tofi's trail: family of fanalis and renkou's 8

Early on a Saturday morning, Kouen is woken up from his very nice sleep. With a grumble, he pulls a pillow over his head and hopes the noise will stop. What the hell are the kids up to and why isn't Mu telling them to be quiet? A gigantic crash makes him emerge, and when he notices he's in Mu's end of the bed and sees that it's 05:56, he remembers that Mu is out working late. He must not be home yet.
He sighs, and rolls out of bed. He pulls on pajama pants and shirt, then hurries downstairs.

The sound comes from the living room, so he heads there. The moment he steps into the room, he finds himself hoisted up to the cieling. "What!?" What just happened? Why is he stuck in a net dangling from the cieling. He looks down when he hears an "oops?" from down below. "Kouha, Judal, Razol! What are you doing?" He glares down at the three trouble makers--wait, no, four--"Judal, don't carry your sister like that. She's not a bag of rice." Judal lets go of the grip under Narda's armpits, and Kouen groans. "Don't just drop her like that." Thankfully, the girl landed on her padded behind, and she wasn't soon to cry, but that could have gone badly.
"What are you guys up to--don't you dare run away! Kids!" Of course they disappeared out of the room. Kouen drops his head back against the net, and his shoulders sags. He definitely heard Kouha says "We're supposed to be in bed!" when they fled and left Kouen dangling in their trap. Narda makes a cooing sound where she toddles around on the floor. "Good morning, little one," Kouen grumbles to the girl. "I don't suppose you know how to let me down?" Apparently not, since she crawls under the TV - despite Kouen telling her not to - and falls asleep. Kouen decides to follow her example because he can't do anything else right now.

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"Honey? Kouen?" He wakes up when he feels a prodding in his back. "Stop that," he says, and is stopped from swatting away the offensive object with his hand, and remembers the net. As he does, he hears the voice again. "Honey, what're you doing up there?"
He glances down, and sees that Mu is finally home. "Nothing, just chilling," he mutters.
Mu tips his head to the side, "Want to come down?"
Kouen rolls his eyes and looks back up at the cieling. "Oh no, I'm comfortable up here." He groans when he sees Mu turn on his heel, and then the man looks up at him. "Okay, then I'll just go get coffee--"
"Mu!" He snaps at his husband, and Mu turns back with a grin. Kouen glares at him. "Let me down, alright?" Mu continues to smile, and runs a finger down Kouen's spine. "What'll you give me if I do?" he asks, and Kouen glares even more. "Getting to keep your ass in one piece?"
"I think both my ass and your ass are in two parts, though." With a laugh, Mu runs his finger down his spine again, and Kouen leans into the touch as much as he can. "Stop that and just--" He shudders. "--just let me down!"
With a twist, Mu pulls a rope and catches Kouen before he hits the floor. "How about a kiss for your knight?"
Kouen snorts, "next time you're in a shining armor. Now put me down and lets find those prankster kids."

After Mu finally lets him down, after several loving kisses, he fishes out Narda from under the television, picks her up and pulls Mu along out of the livingroom. Where were the kids?

They find them huddled up under a blanket in Razol's and Muron's room, and Mu pulls the blanket off of them as Narda pulls at Kouen's hair. "What were you kids up to?" he asks, and glances over to Kouen. "Big brother Kouen was stuck for two hours in your trap."
All three gave them their most innocent looks, and Judal explains. "Catching the Easter Bunny?"
"The Easter Bunny?" Kouen asks, eyebrows raised. "What Easter--" Mu covers his mouth with a hand, and whispers into his ear. "Play along with them, En." Then he turns to the kids, hand dropping from Kouen's mouth to his shoulder, where he soothingly rubs a thumb against a tense muscle. "I understand, the Easter Bunny is tricky to catch. Now, Razol, why're you helping them?"
The girl grins wide, mischeviously. "Bunny steak," she says. "Bunny!" the toddler protests loudly. "Indeed," Kouen agrees, bouncing the upset little girl up and down to appease her. "No eating the bunny." He leans back against Mu. "So how about we try not to catch the bunny?" He does not want to get stuck in another net. Narda gives him as big of a disappointed look as a three year old girl can give a twenty-seven year old man. "Bunny!" she protests, and Kouen sighs. Apparently she had a new favorite word.
"How about," Mu says, ruffling the girls hair. "we get a bunny you can keep? The Easter Bunny has to work, you know."
Kouen gives him an irritated look. All children gasp, and cries out in delight. "Bunny!!"

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