"Kou-sensei!"
The young male teacher smiled warmly at the bunch of the children swarming him. "Look we found some pretty flowers," said one of the girls.
"Those are nice flowers you got there, Airin-chan," Kou told her making the little girl grin wide and the others followed suit showing their own flowers. "Could we put these in your hair, Kou-sensei?" asked Airin-chan. Other girls nodded and pleaded with their puppy eyes. Kou sighed defeatedly and subjected his hair for decoration with flowers and some weeds for the children under his care in that pre-elementary school without a falter in his smile.
"Sensei!" Kou turned around to see his smallest boy in the class, Kousuke was running towards him with a ball in his hands following behind him another boy who just walked in his casual pace with a frown on his young face.
"Oh Kousuke-kun, Ryuji-kun, what's up?"
"Sensei, you look ridiculous," Ryuji commented with a disapproving look that make Kou questioned the boy's age sometimes. Kousuke giggled. "What happened to your hair, Kou-sensei?"
"He look like he just came out from the bushes over there," Ryuji added.
Kou's smile strained, "Ryuji-kun, you're not cute at all…"
Kousuke laughed. "It's not bad, sensei. I can fix it for you so that you look pretty."
"Thank you for the offer, Kousuke-kun. I think I will let it be like this and Sensei prefer handsome than pretty. "
"People will think you're crazy and what will the parents say when they saw you."
"Sometimes, you talk like an adult, Ryuji-kun." He ruffled Ryuji's hair much to the other's chagrin and attempt to fix his hair neatly again.
"It's not my fault that I I'm surrounded with childish people," Ryuji pouted despite he himself a child.
"Am I childish too, Ryu-chan?" Kousuke asked, tilting his head questioningly at his best friend. His wide innocent eyes looking at his best friend with a slight hurt.
Ryuji shook his head in an instant. "Ehm…no you're perfect as you are Kou-chan."
Kousuke broke into a wide grin and hugged Ryuji. Kou chuckled seeing the boy's red face. "Thank you, Ryu-chan! You're perfect to me too. Kou-sensei, let's play ball with us."
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"See you tomorrow, Kou-sensei!"
Kou waved back at Kousuke leaving with his mom at the end of the day, he went back to his class and found out one child has not gone home.
"Ryuji-kun, you're not going home yet?" Kou asked when he peeked into his classroom to see Ryuji still working on something on his table.
"No, I don't want to go home yet! I need to finish this, I'm nearly done." Ryuji said determinedly. Kou realized Ryuji was working on their Art and Craft activities making their own doll. "I thought you made one already."
"That's mine and this is for Dad, I need this to be perfect. It's his birthday tomorrow!" Ryuji said frustrated, rubbing his eyes tiredly. He skipped his nap time earlier so he can start on his Dad's gift. Kou examined the doll that Ryuji insisted is a forest fairy to protect his dad whenever he is working.
"I'll get you some gift box to put your present for your Dad then," Kou smiled and went to the resource room next door to get some but when he went back to the class he was surprised to see an unknown giant blonde man in black suit picking up now dozing Ryuji in his arms that he accidentally dropped the gift box. The sound made the man turn around and noticed him at the doorway.
"Who the fairy are you? What are you doing? Put Ryuji-kun down or I'll call the police!" Kou warned the man, grabbing the nearest thing for his defence which turns out to be a toy chicken that makes terrible squeaky noise.
The blonde man in black suit still holding a sleeping Ryuji in his arms was approaching Kou with unreadable expression on his face.
Kou stood wide-eyed warily of what the man is going to do and flummoxed with his mouth open when the man bow at him.
"You must be, Ryuji-kun's Sensei? I offer you my utmost apologises for this misunderstanding but I am Asami-san's assistant came here to bring Ryuji-kun home since Akihito-san is unavailable to pick him up today."
"I... thought Asami-san's assistant is Kirishima-san, with the glasses?" asked Kou.
"Yes, Kirishima-san also Asami-san's assistant. If you doubt my words, you may call Akihito-san."
"I'm sorry Kou, for not telling you earlier! I am still stuck in finishing Ryuichi's cake for his birthday tomorrow and I asked Suoh to pick Ryuji up."
Kou rolled his eyes. "Because you didn't tell me earlier, I have embarrassed myself for thinking him a bad guy!" He berated his friend. Both Akihito and he have been friends throughout high school and still continuing their friendship until now.
"Sorry, sorry! Oh I have to hang up now if I don't want my cake to burn."
Kou glowered at his phone when Akihito hung up. He heaved a sigh and went back to meet the man Akihito called Suoh waiting for him at the entrance.
"I apologised for mistaking you for a bad guy earlier," Kou shamefacedly said.
Suoh shrugged it off and smiled at the young teacher. "I understand it is your duty to protect the children in your care, and you are doing a good job." Kou stuttered a thank you, his face flustered red.
"I must be going now, but hopefully we are going to see each other again." Suoh bowed once again before leaving in the expensive looking car with Ryuji sleeping in the back seat.
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Akihito stored the half-finished cake in a fancy looking container Asami bought for him and put it in the fridge. He cleaned the table of the dishes they had for dinner and put them in the sink to wash later. He went to the sitting room where their son, Ryuji already dozing off against his dad with the television in front of them showing the credits of a Doraemon movie.
Akihito kneeled by the sofa and smiled seeing Ryuji drooling against his dad's expensive shirt. "Ryuji, darling? Let's go to your room now."
Ryuji whined and snuggled closer to Asami, his hands fisted on his dad's shirt. Deep chuckles came from his husband made Akihito looked up to the pair of golden eyes watching their son.
"Don't worry. I'll bring him to his bed." Asami moved and effortlessly carried Ryuji to his room and put him in his Avengers theme bed.
"Daddy?" Ryuji sleepily opened his golden eyes when Asami covered Ryuji with his son's favourite Spiderman blanket.
"Yes, Ryuji?"
"Happy Birthday, Daddy."
Asami looked at his son adoringly, brushing the hair out of his son's face "You said it already earlier but thank you."
"I love you and Papa." Ryuji mumbled before falling asleep again.
"We both love you too," Asami kissed Ryuji's forehead before leaving his son's room to see Akihito is neither in the kitchen nor in the sitting room but found the door to the balcony wide open.
Akihito leaned against the railing looking up at the night sky, with the moon light and lights from the city around them and the soft wind blowing his hair making him look angelic to Asami's eyes. Asami stepped onto the balcony and grabbed the glass filled with wine left for him at the balcony table.
Asami wrapped one arm around Akihito's slender waist, holding him close by his side, sipping on his wine. Akihito turned in his arms so Asami looked down at his spouse who keep nibbling on his lower lips which shows that Akihito has something in his mind and has difficulty to express it with words.
"Ryuichi..." Akihito started, his cheeks tinted with red and Asami still found it adorable.
"What is it Akihito? Cat finally got your tongue?" Asami could not help but tease his Akihito.
Like what he has expected, Akihito glowered at him with a pout of his cupid bow lips. "I just want to say your birthday present will be waiting for you in our bedroom but unfortunately I change my mind!" He made a move to get away from Asami but Asami tugged him closer and pull him into a kiss.
"Whatever present you have gotten for me, Akihito I have never been more grateful when I have you and our son by my side." Asami said to Akihito when they broke apart for air.
"Well then," Akihito wriggled out of Asami's hold and swayed his hips provocatively to the door. He give a look over his shoulder. "The new lace panties that I have bought will go to waste."
Asami downed his wine fast before catching up with his cheeky spouse in their bedroom.
TBC or not...
A/N: Yeap, I have decided to make it into multi-chap! I have introduce secondary characters too! And let us wish Asami a Happy Birthday! His birthday is 4th August (I think!) so this post is for his birthday. Anyway Thank you for reading hopefully I can update before my holiday is up.