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"Ri-chan, your father and I are going out to get what we need for later on. Take care of Haru-chan alright?" Kina said, winking as she straightened are coat out before putting it on.

"Now, now you two, don't cause too much trouble." Sei added as he was pulled by his wife outside.

"Don't worry, we'll be okay." Rido replied before he locked the door and offered his hand to Haruka who was right beside him. Haruka just looked at the hand curiously. "If you won't take it then I'll leave you here." Rido calmly said, laughing a little as his little brother jolted when he said that and immediately took his hand.

"Rido-nii is a meanie." Haruka said under his breath, pouting a little.

It's to be expected of course for a pure blood child to develop his or her conversational skills rapidly after saying the first word.

"You're barely 1 year old and you already talk big." Rido said under his breath in return, making sure that his younger brother wasn't able to pick what he said up even with his vampire hearing.

The two of them went to Sei's study. It was off limits to other people but as long as they were within the family -particularly Sei, his wife, and his two children- either of them could go in and out whenever the so wished.

The two pure bloods didn't go there just because they wanted to though. Rido had wanted to read something that his father had recommended him -a certain book that had indeed caught his interest, whilst his brother can just sit beside him, read with him, or just play with his father's collection of wood carved mythical creatures. Rido doesn't know why his father liked such but oh well he has no right to judge and won't even do so anyways.

Haruka had decided to occupy himself with the wood collection, choosing one particular woodwork which he considered as his favorite - a rabbit. Taking the said figure from the shelf it was on, he went back to where his brother had sat, sitting beside him as he admired his favorite rabbit.

Rido didn't pay much mind to his brother sitting next to him. He had his focus elsewhere after all and that is to the book in his hands. He continued reading on as the minute hand of the clock continued to tick. Frankly, he was slightly startled when he heard his younger sibling start to hum a simple tune. But then, Rido paid not much heed to it and read.

Haruka on the other hand had easily gotten bored of what he was doing. He placed his favorite rabbit back and he huffed as he sat back down beside his brother. He looked around the study for something to do but there was nothing that interested him at the moment.

"Rido-nii, what are you reading?" Haruka decided to ask.

Without looking away from his book, Rido replied. "I'm reading a novel based on , it's based on historical facts but then the novel is actually fiction."

"What's historical?"

"Historical means something that happened in the past."

"What's fiction?"

"Something that isn't true or is based on someone's imagination."

"What's imagination?"

Rido closed his book.

"Don't you have anything better to do than trying to pester me while I read?" Rido said in a slightly annoyed tone as he looked at his brother straight in the eyes.

"What's pester?" Haruka asked innocently, not even minding the look he was given by the older Kuran.

Rido sighed. "Never mind." He reopened his book and continue reading. This time, until his parents are finally back, he promised that he won't stop reading.

"We're back~!" Kina announced as she and her husband got home with several shopping bags and a box in hand.

"Hmm. Odd. Usually, the boys would be here to welcome us home." Sei said, taking off his wife's coat first before taking off his own.

"That's not a problem. With this, we won't have to worry about Haru-chan asking what's inside of these bags." The long haired brunette smiled before dragging her husband to the living room.

"Ah, should I get my wood collection?" Sei asked, earning a slightly confused look from Kina. "Well, you see, I remember how Haru really adores that and I'm pretty sure to have them present today would make him even happier."

"Oh I see." Kina smiled before she nodded. "Shall I give you a hand?"

Sei accepted his wife's offer and both proceeded to Sei's study since his wooden collection was there. Kina, who was just about to enter the room first, peeked inside to see if her sons were there. She was right, however, the sight she was seeing made her internally squeal, being the doting mother that she is.

"What is it, Kina?"

"Sshh!" She hushed her husband before scooting to the side a bit. "Look." She pointed to the inside of the room.

There on Sei's couch was Rido, leaning back with his eyes closed, and Haruka soundly asleep, lying on his older brother's lap.

"This has got to be the cutest thing I've seen in my life." Sei said is thoughts aloud.

"Of course it is, they're our children after all."

"Happy Birthday Haru-chan/Haruka!" Both parents exclaimed once Rido brought in a blindfolded Haruka.

The little boy's eyes had a sparkle in them once his sight was restored. There were decorations around the living room that caught his eye and there was the cake with his name written in velvet red. No one could tell how innocently happy he was, smiling brightly and all that.

"Thank you Kaa-chan, Tou-chan." Haruka hugged his parents as he received his gifts.

Rido on the other hand just watched his brother's actions as he sat. There was no longer that irritated feeling he once had before. Actually, his chest felt rather warm a while ago when he saw Haruka napping on his lap. That warm feeling is still in his chest to this point. What is this? He asked himself.

Rido was brought back from his thoughts when he felt something poke at his chest. Looking up, he saw Haruka standing in front of him with a serious look on his face. "What?"

"Where's my present from Rido-nii?" Haruka pouted before suddenly being taken into his older brother's arms.

Cute.. Wait.. huh? To Rido's surprise, he had hugged his brother subconsciously. He pulled away after he realized, a little red to the ears.

"Rido-nii?" Haruka just looked at him curiously.

Rido just ruffled his hair, aiding his smooth recovery. "Happy Birthday Haru."

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