Day Four Alternate Universe / Clothing Swap
Mihawk was fourteen the first time he climbed into her window.
Not much has changed the last twenty years as he climbed into the window of his and Sora’s room on Kuriagana to avoid waking the children who were sleeping in the sitting room near the entrance. Possibility to entrap him in their fort he saw through a window as he walked up. He would not be the rainbow haired children who knew how to use their begging eyes against him more than he would like and he was weak to them.
It’s his own damn fault for constantly giving in but then again there would be nothing else he would love to do than spoil his family. Alas he would like to spend time with the songbird who was in their bed, awake and interested in something according to his haki. He tapped lightly on the window and the former queen looked over in shock only to rush over and unlock the window pushing one pane open for him to climb through. Her soulmark bared on her forearm as she helped him into the room, Kotagana opposite of Yoru, blades he had not even had at that point and confused them endlessly in their teens.
“The hell are you doing?” Sora asks as he straightens and smiles at her.
“Our lovely rainbow of children are downstairs waiting to ensnare me, they’re asleep but you know them.” Mihawk chuckles as he pulls her close, her face level with the bird and sky emblazoned on his chest, bright and colorful like the kids downstairs.
“Oh, what a horrible fate to succumb to for a man with a literal death wish.” Sora rolled her eyes at him as she wrapped her arms around him and he rested his hands on her waist. They kissed slow and languid as Mihawk relished in the fact he had his soulmate, they had children and all of them had emotions, even if it was a bit of a trial to ensure that. The smattering of footsteps up the stairs ended things before Mihawk could get reacquainted properly with his destined though. Sure enough, the door flung open and Reiju pointed at them.
“He’s back! I knew it!” She yelled with a large toothy grin as the quadruplets rushed past her and towards the soulmates by the window. They were circled by children immediately as Reiju looked awfully pleased with herself as Sora laughs at him and he groans.
“You lot were supposed to be asleep.” Mihawk sighs.
“And you were supposed to be home hours ago!” Yonji chastises back in all his ten year old glory.
“Yeah, it’s not our fault you’re late.” Sanji helps his little brother.
“I do not control the wind.” Mihawk argues with bafflement at the two as Niji, the little bastard, starts climbing him as Sora laughs harder. “What on earth are you doing?”
“Claiming the high ground, to the bed!” Niji answers and then orders his father pointing erratically at the bed as he continues to climb the man.
“And you best not fall young man, come on, bed, everyone!” Sora claims captain of the house immediately as the four children with their feet planted firmly on the floor bolt to the large bed they have and the parents and Niji follow slower much to the blue haired child’s dismay.
Mihawk pulls him off and sits on the bed with Niji on his lap as Sora sits and pulls Sanji into hers, stroking the blond hair of their son as the kids get next to them. Sanji laughs at his siblings who claim it’s unfair that their siblings are being held and thusly the parents are pulled further into the bed and then have children pile on them more.
“And what happened while I was away?” Mihawk chuckles as he pushes Reiju’s bangs from her face, entrusting her answer the most.
“Mm, not a lot. Yonji riled up the human drills and then set them after the others. Mama stopped that real quick. Then Sanji kicked Niji and that went as well as expected-” Reiju says.
“I didn’t break anything!” Sanji interrupts.
“Yeah, we’re fine!” Niji agrees.
“Then Ichiji decided he was going to be dumb and try to convince the other three to all set sail and Mama and Sanji and I baked a lot.” Reiju finishes with a nod and Mihawk lets out a soft laugh at the shenanigans his boys pulled while he was away, thankful Sanji was fine after trying to kick his brother. Sanji was the only true human of their children, all five of them modified by Sora’s former husband but the poison she drank undid Sanji’s mutations and some of the other quads.
When Mihawk had found out his soulmate had drank poison to save her children, which became his during the escape and probably always were his children, he had almost derailed the escape to kill the King of Germa. Sora had talked him out of it and Mihawk would listen to his soulmate over his own need to kill most of the time. Sora would always have his respect and as his soulmate she would have his heart and he took her opinion on matters seriously. Still he wished his songbird would let him go kill the man that had kept them apart longer than he had liked and hurt her and their kids. Sanji was also the only one to have a soulmark like he and Sora did, further solidifying his humanity over his siblings.
The pattern like a snake skin on the boy’s shoulder and up barely touching his neck. Mihawk hums as he runs a hand through Reiju’s hair, catching a couple small knots in her he works easily with his fingers. Reiju leans into the touch and he welcomes her easily, he loves her so of course it’s easy.
“I hope I love my soulmate as much you guys love each other.” Sanji says with a smile.
“Your soulmate isn’t going to love you as much as we do!” Ichiji points at the blond as he claims this, like it’s a challenge and they’ve already won.
“We’ll just have to see about that.” Sora says as she pulls Ichiji to lay down on them. They all fall asleep rather quickly, tired after all was said and done. Mihawk hums and gives Sora one last kiss to the temple before he succumbs to the weight of bodies on him and falls asleep.
