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Poor Dazai had just finished chasing little Yumi around the house after her late afternoon zoomies. He managed to scoop the hyperactive 4 year old up into his arms and held onto her to prevent her from squirming.
"Gotcha... little rascal. Now, I think it's for your afternoon nap, hm?"
Yumi whined a quiet protest before giggling when her father ruffled her hair.
Dazai holds her carefully above his belly, making sure he didn't knock it. He was always so careful of his baby bump, an anxious habit, perhaps?
He was 7 months into his pregnancy by now and was finding himself increasingly exhausted all the time. Which, when mixed with a hyper 4 year old, doesn't go too well. Dazai had decided to stay home while his mate, Chuuya was out at work. Chuuya reluctantly let him, after much reassurance from Dazai he'd be fine on his own.
Yumi rested her head on her father's chest before perking up with a realisation.
"Daddy, daddy!" She said, tapping her dad's arms, "Can we get my bunny pleeeaaassseee?"
The little girl always cuddled up to that small white rabbit toy whenever she was going to sleep, and today was no different.
"Ah, of course, sweetheart." Dazai turns around and carried Yumi up the stairs to her room, so she could get the little bunny. She's a small girl, so Dazai can carry her just fine, despite the weight of baby #2 taking a toll on his back.
After retrieving Yumi's rabbit, Dazai took her and himself to the sofa where he laid on his side, "Wanna cuddle, hon?" He asks, opening his arm invitingly for his daughter to lay beside him.
The little girl happily clambered onto the sofa next to her dad, cuddling into him and relaxing. Wrapping his arms around his daughter, Dazai sighed as the strain on his lower back was slowly relieved by laying down.
Multiple moments of peaceful silence passed between the two, before a small voice interrupted it.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Can we know if it's a girl now?"
Dazai chuckled softly and began stroking his daughter hair. Ever since Yumi found out about the pregnancy, she'd been practically bursting to know if she'd have a little sister. It was quite adorable, really, and she'd often tell her parents about how much they'd play together, and how much she'd love it.
"No, Yu. Dad and I want it to be surprise, remember?" He reminded her gently, chuckling again when the small girl grumpily whined.
"We'll find out soon enough, hon."
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Soon after another one of Yumi's excited day-dreamed stories, Dazai managed to get her to settle down and go to sleep. All that running around seemed to have tired her out.
The house was filled with silence as Dazai eventually nodded off to sleep as well. His hand was resting on Yumi's hair as he fell asleep stroking it to soothe her, since she was being hyper, as had been the case for the past few days.
A few hours had ticked by with Dazai fast asleep before Yumi was awakened by the sound of the front door opening. Her father remained still underneath her, but the little girl looked up to see her other dad, Chuuya, coming in through the door.
"Dad!" She exclaimed, excitedly jumping off Dazai and running over to him. Dazai stirred at the noise.
"Hey, princess. You okay?" Chuuya smiled and laughed as he saw his little girl running up to him, picking her up and twirling her around. She giggled.
"Yeah! Daddy's sleeping," She told him, lowering her voice a bit. Chuuya kissed his daughter on the cheek and nodded, looking over to his mate sleeping on the sofa.
"Okay... guess you've tired him out, huh?" He laughed softly, carrying Yumi to the kitchen.
Chuuya let Dazai sleep for a while longer while he got Yumi something to eat after she complained she was hungry. Then, he set her off with a colouring book in her room so he could spend some time with his husband.
Sitting down by him on the sofa, Chuuya placed a hand on Dazai's hair, and gently smoothed it.
"Dazai... wake up," He cooed, and Dazai began to stir.
He gave a few sleepy mumbles, which Chuuya thought was adorable, before he opened his eyes to see his mate leaning over him with a gentle smile.
"Mm... hey baby..." Dazai murmured, coming back to the land of the living.
"Hey, sleeping beauty," Chuuya teased, still caressing the brunet's hair.
Dazai put him arm behind him and propped himself up, looking around and realising Yumi isn't there. He starts panicking momentarily, his protective instincts kicking in.
"Where's Yumi? Chuuya, she was here when I fell asleep!"
Quickly, Chuuya took ahold of his arm and rubbed it up and down, "Hey, hey, hey... She's okay. I got her something to eat while you were asleep and she's up in her room now, okay?"
"Oh... thank you..." Dazai blushed softly, slightly embarrassed at how quickly he jumped the gun. Another smile grew on Chuuya's face as he kept his hand on Dazai's arm. He thought it was sweet how protective he was of their daughter, but sometimes he'd get a little too nervous.
"No problem. You worry too much, love," And with that, the ginger laid on the sofa beside his lover, having already taken off his shoes, coat, and hat.
The brunet hummed softly and let Chuuya climb behind him to cuddle in the spoon position.
Chuuya wrapped his arms around his sweetheart and put his hands on his belly. He wanted Dazai to calm down a little, so he started tracing gentle spirals on the skin to soothe him.
The taller man let out a soft noise again, letting the ginger rub his belly.
"That feels nice," The brunet murmured, closing his eyes and relaxing at the touch, just like Chuuya planned.
The ginger nuzzled his nose into Dazai's neck, breathing in his scent and kissing the skin gently. Dazai always loved when his mate kissed him there and it always sent shivers down his spine.
Despite Dazai clearly calming down a bit, Chuuya could still smell the faint pheromones from his panic – a scent he'd smelt many times before. The shorter man kept his kisses light and gentle, placing his lips over Dazai's scent gland.
"Mm..." He made a soft, pleased noise as the kisses calmed him further.
"Feel any better, my love?"
"Yeah..."
"You've been putting up with everything so well, you know that, right? And I'm sorry I can't always be here."
Dazai softened at his gentle confession and appreciated the acknowledgement. Being pregnant and having to care for a 4 year old certainly isn't easy but he tried his best. He only wanted Yumi to be happy.
"Aww... I love you, baby," He responded, and Chuuya whispered it back as Dazai's eyes began to close again. He could rest peacefully next to his mate, safe in the knowledge that the love was still alive as the two of them relaxed in each other's embrace.