An Unheard Voice - Chapter 26: Chapter 26

"... So are we exci-" Ena says, as we all stare at the door at the daycare.
"Shut." Akito sighs, opening the door for everyone.
"Oh, welcome! Are you perhaps the volunteers that signed up? You look like highschoolers.. Toya Aoyagi, Akito Shinonome, Ena Shinonome, Emu Otori, An Shiraishi and Kohane Azusawa?" A man with a long purple ponytail walks up to them, reading off of his phone as he ties his apron.
"Mhm!" Azusawa smiles, and he looks at her.
They stare at each other for a while, and Azusawa begins awkwardly laughing.
"U-Uh.."
"Wow. Your make-up is really good!" He says, with a friendly smile.
"Oh! Thank you!" She gives a sigh of relief, shaking his hand. I thought he was going to judge her for being gyaru.
"My name is Kamui Gakupo, but just call me Gakupo. No need for honorifics, it makes me feel old.. although again I'm not getting any younger." Gakupo gestures us to follow him, and we do. "The children are really excited to meet you. Once they saw Aoyagi, they were screaming for me to hurry and bring you guys.. it hurt." He rubs his ear, laughing. I tilt my head, smiling.
"They learn so young." An wipes her tear, trying not to giggle.
"Please put on an apron before you go in. If you want to come out with clean clothes..." He sighs, showing the stickers on his.. bottom. An bursts out laughing, but quickly stops when she sees Gakupo's embarrassed expression.
"..I'm sorry."
"I hate kids." Akito says, unamused while he ties mine for me. I roll my eyes, and smile. "Does it fit? I didn't tie it too tight?"
I turn around, and nod.
"Yo. Let go of his waist, creep." An smirks, teasing him. I blush, and he moves his hands away. But he wasn't even..?
"Alright, follow me this way!" Gakupo opens the door, and the room immediately goes from loud screaming to silent.
We stand there awkwardly, but Otori squeals. She runs up to them, squishing their cheeks. She drags me in, and I stand there, frozen.
"Look at her! She's so cute!!"
"Who are they?" The girl says, but we almost barely understood it. Gakupo clears his throat, but someone slams the door open.
"Babe, I'm he--.." We hear a man say, and Ena, An and Akito stare at Gakupo. An snickers when she sees his face turn beet red. We all turn around, and see..
.. Mr. Kaito. Are his eyes even open?
"...re." They go wide open once he sees us, and An can't keep in her laughter anymore. Azusawa frowns, pinching her.
"Ow-!"
".. What are you all doing here?" He asks, but we can see the blood from his face drain.
"Calm down, your two main directors were caught making out behind the curtain." Akito rolls his eyes, and I shoot him a stare. Don't expose Tsukasa like that, that's private!
"... Okay, um- anyway, honey, why are they here?" He asks, walking up to Gakupo.
"You know them?"
"Yeah, they were in the play, remember? I fell asleep, so I can't really watch it until someone sends me a recording.." He yawns and goes to the door walks up to Gakupo, kissing him.
... Why can I say I'm not surprised, honestly.
"Oh, now I see why you all looked familiar! They're volunteering to help take care of the children, since.. Mr. Kagamine can't really handle them by himself." We all look at him, being tied up and in the center of a.. red.. circlethatsnotacircleohmygod. (That's not a circle oh my god)
I run up to him and help him up, but the children just stare at me. I ignore it this time, and take his duct tape off.
"Thank you so much-!! I was just trying to teach them how to make a tree and then they made fun of me so I made fun of their drawing and then--"
"Wow." Ena scoffs, and he cries in my arms. .. there, there..?
Akito takes him out, and sets him on the ground. I don't know why, but I have a feeling if it were An he would have defenestrated her..
"Have fun, I'll- be back!" Gakupo says, dragging Mr. Kaito from the hand, then shuts the door. We all look at each other, and then at the kids.
Were they not just being loud earlier..? I actually kind of prefer it if they were like this the whole time...
"I want the pretty one!" One with pigtails grasps onto my leg, and I look down. She's so.. small. Wait, pretty-?
"Nuh-uh, I want to play with him!" Another one holds my other leg, squeezing it. I hope I don't fall.
"No, me!!!" An joins, but Akito pushes her away as she laughs.
"Actually, if you want to play with him, you'll have to get permission from me." Akito menacingly glares at them, scaring them that they begin tearing up. I frown, furrowing my eyebrows.
"Stop scaring them, you gorilla!" Ena shouts, and he laughs.
"Just kidding. I'm sorry." He forces an apology while putting his hands up, then crouches to ruffle her hair just enough to not mess it up. She stares with her mouth open, and holds his shirt.
"I want to color with him."
Hey, wait a minute...
"Can we also play with Akito?" I show them my tiny notebook, and they nod.
We all go to one of the tiny table, while Ena tries her best not to drown in the children in her group.
Otori was giving them candy which she isn't supposed to, Azusawa and An were putting on a puppet show for them about.. Romeo and Juliet but Kamishiro's version... Oh god.
"Why aren't you talking?"
I sit there with the crayon, blinking. They're a little too.. not very smart to understand what my situation is. In the nicest way possible, of course..
"None of your business, kid." He pokes the child's forehead, who laughs.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" One asks me. Up close and personal, I see.. well, it's not like I haven't heard that children always ask this.
I shake my head, keeping one from eating the marker.
"Why did you two want to be together so bad? Are you best friends?"
Me and Akito glance at each other, but I look away from the immediate eye contact. I nod, blushing.
"Y-Yeah. That.." He mutters, putting the paintbrush down.
"Do you guys smooch?"
My face flushes, and I shake my head while waving my hands around in a panic.
"You little-!! No, don't say that to random people you see together!!"
"But she said you guys do." He points to An, who immediately hides behind the stage. I slump and cover my face with my palms, as I hear Akito grit his teeth.
"Look, kid. That girl there is a lying- I mean a.. um." He blushes, and looks at me. I shrug, not knowing why he stopped there. It is a lie, right..? "Anyway.."
"Can we play family?" A girl asks, and I nod.
"Yay! I'll be the baby and they're my siblings, and you two can be my mommy and daddy!" She points to us, and I just give her a blank stare before I blink, flustered.
"I'm not being the mom." Akito scoffs, getting up from the table. The kid follows, but I watch them leave.
.. I thought he'd deny that request.
"You have to act like you're cooking." She whispers, and I nod. I take the building block, and stare at it. "Mommy! She called me the B word!"
The B word..?
"Mother fucker doesn't start with a B."
"Woah, wait a minute, pause, let's not go there." I shove the notebook in her face, also holding a hand to it.
"I'm.. back from work?" Akito whispers to the boy, who nods. "What do I even work as? Ouch, don't kick me-! Um.. hi."
"Say welcome home, dear."
I stare at her, blinking. What?!
"It's rude not to."
Well.. I guess she's right, but.. um.. that's a little embarrassing to do so! I- whatever, I know they can be stubborn sometimes.
"Welcome home.. dear." I look to the side while I hold the notebook out, and he looks away. I'm so sorry this is awkward, Akito..
"U-Uh.. thanks. How- have.. you guys.. no wait, how has your day been?" He crouches down so the kid can whisper in his ear, sounding like a robot. I laugh slightly, but cover my mouth when they stare at me.
He blushes, smiling. I didn't mean to embarrass you, I swear..
"She called me the-" I put my hand over her mouth before she can finish, and shut my eyes. Where are they getting this language..
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(°•° Very rare Akito pov section?!?! °•°)
"So, Akito, you having fun with Toya? Heard you were just playing family. Nice, huh?" Ena elbows me, but I push her away. Seriously, why is she so obsessed with me having a big fat crush on Toya?
"It was fine, shouldn't you be assisting the teacher?" I scoff, rolling my eyes. She sighs, shaking her head.
"I taught them how to behave. Nothing like.. that is gonna happen again."
I shrug, sitting next to her on the wall.
She may be looking at the other kids in the room, but I seriously can't get my eyes off of Toya.. it's like- whenever you just look at him for one second you can't look away.
This is stupid. Of course he isn't gonna like me, fuck.. if he knew what kind of person I really was, he'd stop even talking to me. I don't want that.. this is also really corny to say, shit.
I just don't want him to leave me, even if a lot of people like him, yeah, I get jealous a lot it probably bugs him. He would have been much better off with Nene, did I cause a weird drama scene? Sorry, Toya.
He's playing with the other kids. It's really cute to see him getting along with them so well. I told him I was going to take a break and he looked a bit disappointed.. how did he expect me to leave when he looked so adorable?
I hate the idea of him going with anyone else, but.. I'm gay, he probably isn't. It's dumb whenever you like a guy but then they get a girlfriend or someone else so you're left with nothing but that disgusting feeling in your stomach. But anyway- I hope whoever Toya goes with can make him happy.
Something I'm probably failing at, no matter how hard I try. I just want to think he likes hanging out with me, and I'm actually grateful if he's acting. I'm too clingy sometimes, right.?
Even if it's in a romantic way or not, I want to protect him. I don't know why, I just can't stand seeing him sad in any way. It hurts just seeing it.. and it's not even my pain, usually I don't care what random people go through but I feel like I.. whatever I'm feeling feels strangely natural.
Shit- have I been staring too much? Well, he's always on my mind so that's understandable. Worrying or crushing, I can't stop thinking about him.. fuck. I should stop and head ba-
Before I can even finish my own sentence in my damn head, he looks at me. He's not usually comfortable with eye contact, I shouldn't stare.
But I can't stare to the side even if I tried.. He smiles slightly, and waves. That.. has he ever done that before? I wave back, but he quickly turns away.
.. He's literally an angel that came straight down from heaven. Does he do this on purpose? Knowing I can just get embarrassed when he acknowledges me?
I swear, sometimes he even glows. Not even joking, his eyes are so beautiful for some reason, it sucks that I can't stare at them forever. His beauty mark is.. I think they're called that for a reason. How can he effortlessly look so gorgeous? It's not just because I'm gay.
.. at least I don't think it is..?
He could just sit there, still and everything and look like he came straight out of a fucking painting. It feels so surreal touching him. His skin is soft and the way he gets embarrassed just makes my heart throb, and I sound creepy so I'll stop.
"I know you're having gay thoughts. You haven't stopped staring." Ena ruins my thoughts, and I glare at her. The hell? How does she?- "Dude. Real talk. When are you going to ask him out? Like literally, you're perfect for each other. What's wrong?" She asks, catching the doll that was aiming for her face. What the-
I sigh deeply, and look at the ground. I don't know why I can't. I've tried so many times to think of the perfect time, but when I remember that he might find someone better that doesn't lie about themselves I can't bring myself to do it.
"I don't know. Why?"
".. um, I'll see you later." She gets up, and stops the kid from smearing paint on the teacher's face. Why is everyone so confusing whenever they bring up Toya? I ask them why and they just leave. Whatever.
It's kind of hard to be sure that he likes me back or something, since he's literally kind to everyone. Am I not being that obvious.?? I kind of hope I'm not. But at the same time, he's really clueless that's what I love about him.
I'll get back now. Seeing him get along with children a lot isn't helping the fact I want to marry this guy holy shit. Forget having a wife, I want this.
But seriously.. I just wish he'd be as obsessed with me as I am with him.
"Look what I drew!" The girl exclaims, showing me a flower. I clap, and she giggles.
"I'm back." Akito says, and we look up at him. I wave once again, blushing. I try telling him we're drawing, but he seems to notice already.
"Ooh, good drawing. It's good." He says, and she grins widely.
"That's not even that good! Toya, I drew a truck!" He shows me, and I clap again. Wait, he insulted her's- that's not nice.
"Do you guys want to paint them? I can open them again for you." Akito offers, and they nod. My group is very respectful, especially having Akito as the.. father figure, I think. He said he didn't want to be mother.
He gets along with the children really well. I thought he'd hate the idea. But he didn't look so good when he was on his break, he must have really been tired. I should apologize for dragging him here.
"Toya, paint with us!" The kid says, but I'd get paint on my shirt.. I'm tired, so all I want to do when I get home is sleep. I shake my head, but she tilts her's.
"Roll up your sleeves! Come on!" The other girl says, but Akito blocks her hand before she can touch my arm. I back away, blinking.
"No, his hands are tired right now, but he'll be okay though. We don't touch other people's arm's anyway, got it?" Akito says, and she nods. He pats her head, and continues to struggle getting the paint in the container.
"Th-thank you." I blush and whisper to him, and he looks at me, then smiles.
I really don't want to worry these kids. They're having fun, I don't want to be the one to ruin it. I'm just happy seeing other children have a better childhood than I did.. Akito then puts his head on my shoulder, yawning. Is he tired? I'm sorry. tilting my head just enough to rest my head on his.
"Tiring, isn't it?" He asks, and I slightly nod. "It's okay. Thankfully we won't have to do this again.."
I nod, and sigh. I don't plan on doing this again, but I would be open to it if I was asked to.
It was really easier with Akito helping me. I don't know where I'd be without him.. Wait no, stop trying to eat the glue-!!