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Denki wakes up with a big yawn and an even bigger stretch, the energy of a good night's sleep telling him it'll be a good day. He hops out of bed, stretching one more time for good measure, but pauses when he catches sight of himself in the mirror.
He's still wearing the Pikachu pajama set Hanta dressed him in before tucking him in last night, the ones he only wears when he's little. It makes him pause, looking down at his shirt and wondering if it would be okay if he went little again so soon.
He very quickly decides that, yes, it would be okay, because his partners have never ever complained about taking care of Denki. In fact, they all seem more than happy to do it, so it won't be a problem at all.
He goes back to his bed to pick out a toy to carry around for today, and after a long moment of carefully thinking it over, he grabs a frog plushie he's had since he was a kid, one with long, dangly arms and legs.
With a renewed excitement for the day, Denki finally makes his way out into the kitchen, but pauses in the doorway when he sees Mama at the stove cooking. Denki's not allowed into the kitchen when the stove is on, unless one of his bigs know that he's there, and let him in.
He stands there fidgeting with his froggy for a moment, not wanting to be a bother, but he figures if he doesn't ask, he won't know. "Mama?" He asks softly, and she turns around with a soft smile. "Yeah, baby? You need something?"
Denki fidgets for a moment longer, glancing away as he slowly inches into the kitchen. "Can I have a good morning hug?" He ventures, glancing back at Mama with big, bright eyes. Mama's smile grows fonder, and she nods, setting down the spatula the was using to flip pancakes and turning fully, opening her arms wide.
Denki sinks into her with a happy noise, wrapping his arms around her waist and nuzzling into her neck. "Love you, Mama..." He murmers, earning a kiss to the head in response. "I love you too, baby. Now, go play somewhere else, okay? I've gotta finish breakfast."
Denki nods, pulling back to give Mama a kiss on the cheek, then pads off to the living room. He isn't expecting anything out of the ordinary, maybe a couple of his partners hanging out, but what he finds instead is so much better!
Kacchan and Daddy are curled up on the couch watching a show, and Kacchan's got his collar on and a chew toy in his mouth. He must be having a not-big day too!
Denki excitedly hops over to the couch, hugging his froggy close to his chest as he moves to stand in front of them both. "Hi, Daddy! Hi, Kacchan! You're having a not-big day too!" He exclaims happily, leaning forward to give Kacchan a little kiss on the nose.
He earns a little growly noise in response, but it's not mean, Denki knows from carefully deciphering Kacchan's nonverbal responses when he's in puppy mode.
Daddy lifts up the edge of the blankie on Kacchan's other side, and Denki immediately plops down next to him, cuddling up on Kacchan's unoccupied side.
Kacchan's skin is a little cold, but Denki thinks that's probably because he prefers not to wear much clothing when he's puppy. He says it's too much to feel, so he usually only wears his boxers or shorts and his collar.
Denki snuggles up closer to Kacchan, deciding that he'll help Daddy keep him warm and make sure he doesn't catch a cold. Daddy always says that families have to take care of each other, so Denki will do his best to take care of their puppy.
A few minutes of movie watching later, Mama calls for them from the kitchen, saying breakfast is ready. Denki barely hears her, too busy watching the superhero movie playing on screen, and he doesn't even really realize he was supposed to go to her until Daddy's lifting him up with one arm, Kacchan already secured against his chest with the other.
Denki can't help but giggle a little at how sweet and calm Kacchan looks with his head tucked under Daddy's chin like that, then the giggles only grow when he realizes he was so interested in the movie that he hadn't even realized when Daddy got up.
Daddy carries them both out to the dining room, setting Kacchan down in his seat first with a kiss to the cheek, then sits a still giggly Denki down in his own chair, right beside Kacchan. "What's got you so happy this morning, huh?" He asks while poking Denki's belly, not helping with the giggle fit.
Denki swats his hand away, and once he can catch his breath, he points at Kacchan, who gives him a squinty eyed look. "Kacchan's so cute! He's all sweet like this!"
Kacchan's eyes soften a little, and he leans into Denki's outstretched hand, letting him pet his hair. Denki slowly runs his fingers through it, being extra careful not to tug on any knots, and gently scratches Kacchan's head, only making him melt more.
A moment later, Daddy comes back from the kitchen Denki had been too busy petting Kacchan to realize he'd gone into, carrying two plates of pancakes. He sets the one with swirly colors decorating it in front of Denki, the food cut into bite sized pieces.
Denki waits until Daddy's sat on Kacchan's other side to start eating, taking his fork and carefully dipping one of the pieces of pancake into the cup of syrup on his plate.
Kacchan glares sideways at Denki as he brings the bite up to his mouth, but Denki's extra careful, making sure not to drip any syrup on the tablecloth as he eats. He knows Kacchan works hard to keep things tidy when he's big, so Denki tries to make extra sure not to make any messes when Kacchan's puppy, so he doesn't feel like he has to clean them up.
Kacchan seems to notice the effort, and gives a pleased huff before turning back to Daddy, opening his mouth when prompted so Daddy can feed him bits of pancake from his own plate. Kacchan doesn't like to be in charge of his own food when he's puppy, so one of their bigs will share food off their own plates with him to make sure he eats.
After they're done eating, Denki carefully carries his plate out to the kitchen, rinsing the sticky syrup off before setting it in the sink to be washed later. Denki pads back out to the dining room after, making his way over to Kacchan and pushing his hands into his soft hair again.
Kacchan melts into the soft scratches, his head falling forward so his forehead rests on Denki's cheek. He makes a deep rumbling noise, almost a purr, when Denki scratches behind his ears, earning a little giggle from Denki.
"Silly puppy, you're not supposed to purr." Denki teases, still gently scratching Kacchan's head. Kacchan leans up to lick Denki's cheek in protest, then pulls back a little with a head tilt, staring at Denki's mouth.
Denki matches the head tilt, bringing one of his hands up to his own mouth, and realizes with a little laugh that he still has syrup on his face. Kacchan leans in and licks him again, this time on the corner of his mouth, then again over his lips, then again, and again, until Denki's dissolved into a giggling fit, hands still tangled in Kacchan's hair.
Technically, Kacchan's not supposed to give puppy kisses on the mouth, and Denki's not supposed to let him, but it's the one rule they both break, because Kacchan likes to show his love that way, and Denki likes to receive it.
They pull apart from each other when Daddy comes back from washing the dishes, but by the suspicious eyes and little smile he's obviously trying to hold back, he knows what they were doing.
Daddy makes his way over to the pair, his smile growing more mischievous as he creeps up behind Denki. "Hmm, I sure hope no sweet boys are breaking any rules over here..." He announces in an exaggerated tone, and Denki can't help but giggle again.
"Nope, no rule breaking!" Denki chirps in response, and Kacchan nods in agreement, even though the sparkle in his eyes say otherwise.
Daddy hums consideringly, taking Denki's chin in hand and tilting his face up to meet his eyes. Denki giggles again, and Daddy almost smiles, but he catches himself at the last second. "Oh, really? Then why's your face all wet?"
Before Denki can come up with an excuse, Kacchan leans forward to lick Denki's face again, and Denki pushes him away with a squeal. Daddy gasps in mock offense, scooping Denki up and tossing him over his shoulder, earning another fit of giggles from him.
Kacchan growls as Denki's lifted away from him, reaching up to presumably yank him back down, but he only manages to get his hands clamped around Denki's leg before Daddy turns Denki out of Kacchan's reach.
Daddy starts to carry Denki out to the living room, calling out over his shoulder, "Guess I'll have to separate you so you can behave!" The tone he says it in is clearly joking, but the sentiment itself seems to be enough to upset Kacchan, if the bark and the way he scrambles after Daddy and Denki are anything to go by.
Denki gets set down on the couch just as Daddy gets shoulder checked out of the way, and Kacchan flops down onto Denki's chest, curling up around him protectively and glaring at Daddy like he's actually in danger of Denki being taken from him.
Denki gives a little laugh, petting his hands through Kacchan's hair, and after finding that sweet spot behind his ears, Kacchan finally stops glaring at Daddy, instead nuzzling up under Denki's chin, settling in for their nap of the day.
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The rest of the day is filled with easy activities. Whether it be Denki coloring with Kacchan's head in his lap, or the two littles curled up under a blanket watching a movie, or Denki carefully brushing out Kacchan's hair to groom him, they're both perfectly content and safe, knowing their bigs are there if they need anything.
Papi has just finished with their bath time, and is now helping Denki into clean pajamas, Kacchan already having tugged his own boxer shorts back on by himself. Once Denki gets his pajamas on, he lunges himself at Kacchan, who was sitting patiently nearby to wait for Denki to be dressed.
Kacchan growls playfully at the sudden assault, and Denki yelps in surprise as he's playfully pinned to the ground. Denki giggles as he paws at Kacchan's face, and Kacchan retaliates by leaning down and licking Denki's cheek. Denki squeals in shock, dissolving into a fit of giggles as he shoves at Kacchan's shoulder, rolling them over.
The two tumble a few times as Papi finishes cleaning up from their bath, then gives an affectionate shake of his head as he leans down to pick Kacchan up with his arms around his waist.
"Alright, you two. That's enough roughhousing, you're supposed to be settling down for bed." He lightly scolds, earning a whine of protest from Kacchan, who squirms around in Papi's arms. Denki pouts, but doesn't argue, picking himself up off the floor to hang up his towel and let himself be hearded to the living room.
Papi sets Kacchan down on the couch, tugging his arm out of Kacchan's iron grip, his teeth digging into Papi's tan skin, but without real intent to harm. Denki giggles as he watches Papi scruff Kacchan, effectively getting him to release his bite and relax back into the couch.
"You two can have one show before bedtime, but then you need your rest, okay, mi vidas?" Papi tells them once he finally manages to get himself out of Kacchan's grasp, and Denki nods obediently, sitting himself down on the other side of the couch.
Papi grabs the remote and sits between them, Kacchan immediately dropping his head into his lap, and Denki immediately snuggling close under his arm. Denki feels the chuckle Papi gives under his ear where it's pressed against his chest, and can't help but melt into him a little bit, even as he picks out a show for them.
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Barely ten minutes later, both littles are fast asleep, cuddled up close to Hanta. His leg is falling asleep from where Katsuki's curled up on it, but he wouldn't move their sweet pup when he's sleeping even if he was sure his leg was about to fall off.
His salvation from a leg amputation comes in the form of a tired Mina, just now getting home from a patrol that ran way too late. She gives a smile when she spots the trio, dropping her work bag by the door and making her way over to them.
Hanta leans his head back over the back of the couch to accept a forehead kiss from Mina, who's already in street clothes. She must've already showered at the agency.
"Aww, cute babies. Did they get baths already?" Mina asks softly, running her hands through Hanta's hair as she leans against the back of the couch. Hanta hums an affirmative, and Mina leans forward to plant a sweet kiss to his mouth.
Hanta leans into it, a pleased sound escaping him before she pulls back, rounding the couch to where the three of them are sat. She kneels down by the couch, gently tugging Katsuki's hand out of his mouth where he'd been chewing on it while he fell asleep.
Katsuki makes an unhappy noise, curling up a little more as he blinks his eyes open, squinting suspiciously at Mina. She just chuckles, leaning down to kiss his forehead before shuffling him closer to the edge of the couch.
"C'mon, pup, let's get you to bed properly." She whispers, and Katsuki nods, finally moving to help Mina pick him up, his arms slung over her shoulders and her hands around his thighs.
Mina starts to carry Katsuki away, but he gives a tiny whine, making grabby hands for the other sleeping blond over Mina's shoulder. Hanta gets the sentiment immediately, carefully shuffling to pick Denki up bridal style, the frog plushie he had left on the couch that morning still clutched in the sleeping littles hand.
Denki gives a sleepy whine as he's moved, but he doesn't wake up, just nuzzles into Hanta's chest and clutches his froggie closer. Katsuki settles when he sees that Denki's being taken where he's going, and melts against Mina, going slack in her arms as they're both carried to Katsuki room.
Mina lays Katsuki down first, or at least tries to, but he won't stop squirming, reaching out for Denki and trying to get to him despite him still being in Hanta's arms. Hanta relents with a chuckle, plopping Denki down right onto Katsuki's chest, who immediately settles.
Mina coos as she lifts a blanket over the two, curling up into each other with Denki's froggie held carefully between their chests. She leans down and gives each of them a forehead kiss, then takes Hanta's hand to lead him from the room, letting the littles have some much needed peaceful sleep.
Hanta makes a quick dinner for Mina, then the two lay down on the couch for a movie that they both know they'll fall asleep halfway through. Taking care of a fussy puppy and a needy baby is hard work, and not just the two of them, but none of the others either, would trade it for the world.