Oda Sakunosuke (sequel to I would never leave you)

Son: Hoshi (star) (oldest)

Daughter ( Sora) (younger)

My beloved treasures for life

3rd person pov

It has been 5 years since you found out that you were pregnant and you couldn't help but just giggled when you saw your kids running around the house. You just thought that time flew by so fast since you felt like they were just babies yesterday and now here they are standing and playing around as 5 year old kids. "So this is what parenthood feels like isn't it?" you whispered to yourself. You then felt your left cheek was being poked at and you turned your head and smiled when you saw your husband Oda. "You looked like you were in deep thoughts." your husband said while taking a seat next to you. " I just thought that both Hoshi and Sora grew up too fast. I want them to grow up, but at the same time you feel that I don't want to grow up as well." you said with a mixture of happiness and sadness in your voice. "I don't want them to grow up too soon, but this is what we have to go through as parents" Oda said while pulling you and you laid your head on his shoulder. You enjoyed being in your husband's comfort until you heard your son Hoshi spoke up.

"Uncle Dazai look! Daddy is acting all romantic with mommy!" Hoshi yelled while pointing his finger at both of his parents. You blushed while your husband continued to pull you in for a side hug and snuggled his cheek onto yours. Your daughter looked at the both of you in awe unlike your son who was pretending to gag at the sight of it. Dazai laughed his head off when he saw Hoshi's reaction. "Hoshi-kun~ you shouldn't feel disgusted if you see your parents act all romantic in front of you. You will do these kinds of things as well with your future girlfriend." Dazai teased Hoshi. " It's weird seeing mommy and daddy act all mushy like that.im not used to seeing it" Hoshi complained while he covered his eyes while also taking tiny peeks at his parents. " Uncle Dazai is right, Hoshi. You would do these things as well once you're old enough to get a girlfriend, but in your father's case he always does this back when we were still dating." you explained to your son. "Mommy I have a question!" Sora enthusiastically asked you while cutely raising her hand in the air.

" Yes Sora? What do you want to ask?" You asked about playing along with your daughter. "Why do you think daddy acts all romantic with you?" Sora asked while showing you her cute puppy dog eyes. Hoshi saw his sister do that and did the same thing making you unable to refuse answering the said question. You nudge your husband to which he got the signal and coughed to get his children's attention. It caught the kids' attention and they looked at your husband waiting for the answer. "It's simple. I love your mother a lot. I will continue to do these things to her as long as she's ok with it" Oda answered. The kids huffed in satisfaction and it was Hoshi's turn to ask your husband a question. "Then… Do you love Sora and me as well, daddy?" he asked with anticipation. Oda then opened his arms without hesitation and you gestured your kids to go hug your husband to which they ran to your husband and gave him a big hug. "Of course I love you as well. After all you are my kids and my greatest treasures in my whole life. I love you both equally the same thing with your mom" he said and kissed both Sora and Hoshi on the head making them giggle at their father's actions. "So basically people only do these things with the person that they love?" Sora asked. "Yup. But there are many ways of showing affection to the person that you love and what your daddy does to me is just one of those ways" you said while patting both of your children's heads.

After you said that, the kids then did a turn their heads and stared at Dazai who was just watching the whole scene. This made Dazai nervous because whenever your kids  stare at him, he knows that they are gonna say something that they shouldn't. You and Oda saw this and looked questioningly at each other. You whispered to your husband. " Honey… Why are they staring at Dazai?" " It means they're gonna say something that only Dazai knows. You know that the kids can get their well informed gossip from anywhere. They're like the old aunties who love to gossip." Oda whispered back. You just sweatdropped because what Oda said was true. Your kids are well informed of any news or latest gossips that's happening around the neighborhood.Heck last week they gossiped with your next door neighbor about someone's ex-boyfriend, and their conversation with your neighbor lasted for 2 hours. If anything they can become journalists with their information. You and Oda waited for their next move while Dazai was profusely sweating. " Um Hoshi… Sora.. why are you both looking at Uncle like that? Is there something wrong?" He asked." Nope. It's just that when mommy said that people show their affection towards their beloved person there are various ways and we both just realized that you also have someone that you love." Sora answered. This made you wide eyed because how did they know that Dazai has a certain beloved someone. And you had a rough guess who that person is. Oda then took this opportunity to ask his kids. It's not always he gets to tease Dazai so why not take the chance? "Kids, why do you think Uncle Dazai has someone that he loves? He never mentioned anything about it." Oda asked despite knowing who that person was. " He's not dating the person at all. Uncle Dazai is a coward cuz he didn't even confess yet. He needs to be a man first before confessing, but Uncle Dazai isn't making moves on him yet." Hoshi explained. His criticism hits Dazai in the heart. Dazai did not expect to be criticized as a coward for not confessing, but he stopped breathing for a moment. Did Hoshi just say him instead of her? He decided to ask Hoshi right away. " Hoshi-kun, what do you mean by him? How come you're sure that I'm in love with a man and not a woman?" He asked, trying not to show that he was shocked or anything. Sora giggled at this and fished out her small camera that you had given to her on her birthday last week. She then opened the camera and showed the picture to both you and your husband, making you choke on your saliva while Oda just looked at it amused. Dazai noticed both of your reactions. "Um guys.. what did Sora show you?" Dazai asked.

Hoshi then took the camera from his sister and ran up to Dazai and gave the camera to Dazai. Dazai carefully took the camera from Hoshi and looked at the said picture only to be shocked at what he saw.

Dazai's shocked face

It was a picture of Dazai and Chuuya hugging each other and he was horrified when he looked at it.

When did she take this? And how come he didn't notice that someone took a picture of this. Hoshi saw his uncle's confused look and he answered his question. " Sora and I saw you both acting all mushy and hugging each other. And that's not the only picture that we took." Hoshi said. Dazai immediately clicked on the button.  He felt like his soul was flying out of his body because the picture that he saw next was none other than him kissing Chuuya.

Dazai turned to look at you and Oda in disbelief. You both shrugged your shoulders and mouthed to him " You're on your own with their criticisms."  Hoshi then sighed at Dazai to which Dazai flinched at it. Both Sora and Hoshi's criticisms can be quite harsh and well very accurate so you and your husband watched the drama unfold in front of you. " I can't believe that you haven't confessed to Uncle Chuu yet, Uncle Dazai.And don't start with I don't love him or anything. If you don't love him then why are you passionately hugging and kissing him?" Hoshi asked. "Hoshi~ I think Uncle Dazai and Uncle Chuu are at a phase." Sora told her twin. "What phase nee-san?" Hoshi turned to his sister and asked. This piques your husband's and your attention, especially Dazai. What Sora said next made all the three of you shocked.

" I think they're still too shy about being a couple , so they are starting off as friends with benefits" Sora confidently said with Hoshi just thinking about it then just agreed with his sister. Dazai choked on his saliva in shock while Oda was purely shocked that his beloved daughter knew that word. 

Your dumbfounded face

You were baffled as you wondered how your kids knew that word, so you asked in shock. "S-Sora-chan.. do you know what friends with benefits mean and how do you know those words?" " I learned about that word by watching that 7 o' clock drama. And it means just getting to know the person by dating that person for a few months then becoming a real couple once both people are serious about the relationship!" Sora explained whilst obviously not knowing what friends with benefits totally mean. You just facepalmed yourself and vowed to never let your kids watch those movies again and Hoshi saw this to them he asked. "Is that not what it means mommy?" Hoshi asked. Now it was your turn to be nervous because you never lied to your kids so you turned to your husband for help to which he answered. "Yup that's exactly what it means. Both Uncle Chuu and Uncle Dazai are in a love-hate relationship. That's the more appropriate word Sora." Oda explained. "Ohhhh" your kids said, nodding their heads. " Well if that's the case then Uncle Dazai is just too shy to ask Uncle Chuu out!" Sora said in shock. "And here you said that you were a man. What kind of man is scared to confess to the man that he loves?" Hoshi asked his Uncle. Dazai was at a complete loss and did not know what to say to both his nephew and niece. He just slumped his shoulder in defeat and his face was totally pale. Not only was he criticized by two 5 year olds, his relationship was even labeled as friends with benefits.

Both you and Oda looked at Dazai's pitiful state and looked at each other before giggling at his sorry state. As much as Hoshi and Sora are your beloved treasures, they can be too much with their criticisms. And you both vowed to ban them from watching any kind of drama until they are old enough to watch it again.

The end

Himiko: Finally finished this sequel! I feel like crying cuz I was slumped with work and didn't feel too well to write. Writer's block hits hard😭

Oda: Please don't worry too much Himiko. You don't need to immediately write anything. You need to take better care of yourself.

Himiko: Odasaku.. (sniffling) thanks.   I could use a hug from anyone. Can someone give me hug? (Extends arm for a hug for anyone to hug back)

Oda: I'll hug you-

Dazai: I'm gonna hug you! (Runs towards you and gives you a big hug nearly making Himiko suffocate)

Himiko: D-Dazai can't breathe.. (hitting his back to stop the strong hug)

Dazai: Oh sorry Himiko-chan. (Let's go if the strong hug and continues to give a gentle hug.) You're mean Himiko-chan. You keep bullying me in every chapter. How come I'm the one who's afraid to confess? If anything it should be the slug.

Chuuya: Who called me a slug just now?! (Comes out of nowhere)

Oda: Your boyfriend is here Dazai.

Dazai: He's not my boyfriend. The only one who can be my spouse is Himiko-chan!

Himiko: (blush) Wow your confidence is on point today. And I ain't gonna be your girlfriend.

Dazai: Then why are you blushing? (Smirks at Himiko)

Himiko: Don't make me punch you in the face Dazai. (Still blushing)

Dazai: Try then sweetheart. (Said it in a deep voice)

Himiko: (becomes quiet and covers her face) That's...unfair to say that..

Chuuya: Oi Kuso Dazai! If you wanna flirt Himiko then don't do it in front of me! It's disgusting!

Dazai: You're just jealous cuz you can't even flirt with her!

Chuuya: Why you!

Dazai and Chuuya bickering with Himiko still being hugged by Dazai. Please take note that Himiko is on Dazai's lap when he went for the hug.

Himiko: They're fighting while I'm still being hugged by Dazai. Kill me already. (face palm in disbelief)

Chuuya and Dazai: Don't you dare do that!

Oda: Um.. Himiko may I do the honours of ending this chapter?

Himiko: Oh yeah! Go ahead Odasaku.

Oda: We hope that you all would enjoy this story and until the goodbye👋

Written on: 29 May 2023