TW // some surprisingly heavy past events shit for a movie and cuddles day...
Tetsurou Kuroo
Kazuki was an early riser, which on my days off was...hell. Right on cue, he came running into my room and tapped the side of my head. I was already awake, but pretended to be asleep to play with him. He gently tapped me, and all of a sudden i lunged at him, making scary noises and throwing the covers around. His giggles filled the air, and Sunday morning couldn't have been any sweeter.
I did the usual Sunday routine of bacon and eggs for breakfast, his weekly treat, and we sat together in our significantly different sized pyjamas and ate. I looked at him and said "movie day?" once I'd finished, and he nodded excitedly. I left him to finish his meal as I fetched a bunch of pillows and blankets from upstairs, and some of his favourite movies. Let's see....we have The Lion King, Frozen, Toy Story, Up, and coco. That'd be enough for a day I thought, and got myself comfortable. I decided to message Bokuto while I waited for Kazuki.
Hey, you free today?
We are literally meeting
up later, so yes I'm free..
We're doing movies and
cuddles, wanna come over?
Hell yeah, I love
movies and cuddles!
Would it be weird if uncle Bo
and daddy cuddled...?
Don't even think about it,
I'll tell Akaashi
Awwwww bro
I'm kidding...
:(
;(
Stop being weird.
Ok...
Bring the Santa pyjamas.
Ok...
Bokuto was....a handful, but he was excellent with Kazuki. Probably a mental age kind of thing, but still, it helped having him around. I didn't mention it to Kazuki, instead just cleaning up the plates as he waited for me in our little den. A knock at the door was met with a trademark greeting.
"Hey hey hey!"
"No uncle Bo! It's ho ho ho!"
"...nah, I'm pretty sure it's hey hey hey Kaz. I'll tell ya what, go ask your daddy what he thinks and I'll come inside, okay?"
"Okay!"
The first time Bokuto had referred to me as "daddy" to Kazuki I nearly pelted him with a frying pan, but over time I kinda got used to being called that. It still irked me, hearing it from my best friend, but...I'm genuinely such a child.
"Daddy, uncle Bo says it hey hey hey, but it's ho ho ho, right daddy?"
"Yeah, bud, you're right. Your uncle Bo was never the brightest..." I said with a solemn face, which made Kazuki laugh a lot. He ran to Bokuto and was welcomed by a big hug, which made me smile every time. He'd been with me through the whole thing, and was the one who drove me to the hospital after the crazy bitch's attack. Kazuki had cried so much that night, and it was his uncle Bo who had been able to calm him, letting him mess with his silly hair.
He'd stayed with him for a while when my eye was being operated on, Bokuto's boyfriend Akaashi helping out as well. Akaashi was more of a help to me than the child though, and considering that was my first time actually meeting him, he was a great help. He'd been the first person I saw after the surgery, and had been the one to hold me when I saw my face for the first time.
I'd gotten more used to it over time, but I still thought it was hideous. The scars peeled back sometimes and bled, but that only happened if I cried. Crying made it hurt, so I would cry more. I'd spent a good few hours crying on many occasions, and it was always either Bokuto or Akaashi that was there. My parents helped, don't get me wrong, but...not as much.
But there was one thing I was proud of. I had never, ever cried in front of Kazuki. And I never would, if I could help it. But now isn't the time for this, we've got some movies to watch! I put the first one in, and we settled down, the three of us, and watched the movie.
It was maybe....three, four hours later when one of us moved. Kazuki was getting hungry, so I got up to make him some lunch. Uncle Bo was fast asleep, as usual, and Kazuki giggled at his slight snoring. Akaashi is so brave....or stupid.
I plated up a bunch of assorted sandwiches, and opened about four bags of salt and vinegar crisps (A/N cHiPs) into a large bowl. I woke uncle Bo with a slap on the face, which had Kazuki rolling around, and while those two messed about, I poured some drinks. Cola for me and Bokuto, just cordial for Kazuki. He was allowed fizzy drinks, just didn't like them. It was a relief, actually.
Movie number three of five started as we stuffed our faces on the many blankets. It didn't matter how dirty they got, I could always just stick them in the washing machine later. But that didn't stop me skilfully taking Bokuto's drink out of his hand as he threatened to slip back to sleep, scared of a stained carpet. I rolled my eyes dramatically at Kazuki, and he giggled, burying himself into my side.
The world was irrelevant when he was with me. I couldn't care less about whatever some crazy politician had fucked up, couldn't care less about inflation or any of that stuff. All that mattered to me was little Kazuki Kuroo, snuggled up against me.
Movie number five came and went quickly enough, and, with a distant backdrop of the unnecessary remix of Remember Me, I slowly propped myself up, by back aching a little. Kazuki and Bokuto both slept soundly, and I left them there as I cleaned up the mess. Bokuto woke up shortly after, and helped me finish up.
"You taking him to your parents?" he said, through a half yawn. "Yeah...I wasn't gonna, but I changed my mind" I replied, before saying "we should probably go, what time is the movie?"
"In 42 minutes, so we should go. I'll drive." He said, before rushing out of the house to start up his car. I rolled my eyes again and gently lifted Kazuki up. He still slept as I locked the door and placed him gently in the back of the car, fastening his seatbelt.
We arrived at my parents house without trouble, and they accepted the still sleeping boy. I asked if I could collect him in the morning, as a surprise that I was off all week, and with that they waved us off.
"Hey, Tetsurou."
That was weird, he only used my first name when he was being serious...
"Yea, Ko?"
"....I want to have kids...but Keiji keeps saying 'soon', and I'm...I'm wondering how soon 'soon' is, ya know?"
Oh, so that was it. Akaashi had always been quite hands off with Kazuki, and I'd never quite known why, but now I kinda guessed it was because he wasn't good with kids. And that's probably why he doesn't wanna have one with Bokuto...
"....we're at your place Christmas Day, right? And you guys are cool to have the pup Friday night?
"Yeah, why?"
"See how it goes with the pup. Let Akaashi take most of the responsibilities on for the night, and see how he is. If he manages it, make the comparison to a little kid. You used a plural though, how many you thinking?"
"...just two. I wanted one surrogate, so we could be parents right from the start, and one adopted, since it's such an unfair life. That wasn't the part that bothered him, he said, it was "the constant panic" according to him. He said he didn't think we were old enough, so I mentioned how well you were doing with Kazuki..."
"And?"
"....he said he'd think about it, but it was basically a no."
"Ok, well....like I say, see how he is with the pup, and tell him that he would be good with children, since that's his worry. He probably does want kids, he's just worried about it, and needs you. So just be there to tell him it's ok."
"...thanks, Tetsurou..."
"Don't worry about it Ko, it's fine. Y'know, I spoke with Yumi about having another to keep Kazuki company...and in a way I'm glad she said no....I think she was pushed too hard by having the first when she was eighteen.."
She had always blamed me, always said "well it's your fault I have this fucking child anyway" whenever she was in pain. She stopped with the drinking and drugs while pregnant, so I assumed it was to do with that, but the day she gave birth she was screaming all sorts of profanities at me. On what should have been the happiest day of my life, I was fucking embarrassed.
I didn't regret Kazuki. And I don't. Maybe she did, but that doesn't matter. Her birth control pill had been nullified by antibiotics she'd taken for fun, so here we are. For the record, I wouldn't have cum in her if she hadn't told to me, but I'm so glad I fucking did. Because now I had a son, and he was the best thing ever.
Ko was a little downtrodden for a while, but perked up by the time we'd gotten to the cinema. We had a good fifteen minutes to spare, so took our time getting snacks and stuff. It played on my mind that he wanted to have kids. Sure, it'd be cool, I'd also be really scared of how they turned out if Akaashi had no input...they'd be rabid....
We approached the counter with a plethora of goodies, and dropped them onto the surface. I looked up and was met with the same new clerk as the other day. He gave me the same tired smile and said "your son grew up quick..." with a deadpan expression. I wasn't quite sure if he was joking or not, but laughed anyway, and said "two for Spiral, please."
"Spiral? Bit different from Elf..."
"Yeah well, I can handle it" I said back, confused by the worker's behaviour. Bokuto had found interest in a nearby wall, and I pulled my face at him before two tickets were shoved into my hand, and the clerk said "anything else? And...is he ok?" looking concernedly at Bokuto.
"Yeah, he's fine. And just thi-"
"Chocolate milkshake, please" Bokuto said, still staring at the empty wall. What the fuck..
"Is that two?"
"...yeah, sure."
"Ok, let me get those for you, juuust a sec."
He whipped them up pretty quickly, and handed them over.
"You've got the hang of this quick, huh?"
"Yeah, I've been here all day on my own. I didn't have much choice but to" he said with another tired smile, and my heart went out to him. Full day shifts suck, especially on a busy weekend day.
"Oh no! Well, hope this doesn't happen again. Thank you for you excellent service~" I said as I tapped Bokuto on the shoulder. We walked into the screen, and as we settled down, he suddenly started laughing like crazy
"The fuck is wrong with you? You stare at a wall, then you have an inexplicable laughing fit? Dude, you're so weird..."
He just continued laughing, and when he finally calmed down, he explained himself.
"I just didn't wanna look at you two weirdos flirting, that's all!" he said, before cackling again. I was confused...
"Flirting.....no we weren't...?"
"Um, yeah dude, you were..."
He then did his best impression of me, which was quite offensive actually. "I tHiNk i CaN hAnDlE iT"
"One, I don't sound like that, and two, we were not flirting, seriously."
"Ok dude, fine. But he's into you, that much is fucking clear."
"And what gives that away?"
"He just is. Uncle Bo knows everything~"
"Uncle Bo is about to get smacked~"
"Uncle Bo is sorry~"
I sighed, and took a long sip of milkshake. I could feel Bokuto staring at me, wiggling his eyebrows, and just ignored him. The room went dark shortly, and it was time to watch movie number six of the day.
Bokuto squealed at some of the gory bits, which was funny, and then started whining about how he'd eaten all of it snacks. He gave me very faint puppy eyes, and I relented, taking his card. I'm such a pushover...
"Have fun with you bae~" he cooed, and I would've shouted if we hadn't been in a cinema.
Goddamn uncle Bo
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I want an uncle Bo
Fact of the Day: Spiral is the 9th instalment of the SAW franchise, and...a really good movie, actually.