The same roof 2 || HEROPHINE

eleven: Babysitting Elle

Josephine's Pov

The sound of the pan getting ready to cook some healthy food for us, the sound of the cartoons on the tv and Hero's conversations with Elle doing a cute voice that I've never heard till now.
This should be a dream for sure because I can't explain to myself how I ended up in this situation. It's like being in my own dream.

The soft lifts in Selena's very elegant kitchen make me feeling the really good vibes of the night.
She was really kind telling us to use the kitchen to prepare us some dinner.

I put some tomatoes on the pan and then I sneak peek at the living room walking on my tiptoes.
I see them both sit on the carpet, well Hero sitter Elle on a cushion so she can reach the coffee table and draw on the many papers that they have in front of them using the infinite markers.
"Oh that flower is stunning Elle." Hero says looking at Elle's drawing.
Just the fact of how close they're sitting makes my heart melt.
"Ops." she says looking at the marker fell on the carpet and than she starts to crawling and go under the coffee table.
"Wh-" I see Hero alarmed not understanding what she is  searching for.
She quietly reaches the marker as a strong independent woman and then starts to back up.
Hero immediately slide his left hand on the corner of the table, he covers it and the other hand goes under the table placing his plan on Elle's head making sure that she doesn't get to hurt her head.
"Oh the marker, thank you, I was searching for it." Hero says smiling at her and giving her a little hug.

Jesus Crist. His eyes are literally glowing.
When he looks at me, he looks at me like that?
If he is this careful with Elle I don't want to think about his future relationship with his daughter or son...

"Do you like mine?" Hero asks showing his drawing. I get to see a little bit of it and I didn't knew that he was that good on drawing.
"Yeah." Elle says nodding multiple times.
"Oh thank you but yours still the best one." Hero says trying to flatter her.
"Yeah." she says making him laugh in front of her innocence.
She looks up at the tv and I see Hero do the same.
"Who do you like the most: Peppa or Susie?" Hero asks knowing surprisingly the name of the cartoon characters.
"Pepa." Elle tells Hero forgetting a "p".
"I could bet on it. She is more funnier than Susie, right?" Hero asks literally hanging from her lips.
I love the way he's trying to keep the conversation with her.
I don't know how longer my poor heart can handle this cuteness.

I see Hero slowly look up and catching me sneakily watching them.
"Oh Elle look who got out from the kitchen. Milady thank you for blessing us from your presence." Hero says smiling to me.
I roll my eyes smiling and then I go to sit on Elle's other's.
"Flower." Elle says sliding her paper on the coffee table and placing it right in front of me.
Of course it's not a flower at all but if my daughter does something like that I could frame it and put on the walls.
My mom used to throw away some of my drawings and I still remember how bad I felt and I'll never do that to my kids.
"Elle how you did it! I love it!" I say opening my arms.
I see her excitement getting bigger and bigger in front of my exclamation.
She smiles and then jumps right in my arms.

I look at Hero while I'm still wrapping Elle una a warm hug and I see him smile but it's not the always kinda smile.
It's that smile were you press your lips together till the vanish, making your chin furrow and your eyes get bigger.
He is definitely softened by the hug.
"Ah thank you Elle I needed this hug." I tell her.

"Of course she prefers you." Hero says like it's a bit of a competition for him.
She doesn't prefer me she just knows me longer than him.
I shake my head.

"Elle can you also give an hug to Hero? He really needs it. He is a little bit jealous." I whisper her once she leans back from me.
So she turns to her right and then opens her arms.
"Oh." Hero says so softened and than take her from the under of her armpits and rise her from the ground.
He makes her sit on his lap and they let them go in the cutest hug ever.
"Thank you Elle." Hero mumbles still taking her into his arms.
He paces his head on her small shoulder.
"Bloody hell I can eat you." I hear Hero whisper after smelling Elle's hair.
He is so right. Baby smell is the best smell you can smell in life. The most expensive perfume it's nothing compared to it.
Luckily she don't hear what Hero said so she don't thinks of him as the dark man that eats kids.