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Kotoha would always be excited whenever she would go and take Inosuke home.
Don't get her wrong, she goes excited and loved doing anything that involves Inosuke, her pride and joy. Be it bathing him, cooking for him, feeding him or putting him to sleep.
It's just that.. Inosuke seemed to have taken a.. some sort of "liking" towards someone in his kindergarten. Well, if you call head butting and clinging onto their leg as "liking", then it counts for little Inosuke.
Kotoha would always hear about someone from Inosuke, and how enthusiastically he would always tell her about the said person. The little rowdy child is friends with Tanjiro and Zenitsu, the mothers' houses just a few blocks away from their area, but the description Inosuke would always tell her doesn't seem to fit Tanjiro's active, polite and hyper personality, nor does Zenitsu's stingy, whiny but courteous personality.
It always made Kotoha wonder, 'did my baby became friends with someone new? I would like to meet them and thank them for being with my baby Inosuke!'
Kotoha loved Inosuke more than anything in the world. As a doting mother should.
The said mother is now on her way to pick the hyper boy up from the kindergarten, just thinking about seeing her baby boy after such a long day from work made her exhaustion lift off her a little, decreasing because of her excitement and joy just thinking about seeing her one and only son.
Her little Volkswagen is now neatly parked at the lot for the cars to stop to pick up the kids in the kindergarten built next to it, neatly locking the door and putting the keys in her blazer pocket as she hummed a familiar song she would always sing to Inosuke for him to sleep.
She looked at the kindergarten, and couldn't help but smile.
Hashibira made her way towards the cute pink entrance door with stickers on it, noticing that her car's the only one that's parked in the lot, making her feel bad for coming to pick her baby up so late.
The blue haired woman raised her hand up and let her knuckles touch the door, knocking gently to indicate that she's here, and opened the door to peek; her head poking from the entrance as she smiled, calling out, "Inosuke! Mommy's here!"
Oh, how Kotoha loved the pitter pattering of small footsteps gradually getting louder as Inosuke would run and hug his mother; but now, she can't seem to hear any eager and fast footsteps running towards her at full speed, making her feel worry.
" Inosuke?"
She stepped inside and closed the door as she adjusted her collar, the pale peach heels she's wearing straining her foot from tripping onto the rug slightly; her senses growing frantic from worry.
But both to her relief and confusion, a man she couldn't recognize popped up from the back door of the small and cozy kindergarten and closed the door behind him with a smile, "I heard someone calling one of our children's names. You must be Inosuke's mother?"
My, my. Kotoha's beautiful green eyes couldn't seem to stop staring at the beautiful being, a few meters away from her.
But the first thing that she noticed was the stranger's beautiful rainbow eyes.
Her little single mother heart seemed to flutter, and started to question the oath that she made for herself years ago,
'The only man that I, Hashibira Kotoha will ever love for an eternity will be my baby boy, Hashibira Inosuke, and no one else.'
The mother gulped in awe, her cheeks and ears slowly gaining a red color from embarrassment and shock.
The handsome man blinked his eyes, tilting his head slightly in confusion, "Ma'am?"
The man's point of view, however, saw a young and beautiful lady.
He was surprised to see someone so beautiful come inside the kindergarten and claim their child to go back home together with them. Kamado Kie is a very gentle and pretty woman, and so is Agatsuma-san, but it seemed as if they didn't reached his standards at all and of course, the most obvious of it all,
They're both married.
Seeing the mother before him made him think that maybe he could commit a few sins here and there?
For real, the only reason the tall perverted man signed up for the job is because he's bored out of his mind- why not subtly look at the married wives whenever they drop and pick their child up from the center? His friends did told him that the mothers who live in this neighborhood are all such beauties– its no wonder he wanted to experience ogling at some of them.
But of course, all this ordeal is kept inside his mind. His face never showed a smudge of how he really thinks outside for the seemingly sweet woman to see.
He's a vile human being, and he knows this.
Finally, the beautiful green eyed mother spoke up, "Oh! Um, yes! I am Inosuke's mother- thank you for taking care of him, I really do appreciate it." she ended her gratitude filled sentence with a slight bow, tucking a hair strand behind her ear as she looked at the side, looking all shy and flustered.
Oh. The man thought.
Oh how delicious she looked, doing that small gesture.
"No sweat, ma'am." the blond man shook his head, standing tall from the short mother as he also bowed, but for a different reason, "You may not recognize me, but the old caretaker quit, and I took his job instead. I'm caretaker Shabana Douma, it was nice knowing you, ma'am..?"
"Oh, please. Don't call me ma'am, it makes me feel so old," Kotoha said in a playful and close way, not wanting to be so formal as she laughed slightly, "My name's Hashibira Kotoha. Please call me Hashibira-san, or Kotoha-san– whatever Shabana-san wants to call me–"
"So, then. Kotoha-san?" Douma asked in a sickeningly innocent manner, tilting his head like a puppy to charm the woman.
Kotoha is an easy to fall woman. And if she falls, she falls hard. The oath is probably the only thing that made her feelings vanish for other men and made her focus only on showering her little ball of joy with love and attention.
Kotoha nodded her head, the blush on her face seem to never go away, "Y-Yes. Then, um. Should I call you–"
"Douma is fine with me, Kotoha-san." The silver blond haired man nodded his head invitingly, smiling in a quite sultry way as he bowed his head subtly, his gorgeous rainbow eyes looking at Kotoha with an underlying lust– a predator, watching his prey.
Kotoha's stupid little heart decided to skip a beat, her legs crossing a little as she looked at the male with a helpless, confused but inviting stare, much to Douma's joy.
Douma started to slowly walk towards her with heavy but silent footsteps, with Kotoha staying petrified in her place, gulping as she could only wildly imagine what would happen if she didn't run or hit the man with obvious intentions.
Before the man with gorgeous rainbow eyes could lay a hand on the single mother, the door from the exit opened so suddenly, making both of the adults jump in surprise.
"MAMA!!"
That one single word made Kotoha break away from her trance, shaking her head as she walked passed Douma, and greeted Inosuke with open arms, pulling her little hyper ball of energy in her arms tightly, laughing sweetly in glee, "Inosuke! Oh, how mommy missed you so!"
"Inosuke also missed mama!! Up! Up!!"
Kotoha has never been so thankful for having such a sweet and fluffy baby, carrying the so year old toddler in her arms as she looked at Douma with a soft smile, now being able to control her reckless and lustful neediness– being a single mother with no one to take care of her needs properly and only relying onto herself.
Douma was a little irked though, the little rascal appearing at such a good time.
"Douma-san, thank you for taking care of my little fluffy son. I would be forever in debt to you."
Oh, Douma would surely find more ways for Kotoha to feel more in debt to him– he wouldn't waste a single second just to land a touch onto what lies under the mother's cute office outfit.
The vile human being returned the smile," Oh, it was nothing, like what I just said so before. I've already gathered Inosuke's things and he's ready to go."
As the caretaker is taking the blue haired boy's bag from the corner to give it to the small family, Inosuke happily looked at Kotoha with his beautiful eyes, very identical to his mother's," He's the one Inosuke was talking about, mama!! Douma-sensei is Inosuke's frien'!"
Kotoha could do nothing but to stare at Inosuke with subtle surprise before looking up, only to meet eyes with the male teacher who's handing out the bag towards her.
"Oh.. Was he good to you?" Kotoha asked Inosuke, the prey's eyes never leaving the predator's hypnotizing eyes.
The predator only smiled as he chuckled in such a dark, alluring way, making the beautiful woman shiver a little but little Inosuke didn't quite catch the atmosphere of his new friend's laugh.
"He is!! He is now part of my Kingdom in the Mountains!!"
The small boy's words seemed to fall on deaf ears, for the two adults continued to stare at each other, completely drawn to one another.
"I.. Is that right, Douma-san?"
"Oh, I think it is absolutely right." Douma closed his eyes as he gave her a smile, putting the small boar designed backpack on Inosuke who happily wore it.
"His Precious Mother must be part of the Kingdom, yes?"
"Yes!! Mama is the Princess of the Kingdom while I'm the King!"
"Well then," Douma started, patting Inosuke's head with his soft but large hands. He couldn't help but give a little smirk, which made the single mother feel deliciously weird, her arms tightening around her beloved baby boy,
"I'd just have to climb the ranks to be Prince, is that right?"
Fin