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A cheerful sound of a little girl coming from the front door was what woke up Gen from his beauty sleep. Well, as usual, his little angel is so eager and loud to wake him up every single day. Eyes heavy and still feeling sleepy, he tried his best to stay awake and listen to the noise outside their bedroom.
"Daddy needs his sleep, baby. It's still early for him to wake up."
"But Papa, I want Daddy twime! pweaseeee!" said the little girl who's now clinging to Soshiro's leg. Their little girl has been begging her papa, Shiro, to let her enter their room to wake up her daddy, and as much as Soshiro would love to open the door for her, he wants Gen to have rest since he came home late last night due to taking overtime at work.
"How about we play instead? I'll join you at your tea party!"
She pouted, thinking she couldn't win over her papa Shiro guarding the door even with her little brother in his arms.
"But playing with Papa isn't bad after all," she thought. Looking at her papa, she smiled and said, "Will Daddy join us later? I miss him so much, Papa."
Soshiro's heart warmed after hearing that. It's so rare for their eldest to say those kinds of words. Well, not that she doesn't tell Shiro her thoughts, but to be open like this, knowing that her daddy is just sleeping behind that door, made him happy. After all, Gen and her somehow shared the same I miss you, but I won't tell you kind of personality.
"Yes, Daddy will join us once he wakes up," he affirmed. Making the little girl smile with glee. She made small happy noises while leading them into her tea party setup, happy to hear that she would have her daddy later on.
Gen, on the other hand, smiled, hearing the conversation outside. His cheeks warmed hearing their daughter say that. It's one for the books.
Although he knows himself that he still needs to spend a couple more minutes resting, he decided to get up from their bed and decided to start his day with his family.
"It's not every day that I am granted a day off. Might as well seize every moment of this day," he said, and did his morning routine before stepping out of their bedroom.
When he opened the door, the warm aroma of cooked breakfast met his nostrils. Giggles after giggles, and cheerful conversation gets louder as he continues his detour toward their living room. There, he saw his husband and two carbon copies of him sitting in the tiny tea party setup. The three of them squatted on the floor, circling the little round table with cups and toy plates.
He stayed at the corner for a while, leaned on the wall, and crossed his arms, looking at his family having their fun. His little girl is already in pigtails, Soshiro's masterpiece.
She must've sensed someone had entered the room and turned her head to the sides just enough to see whose presence it was. Her expression brightened more when she realized who it was and jumped immediately into his arms; her daddy's very strong arms that caught her just in time.
"Morning, Princess. How have you been?" Gen greeted and placed kisses all over her face. The little girl in his arms started to giggle, delighted to finally see him.
"I've been good! I'm very good! And I'm happy because you and Papa are here!" She said in a very joyful tone, making both Gen and Soshiro's hearts warm.
"Mhmm. Have you been a good girl to Papa?" Gen asked, to which the little girl giggled. And he already knew the answer to his question. Soshiro also giggled from his seat, making the little bundle of joy beside him make little giggling noises as well. And that was all Gen needed. He tickled his angel in his arms, careful enough not to drop her.
Laughter was heard in all four corners of their living room. They went on like that for a couple of minutes before his angel politely asked him to stop. Gen immediately stopped and gave her one kiss on her cheek before putting her down and joining them at their tea party.
His daughter gave him his cup, pouring the invisible tea into her daddy's cup, and handed him the little plate with a toy cake on it. Gen played along and even said, "Thank you," to which his daughter replied, "You're welcome, Daddy!" before sitting down in her place.
The four of them enjoyed their little tea party moment. Telling stories after stories and updates when Gen was gone for work. He surely missed these moments with his family a lot and thanked Hasegawa in the back of his mind for filling that day off for him. Soshiro and his daughter told him stories of their adventures while he was gone, how their little girl forced everyone in the third division to bring her to his office, and how she tried to trick her aunt Kikoru and Mina to go to the Ariake to send an important file.
Their little girl felt like her cheeks heated from the stories of her Papa Shiro; it's not that she missed her daddy Gen that much. (She does.)
"Papa, no more that, pwease," she begs, to which her Papa Shiro does. The teasing stopped, and she composed herself before turning herself in her daddy Gen's direction, giving him the look.
"Oh no, don't tell me," Gen said, looking back at her and shifting a little in his seat. Soshiro understood what their daughter meant with that look. He immediately put their second child on Gen's lap, making Gen freeze in his position with the baby on his lap. Shiro stood up and grabbed the jar full of hair clips and hair ties beside the TV, and handed it to their daughter.
She tried to open the jar with her little hands at first, but ended up asking her very own daddy Gen, who was frozen in his seat, to open it for her. Gen was hesitant to do it, but he would also be doomed if he didn't comply with his angel's request. He knows better than to do something that will hurt her feelings. Between the two of them, she's the boss.
She then made a yippee sound when she saw the jar open, stood up behind Gen, and started to do his hair. Gen sighed in defeat. There's no turning back in moments like these, or his daughter will either be sad she wasn't able to do her daddy's hair or sulk in her room.
She started styling his daddy's hair like hers—pigtails! Soshiro was delighted by the scene in front of him, taking pictures and videos of them from every angle he could. The sound of the camera clicking and the little lullaby his daughter sang while doing his hair was all he could hear; his cheeks were burning red. Soshiro would tease him tonight with those pictures.
Gen tried his best not to disturb his daughter from her work and stayed still. He let those tiny hands maneuver and tie every hair tie that would hold the pigtail in its place. And when he thought she was already done, he was stopped from moving further with her, "No, not yet."
She put some hair clips on her daddy's hair and pasted some stickers all over his face, which Soshiro enjoyed so much that it made him laugh hard because of his husband's reaction. Gen's face is already covered with stickers when their daughter finally stood up and said, "Done," with a finishing touch of kissing her daddy's cheeks like a token for staying still and not disturbing her work.
Soshiro, still trying his best not to laugh so hard, handed him a mirror and Gen shakily replied thank you to his husband who wasn't able to hold himself any further and burst out laughing–holding his stomach this time. Gen looked at himself in the mirror on his hands, eyes gazing at his princess’s masterpiece. Pink ribbon hair ties on both pigtails, a hair clip with small flower accents, and stickers all over him.
He looked at his daughter who's beside him, looking at him with shimmering eyes–proud of her artwork.
“Do you like it, daddy? Papa taught me how to make it perfectly!” she said proudly. Gen couldn't contain it any longer. He smiled warmly at his daughter and said, “I love it! Thank you, my love.” and kissed her head. It was light, full of warmth and love.
She hugged her daddy after hearing those, trying so hard not to show the tears trying to escape her eyes or her daddy Gen will know that she missed him so much. Not that Gen didn't hear it earlier but she would rather hide and only show it through her actions. She loves her papa and daddy so much.
They stayed like that for a while until they heard the clicking sound of the camera again. They both looked at Soshiro's direction who's adoring the photos that he captured.
“Aww, I love these moments. I should print them out!” Soshiro said while looking at his phone. Another keepsake of his precious treasures. Gen having their kids on his arms in one frame is a sight for Soshiro.
The day continued with Gen still in those pigtails. He spent his day off with his family and seized every moment. Playing with their kids, switching places in taking care of their new born baby for Soshiro to rest. Just some catching up with his family that he's so thankful for. Moments like these are the ones that he'll gladly have over and over again.
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The next day, while Gen was preparing to go to work. He heard footsteps coming his way and knew exactly who those belonged to. When he turned around, he saw his daughter holding the jar of hair ties and hair clips on her hand that sent chills on his spine.
His daughter just smiled and handed him the jar for him to open. Soshiro, who happened to witness this moment, once again had the time of his life and laughed so hard that it made his stomach ache and tears escape the corners of his eyes from laughing. Gen was hesitant at first until–
“I won't talk to you if you don't wear the same pigtails as mine, daddy!” She said with teary eyes and pouting her lips. Luring her father into the trap. And it works like a spell to him.
Gen in his uniform agreed, squatted on the floor and once again let her do her own masterpiece. He looked at the clock on the wall and realized he's already late but his daughter is still not done yet so he stayed still and let her move.
Who cares if he's late if his daughter will be mad and cry her heart out if she won't see her daddy in pigtails. He'd rather have his dignity gone than to see his angel cry because of him.
When she was done, she had her finishing touch up by putting some of her clips on her daddy and a sticker on his uniform just right his heart.
“You look just like me!” She said in a cheerful tone. Little hands clapping–proud of her masterpiece.
“Well, that's because I'm your father, little one.” Gen said and booped her nose. He stood up from squatting and scooped her in his arms. Kissing her goodbye and reminding her to be good with his papa Shiro. His daughter kissed him on his cheeks as well and promised to be good while he's gone.
He bid his farewell to his husband and made sure to remind him not to overwork himself while he's gone and to ping him anytime he needs him. Soshiro hums in response and bids his farewell as well and accompanied Gen until their doorstep. Kissing Gen before stepping out.
“I'll be home tonight. I'll be early so you won't have to wait that long.” Gen said and kissed his husband on the lips before he started his detour towards Ariake. It will be a long journey for him, but no worries, he's so full of energy now that he got to spend his day off well with his family.
After some time, Gen was greeted with salute by the guards and his colleagues who happened to saw him in the lobby walking towards his office. Their eyes are fixed on their captain's hair style of the day. Pigtails with pink ribbons accompanied with very cute hair clips. They already knew who those belonged to, what surprises them is that Narumi Gen, the strongest combatant in the defense force, captain of the first division, on duty with a cute hair style.
“You're late!” Hasegawa shouted at Gen to which the latter replied, “Who cares if I'm late if my daughter wants me in pigtails so we can be twinning.”
Gen smiled and passed by Hasegawa and entered his office smiling. His phone vibrated from his pocket that made him fetch it and open it, revealing his new wallpaper–the picture his husband took last day off of him and his two carbon copies in his arms. It was a message from Soshiro and Gen immediately click to open the message.
A voicemail, huh.
Pressing the play button, his smile grew wider the longer he listens to it.
“Daddy, daddy! Take care and do your best at work! And pwease no more overtwime so that I can have more daddy twime! I miss you already. Bye, love youuuw!”
And that's all it takes to make him move his ass and do his work diligently and fast that even Hasegawa is shocked at how efficient he is today.
Well, what his angel wants, his angel gets.