Requested by: -CASTROPHOBIC
ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅs ᴜᴘ ʙᴜᴛ... ɪ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙᴇʀᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢs sᴏ... ʏᴇᴀʜ.

⚠: Xsɪsᴛᴇʀ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ
[To be clear, (ʏ/ɴ) is around 8 years old in this chapter.]

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Draken waited in patience outside of his adopted little sister's room, him being all dressed up and ready to go.

He wasn't sure if he just ate something weird earlier or if he's actually nervous but whatever it is, it's making him uneasy. He kept thinking about how (Y/N) must think of him by this point, the memories of the past year with her being his little sister flooding his mind.

He was so lost in thought that it took him a good while to process the fact that it was her birthday today, or just probably the same day the owner of the brothel introduced him to her.

She was such a quiet and meek kid back then, and he was kinda happy she finally got comfortable with him around.

Though it certainly took a long time.

The door finally opened revealing a little girl with (h/c) colored hair, bright (e/c) eyes gleaming with excitement. She had a big grin on her face which almost automatically made him smile as well.

Almost.

He still had to keep his cool however, being a big brother and all.

"Here, let me comb your hair." he offered to which the girl gleefully handed him the comb.

She sat in front of him, her back facing him as he started to untangle her already messy hair. He did it as gentle as he could though, not wanting her to regret letting him fix her hair.

He could hear little childish giggles filling the room as he let out a small smile, oblivious to the girl.

"Good thing you already dried your hair." he muttered, being as careful as he could.

"Mhmm." she hummed. "You always say to dry my hair after taking a bath, right nii-san?"

He nodded to himself as he thought about having matching hairstyles for the both of them. He opted to ask her though, as it's her day today.

"How'd you like me to tie it?"

(Y/N) faced him in a very childish manner, pointing at his braid as he just looked at her with a poker face.

"Like this?" he asked, pointing at himself. "You want me to braid it?"

He didn't even have to say anything more as she immediately nodded her head, one of the simple gestures from her that he finds cute. Without much ado, he began braiding her hair, still as careful as before.

"Stop turning your head sideways. It'll mess it up."

His mind wandered to the time Mikey and the others knew about what was going on today, and how they all lost their shit yesterday when he casually asked them about what to gift (Y/N).

One thing's clear though.

They wouldn't mess it up. Hopefully.

He finally finished doing his sister's hair as he turned to look at her, a giddy smile painted on her gentle features as she clumsily stood up and fixed her shoes.

He wanted to help her with that but seeing as she did it by herself, he knew he couldn't do anything else.

They went out of their designated place, Draken looking the door as he was met by the sight of some of his 'neighbors' already flocking in front of his little sister. Most of them are in very revealing clothing, as usual.

"My, my, look at you now (Y/N)-chan, all grown up." one of them said as she let out a dramatic sigh.

"Pretty sure you'll grow up to be a fine woman, my dear." chimed in the other.

"How is your onii-san treating you sweetie?" another one asked as the girl looked up to her big brother for help.

"Alright. You're scaring her." he said loudly as some of the women giggled, making some remarks about how he's always so uptight.

Others were giving her little gifts as she took it happily, making sure to thank all of them properly. Draken just observed the whole ordeal though, not minding the low-key thirsty comments for him from his neighbors.

It didn't take long before they finally got outside, the male holding his little sister's hand as they walked the way to the ice cream shop. It wasn't really that far away, and (Y/N) looked like she enjoyed the sights outside. Besides, she rarely went out.

"Let's go for ice cream today." he nervously said as he looked away from her.

The little girl's eyes lit up happily as she walked with a smile, the thought of ice cream for her birthday floating around her mind. It was midday already and that only made her want ice cream more than anything.

Draken sure noticed.

As they entered the usual cool atmosphere of the ice cream shop, (Y/N) practically let go of her brother's hand as she ran to the counter, looking at all the different sorts of ice cream presented in front of her.

Draken only chuckled as he watched his little sister intently, making it a point to order anything she likes and make sure to not let her go overboard.

The man behind the counter looked at the little girl with a smile on his face as Draken approached her, crouching down at her level and looking at the different flavors of ice cream.

"What would you like?" he asked.

It took her a full minute to decide as she blurted out everything she wanted.

"I want chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and azuki."

ʸᵃ'ˡˡ ᶜᵃⁿ ᶜʰᵒᵒˢᵉ ʷʰᵃᵗᵉᵛᵃʰ ᶠˡᵃᵛᵒʳ ʸᵃ'ˡˡ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵐ'ᵏᵃʸ?

Draken only nodded as he placed two orders, one for him and one for her, although he didn't get as much ice cream as her as he didn't really like sweet stuff that much. He paid for it before finding an empty table, (Y/N) gladly pulling the hem of his shirt lightly as soon as she saw one.

He sat on the other side of the table they picked, facing his sister who had a grin on her face. He remained poker faced however, as big brother's have to.

"You're too excited, you know that." he stated, brushing some of her hair off her face as he tucked it behind her ear.

Big (e/c) eyes stared up at him in awe as he looked away awkwardly.

"I am, nii-san." she said, smiling as Draken just looked outside. "Thank you for taking me out to have ice cream today."

The male now had a small smile on his face as their order arrived, the girl's eyes widening at how much ice cream there is in front of her.

"Now eat up. You don't get to have this everyday, right?" her older brother said.

"Mhmm!" she hummed, already munching some of the ice cream.

"Don't come crying to me when you have a toothache later."

She paid no mind to what he said, him eating his ice cream as he watched her.

A small dab of ice cream stained her clothes as he sighed, getting a tissue and trying to wipe off some of it. (Y/N) looked a bit guilty as she kept on eating the cold treat, fixing her eyes on her brother.

He didn't mind her staring as he looked dejectedly at the stain. Dang it would be a pain to wash that later on.

It didn't take long for him to finish his ice cream and as he did, he looked in front of him only to see his sister holding her stomach while trying to eat the remaining dessert in front of her.

He sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day as he just let her be. She'd get tired of it later on, and he'd have to carry her to the park so they could go walking for a short time until it's about five or so.

"...I'm done..." he heard her say as he looked in front, low-key surprised that she managed to finish the whole bowl of ice cream by herself.

He offered her some tissue as she took it, cleaning her little hands while Draken proceeded to wipe her face clean. He mumbled stuff to himself about how she should need to learn how to eat desserts properly.

As he spent the following minutes cleaning up his little sister's face and hands, they stayed inside the ice cream parlor for a few more minutes. He quietly observed if she was fine, and it looks like she is.

"Wanna go out?" he asked, followed by a nod.

They went outside to the direction of the park, (Y/N) wondering why they're not going home yet.

Draken still held his little sister's hand so she doesn't get lost, especially since a lot of people were walking with them. Throughout the walk, they both stayed quiet, the older one thinking about a few things while (Y/N) being too full to say anything.

"This is probably the best birthday ever, nii-san, and I'm tired." the little girl muttered as she yawned, stretching her little arms as Draken internally panicked.

Sure, he had someone sleeping on him right after that someone ate and this was supposed to be no new thing but this is his sister we're talking about.

So instead, he made her sit on his lap as she dozed off without a care in the world.

He sighed yet again as he leaned back on the bench, thinking if he actually did something nice for her today. He was in the middle of thinking when he saw his group of friends nearby, Mikey being the one to actually run towards him.

He made a 'shushing' motion as he approached them, pointing at the sleeping (Y/N). Mikey raised an eyebrow as he was about to say something, only to have Baji's hand cover his mouth.

"Shut it Mikey, the birthday girl's sleeping." Baji said.

Mitsuya walked past them and sat beside him, quietly admiring the fact that Draken actually is great around kids. Mikey kept whining in the distance about how he wanted to greet her, play with her and run around with her as Baji tried his best to reason out with him.

Chifuyu, Takemichi and the others were there too, although they were being as silent as they could.

"Looks like you got the hang of it." Mitsuya commented as he leaned back as well, observing the others.

Hakkai was nodding to himself behind them.

"Nah, nah, it's just luck." Draken reasoned out.

"Oh? Taking care of kids seem like an endless torture to me though." Chifuyu added.

"And besides, don't they like require attention?" Mikey muttered as the rest only deadpanned at him.

Draken sighed again, a contented one as he gently patted his sister's head.

"Well, she does, at times. The thing is, she's different and that's probably a good thing."

Takemichi pointed at the stain on her clothes.

"Yeah but you also have to clean up after them, right?"

"Yep and it's a pain, really." Mitsuya sighed.

"Why are you guys here anyways? You can go for now, she's asleep."

"Isn't it obvious? We're here to give her some gifts of course." Baji said as he rolled his eyes.

Draken just looked at him nonchalantly.

"Ooh, Ken-chin being protective of baby (Y/N)-chin?"

"Shut up Mikey she needs to sleep."

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