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Long chapter!

Word count: 4,107

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The moment you saw Tooru was a beautiful one as mixture of emotions stirred its way to your eyes once Tetsu's expression was no longer facing you anymore and all you could hear is the loud, relieved cry singing from his lips. And without hesitation, the man didn't wait two seconds to hold his boy in his arms and scooped him off from his seat, caressing his head gently and bringing him close to his heart. It was like his wish came true the minute he spoke about it.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Tetsu screamed in between sobs. "I love you, Daddy!" The desperation in his voice sounded familiar to you of a time he cried just for you after getting bullied. But this cry was out of relief - out of joy that he couldn't contain himself. It was the best birthday present he could ever received besides spending a whole day with you.

"It's okay, it's okay," he whispered in his ear as the scream is muffled against his shirt, quickly being stained by the endless tears and snot dripping on his cashmere sweater.

A minute later, while attempting to comfort his child in his arms, his doe-like brown eyes met your startled ones as a smile stretched on his lips. Something in those eyes were giving a sense of hope and gratitude, and your heart began to beat slower by the way he was staring at you.

"Tooru... how are you back?" Your frame quickly gotten up to greet your man. "What about work?"

A chuckled stifled under his breath and he stated shortly, "Yeah, screw them."

Your brow raised in question but also in surprise. You always thought he was very self-driven when it comes to his job, mostly to provide for Tetsu yet here he is, not giving a damn about it. "Well, how about the money? You said-"

"I thought about it while packing up last night," Tooru started before you can get the chance to interrogate him, an answer he already conjured up once he's being questioned by you. So, he put Tetsu down after giving his consolation, holding his hand while the boy dug his head deep against Tooru's calf. "I'm willing to sacrifice that chance of living in comfort just to be with my kid, with you."

Then his hand touched at the small part of your waist and brought you closer to him. The obvious need in his eyes shown that he wanted to kiss you so desperately by wondering down at the shape of your lips. Tooru's brows furrowed as you found sadness in them.

"How can I even leave like that? No money or job opportunity is better than being with my family," he muttered with a trace of your jaw and you instantly fell into his smooth talk, "because, this, this is forever and I'm willing to work twice as hard to make it work. So thank you. For holding it up for me."

A lump caught in your throat after he spurred a bunch of sweet nothings but those nothings only meant something to you. He sounded so sincere like a prince out of a story book. He just know how to say the right words for you to instantly fall for him. Whether you should be ecstatic about the fact that he's willing to commit to you, or that he called you family, his family - you couldn't choose.

"Is Daddy staying with us?" The small boy questioned which brought the setter's attention. Finally, his cries came to a stop but his eyes were still reflected in tears, cheeks swollen red, and nose covered in slime.

What a poor fellow, having such a rough day.

Tooru only ruffled his son's hair after cleaning up the sad mess on his face with a pocket tissue from the back of his pocket. With a mocking rub under his puffy, round eyes, the older Oikawa smirked with surety and gripped his small hand tighter.

"For as long as you want me to."

It would be a joke to say that Tetsu is overjoyed, because he is more than just that. When being told pretty words by the Oikawa Tooru, anybody will be transfixed and that included his own child. It was like Heaven granted him to say the words he needed to hear to make chaos disappear. You envy such quality.

"Are we going to ride the roller coasters now?" pestered Tetsu with the same excitement when he first mentioned it to you flickered on his profile.

You watched when Tooru flew his gaze back at you as if he was waiting for you to reply to him, wanting you to take on your role as the other parent. Once you approached Tetsu's other side, you motioned your head to lead them where the awaiting attraction is. But before that, with a knee on the cold concrete, you placed the cheap piece of plastic back onto Tetsu's head as the painted gold mirrored your distorted image off from it.

"Just make sure to take that off once we get on," you told him sweetly and then stood on your feet, giving him your offering hand.

A delighted gasp seeped from his lips when he looked at the gesture. He allowed you to hold his star wand in your other hand while his brown gems ignited with love and he quickly hooked his fingers over your open palm - a new kind of happiness emitted from his face. He looked complete.

Tooru gazed at the two of you and your gentle depiction very solemnly, eyes narrowing so tenderly by the overall of you three beginning to walk on the pavement with swinging arms. The air was filled with Tetsu's gleeful laughs when being pulled up by you and Tooru's strength like a baby orangutan, causing the small Oikawa to make big leaps across the park.

Just when the three of you reached at the destination, Tetsu was picked up by his dad while waiting in line, throwing the boy's legs over his shoulders so he doesn't have to stand. His head is way taller than your form, staring down as he held onto his dad's head for safety measures.

Fascinated by the appearance, Tooru really does take the part of a parent. This is a new side you haven't seen when being out in public with them.

The crown on Tetsu's head swept off his head when being ducked under a beam when Tooru waltzed through the entrance, still following in line. You were about to retreat it but another hand grabbed at it before you can.

"He dropped this," a blond woman approached to the athlete with his son still on his head.

Tooru turned with surprised eyes, then took it off her hands to hand it to him. "Oh, thank you! Tetsu, you dropped it."

You thought she was going to leave by then, but for some reason she stayed. Is this fucking deja vu?

"That's a cute button he has. Did you make it by chance?" the girl started while peering at Tetsu's shirt with the pin that you made for him.

Her friends behind her chattered among themselves while staring at the tall volleyball player with a few smiles and laughs. Your mouth gaped at her sneaky boldness. Clearly, she's trying to strike a conversation with your boyfriend and perhaps, ignoring you.

You were about take initiative on her but Tooru's next words gave you a scare, loud and clear for everybody to eavesdrop around his personal bubble.

"No, my wife made it."

Suddenly, you stopped inhaling air for a brief moment when his hand reached behind your jacket to pull your back against his chest, presenting your shocked form to the lady in front of him. A stern smile ghosted over his lips when his already smiling eyes peered down at you.

"Isn't that right, sweetie?"

You could tell he wanted you to play along and you knew he was spewing out nonsense to make the woman go away. Luckily for you, Tooru isn't an idiot when women try to hit on him. He can scope out the little misbehaviors like a sniper and he isn't afraid to steer them away.

So you followed along and nodded, making the girl in shock at his pet name for you.

"Ah, it's a cute pin on him," she gave her compliments to you quickly and you gave another awkward nod before she attended back to her group of friends standing a few feet from you.The slight humiliation feasted on them.

Once you averted your eyes back at Tooru above you, his lips mouthed a quiet 'sorry' to your way but you shook your head, not minding the situation happening. But Tetsu overheard the conversation as he lowered his head to get into his father's peripherals.

"What's a wife, Daddy?" he blinked innocently and you can sense Tooru's body tensed at the question.

"Er-... A wife is...," then he looked back at you. "What is a wife, [Name]?"

You have no idea how the conversation switched to you now that Tetsu's pair of eyes fixated on you with wonder. It was such a simple and easy question to answer, but whenever it is asked by a toddler, you get choked up.

"A wife is...," you repeated with a similar unsure tone, "... someone who marries a man, and that man is called a husband."

"What do you mean 'marry'? What's that?"

Sheesh... He's a curious kid but it's no surprise that he doesn't know.

Your lips squiggled a tight line, making sure you're reciting the dictionary definition correctly to give him the proper answer. "Well, 'to marry' is to mean 'to become family'. That's what a marriage is, when two people stay together forever."

"Then, that means I can marry [Name], right? So we can stay together!" His innocent mind and genuine proposal brought laughter to you. You weren't sure if you wanted to tell him how it's supposed to be done but you left that to his imagination.

Together forever with Tetsu. There's one way to do that.

The day didn't stop at rollercoasters, of course. With a few stops at a couple of other kiddy rides for Tetsu to enjoy, Tooru suddenly pulled you and Tetsu into a cramped space that is a photo booth. The wide screen welcomed you and the two Oikawas when the camera sensed movement in front its lenses.

"What is it?" Tetsu peeked his head with only the top part of his hair is seen on the screen.

You assisted him by hooking your hands underneath his arms and placed him on your lap so his face is shown entirely within the frame.

He blinked, "It's a picture!"

"Smile, Tetsu," you instructed after Tooru was done inputting the setting and pressed the 'start' button without warning due to his eagerness.

Once the countdown started at the number three, all three of you made a simple pose at the first flash and you noticed both Tooru and Tetsu did the peace sign together in that quick second.

The second take is a classic silly look. Tooru stuck his tongue out wildly with his two fingers spread out at his chin. Tetsu hooked at the edge of his mouth and crossed his eyes while you were in the midst of slapping the setter out of his inappropriate pose. What's even better is the camera caught you smacking behind his head, making his eyes push out of his sockets.

The third picture, it seemed like Tetsu is the only one who properly made a face with a wide grin to the screen, taking most of the space while you and Tooru had a dispute in the background but it was mainly him apologizing with a nervous smile and hands clapped together.

The fourth take is the last one as Tetsu jumped on his dad's lap to be raised up on against his shoulder. Your silly argument with him faltered once you saw the dear child in your view and began to tickle his belly with a grin. Both of the Oikawa boys laughed when the picture is taken as a candid shot captured the amusing moment.

"You hit me head too hard there, [Name]," pouted Tooru while scanning at the second photo down the column with disapproving eyes. "I don't look so handsome there..."

A hiss came out of you, "You deserved it though."

He printed three so everyone gets a share of the film and Tetsu couldn't stop gleaming at the faces his daddy expressed without knowing the reason behind it. You were just happy enough that your slap ruined his pose.

"Ice cream, now! Ice cream!" The boy demanded and pulled your hand to a nearby cart serving soft serves in a cone.

Tooru simply followed and watched you purchase his selective flavor with the cashier before Tetsu is handed a chocolate and vanilla swirl - kid sized if you may add. He was having too much sweet today than he should and plus he has a cake waiting for him at your place, so you announced it to him that he should save room for the grand final.

"Tetsu," the mature Oikawa called from a seat away from you with his child on your lap feasting on the cold dessert. "Look over here~!"

You noticed a phone raised in his hand once he caught you and Tetsu's attention on his camera. His thumb tapped at a decent pace to snap the perfect picture of you and his smaller self smiling and eating ice cream together. Soon, Tooru joined by reverting the camera to selfie-mode and inserted himself at the other side of the screen with Tetsu in between you two.

"Excuse me," a couple walked past and witnessed Tooru's extended arm with his phone. "Would you guys want a picture together?"

The man smiled, "Oh, yes! That would be nice."

After taking a few rounds of photos, the couple reluctantly gave Tooru back his phone and then walked off. But you can make out a faint statement from their conversation before leaving.

"They're a cute family."

Not only you who heard it, but the brunette caught that last phrase, telling by the slow smirk raise on his lips and his stare at his most recent photo album. Pride oozed from his face as he threw an arm behind your chair to inch you closer with his head almost touching yours.

That statement alone made you want to cuddle up with him and leaned yourself against his slouched body. Nothing but happiness filled your head and soul, and you never have thought that a sentence would sound so heavenly in your ears.

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Night fell sooner than you think. The cold breeze gusted through your frame when you exited the amusement with Tooru carrying a snoozing Tetsu on his back. A long day filled with escalating emotions and assertive energy would exhaust any child. He knocked out as soon as evening came.

You helped Oikawa to buckle up his boy in the backseat of his jeep without disturbing his nap. Quietly taking off the crown off his head, you set it to the side of the seat so it doesn't shield his face while driving. Tooru close the door as quietly as possible and then opened up the passenger door for you to swing yourself in the leather seat.

He stayed and fastened the seatbelt across your chest as his upper body leaned over to let the buckle latched with a click. Tooru's face was near yours when he turned his head to look you straight in the eyes. You thought a kiss would happen at that moment but a smirk tweaked at the corner of his lip and pulled back to shut your door.

The engine started once he inserted his key in the ignition and drove out of the parking lot of the event, the low sounds of H.E.R and Daniel Caesar's Best Part song softly played in the background while Tooru slipped his boney hand over your thigh. The light squeeze of his fingers made your mind tumble down and muscle unwinding itself, finally consumed by the peaceful sounds of outside zooming pass the car and the sweet music. Your hands wrapped themselves around Tooru's arm that gripped your leg, stroking it up and down in slow motion, and leaned your body leaned over the console to rest your head against his stiff shoulder.

At every stop light, he would lay his head on top of yours and maybe peck a kiss at your hair.

Only for a brief second, you had a few minutes to close your eyes from your early start of the day until you felt the car shift into the driveway of your home and the music stopped, disrupting your moment of rest as well as Tetsu's. He began to stir tiredly in his seat before rubbing the dryness from his eyes.

"Are we blowing the cake now?" He said so groggily while aiming his sleepy face at the window to find Tooru opening up his door to release him in his seat.

His dad laughed and held him against his chest, "We have to get inside first, Tetsu. Then you can blow out your candles."

With his frantic might, Tooru also attempted to open your door while Tetsu in his arms. You chuckled at him for being chivalrous and also being a father at the same time.

"I can get him," you obliged to switch positions with him and lifted Tetsu against your hip. The other Oikawa hurried to get bags of toys that he mindlessly won and bought at the amusement park for Tetsu's possessions. He can already picture another crate of toys at his penthouse.

Once they've entered, you let Tetsu down since he kept squirming in your limbs out of bolted excitement again to show Tooru the extravagant arrangement you've done for him this morning. He was even intrigued at the decoration.

"This wasn't here before," the man pointed while staring at the countless half-deflated balloons on the floor.

"[Name] made it for me!" Tetsu replied. His energy restored from his short nap.

"Alright, alright. Do you want to sit in your chair, Tetsu?" You came into the living room with the box of homemade cake in your hands and Tetsu didn't hesitate to scramble himself on the cushioned chair with hands patting on the dark wood surface.

Flashing him his cake, you began to poke the single number five in the middle of the creamy sponge, sinking far enough until it stand alone and you lit a match to spark a flame at the white tip of the candle. In seconds, Tooru turned off the lights so it was just him and the dimly lit candle in the middle of darkness.

Daddy Oikawa filmed the singing portion until Tetsu made a pause with close eyes, and then blowing a puff of air to distinguish the blame of flame. A trail of a skinny gray smoke followed after you and Tooru clapped for Tetsu in congrats.

"So what did you wish for, Tetsu?" You started once the light brighten up the room again. Then you realized, "Or is it a secret?"

Tetsu contemplated on giving out his answer since his classmates reminded him if he were to tell his wishes to other, they wouldn't come true. But this wish is different than the rest, he thought, so he waved his hand for you come forward and reach for your ear.

It took an interest from Tooru who acted as if he isn't paying attention by flipping through his photo album in his phone but he is blatantly eavesdropping in your conversation with him.

The boy blushed shyly while he thought it over but encouraged himself to say it with his whole heart. Tetsu cupped his hand by his mouth to whisper it in your ear, although his voice was clear enough for his dad to hear also.

"I wish [Name] can love me, like how Daddy loves me."

If the myth about spoiling wishes is true, then he is screwed. But you doubted that it will never be true.

Your heart touched at his sincere wish. Even on his day when he can ask for whatever he wants such as money, power, and lots of toys - sort of, his mind is always about you an his dad.

You didn't make a reaction but only stared at the boy's puzzled face who is dying to hear your answer, and that included Tooru. His eyes widened at his son's wish and anticipated for you how to respond to him with heart racing.