I'm in love with a soul destroyer

"Bedtime and landlords"

After dinner, Timidevil yawns and rubs his eyes as Babblong stops cleaning up the dishes to pick him up "uh-oh is my little Timi sleepy?~"

Babblong smiles and Cradles the small young yokai who Nuzzles against him sleepy, "Yes....." says the half asleep Timidevil.

"Alright~ let's get you to bed ok?" Babblong puts Timidevil over his shoulder and rubs the sleepy young yokai's back.

"Ok mama...." Babblong looks at Babbler who was trying to help by cleaning the dishes in the sink.

"Babbler, I'll be right back," Babblong tells the new resident in his house.

Babbler just nods and waves a hand as Babblong leaves the room to the bedroom. In the yokai world, a yokai's home depends on their job, inspiritments, and rank.

Babblong lives in a small house that is like Nate's which is a two story, but Timidevil's room was in Babblong's room which was upstairs.

Babblong's room had a small kiddie pool big enough for him and another to sleep in as slippery tribe yokai sleep in water or have to be damp while asleep at night or they get dry skin/scales except for some like Whisper, in the corner of the room was a basket like bassinet/crib.

Babblong Nuzzles Timidevil's nose against his "do you want Kai?" Babblong asks as he grabs a plush bunny from the crib.

Timidevil grabs it then hugs it then coos.

"I'll take that as a yes~" Babblong giggles as he gently lays the timid yokai in the crib.

Timidevil cuddles into his pillow then looks at his 'mama' "mama is Babbler going to be my daddy?".

Babblong freezes as he reaches to grab a pacifier and a blanket from a dresser next to the crib.

"Maybe but who knows," Babblong says as he grabs the pacifier and gives it to Timidevil who happily sucks on it.

"I think he would be a good daddy" Timidevil yawns as Babblong tugs him in with the warm blanket.

"Maybe Timi, maybe now sleep well ok" Babblong nuzzles the young yokai's cheek.

Babblong then kisses Timidevil's forehead and smiles as Timidevil cuddles into the blanket with his bunny sucking his pacifier, Babblong then turns off the lights, then turns on the night light, then leaves the room.

Babblong headed back downstairs to the kitchen to see Babbler who found something that worried him.

"Hey Babblong? What is this?" Babbler holds an opened up bill he found on the counter.

Babblong looks worried and rubs his arm "my landlord ups my price every time I have to go shopping for food for me and timi...."

Babbler looks at the bill and looks at Babblong with wide eyes, Babblong who is basically a single parent trying to raise a young yokai while, all while doing his job and inspirtments, he then finally notices some bandages on Babblong's wrists become loose and he could see some bruising and small scars and he could just guess where Babblong got those from.

Babblong quickly notices his bandages coming undone and covers his wrists, Babbler can also see Babblong hasn't gotten a lot of sleep, as he had some dark circles under his eyes.

Babbler smiles "Hey~ I'll keep cleaning up~ you go to bed you need it".

Babblong looks at Babbler worried "Are you sure".

Babbler then gives Babblong that 'go upstairs and go to sleep' look.

"Okay Okay I'll go to bed" with that Babblong goes back up the stairs.

Babbler on the other hand smirks as he hears Babblong close his room door, "finally someone for me to hunt..." he pulls up his bandana then grabs his club and quietly walks out of the house, Heading to the address on the bill....to do some business..

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Babblong frowns as he sits in his kiddie pool bed, and is changing his wrist bandages.

"They're healing up nicely..~"he whispers as he tightens the new bandages after using his abilities and ointment.

After dealing with his small injuries, Babblong yawns and lays down in his bed hearing Timidevil's soft snores from his 'bed', Babblong takes off his sandals and smiles as he cuddles up and pulls up his waterproof blanket and gets comfortable with his waterproof pillow.

"Maybe I should ask Babbler if he wants me to fill the tub for him to sleep in...." he thinks to himself, come to think of it, how long does it take to do dishes?

"U-Unless...me and him s-s-sleep together..." Babblong thinks and starts to become flustered, and hides his face in his pillow.

He then hears the front door close and sounds of someone panting, "did Babbler go out?" Babblong questions himself.

He then gets up and heads downstairs to look and sees.....Babbler leaning against the wall covered with blood not just his but another yokai's, breathing heavily and raspy.

"W-W-What did you do?..." Babblong shuddered as he was shaking, he then saw Babbler hold up a piece of his landlord's cloth in his hand.

"He... Won't hu...rt you nor... Timi...devil ever again..." Babbler wheezed out as his legs gave out on him....and he fell unconscious.

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Babbler opens his eyes and sees no more blood on him, and his wounds on his: head, chest, arms, wrists, nose, tail and back were bandaged up, he notices Babblong putting away some first aid medical supplies in a box.

From what Babbler can tell he was in a kiddy pool/bed, he watches Babblong sigh and look at him with an annoyed yet grateful look.

"Didn't have to kill my landlord..." Babblong grumbles as he gently lays down next to Babbler in The kiddy pool/bed.

"He hurt you.....I could see it in your eyes when you were talking about the bills there and I saw the wounds ya landlord gave ya" Babbler states as he looks at Babblong pointing to Babblong's bandaged wrists.

"Huh...." Babblong rubs his bandaged wrists sadly then looks at Babbler again with a serious but playful look.

"Ok but promise me you won't kill any more yokai without my permission please....I don't want you getting into trouble" Babblong explains as there are peaceful yokai and bad yokai, he did not want Babbler to accidentally hurt a peaceful yokai.

"I usually don't make promises but maybe I'll listen for once..." Babbler groans and looks at the ceiling.

Babblong sighs then nuzzles his nose against Babbler's as it's how Babblongs and their subspecies kiss and show affection.

"Timidevil wants you to be his daddy," Babblong Whispers as he pulls some blanket on Babbler.

"And that's what I'll be then....if that's how he sees me" Babbler Coos back and returns Babblong's nose nuzzle by doing it back.

"Let's go back to bed..." Babbler says as he brushes one of Babblong's long feathers over his shoulder.

"Okay...." Babblong softly smiles as he lays down then closes his eyes, and slightly purrs when Babbler uses his tail to cradle around his back.

He kinda was glad that Babbler killed/defeated the yokai that hurt him and Timi a lot in the past. Now he was curious:

"I wonder what living with a soul destroyer will be like...~" Babblong thinks as he falls asleep.