Thanks to the lovely sweettoothforever for sending me this prompt and for being so patient with this little dimwit. College is taking a lot of my time and at certain point I got writer's block, which was very frustrating. But thankfully I was able to finish it, hope you like it despite possible typos or mistakes that may be there. Enjoy!
Prompt: Human!Bunny being a karate teacher for the little ones and Human!Tooth's little sister won't stop talking about him. During a competition, tooth see's him and has a mulan moment cause he removes his shirt and gets down to business. (I tweaked it a little bit but I hope you like the final results anyways °u°)
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"Sis, please please please can I go?!" The six-year-old pointed to the flyer that said karate lessons.
"Karate lessons?" Tooth bit her lip. "Baby, are you sure you want to learn that?" She wasn't sure if it was ok for her baby sister to learn how to fight. Probably it was because Toothiana had just become a legal guardian to her little sister after her parents passed away almost two years and a half ago, and she was still getting the hang of it.
"Yes! I really want to learn! Can I please, please, please go?" Baby Tooth plead, giving her best signature puppy eyes.
Tooth should never have let her seen "Puss in Boots".
"And if I let you take karate what will you do in return?" She knelt down to be at the same eye level.
She frowned until she gave a deep sigh. "I promise to study more on my Hindi lessons?"
"One hour more?"
"15 more minutes?"
"Half an hour" She stopped Baby before she could complain. "That's my last offer. Take it or leave it."
"Fine." She rolled her eyes.
Baby Tooth was not extremely fond of her Hindi lessons but it was the best option for her bigger sister to stop her from making up an excuse to not have their weekly lessons. And when she put her mind into doing her work, she was actually quite fast to finish it. Her little sister was brilliant for her age but lacked enough concentration to do it. So if these karate classes helped in any way at least it was worth the try.
"Deal." Tooth smiled as her sister's face brightened up again and hugged her tightly.
The door slammed open and Tooth heard the quick steps that ran to the kitchen. "Chōṭī bahana namaskāra! Kaisē apanē karāṭē klāsa mēṁ thā?" ((Hello, little sister. How was your karate class?))
The little girl gave her a sly smile "Yaha sacamuca mazēdāra thā!" ((It was really fun!))
Baby Tooth had actually gotten better at Hindi. And Tooth believed that karate had something to do with it.
Her little sister had been able to focus a lot more since she didn't have all the extra energy and was very proud of herself with every lesson she took.
Another thing is that she always found a way to bring up her karate teacher in almost every conversation, so Toothiana had the feeling she practically knew him.
That's when Emily Jane came into the kitchen and left the girl's sport bag on the counter.
"Thanks again for taking her to karate, Emily." She said with a fond smile and placed a plate with peanut butter banana sandwich (Baby's favorite) and a glass of milk. "We're going crazy with the amount of people coming to the clinic."
"No problem, Tooth. The dōjō is close to my flower shop anyways." She ruffled the girl's hair. "And Baby kept me entertained while gushing over her karate teacher."
"I was not gushing! Sensei is truly awesome. Today he taught us self-defense and he let one of his older students to attack him from behind and he grabbed his arm and he flipped like a tortilla!" She was on a hype now as she continued to tell them about the things her teacher had done.
After sending Baby to brush her teeth, both young women were able to calmly sit and chat.
"Have you actually seen this karate teacher?"Tooth asked. "Because by the way my sister is going on about him, I'm starting to believe she made him up."
"You didn't see him when you signed her up?"
"No, one of the helpers at the dojo was there when I went."
"Oh well. I can tell you that Baby Tooth's descriptions are not that far off." Emily winked over her cup of tea.
"Is he handsome?" She wiggled her eyebrows and both laughed.
"I don't know. He's not that bad to look at but definitely not my type. Too rough around the edges maybe." Emily pondered. "He's really good with kids, tho. He was strict but really patient towards them. And he really loves what he does."
It seemed that Tooth would have to find a chance to finally meet this mysterious karate teacher.
Said opportunity would not come until a couple of weeks when her whirlwind of a sister barged into the room, excited as could be and going on that there would be a ceremony to receive their new belts and a small demonstration of what the class had been working.
Tooth immediately accepted and promised to film everything but as she prepared snacks for the picnic they were having after the event she wondered if her excitement was entirely due to seeing her sister so happy or partly because she would finally meet the famous karate teacher.
Shaking her head, she focused on packing the apples and carrot sticks.
The dōjō was spacious enough for regular classes but right now was packed with families (especially mothers) excited and with cameras at the ready. The moment they stepped on the dōjō, Baby Tooth left her with her backpack and joined her friends.
After settling in a good place she looked at her little sister chatting with another boy and practicing moves. Tooth could not avoid smiling at how cute she looked in her uniform and how happy she looked.
That made her feel she was doing the right thing in her job as a parental figure.
When the older students came in they all stood in line facing one another and bowed when a tall man wearing a karate uniform and a black belt stepped on the tatami. Tooth's eyes were drawn to the man with dark-grayish hair and vivid green eyes.
And she would be lying to herself that the uniform looked amazing with his muscular complexion. And by the look of many within the female audience, she was not the only one with said thoughts in mind.
"G'day everyone" He said, his deep voice immediately called everyone to silence."Today the ankle-biters're gonna demonstrate the basic moves of hand to hand combat we've been workin' on."
With that her sister's class started with a series of postures and basic defense moves. Tooth's camera was glued to her hand the whole time and was able to film it all. And when they gave the audience a final bow with a big smile, Tooth's vision went a little blurry.
Baby Tooth stood straight and proud as her teacher called her name and tied her now yellow belt. With a pat on her head, he smiled and instructed her to join the rest of her friends until the ceremony ended.
His smile was so gentle and Baby was elated.
The young woman couldn't be more thankful for karate classes.
"No sis, we gotta stay!" Baby Tooth tugged to her long and colorful skirt. "Sensei and the senior students are gonna begin their demonstration, so we gotta stay."
"Baby..." She started but her little sister stopped her.
"Please, I promised Sensei I would cheer up for him." She pouted and after Tooth checked her clock to make sure lunch time was not missed, she agreed to watch the end of the demonstration.
A group of four teenagers between 17 and 16 year old stood on formation. Baby Tooth explained that those were the few who had volunteered for the event. It was Saturday after all.
"Sis, can we see Mulan when we get home?" She asked happily while swinging her toes back and forth on her seat, not taking her eyes from the combat.
"Zarūra, but you do know that Mulan practices a different martial art, right?" Tooth had spent some of her free time searching about her sister's new passion and had acquired a lot of information that had been quite eye-opening. But she considered safe to leave the bit about the real legend of the Chinese woman who disguised herself as a man and went to war. Baby Tooth was still too young to understand certain issues with that movie. Plus, Tooth didn't know how to explain Confucian values.
"Sensei explained it to me. I suggested it because it's the only martial art movie I know." She shrugged absent-minded and gasped when her teacher stepped up to participate in the last combat with a student.
The older kids sure looked like they knew what they were doing, but she had to admit that the teacher was far more impressive with his cool and calm attitude and the obvious respect for the art he practiced. And by a quick scan around the audience, she noticed that not only her sister seemed to be absolutely enraptured on his precise and fluid movements.
She wasn't sure how long the match lasted but when she came back to her senses, the pubic was quickly leaving and her little sister was trying to tug her off her seat.
Before the young woman had a chance to stop her, Baby Tooth was running free from her hand into a corridor.
"Baby wait!" Tooth was already on her feet and made her way after her as fast as the picnic bag, Baby's bag and her huge purse allowed her. She was able to see the end of Baby´s pony tail disappear behind a door.
Picking up the pace she yanked the door open while using her voice with all the authority she had learned to muster: "Come back here, young lady!"
She collided face first with a wall and it almost makes her tumble back, if it wasn't when a hand shot out to grab her arm and stabilize her.
"Ya ok there, ma'am?" A gruff voice asked.
As she looked up to see the owner of said voice, she took in the tall figure, the toned body, the broad shoulders, the killer abs...
'Focus Toothiana!'
When she finally tore her eyes to look at his face, there was a pair of green eyes searching her face.
In front of her, was her sister's karate teacher in all his shirtless glory.
Tooth had never paid too much attention to the men around her, especially after becoming a single parental figure for her little sister. But, dammit, she was most certainly not made of stone. And the man in front of her was having quite a lot of effect on her.
'Let's get down to business, indeed'. A more flirty voice inside her head said.
That's when she noticed he was talking to her and she was still too engrossed in staring at his muscles.
'Oh god, what did he say? You would know if you were not ogling at him like a creep. Seriously woman, is this the first shirtless man you've ever seen?'
A small "hi" was all she could utter as she felt her subconscious digging a hole to disappear all the way to China.
"Um...hi." His eyebrow arched in a questioning manner.
'Way to make an impression, Tooth.'
Shaking her head, she forced herself to focus on looking him in the eye."I'm sorry, I...Have you seen a little girl run through here?"
"Ya must be Aishwarya's older sister."
It surprised her that he used her little sister's real name, when she had specifically pointed out to prefer the nickname of 'Baby Tooth'.
"Yeah...uh...I'm Toothiana Singh." She extended her hand and it made her feel so tiny when his shook hers. "I'm happy to finally meet you. Baby talks about you a lot."
"E. Aster Bunnymund and I could say the same about you." He smiled and she couldn't help but too quickly inspect her teeth. A little crooked but oh so perfect somehow. "She talks greatly of her sister."
Tooth couldn't help to blush and also wonder what baby could have said.
And that's when the little girl in question entered carrying a huge sports bag. "Sensei, I found it!" She looked between the two adults and couldn't understand why her sister's face was so red. But in the end her undivided attention went to the green-eyed man.
He patted her head and took the bag from her. "Thanks, kiddo. Now, I think yer lovely sister was looking for ya so off you go."
Tooth was thankful he was oblivious to the effect his light words had and took Baby's hand.
"I told you not to run off on your own." She said with a stern voice and then her eyes looked up to him for a moment. "I'm sorry."
"It's alright."
"But I wanted to invite Sensei for lunch." The girl with her big mismatched orbs pleaded, puppy dog eyes on full swing. And then she turned to him. "Big sis is a really good cook and she always brings extra. Do you wanna have lunch with us?"
His head tilted to the side as if for a moment considering before looking at Tooth. "I don't want to impose."
"Please!" Baby tugged at his hand.
"It depends if your sister says it's ok."
'If you keep yourself shirtless is more than ok'
"I don't mind...um I always pack too much food anyways. Hope you don't mind vegetarian?"
"Nah, it's fine."
"Yay! I promise to share my carrot sticks with you, Sensei." Her face split in a huge grin.
"Baby, let's go to the car."
Her sister nodded and was out of the room in a flash.
Aster chuckled, still looking at the door after her sister had left. "It's hard to tell her no, ain't it?"
She smiled back. "It's getting harder each year."
She straightened her bags. "You don't really have to go if you don't want to. I can handle her just fine and she never stays angry for long."
Although she really wanted for him to accompany them, she still had to be the grown up here and not be swayed by her little sister.
"Nah, she got me with the carrot sticks." He said.
She giggled. It was good to know that she was not the only one to be unable to resist the headstrong six-year-old.
A small space of silence settled in before he asked: "Can I finish changin' then?"
He kinda enjoyed the way her cheeks blushed bright red when she sputtered an apology and left, seeming to have forgotten she was talking to a half-naked man.
Leaning against the door, the young woman pressed a hand to her mouth, waiting for her heart to calm down and for her face to return to its original color.
And as she made her way to the car, something told her she would be a lot more thankful for karate classes.
Sorry if I got the Hindi part wrong. I don't know the language so I had to use google translator because I love to include Tooth's Indian roots (book canon btw). Also I usually use the name Aishwarya for human!babytooth, I find it cute. ^^
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