Reiji had Cecil in his arms, singing and dancing with him. Ai was in the same room, watching Reiji sing and dance with the small child. Syo and Natsuki had books and were sitting beside Ai.

"Reiji, may I remind you, you told Camus and Ranmaru you would let them bond with Cecil today." Ai said, stroking Syos hair, "We took the group we were supposed to be sharing, they're all here, with the two of us."

Reiji pouted, kissing Cecil's cheek.

"But Aiiiii-"

"No no no, but nothing, give Cecil one more kiss," Ai stood up, walking over to Cecil, "...time for Camus and Ranmaru to watch you." Ai lifted Cecil from Reijis arms. Cecil giggled, happily going with Ai.

"Wait wait!" Reiji kissed Cecil one more time, "He's the only one that lets me kiss him like that." Reiji waved bye to Cecil, Ai opened the door and gave Cecil a nose kiss before closing the door.

   "It's like pulling teeth huh Cecil?" Ai looked at Cecil, who was holding onto Ai around the neck.

   "Mama..." Cecil mumbled.

   "Mama will be back," Ai smiled, knocking on the door that was labeled "Camus", "...it's Uncle time right now." Ai gave Cecil another nose kiss.

   Camus opened the door, Ranmaru was already in the room, making himself comfortable on the couch.

   "Reiji said he would hand Cecil to you two to bond with him for a while." Ai explained, fixing Cecil's clothes.

   Camus held his arms out, slightly curious how Reiji found children a joy to be around. Ai handed Cecil over to Camus.

   "Take your time with him, it's important he's accustomed to you two as much as he is with me and Reiji." Ai explained, smiling at Cecil and gave him another nose kiss. "We will see you soon Cecil. Work hard." Ai started to leave.

   Cecil let out a faint whimper, reaching out toward Ai.

   "Mommy..."

   Camus brought Cecil into the room.

   "Ranmaru, turn off whatever you're watching. It's probably not safe for his eyes." Camus said, covering Cecil's eyes.

   "It's the news."

   "What's on the news...?"

   "Stock...market?"

   Cecil started to giggle, Camus having his hands over his face felt like a game to him. Camus uncovered Cecil's eyes.

   "Oh yeah, we got Cecil for a while." Ranmaru finally looked up at Camus.

   "Ranmaru."

   "What?"

   "You're not sleeping on my bed anymore."

   "What?! WHY NOT?!"

   "Cecil will be taking your spot," Camus said, Cecil's cute little face made Camus smile, "...you're sleeping with me."

   "Fine. Can I hold him though?" Ranmaru stood up off the couch, Camus didn't give up Cecil easily...

   "Camus?"

   "I want to hold him a little longer."

   "You've been holding him the longest." Ranmaru crossed his arms.

   "How about you get food for him, and then feed him." Camus began to sway Cecil around the room.

   "Why am I the one to get the food?"

   "I'm the one with Cecil. I want you to go out and get it, please." Camus said, he sat down with Cecil and changed the channel on the TV. "Me and him will be here when you get back."

   Ranmaru audibly huffed, "Fine." He threw on a jacket and threw on some sandals. He left the room with no other words.

   Cecil started to whimper quietly again. This time it was followed by sniffles, and then he started to whine.

   "Cecil?" Camus looked at Cecil's face, his face scrunched up, and then he started to cry.

   "Mommy! Mommy!" Cecil wailed, his hands came up to rub his eyes.

   "Ohhhh please don't cry." Camus picked Cecil up, and started to bounce him around the room.

   What would soothe Cecil? It may just now be catching up with him that neither Camus or Ranmaru are Reiji and Ai.

   "You wanna look out the window with me?" Camus spoke softly as Cecil continue to cry loudly. "Sleepy? Uncle Ranmaru went to get food if you're hungry."

    Cecil continued to wail and wail, Camus was starting to lose strength in his arm. The sun was just about to set, the sky was a bright orange color, and the purple clouds beamed from above as they swirled around in the sky.

For a moment he felt empowered, but Cecil continued to cry.

Maybe he thought. Camus started to hum a soft song in Cecil's ear. Cecil still cried, but now it started to lessen a bit. Now it was just occasional whimpers. Camus did not stop humming and swaying.

Cecil was quiet, resting his head on Camus shoulder. Not asleep.

"You alright now?" Camus whispered, holding Cecil's head. He assumed that the silence was a happy silence.

~Ranmaru~

Who knows how long Ranmaru was walking around the grocery store. He was picking up foods, reading up the ingredients.

"Does he even have teeth?" Ranmaru thought out loud. He asked the workers around what food they recommended to purchase and they led him to an entire isle of snack foods.

If he fed any of this to Cecil, he'd get two equally painful ass beatings. One from Reiji and the other from Camus.

"Good grief, I'll be here forever at this rate."

"Oh? Ranmaru? Is that you?" A rather cheerful voice came from behind, so did the sound of heels.

"Ah? Who's askin'?" Ranmaru turned around holding a box of goldfish.

Ringo was taken back, his eyes widened a little bit, trying to comprehend why the rock musician had such a childish snack in his hands. Scanning Ranmarus face, he looked conflicted.

"Uhm...you a little hungry?" Ringo asked, twisting a strand of hair with his finger.

"This isn't for me, I'm watching Cecil with Camus for a while." He sighed aggressively, "I don't know what to get that baby. I've been here for hours..."

Ringo audibly gasped when he said "hours".

"Ranmaru, sweetie, here, let's get some basics." Ringo grabbed him by the shoulders.

~Camus~

Cecil had calmed down, Camus had him in his lap while reading a book. Occasionally he would stroke the child's hair. Cecil cooed quietly, nuzzling into Camus.

"Where is Ran-"

"I'm back." Ranmaru audibly struggled back into the dorm, he was weighed down by bags and bags of groceries.

"Did you get lost? I was just about to call you." Camus stood up with Cecil.

"I ran into Ringo, it was almost like I took a basic shopping class. I bought a bunch of stuff you see." Ranmaru set the bags down in the kitchen. "You didn't bother calling after seeing the sun had set?"

"I figured you were safe." Camus mumbled, the sound of rustling bags perked Cecil up.

"Sorry Cecil, I was thinking about what you might like." Ranmaru pulled lightly on Cecil's cheeks. "I got a bunch of stuff for you to try."

Ranmaru began loading the refrigerator with the newly purchased foods. He set the bread, sliced cheese, and deli meat to the side.

"I even got bread cutters! We can make his sandwiches into shapes!" Ranmaru held up a few shapes like stars, paws, hearts, etc.

"Sounds like Ringo roped you into a few things." Camus and Cecil peeked over Ranmarus shoulder, "Though I'm surprised you didn't just grab fast food, I'm glad you chose a much more healthy choice."

"Hush you." Ranmaru scoffed.

Cecil stared at Ranmarus hands as he created the sandwich. He used a star cutter, he pushed down on it.

"Bam! Star shaped sandwich!" Ranmaru presented the sandwich on a plastic plate, a little smile on his lips.

   "Another one of Ringos influences?" Camus gestured to the plate. Cecil seemed happy, he reached toward the plate.

   "Here buddy let's sit down." Ranmaru carried the plate to the table, Camus followed and sat Cecil in his lap.

   "Cant you let him sit on h-"

   "Bleh." Camus stuck his tongue out at Ranmaru, and started feeding Cecil the sandwich.

   Ranmaru, shocked, stared at Camus feed Cecil with one of the sweetest smiles he's ever seen Camus muster.

   "Make sure to thank Daddy~" Camus said, and flashed a smile at Ranmaru.

   "Let him eat by himself!"

   "No."