Title: untitled baby fic
WC: 3 000+
Pairing: NishiKato/RyoShige
Disclaimer: Not mine, duh.
Summary: Ryo and Shige adopt.
A/N: Written and posted within 30 mins at 3 in the morning then extended when I was fully awake.
“Nishikido, just hold her. I need to pee.” These words were uttered with such poison yet with such gentleness at the same time that Nishikido Ryo just gave up and took the crying baby from Kato Shigeaki. It’s not much of a burden as much as it was a blessing. He, Nishikido Ryo, boyfriend to Kato Shigeaki, is now blessed with a child with said lover. It was just their luck (or lack thereof) that they found a child, dumped in the trash, crying, shivering, alone.
They did have the brains to bring him to child service but when they saw the amount of children there, waiting to be adopted, they decided to adopt the baby they found. It’s a pity that parents would want to leave their beautiful daughter in the dumpster after carrying her for nine months. So they find themselves parents at such young ages, parents to a baby girl whom they decided to name Keiko*.
Ryo was so deep into his thoughts that he failed to notice his lover re-entering the room until her felt strong arms wrap around his waist.
Kato Shigeaki whispered words into his ear. “A penny for your thoughts?”
“I’m just thinking that we are indeed lucky parents to have Keiko.”
“Indeed we are. Now, stop thinking and start feeding. If you failed to notice, our dear daughter is getting hungry.”
Ryo looks at his daughter and true to his word, Keiko is getting squeamish and is about to cry so he does what he thinks is best, hand her to Shige. As he is handed their daughter, Shige blinks, then sighs, and looks at Ryo.
“Get the milk.”
“Coming.”
Not twenty seconds later, a warm bottle of milk is handed to Kato Shigeaki. He temperature-tested the milk first before giving it to their daughter. Seconds later, Keiko is peacefully sucking milk from her bottle. Shige then turned to face Ryo.
“Are you really this useless when it comes to a baby?”
“I’m sorry, okay? I don’t know how to take care of a baby and when you ask me to carry her, I’m afraid that I will drop her. I want to help, really. But I don’t know what to do. I get extremely nervous and I panic.”
“Spoken like a true father.”
Shige then moves to put their daughter down in the crib and then removed the bottle because she’s already asleep. After fixing Keiko’s position, he walks towards Ryo and puts his hands on the older’s shoulders.
“Remember this, you are her father. You will never hurt her intentionally and I will be here to guide you. Don’t be afraid, you’ll not drop her.” Shigeaki uttered the words so sincerely and honestly that Ryo couldn’t help but hug him.
“Thank you. For being here. I love you.”
Shige burrows deeper into the man’s embrace, burying his face into the Osakan’s hair.
“I love you too.”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They found Miyoko one night in an alley in Shibuya, abandoned and crying. Shige immediately scooped up the little girl and looked around for signs of her parents but as expected, there was none. So he looked at Ryo and they decided to take the girl to child services. Before walking again, Shige took off his jacket and used to wrap around the baby since it was cold in the dead of the night, even in Shibuya, and he’s pretty sure the baby is shivering at the moment.
They start towards Child Service, Ryo completely aware that his young lover is comforting the little human who was abandoned. He briefly wonders about the mental effects this will have on her. Being left like that in a dumpster can have serious effects on a child. As he was deep into his thoughts, he failed to notice that they arrived until Shige nudged him on the side so that they can enter.
Once inside, they move to talk to the person in charge.
“Good Evening.” Kato Shigeaki greeted the man.
“Good Evening, what can I do for you?”
“Well, we found this baby girl in the dumpster in a Shibuya alley and we decided to take her here.”
Shigeaki could see the man look at the baby with suck pity in his eyes.
“Are you sure you want to leave her here?” The man asked suddenly.
“What do you mean?” Ryo asked.
“We have a lot of children here at Child Services. They’re all waiting to be adopted but some of them, most of them make it to legal age without experiencing being in a family. I know I should just accept the child but I pity them, I want them to grow up in a family, with capable parents.” The words were uttered with such sadness.
“Ca-can we a-adopt her?” Suddenly, the Osakan asked this question.
“You found her. Fill up this form and she’s yours. This is very much appreciated. At least she has a chance at having a family.”
Ryo started filling up the form while the man gave Shige a bottle of milk to feed her. Shige took a seat on one of the many couches in the room and started feeding her, smiling as he realized that she is indeed hungry and that she will become his daughter. Shige, obvious to the surroundings, failed to notice Ryo looking at him with a small smile.
Once done filling up the form, he took Shige’s stuff and left with the baby.
“What should we name her?” The law graduate asked out of the blue, talking now that the baby is fast asleep.
“Michiko? Miyoko? Masako? Kumiko? Keiko?”
“Keiko, blessing. I like it.” The Osakan turned to the prodigy and smiled his brilliant smile, eyes looking on the two most important people in his life right now.
They continued to walk toward the convenience store to at least buy some things for her. Once inside the store, they get the needed stuff fast and pay immediately as to avoid being photographed. After that, they start walking back to their apartment. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, they have to talk to Johnny-san about this. It’s not that Johnny-san is clueless about their relationships, it’s more of how he will react when he finds out that they adopted.
Once home, Shige puts Keiko down on the bed, between them, while they get go through rituals to get ready for bed. Almost no words were spoken between them because both are tired and both are anticipating a tiring day tomorrow.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryo wakes up with a start when he feels something heavy on his chest, he open his eyes and a pair of brown orbs stare back at him, gorgeous brown orbs belonging to his daughter.
“Good morning, Keiko-chan.” He starts with a smile, one so gentle that Keiko smiled back at him.
“Good morning.” He hears his young lover say from the doorway, Ryo turns to looks and I boxers and a shirt, leaning against the door frame is Kato Shigeaki smiling beautifully, eyes filled with love.
Shige moves towards them and carries Keiko into his arms. Keiko, comfortable with her new father, snuggled into his chest, gurgling happily. Ryo looks on happily, content that he now has a family. He suddenly sits up and looks at Shigeaki.
“We need to tell our parents about Keiko-chan.” He said, almost on panic.
“Relax, Ryo. Let’s take it one step at a time. We’ll talk to Johnny-san first, then our parents so we won’t lose our jobs, okay?”
He then started walking towards the living room to feed Keiko.
“We should go shopping today for her clothes before we do anything.” Ryo walks into the living room, looking for breakfast which is on the table. Shigeaki moves to sit across him.
“I think she’s seven months old.” Shige declared, still feeding Keiko.
“How can you tell?”
“She’s already crawling, or at least she can put her feet in her mouth. So she’s more or less seven months old.” Shige explains carefully.
“Oh, I guess she is. When is her birthday?”
“Considering that we got her yesterday, let’s set the day to the first. She’s seven months old, so January 1st?”
“Sounds like an idea to me.”
After eating breakfast, they bathe Keiko, and gets ready to buy some stuff. They leave in a car and head to Shibuya. In Shibuya, they went through various baby stores to buy everything that they need. A baby bath tub, clothes (tons of it, upon Ryo’s decision), a stroller, baby seat for the car, a high chair, educational toys and different things to make the apartment baby-safe. They head back home to drop off the stuff and change her into better clothes before leaving for the Jimusho.
Upon arrival to the Jimusho, they head up to Johnny Kitagawa’s office and knock. The secretary opened the door and ushered them into the inner office, where Johnny-san is waiting for them.
“What do you have for---“ Johnny-san stopped short upon seeing the bundle in Shige’s arms.
“Tell me I’m dreaming or is that a baby in Kato-kun’s arms?” He utters slowly but poisonously.
“Johnny-san, we adopted her.” Ryo bravely stepped in.
“I understand relationships but a baby?”
“We found her in the dumpster in Shibuya yesterday night. We brought her to Child Services but upon seeing how much kids are in there, we couldn’t leave her.” Shige spoke softly as to not scare Keiko.
Johnny-san sighs. “What’s her name?” He asks the two idols.
“Keiko.” Ryo answers.
“Blessing.” Sigh. “I guess I can’t do anything about this. But make sure to raise her properly.” Johnny-san said firmly and with much conviction that it surprised the idols.
“Yes sir.” Both idols say before leaving the room.
“I guess it’s time to tell NEWS.” Shige says quietly as Keiko fell asleep during the meeting with Johnny-san.
They head down to the NEWS room and open the room slowly. Ryo first, then Shige. Upon opening the door, they see their band mates lounging and doing their own thing. They look up once they hear a quiet “Good Morning” from the two late-comers. Koyama immediately stood up once he saw the bundle in Shige’s arms, Yamapi was about to go back to typing in his cell phone when he double-takes then rubs his eyes with his hands to see if he is seeing things, and TegoMass immediately flock the young prodigy.
“Don’t flock them.” Ryo said quietly, shushing his band mates in the process. he then clears the couch to let Shige sit.
“Who’s the baby, Ryo-chan?” Yamapi asks quietly.
“Sit down so I can tell you the whole story.” Ryo started.
“We adopted her. Her name is Keiko.” He stated simply.
“You now have a kid!!!” Koyama shouted I glee, effectively waking Keiko up, earning him a glare from the new parents.
“Sorry.” The motherly member bowed his head and shame but then decided that watching the Nishikido Family tend to the baby is more interesting.
The members look on as Ryo digs into the baby bag and gets a bottle of milk, shakes it, and temperature tests it on his wrists. Shige, on the other hand, stands up and sways, getting Keiko to stop crying. It’s a sight to behold, a 23-year old idol hushing a baby, whispering soothing and comforting words that only she can hear and another idol, rushing around the room to get their daughter comfortable. It throws the group completely off-guard, not used to seeing such a motherly Kato Shigeaki and a doting Nishikido Ryo.
Once Keiko calms down, they sit again. Keiko, on Ryo’s lap as she asked to be carried by the Osakan.
“Everyone, this is Keiko.” Ryo addresses the whole room as he turns Keiko to face the other members.
“Keiko-chan, these are your uncles.” He told the young girl with a gentle voice. She merely smiles at them and then smiles up to her father.
“She’s so cute!” Massu sits in front of her and plays with her. She sees her uncle’s big smile and she immediately smiles back and claps.
Through-out the day, the members played with her until she yawned, signalling that she is sleepy. At that point, Shige carries her and puts her to sleep. As afternoon came, they started packing up. Shige calls his parents and tells them that he and Ryo would come over for dinner which prompted his mother to be excited and ask what they wanted to eat.
[Part 2]