French frustration- Hugo Ekitike
pairing: dad!Ekitike x mom!reader x Hakim
summary: i think the title is enough girl
the decision to keep Hakim in a bilingual household wasn’t one made verbally, you and Hugo kept speaking as normal, Hugo in French and you in English, answering your fiance back in the small French you had picked up during the course of your relationship and sometimes in English when you understood but couldn’t answer efficiently.
Hugo had taken upon himself to speak to Hakim in French whenever he could, quizzing him regularly and asking him to recite the second Hakim began speaking in full sentences. Hakim picked up quite well, speaking in fragmented English and French mixed with toddler language as well
despite being well versed in both languages, Hakim had his glitch moments, times when he’d speak to you in French, or repeat things in both English and French, other times when words would lose him and he would sit visibly frustrated at his lack of coherence, while rare this would happen and you watched in real time.
Hakim sat on the carpet, coloured blocks in front of him as Hugo sat on his stomach in front of him, holding them and asking Hakim to tell him in French what he was holding up
“this is?” Hugo asks holding up a red truck
“le.. le.. rouge uhm” his face scrunches up in thought “le- papa!”
“take your time”
“le red truck!” Hakim yells
“in French mon petit” Hugo says softly
Hakim’s lips press together, brows furrowing before he lets out an exasperated sigh
“can’t papa” he says with a frown
“the words escaped him” you smile softly kissing his head
“lost” Hakim frowns
“it’s not lost mon amor, it’s just hiding in there” Hugo says lightly tapping Hakim’s head
Hakim stars warming up now that the pressure is gone. “It’s very big camion truck with— with wheels that go… fast-fast. And it loud like—like—”
He makes a roaring sound so exaggerated it nearly knocks his own frustration out of the room.
Then he stops, breathing hard. he looks up at you both, now smiling at his little frustration
“there you go” Hugo smiles softly “rouge camion”
“i get it?” Hakim asks with wide eyes
“you got it mon amor!” you say clapping “so proud of you”
“a snack for your hard work” Hugo offers “some—
“strawberries please” Hakim yells
“strawberries it is” you smile kissing his forehead













