Just as always Malleus dropped the child of to Crowley Monday morning. That evening Riddle Rose hearts and Trey Clover walked into his office. Riddle was right on time as per usual. Always a stickler for the rules he had spent the week preparing for Yuu to join them at Heartslabyul. By the queens rules all Alice's must be dressed in blue at all times.

However it seems that not even Diasomnia's warden has read her rules. Blast it he thought. Well none the less the child would wear blue. Before they arrived at the Heartslabyul dorm.

The Headmage greeted them and gushed about how sweet the child was and how calm they were. Honestly he was acting as if sitting up and finishing projects was some great achievement. Riddles mother would have never stood for such nonsense. And whatever Riddles mother says goes. She was always right in his mind.

After all 4 degrees, three doctorates, and 3 masters did not lie. She was also an accomplished Mage. He had done his research and trusted Trey to keep an eye on the little thing. It would not do well for him to care solely for them. As the saying goes it takes a village. The child would have to learn the rules just as everyone had to.

Trey picked up the child Riddle had dubbed the Alice of Heartslabyul. For now atleast. Until that family of theirs could be found. It was not right to take a child away from their home.

"They have just been changed a short while ago. And I believe Mr. Draconia informed me that they had had a bath last night. They seem to like the book the littlest dragon the most and I have a list from Lilia stating they normally wake at 3am with some sort of need" The HeadMage stated.

Honestly this was preposterous. From all the books. He had read it stated that if the infant cried in the middle of the night to ignore it and let them cry it out. Otherwise they would for attachment issues. Riddle would correct this at once. It would not do for the child to become spoiled.

Trey gave a soft chuckle though and Yuu hit Treys shoulder repeatedly. Riddle was about reprimand the child when Trey held the little things hand.

"Now now, yuu it's not nice to hit. Do you need something?" To Riddles surprise the child smiled big and pointed. Did they actually understand what Trey asked? Trey to his credit turned and picked up a soft pink Bat. Trey wiggled the bat Infront of Yuu. They giggled and reached out for it.

Perhaps a present of a sort from the Diasomnia wardens. Riddle shook his head and Trey grabbed the bag and they walked off. At this rate they would be late to dinner. This would not do at all.

They however reached Heartslabyul on record time and they were able to meet Riddles tea time. Trey seemed to be the main caregiver. Riddle did attempt however it only ended in disaster. At one point Trey was teaching him how to burp the child when said child in question puked all over Riddles cape. The puke turned out to be acid.

Not stomach acid but actual acid. It burned a home right through the cape leaving an upset Riddle and a crying Yuu. This was turning into a disaster just as Riddle feared. The Alice did not know the first think about following the rules.

Crying was only to be allowed on wensday night after cricket! Cater thankfully took the child before Riddle could get to upset and Trey was able to calm him down after a short time. Once they figured out Yuu's tells however Trey attempted to appeal to Riddles obsessive need to have order and made rules regarding them.

Such as, When burping Yuu remember to cast protection spells on your clothing. Or Shifts will be Held at night, starting at 2:30 to watch and see if Yuu needed help.

It was asked of the Whole dorm to help out. One such person that seemed more then willing to help was one Deuce Spade. Deuce seemed to adore Yuu and Yuu them. He would take care of Yuu during dinners. Feeding them and Trey or Cater would take over the burping. Deuce after all had not progressed in classes enough to know good enough protection spells.

Yuu seemed to have fun with all those in Heartslabyul. Only having small issues when it was a certain Freshman's turn to care for them. Much like with the Flamingos they did not like to comply.

Ace Trappola was a card with no sense of confirming. He preferred to do things his own way. However when watching a baby that did not end well. Already he had set many things a blase by making Yuu cry and froze 2 corridors. Thier only peace was during the day when Crowley would watch them.

Sadly that was ended Friday night when Riddle learned that They would have the Whole weekend to care solely for Yuu. Riddle was not pleased. He had learned much while having Yuu in his care. The most important was that he would NOT like to have children of his own. His mother be damned!

Trey however seemed happy to have Yuu in his care. He and Deuce were always happy to care for them. Cater only stepping on when needed. Or if he wished for a photo of them. Riddle hopped Cater photographing the Alice would allow their family to find them. However that seems to not be the case.

There was even an incident where Ace had been watching the child and had decided to use the Face paint reserved for our Dorm only on the Alice. Such insolence. Ofcourse Trey was kind enough to wash it off. However the Face pain is rather hard to get off. It is special in a way that it would stay on the skin for a month at a time so that one would not have to reapply daily. This meant Trey had to scrub the Child's face rather roughly. Yuu retaliated by Biting Trey. Cater was laughing so hard at Trey being Gummed by the small child he took photos the whole time.

The paint did come off thankfully. It had not been on Their face long enough to set correctly. However Yuu was not happy with any of them and Made if very clear that they did not Like Ace any longer. Shooting Sparks and Ice at him whenever it was his turn to look after them.

The weekend came and Early Saturday morning. At exactly 3am Yuu had started to cry. It had been Trappola's turn to watch them and he had yet again skipped his duty. It would be OFF WITH HIS HEAD the next time Riddle found him!

Now instead it was up to Riddle to care for them. Riddle walked to the crib of the crying Alice. They truly looked so upset. He huffed, what did this thing have to cry about? They had food and attention the whole day. They were not wet, they were not hungry. What could be wrong?

Riddle picked them up and quickly Yuu stopped crying. They sniffed and reached up and touched Riddles cheek. Riddle trued hard not to pull away. It would not due to scare them after he had just gotten them to finish with the screaming.

"There now, you must desist with this wailing. You are doing yourself no good asking for such things" Riddle said. Before sighing he was speaking with an infant. They did not have the cognitive power to understand what was being said.

"Garagabla!!" Yuu said back pouting. Riddle blinked.

"Are you arguing with me" yuu nodded and wiggled their little arms. Riddle sighed

"Honestly you are not behaving. It is past 3am, the Queens rules state you must go to sleep before 10pm and wake at 6am precisely." Yuu pouted and stuck out their tongue. Riddle smirked.

"So you do understand. Good then we will be going over the Queens rules sense you can not sleep" Yuu burbled and pouted. That was NOT what they wanted. But in the end it made Riddle happy to do so. By the 567th rule Yuu was sound asleep on Riddles shoulder. Riddle smirked and set them back in their crib. It was 3:46 which means Riddle had 2 hours to get some more sleep. He laid down and sighed. Perhaps the child was not so bad.

The next day they woke up promptly. Yuu was dressed in their customary blue clothing. Today was the day of the unbirthday party. They would need to be dressed in their best for today. Riddle dressed them and feed them their bottle so when Trey came in and saw Riddle sitting and reading to them the rest of the Queens rules he was shocked

"Riddle don't you think they are a tad young to understand those?" Trey asked. Riddle however smirked.

"I think you will find they are far brighter then they let on. For instance. Yuu point to the rule about what kinds of tarts are allowed are not allowed at the party today" Trey crossed his arms and Yuu giggled and pointed to rule 562: Do not bring hazelnut tarts to an Unbirthday party. Trey felt his arms drop.

"What?" Riddle nodded and smiled at Yuu

"Very good next what animal is not allowed at Any area a festival is being held?" Yuu looked the pointed to Rule. 23: You must not bring cats into areas of festivity.

"That's... Amazing!" Riddle nodded and stood holding Yuu to his side

"It seems I underestimate their intelligence if they keep to the rules o see no reason they can not stay" Yuu giggled and patted the rose on Riddles chest. Riddle nodded

"Yes I believe so. It is time to check on the decorations" Yuu giggled. Riddle smiled down at them. This was proving to be a rather interesting Alice indeed.

Together they walked around the grounds checking on if the door mouse was properly asleep. The flamingos were ready with the hedgehogs. And last was the roses. They needed to be a Bright red otherwise the whole day would be shot.

However surprisingly they were all a beautiful red. A perfect UnBirthday Party. Riddle sat Yuu in their highchair right next to Riddle. It was customary for the Alice to sit next to the Queen during festivities.

They are and drank. Deuce was allowed to hold Yuu and take care of them. All was good until that good for nothing Ace came out and refused to serve the tea. He had gotten second during croquet and it so he was in charge of serving Riddle tea. However he had dumped the tea all over his lap. Riddle turned bright red and glared he started to yell

"OFF WITH YOUR HE-"

"Ablaga!!! Ahhhhhahaaaa" .... What had just happened? Yuu had gotten scared by the sudden commotion. Riddle felt a guilt run through him. He had made Yuu cry. Tea cups broke all along the table. The yell had caused so much distress in the Alice that they had a magical out burst. Luckily it was quickly resolved. However riddle felt terrible.

The Little Alice that had joined their deck. The Little one who had listened to him about the rules... They had broken the no crying until Wensday rule... And it was Riddles fault. He felt his heart break and turned away from the hoodlum known as Ace.

Walking up to Yuu he picked them up and rocked them. Taking a breath he turned a Glare at Ace.

"You will clean up all the party supplies as punishment. Be happy I did not have your head for this" Riddle glared before huffing and looking around. Many had surprised faces.

"Let us start the croquet tournament" Riddle stated. It was best to just move forward for now. The day went on and while things calmed down Yuu did not wish to leave Riddles arms. So it was decided after starting the game Riddle would sit out this one time.

By the end of the day Riddle sat up in his room. He had made sure no. One was playing croquet at this late hour before looking down as a slightly red-faced Yuu. He took handkerchief from his pocket and rubbed their face. Poor thing. Must have felt so scared as seeing him yell like that. He picked them up and took them to the bathroom. He had best wash them up before putting them to sleep.

The bath was rather uneventful. Yuu didn't splash as much or giggle as loud. Riddle dressed them is a rather cute blue and white footie pajamas with little card symbols on it and caught a glimpse of a book on the ground.

The littlest dragon. Hadn't the HeadMage stayed this was one of Yuu's favorite stories? Looking at the downtrodden face of the little Alice, Riddle picked up the book and sat on his bed with them. He took his time and read them a story. Something his mother never did for him.

He found himself actually enjoying the silly tale. Yuu also enjoyed it. Having gifted Riddle that little bell laugh of theirs. Riddle finished the story and looked down at Yuu curled up in their lap sound asleep... Well he was sure one night in his bed wouldn't hurt.

Making sure to place them in the middle of the bed he got up and got ready for bed. Climbing in he fell asleep with Yuu's hand wrapped around his finger. Ironic seeing as Yuu seemed to have riddle wrapped around his as well.

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The next morning Riddle stretched and felt a small ball against his side. Moving the blankets he realized, Yuu had slept through the whole night. Sound asleep at his side. He gave them a sad smile before leaving them to ready for the day.

Sunday was normally clean up day after their Tea Parties. However Ace would be the one cleaning which meant Riddle would only have to worried about Yuu and keeping everyone in line. Trey came in and helped ready Yuu for the day.

Yuu gurbled and grumbled but let them get them dressed with out to much fuss. It was then Cater came in and stated he wished to take Yuu for a short while. Before disappearing quickly. Riddle not liking the fact that he had just stolen a child under his care went after. Only to find him with Lilia doing a small Photoshoot.

Riddle stood behind and listened as Lilia stated how malleus would be happy to see that the Little one was alright. They sat putting little costumes on them. Yuu was ok until the Fifth time that they changed them. It was then that Yuu did not wished to be changed anymore and started having small out bursts.

"I think the Little one is done with us. Perhaps it is time for their name. Correct HouseWarden Rosehearts?" Cater jumped and Riddle walked out. His arms crossed.

'Yes I believe so" He stated walking over and picking up Yuu. It was a quiet walk back to the dorm. Yuu snuggled onto Riddles shoulder tiredly. Lilia was correct. It was infact Past time for their nap.

Perhaps the next dorm will not be so Chaotic.