sick right?" Psyche look at his brother with concerned eyes. "Tsu-nii! Tsu-nii! I... Want Tsu-nii! Mama, let go! Uwaaaa! Tsu-nii!" Psyche struggled in Izaya's arms.
"Shizu-chan, hold him!" Shizuo quickly hold the wailing boy. No matter how much the boy struggle, Shizuo won't budge.
Then, the doorbell rang. Izaya gets the door and showed Shinra the patient. After a few minutes, Shinra came out of the room and sat down with Izaya and Shizuo.
"Well? How's Tsugaru?" Shizuo asked.
"His temperature is 39 degrees, his tongue is swollen and he got rashes on his body. My diagnosis is the Kawasaki disease." Shinra pushes his spectacles on the bridge of his nose.
"What is that, Shinra? Is he going to be fine? Is it bad? Tell me, Shinra!" Izaya bombarded Shinra with questions.
"Relax, Izaya. This disease is just an inflammation of the walls of the arteries that carries blood to the heart. He's going to be fine if he is strong. It's curable. I'll give you some painkillers, antibiotics and paracetamol. I think he'll be fine in another two weeks." Shinra explained.
"Thanks Shinra. You're a lifesaver. How can we repay you?" said Shizuo. He puts his hand on Shinra's shoulder. The doctor chuckled and replied, "Just give me some blo-.."
"Stop it. I'm not giving you any blood. Can't you think of anything else?"
"Ahahahaha... I thought you are going to say that. Never mind, Shizuo. If I need your help, then I'll call you. I'll come on the day after tomorrow to checkup on little Tsugaru, okay? I need to leave first cause Celty's cooking dinner! I can't wait to taste her cooking!" Excite Shinra.
Shizuo's and Izaya's faces dropped when hearing that Celty's cooking. Maybe they recalled on some memories of Celty's cooking. They sent Shinra to the door and said their goodbyes and thanks.
Izaya returned to the bedroom and sat down beside Tsugaru. "Tsu-chan... Mama is sorry... Mama didn't realize that you are sick.. I neglected all of you.. I'm sorry, Tsu-chan.. I'm sorry.." Izaya cried. He stroke the golden locks of the small child.
Tsugaru's face is flushed and he was breathing quite heavily. "Ma..ma.. Tsu..fine... Don't cry..." Shizuo quietly entered the room and hugged Izaya from behind.
"Izaya... Don't cry.. We'll take care of Tsugaru together. Tsugaru, papa is sorry too. I shouldn't have taken the job.. Forgive me, Tsugaru?" He held the boy's small hand. He felt Tsugaru gripped it weakly as a response to Shizuo's question. They didn't know, there's a small figure standing at the door, simply watching them with tears in his eyes.