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♬⋆.˚ Hugo spends a (rare) slow morning with your kids!

Hugo was planning out his day like he does every morning. He rises earlier than everybody else on purpose so he can have peace and quiet while doing so as not having two highly energetic kids running around and causing a ruckus makes the task much easier. He gets to put his entire focus on the blank pages of his book, where visualises how he’s going to carry out the bullet points in his mental to-do list without having to worry about the potential of one of his twins putting themselves in unnecessary danger. 

When he says it this way it sounds like he’s bothered by their presence, but that’s obviously not the truth. 

Hugo loves his children dearly and your family means the whole world to him, but hearing them beg to ‘play horsey’ with him or climbing him like little monkeys all the time can be quite tiring sometimes, even to a man whose career consists of pushing his body to its limit majority of the time. Still, no matter how worn out he is, he never negates their pleas for his attention and always gives in — which usually ends up with him having his face be covered by his daughter’s stickers while his son raves about random fun facts about dinosaurs or whatever new fixation he has that week. Because regardless of anything else, the fact his children seek to be around him so often is very rewarding to him. It means he’s doing a good job at this whole being a dad thing, right?

Anyways, he’s meant to be thinking about what he’s meant to be doing today, not whether he’s a good dad or not, because the answer is yes and he knows. So he flips the page and organises what needs to be done in his mind.

He needs to book that dentist appointment for your kids…they’re not going to be happy about that, so he’ll have to come up with a good plan to break the news to them gently, but that’s a problem for later. He also needs to go grocery shopping, maybe he’ll do that straight after dropping your kids in pre-school today…

As he’s passing on to the next page, he feels both of the sofa cushions next to him dip. And there they are, right in his peripheral, both of his kids.

Why are they up so early? Did thinking about them too much beforehand accidentally invoke them? He wonders. But doesn’t say anything. And the twins haven’t spoken a single word themselves yet. They’re just sitting there, watching their father carry out his weird habit.

Well, his daughter is looking at him with childish curiosity. His son is holding a copy of ‘the very hungry caterpillar’ in his hands with a focused expression that’s suspiciously similar to the older man’s next to him…

…Is he mocking me? This thought is interrupting all others in Hugo's head. He knows his kids like to play around a lot and they mean no harm when doing so, but he would be lying if he said he’s not a little offended right now. “[S/N]. What is it you’re doing?”

“I’m plannin’ my day like you papa.”

“Ah, I see.” He said it with so much innocence that the thought of him doing this to be mean was quickly discarded.  “And what is it you’re thinking of doing today?”

“I don’t know,” He muses over the question as if it’s the hardest thing someone has ever asked him. “Maybe play football with my friends in school and then, uuuh…That’s it really.”

“Sounds like you’ll be really busy today then.”

Mhm!” Your kids are way too young to understand sarcasm yet it seems.

Hugo was about to shift his attention back to his book, but the feeling of his daughter's tiny hands on his hair caught it first. “Your hair was gettin’ in the way, Papa.”

“Thank you ma princesse,” She is always so sweet and attentive. Both of your kids are, because you and Hugo are doing an amazing job at raising them.

And as you stand by the entrance of the living room, watching the scene in front of you unfold, you come to the realization that although parenting hasn’t been the easiest thing at times, moments like this made every hardship along the way so worth it.

an — dad hugo again you guys im actually so sorry i cant help it. i might have to change my name to something hugo related atp cus i havent posted anything about bunny in ages </33