Little duck (diabolik lovers)

-Oneshot- The Garden

"Open"
"Ahh" Matsu opened his mouth up knowing what his brother was doing.
Yuma pushed a cherry tomato into Matsu's mouth, with the younger chomping down on the sweat treat.
The pair were outside in the garden on a pretty sunny day. Matsu was crouched down tying twine to bamboo and plant stalks to keep the taller plants up, this not being the most exciting of tasks. Yuma was walking back and forth checking on all the larger plants, however after picking one of the fruits he had gone back over to Matsu.

"It ripe?" Yuma asked stood behind his younger brother, the only point of feeding Matsu was to see if the tomatoes were ready to be picked. Matsu enjoying the sweet juicyness of the tomato, yuma watching his reaction from behind the boy.

"It's good" Matsu spoke turning slightly towards Yuma, ruminants of the tomato still in his mouth before quickly swallowing the tasty fruit.
"Perfect, come on you can get a start on picking" the older said dropping an empty woven basket.

"-sigh- sometimes I wonder if you just took me in to be your personal slave" Matsu mumbled out, bored of being told what to do and getting put to do all the crap jobs.

"Enough of that you, i'll have you know it was me having to adhere to every one of your demands when you were little young man" yuma spoke feeling slightly insulted by Matsu's comment. It was him who had to change his entire sleep schedule for Matsu, he was one changing his nappy several times a day and not to mention all the things he put on hold due to having to prioritise Matsu. It wasn't like he hadn't enjoyed doing all of these things, well all but one, but it was that he had to do all of this without any prior knowledge surrounding children nor much external support outside of his brothers with also having to put his life on pause for Matsu's younger years.
Yes it was tough, yes it was tiring, yes it was stressful, but looking at the man Matsu had become it was all worth it.

"-groan- don't call me that, only dad and Ruki calls me young man" Matsu groaned out, thinking back to his eldest brother who was seemingly acting more like the youngest's father rather than a brother to him. It did bother him sometimes, however he did like that he at least had some sort of fatherly figure in his life, his adopted father was crap. He barely saw the man and when he did he never showed care to him or any of his brothers, but on his father's credit Matsu did now have a home with brothers that he loves, so he couldn't hate the man.

"Well you are and you need to reminded when you get too big for your own boots" Yuma finished plopping his ass down next to his brother.

"Sorry" Matsu mumbled, he did understand what his big brother had done for him, what they had all done for him. Without yuma finding him, he'd probably have died out in the woods. The brothers had told Matsu on how they had come about him a few years back, to a very confused response on how he was blood related to Yuma. At first he felt unwanted and separated from the rest of the family, yet with their constant reassurance and love he knew that this is where he meant to be. Also the fact that they had willingly saved him, with Yuma taking him on as his blood brother, although he thought nothing different from any of the others. They were all his brothers and he loved them all.

"I love ya you know, we all do. But as your big brothers we need to make sure you keep in line and become a decent person, also to keep ya safe" yuma said pushing Matsu's shoulder slightly in a brotherly loving way, causing Matsu to fall from his crouched position onto his ass as well. Yuma chuckling at Matsu's slightly startled expression as he fell.
"Big brother?" Matsu complained out slightly.

"Come on enough of this sappy shit it's gunna go dark before we even get to the plants at the back" Yuma said standing back up remembering what they were actually out here for

"Love you too" Matsu mumbled quietly before going back to picking the fruit. Only to have his hair be roughly ruffled causing him to scrunch up his face slightly, smiling as his brother removed his firm hand.

"Ototo" a soft voice called out. Turning his head Matsu came into eye contact with his big brother Azusa, who had then sat on the lowest step just behind Matsu.
"Onii-san, what are you doing out here?"Matsu asked, it was quite rare to see Azusa out in the garden, or out of the house. The only time that was, was when they were in school.

"My big brother senses.. were ..tingling, .....are you ....okay?" Azusa asked in his usually slow demeanour. Matsu standing before sitting next to him, as he had already finished tying the twine ,and yuma seemed fine enough picking the fruit on his own.
"Yes i'm fine nii-san"Matsu said smiling at Azusa

"I think I upset Yuma"Matsu said very quietly, with Yuma's distance and Matsu's tone he knew that his older brother wouldn't be able to hear him. Matsu having a small frown on his face.
"He could.. never be upset ..with..... you" azusa reassured knowing his big brother more than anyone else.

"I think he really is tho"Matsu said,normally he would be able to brush these feelings off, however with how yuma spoke to him it seemed different.

"No he isn't" Azusa said firmly, something he had grown confidence in with Matsu growing up. "He loves ..you ..a ..lot. If he didnt.. he ..wouldn't have ...shared a bed with you ..for ..so long, or ...taken care of ...you"Azusa said to the boy.
"I shared a room with him?, but his rooms tiny" Matsu said slightly confused.

"Whose fucking room do you think you're living in" yuma asked out, hearing Matsu this time. Him walking over to the pair.
"What?"Matsu asked out looking up at him.

"You live in a room for decades then an eight year old steals it straight from under your nose" yuma muttered put sitting on the other side of the boy with his full asset on his lap, taking one of the tomatoes in his mouth.

"I stole your room?" Matsu asked not remembering any of this due to the many years that have passed since the fact. Nor had anyone mentioned this to him previously.
"You think I would have chosen a dingy room that barely gets any light and has a crap view of my garden?" yuma asked sarcastically eating another tomato.

"We have tons of empty room you could have chosen?" Matsu questioned to yuma, azusa smiling at Matsu's confusion leaning into his little brother's ear.
"He chose that one so he could still be close to you just in case anything happened" Azusa whispered to Matsu knowing that it would assure his younger brother on how much yuma loved him.

"That was not the reason!" Yuma almost yelled out hearing the comment, his cheeks going slightly pink in embarrassment. Both Matsu and Azusa smiling slightly at their older brother's obvious lie. It was comforting knowing how much his brother cared for him.

Taking a large sigh Matsu lent back to he was now led agains the stairs watching as the sun set. Azusa soon joining him, yuma not far behind. The three led there watching as the sun slowly disappeared bending the lush treetops.

"This is really uncomfortable to lay against" Matsu commented, the stairs digging into his back. Yuma and Azusa smiling at their little brother's comment.

20 November 2023
1343 words
Please vote and I hope you gave enjoyed this mini one shot.