[One shot] Princess and Pudding-kun
Title: Princess and Pudding-kun
Pairing: Jin/Yamapi/Ryo [friendship] and Akame
Genre: Fluff, friendship, humour
Rating: PG/PG-13 (?)
Word count: 3064
Summary: The guys’ night in doesn’t really start as planed when Jin shows up at Ryo’s apartment with a little girl by his side.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
A/N: I have no idea how this one ended up being over 3000 words. I really don’t. However, I had a lot of fun writing it so I’m not complaining that it got this long. I hope you will enjoy reading this :)
“What is that?” Ryo asked in disbelief when he opened the door to his apartment to let Jin inside. “And what is it doing here”
“This is Kame’s niece” Jin smiled and pushed the little girl next to him a bit forward by her shoulders. “I’m sorry but I had to bring her with me. Kame was supposed to babysit her but he got a last minute call out for a meeting. Something with Baseball”
She looked up at Ryo but quickly redirected her eyes at the floor and grabbed a hold of Jin’s leg, clenching his jeans rather tightly.
“You can’t be serious?” Yamapi said coming up from behind Ryo and then kneeled down so that his face was at the same level as the girl. “Hi, my name is Yamashita but you can call me Yamapi if you want”
She glanced at him and gave him a shy smile. “Hi”
Yamapi smiled back and then he reached out to cover the girl’s ears as he turned his face up to Jin. “But seriously what were you thinking Jin? Bringing her here? It won’t be fun for her and most importantly we won’t be able to do what this evening is all about; getting drunk and talk about sex and other important things in life”
“It’ll be fine. She’ll fall asleep soon enough, it’s her bedtime in just an hour or so” Jin said and unwrapped himself from his scarf. “And when she’s fast asleep we can talk about whatever we want, but we probably shouldn’t drink too much”
“Kame’s going to kill you for taking her here” Ryo shook his head in disbelief over Jin’s stupidity.
“No he won’t.” Jin pushed Yamapi’s hands away from the girl as he kneeled down next to her. “Kame already knows you’re meeting Ryo and Pi tonight, doesn’t he?”
“Yes” she replied and looked between them all before stopping to look at Ryo. “Do you have any milk, Ryo-san? I’m kind of thirsty”
“Uh, yeah, sure” Ryo blinked in bewilderment over the sudden question. “I’ll go and get some for you right away”
A few minutes later they were all sitting in Ryo’s living room with something to drink in their hands. Kame’s niece was holding on to the glass of milk firmly with her small hands while drinking and observing her surroundings from where she was sitting on Jin’s lap.
“Ryo-san, is that your girlfriend?” she suddenly asked interrupting the awkward silence that had filled up the room.
“Who?” Ryo asked and she pointed at a framed poster of Leah Dizon hanging on the wall behind the TV set.
“No” Ryo answered a bit taken aback but Jin and Yamapi couldn’t help but snicker in amusement.
“Is she your sister then?” she asked looking confused between the three men in the room. She obviously couldn’t understand what was so funny.
“No, not that either” Ryo said and ruffled her hair in amusement.
“But then why do you have a picture of her on your wall?”
“Uh...” Ryo tried to come up with a good and appropriate answer for someone as young and innocent as her but Jin beat him to it.
“That’s because Ryo think she’s beautiful and he wishes that she one day will become his girlfriend”
Jin smirked slightly in Ryo’s direction before giving his attention back to the girl. “Don’t you think she’s beautiful?”
“No” she replied and handed Jin the now empty glass. “I’m finished.”
Jin chuckled at her direct answer as he took the glass from her and placed it on the table next to the couch.
“Do you want anything else?” Ryo was quick to ask but she just shook her head.
“No thanks” she shifted her position in Jin’s lap a little so that she could rest her head against Jin’s chest but then she seemed to have noticed something else and her hand reached out to point at the unoccupied arm chair on the other side of the couch. “What’s that?”
“What?” Yamapi asked as they all let their eyes wander in the direction of the pointed finger.
“That!” She prompted, not giving a proper answer lifting her head of Jin’s chest to be able to point more firmly.
“This?” Ryo reached over to the armchair and picked up a stuffed figure that was suppose to look like a pudding.
“Yes” she nodded. “What’s its name?”
“Pudding-kun?” Ryo answered handing the stuffed toy over to her. “And he’s very happy to meet you”
She took it in her small hands and squeezed it slightly. “He’s soft. Do you sleep with him?”
“Eh, no” Ryo chuckled and so did Jin and Yamapi. “I’m too big for sleeping with stuffed animals”
“But then why do you have him?” She tilted her head lightly to the side.
“It was a gift from my little sister” Ryo replied. “But maybe it’d be better if he moved in with you”
“Really?” Her eyes widen in delight at the thought but the delight quickly faded into uncertainty. “But won’t your sister be very sad if you just give away Pudding-kun?”
“No, I’m sure she’ll be happy to hear he’s found a new better home where he’ll be loved” Ryo smiled and ruffled her hair. “You’ll take good care of him, right?”
“Yes” she smiled back and hugged the pudding tightly as she snuggled up closer to Jin. “Jin-kun’s friends are really nice”
“I knew Yamapi was a kind hearted soul but Ryo, you’ve surprised me” Jin smirked and earned a playful punch in the shoulder from Ryo.
“Shut the fuck up”
“Watch your language” Yamapi cut in laughing. “There’s a child present”
“Fuck?” the girl tasted the foreign word in her mouth. “What does that mean?”
The three grown up men fell quite and Jin gulped hard. Kame would punish him, and punish him hard, if he found out that his cute innocent niece had picked up such a foul word.
“It’s just a bad word. It has no real meaning” Yamapi was the first one to speak. “And it’s not good to use it.”
“But Ryo-san just-“ she looked between Yamapi and Ryo with confusion.
“I shouldn’t have said it” Ryo sighed.
“And neither should you princess” Jin said getting her attention and locked eyes with her. “Can you promise us to never use that word again?”
She broke their eye contact to look down on the stuffed pudding in her arms before she lifted her head to first look at Yamapi, then at Ryo and finally at Jin again.
“Yes” her voice was hesitant and almost came out as a mumble. “I promise to never say that word again”
“Good” Jin let out a sighed in relief wrapping both arms around her. Ryo and Yamapi sighed as well. They’d probably been on the same side of Kame’s wrath as Jin if it ever came out that she had picked up a word like that from them.
An hour later she had fallen asleep in Jin’s lap with Pudding-kun as a pillow between her head and Jin’s chest. One of Jin’s arms was securely wrapped around her while he used the other to hold on to his beer bottle.
“If you want you can put her in my room” Ryo said finishing of his own beer. “I actually cleaned my room earlier today and changed the sheets”
“That’d be great.” Jin smiled putting his bottle away and then carefully got up from his seat, making sure to have the girl securely in his arms. “She’s really hard to put back to sleep once she’s been woken up”
“Sounds like you speak from experience” Yamapi mused.
“I do” Jin sighed remembering times in the past when he or he and Kame had been too noisy and accidentally woken her from a peaceful slumber. “I’ve lost count over how many times I’ve spent evenings with her. Well, I’ll go and lay her down on your bed then.”
When Jin came back a moment later Ryo had been out to the kitchen to fetch them all each a bottle of cold beer and some snacks.
“Didn’t I tell you that she wouldn’t be a too big disturbance on our evening?” Jin smirked taking his seat again as Ryo handed him a bottle.
“Yeah, yeah whatever, can we actually start with what this evening was suppose to be all about?” Ryo snorted but Jin didn’t miss the smile that for a second had been present on Ryo’s face. He chose not to comment on it and instead took a sip from his bottle.
“You mean, sex, booze and coming to an understanding over what the meaning of life is?” Yamapi raised an eyebrow at Ryo.
“Exactly!” Ryo grinned. “Now that the innocent little princess is sleeping peacefully in another room and it is safe for us to use words like fuck again”
“You seemed to enjoy her company though. Maybe you could offer to babysit sometime” Jin teased but then almost spilled his beer in his lap when Ryo smacked him over the head.
“In your dreams”
“I rather not dream about you thank you very much” Jin managed to duck his head before Ryo could smack him again. “I rather dream about Kazuya and-”
“We know that. No need to tell us more about all the dreams you’ve had about him” Yamapi rolled his eyes. “We got tired of hearing about your dirty dreams about Kame-chan years ago so please spare us will you?”
“Yeah, and it’s kind of disturbing to know so much about your sex life and sex dreams since we are friends with the two of you” Ryo scrunched up his face in mocked disgust. He had learned a long time ago to not feel the least bit disgusted or disturbed about the idea of Jin and Kame having sex together.
“Shut up” Jin was the one who smacked Ryo over the head this time and some of the beer from his bottle actually made it out and dripped down on his jeans.
“Look what you did idiot” Ryo growled flying up from his seat. “You’re paying for the dry cleaning”
“Oh, please.” Jin rolled his eyes and Yamapi just chuckled at his best friends. “Just throw them into the washing machine.”
“These are designer jeans! They need proper care” Ryo gritted his teeth.
“You’re starting to sound like Kazuya.” Jin sighed. “And okay, I’ll pay for the dry cleaning if it makes you stop bitching.”
“I’m not bitching” Ryo grumbled but sat back down.
“Yes you are and that makes me think that there is something serious that’s bothering you that you need to talk about” Yamapi cut in. “Ryo, Is there something bothering you?”
“No, not really” Ryo replied sounding bored and unbothered but Jin and Yamapi had known him long enough to see through his lies. They stared at him without saying anything, trying to make him feel uncomfortable and awkward enough to spill the beans and just tell them what was on his mind. It took less than 2 minutes for Ryo to finally crack.
“Okay, okay, I’ll tell you” He threw his hands up in despair and accidentally spilled some more beer but this time he didn’t care about it.
Hours later Jin was half asleep on the couch with his head resting against the arm rest. Ryo was sleeping on the other side and Yamapi was slumped on the arm chair he had occupied the whole evening zapping through the channels on Ryo’s TV. A buzzing sound and a vibration coming from Jin’s pocket told him that he had received a new message. He lazily reached into his pocket to get his phone out and check who it was from. He wasn’t all that surprised when he saw that it was from Kame. A soft smile crept up on his face as he read the message and then replied to it.
“Kazuya’s here soon.” he said and got Yamapi’s attention.
“To join the dying party or to pick you up?” Yamapi asked diverting his eyes away from the TV screen.
“Pick us up” Jin answered and pushed himself up from the couch. “I should go and check up on the princess and drink a big glass of water to sober up a little.”
“Good idea.” Yamapi nodded and then looked at Ryo. “Should I wake him up?”
“Nah, let him sleep” Jin smiled and then swagger out from the living room. He opened the door to Ryo’s bedroom but closed it again when he saw that the little girl was still sleeping peacefully with her new toy in a tight hug. He continued to the kitchen and then just as he had finished his glass of water there was a knock on the door. He walked into the hall to get the door but Yamapi had been quicker. He got up next to Yamapi and pushed the door open wider.
“You two look beat” Kame smiled as he walked past them into the apartment giving Jin a quick peek on the cheek as he went.
“So do you” Jin replied closing the door as Yamapi left them to walk towards the kitchen. “Bothersome meeting?”
“Not really but kind of long.” Kame bent down to take of his boots. “We went out for a bit of food afterwards”
“That’s why you’re so late” Jin mused and leaned against the opposite wall.
“Yeah, so where is she?” Kame asked and his eyes darted around the place.
“Ryo’s bedroom together with her new friend Pudding-kun” Jin smiled and reached out for Kame’s hand to lead him towards the room. “She fell asleep after about an hour I think”
“Good” Kame squeezed Jin’s hand. “But I have to ask who this Pudding-kun is”
“You’ll meet him soon enough” Jin looked at Kame from over his shoulder before he opened the door to the bedroom. “That’s Pudding-kun” he pointed at the figure lying securely in the girls embrace.
Kame walked past Jin and up to the bed to kneel down in front of the sleeping girl. Jin watched him from the door frame as Kame softly stroked the girl over the hair and then planted a kiss on her forehead. Jin couldn’t help but smile before he decided that he should go and get ready to leave.
Jin had just put on his shoes when Kame reappeared in the hall with the girl in his arms, still asleep and with her friend in her arms.
“Could you help me get my boots back on?” Kame asked lifting one of his feet off the floor. Jin was kind of impressed that Kame was able to keep his balance as Jin reached for the boots to help Kame out.
“You look like a happy family” Yamapi’s voice came from behind Kame and Jin leaned slightly to the side to look at his friend.
“Thank you” he smiled before he took a hold of Kame’s wrist to guide the foot into the boot. Yamapi smiled back and walked up closer to them. “You have an adorable niece Kame-chan” he said ruffling first Kame’s hair and then stroke the girl softly over the head.
“I know.” Kame smiled fondly, shifting foot so that Jin could put on the other boot. “I’m sorry to have made you babysit her though when I know how much these get-togethers mean for you”
“Ah, it was no problem at all” Yamapi smiled. “And I’m sure Ryo didn’t mind either. He seemed to grow quite fond of her, right Jin?”
“Oh he totally did” Jin smirked getting up from the floor and reached for his bag. “He’ll never admit it though when he wakes up tomorrow”
Kame let out a soft laughter as he moved closer to the door when Jin’s hand landed on the handle.
“Well, see you another time Pi” Jin said to Yamapi and opened the door and let Kame step out first.
“Yeah, good night and drive carefully” Yamapi waved after them with a soft smile.
“Can you get the car key out of my pocket and open the car for me?” Kame asked as they walked out from the building and came closer to his black car. “They’re in my front pocket Jin!” he added when he felt Jin sneaking his hand into his back pocket.
“Oh, sorry” Jin smiled foolishly and moved his hand to the front of Kame’s body. It felt kind of inappropriate to put his hands on that part of Kame’s body when the other had a princess sleeping in his arms. He found the key quick enough though and short moment later he unlocked the car and opened the door to the back seat for Kame to carefully place the girl to sit on her seat booster. Jin watched as Kame carefully put on her seat belt and then removed his coat to place it as a blanket over her. She stirred slightly in her sleep as Kame drew back but didn’t wake up.
“Give me the key” Kame said and held out his hand for Jin. “You’ve drunk too much to be able to drive”
“Yeah” Jin agreed throwing a quick glance around the area as he gave Kame the key and then leaned in and placed a soft kiss on Kame’s lips.
“What are you doing?” Kame pushed Jin away but he was smiling so Jin knew that Kame wasn’t really mad at him. “Just get into the car”
Jin smiled and walked around to get into the passenger seat while Kame quickly got into the driver’s seat.
“Thanks” Kame said once they were both sitting with their safety belts on and he had started the engine.
“For what?” Jin asked making himself more comfortable by leaning his head against the window.
“What do you think?” Kame asked back throwing a quick glance back at the sleeping girl before he looked over at Jin and then back at the road.
“Oh, well it was nothing” Jin reached out a hand and patted Kame on the thigh. “You know how much I adore her”
“Yeah, but thanks anyway” Kame smiled turning on the radio and a soft melody came on. Jin smiled back, letting his hand stay in place on Kame’s thigh as he felt himself slowly falling asleep to the sounds of Kame humming softly to the music.
The end.
Pairing: Jin/Yamapi/Ryo [friendship] and Akame
Genre: Fluff, friendship, humour
Rating: PG/PG-13 (?)
Word count: 3064
Summary: The guys’ night in doesn’t really start as planed when Jin shows up at Ryo’s apartment with a little girl by his side.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
A/N: I have no idea how this one ended up being over 3000 words. I really don’t. However, I had a lot of fun writing it so I’m not complaining that it got this long. I hope you will enjoy reading this :)
“What is that?” Ryo asked in disbelief when he opened the door to his apartment to let Jin inside. “And what is it doing here”
“This is Kame’s niece” Jin smiled and pushed the little girl next to him a bit forward by her shoulders. “I’m sorry but I had to bring her with me. Kame was supposed to babysit her but he got a last minute call out for a meeting. Something with Baseball”
She looked up at Ryo but quickly redirected her eyes at the floor and grabbed a hold of Jin’s leg, clenching his jeans rather tightly.
“You can’t be serious?” Yamapi said coming up from behind Ryo and then kneeled down so that his face was at the same level as the girl. “Hi, my name is Yamashita but you can call me Yamapi if you want”
She glanced at him and gave him a shy smile. “Hi”
Yamapi smiled back and then he reached out to cover the girl’s ears as he turned his face up to Jin. “But seriously what were you thinking Jin? Bringing her here? It won’t be fun for her and most importantly we won’t be able to do what this evening is all about; getting drunk and talk about sex and other important things in life”
“It’ll be fine. She’ll fall asleep soon enough, it’s her bedtime in just an hour or so” Jin said and unwrapped himself from his scarf. “And when she’s fast asleep we can talk about whatever we want, but we probably shouldn’t drink too much”
“Kame’s going to kill you for taking her here” Ryo shook his head in disbelief over Jin’s stupidity.
“No he won’t.” Jin pushed Yamapi’s hands away from the girl as he kneeled down next to her. “Kame already knows you’re meeting Ryo and Pi tonight, doesn’t he?”
“Yes” she replied and looked between them all before stopping to look at Ryo. “Do you have any milk, Ryo-san? I’m kind of thirsty”
“Uh, yeah, sure” Ryo blinked in bewilderment over the sudden question. “I’ll go and get some for you right away”
A few minutes later they were all sitting in Ryo’s living room with something to drink in their hands. Kame’s niece was holding on to the glass of milk firmly with her small hands while drinking and observing her surroundings from where she was sitting on Jin’s lap.
“Ryo-san, is that your girlfriend?” she suddenly asked interrupting the awkward silence that had filled up the room.
“Who?” Ryo asked and she pointed at a framed poster of Leah Dizon hanging on the wall behind the TV set.
“No” Ryo answered a bit taken aback but Jin and Yamapi couldn’t help but snicker in amusement.
“Is she your sister then?” she asked looking confused between the three men in the room. She obviously couldn’t understand what was so funny.
“No, not that either” Ryo said and ruffled her hair in amusement.
“But then why do you have a picture of her on your wall?”
“Uh...” Ryo tried to come up with a good and appropriate answer for someone as young and innocent as her but Jin beat him to it.
“That’s because Ryo think she’s beautiful and he wishes that she one day will become his girlfriend”
Jin smirked slightly in Ryo’s direction before giving his attention back to the girl. “Don’t you think she’s beautiful?”
“No” she replied and handed Jin the now empty glass. “I’m finished.”
Jin chuckled at her direct answer as he took the glass from her and placed it on the table next to the couch.
“Do you want anything else?” Ryo was quick to ask but she just shook her head.
“No thanks” she shifted her position in Jin’s lap a little so that she could rest her head against Jin’s chest but then she seemed to have noticed something else and her hand reached out to point at the unoccupied arm chair on the other side of the couch. “What’s that?”
“What?” Yamapi asked as they all let their eyes wander in the direction of the pointed finger.
“That!” She prompted, not giving a proper answer lifting her head of Jin’s chest to be able to point more firmly.
“This?” Ryo reached over to the armchair and picked up a stuffed figure that was suppose to look like a pudding.
“Yes” she nodded. “What’s its name?”
“Pudding-kun?” Ryo answered handing the stuffed toy over to her. “And he’s very happy to meet you”
She took it in her small hands and squeezed it slightly. “He’s soft. Do you sleep with him?”
“Eh, no” Ryo chuckled and so did Jin and Yamapi. “I’m too big for sleeping with stuffed animals”
“But then why do you have him?” She tilted her head lightly to the side.
“It was a gift from my little sister” Ryo replied. “But maybe it’d be better if he moved in with you”
“Really?” Her eyes widen in delight at the thought but the delight quickly faded into uncertainty. “But won’t your sister be very sad if you just give away Pudding-kun?”
“No, I’m sure she’ll be happy to hear he’s found a new better home where he’ll be loved” Ryo smiled and ruffled her hair. “You’ll take good care of him, right?”
“Yes” she smiled back and hugged the pudding tightly as she snuggled up closer to Jin. “Jin-kun’s friends are really nice”
“I knew Yamapi was a kind hearted soul but Ryo, you’ve surprised me” Jin smirked and earned a playful punch in the shoulder from Ryo.
“Shut the fuck up”
“Watch your language” Yamapi cut in laughing. “There’s a child present”
“Fuck?” the girl tasted the foreign word in her mouth. “What does that mean?”
The three grown up men fell quite and Jin gulped hard. Kame would punish him, and punish him hard, if he found out that his cute innocent niece had picked up such a foul word.
“It’s just a bad word. It has no real meaning” Yamapi was the first one to speak. “And it’s not good to use it.”
“But Ryo-san just-“ she looked between Yamapi and Ryo with confusion.
“I shouldn’t have said it” Ryo sighed.
“And neither should you princess” Jin said getting her attention and locked eyes with her. “Can you promise us to never use that word again?”
She broke their eye contact to look down on the stuffed pudding in her arms before she lifted her head to first look at Yamapi, then at Ryo and finally at Jin again.
“Yes” her voice was hesitant and almost came out as a mumble. “I promise to never say that word again”
“Good” Jin let out a sighed in relief wrapping both arms around her. Ryo and Yamapi sighed as well. They’d probably been on the same side of Kame’s wrath as Jin if it ever came out that she had picked up a word like that from them.
An hour later she had fallen asleep in Jin’s lap with Pudding-kun as a pillow between her head and Jin’s chest. One of Jin’s arms was securely wrapped around her while he used the other to hold on to his beer bottle.
“If you want you can put her in my room” Ryo said finishing of his own beer. “I actually cleaned my room earlier today and changed the sheets”
“That’d be great.” Jin smiled putting his bottle away and then carefully got up from his seat, making sure to have the girl securely in his arms. “She’s really hard to put back to sleep once she’s been woken up”
“Sounds like you speak from experience” Yamapi mused.
“I do” Jin sighed remembering times in the past when he or he and Kame had been too noisy and accidentally woken her from a peaceful slumber. “I’ve lost count over how many times I’ve spent evenings with her. Well, I’ll go and lay her down on your bed then.”
When Jin came back a moment later Ryo had been out to the kitchen to fetch them all each a bottle of cold beer and some snacks.
“Didn’t I tell you that she wouldn’t be a too big disturbance on our evening?” Jin smirked taking his seat again as Ryo handed him a bottle.
“Yeah, yeah whatever, can we actually start with what this evening was suppose to be all about?” Ryo snorted but Jin didn’t miss the smile that for a second had been present on Ryo’s face. He chose not to comment on it and instead took a sip from his bottle.
“You mean, sex, booze and coming to an understanding over what the meaning of life is?” Yamapi raised an eyebrow at Ryo.
“Exactly!” Ryo grinned. “Now that the innocent little princess is sleeping peacefully in another room and it is safe for us to use words like fuck again”
“You seemed to enjoy her company though. Maybe you could offer to babysit sometime” Jin teased but then almost spilled his beer in his lap when Ryo smacked him over the head.
“In your dreams”
“I rather not dream about you thank you very much” Jin managed to duck his head before Ryo could smack him again. “I rather dream about Kazuya and-”
“We know that. No need to tell us more about all the dreams you’ve had about him” Yamapi rolled his eyes. “We got tired of hearing about your dirty dreams about Kame-chan years ago so please spare us will you?”
“Yeah, and it’s kind of disturbing to know so much about your sex life and sex dreams since we are friends with the two of you” Ryo scrunched up his face in mocked disgust. He had learned a long time ago to not feel the least bit disgusted or disturbed about the idea of Jin and Kame having sex together.
“Shut up” Jin was the one who smacked Ryo over the head this time and some of the beer from his bottle actually made it out and dripped down on his jeans.
“Look what you did idiot” Ryo growled flying up from his seat. “You’re paying for the dry cleaning”
“Oh, please.” Jin rolled his eyes and Yamapi just chuckled at his best friends. “Just throw them into the washing machine.”
“These are designer jeans! They need proper care” Ryo gritted his teeth.
“You’re starting to sound like Kazuya.” Jin sighed. “And okay, I’ll pay for the dry cleaning if it makes you stop bitching.”
“I’m not bitching” Ryo grumbled but sat back down.
“Yes you are and that makes me think that there is something serious that’s bothering you that you need to talk about” Yamapi cut in. “Ryo, Is there something bothering you?”
“No, not really” Ryo replied sounding bored and unbothered but Jin and Yamapi had known him long enough to see through his lies. They stared at him without saying anything, trying to make him feel uncomfortable and awkward enough to spill the beans and just tell them what was on his mind. It took less than 2 minutes for Ryo to finally crack.
“Okay, okay, I’ll tell you” He threw his hands up in despair and accidentally spilled some more beer but this time he didn’t care about it.
Hours later Jin was half asleep on the couch with his head resting against the arm rest. Ryo was sleeping on the other side and Yamapi was slumped on the arm chair he had occupied the whole evening zapping through the channels on Ryo’s TV. A buzzing sound and a vibration coming from Jin’s pocket told him that he had received a new message. He lazily reached into his pocket to get his phone out and check who it was from. He wasn’t all that surprised when he saw that it was from Kame. A soft smile crept up on his face as he read the message and then replied to it.
“Kazuya’s here soon.” he said and got Yamapi’s attention.
“To join the dying party or to pick you up?” Yamapi asked diverting his eyes away from the TV screen.
“Pick us up” Jin answered and pushed himself up from the couch. “I should go and check up on the princess and drink a big glass of water to sober up a little.”
“Good idea.” Yamapi nodded and then looked at Ryo. “Should I wake him up?”
“Nah, let him sleep” Jin smiled and then swagger out from the living room. He opened the door to Ryo’s bedroom but closed it again when he saw that the little girl was still sleeping peacefully with her new toy in a tight hug. He continued to the kitchen and then just as he had finished his glass of water there was a knock on the door. He walked into the hall to get the door but Yamapi had been quicker. He got up next to Yamapi and pushed the door open wider.
“You two look beat” Kame smiled as he walked past them into the apartment giving Jin a quick peek on the cheek as he went.
“So do you” Jin replied closing the door as Yamapi left them to walk towards the kitchen. “Bothersome meeting?”
“Not really but kind of long.” Kame bent down to take of his boots. “We went out for a bit of food afterwards”
“That’s why you’re so late” Jin mused and leaned against the opposite wall.
“Yeah, so where is she?” Kame asked and his eyes darted around the place.
“Ryo’s bedroom together with her new friend Pudding-kun” Jin smiled and reached out for Kame’s hand to lead him towards the room. “She fell asleep after about an hour I think”
“Good” Kame squeezed Jin’s hand. “But I have to ask who this Pudding-kun is”
“You’ll meet him soon enough” Jin looked at Kame from over his shoulder before he opened the door to the bedroom. “That’s Pudding-kun” he pointed at the figure lying securely in the girls embrace.
Kame walked past Jin and up to the bed to kneel down in front of the sleeping girl. Jin watched him from the door frame as Kame softly stroked the girl over the hair and then planted a kiss on her forehead. Jin couldn’t help but smile before he decided that he should go and get ready to leave.
Jin had just put on his shoes when Kame reappeared in the hall with the girl in his arms, still asleep and with her friend in her arms.
“Could you help me get my boots back on?” Kame asked lifting one of his feet off the floor. Jin was kind of impressed that Kame was able to keep his balance as Jin reached for the boots to help Kame out.
“You look like a happy family” Yamapi’s voice came from behind Kame and Jin leaned slightly to the side to look at his friend.
“Thank you” he smiled before he took a hold of Kame’s wrist to guide the foot into the boot. Yamapi smiled back and walked up closer to them. “You have an adorable niece Kame-chan” he said ruffling first Kame’s hair and then stroke the girl softly over the head.
“I know.” Kame smiled fondly, shifting foot so that Jin could put on the other boot. “I’m sorry to have made you babysit her though when I know how much these get-togethers mean for you”
“Ah, it was no problem at all” Yamapi smiled. “And I’m sure Ryo didn’t mind either. He seemed to grow quite fond of her, right Jin?”
“Oh he totally did” Jin smirked getting up from the floor and reached for his bag. “He’ll never admit it though when he wakes up tomorrow”
Kame let out a soft laughter as he moved closer to the door when Jin’s hand landed on the handle.
“Well, see you another time Pi” Jin said to Yamapi and opened the door and let Kame step out first.
“Yeah, good night and drive carefully” Yamapi waved after them with a soft smile.
“Can you get the car key out of my pocket and open the car for me?” Kame asked as they walked out from the building and came closer to his black car. “They’re in my front pocket Jin!” he added when he felt Jin sneaking his hand into his back pocket.
“Oh, sorry” Jin smiled foolishly and moved his hand to the front of Kame’s body. It felt kind of inappropriate to put his hands on that part of Kame’s body when the other had a princess sleeping in his arms. He found the key quick enough though and short moment later he unlocked the car and opened the door to the back seat for Kame to carefully place the girl to sit on her seat booster. Jin watched as Kame carefully put on her seat belt and then removed his coat to place it as a blanket over her. She stirred slightly in her sleep as Kame drew back but didn’t wake up.
“Give me the key” Kame said and held out his hand for Jin. “You’ve drunk too much to be able to drive”
“Yeah” Jin agreed throwing a quick glance around the area as he gave Kame the key and then leaned in and placed a soft kiss on Kame’s lips.
“What are you doing?” Kame pushed Jin away but he was smiling so Jin knew that Kame wasn’t really mad at him. “Just get into the car”
Jin smiled and walked around to get into the passenger seat while Kame quickly got into the driver’s seat.
“Thanks” Kame said once they were both sitting with their safety belts on and he had started the engine.
“For what?” Jin asked making himself more comfortable by leaning his head against the window.
“What do you think?” Kame asked back throwing a quick glance back at the sleeping girl before he looked over at Jin and then back at the road.
“Oh, well it was nothing” Jin reached out a hand and patted Kame on the thigh. “You know how much I adore her”
“Yeah, but thanks anyway” Kame smiled turning on the radio and a soft melody came on. Jin smiled back, letting his hand stay in place on Kame’s thigh as he felt himself slowly falling asleep to the sounds of Kame humming softly to the music.
The end.