? ﹒ ? MY STRANGE PAPA! - NEUVILLETTE

"Oh would you look at that! You've definitely grown a lot (y/n)!" Furina says in excitement as she observes the little girl twirl around in her new clothes for school. 

"HOW SPLENDID!~" she says in pure adoration as she points her hand towards the little girl while talking to the tailor. 

"I agree, Lady Furina. Miss (y/n) is truly an adorable child!" replied a few attendants who held multiple clothes in their hands.

"Auntie Furina! I'm tired can we go eat pasteruies... (pastries)"

The Hydro archon refuted as she bent down to the child's height. "Oh no no, we have only begun. Ten more outfits and we can go out of here in peace. It's not like I get to shop freely everyday." Furina says as she gestures the attendants to bring in more clothing. 

"Besides  little (y/n)!" Furina says as she picks the child up in her arms, "Your papa, the Iudex only knows to read legal codex but not fashion magazines! Which is why he entrusted the matter of your clothing entirely to me." 

(y/n) pouts slightly. "Papa gives me pwetty dresses."

"Oh would you look at that, a spoiled papa's little princess." Furina murmured silently as she crosses her arms across her chest. 

The little girl fiddled with her fingers as she looked at the fine marble floor. She was pouting a little as observed by Furina. 

"Awntie Furina..? I want (to see) papa..." the girl says as she frowns and tugs onto Furina's fabric.

"He's in an important meeting, how about we go meet him in two hours?!" Furina panics as she sees (y/n)'s frown become inevitably clearer as her eyes turned glossy and teary. 

"....but...I miss papa...." 

"Oh no, (y/n) don't cry! not here! Your papa would think I made you upset!" Furina says as she once again crouches down and holds the little girl by her shoulders. 

"..but..*hiccup*....I want to see papa....."

Furina, obviously panicked as she knew how difficult it was to handle a tantrum thrown in by a toddler. Not even the perfect Iudex, who was a stickler for rules and read through manuals before doing something out of knowledge, could handle a child's tantrum.

"Alright alright! here's the deal." Furina says as she lifts up two of her fingers in the 'v' position, "two more dresses and we'll go out buy some sweets and then give it to your papa as a gift! How is that?" She tries striking a deal with the toddler.

"A gift..?" (y/n) asks as she holds her tears back. 

"Yep!!" Furina nods her head enthusiastically, seeing the child stop crying.

"Your papa will surely love those strawberry shortcakes!" Furina lied through her teeth, knowing very well that the Iudex had no such tastes for sweet treats.

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"IUDEX!" Furina calls out loudly as she pushes the doors of his office open with one hand while holding onto (Y/N)'s tiny hand with the other. 

The said Iudex flinched at the sudden outburst and arrival of guests to his office as he was deeply lost in matters of work earlier. 

"You both have returned-?" just as he got up from his seat, (y/n) ran all the way across his room and immediately tried jumping into his arms.

"...(y/n)?" Neuvillette says as he quickly catches her into his hands, trying to balance himself out. 

"Papa!!! We got you a gift!!! " the girl says as she smiled brightly. She held onto his shirt firmly as excitedly giggles. 

"I missed you papa...." she said as she snuggled into his neck. Neuvillete only chuckled a little. "It was only three hours (y/n), you couldn't have possibly missed me that much."

Furina who was at the other end of the room rolled her eyes dramatically as she placed down a packaged parcel of the strawberry shortcake, "Oh PLEASE Iudex, little (y/n) was moments away from orchestrating a full blown breakdown from not being able to meet her papa. So do ME A FAVOR and tell the little child YOU HAVE MISSED HER TOO." Furina says everything in one breath as she stands by the plush sofas in the office. 

Neuvillette didn't reply as he looked at (y/n). "Is that true? I imagined you would be having much fun with Lady Furina outside, picking up new clothes for school than having to sit with me here."

"No....papa...." (y/n) mumbles slowly as her little eyes were droopy and tired from going on a shopping haul. 

"(y/n) likes....papa arms....very warm." she mumbles off the rest of the sentence before shutting her eyes for a nap. Neuvillette only sighs and smiles a little before walking up to a nearby cabinet and pulling out a little blanket meant for (y/n). 

He then looked at Furina who was seated across the room, pouting. 

"You surely seem low on spirits today, Lady Furina." he asks. 

She only scoffs, before shrugging. "(Y/n) doesn't find shopping for clothes fun. At this rate she might end up like you, all cooped up in work and documents with zero partying or fun in life. HOW very BORING. auff!" she says as she gets up from her seat, walking towards the doors to leave.

"Todaloo, I have other engagements for today!" she says and leaves Neuvillette and (y/n) alone in the room. 

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(Later that night.)

"Is this what you call 'Fashion'...." Neuvillette murmurs as he, (y/n) and Sedene were going through the mountains of boxes of clothing Furina bought for (Y/n). Of course, the payment was all under the tab of the Palais Mermonia. 

"It happens to be so, Monsieur Neuvillette." Sedene chimes in and replied as she was arranging the boxes.

"Aunty Furina is scawy (Scary)!! She made me try a lot of glittery clothes!!" (y/n) says as she pulls out a sparkly and flashy dress from one of the boxes. Neuvillette holds onto the fabric and wonders, "isn't it too flashy to attend school?"

Neuvillette catches a paper receipt stuck onto one of the boxes nearby. He scoots over and takes the receipt to read the over all purchase details. However, to his horror, he noticed the final amount and was shaken.

"Is this even normal?" he seemed inaudibly confused.

END CH.10

A/N: hope you enjoyed the chapter!! p.s (y/n) is around 2.5 to 3 years old here!!