GetBackers Fan Fiction ❯ Adventures In Bansitting ❯ Part 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Part 3

Ginji felt pain in his heart the whole time he was out shopping with Hevn.

“Gin-chan?”

“It feels like my heart is breaking. Like something has gone terribly wrong.” Ginji told her as they walked out of the store, packages in their arms.

“I'm sure everything is fine, Gin-chan. Paul is taking good care of Ban-kun.”

They walked in to hear Ban's wailing.

“What's wrong?!” Ginji dropped his bags to rush over to Ban's side. “Master, what's wrong with him?”

“I don't know! He just started crying as soon as you left!”

Ginji scooped Ban into his arms and made soft soothing noises at him. “Shhh, Ban-chan I'm here. It's okay now.”

Ban's wailing eased to soft hiccupping whimpers as the tiny boy buried his head into Ginji's neck.

“Jeez, Ginji, is he gonna do that every time you leave? You can't take him on retrievals with you.”

“I don't know... I can't leave him alone…”

“Leave who alone?”

Ginji spun. “Shido!”

~~~

Shido blinked at the tiny sniffling bundle in Ginji's arms. “Who's this?” Shido asked, watching as Ginji shifted the tiny bundle in his arms.

“Well, you see Shido, what happened was...”

Shido stared at Ginji as he explained what had happened during the retrieval. As Ginji told his tale, Shido watched as Ginji shifted the tiny bundle from arm to arm until Shido finally held out his hands. “Lemme hold him for a minute, relax your arms.”

Ginji looked doubtful but passed the baby to Shido. “If Ban-chan starts crying again, give him back, okay?”

“Yeah.” Shido cradled Ban's head as he held him. “Jeez, he's so fucking tiny...”

“I know. I wonder why he's not crying when you hold him, Shido-kun; he dislikes you just as much as me if not more...” Hevn looked a bit peeved at this.

Ban was asleep as Shido cradled him against his chest. “I used to help Emishi all the time with the little kids from his clan. Kids just like me.”

“So Ban-kun has miraculously stopped hating you?”

Ban made soft fussing noises. “I wouldn't say that.” Shido handed Ban back to Ginji.

“I think he needs to be changed, Gin-chan, before anything happens to that shirt.”

Ginji laughed and rubbed his nose against Ban's. “Think that sounds like a good idea, Ban-chan?”

Ban gurgled grumpily at him.

“We'll take that for a yes. Come on Gin-chan, I'll show you how it's done.” Hevn dragged Ginji into the back room to show him how one goes about changing diapers.

~~

Ginji and Hevn walked out a few minutes later, after much screaming and crying, with a freshly changed Ban, who didn't look very happy at all, a very flustered looking Hevn, and an amused Ginji.

“Well. That went well.” Ginji chirped.

“...He almost pissed on me.”

Ban's expression seemed to say `Damn. I missed.'

Shido wisely hid his smile and laugh behind a hand and a cough.

Hevn glared at him, then at Ban.

Ban scowled back.

Shido laughed.

End Part 3