Tea stared at her husband with an expectant look on her face. Fang in turn stood there with a nervous look on his face. He poked his fingers together trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for all of this.
Just about everyone would have considered Tea a very reasonable and understanding person. When her husband would run himself ragged training and risk his body in martial arts tournaments, she would simply sigh and shrug. She was used to it. When her husband would go on month long training trips sometimes, she could handle it. But when said husband brings home a eight year old from one of those training trips, there were questions to be ask.
The first of course was… "Is he yours?"
Fang quickly raised his hands shook his head. "What?! No, of course not! I would never!" He said quickly. Tea kept staring at him for a few moments, then sighed. She hadn't really thought that was a possibility, but she felt the need to ask anyway. "I just… I found him."
"You found him?" Tea asked.
He nodded nervously. "I was visiting an old friend at his dojo, and I stopped for a lunch break. Then he attacked me." He explained.
Tea raised an eyebrow. "Wait, so he attacked you, and then you brought him home?"
"No… well, yes, but not right away." He said scratching his cheek. "He was hungry. Trying to steal my lunch. So I bought him something to eat, and brought him to the dojo. They said they'd watch after him until they could find a place to take him. I taught him a thing or two while I was there. And he said he wanted to come with me. And…"
"You couldn't say no." Tea said pinching the bridge of her nose.
Fang looked down and chuckled nervously. "I'm sorry. I've never had a student before. And he just looked so sad. He said if I left he was just going to run away again and… can he stay here?"
"So basically, you're asking me if it's okay for us to adopt this boy?"
"…yes?"
Tea turned around and took a deep breath. She couldn't truly be mad at Fang for having such a good heart. And she certainly couldn't be mad at this boy either. But this situation had been sprung on her so quickly, it was a little frustrating.
"Tea, I'm sorry. I know this is-"
"I'm not mad at you Fang." She said turning back around. "But did you truly think this through. I mean, did you think of calling me before you brought him back? Of trying to sort this out and explaining the situation to him before you just jumped into this?"
Fang winced slightly. "Not really."
She shook her head. "I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to be in your shoes at the time, but you can't just throw caution to the wind. He can stay here, but we need to sort all of this out."
Fang nodded. "Kei." He called. A few seconds later, a raven haired Asian boy scurried into the room. He had on a Gi, and had even torn the sleeves off like Fang had. He stood straight up like a soldier. Tea wasn't sure if he was nervous, or if this was just his personality. He made his way beside the older warrior. "Kei, this is Tea, my wife." He introduced.
The boy looked at her and then bowed. "Thank you for letting me stay here Miss Tea!"
She smiled sweetly down at him. "It's my pleasure Kei. I heard about your situation. Fang and I will sort everything out, don't you worry."
He nodded. "Miss Tea! I'm sorry to be making a request after I just got here, but I was told that you made Fang sensei's headband!" He shouted. Both Fang and Tea looked at him curiously. "I was wondering if you could make one for me as well! I want one just like his!"
Fang chuckled and scratched the back of his head, while Tea covered her mouth to keep from gasping. "He's so adorable!" She thought giddily. "I-I'll make you one."
"Thank you ma'am!"
"Are you hungry?" She asked
"Yes ma'am!"
As they headed towards the kitchen, Tea shot Fang a glance. They were still going to talk about this... but maybe having a kid around for a while wouldn't be so bad.
"Ninety-six! Ninety-seven! Ninety-eight! Ninety-nine! One-hundred!"
Tea watched from behind the counter as Kei pushed himself with one hand. He let out a breath before jumping up to his feet and rolling his shoulders back. He tightened his headband before he got ready to start running. "Kei, hold on a minute."
He stopped and then turned towards her. "Yes mother?"
Tea couldn't keep the small smile from her face. It had been seven years since Kei had arrived at their home. Seven years of training. Seven years of bonding. He had gone from a polite and determined child, to a strong and equally determined teen.
She remembered the first time he called her mother instead of ma'am. She had to stop in the middle of breakfast and go in the back. She went into a giggling fit. Hearing it now still brought a smile to her face.
"You've been training long enough. Come get something to eat and take a breather."
"Eh? But I can still keep going. I'm fine mother."
She gave him the look, and he flinched. "Honestly. You're too much like your father. You two would run yourself ragged if left to yourselves." She said pointing to the mat in front of the table. "Sit, eat, and then take your sister to the park. And I don't mean train at the park, I mean just take and watch her. Understand?"
Kei sighed before reluctantly making his way over the table. "Yes mother." He sat down and Tea set his plate in front of him.
Tea smiled before leaning down and kissing his forehead. "Don't look so glum. I just want to make sure you don't overdo it. Mothers have worry about their babies you know."
"I'm hardly a baby mother..." He muttered.
"Cliche as it sounds, you'll always be my baby. So try not to give you're mother a heart attack, okay?"
Kei chuckled and rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I'm sorry. I guess when father isn't here to regulate training I can get a bit carried away."
"Don't worry. He'll be back soon, and then the both of you will be stressing me out." She said giggling. "Now, eat up. A young man needs his strength."
"Thank you mother."
A/N: Hey there! Another chapter of Blessings! For those who read Tea's one shot, you know she's not the biggest fan of babies, so I figured adoption was the best way to introduce a kid to them. So their son Kei was adopted, and their daughter who will be introduced later was conceived by them.
And I imagine Tea being a doting mother. Specially seeing as she has to keep her husband and son from constantly overworking themselves.
I'm not sure how much detail I'll be able to go into, but I've been planning on Fang and Tea running a restaurant that doubles as dojo/gym. A few others like Jimmy work there and they teach different forms of martial arts and fighting styles. They have sparring matches and the occasional tournaments as entertainment for the costumers there.
Tell me what you guys think in the reviews!