Fathers

Stein's p.o.v.

I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV to the Discovery channel when my front door was busted open. "Stinny poo! guess what, I had this amazing idea!"

"Idea? You had an idea? Do go on while I laugh at you." I watched him.

"So anyway, I was sitting there with Lord Death as he talked about going to court next week. You know why right?"

"Right. The whole school knows it. It was on the front page of the newspaper one day that someone was challenging Lord Death."

"Yes, well obviously she don't want to be with that guy and we all know what is in her contract, and why it was invented. Her step dad would totally ruin the contract! So I had been thinking it over. There might be ways for her step dad to win and I don't want that for Fade and Noire, you don't either right?"

"I'd be more worried about Lord Death. It would be all over the news and on top of that he would lose Noire and his children would be crying. It'd be so much of a mess I wouldn't want to go to work. I'd go to the Caribbean's for a vacation. A looooooong vacation."

"Yes, so what if we adopted Noire?"

"Wait what?"

"I am asking you to adopt Noire with me, Stein."

"Are you sure you are ready for another girl Spirit. You sort of failed with Maka."

"Noire loves us! I am positive I want to adopt her with you." Noire would be ours...Not a bad idea. I mean I do like her attitude sometimes. Then she is book smart. This could save her and we'd get the best prize out of it.

"Ok. Only if you are sure Spirit."

"I am sure. We need to go buy a three bedroom house now together then adopt her!"

"Whoa.....Like steal Noire out of the house from Lord Death?"

"Well that is what adopting is all about right?"

"Well yes.... Alright lets go look, BUT I AM KEEPING MY HOUSE HERE TOO."

"Yeah okay Stein. Let's go!"

"Did you ask Lord Death if it was ok with him yet?"

"No, that would ruin the surprise."

"He won't be too happy but oh well. I get Noire." I stood up and turned off the TV. "Why is everyone after Noire?"

"Because we can be, Fade will be pissed."

"Kid too." I chuckled and went into the kitchen grabbing a sandwich I had made for lunch tomorrow at the school and started eating it when I came back into the living room. "So wanna go find that place yet or go fill out the paperwork to adopt Noire first?"

"You can choose Stein."

"Let's go adopt first so that way we don't screw up and they say we can't after we get the place."

"That is a great idea! Wait....does this mean we will live together and be her fathers....would we sleep in the same bed as well? Are we going to get married?" I paled.

"Um.... you would still have your old house as well so we would be living together but have our escapes....yeah we would be her fathers....only if you want to sleep with me and maybe later who knows."

"So in other words since I proposed this deal I will also be proposing to you as well, got it."

"Uuuuh later right?"

"Yeah! Im gonna sleep with you."

"Ok then. Lets go before it gets weird."

"It already got weird." Spirit skipped away outside. I followed him out there and locked my lab up and got into his car. Spirit drove us off to the court building. "This is where we go right?"

"I guess? They have her file here so yeah...." I got out and twisted my screw smirking.

"Then let's go adopt her!" Spirit walked into the building pulling me inside with him. This is weird a little....

"Alright calm down. I think you will do better with Noire than Maka anyways especially since how you lost custody over Maka completely." I laughed at his excitement.

"I hope this works out well and my history don't effect the adoption."

"My history cancels out yours. I haven't done anything terrible." I sighed.

"Except try to dissect everyone you see."

"That wouldn't be on my file." I walked up to the receptionist. "Hey this is where you come to adopt people right?"

"Depending on who your trying to adopt. Will you need to go to court for it?"

"Nah, her parents are dead and the next thing for her is a fight between who's been watching her and her step dad but neither have custody over her yet."

"So who is the girl?"

"Noire Aldaine."

"THE NOIRE! THE ONE LORD DEATH PRATICALLY RAISED?!?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"You have a death wish....So I will go pull her file personally!"

"Thank you very much Monique."

"No problem! You can wait in here." I went and sat down next to Spirit.

"We do have a death wish." Spirit sat down by me and looked at me.

"What should be her new last name?"

"Does that part matter right now? Let's let her pick."

"Ok." He smiled and looked around.

"Well....Monique is getting her file right now."

"Do you think we will be able to adopt her today?"

"Yes. All it is filling out paperwork that will be signed by a judge then we have her completely to ourselves." He nodded and smiled at me.

"I cant believe I will have a daughter with you by the end of the day!"

"Me neither." I pulled him closer to me.

"Your excited to right?"

"Yeah." I said softly. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"I wouldn't know why!" He smiled and laid his head on my shoulder.

"I don't know why I wouldn't be too." Monique came back and sat down by me and opened up the file in her hands.

"So, it looks like she can be adopted today. There is no reason why you boys cant."

"See. I told you your history would be canceled out by mine." I smiled at Spirit.

"There is only two problems."

"Oh dear. What are they?" I looked back over at Monique. "We'll try to fix them if we can."

"First major problem is that a lab is not suitable for a child and neither is a one bedroom apartment."

"Oh we are fixing that one after we leave here. We wanted to make sure we could do this before we went and bought a three bedroom house."

"Ok, that is understood. Next biggest problem is a two stepper."

"Ok?" My heart started beating faster. Why hasn't she just told us yet?!? Why is she dragging the second one out?!?

"You both have to tell Noire and Lord Death, along with her step dad that you are officially her fathers. Then you have to get Noire's contract ripped up."

"Spirit you know where Lord Death had you put it right?"

"Of course! I put it in his study. We can rip it up while we go to get Noire."

"It was a contract between her mom and Lord Death anyways so it's already broken because she died. It's invalid now, so go ahead and get rid of it for us when we get to the manor to take her."

"Yes that is why I said it. It is supposed to cheer you two up!"

"It did!" Spirit chuckled.

"So let's go sign some papers."

"Alright!" I smiled cheerfully at Monique.

"Come with me boys." She got to her feet.

Spirit's p.o.v

She got to her feet and I did as well pulling Stein to his as well.  We followed her to a office and sat down in the two chairs in front of a desk and she sat behind it pulling out papers from in Noire's file. "I need you both to sign these papers confirming your Noire's parents now and then if something was to happen to you both we need to have someone she can live with until she is eighteen."

"Alright then. I think Lord Death would take her as soon as something happened to us anyways even if we said someone else. Might as well put him down." Stein said.

"Yeah, I agree on Lord Death. Unless he is the one that killed us then HELL NO."

"IN THAT CASE SHE WOULD GO TO NATALIE." Stein smirked.

"Ok, I will have that written down and you two sign the papers." She started to write it down. "You two get that paper signed, ok?"

"Ok." I handed the papers to Stein to sign first. Stein read over everything closely and smirked.

"Hey lookie here Spirit. It says that we get absolute full custody over her." He laughed.

"Is not that what is all about adopting?" I tilted my head and then looked at the lady.

"Yes, I just really like that sentence on this paper." Stein said.

"AWESOME!" I high fived Stein and smirked. "Noire is going to love us."

"Yes she will! Here let me highlight this sentence." Stein pulled out a highlighter and highlighted the sentence he pointed out.

"We will definitely show this to the death twins." I took a picture of it and sent it to Fade's phone. I laughed and looked at Stein. "Are you ready to sign the papers?"

"Yeah there aren't any loopholes that Lord Death or Nick can find to take her back from us." I nodded and got a pen handing it to him. "Alrighty." Stein signed the papers and then passed them to me. I looked them over in one glance then signed my name as well and handed it over to Monique. She gladly took them then  handed the paper she had just wrote on saying who Noire will go to in the event of our deaths. I handed them to Stein and watched him. After 10 minutes of checking the paper, he signed it and passed it to me.

"You took forever." I chuckled and signed my name right by his and handed it to the lady.

"You two are now her official parents. There is one more thing I want to talk to you about before we make copies of the papers and then I let you leave.

"What is it?"

"Now that you have custody of her and everyone wants her, I want to talk about making wills."

"Oh? I don't think they can kill me that easily. Black Star the assassin wouldn't be able to even if he was finally quiet on the job." Stein laughed. "I already have a will, buuuuuut change the person who gets my lab to Noire ok?"

"Yes sir, and you Spirit?"

"What is a will?" I tilted my head and she facepalmed.

"Nevermind." She grumbled and got to her feet going over to her copy machine and made a few copies then handed us one each.

"Hey Monique. Please scan them in and put them on each of our files on the computers so that way if an 'accident' occurs like the papers get destroyed there is still evidence she is ours."

"Yes sir, I am going to put it in many places so it is impossible to get rid of them." She laughed.

"Thank you very much. Spirit, a will is a piece of paper that says who gets what that you have when you die. She basically told you you were going to die, but not me."

"Oh ok. I will give my things to Maka to let her decide what to do with them." I watched the lady write it down and I signed the paper.

"I am finished, you boys have a nice day! We will check in on you in a few days to make sure you bought a appropriate house though." She insured us. I got to my feet and shook her hand.

"Oh don't worry, we will." I told her.

"In an hour or so." Stein laughed and shook his hand. My phone buzzed. I looked at my phone seeing Fade had texted me: WHO IS THIS AND WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO STEAL MY NOIRE? I Laughed and showed it to Stein.

"Look! Fade is mad."

"Oh? This shall be interesting when we show up to take her."

"Yeah, her eyes will get so big!"

"And she'll scream bloody murder." Stein laughed. "Well bye!" Stein waved to Monique and walked out of the office with the papers.

"So are you ready to get a house and something to eat?"

"Yeah!" Stein grabbed my hand and pulled me to the car.

"Ok!" I got into the car quickly.

"Hey....I saw a cool house near DWMA if you want. It's a three bedroom and two baths. I think you might like it Spirit."

"Let's take a look." I drove us to the house as he gave me directions and the house seemed like a great family house. It was a three bedroom house, two floors. On the second floor there was two bedrooms plus a bathroom perfect for the guest bedroom and Noire's bedroom. On the first floor there was a master bedroom and bathroom. A kitchen, mudroom, living room, dining room, a fireplace room, perfect for sitting at for Christmas. The house was small but perfect for a family, like I said before. "I think we should definitely get this house, plus it is near the school." I  told Stein.  He agreed and I took him to Deathbucks café.

I called the number I seen on the door and discussed buying the house with the person on the other side and he came by the café and set down with Stein and I and handed us over papers and Stein and I wrote out checks to the guy deciding to half it together. After signing several papers we officially owned a house together and was ready to go get Noire. "Ok, let's go die- I mean lets go get Noire." Stein smiled at me.

"Ok Stienny poo!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him to the car getting a bit nervous and drove us to the Death manor.