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Another day in the life of a 29 year old Tanjirou. He'd finished school some years ago, and finally has his dream job running smoothly. A daycare. All his life he was good at taking care of kids, thanks to being the eldest sibling, and his ragtag bunch of friends always needing to be taken care of over the years. He enjoyed the chaos, and being reliable enough to comfort those who needed him.
He looked over “his” kids fondly today. Toddlers, mostly, not old enough to be in kindergarten but not young enough to need a more experienced daycare facility. A few of them were scribbling sloppily over the small table, Tanjirou took note to clean the crayon off as much as he could later. The rest were gathered around his “assistant”, Inosuke, putting on a roaring puppet show for them across the cardboard booth.
Inosuke liked this work that Tanjirou started. The kids loved his uproarious displays, calling him things like “goofy” with his funny faces and always impressed when he could lift a whole two children at once, sometimes with a third on his shoulders. Early on he did make some kids cry, and Tanjirou was extremely disappointed. Ever since then he's taken care not to scare the kids again.
Right now his job was to keep the kids entertained while Monjirou got things ready for later. It was Wednesday, and every week Tenya came by with something for the kids. Inosuke had offered to help, but apparently its “frowned upon” to feed 12 toddlers cotton candy once a week. Both of his partners were highly against the suggestion, so Inosuke settled on puppet shows and rolling around on the floor with the children who appreciated his idea of a good time.
“Knock knock!” Came a rough yet upbeat voice, announcing his presence as he walked into the daycare. Genya has arrived, carrying 4 boxes of pizza which made his impossibly large frame even more of a sight to the children who started to swarm him.
Various clumsy pronunciations of his name ensued as the children tried to hug him, by now well aware that the man with the mohawk and big scar always brought gifts, and todays was a pizza party. Inosuke got up to save him from the boxes, while Tanjirou got them to settle down until Genya crouched grabbed as many of them in his big arms as he could for a group hug.
Inosuke's voice came from the kitchen just then, “Genya what's this?? Are you trying to ki- give us all tummy aches?” his correction was not missed by Tanjirou, who puffed his cheeks for a moment before giving Genya a look.
Genya sighed dramatically, making the kids giggle, and got up to start heading to the kitchen and sort things out. “Alright kids you know the drill, let Tanjirou-sensei get you all ready for lunch!” They started to sit at their little tables neatly, well used to Tanjirou organizing them and some of them even getting back up to help pass around napkins and parent-approved safe forks.
“That top box is mine, Inosuke, the rest are for you and the kids.” Genya said, indicating the one that Inosuke was so incredulous over. A large cheese pizza with sardines and mushrooms as the toppings, and a special pretzel crust. Not the kind of meal for any but the bravest souls.
Inosuke huffed, “I love you man, but I don’t think even I would eat that. I can't let the kids know I'm backing off from a battle so maybe keep your slop on the down low.” He had matured enough over the years to know when not to challenge Genya’s eating habits. By “matured”, that means he suffered too many defeats.
Genya chuckled as he started to get the normal pizzas arranged on colorful paper plates. “Sure thing, dear.” There would be some leftover pizza even after Tanjirou and Inosuke's lunch, but that was fine to have later. The two of them began to bring pizza and sippy cups filled with juice out to the cheers of hungry kids, who Tanjirou made sure stayed seated and polite through the process. Which utterly amazed Genya and Inosuke both.
“Anyone who wants me to cut their pizzas raise your hand!” Tanjirou called out, only to a few responses out of the room. Genya helped in the process here too, while Inosuke put on some Spongebob music that in a perfect world is available on CD's for daycares to use. He also started to clean the room with a speed and tidiness to be proud of, setting up pillows and blankets around for the after lunch naptime.
They joined the kids at different tables to be up close in case they were needed, eating their own pizza too. The kids at Genya's table made faces and “Eww!” sounds, as expected. Inosuke struggled not to encourage his group from playing with their food. Tanjirou's table was cheerful with his happiness rubbing off on them like sunlight. He soon got everyone up to wash their hands and settle down into their nap slots.
After it was all done, the three of them hung back where they could keep an eye on all the children. Another successful pizza party, it seemed very mundane on the outside but to them it was everything. Tanjirou got to do what he did best, with the help of the loves of his life. Inosuke got to spend all day impressing those who would join in his wild laughter. Genya did have a different job, but he was more than happy to help out here when he could, and get to see his lovers acting like parents on the regular. Everything was good in their lives, as it should be.