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This was never Derapchu's plan in life to be honest. To be a babysitter.
Honestly he would have rather be a streamer or something else.
But being 20 and living in this forsaken world, this was his only way to make his dream come true. Especially with his parents counting on him to make it.
So he had to take babysittering as a job until he found something else and could get up without the help of his parents.
Sure he had his own apartment but he could barely afford it and the only thing keeping him from not losing it, was his parents.
Derapchu didn’t know why they even wanted to help him.
He just disappointed them later.
Just like he has for 18 years.
…
Derapchu got a phone call at 10 pm on Friday. ’That’s weird’ Derapchu thought to himself.
Why would someone call him? Maybe it was that Danm babysitter job.
He anyways looked at his phone anyways, it was an unknown number. Great, here comes another kid that he has to watch over, he didn’t even like this job. He assumed it was a parent calling him for babysitting.
But Derapchu picked his phone up anyway.
And answered his phone.
”Yo? Who is this?” Derapchu asked through the phone.
”This is Wifies, I heard you are looking for someone to babysit if you are Derapchu” the person said through the phone. Derapchu thought for a sec and then remembered that his last kid's parents had fired him because of that they didn’t need him anymore, so Derapchu had to find a new kid now… which was good because he didn’t even like that kid, bratty and all that. But he wasn't really in to kids and didn’t really want one. Yet he needed the money.
Derapchu thought before talking to this called person ’Wifies’.
”Yea, that’s me, and yes I am” he said in a hopefully friendly voice.
”That’s great… I pay 100 bucks if you start tomorrow ” Derapchu hears Wifies say through the phone. Danm 100 bucks? Per hour right? That’s pretty good pay.
Derapchu needs to say yes to this deal.
”sure, I will. Text me the address to your house and I’ll come tomorrow” Derapchu said quickly to Wifies.
”Yea yea, um see you tomorrow” Derapchu hears Wifies say before he hung up on him. Pretty rude.
Derapchu sighs to himself as sinks deeper in his bed. He should probably go to bed as he didn’t know how early he needed to be there.
Maybe he should change clothes? But Derapchu's eyes felt too heavy… and soon enough he fell asleep.
˚—˚
Derapchu had just gotten up about 40 mins ago and had gotten ready to grab coffee at the coffee shop downtown before he had to babysit.. and all that morning he was still waiting for the address so you know… he could do his job?
It was about 12 pm now? Shouldn’t he be getting his text now?
Derapchu was waiting for his order to come, so why not text the guy?
Right after as he thought that, he felt his phone buzzing. He opened his phone to see who it was, silently hoping it was Wifies.
Parent guy
Parent guy (wifies): here is the address
Parent guy (wifies): ••••••••••••••• 678
Derapchu: thanks
Derapchu: thought you forgot
Derapchu: when should I come?
Parent guy (wifies): come around 2 or 3 pm
Derapchu: k
Derapchu puts down his phone and right as he does, he hears his name being called out.
˚—˚
Derapchu was at the address that Wifies had sent him, it was in an apartment building.
The unlucky thing is that the elevator was broken and it was on the 6th floor…
Well now Derapchu is here at 2 pm and right on time.
Derapchu rings the door bell.
It maybe takes like 5 seconds before some to up the door.
When the door opens, Derapchu sees this tail guy with brown hair that is styled in a short wolf cut, the guy too had a purple headband. The guy too had heterochromia just like him, one eye is purple and the other one is black with this… red dot?
The guy too wearing a grey sweater that had yin-yang symbol on it with some black sweatpants.
”You are Wifies right?” Derapchu said before Wifies can or- he hopes it’s Wifies because if it isn’t then he might have gone to the wrong house.
”Yea, that’s me. You must be Derapchu right?” Wifies said as he steps aside to let him in.
Derapchu nodded quickly as to not draw more attention and step inside, he closed the door behind himself.
Suddenly a question popped up in his head, how long was he gonna babysit for?
”So, how long will I be babysitting for? I kinda forgot to ask that” Derapchu asked Wifies, hoping to sound curious.
”Oh yea! Uh It is fine if you do it from 4 pm to 1 am? I can pay more if it is too late” Wifies answered back to him. Derapchu thought about it and mentally said no. He didn’t know why he thought that but if he thought it then maybe he should say it? But 1 am? Where is he gonna sleep?
“No, it’s fine but can I at least sleep? You can wake me up when you are done with work” Derapchu asked to the taller one.
“Of course” Wifies replied to him. Wifies sounded happy.
Derapchu nodded and thought for a few seconds. He still hasn't seen the kid, maybe he should ask.
“So, where is the kid, I will be babysitting?” Derapchu asked Wifies.
Wifies started looking at the floor- or so more his own legs?
Derapchu’s eyes followed Wifies and then saw the kid.
The kid has pale skin with white short hair, the kid is wearing a blue sweater with some black sweatpants.
The kid had too a star in both their eyes? And they were hugging wifies leg.
“Here is Planetlord or Planet for short” wifies said to Derapchu while trying to get planet to show himself to Derapchu.
Planet just stared daggers at him.
”Hi Planet?” Derapchu said to Planet, who was still clinging to Wifies leg.
Planet didn’t answer.
‘That’s fine right?’ Derapchu thought to himself before hearing Wifies.
”He is like that”
”Oh? That’s cool”
Then it became quiet.
’Holy, this is awkward’ Derapchu thought as he could feel the silence growing louder every second.
Suddenly Wifies phone buzzed, Wifies instantly checked it and derapchu could see something small shift in Wifies facial expression.
“Did something happen?” Derapchu asked without thinking and immediately regretted it.
Wifies stared at him with this blank expression on his face, like he was out of this world, before it changed to something more alive.
“Uh, work stuff- I-I’ll start going now-“ Wifies said nervously but too in a panic way.
Derapchu could see as Wifies somehow got Planet off his leg and went past Derapchu to the door.
‘Did his work let him go in normal clothes?’ Derapchu thought as Wifies closed the door before he could ask. Leaving him and Planet alone.
Derapchu turned to Planet in an awkward motion before he spoke.
“So, Planet… uh how old are you?” Derapchu asked, as he kinda forgot to ask Wifies. And it too wasn’t even 4 pm yet, what does that guy work as to suddenly change work schedule? Or was it something else?
Derapchu was in thought before he heard Planet say something.
“I am five” planet says abit rude and walks away to a room which derapchu could only assume it was his bedroom.
Derapchu sighed to himself, before looking around the house- or so more apartment.
Derapchu walked through the short hall that lead to the living room and kitchen. Derapchu looked around, he saw the door that Planet had just walked through, he could some noises from that room but decided not to question it. Planet was probably playing.
Derapchu looked at the kitchen, that was right beside the living room with no wall between it.
The kitchen had a stove with a fridge right next to it that was hugging the wall next to him, and after that there was a whole counter that was shape in to a L.
Behind the counter, there was a table with two chairs.
It was a nice kitchen.
And everything was surprisingly clean.
Derapchu looked to the living room. There was a couch that was blue that had a grey rug under it with a small table right in front of it.
A few meters in front of that blue couch, was a tv. Small but good enough.
There was 2 windows that you could looked out at when you sat on the couch.
Derapchu walked over to the couch and sat down, and just thought and looked out at the window.
˚—˚
Somehow Derapchu had managed to get Planet to go outside, as if right now, they are walking to a park.
Well it was their local park.
And frankly, Planet was happy, not because he was with this weird stranger but because at the park there was swings and it reminded him of when his dad used to take him here after daycare.
And they were soon there they just had to walk abit more and then Planet could ask this stranger called Derapchu, if he can go on the swings.
They just had to walk abit mor-
”Parrot?! Is that you bro?” Derapchu says to an unknown person, that looked like a hybrid. Planet had never seen a hybrid, but his dad had said that they are like us but has different body parts and to treated him like they are any normal human or hybrid.
”Yo bro! Nice to see you too! Been a while bro” the bird hybrid said. They had brown short hair with a green hoodie that said the biggest bird and with some baggy jeans.
Planet was already mad now. He wanted to go on the swings!
”how have you been dude?” Derapchu said to Parrot, aka his best friend that he hasn’t seen in over 2 months. He had saw him walking and decided to stop to talk.
”Nothing much! Just been studying and going to college” Parrot said to Derapchu in a friendly voice. Parrot hadn’t noticed the child yet.
”Oh yea, you said you were going to college again. Did you not like what you were working as or?” Derapchu asked Parrot, generally wondering. Parrot had told Derapchu but Derapchu forgot what he said.
”Bro, I told you but okey” Parrot stated, his wings puffing up abit. ”No but, I just didn’t find any joy in what I was doing, so I decided to go to college again” Parrot continued.
”Ohhhhh, what are you going to college for?” Derapchu asked curiously.
”Well, I really want to be a lawyer, so I am studying to be that” Parrot replied to Derapchu with a smile.
”isn’t that hard bro? How are you even gonna afford that?” Derapchu asked parrot, he really didn’t want his best bud to be broke and not do the stuff that man likes.
”Well, it is but I am working at a pet shop… which has more parrots then dog or cats” Parrot said abit embarrassed.
”Wow, who could imagine? A guy named parrot working with mostly parrots” Derapchu said sarcastically to Parrot.
”Alright bro, I see how it is…” Parrot said, abit annoyed but still smiling.
Derapchu laughed at this before he felt a tiny hand pull his pants, Derapchu looked down to see Planet.
”is it something Planet?” Derapchu asked the toddler.
”Swings” Planet said to Derapchu in his tiny voice while looking up at the giant.
”you wanna go to the swings?” Derapchu asked and looked around where they were. He saw the swings in the distance.
Planet nods fast.
“Mm, sure, let’s walk there” derapchu said to Planet, who immediately looked excited.
Derapchu turned to his best bud.
”You wanna join us? I mean I am gonna be on the side while he swings.”
Parrot looked confused and abit shocked but nodded at Derapchu question.
They were walking to the swings.
With a very confused hybrid.
When they were close enough to the swings, Planet ran towards them and quickly started swinging while Derapchu watched from the side with Parrot by his side.
It was quiet for a minute until Parrot spoke up.
”So, when did you get a kid?”
”I?- WHAT?” Derapchu yelled in surprise but quickly calm down. ”sorry man I- do you mean like- you think me and him are related?- nonno" Derapchu said laughing nervously.
”Oh! I just thought- y-you know!” Parrot said to Derapchu, while trying not to look him in the face.
”It’s fine! But you know I am a babysitter right?” Derapchu said to Parrot while smirking.
”Shut up bro!” Parrot said defending himself.
”Dumbass” derapchu jokingly said to Parrot, while Parrot side eyed him.
”so who are you babysitting for?” Parrot asked curiously.
”this guy named Wifies” Derapchu answered Parrot’s question.
Parrot wings instantly dropped but Derapchu paid no attention to it.
“Oh? Really? Never heard of him” Parrot said to Derapchu with his eyebrows crossed abit.
“I didn’t expect you to hear about that guy” Derapchu said, side eyeing Parrot.
“Whatever” Parrot murmured, annoyed.
”Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?” Derapchu asked parrot while smiling.
”Oh shut the hell up derapchu”
”whattttttt? What did I do brooooo”
”You know”
”No I don’t?!”
They both laughed and had fun while watching Planetlord, even if they were not keeping an eye on him. They were still standing beside the swings, just a few meters away.
Parrot and Derapchu were having fun untill-
”DAD!!!” Planet immediately went of the swings and ran to Wifies, who were walking towards them.
”Hi there buddyyyyy” Wifies said to his son while Planet was hugging him.
”YOUR BACK!” Planet said giggling, being very happy that his dad was back.
Wifies chuckled at his son, he had just gotten off work early.
Wifies looked to see Derapchu and Parrot. Wifies didn’t know he lived Parrot lived in this part of the city. ’Don’t think about that Wifies, you have to pay the guy right?’
Wifies thought as his son was still hugging him tightly.
Wifies saw Derapchu and Parrot walking to them, Wifies instantly held planet more tightly as if it was a instinct.
”Yo wifies, I thought you worked longer?” Derapchu asked as they stopped in front of him.
”Mm? Oh yea, I kinda got off work early then expected” Wifies replied to Derapchu with a tight smile.
”It must be a lot of early because you told me that you work until 1 am and it’s about 5 pm.” Derapchu stated to Wifies.
”Yep- anyway how am I gonna pay you?” Wifies said, trying to change the subject and trying to ignore the bird hybrid, who was looking him up and down with his wings puffed.
”Oh yea! You can like PayPal me or something” Derapchu said quickly with the subject of money.
Wifies nodded as he took up his phone, right as he did that, Parrot decided that it was great to talk now.
”Didn’t know u had a kid. Thought u were ace?” Parrot said to Wifies while looking at him in the eyes with this blank expression.
Wifies immediately froze and his expression tightened, he held planet close to him as he looked Parrot, making sure he didn’t do anything.
(A/n: he is not that bad)
”I am ace-” Wifies tried to say as he was rudely interrupted by parrot and derapchu
”Wait you are ace?-”
”Then why do you have a kid then? Is he even your biological son?”
”he is my son, parrot”
Planet looked confused at his dad and at everyone, what did even biological mean?
Why were that hybrid looking at his dad angryly?
”yea, sure” Parrot said to Wifies abit harsh.
”You know what?- Derapchu I’ll pay you tomorrow- I don’t have time for this” Wifies said to them and started walking away with Planet looking confused and sad.
As Wifies and Planet were walking to the car that Wifies had because he had just came from work.
”Dad, why was that man looking at you like that?” Planet asks nervously and cunfused.
”Mm? That man? He… is just like that” Wifies said to Planet while getting closer to the parked car.
Planet nodded, still not getting it.
…
The car started and Planet where sitting in the back seat while Wifies were driving. the silence were loud as Planet looked out of the car window, he could see people, houses and lot of that window as the car moved.
A lot had happened today.
For Planet and Wifies.
Wifies sighed, he was tired but he couldn’t give up, at least not with a kid.
Wifies looked in the car mirror to see planet asleep. Wifies smiled at this, it was a tired smile. He was 23 and doing this, he was tired with this all.
Having a kid at 18, was hard, not only with the hostilely of his parents but also with the world and its economy.
Life wasn’t easy.
•—•
Planet was sleeping in his bedroom while wifies was in his own.
The room didn’t have anything except a bed, which was fine in wifies standards.
He didn’t need much, as long as he could sleep it was good.
And he had his clothes on the ground in a neat spot near one of the couners of his room.
Wifies sighed as he went in to his bed and layed down.
Wifies slowly went to sleep as his phone buzzed.