Five Years of Halloween (MidoTaka)
Halloween is a big event for Takao, Midorima not so much.
One: Midorima was never one for dressing up or feeling the excitement of going out and begging people for candy, even as a small child. He didn’t see the point to it. Takao on the other hand loved dressing up and loved the novelty of knocking on doors and shouting TRICK OR TREAT! The omega really tried to get his alpha into the spirit of the holiday, but for the most part Midorima always just shrugged it all off and nonchalantly refused to partake in any festivities. Takao had tried every trick in the book to convince his mate from faking Oha-Asa lucky items, bribing, pouting, whatever he could think of and nothing worked. Well maybe one day he would get his alpha into the spirit.
Two: When finally they had their twins Takao saw the opportunity to try again, The Alpha was still not having it. He refused again to dress up, after all the twins were still young so it’s not like they would even remember their father putting on matching costumes with them. Takao argued they were precious memories they would never get back if he didn’t do them now. Midorima faultered. He couldn’t really deny his children memories like that could he and feel good about himself. Still, he refused the costume, but agreed to go out trick or treating with his children. (Although he did refuse the costume, Takao managed to get him to put on a headband with cat ears on it.)
Three: The twins were older now and the triplets were still very new to the world and this year the exhausted parents just did not have the energy to dress up and go out and haul five young ones with them to ask for candy. So they let the twins go with Kise and Aomine and their kids while they spent the night in tending to their daughters. Takao was disappointed this year that he didn’t get to go with his kids and Midorima saw this and truly he did feel bad. He knows simple things like that meant a lot to his mate.
Four: This year was going to be different, Takao had a good feeling about it. Now that his kids were all at a reasonably managable age to take out all at once he had planned a great trick or treating outing for them all. Of course nothing ever goes as planned for this family. First both twins had caught a cold from who knows where so they already were not happy campers, then Midorima was being kept late at the hospital, and the triplets were just being plain fussy all day and he had no idea why or what to do. Takao was getting frustrated and he didn’t want to be on this day that was supposed to go perfectly. He had had everything planned out to the dot and nothing was going right. By the time Midorima had gotten home it was way to late to go out and the twins were screaming their heads off because they didn’t feel good and didn’t get to go get candy and that of course caused the triplets to start crying and poor Takao was stuck there trying to calm everyone down and when the Alpha walked in all he saw was his worn out mate, crying in frustration as he was trying to rock as many kids at once to sleep. This made Midorima feel even worse than the year before.
Five: Takao had started to just give up on his dream of a family trick or treat outing so this year he had even told Midorima to just go to work and don’t worry about getting home at a certain time and that he’ll talk to Kise and Aomine again about taking the kids with them and he’ll just stay at home tonight. Midorima really didn’t think he’d ever feel so bad about a holiday he had zero interest in. He knew, however, that this was his year to really show his omega how far he was willing to go. So he had sent Takao out on an errand to the store and thus began his plotting. He had contacted Kise about costumes (after all he had an infinite supply of them) and then recruited Kagami and Kuroko to help get the kids ready and fed and dressed and even really decorate their house in spooky witches and skeletons and pumpkins. By the time Takao had returned from the store, everyone was gone and Midorima had lined the kids up in their living room all dressed up in matching glow in the dark skeleanimal costumes with him dressed as a skeleanimal dog. Takao was in shock and awe at what his mate had done.
“Shin-chan.... This is....” He really didn’t know what to say.
“Shut up Bakao and put your costume on,” Midorima held out a costume matching his own, “If we leave now we’ll have a good hour of trick or treating before we have to get them home and in bed.”
Takao couldn’t help it, he started crying, he didn’t know what else to do. Midorima walked over and held his mate
“I’m not good with these things, but if it’s important to you, then it’s important to me.”
“Shin-chan I love you.” Was all he could manage to say.
“I love you too, Bakao” Midorima responded, “Now hurry up and get ready, we’re wasting time.”
Takao couldn’t have been happier or felt more loved by his mate. Five years passed and he finally got his picture perfect Halloween with his family.
