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maigo-san · 3 years ago

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Youzan's Prelude

Pairing: Aomine Daiki/Kagami Taiga

Character(s): Aomine Daiki, Kagami Taiga, Youzan Miura (Aomine-Kagami)

Tag(s): au, kid fic, same-sex adoptive parents, aged-down youzan, aged-up characters, fluff, slice of life, first time parenting

Youzan is a very quiet kid. Taiga realized soon after he sat on the back seat with a stiff straight back. His big eyes looking out the window, hollow and blank. The car ride from the institution to their house is long and quiet with only the small-volumed music from Daiki’s playlist filling the white noise. Taiga braces himself to start conversing with the eight years old, but Daiki beats him to it, clearing his throat from the driver’s seat.

“So, Youzan-kun…” Daiki’s face is plain, watching the road with focus while occasionally glancing at the rearview mirror. “Have you had lunch? We can buy your favorite food if you want?”

Taiga glances back to the child, now looking down at his shoes. “I have. We ate natto and eggs,” his face doesn’t show any shyness or nerves, just a blank stare. “I don’t have a favorite food.” Taiga glances at his husband who’s clenching his jaws tight. Daiki gulps,

“I see. Well how about we get a burger on the way, we can heat it later if you’re still full. I—we both love burgers, you can choose if you prefer cheeseburger or teriyaki.” Aomine bit his lip, now looking at the child from the rearview mirror. His eyes widen in hopefulness.

“Burger is fine,” a curt answer.

Both Taiga and Daiki share a glance. Then Taiga pipes in, “that’s great! Ah—do you… do you play kendo?” Taiga can see the wooden sword sticking out of the back seat with two bags of Youzan’s clothes. Youzan only stiffens and looks up, meeting Taiga’s eyes who smiles before averting his eyes fast. Both Taiga and Daiki already knew the answer, born to a family that held Japanese tradition close to their heart, lived with only his dad who was a kendo instructor since his mother died when he was still very little. After that, living under Osaka’s child institute since no relatives can take care of him after his biological dad died of cancer last year. It must feel like a whirlwind for the poor boy.

“Yeah, dad is–” he startles and looks down, “Dad was a kendo instructor, so I’m really good at it.”

Taiga worriedly glances at Daiki who is biting his top lips, his brows creasing. “I see. That’s wonderful, Youzan-kun. I’m looking forward to seeing you play. You know,” Daiki looks up with a ghost of a bitter smile, “I also play sports. Do you play basketball?”

Youzan looks around and slowly looks up. Daiki widens his smile and Taiga can feel his chest tightens. His husband… is trying very hard. “Uhh… no. I don’t have friends so they never ask me to play with them.”

Taiga turns, his face slacks. His right hand reaches but stops in uncertainty, “We’ll be your friends. Let’s play basketball sometimes. Would you like that?” he gives him his warmest smile and Youzan seems to mull over his words before nodding shyly. Taiga takes this as another point. Hopefully, they’ll score their adopted child’s heart soon. In fact, he prefers if he can drop saying adopted and make Youzan refer to them as his parents sooner.

“Taiga, we’re here. Drive-thru or take away?” Daiki mutters.

“Drive-thru. it’s faster that way than waiting in line.” Taiga answers, glancing at the glass wall of Maji Burger.

“You guys’ll wait in the car anyway. Ordering to the drive-thru always ends up with us in the waiting bay.” Daiki raises his brow, despite still making a bee-line behind an SUV.

“Yeah, but the line in the drive-thru is shorter. It’s already three pm, Daiki. Youzan’s gonna be pretty tired.”

“Ah. Right, right… Youzan-kun, do you want ice cream or chicken nugget…?”

“Taiga takes out his wallet which Daiki takes without a word, pulling out his card. “Just order both. Get three burgers each so he can pick.”

“Do kids eat that many? Ah… they got a new seasonal burger.”

“Mmm… no, I can just whip that up on my own. Ooh~ they got chocolate pie. Most kids prefer chocolate over fruit flavors. Order a sundae too.” Taiga points at a picture.

“Have you checked his allergies…?” Daiki whispers.

“He doesn’t have an allergy to chocolate or dairy, why haven’t you checked his health record?” Taiga glares.

His husband only turns his attention to the intercom, opening his window. “…I skimmed it. I got a bit busy lately.”

“Idi—dummy, it’s been sitting on our desk for a month.”

“Yeah, yeah… shut up, I’m gonna order.”

Taiga can feel laughter bubbling in his chest but he can only hit his husband lightly. He wonders if Youzan feels uncomfortable with their bickering but the kid seems to look at Daiki in fascination as he casually orders thirty burgers and a few other things. He asks if they can pay with debit and takes out his card.

Predictably they have to park in the waiting bay as an employee delivers their food. The car is quiet for a while until Youzan’s voice breaks the silence. “Um… I really like chocolate… Thank you.”

Both Taiga and Daiki turn at the same time, a similar eager and delightful look that makes Youzan flusters at the attention. Taiga’s smile is wide, “of course! We’ll try a different chocolate dish. I’ll take you to our restaurant once we settle in!”

The boy tilts his head, “you have a restaurant…?”

Daiki puts his hand on Taiga’s shoulder, grinning. “Yep. He’s not a chocolatier but your papa is the best chef here. Try it once and you’ll never want to eat out ever again.”

Papa…?! Youzan blinks a few times as Taiga glances at Daiki with worry. He frowns at his husband as Youzan looks down, mouthing ‘too soon’ as Daiki furrows his eyes back and glares. The two watch with worry as the young boy, still hanging his head and trembling lips half-whispers, “I… I would like to try your food…”

A shot to the heart. Taiga can’t help clutch his chest at the polite boy. Daiki already turns to face the steering wheel and Taiga widens his eyes as his husband’s own trembling lips, the corners of his eyes gleam with teardrops. Taiga’s face red and this time he reaches Youzan’s soft jet black and ruffles them lightly. “Of course… thank you, Youzan.”

Later on, after Youzan washed up and changed his clothes, the eight years old is once again surprised, sliding into an empty seat with an unsure look as he watches a mountain of burgers on each of the couple’s trays. There is another tray filled with five cheeseburgers and five teriyaki burgers on his side of the table too along with the chocolate pie and orange juice. Staring hard, the boy takes one of the burgers—a cheeseburger—and unfolds the wrapper. He takes a bite, feeling the burst of juicy patty filling his mouth. He bites into it more, his eyes half-lid. He opens his eyes as he chews quietly—dad used to scold him if he’s eating noisily—and widens his eyes as he watches Taiga practically shoves a whole burger inside his face, his cheeks bulging and a drop of sauce stains his left cheek.

He bit into something sour and bitter and his face folds in disgust. Taiga raises a brow and Youzan quietly opens his bun and pinches a pickle out. Biting his lip as he rubs his stained finger to the tissue on his tray. There is still the sticky feel of sauce on his finger and he automatically puts his finger on his mouth, realizing too late and immediately puts his hand on the table with a panicked look.

Taiga who’s been watching him snorted. The boy seems flustered and confused, but Taiga holds a hand for him to reach. Without a word, he cleans the rest of his finger with his own tissue, “you’re such a neat eater. Must be a surprise seeing us eat like this, right?” Daiki chuckles beside him, he is chewing while he watches Youzan mutter a small thank you. “You know, I also didn’t like pickles when I was a kid. I still didn’t like it that much but it doesn’t put me off as much as before.”

“Mmm… I don’t eat burgers often. Da— it’s not good for you,” Taiga gives him a funny smile. He realizes the boy barely holds eye contact but he seems like he is trying. Bitterly, despite not knowing how it feels, he realizes how hard it is to adjust to a new family right after the only family you have is gone.

“Mm, not exactly. But yeah, fast food isn’t good for you,” he wants to laugh at Youzan’s surprise face, “but you need to eat, it’s already dinner time anyway. Next time, let’s make burgers together. A healthier version.”

“What’s this? You never let me in your kitchen other than to wash the dishes.” Daiki teases. Taiga rolls his eyes. “You know, Youzan-kun, you can eat unhealthy food sometimes. Heck, I’ll buy you lots of candies, we can try different types of chocolate.”

“Yeah, because you’ll let yourself in eventually. Doing shi—stuff I told you not to.” Youzan shakes his head as they continue to bicker, frowning.

“No, I want to be healthy.” The couple stops and links. “I have to be healthy so I can be the best in kendo!” Youzan gapes as both of the men in front of him stop eating and hides their faces under their hand, a frustrated look on their faces. Ah, I must’ve said something wrong—

Taiga’s stern and calm face breaks into a constipated look like he’s in pain. His free hand clenched into a fist while Daiki inhaled deeply. Before Youzan can say anything, Taiga cracks the biggest smile. “Of course! Youzan, you know we’ll support you no matter what.”

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