#dojima daikichi

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January 17th. It had bled into late morning. She still hadn't moved.

The room echoed with the memories of one of the worst days of her life.

That it also held memories of one of the best didn't really help, only served to make her feel guilty for hurting.

The phone rang again.

She ignored it.

Again.

Absently she felt some shuffling behind her, loosely aware but still mostly out of it.

"Moshi Moshi," the boy chirped, trying to be quiet, yet not quite succeeding.

"Daikichi-chan?"

"Oh! Uncle Tenshi!"

"Where is your mother?"

"Oh. Mama is right here. Today is bad."

"What do you mean 'today is bad'?"

"Mama is sad. She won't get up."

"What do mean, she won't get up?"

She sighed, and rolled slightly, startling the small boy. The note of agitated almost-hysteria she caught from the faint voice on the line drawing her out just enough.

"Give mama the phone baby, it's ok."

The tiny hand passed the device over, and he curled into her, pressing as close as having a physical body would allow.

"Hello, Kenshi. Did you need something?"

She sounded tired. Worn. Absent. Even to herself she could hear the wrong.

"What is wrong with you?" to the point, no nonsense.

She snorted, he apparently wasn't in the mood for bullshit or pretend niceties today. "What isn't, Kenshi," blatant self deprecation was unusual, she normally at least tried to make a joke of it, "It's just a bad day. I do have them too yanno."

The line was quiet for a moment.

"What can I do?" 

She blinked, and combed her fingers through Kichi's curls.

"I don't think there's anything you can do. Anything anyone can do. The memories aren't going to just go away," she huffed a soft laugh, "Unless you want to hunt someone down for me."

"That could be arranged," so matter of fact and plainly stated.

This was something he could do, at least. Familiar territory. Easy.

"You don't even know who I'm talking about."

"So tell me."

She breathed for a moment, deep, trying to settle the cold unrest in her chest, "Maybe another time. What did you need?"

"It doesn't matter," a blasé dismissal.

"It does, it always does," she paused a beat, "Come over, for dinner."

"Am I going to end up cooking?" he already knew the answer, and it wasn't although he minded. He couldn't let her off too easily though.

"Do you mind?"

"If you were anyone else, Kimi-hime," his voice dripped in condescension, threaded with fondness.

"If I were anyone else, you probably would have stabbed me by now," her flat delivery betrayed by the amusement sinking into her tone.

His indulgent laugh was interrupted by a small voice, little body half splayed over her, "No stabbing mommy!"

She laughed, an exaggerated put upon sigh in her ear.

"Yes, yes, no stabbing mommy. I'll be there in a few hours."

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YakKid, Dojima Daikichi

The firstborn son, both in mono and poly verses.

On the quieter side, with a gentle, but strong demeanor. Very much a "shelter built to weather the storm" sort.

He's the dutiful, helpful sort. Always hopping up to get things, or tidying little messes. He's very hands on and involved.

While he can certainly hold his own in a fight, he's always been rather bookish, and inclined to academics. He absorbs knowledge like a sponge.

Charismatic and a natural leader, with a fair hand and even temper. He learned well from his father, and for the most part, skipped the edgy phase.

Anxious, an unfortunate inheritance from his mother. He's good at hiding it, but occasionally has to vanish for awhile to get his shit back together.

Growing up, he enjoyed team sports, was almost always captain, and had very much a "lead from the front" style. While intelligent, he was unfortunately an abyssmal stadardized test taker.

Looks a lot like his father, but got his mother's curls.

September 28th, 9:14am birthday

Was an easy pregnancy, easy birth, and easy baby. Convinced Kimi that the whole thing wasn't actually as bad as she thought. This was a trick. 😂

There are a few futures for him depending on the timeline. In some he essentially inherits his father's position as Chairman. In others he manages the business side of a company that will be mentioned later ;p

(I have another post (2 actually) about Kichi, sorta. At least the basics of the time line that leads to him etc) (makes it sound like smut lmfao, its not, its the "whoops what do we do now" shit basically lol)

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Random Dojima Kids fact. Airi has a lot of trouble with nightmares when he sleeps alone. He used to crawl into someone else's bed, and hasn't entirely broken that habit in his adulthood. However! On nights that's not an option, there is the sibling group chat. Kichi and Mio both are ready at a moments notice to leave Face Time/Skype/etc open all night for him.

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Kadokura would readily admit, if asked, that he had largely checked out of this conversation. While he talked a big game, he knew this guy had no intention of actually buying anything. He wanted to look good for the yakuza, and was using Kadokura as a prop to do so. Standard fare, but dull and trite.

The man he'd been giving maybe a third of his attention, had quickly become entirely irrelevant as he noticed the small child attempting to dart past, and he outright ignored the trepidation that crossed the man's face as he crouched to snatch the girl up.

A single smooth continuous movement, down, scoop, and back up, and Kadokura had the child perched on a hip, arm tucked under her for support.

He plucked the knife from her hand just as swift and cleanly.

"Your mother told you no. You can have it back when she leaves," he was casual, comfortable, with this turn of events.

The man he'd been talking to's eyes had stayed wide across the entire interaction, seeming to defy human physiology by widening yet more as the Tojo Chairman approached and he puzzled all the pieces together in his clearly struggling brain.

"Corrupting my child, Kenshi-san?"

He shot a grin at Daigo, "Of course not, never!" Playful sarcasm in full force.

Daigo chuckled, fond amusement obvious, and ruffled the girl's hair over Kadokura's shoulder, earning a sharp glare from the girl, and even stronger pout.

Out of the corner of his eye, Kadokura kept aware of their onlooker, entertained by how clearly the gears in that one's head had jammed.

"Make sure you teach her how to hold it properly at least."

Kadokura fought back a laugh as he gasped in exaggerated faux offense, "Daigo-chan! Who do you take me for!? As if I would ever half ass something as important as proper knife forms!"

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Random Dojima Kid Facts

Daikichi looks a lot like his dad, it's almost uncanny. But he has my curls a shade or two lighter than black, and my smile. His eyes are a deep earthy brown. He's just slightly stockier than Dai.

Mio is built more like me, but it's balanced better with some height from Daigo. She ended up with my mom's pin straight ash blonde hair, which drives Yayoi absolutely batty. She has "oil" dark eyes that tend to creep people out.

Airi has a lot of my features, but a slighter build and while not as tall as Kichi, he's still much taller than me. His hair picked up the red tint from my family, and central heterochromia, brown/blue-green. He strongly resembles my family, but he has his father's smile.

They're all way cuter than they have any right to be, and they know it.

At a glance most people don't realize they're siblings. A closer inspection makes it clear, but to the unobservant, it can take a bit.

Kichi dotes on his little sister, and while she hates it coming from anyone else, she soaks it up when it's him. In turn, Mio has claimed Airi as "her" baby.

Kichi and Mio have the same taste in women. Once the dated the same girl (a couple years apart) and didn't know it until Kichi brought his sister's ex home. He was mortified but Mio found it hilarious. Both Kichi and Mio roast Airi for his taste in men.

Airi loves being in relationships, but hates long term commitment. He's very upfront and honest about it however. He dates and sleeps with whoever catches his fancy at any given time, and doesn't worry about labels.

Mio is often called "Chibi-hime". Daikichi ends up called "Konpeito" by his mother, having started as "little sweet". Airi gets called Ri by most of the family.

Mio has a pet bunny! He's a Blanc de Hotot, has a very mild temperment, and is named Nachtmahr. Or Nama for short.

All kids speak Japanese and English natively, and learned German. Mio also picks up French. They learn some Spanish by way of Phe. Airi dabbles but rarely commits to other languages. He learns "enough".

They also all learn ASL and JSL.

Morality varies amongst the kids. Daikichi is closest to "societal normal", as much as his position and upbringing allows. Mio has a strong sense of what does and doesn't feel right to her instinctively. She's also able to weigh things logically and disregard her morality-based feelings in favor of what she decides is the "best" option. Airi has no feelings about it whatsoever, every action is net-neutral to him. Unfortunately he also inherited his mother's heart, leading to a fair bit of internal conflict.

Kadokura is on the short list of people to take care of the kids should something happen to both of us. Or well, he is/was for Kichi and Mio. This isn't true of Airi. Airi would ultimately go to America to be with my birth family.

In mono-Daigo verses, Kichi is 5 years older than Mio, and Mio is 9 years older than Airi.

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Here are the kanji for the kids names. If any are just, completely off, and you know better than me, please tell me. I'm tryin my best and willing to correct.

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Dojima Daikichi (大吉 - big, luck)

Dojima Mio (心旺 - heart, shining light)

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Majima Yuuna (夢叶 - dream, come true)

Majima Syouji (勝次 - wins, next)

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Kiryu Eito (栄逞 - flourish, robust)

Kiryu Tamae (珠江 - pearl, river)

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Akiyama Utano (唄野 - song, field)

Akiyama Ryouga (怜雅 - clever, refinement/elegance/grace)

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