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[ he's not really surprised to come home to an empty house, even on a saturday. he doesn't even need to call riku to know where he is; instead, he rolls his eyes to the ceiling in a long-suffering manner as he moves over the kitchen table to set the costco-bought cookies for riku's monday class. then he goes about his usual rituals: checking the fridge, making a note on the portable white-board on what they need to go shopping for, pouring himself a bowl of cereal & peeking in the bathroom to check on the ducks.

he spends a good ten minutes petting them (quack, quack) before he remembers the cereal -- now soggy. but he eats it anyway, slipping on his reading glasses to flip through the latest science journal that sora had received a free subscription while tucked into the corner of the couch, waiting for riku to get home. ]

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I'LL GO CHECK.

[ jumps over the couch, landing on the ground with an OOF! before zooming to the kitchen. ]

[ sighs & gives a stern stare up at riku. ]

[ looks after tony, blinking down at rob when he notices the stare. ]

What?

That's your kid. You do damage control.

Damage control for who, I wonder.

Don't get caught up on detail. Just damage control.

[ nudges his nose against the side of rob's face. ]

Chin up. I think you're a "mister", even with that baby face of yours.

[ turns his head to nudge back with his own nose. ]

Glad to have your vote of confidence.

You'll always have my vote of confidence.

Even if you butter me up, you're still on damage control.

[ slowly scoots down the couch so he can place his head on rob's lap. ]

Too tired. Must lay down instead.

[ automatically puts his hand in riku's hair once riku's head is on his lap, fingers gently massaging at the scalp even as he says: ]

It might get worse the longer you wait.

[ slowly grows more relaxed, even if his expression says otherwise. ]

What do you even want me to say?

[ keeps up the massaging as he hums in consideration. ]

Put on your teacher act?

It's not an act. It's a way of life.

One that you needed training for?

[ tilts his head a little to look up at him. ]

I'm a natural.

[ scratches at the scalp gently. ]

And braver than most, going back to high school.

[ closes his eyes. ]

It's not so bad if you missed a few years of it. After all, I get to boss people around this time.

[ leans forward to press a quick kiss to the top of riku's forehead. ]

Yeah, that's true. It's so fun you even go on Saturdays.

[ clenches his fist, looking somewhat determined. ]

I do it for the good of the people. It's like saving the world all over again.

Saving the world, one teenager at a time.

[ & at that very moment he pokes his head back into the living room. ]

HEY GUYS I THINK YOUR SOUP'S BURNING.

[ sits upright at his words, not even saying anything to tony as he runs off to save ~~rob's precious~~ the soup. ]

. . . !!

[ all but darts after riku, wanting to check up on the ~~precious~~ soup as well. ]