"Hey, Juuzou, can you come over to pick Yukizou up? I'm running behind and I'm trying to do his laundry and you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get week-old blood stains out." You held your phone between your shoulder and your ear as your scrubbed furiously at the onesie in your hands.

"Why don't you just send them out to professionals? I gave you my card, didn't I?" Juuzou reasoned. He didn't mind coming over, but he wondered why you bothered.

You huffed at this.

"Well one, I can do it myself. And two, constantly sending blood-stained clothes, especially baby clothes, seems like a red flag, doesn't it?" You rolled your eyes. "Can you come or not? Or are you working?"

"No! No, I'll be over in a few minutes." He assured you.

"I'll send you my location. I'd rather not wait all day." You laughed lightly, teasing him for his propensity for getting lost. "See you."

And with that you clicked your phone off and looked back at your son. He was sitting in his bouncing chair, happily gurgling to himself.

"Why are you so messy? Maybe we should try and see if you can eat human food sometime soon. Then at least I could be trying to get peas out cotton blends instead of lung." You chuckled to yourself.

You hadn't been avoiding Uta, per say, but you had taken Itori's advice and not allowed him into your house or to even meet Yukizou yet. Almost a month later now, your son was rolling over, Itori's bar was thriving, you were on good terms with Juuzou, and Uta was still dying to both meet your baby and have his own. But it wasn't anything you couldn't handle.

Ding ding.

"Come in, Juuzou!" You called out as you continued to furiously scrub at stains.

"You know," He announced himself as he took off his shoes. "You probably shouldn't just leave the door unlocked."

"What? In case ghouls come to get me?" You snickered.

"Predators of all sorts roam the streets!" He laughed back, surprising you that he was in such a joyous mood.

"What's up with you? Good day today?" You asked, still not bothering to look up from your task.

Juuzou kissed his son's head but left him the in the chair for a while longer.

"The sun is shining, the air is warm, I've got a tiny little family, what shouldn't I be happy about?" He asked as he paced behind you.

"That's a pleasant attitude to have. I'd invite you over more often if that kind of positivity was what you were bringing to our house."

The strange man spun in a circle as he danced around the room. He wasn't sure what he was feeling, but it was a really nice day and he was  feeling really happy and he did wish he came over more.

"Yeah, I should come over more!" He was suddenly overtaken but a rush of positive emotion. "You're my family and I miss you both!"

You glanced up at him briefly, trying to get a read on his emotions. This was... odd.