Always The Baby Cousin

Is There A Cure?

It startled not only the little boy himself but all the host club as well. Makio was still holding him so she was able to react the fastest. She gently pet his hair. Kyoya was only naturally the second over, it was his younger cousin which meant not only that he was extremely concerned but he had dealt with this many times before.
Tamaki was over next and assisted Makio in soothing the sobbing boy. The twins were there last, not that they made anything better, "Aww did someone have a nightmare?" they asked in unison. Makio glared lightly but said nothing, "D-dwink, I-I need a dwink," Tamaki handed the sippy cup to him.
Kouichi glared at the cup but none the less he took it sipping on it, he realized what the taste was, grape juice. Once he had a decent amount of it drained he pulled it down much more calmly, "Now do you care to tell us what happened, Kouichi?" Kyoya asked, addressing with the child's real name since there weren't any guests at the moment.
Makio scooted over giving room for Kyoya to sit next to her Kouichi. The raven haired boy shifted around, he knew things like this were hardly approved of by his cousin making him nervous. "Well... I dweamted that I was taked away fwom the hostie club, and I nevew seeded you guys again til you all wewe adults and you nevew wanted to seeded me again," "Oh silly little Kouichi!" Tamaki said picking him up and hugging him, "We loooooove you and never, ever want to let you go or leave you alone!" Kouichi groaned nestling his red face into Tamaki's shoulder, the twins smirked seeing how embarrassed Kouichi got when he was coddled. Hikaru gently took him from Tamaki, "Aww, look at how wed his face is getting," Hikaru cooed, "It's ok, little Kouichi, you'll always be our baby host," Kaoru added. Kouichi sniffled a bit, though his childish set of mind and tendencies was calmed and rather adored the fawning, his still 15-year-old set of mind state saw what they were really doing and as a result fussed a bit.
"Kyoooyaaaa, Kyooyaaaaa, Kyooooooyaaa," he whined repeatedly. He knew his older cousin was at the point of pity for him and at this point only wanted him to be ok and happy. Kyoya sighed getting up and pulling the boy away from the mischievous twin, "That's enough for now, we need to focus on how he ended up like this is the first place so we can figure out how to get him back to normal, if we can," hearing the last three words of his cousin's sentence made him whimper hiding his face in his shoulder, that wasn't what he needed to hear at the moment. Yet again, his childish actions had a good portion of control and the urge to cry was bubbling up inside.
"Aww Kouichi, it's ok, I'm sure there's a way to fix this," Makio soothed, "Yes! There surly is an antidote to whatever it was that happened," the bubbly blonde who called himself the king of the host club added. Kouichi sighed and pulled his face away from his cousin's shoulder rubbing both eyes in attempt to rid them of tears, "I hope so, I don't wanta stay fouw, I wanta be 15 again, and soon," "I'm sure we'll find something, we just need to look first," Kyoya finally stated, gently petting his distressed cousin's matching hair. The smaller one nodded laying his head back on the closest shoulder.
"You know, I don't think he can "help" you guys every time you host, he's bound to get bored eventually, maybe I could run to the store and get him things to do," Makio suggested, all the other young adults nodded in agreement, Kouichi's eyes lit up, there was only one activity on his mind, "Video games? I get to pay my video games?" He asked excitedly, "Not quite, at least not the ones you play on a daily basis," Kyoya said, bursting the boy's bubble. "Wh-what? Why not? I wanta pay my video games!!" he shouted having a bit of a tantrum.
"Stop acting so ridiculously," Kyoya warned, "You can't play the ones you usually do for multiple reasons," "Which awe?!" "One, it'd get people suspicious. Two, they're loud and obnoxious both of which you can do enough if on your own. And three, personally I'd like to see you take advantage of your new body and mind and perhaps learn something that you clearly didn't pick up on the first time around," Kouichi knew what his cousin was hinting at making him growl.
"I AM NOT PAYING THE ONES FOW ITTLE KIDS!" Kyoya gave him a second warning glare, "Don't yell firstly, unless you'd like to go to the corner again, secondly, I don't believe you have a say in the matter, little one," a smirk came to his lips but it didn't stay for long. The black haired boy quickly started having a tantrum, Kyoya grumbled under his breath, "Fine, don't say I didn't warn you," he carried Kouichi over to the corner and set him in it, "You have 20 minutes this time," Kouichi looked up shock, he definitely wanted to break down and sob now. He turned around so he was facing his cousin sitting on his knees, "B-but Kyoooyaaaa," "You're not changing my mind, I warned you twice," "But K-kyooyaaaaaa, up, up, uuupp!" he whined holding his arms out to be picked up and held, "No, I'll pick you 'uuupp' when your timeout is through, you're not going to win me over other wise," Kyoya stated sternly, "now turn back around."
Kouichi let his arms fall loosely to his side's before finally giving into his four-year-old senses and action for the time being and began to cry.
Kyoya sighed and turned the boy to face the wall making him sob louder, "Oh yes, go ahead and cry and give everyone a headache. Good grief, it's only 20 minutes Kouichi, how is this proving you're still a 'big boy'?" he asked standing a safe distance away from the chair but still close enough to do something if Kouichi decided to act up. Upon hearing that the child tried to cease his wails of distress and wipe away the tears, but 20 minutes ended before he could succeed. Kaoru was the one to pick him up this time, both twins awwed and hugged him tightly.
Kouichi, for once, didn't seem to mind, he merely hid his face into Kaoru's shoulder still trying his hardest to stop crying. "Awwww poor thing," they spoke in unison, "Kyoya was being mean to you, huh?" Kaoru asked nuzzling his forehead against the child's gently. Kouichi, again, rubbed his eyes before nodding. Kyoya rolled his eyes, "I was not being mean, I was punishing you for doing something wrong, which is showing you discipline, something you clearly needed to be shown," Kouichi shook his head, "K-Kyoya was m-mean," he whimpered clinging closer to the slightly younger twin as he heard footsteps coming closer and could only assume it was his cousin, but it wasn't. He started to cry louder as he was gently pulled away. He was quickly shushed, however, hearing a voice that definitely wasn't his cousin's, "Oh Kouichi, c'mon there's no need for tears, I'm not going to hurt you," the voice gently promised, he knew the voice, it was Tamaki who was holding him now.
Kouichi immediately cuddled closer hugging Tamaki as tight as his little body could allow. The host club king laughed a bit, "Goodness someone really likes hugs," he commented hugging back. Kouichi knew he'd have to butter Tamaki up if he wanted to avoid the shadow king for a while. He quickly nodded, "I like hugs and T-Tama-Chan gives the besterest ones," Tamaki gasped happily and hugged the child close before spinning around, "Ohhh you're just too precious like this!! Did you hear him Kyoya?! Isn't he the sweetest?" Kyoya pushed his glasses up, smirking, "Indeed, it appears I've been traded out. Perhaps my baby cousin would be happier if you were the one taking care of him," Kouichi immediately pulled away from Tamaki, that wasn't his plan at all, "No!! Noooho!" Kyoya couldn't help but chuckle quietly at how frantic his younger cousin became, "I was just playing, it's ok, take a joke, baby cousin," Kouichi glared and whined holding both arms out to be held by his big cousin again. Kyoya smirked, "Set him down, Tamaki, he wants down now," Tamaki did so.
This was practically Kouichi's first time using his feet since being stuck like this, so his little steps were wobbly but he managed it over to his cousin and sat down on the floor and hugged his leg as tightly as he could, Kyoya however purposely ignored him and his hug. "Kyooyaa? Kyooooyaa?" the boy frowned when his big cousin didn't reply, he stood up and started stomping his feet in a tantrum, "Kkyyooooooyyyaaaaa!!! Kyooooyaaa!" "Well this is odd, I seem to have an annoying ringing in my ear, I wonder what could've caused it, and where did my little cousin go?" Kyoya's smirk widened as he walked away from Kouichi leaving the younger to look up to him in shock and disbelief. He immediately followed him tugging on the bottom of Kyoya's school uniform jacket, "Kyoya!! Kyooyaaaa!!! I'm down hewe! Look!! Look down!" Kyoya looked down at the side his cousin wasn't on, "All well, I guess I'll never know," Kyoya shrugged loosely and started writing in his back book, Kouichi whimpered, "Ofer side!! Ofer side Kyoooyaa! Look on your ofer side, look!" the child begged as he switched to pulling on his cousin's arm, Kyoya had let it lay at his side to make it easier on the boy, "Kyoooyaa! Kyooooyaaa! Kyoooooooyaaaaaa! Notice me Fuwui Itoko (Big Cousin) Senpai! Look! Look at me!" "It's amazing, it's like Sukoshi Itoko (Little Cousin) just disappeared," Kouichi started stomping both feet in a tantrum, "Not gone! Not ditappeawed! Look down, on the ofer side!!" "Oh I sure will miss him," Kouichi sniffled and started crying softly, Kyoya sighed now to fix what he had done.
He looked down on the side his cousin was on, he gasped in pretend shock and picked him up, "Oh my goodness, I found you! Why are you crying?" Kouichi whimpered nuzzling as  closely as he could to his cousin, "F-Fuwui Itoko didn't seeded me! H-he hates me!!!!" Kyoya sighed and pet his hair, "Shhh don't be silly, baby cousin, I don't hate you," the child whimpered rubbing his face against his big cousin's shoulder, "S-so you l-lofe me?" "Yes," he chuckled and gently laid his head on his cousin's head, "I lofe, lofe, lofe, lofe, loooooffe you," the boy giggled happily, but a voice made him freeze up in terror.
"Uhhhha, no offense, little Kyoya," the male said stepping closer and laying his arm on Kyoya's shoulder as he towered over them both, "but why are you being lovely dovey with a random kid that's not like you at all.... he kinda looks like Kouichi, where is the squirt anyways?" he asked, Kouichi nuzzled closer, the male was none other than Masayoshi, Kyoya and Kouichi's older cousin. Kyoya sighed, "Masa..... this is Kouichi something happened... and now he's stuck as a four year old," "...You're joking, just pulling my leg, right?" "No," Kouichi whiney groaned hearing Masa start to laugh.