Time Together
Summary: Whilst you’re away on a girls only weekend, Eisuke is forced to take care of his 5 year old son.
Genre: Angst
“Are you sure you can handle him on your own?” Your voice was filled with worry as you stroked your little boy’s head, holding him against your chest tightly not wanting to let him go. You were gonna miss your baby while you were away with Sakiko and Chisato for a girls weekend. But you had all confidence in Eisuke to step up and take care of little Eito on his own, although your stomach did pang with worry every time you thought of the two of them alone, you just didn’t want Eisuke to expect Eito to be able to do things that 5-year olds can’t do.
“We’ll be fine.” He rolled his eyes, tugging Eito from my grip into his own. “Do you not know who I am? I can take care of a small person just fine!” He furrowed his eyebrows, looking down at Eito’s wide eyes staring up at his father in curiosity before giving him a unsure smile which Eisuke returned with a lopsided smile. You stifled a laugh with your hand and leaned over, giving Eisuke a peck on the cheek before giving Eito an identical one. “Have fun…not too much fun but enough okay?”
“Okay, see you in 2 days! If you need anything call Soryu, Kishi, or…well…anyone, but don’t let Baba or Ota get their mitts on my child!” Eisuke isn’t incapable of looking after Eito, but since his birth he’d been busy with his business still and hasn’t been around his son as much as you have. You had taken on the hard part of parenting, like dealing with a crying baby at 4am, or the teething when he’d cry a lot, or changing dirty nappies. Eisuke had only dealt with those situations a few times, which had led his and Eito’s relationship to not be as close as you and Eito.
“Bye mummy!” Eito gave you a sad smile, not wanting you to leave him for so long. You tried not to pay attention to it, knowing if he asked you to stay then you would, you didn’t like seeing him upset. Grabbing your bags and giving your son a little wave, you made your exit, leaving the two on their own. Eisuke looked down at Eito again and rolled his eyes.
“Pfft like that’s gonna happen. Call someone else…ha.” He mumbled to himself, letting go of Eito as he walked over to the sofa. He set himself down and picked up the still hot mug of coffee you had made for him before you left. Eito followed him, standing in front of the sofa and staring at his father. Eisuke caught on to the child’s staring and raised an eyebrow in question. “What...?”
“I’m bored.” A pout formed on the small boys’ face as he let his eyebrows pull together.
“Okay…” His father mirrored his eyebrows. “Why don’t you go play with…erm…what do you play with?”
“Mummy…” Eito looked down as he answered his dad’s question. Eisuke raised his eyebrows in surprise, opening his mouth to speak but not knowing the words to say, especially when his son started to let out soft sobs.
“Hey don’t cry! Erm…we can…er…” He stuttered, doing a fish impression as he was lost for words. “Go get some toys and we’ll play okay?” Eito’s face shot up quickly, his wet cheeks glistening under the lights of the living room as his face broke out into a smile.
“Okay!” He ran upstairs as fast as his little legs would carry him, returning in less than a minute with an armful full of toy cars and some plushie dinosaurs. “You can have these ones!” He grinned widely, sitting down on the floor and holding out a t-rex and a jeep to his father. Eisuke took them and smiled, sitting down on the floor with Eito. He felt awkward suddenly, not knowing what to do with he toys. Eito caught on quickly to his father’s hesitance and immediately made up a scenario for the both of them, leading the playing for them both. They played together for about half an hour before Eisukes phone blared out its ringtone. He sprung up off of the floor quickly and answered, leaving the room and leaving Eito on his own.
An hour later and Eisuke was still confined in his office, on the phone to a different person and taking on a big work loaf. Eito sat on the floor and let out a sigh, deciding that now he’s bored and hungry, his impatience which he inherited from his father now blossoming and making the boy frown. He adventured upstairs to his dad office, pushing open the door and hiding half behind it as he set his eyes on Eisuke.
“Daddy…daddy…” He whispered, not wanting to be rude whilst Eisuke spoke on the phone, having been brought up by you to be a polite young man. “Daddy!” He squeaked louder, trying to get his dad’s attention.
“Not now Eito.” Eisuke grunted in reply, going back to typing on his computer as he also spoke on the phone.
“But I’m hung-“
“NOT NOW.” Eisuke snapped, clearly frustrated by the work. Eito flinched in shock, his eyes filling with tears from being shouted at by his father. Eisuke didn’t notice his sons upset as he ran from the room, going back to speaking on the phone. Eito bolted down the stairs, looking around for options of what to do. Finally deciding on one, he ran out of the front door, out into the hallway. Thoughts ran through his head about who he should go to, his mind picking his uncle Baba.
“Uncle Baba!” His little fists banged on Baba’s door, his tears still trailing down his cheeks when the door opened.
“What’s wrong?! Are you hurt?!” Baba’s eyes widened, pulling the small child into his room. “Where’s your parents?”
“M-mummy is away an-and daddy sh-shouted at me…” Eito’s bottom lip quivered, he sucked in a breath and let his eyebrows harden into a frown. “Daddy is mean!” He snapped, stomping his foot. “I want mummy to come home!” The tears had stopped falling, his upset replaced by anger, an emotion he doesn’t get to feel often.
“Woah woah woah calm down buddy.” Baba rubbed Eito’s back trying to calm the steaming boy down. “Did you leave without telling your dad where you went?”
Eito nodded, pouting and looking down at his feet. “I don’t want to go back home yet. I’m hungry.”
Two hours later, Eisuke came down from his office, letting out a sigh of relief at the business deal he just managed to make. He completely forgot about Eito being down here on his own and widened his eyes when he saw the toys discarded on the floor. “Shit…Eito!!” He called out, rushing around the entire place to try and find his son, before realisation dawned on him that Eito was no longer in the penthouse suite. “Oh god…Y/N is gonna kill me.” He snatched his phone out of his pocket, ready to phone all the bidders as he ran from the penthouse. “EITO!!!” His phone started to buzz in his hand, the ringtone going off in tandem.
“Y/N baby hey what’s up? Are you having fun?” He spoke quickly as he answered the phone, not wanting you to hear the worry and panic in his voice. The longer he could keep you from knowing that he has no idea where your child is, the better.
“Eisuke Ichinomiya.” Your voice was hard, signifying to him hat you already knew about this situation. “I told you not to let Baba get his mitts on my child, and where is Eito currently?! He’s with Baba.” You frowned, tapping your foot against the floor of your hotel suite, waiting for your husbands reply. You had received a phone call from Eito who had wanted to hear your voice and to make sure you were okay. Your heart melted hearing your son worry about you, especially when he had no reason to. Until Eito dropped the bomb that he was currently sitting on Baba’s sofa, eating popcorn and watching cartoons. It’s then that it hit you that Eito had phoned from Baba’s phone and you hadn’t noticed before, too overwhelmed from hearing your baby’s voice.
“Baba has him?” Eisuke replied, immediately knowing he said the wrong thing when he heard a gasp from the other end of the receiver.
“You didn’t know where your own son was?! I’ve been gone three and a half hours and you’ve already lost him!!!” Eisuke was left for words at your harsh tone, not knowing the right words to put this situation right for himself. “Go and get our son and take care of him properly. So far Baba is doing a better job and he isn’t even his father! And he was on the list of people who weren’t allowed to look after him!” You spoke all in one breath, taking a deep mouthful, ready to go off again. “Maybe it should be the other way around. Baba can have him, and you can’t.” Those final words took a blow to Eisuke, his eyebrows pulling tight in a scowl.
“I’m not the one who went swanning off for the weekend and left him alone.” He retorted, that being his only viable come back since he knew he was fighting a losing battle. He knew he should have kept a better watch on his son and that this was his fault. His words made your blood boil, you didn’t want to argue with him, but that was the final straw.
“Oh but you are the one who hasn’t been in your sons life as much as people who aren’t even related to him have been. Soryu was with me more than you for the first year of that boys’ life. I never told you before because I knew it would hurt you, but he used to think Soryu was his dad. I’m only telling you now, so you can realise how strained your relationship with your own son is.” You took a deep breath, tearing brimming in your eyes at the memories of raising your baby with little help from Eisuke. “You were too interested in making your sure your business grew to bother about your flesh and blood growing. I never got the breaks from parenting like you did, so I’m sorry for having two days off.” Your voice was laced heavily with sarcasm as your spoke your final piece. Eisukes’ heart was aching, hearing the pain in your voice and letting your harsh words sink in to become reality to him.
“I didn’t mean that baby I’m sorry.” His voice came out soft and defeated, he shook his head in disappointment at his own actions. “I promise you from now on I’ll be a bigger part of his life, I didn’t realise that I was being do distant.” He bit his bottom lip, walking to Baba’s suite. “I’m gonna try harder. I love you so much. I’m sorry this happened and disturbed your time away.”
You let out a sigh, wiping your eyes and wiping the residue of tears away on your skirt. “Okay, I believe you. I love you too.” You hung up without waiting for a reply, letting Eisuke deal with the consequences.
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