Hello, little star

by Little_Reader

Summary:

Usually Ryushi Korogane only had contact with a lady for one night, after the exciting part was over he left quietly, this time was different though, not from his part but from the woman standing in front of him in that alley, the only part he could remember was the distinctive color blue on her hair... He wasn't expecting to see her holding a baby.

Chapter 1: Prologue

It was in September, the second day to be more precise, when the woman went through the streets looking rather normal, a young lady with a baby wasn’t weird, nobody paid attention when she entered an alley, just like she was following someone, the threatening presence appeared behind her, she turned, handing the baby to the dark figure.

“What is this?” A low voice filled the lonely alley, arms holding the baby far from his body.

“A baby” The woman’s voice answered with an obvious tone. “Is a boy, you can decide what to do with him, I wanted a girl so I’m not going to take care of him”

“I am not a babysitter, why are you giving him to me?” It wasn’t visible with the lack of light, but the man was frowning, what would an assassin do with a baby? He wasn’t even sure about what he was doing with his apprentice, and the guy was a teenager at this point.

“Because you are the father, congratulations” The woman leaved the alley, mixing with the other people walking through the city, the assassin stayed there, looking at the baby, he was so tiny… How was he supposed to take care of him? Maybe the smartest thing was to handle the baby to some orphanage. The baby moved, apparently just waking up, blue eyes with a similar shape than his stared at the darker ones, curiosity filled them, he started cooing.

“Looks like you’re trapped with me, my apologies” Without being conscious about it that was how the assassin known as The Reaper took a chance to change his life and that kid’s, just with that little look, with that thought of taking him home for the night he changed his fate.

Chapter 2: Chapter 1

Summary:

Second Reaper finally meets his new, uh, brother? Is he supposed to call him that?

When The Reaper crossed the door, his apprentice was certainly not expecting to see a baby in his arms, for personal reasons his first conclusion was that the baby was stolen, that somewhere was a couple scared as hell searching for the poor baby, the second idea was simply that the baby’s parents weren’t alive anymore.

“Did you steal a baby again?” The gray-haired teen looked at his mentor, sighing with his gaze fixed on the asleep baby.

“I didn’t steal anything” Ryushi frowned, taking off his shoes as he made his way to the bedroom, now that he was thinking about it, he needed to go out and buy some things for the kid, at least clothes and diapers.

“Then why is that with you?” Shinji followed the older man, trying to not think about the possibility that his mentor reproduced, the world wasn’t prepared for something like that, he was pretty sure his mentor would die before having offspring.

“He is my baby, of course” The usually soft smile turned into a proud and bigger one, putting the baby down and surrounding him with pillows. “His mom didn’t want him because he is a boy so I will take care of him till I decide what is better for him”

“Wait, what do you mean by ‘because he is a boy’?” Shinji wasn’t stupid, he knew sometimes people make bad decisions, sometimes they make mistakes and aren’t able to deal with the consequences, sometimes those mistakes end with bringing new lives and not everyone can take care of a baby, but what his mentor said sounded like this baby’s mother had a trouble only with the gender.

“Exactly that, his mother wanted a girl, turns out he was a boy and she just discarded him” Rage filled Shinji, he could even sense the tension on his mentor’s voice, he walked to the closet, searching for some ‘tools’. “What are you doing?” Ryushi raised an eyebrow at his apprentice actions.

“I’m giving that woman a lesson” Just as Shinji turned a hand stopped him.

“No, you won’t, I need you here to look at the baby while I look for supplies” The instructions came clear, the teen groaned but accepted, sitting on the mattress while looking at his mentor.

“Well, what’s his name? We can’t just call him ‘the baby’ forever” His eyes went back to the sleeping baby, curiosity filling him as he looked at the blue haired boy, he looked adorable, maybe he could do some research to take care of him.

“I think it was Nagisa, somewhere in that bag are the documents” The nineteen-year-old pointed to the plastic bag, a folder with some documents and clothes inside it. “Just look at him, okay? I’ll be back soon”

Shinji stayed with his gaze on the baby, watching the little hands move as if trying to hold something, he wondered if that little person would be able to know what happened, he knew that if they explained it, he would understand someday but, in that moment? Would he know that he was now with his father? That he was abandoned just for not being what a women wanted? He hoped they could take good care of the infant, a thought a little weird if he considered their line of work, but still important in his mind.

The teenager took the pillows and blankets from the bed, carefully placing them around the baby, he remembered watching someone doing that, who? He couldn’t remember but it certainly was with a baby, probably to stop him from rolling and getting hurt.

“You know, your dad can be pretty dumb sometimes, but I will help him, so you don’t get hurt… I don’t promise that he won’t get hurt, though” Shinji’s voice was soft, he never thought he would be happy with having babies close, actually he thought he would be pretty uncomfortable, but looking at his- Could he call him brother? Probably not, this was his mentor’s son, his mentor wasn’t his father, for fuck’s sake, he almost thought about betraying him. He stayed there, just talking nonsense with the baby until the door opened again and his mentor searched him.

“So, figured how to change a diaper, old man?” Shinji asked, approaching the older guy to help him carry the supplies to the table, they definitely should look for some books if they were taking care of a little human being.

“I’m not that old, I’m only nineteen” Ryushi rolled his eyes, sighing as he organized everything, putting together the supplies meant for cleaning the baby and aside the ones to feed him. “And it can’t be that hard to change a diaper, if we can clean blood, I’m pretty sure we can clean shit”

“Did you decide what are we going to do with him? Are we going to leave him at some door and pray for him to have a good life or are we keeping him?” The teenager asked, maybe his words were harsh, but he was getting attached to the kid.

“I didn’t think you would be that worried for a baby not related to you” One of his eyebrows went up, surprised by the interest but relieved, after all he was now thinking about changing a little his path to be able to look after his son, thinking about it made it weird, he never thought he would be able to actually have a kid of his own, a kid who he shared blood with. “Anyway, I think we’re going to keep him, but we need to make a plan because we shouldn’t get him into a bloody world… He’s too little and unconscious to just drag him into this… And we will need papers to get him into school.”

“I just- The baby doesn’t have the blame for your strange encounters with God-Knows-Who” Shinji crossed his arms over his chest, he wasn’t that bland, he just didn’t think that a little baby should be left that easily. “So, are we going to use fake? Wait- Are you going to search for another job? Or you will train him to enter this profession too?”

The older assassin looked confused, thoughtful, that was a good question, and then everything went clear, maybe it could sound a little hypocritical, but he couldn’t see himself training a baby from their very first steps into becoming an assassin.

“I’m going to quit, at least for the way I’m doing it… I just- I understand if you think I’m in the wrong or being hypocritical but even you had a choice, just leading a baby into this path without letting him know the light is… Unfair” Ryushi’s words came soft, slow, convinced, Shinji couldn’t remember seeing glow in his mentor’s eyes, but just by looking at the baby that glow appeared, maybe that could be great for both of them.

“I think it makes sense, as you said, when you took me, I had the chance to decide, this kid deserves the same opportunity” Shinji shrugged, knowing that he would end protecting that kid… Would it be weird if he called him brother already?

 

Now, Ryushi was pretty conscious about his multiples, uhm, unlivings, that wasn’t exactly the part that made him nervous, he wasn’t exactly sure about why he felt so uneasy, seriously, he had done much worse than trying to get a job, was it for the reason behind? Maybe, it would make a lot of sense, in any case he needed to do it as soon as possible, after all, the kid needed to be able to receive medical attention without risking ending in some orphanage because he went straight into avoiding the possibility of having a good deal just for the sake of his panic. He took a deep breath and knocked the door, what was he going to say again? Oh, right, offer a deal, the government had no connection with assassins, and he was one, he also knew tactics and more people that would come to use sooner or later for them, he just needed to explain that part and offer to work for them… That if they didn’t capture him and put him in jail before he’s able to open his mouth, dammit, how is he supposed to start? Maybe he should just come another day, yes, no one seemed to be at home right now, sure, he’ll come back la- And the door opened.

“Good morning, sir, is there something you need? Are you conscious this is a government facility?” The woman in front of him asked, eyes fixed on him, even with the nice tone he felt like this woman was looking through his soul.

“I know, that is why I am here, can I talk to like the big boss in here?” His tone and face didn’t show how much panic he was feeling now, he could feel his hands start to get sweaty, why in the freaking hell would he, the top 1 assassin be this nervous? Oh, right, because there was a fucking baby at home that he needed to take care of, would it be too late to just drop the kid at some- Yes, Shinji would definitely kill him if he did that, with a sigh he paid attention to the lady and made his best to remember every single instruction he could get.

Notes:

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO LET ME START SAYING I DID MAKE THE WARNING.
Anyways, I survived the semester, I'm so sorry for taking longer than a month to finish this and that this is so short, I hope is not too badly written and that there was something to enjoy from this, thanks for reading <3

Chapter 3: Chapter 2

Summary:

We're coming to the Ministry of defense to keep our lovely Ryushi on check.

Notes:

Okay, look, I know, it's been a really long time, I'm not even sure anyone is still reading this but here's another chapter, I won't make any promises about updating tho, I may as well stop updating for another 2 years before coming back, sorry.
Kinda funny to discover the curse does happen sometimes, was on my way back from a diagnosis assessment when my mom got in a car accident (she's recovering), failed a subject at school and got harrassed by a teacher, but hey, I'm back xd

He wasn’t sure to who was he supposed to thank, but he definitely did, it was actually a great deal, being able to still be with his son, jeez, that’s something he never thought would even cross his mind, but now he had a son and apparently would be able to rise him, he even got a legal job, which was weird considering what he used to do, almost a miracle that all they asked was for him to be watched by one of their newbies, they said the agent that was taking the job was the best of his class. A sigh left his lips, opening the door to find Shinji with Nagisa on his chest, both asleep with the T.V still playing cartoons, he could get used to this image, it was definitely better than finding blood on the carpet, way easier to clean too. He took a blanket, covering both kids with it before cleaning, the agent was supposed to pay a visit during the afternoon, and he refused to be one of those parents who had a big mess in the house and just blamed the baby, he wasn’t perfect but for fuck’s sake he still had time to clean in- Was he or the house smelled like shit? Slowly he turned to the blue haired baby, who was starting to move on his brother’s (was he thinking about Shinji as a son now?) chest, his little face scrunching as if close to tears, he walked to the sofa, picking carefully Nagisa on his arms, almost throwing up when he checked the diaper, yup, there was no doubt, the kid was dirty, and Shinji was asleep, ah, the wonders of parenthood, well, if he could clean blood he definitely could clean poop, right?

He couldn’t, well, he cleaned the baby, the thing is he ended with the suit all wet and it wasn’t water, on the brightside, he apparently made a good entertaintment source for his son, if the giggles were anything to go by.

“Glad you find it funny; this was my best suit and now I’m going to see the agent on a T-shirt” Ryushi crossed his arms, eyes still looking at the baby. “I’ll also let you know that this is the most gross thing I have ever spilled on a suit, and that’s coming from me.”

The baby babbled something, clapping a couple of times, his tiny legs moving before he stretched his arms in Ryushi’s direction.

“Okay, I’ll pick you up, but I haven’t forgiven you for peeing on my suit” Ryushi laughed, picking the baby up and walking with him towards the bedroom, he put Nagisa on the bed and went to search and change into a shirt that looked like the top of a suit (yes, he had one).

Not long after he took Nagisa outside the doorbell rang, still with the baby in arms he walked to open the door, now looking at a young, and probably kind of annoyed, guy that was most likely the government agent in charge of watching him. Maybe messing a little wouldn’t hurt if he kept the jokes ‘innocent’. So, in his most annoying tone he talked.

“Heeeey, are you the pizza guy? You look kind of formal for that, got a date after work or something?” With a grin he leaned on the door.

“Ryushi Korogane?” Ryushi could see the guy’s eye twitching, probably already annoyed, he tried to hide a laugh.

“Yes sir, I ordered it with extra cheese” His grin grew wider when the twitching became more constant and evident, it would be fun having this guy close.

“I’m not a ‘pizza guy’, I’m here to watch you” The agent’s voice didn’t falter, but everything in his body language told Ryushi he didn’t find the work funny, even in the slightiest. Nagisa babbled a little bit while watching Karasuma, moving a little his hands, Ryushi had to control his expression, trying not to show the surprise he felt for a moment when he looked at Karasuma’s face go soft, yeah, he should’ve expected that, his hands may be covered in blood from years working as an assassin, but his baby was still free of guilt, not even conscious about what his father used to do for living.

“In that case, I suppose you want to come in” The ex-assassin smiled again, moving a little and opening more the door for the agent to come in. “So, what’s the plan, sir? Are you babysitting me every day?”

Karasuma’s eyebrow arched; he really was supposed to deal with this guy daily?

“If you want to call it that, as if you were the baby, sure, I’ll be here at 7am and leave at 10 pm, today we will go to the ministry again, we need to place a tracker in you for security reasons.” Ryushi expected that, of course it wouldn’t be as magical, he was an assassin, trusting that he would keep out of jobs when the agent wasn’t there would be dumb, yeah, this made sense.

“Fine, I suppose it would be better for him to stay home, right?” He looked at Nagisa, smiling softly at him playing with his little hands.

“Yes, that would be the best, if you don’t have anyone you can leave him with the agency while you search for a suitable person or allow the agency to search for someone.” With a nod, Ryushi walked towards Shinji, shaking him up, swallowing a laugh with the still sleepy look in the teen’s face.

“I need you to look after Gisa for a couple of hours, I have to go to the ministry.” As much as the teenager liked to pretend he always had the guard up, at the end of the day he was still a growing teenager who needed sleep, so yes, Ryushi entertained himself by watching the teen slowly regain control over his limbs and try to move with a little bit more grace before actually being able to hold the baby in his arms, Nagisa babbled happily, pulling softly his pseudo brother’s hair.

“Fine old man, but be back soon, this guy turns really quick from a cute ball to a stinky one and I don’t particularly enjoy having to smell that.” Shinji scrunched his nose, looking at his mentor with a somewhat intimidating face (hard to achieve while holding a baby and allowing him to play with your hair, kind of reminded Ryushi of an angry cat).

“I’m pretty sure some poo won’t kill you” Ryushi said, a mischievous grin slowly taking over his features, “Just be careful not to mix it with chocolate.” And with that comment, the former god of death turned to face a clearly done with him Karasuma, “Shall we go?”

 

Arriving at the Ministry Of Defense again was certainly less interesting than the last time, at least last time he got some surprised looks and even some whispers wondering if he was actually the God of Death, now they merely lifted their gazes from their work before going back to it, Ryushi felt tempted to do something to ruin the silence that filled the room but decided against it, instead he convinced himself that this would be over soon, maybe on his way back he could buy some more clothes and toys for Nagisa, Shinji could use a couple more shirts and pants.

He had been expecting something like in The Hunger Games movies, with an agent coming at him with an obnoxiously big needle, piercing his arm and placing the tracker in there, or one of those big bracelets that they put in the ankle and stop you from being able to take a bath because you’re not supposed to get water on them, instead they put him to sleep and, when he woke up, there wasn’t even a sign for where the tracker could be, they had a right to be wary, that way it would be hard for him to manage to escape (not that he was planning to anyway, he was still finding himself surprised by thinking he had something worthy of this).

With Karasuma on his left, he went back home, as planned, he took his time to enter a clothes store, carefully picking comfy clothes for his baby, he was looking over a bear onesie when Karasuma spoke.

“It is surprising the effects a baby can have over someone, I have to admit it is unexpected for a hard to find assassin to finally stop for a baby, forgive my intrusion but, are you sure about this choice?” Karasuma’s face remained still, but for the trained eye, the wariness could be seen, and Ryushi couldn’t blame him, in the end, Nagisa’s life was definetly more important than anything else (and he found himself also thinking about Shinji’s), and the word of an ex-assassin wasn´t exactly trustful.

With a sigh, Ryushi finally answered, the onesie making its way into the shopping cart. “I know it’s hard to believe, I surprised myself, but he deserves a choice, he is still too small to be dragged into my lifestyle and I’m not sure I’d want anyone else to raise him if I am alive and know about him.”

“In that case, I’ll make sure that kid is safe, as long as you keep your part I won’t interfere! Karasuma nodded, following him throughout the store until Ryushi finally decided he had enough clothes. The way back was less tense, and he caught the agent’s lip twitching up when, just after opening his home’s door, they found Shinji singing along The Little Mermaid to keep Nagisa happy.

Notes:

Yes, I know, kinda short, I'll try to make them longer in the future

Chapter 4: Chapter 3

Summary:

Nagisa's first Halloween

Notes:

Of course this would get an update after I talked myself into writing for Flufftober, there was no way I was going to sit and write 31 prompts and just leave this abandoned so, here it is a short update.

The first Halloween ever of the little one, Nagisa was 3 months old and, even though he would most likely not remember anything from that age, Ryushi wanted some pictures, something he could put in an album, something he could show everyone in the future, hopefully, his boy would be able to make good friends, friends that could come and see how he was when little. The kid deserved a good experience, a good childhood from the beginning, and wearing costumes on Halloween was part of it, so here he was, trying to decide between a pumpkin and a cat onesie, they all looked adorable, and Nagisa would look super cute in those, they even had a little Beetlejuice suit! Maybe when the kid was older.

He added both to the cart; why not? He sometimes changed Nagisa more than once a day, and both costumes could be useful. He would also have more baby photos of him. He was debating if he could already buy the Ghostbusters one when Shinji found him.

“If you buy another costume, I swear I’m taking the laptop away,” the teen stated grumpily while sitting down, taking the TV remote to search for some superhero movie. This is kind of ironic if you ask Ryushi.

“C’mon, I haven’t bought that many, they’re just two” Ryushi rolled his eyes, still going through the process of buying the little suits, looking over the ones from The Nightmare Before Christmas, maybe for when Nagisa was older.

“No, but I know you. Poor Gisa is going to end up with more costumes than clothes,” Shinji rolled his eyes, deciding to watch Batman.

“No, he’s not” Ryushi answered, refusing to acknowledge how true those words could be, instead he decided to order only the pumpkin and cat onesies and close the page, pretending to be going through parent books instead of little costumes, could anyone blame him? His baby was adorable, and the costumes were too, Nagisa deserved to have good memories and photos.

“Don’t be dramatic, I’m only preventing the poor lil’ dude from having nothing else to wear” Shinji laughed.

“Well, Nagisa doesn’t need more costumes, but you do” Ryushi stated, ready to drag his apprentice into buying some, Shinji tried to refuse, but they knew that the teen was actually excited over the thought of indulging a little bit on this.

They ended up spending the rest of the day picking clothes and playing with the options, in the end, they decided on the simplest option: Vampires.

On the 31st they got ready early, eager for the rare normalcy and domestic feeling they had; it was something so different from what they were used to that everything felt shocking. They helped each other put their fangs on, not that they actually needed help, but they were already playing family so, why not? They could enjoy this kind of moment.

As usual, they tried to avoid being the one to change Nagisa’s diaper, although once that part was out of the way, Ryushi ran excitedly to dress his baby in his first-ever costume for his first-ever Halloween, who would’ve thought that the best assassin would be so excited about something so adorable?

His little pumpkin spent the whole morning in that outfit, once he got dirty, he got the chance to try his cat onesie, Ryushi had already taken a lot of photos with the first one, but he also needed some with this new one.

They spent the afternoon watching cartoon Halloween specials, all cuddled on the couch with Shinji trying to pretend, and failing, that he wasn’t almost melting under his baby brother, Ryushi took photos of them, almost falling asleep in the middle of a Barney special.

By the end of the night, they put Nagisa in his last outfit, a cute purple, orange, and black onesie with “My first Halloween” written in white cursive letters on it, they held the baby between them and smiled widely at the camera. They still had a lot of holidays in front of them, ready to let them have and give what they didn’t know before, the warmth of a family.

Notes:

So... First I'll apologize because I'll certainly not be updating this constantly because I have school and even though every crisis caused by it is a chapter I first have to finish the schoolwork, secondly... I hope the idea isn't too weird, I thought about it when I was still on vacation and I really wanted to write it so, please enjoy!