our blessing 07 sneak peak! (so excited abt this one lol)
“Look, Dad, it’s you.” Megumi’s green eyes are laser-focused on the TV, his little hand digging into the communal popcorn bowl balanced dangerously between him and Toji. The faint buttery smell hanging in the air.
Toji’s jaw drops, his head snapping toward his son before swinging back to the screen. “I’m Gaston? He’s a total asswipe, what the hell?!”
“He’s gonna run you dry, Toji.” You sigh from your end of the couch, rising with practiced ease to fetch the swear jar from the shelf. The glow of the TV flickers across your face as you hold it out to him, expectant.
Toji grumbles like a man condemned, pulling out his wallet and shoving a crisp fifty inside with exaggerated reluctance. The jar clinks loudly, half full of smaller bills and coins from his earlier slip-ups.
At least his son was proving that he had the genetics of an entrepreneur at a young age...
“And look, it’s Mommy again!” Megumi beams, pointing when Belle sweeps across the screen with her books and pretty smile.
You can’t help the laugh that bubbles up as you sink back down, the couch dipping under your weight. You press a kiss to Megumi’s forehead, and he instantly tucks himself against your side, warm and clingy, leaving Toji stranded as the designated popcorn holder.
Then Megumi pipes up again, voice full of glee. “Look, Daddy’s annoying Mommy again. Just like real life!”
Toji whips his head around, scandalized, staring at his toddler like he’s just been stabbed in the back. You bite the inside of your cheek, refusing to make eye contact, because the second you do, you’ll break, and laugh right in his miserable face.
