Submission (#1675) Approved

Written by: ceryskies

Gift for: wriven

Being a parent is hard. Arcadian sighed, shaking his head as he watched his litter of fluffballs zoom around haphazardly, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. His former insurmountable amounts of free time seem to be just a faint memory of the past as the chitters of his kits filled up the room. He had already stowed away his precious books and studies after an unintended accident occurred where one of his kittoms was chewing on the corner of his books. Of course, that didn’t hamper the little guy at all, and he scampered off when caught by his father. Feeling a rather wet sensation on his ear, Arcadian trotted to the mirror. One of his kits, named Isa was chewing on his ear, wanting for attention as he playfully pawed at his father’s face. He internally sighed, Arcadian doesn’t even understand how Isa got up there.

“Let's play daddy! Let's play!” Isa chirped, jumping off his head and onto the living room floor. The little kittom wagged his tail excitedly as he jumped up and down. 

“Alright alright my little munchkin, Daddy can play with you for a bit.” The older Elnin reassured his young, wanting to return back to his studies desperately. 

“Ciel and I wanna play magical superheroes! We’ll be the magical heroes, and you’ll be the evil monster!!” The furball dashed ahead to his younger colorful brother, leaping onto his sibling as shrill peals of laughter filled the room while the two played. 

“I wanna be the magical boy this time! I was the damsel in distress last time and you were the superhero!” Ciel exclaimed to his older brother, batting him gently in the face to make a point. 

“RAGH!! You’ll have to fight me for it hahaha!” Isa crowed gleefully, gently nipping at his siblings’ ear. 

The two kittens begin to play fight as their exasperated father watches. Arcadian mused as he watched his kittoms play. Ciel definitely took more a bit more after his mother, but shared some of his coloration, while Isa looks strikingly to be a perfect balance between him and his mother. Eventually, from all the shrieks and peals of laughter, a triumphant Ciel comes on top of his brother. They shoo their father away, whispering that he should come in when Isa cries for help. Arcadian couldn’t help but chuckle to himself as he trots away from sight of the kittoms, ready to play with them. 

“Help me. Someone help me.” Isa flatly cries out in ‘distress’, clearly upset that he had lost to his younger sibling. 

“Psst! Isa, put more effort into it!” Ciel whispered loudly and the other kittom grumbles before putting more effort into his cries of help. 

Putting on his best effort to appear menacing, Arcadian roared “RAAAA I’m an evil scary monster here to eat you!!” the father stomps out towards the ‘distressed’ kittom. 

“Oh no!! Someone please save me! I’ve hurt my leg and I can’t get back up!!” Isa yeowled pittifully, in a somewhat convincing manner. 

“Muhahaha! What do I see here? A kittom? You’ll be perfect for my dinner tonight!” He lightly growled, as he stomped towards Isa, who pretended to faint from such a ‘scary’ sight. 

“No need to fear! I am here!” A small voice squeaked out behind Arcadian. 

Arcadian gasped “Magical boy Ciel?! My arch nemesis? Where did you come from!” 

Ciel jumped onto his father’s back “I’m here to save you Isa! No need to fear, I’ll defeat the big scary monster!” He gleefully batted at the back of his father’s head.

“Now begone evil monster and never come back ever ever again!” 

“Oh no! I’ve been defeated!” Arcadian exclaimed, as he slunk away in ‘defeat’. 

Watching his kittoms gleefully play sometimes makes him think that it was worth the headache after all.