Ran's Son~
I felt the sensation of being shaken awake by someone, but I tried to dismiss it. Being so tired I simply said something along the lines.
"Only five more minutes." I tried to curl into a ball and try to retrieve the blanket back. Yet the person was persistent, only doubling the effort to wake me up. Annoyed I opened my heavy eyelids, rubbing my eyes to be able to focus better on the person who was basically demanding my attention. I met with Mikey's confused gaze, in fact, he looked quite frightened, my instincts were to pull him into a hug.
"Michi... what happened?" As I was processing the questions in my head while stroking his back for assurance, suddenly he spewed more questions all at once.
"Why are we here, where is this? And why the hell I am only in my boxers... Who is the guy sleeping next to you? But the most important question is, why are you wearing his shirt?" My brain was overheating, caused by the lack of sleep, I probably didn't register half of the words he said. I held my head trying to make out which question to reply to first, but that's when something hit me.
"Wait... you can't recall anything from the day before?" I witnessed him shaking his head.
"Last thing I remember, is us two being at the park." So he neither remembered being turned into a toddler nor being one. A smile spread on my face, thankfully I didn't need to explain the system situation to him, just had to make some excuse on the matter. But before I could start theorizing which excuse would work the best in this case I heard Mikey gasping while asking.
"Wait... did we... with that guy?" I bet my brain was lagging like 98 Windows because I couldn't for the love of god figure out what he was implying. Thankfully this annoying guy was awake so I could turn that question to him.
"Do you know what he is on about?" Ran just smirked and was shameless enough to voice it.
"He is asking if we had a threesome." I felt myself becoming a loading screen. It felt like the two teenagers were waiting to receive an answer from me.
"Heck no!" Ran just laughed.
"So what really happened?" Mikey questioned once more, in a panic I pointed at Ran while announcing.
"It's his fault!" He didn't dismiss it just rose his brow, probably wondering what kind of excuse I wanted to pursue.
"This menace offered you a drink, and you got drunk with just one shot!" Mikey nodded his head, I could tell he wasn't believing me fully.
"But why bring me here?" Good question, what else could I come up with?
"Um... I didn't want Emma and Draken to kill me for letting it happen, so I threatened this guy to let us stay at his place instead." Ran just nodded, it seemed like my story made a least some sense, and thankfully he didn't try to jeopardize my cover.
"You were calling me dad." I couldn't believe Ran did that. Mikey just looked at him wide-eyed and asked me whether he was speaking the truth. I could tell Ran wouldn't let me live if I didn't compromise with him, but hey he was called at least "Baba" by baby Mikey.
Mikey seemed to be mortified when Ran called him son, but my attention went somewhere else entirely because my phone was being blasted. Who was calling so many times?
I looked at my phone's display and noticed it was Draken of all the people. Once my trembling hand accepted the call, all I could hear from the other side was.
"Michi! Where the hell is Mikey?!"
"I mean he's not dead if that's what you're asking."
"I can assume he is still with you, why haven't you phoned Emma to tell her about it?! She's been freaking out the whole morning!"
"Oops, it slipped my mind." Then again there must have been times this guy didn't return home because of gang matters, they were simply overreacting. I handed the phone to Mikey considering I didn't feel like dealing with an angry dragon egg so early in the morning.
"I will generous enough to make you food... and then I will go back to sleep." There is no way I would be able to focus at school, instead, I was planning to catch up on sleep. Then I heard Mikey admit.
"I'm at some dude's house that is asking me to call him dad." Ran just wheezed at his bluntness.
"No no, what the hell? He's like our age, what are you on about?"
"No, she didn't drag me to some middle-aged man, what the fuck Ken-chin?" I ran and grabbed the phone from Mikey's hands.
"Stop taking Sanzu's drugs and let me live!" And I hung up.
"Seriously what is he on about so early in the morning." Mikey just laughed at my reaction while I was here fuming with anger.
So I prepared some food for Mikey and all the other residents of this house, but while eating I called my mom.
"Yeah, can you call the school and tell them I'm sick or something?" She agreed right away.
"You're not going to school? Does it mean you're going to stay here?" Ran asked as I nodded my head.
"Once I chew on some food I'm taking your bed again." I guess he decided to abandon any of his plans as well.
Once Mikey departed Ran started to talk nonsense.
"Now we are alone, do you really want to drop your guard around me?~" I rolled my eyes, and despite spewing such nonsense he was the first one to fall back asleep.
"Idiot," I mumbled while patting his head actually feeling grateful for his help yesterday.
When I woke a few hours later, the first thing that catch my attention was a mission asking me.
'Would you rather kiss Haitani Ran on the cheek or forehead?' Did it want me to give him a reward for all the help I received? I guess it was better than dealing with any punishment, considering the fact that today of all days I agreed to go on a date with Taiju, once more.
"Forehead," I muttered to myself and gave him a small peck, but he must have been awake for a while because as soon I pulled away he wrapped his hands around me.
"Sneaky, aren't you, my kitten?" I rolled my eyes.
"I just took into consideration the rewards you asked for yesterday." And tried to pry away his hands.
"I think we should have a daughter next."
"Excuse me?" What was he on about?
"We have a son, so the next one should be a daughter." Did he really just say that?
"You can plan your family with someone else in mind, now if you excuse me I will make some food." Even if I was annoyed at his ass I made enough for us both. Rindou was nowhere to be seen so I didn't consider adding him to the food equation. When Ran waltzed into the kitchen I could tell by his look he was going to talk more nonsense.
"Just be quiet." Once I ate, I changed my clothes while returning Ran's shirt back to him.
"Thanks, I don't plan to ever wash it." I looked at him like he grew three heads and left it at that. Like I'm gonna argue with crazy.
When I returned back home I changed my clothes and spend some time with mom watching some dramas with her. Once we were done she asked me what I was up to yesterday, since I didn't have time to explain it properly to her.
"I changed one of my friends into a toddler," I admitted.
"It was by mistake like the system granted me something that looked like mochi and since Mikey likes sweets he snatched it from me." But she couldn't understand why I would not return home because of this.
"Kazutora doesn't seem to like Mikey... actually I forgot to mention." And soon I let mom know what I and my brother were up to the past few days, and the reason behind it.
"I knew something was bothering Kazutora, but for something like this to happen." We agreed to join forces, she would find me therapists online and I would go seek them out to see if any of them had the abilities I pursued that could help Tora out.
"We will make a great team mom!" I announced and we shook hands on that matter.
A few hours later I was waiting for Taiju to appear, once I noticed him I went straight to the point.
"So where are we going?"
"You not even going to greet your man with a kiss?" Instead of finding him crazy for even suggesting that, I had other complaints in mind.
"And how is that supposed to be achievable? Do you want me to climb you like a tree? Do I look like a monkey to you? You do realize I won't be able to reach it even if I stand on my tip toes? Be realistic Taiju!" He stood there in shock for a minute, before he started to laugh out loud.
"Now move before I leave your ass behind." I started to proceed in one direction, but Taiju grabbed my arm while saying.
"It's this way."
"Well you're the one that planned the date, I don't know where were are going yet." Once more he guided me to an aquarium.
"Again?" I asked as he nodded his head.
"So every time you come here you will think of me."
'Would you rather inform Taiju Shiba of the bad news or kiss his hand?' I didn't want to act like a historic gentleman so I decided to inform the giant of the sad news.
"Sorry to say... but I have already been here with someone else, this place is no longer sacred. It's been tainted by another guy's memory." He didn't seem pleased to hear the news.
"You're going on dates with other guys?" He asked as I nodded my head.
"Who said you were the only one that wanted to be my boyfriend." He seemed quite enraged, so for the longest time we just walked around in silence, but then I finally said.
"That's why I told you we are not compatible." He rose his brow.
"Even the fortune teller said we are, what's your excuse this time?" He asked as I explained.
"When marrying the man of my life... or woman...I plan to carry them into our shared home bride style." I nodded my head dedicated to this goal in mind.
"But you mister... are way too big, I won't see shit! Your enormous muscles will obstruct my vision!" He just chuckled.
"Is that all?" I nodded my head.
"You may think it's silly, but it's not. It's a really important concern of mine."
"I'm not even sure your puny arms can carry me, to begin with." He responded.
"Insolence, I will get so much stronger and you will tremble in your boots before my power." He didn't take me seriously on that matter, I was going to prove him wrong. I will accept all the missions to make it happen faster. I was pumped.
Soon we walked to the shark exhibit and I was bombarded with shark facts coming from Taiju.
"You may know so many facts, but do you know what the sharks are thinking?" I asked him as he shook his head.
"I know." No, I didn't but I had an idea in mind.
"Look at this guy." Since the shark in mention had his eyesight target locked on Taiju's figure I said in a silly voice.
"He's thinking, what a marvelous snack, I just want to bite my teeth into those fine muscles." Taiju looked at me weirdly but I didn't stop, because another shark swam closer so I changed to another silly tone.
"Carl, I told you to stop trying to eat humans, you have indigestion after their consumption."
"Humans are a refined cuisine, you wouldn't understand." Taiju finished causing me to bust out laughing. Tears were streaming down my face.
"I never thought you would join in," I said being rather pleasantly surprised. But then I noticed a gentle smile spreading on his face. Did I just hallucinate?
Next, we moved to a desert shop.
"Are you two a couple?" The waiter asked, of course, Taiju had to admit to it, not wanting to waste my time correcting the staff I just let it pass.
"Today we have an offer." The offer basically was a gigantic drink with two straws, decorated specifically for couples.
"Yes, we take that," Taiju ordered not even asking for my opinion.
"Are you planning to drink it all yourself?" I questioned as he shook his head. I was planning to not touch it but the system wanted the date to sail smoothly I guess.
'Would you rather drink the beverage Taiju Shiba purchased or splash a glass of water on his face and yell that you want to break up?' Naturally, I didn't want to be an annoyance to the staff in this establishment.
"I thought you said you wouldn't drink it?" Taiju said.
"I changed my mind what are you going to do about it?" For some reason, it was hard to look him in his eyes, but I shook this weird feeling away.
Taiju was surely stretching this date way too much for my comfort, even asking me to come over to his Black Dragon headquarters, pleading with me that it was the last date so I was bound to give him more time. So after the movie he wanted to watch was over I rose from the sofa and stretched my body.
"Great, see you never." He didn't seem to be happy with my farewell, but the system had to shoot its last bullet.
'Would you rather give Taiju Shiba a goodbye kiss or share with him the information of all guys you went on dates with?' I knew I made the promise to myself to accept all the missions from now onwards, but those choices were awful.
I glanced at Taiju that was following me to the entrance to see me off, but a dumb idea sparked in my head and I had to see it thru now.
"So I figured it out," I told Taiju as he rose his brow questioning my sinister smile.
"About what?" He asked as I responded.
"The greeting kiss problem." And quickly I kicked him on the back of his knee because I took him by complete surprise he fell to his knees.
"What the fuck-" I could see veins popping on his forehead, that's when I cupped his face into my hands and landed a kiss on his lips before running away.