Babies' First Halloween!
“Today’s the daaaaay!”
“Yeah! It’s Halloween! We finally get to go outside!”
“Kasumi, stop pushing!”
“Jin-chan! You’re stepping on my cape!”
Miki Shino huffed and pouted as she and her siblings piled into the living room of their home, adjusting her dress and fixing the crown on her head, she joined them as Kasumi and Anjin were raving about finally getting out of the house and seeing the human world…officially, that is, without the threat of Mama and Papa grounding them for weeks.
Kasumi Shino kept pushing her witch hat up and away from her eyes, it was a tad too big but she insisted on wearing it, stating that she could always use it when her bag got too full of candy, her dress was practically the opposite of her older sister’s, gothic and in her favorite colors, black and purple, out of all of them, she had been the most excited about the holiday, not only was she going to finally see the outside world she was so curious of but today was the one night of the year that she could do her usual tricks and pranks and not get scolded for it, well, at least not too much.
Anjin Shino had wiped some fake blood on his face, the way he was grinning so wide was bordering on creepy despite his young age, his killer mask lay not too far from him. Much like his big sister, he too was excited to celebrate his first halloween, his costume was not too bad for a last minute change, he was originally going to be a prince to match his big sister Miki but had begged and pleaded with Uncle A.R.K. to take him shopping for a different costume, not wanting to be stuck wearing frills and bows for the whole night, he had no doubt that Kasumi would’ve made fun of him for looking so soft and gentle.
Heizou Shino was putting the final touches on his costume, fixing his cape and making sure his fangs were glued on securely, even grabbing some leftover blood Anjin had to wipe on his own face. Naturally, it was Kasumi’s idea to have him dress as something scary like a vampire but Heizou wanted to dress up his way instead of the horrifying creature that his older sister was thinking of. He made a scary face in the mirror before bursting into giggles, the infectious excitement was also getting to him, then again, he was always giddy to spend time with Mama, especially since she was going to spend the whole day and night with them and won’t have to leave early.
And finally, there was the oldest, Miki herself. To no one’s surprise, she had taken to dressing like a princess with the help of her mama and auntie Aiko, she had tried on dress after dress before settling on a pink and frilly one with lots of sparkles and cute bows, she remembered the squeals and compliments she got when making her decision and Miki had been eagerly waiting until today to finally wear her costume. It would’ve been perfect, had Kasumi not spray painted her once golden crown black because it was “too shiny” in her opinion, Papa had to put them separate rooms with how much they fought over that.
“I’m gonna get so much candy.” Anjin proudly boasted, holding up his large empty sack that he planned on filling to the brim by the end of the night.
Kasumi rolled her eyes and snickered. “You mean we are gonna get the most candy, chocolate, gummies, taffy, you name it! Siblings, tonight, we shall feast!” The child ended her speech by putting her hands in the air in triumph causing Anjin to do the same and chant “feast! feast! feast!”
Heizou clutched his own basket close to him and looked up in wonder. “What do you think Mama and Papa will be dressed as?”
Miki sat next to her little brother and beamed brightly. “I heard Mama talking about wearing matching costumes with Papa! I bet they’ll look so cute!” She gushed however, all her words did was make Heizou frown, eyes flashing with jealousy as he crossed his arms. “No fair…why does Papa get to dress up with Mama…”
Miki could only sigh and smile as she comforted her brother, “Hei-chan…”
“Who cares about that, the most important thing is that we get to see the human world! Isn’t that exciting?!” Kasumi butted in as she bounced on the couch, violet eyes twinkling in excitement and mischief at the opportunity to cause trouble.
“Yeah! It’s gonna be so different from Cyberspace and we get to see actual humans!” Like always, her partner in crime, Anjin was right behind her, the two of them gushed and theorized on what they might see once they get outside.
Miki couldn’t help but narrow her eyes at them, unamused. “You say this like you two don’t keep sneaking off to visit Mama, Papa, Uncle A.R.K., and Auntie Aiko all the time though, you guys seen more of the human world than the rest of us.”
Kasumi stuck out her tongue at her older sister, not at all deterred by her attempt to bring down her spirits. “That’s different though! Mama and Papa made us bodies that we can be in! So we get to see and feel everything instead of watching everything from a phone!”
Heizou perked up at that, his earlier sour mood immediately dissipated as he eagerly exclaimed, “We can see what Mama looks like as a human and give her lots of hugs!” He grinned.
Anjin cocked an eyebrow, confused. “What about Papa? We can do all that stuff with him too.” He questioned and Heizou looked at his little brother like he had sprouted cat ears out of nowhere. “Eh? Why would I do that?”
Miki, Kasumi, and Anjin just weirdly looked at Heizou as he continued to happily list off all the things he can do with his Mama and only his Mama, completely disregarding their Papa.
Miki gasped and jumped up from her seat on the couch as she had received a message from Papa saying that he and Mama were arriving soon. “Guys! Guys!” She exclaimed, grabbing her siblings attention as she waved her arms around. “They’re coming! Mama and Papa are almost here!”
That seemed to light a fire under the others as they immediately scrambled to get their things, bags, baskets, accessories, anything they needed to take with them to the outside world.
— Later —
The place was dark when Malphas and A.D.A. opened the door to their home, after flipping on the lights, they were confused to see that the living room was completely empty. The married couple thought for sure that they would be bombarded with four hyperactive children demanding and pushing them to “let’s go already!”
At first they panicked a little, thinking that the kids had left without them or, god forbid, someone had broken into the house and took them. They were about to go on a rampage until Malphas had caught sight of a trail of…webs leading to one of the bedrooms. He grabbed A.D.A.’s attention and the two of them shared a look before smiling fondly at each other, their children were just too adorable for their own good.
Malphas placed a finger to his lips, signaling that they need to stay quiet as he and A.D.A. follow the web trail all the way to the bedroom. Grabbing and twisting the doorknob, the parents swung the door open, ready and prepared to face what was surely a juvenile jumpscare from their precious babies but was taken off guard by how empty the room was, no traces of small children anywhere.
“What-“ Malphas started but was quickly cut off by a war cry from above.
“Now!”
Before either mother or father could react, a giant web had came down upon them, trapping them in a cage of silk. Of course, there was no real damage, sure the web was long but it didn’t have the strength or stickiness that a full grown spider hybrid would have, Malphas and A.D.A. could easily climb out of it but they were too distracted by a choir of laughter coming from above.
Sure enough, as they looked up, they finally found their children all dressed up and hanging from the ceiling, except for Kasumi who was being held by Miki. They all had huge smiles on their faces, feeling proud for having successfully pranked Mama and Papa before they lowered themselves back down to the ground and the four of them made a scary pose (which was honestly more cute than terrifying) before simultaneously cheering.
"Happy Halloween!"
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