"Daichi," Nagisa peered up at his son. "Don't you want to check your bags one more time?"

Shifting on his feet, Daichi slid his phone into his pocket. "We've checked them five times already."

"It's just," he interjected, mind full of worry, "if your Papa gets done with those secure wrapping people, you really won't be able to open them again… What about when you land?! You- you won't be able to get hold of scissors or anything!"

Daichi pressed his lips together. "They have Seven Eleven in Massachusetts."

"But you'll be tired."

Maybe Nagisa was overreacting just a little. Daichi being able to open his suitcases was probably the least of his issues. Actually, his biggest issue that was his son was moving half way around the planet. Moving out to go to a university in Tokyo was one thing Nagisa had been mentally preparing himself for a while, but going to study in America for the next eight years had taken him completely by surprise.

Not that Nagisa minded. Any sane person would be unbelievably proud that their son was going to study at Harvard, especially in something as competitive as medicine. If there was one thing he knew as a parent, having been brought up the way he had, it was that holding his kids back from their dreams was the worst thing to do. Karma was… admittedly less thrilled.

"What's taking so long?" Daichi tapped his foot impatiently. "What's Papa doing, sneaking in contraband so I get sent straight back to Japan or something?"

"He… he wouldn't do that," Nagisa replied, disliking the lack of confidence there.

The mystery behind his husband's whereabouts were solved, then, at the sound of the luggage trolley. Karma was pushing the multiple large suitcases, with their daughter perched on top of one of them, pretty easily. He must have said something sarcastic, because she started laughing, blue pigtails bouncing as she moved her head.

Daichi frowned. "Why are they bright green?"

Karma's eyes narrowed. "So you don't lose them. Also that was the only colour."

"Hmph."

All eyes went down to the luggage trolley.

Daichi rolled his eyes, before crouching down to her level. "Kaguya…"

"I told you we weren't talking," she folded her arms.

Daichi tilted his head. "You just spoke to me, though. You can't want to keep it up that badly-"

Her golden eyes flew wide. "I don't want you to go!"

Honestly, Kaguya had definitely taken the news the worst out of everyone. Unfortunately, both of them were just as stubborn as each other. Daichi had had his heart set on leaving for a long time, and Kaguya had her heart on protesting it. Nagisa feared how weird it was going to be for her, around the house. It was going to be weird for everyone though.

Daichi flicked her on the nose. "You sure?"

Determination set in Kaguya's eyes. However, she misjudged her position, and ended up falling off the trolley as she tried to get him back. Daichi laughed at her, which was encouragement enough for her to jump right back up on her feet, at start to chase him. No, even though Daichi was already eighteen, he didn't seem to care about the fact they were being somewhat of a social nuisance.

He caught her eventually, swooping her up into a piggy back, and by the looks of things the betrayal of his leaving was momentarily forgotten. "You wanna come to the check in desk with me? Let's go-"

"Wait-" Nagisa tried, but Daichi had already sped behind them, taking the cart with him into the line. "I guess he doesn't need us to help, then."

"Wow," Karma said, "he's really not sad at all."

Nagisa looked over at them wistfully. "I'm worried he'll get homesick."

Karma huffed. "I hope he does, and comes crawling back in a month."

His eyes narrowed as he stared at Karma. "You don't really mean that."

"Maybe I-" Karma pouted. "He's our baby, Nagisa."

"That's a pretty big baby…" He smiled, though. "It's not like we're going to be alone, anyway. I'm sure Kaguya's going to take the opportunity to be twice as loud as usual."

"What if he wants to stay there forever? What if he gets shot-"

Nagisa sighed, observed Karma for a second, and reached up at just the right moment, jabbing him at just the right place in the throat. He seized up for just a moment, before the tension left his shoulders and he finally calmed down. Nagisa didn't have to pull that trick on him often, but after seven years of marriage, and almost ten of being bonded mates, there were times when it was necessary.

"He's going to be okay," Nagisa reaffirmed. "Part of being a parent is that you have to stop at some point and let them take their own steps."

"What book did you read that out of?" But Karma clearly wasn't up to teasing anyone right then. "I thought we'd get two more years at least. "

He stared over at Daichi handing his passport over. "Something tells me he'll be back before we know it."

It seemed that Karma didn't have anything further to say, but he did bend himself down, resting his head on Nagisa's shoulder from behind. He couldn't have been too comfortable like that, which meant that he really wasn't feeling that great about it still. Nagisa tried his best, though, leaning back against him in a way that was supposed to be reassuring.

"Alright," Daichi re-approached them, Kaguya now off his back. "T-that's my last call to go through border security."

He eyed them both up, for a second, before flinging himself at Karma. Just like he was still an over excited child. Well, Karma had made a deal with him many years ago that Daichi was allowed to hug him like that until the day he grew taller than him. At 180cm, that wasn't looking very likely for him. Every since he presented as an alpha, it was like his growth hormone had woken up after lying dormant since his birth, and he'd shot up practically overnight. It had definitely slowed in the past two years, though, so the likelihood was going to have to wait to see if Karma shrunk a little in old age.

Somehow, Nagisa knew that Karma didn't mind that fact.

Then, Daichi came over to him, bending over to practically envelop Nagisa with his body. Yes, it was slightly embarrassing that his son was so much bigger than him. Nagisa looked less and less like his actual father with every day that went by. He sincerely hoped Kaguya wouldn't get that big, but at almost nine years old she was already getting uncomfortably close to meeting his shoulder height.

"I'm gonna miss you," Daichi said as he pulled away, and Nagisa could see a tear at the corner of his eye.

"Come on," Nagisa tried to force his breathing to be steady. "You'll have a great time. But, uh, remember! No frat parties, no drinking, no drugs, eat at least five fruits a day, call us the second you land-"

"Dad."

"R-right," he stopped. It wasn't just Karma who was allowed to worry. "But most importantly, remember how much we love you."

Daichi hugged them both at the same time, then, with Kaguya managing to get slightly in the middle of it too.

"Goodbye, everyone," he turned, just waving over his shoulder once as he headed for the boarder check point.

He's going to be okay , he's going to be okay, he's going to be o-

"I miss him already," Nagisa said.

Beside him, Kaguya actually started crying. At least Karma was quick about it, at much more accustomed to tears at that point than he used to be. He picked her up in a quick swoop, and she clung on, looking over his shoulder. You couldn't really see past where the entrance to security was, though, which meant one thing. Daichi was pretty much gone.

"You know what we should do?" Karma said. "We should go buy a dog."

Nagisa frowned. "Karma-"

"It's not like we don't have room now. Isn't that what most people do, convert their kids' bedrooms into home gyms or something? A puppy room would be fun, right, Kaguya?" She only whimpered in response. "Maki's gonna need another friend~"

"We are not getting a dog."

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