Finding Kiragi

Cast: (F!Corrin x Takumi, Kiragi & M!Kana)
Prompt: Modern AU where Corrin and Takumi realize their kids are missing in the mall

Takumi and Corrin were just going to have a nice day out with the kids. Head to the mall, catch a movie, and then maybe enjoy dinner. But with a rambunctious child like Kiragi, plans were liable to change. And Kana himself was only now teething, so things got pretty hectic whenever he lost his plastic ring.

Of course, that all paled to the moment when the parents realized they had lost something much more important…

"You lost our children?!" Corrin screeched. "I go to the restroom for ten minutes and you lose them?!"

"Uh- well- hey! Who goes to the restroom for ten minutes?!"

Corrin narrowed her eyes, and a brief silence ensued. "…Are you trying to upset me, Takumi?"

"Err, no ma'am."

"That's what I thought. Now let's hurry!"

"KIRAGI! KANA!" Corrin called. "Boys, where are you?!"

The parents had tried looking in all the stores a little boy would like, starting with the arcade. Corrin immediately started storming the whole place, while Takumi went to see if the manager could be of any assistance.

How could this happen?! Corrin thought to herself. This is horrible, our babies are lost in the mall! I should've waited before using the restroom! I shouldn't have had that large soda! Oh where could they be?! We taught them to avoid strangers, didn't we? Oh but Kiragi's so trusting, just like me! Oh why am I so gullible, why-

"Excuse me. Ma'am?" asked a very young-looking man with brownish-reddish hair and a headband. Corrin snapped out of her mental tirade. "I just asked Da-I mean the manager, and we've looked around, but we haven't seen any children with white hair in the whole store."

"Well where else could they be?! Gaah!" Corrin turned away and rubbed her temples.

A young boy with Corrin's white hair walked into a sporting goods store, carrying a sleeping baby. The clerk, a hot-blooded youth with a messy brown ponytail smirked.

"Hey, welcome! What's up, little man? Where are your parents?"

"Shh! It's a secret!" Kiragi stage-whispered. "Daddy wants golf clubs, and today's Father's Day, so I was hoping you'd have some!"

"Haha!" The clerk beamed. "You're pretty thoughtful! But they're pretty expensive," he warned.

"It's okay, I have money!"

Kiragi reached into his right pocket, while little Kana tried to reach into Kiragi's other pocket for unrelated reasons. The older boy found nothing, until he noticed Kana chewing on a dollar bill.

"Kana, no! Stop it!" The boy took the dollar away from his baby brother and reached onto his tiptoes, placing it on the counter.

The clerk examined the dollar. "Uh… This is five dollars."

Kiragi nodded. "Yeah!"

"Sorry dude, I'm gonna need some more."

Takumi's son frowned. "Well, how about you just take one club and give it to me? I bet Daddy doesn't need all the golf clubs!"

An older man with navy hair and glasses was tinkering with a small toy plane at the desk. "I'm sorry sir, I have not seen your children."

Takumi had tried checking the RC store. Kiragi and Kana were always fascinated by their father's mastery of remote-control planes, but it appeared Mr. Yukimura's Circuit Emporium was not their hiding place.

"Are you absolutely sure?" Takumi asked, slamming his hands on the table.

The clerk narrowed his eyes. "Sir, I will not have this behavior in my store. I also do not appreciate your hands on the counter, I had just cleaned them ten minutes ago."

"We're looking for our sons!"

"And I told you, I have not seen them. Now please, let my store be!"

Kiragi was sitting on a bench, crying to himself. Hearing this, a woman with long, dark blue hair walked out of the nearby clothing store and knelt down by the crying child.

"Aww, poor guy! What's wrong? Do you need to find your parents?"

Kiragi was still crying, but composed himself long enough to explain. "I… I… I snuck away from my parents! I took Kana with me, so we could get Daddy golf clubs! But I didn't have enough money, so I went back to ask my parents, but they were gone and now I'm lost and don't have a present for my daaaaad! Waaaaaah!"

Kana reached out for the dollar Kiragi was still holding, but could not reach. He began to cry as well. The woman frowned. "Aww! If only we knew where they were…"

A girl with long, brown hair and wearing a pink jogging suit ran up. "Whoa, what's going on? Are you okay, kid?"

The clothing store clerk turned to her. "This kid's missing his parents."

"Aah! That's no good!"

"This kid's missing his parents?" asked a man with green hair.

Suddenly, more people were crowding around Kiragi and Kana.

Corrin was sitting on a bench somewhere else, breathing into a paper bag. Takumi had a hand on her back.

"It's okay, we'll find them."

"But where could they be?!" she stopped her breathing exercise. "They could be anywhere in this mall!"

A man with fluffy hair and seemingly shut eyes walked past the parents. Then he seemed to have some sort of epiphany and turned back around. "Say, are you the guys missing some children? Your kids have attracted quite a crowd."

"Yes!" Takumi declared. "Where are they?!"

"Whoa, take it easy! You're in a big hurry for parents who'd let their kids wander around the mall," the man joked. Corrin's eyes narrowed and she stood up. The mother marched over to the man and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Where are our sons?!"

"Aaah! They're outside Sheep Heavenly! That stuffy clothing store! Please don't hurt me!"

Corrin practically shoved the man away and made a run for it, with Takumi close behind.

"KIRAGI! KANA!" Takumi called.

The crowd around the crying children all looked over to see the parents running up. They all cleared a path, and made way for Corrin and Takumi. Corrin reached her children first, picking them up in a big hug.

"Ohh, Kiragi, Kana! I was so worried about you!"

Takumi had finally caught up too. "We were looking all over for you two! We're so glad you're safe!"

"Awww!" the crowd cooed. A red-haired man with a scar over one eye started waving his arms.

"All right, back off everyone, show's over. Get back to whatever you were doing."

Everyone else started to walk away, giving the family some space. Takumi took Kiragi from Corrin, as the latter held onto Kana. "Son, what were you thinking, running off like that?"

Kiragi started to sniffle. "Aw, I-I'm sorry, Dad! I just… I wanted to buy you a present!"

"What?" Both the parents were confused.

"I-I wanted to b-buy you golf clubs for Fathers' Day, but they were too m-much money! I'm sorry, Dad! And I'm sorry too, Mom!"

"Kiragi…" Takumi held his son even closer. "It's okay, it'll be okay…" He started running his hand through his son's hair. "You mean more to me than any lousy clubs. I'm just glad we're together again."

Letting Kana nibble on some of her hair, Corrin smiled. "But it was so nice of you to be thinking of your dad! But next time, don't run off without our permission, okay?"

"O-okay. Happy Fathers' Day, by the way." Kiragi was beginning to calm down.

"Thank you, son."

Kana turned his head in Takumi's direction, still with some of Corrin's hair in his mouth. "Ha'fa baba."

Takumi chuckled. "Ha! Thank you too, Kana."

A/N:

I'm not big on Corrin x (royal), but since this was an AU (and a request) I worked with it anyway. This wasn't intended as a Fathers' Day thing, but since the day was coming up and I otherwise had no ideas, I ran with the idea.

It was fun thinking of modern, mall versions of the Hoshido characters. The mall is also slightly based on the mall in my town, or at least I was imagining it when I wrote this piece. On the blog, there is a photo of an area in the mall that sort of describes what I mean.

Go to the blog if you have requests.