After the next five days were over, Akaashi came back to his senses and immediately wanted to get Emiko back from Tsukishima and Yamaguchi. His daughter wasn't with him and it was frustrating. It made him nervous.

Like now, sitting in the car and trying to block his scent so Bokuto wouldn't know how bad he wanted Emiko back.

Bokuto leaned over, sniffing. He frowned. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Bokuto whined at Akaashi. "I hate it when you lie to me."

Akaashi shifted, taking a deep breath. Someone next to them honked their horn and his focus broke, allowing all of his scent out. Bokuto immediately rolled down the windows and pulled into a parking lot. He leaned over and held Akaashi's hands.

"Woah, woah, woah what's wrong?"

"E-Emiko doesn't have us right now… I'm scared. I'm really scared."

"Mm." Bokuto let go and opened his car door. "Let's get out for a sec."

Akaashi got out and took a deep breath. "This doesn't help." He turned, seeing no Bokuto there. "Koutarou?"

Bokuto popped up in front of him and grabbed his shoulders.

Akaashi yelped, frightened. "Koutarou!"

Bokuto snorted. "You're so cute."

Akaashi was about the get mad at him before just giving up and laughing as well. "You're stupid."

"Hey! Rude!" Bokuto kissed his cheek firmly. "This stupid person just so happens to be in love with you."

Akaashi hummed. "Is that so?"

"Kashi! We literally had a kid like a month ago! That's my kid!"

Akaashi laughed. "Shhhh, shhhh. Let's go get her."

"Right." Bokuto kissed his forehead. "I love you."

"Love you too."

The rest of the ride was quiet besides a few annoyed huffs that were stopped by Akaashi. When they got to Yamaguchi's apartment to get Emiko, they heard giggling from outside the door.

Akaashi knocked, confused. Yamaguchi opened the door, smiling. "Hi!"

"Hello. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah! Tsuki is messing with Emiko right now and they both won't stop laughing." Yamaguchi looked back and giggled. "Emiko is really funny."

Akaashi looked back to Bokuto, who shrugged. "May we come in?"

"Yeah!" Yamaguchi led them to the living room where Tsukishima was sitting in a chair, leaning forward with Emiko in his arms. She was tipped towards the floor, her head being held up.

"Shhhh." Tsukishima sat back up and then ducked down again. "Woo. Is that fun?"

Yamaguchi smiled. "He's so good with kids. It's so cute."

Akaashi chuckled. "Hey Tsukishima."

Tsukishima looked up. "Eh."

Bokuto grinned. He carefully took Emiko from Tsukishima and held her. "Hi there little one. Did you miss mommy and Daddy?" He kissed her forehead and she made a soft cooing noise at him.

Akaashi smiled and went to them instead, making kissy noises at Emiko and rubbing her hair.

Emiko just kept going between who to pay attention to, still making her little cooing noises.

"Was she too much?" Akaashi questioned.

"Not at all! I loved having her here." Yamaguchi smiled. "Tsuki liked having her here too. He changed her and fed her most of the time for some reason."

"Cock blocking your instincts." Bokuto chuckled.

Yamaguchi looked at Akaashi. "What…?"

"No, no you don't need to know." Akaashi said hurriedly.

Yamaguchi nodded. He tensed as Tsukishima whispered something to him. "Oh! Oh that makes sense now!"

"Keep him innocent." Akaashi mumbled, taking Emiko. He kissed her forehead. "Hey there princess."

Bokuto looked at Akaashi for a moment before smiling. Akaashi was so caring and gentle. He was so sweet. Bokuto was so in love with him. Akaashi looked over and smiled back.

"Lets go home, okay?"

Bokuto nodded. "Home we go." He waved goodbye to the other couple before leading Akaashi down to their car.

Every time a red light came, he reached back and messed with one of Emiko's feet, causing her to giggle loudly. He just smiled and kept doing it as he drove, happy he had her and Akaashi.

Akaashi looked over. "Koutarou?"

"Hm?"

"I didn't smell anything sweet on Yamaguchi today." Akaashi mumbled.

Bokuto nodded. "Me either but I didn't say anything."

"Koutarou he's going to be crushed by it. Worse than me the first time."

"No offense but he can't get much worse than that."

"It can get worse."

"Really?"

"I only stayed by myself for a month. Yamaguchi is sensitive and still thinks he has a baby. As soon as he finds out he's going to break. It can take months or even years to get over it."

Bokuto nodded. "Okay… what are we gonna do?"

"Since you're an alpha it's best you leave him be and I'll handle it."

"You?"

"Yes me. I've had three miscarriages at this point and I know how painful it is. He thinks right now that he's going to have a beautiful child with his partner's eyes. As soon as he finds out there's no child all hopes of seeing them and seeing children will just go." Akaashi shifted. "I'll help him through it if I can."

Bokuto reached and held Akaashi's hand. "Hey, hey, hey… we have Emiko now. We both love her. It's okay now."

Akaashi nodded. "Seeing Emiko probably made him want children even more..."

"Right." Bokuto sighed. He parked and got out of the car, Akaashi right after. Bokuto lifted Emiko out of her car seat and kissed her head. "Hey there little one…"

Akaashi circled the car and held one of Emiko's little hands. "She looks tired."

"She's a baby. All babies do is sleep."

"I guess." Akaashi kissed her hand. "I'll put her down for a nap."

Bokuto nodded. "Mkay…" Akaashi looked up and smiled. Bokuto kissed his forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too." Akaashi took Emiko, rubbing her back. Emiko whined at him, latching onto his shirt. "Oh I know… life is so unfair, isn't it?"

Bokuto led them into the house and they sat on the couch, Emiko still tucked into Akaashi's chest. Bokuto leaned into Akaashi, smiling at the little girl who was now fast asleep.

"You alright?"

"Mhmm." Bokuto reached up and kissed Akaashi. "Just thinking about how cute you guys are."

Akaashi laughed. He kissed Bokuto's forehead. "Hush."