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Babysitter (Drabble)

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((Because that pic was actually a drabble in my head that I didn't have the energy to write until I got sugared today. The characters of TAL are all owned by Kang Im, support the webtoon on Naver! Noah Drugan is mine and Min Jun is Infernal-Arms))

"....WHAT."

The shout Mu Young gave as he stared at the alleyway instantly caused a flinch and whimper, his instinct kicking in to scoop up his now mini protege.

"Ughh, dude, why so loud?" The culprit, some asshole in asshole-pink clothes with an asshole book that he'd asshole-lishly used to cause Kang Maru, his loyal subordinate of five years, to suddenly revert to a baby. The asshole was rubbing his head and ears, rabbit ears to Mu Young's disturbed shock, as he sat up from the ground having been gloriously punched by Mu Young.

Too late, was his swing, as the book had lit up and Maru had been hit by said light, and was now a tiny possibly two-year-old child squirming in Mu Young's arms as his shirt and tie hung off him like a blanket.

"FIX. THIS. NOW." Mu Young growled at the asshole, Maru whimpering again and trying to cover his head with giant sleeves blocking his efforts to raise his pudgy arms. "N-No, no, it's okay. I'm not mad at you." He comforted his transformed subordinate, then glanced up... Annnd Asshole Rabbit was gone. Just his luck.

His Yongma popped up as it sensed his distress, and made a gesture that distracted the baby Maru for a moment. 'Go see the doctor TAL.'

Maru then started to whine in a near rhythmic fashion, bleating and coughing, which just made Mu Young stress more as he hurried away towards Yu Jin's house.

"...So...How?"

Sae Ha was staring at the tiny baby in Mu Young's lap, Maru currently enthralled with Ju Ze as the animal TAL played 'PattyCake' with the child as Mu Young hung his head. "There was this freak following us, but then he started having a conniption and talking to himself like he was tweaking. He pulled out this weird book with a seal on it, and the next thing I know, Maru's..." He gestured helplessly as the baby grabbed Ju Ze's paw and got a lick on the nose, making him giggle.

"Well, I can't do anythin' unless I know what he got hit by." Sae Ha stared as Maru started coughing again, swaddled in Mu Young's jacket as the shirt had vexed him to the point he started crying, to Mu Young's horror. "He sick? C'mere, let me have a look at him."

The baby immediately didn't like that idea, as Mu Young tried to hand him off to the doctor only to have Maru begin crying, clinging to his gloved arm with a fierceness Mu Young would've thought only possible in adults. The watery look was bad enough, the round orange eyes full of innocence accusing him of betrayal as Sae Ha freed his grip and left Mu Young feeling sick and guilty. "...This is my fault. I should've taken that freak out the moment I realized he was there."

"Don't beat yourself up, Hyung. You had no way to know this would happen." Jin soothed as Sae Ha seated the whimpering and coughing Maru in his own lap.

The gunner raised his head. "Even so-"

"Issat ash?!"

Sae Ha's alarmed yelp had everyone looking over, the doctor TAL's finger coated in saliva and something black and grey. "Ah...It must be from his fire." Mu Young commented as Sae Ha gingerly cleaned his fingers, Maru coughing and looking drowsy.

"Fire?" Yu Jin tilted his head.

Mu Young pointed his thumb at Maru. "His Ability is his hearing, but part of his powers is pyrokinetic energy. Aka, fire. He must be getting too worked up right now, which makes his power go haywire."

"Well that's an easy fix, at least." Sae Ha said as he grabbed some herbs, Maru finally noticing Yu Jin and trying to get off the doctor's knee. "Oi! Ugh, Young Prince, you mind?" The doctor started to grind and crush the herbs as Yu Jin scooped up Maru, who grabbed his red hair with a look of awe.

The look made him laugh. "Hey Maru-Hyung! Well, you're not a Hyung right now huh? You're so little~!" When Maru responded with an adorable cooing noise, Yu Jin smushed his face against his friend-turned-baby. "Ahhhh so cute!"

"Aww! My Dear you're so good with children!" Ara praised, scooting over to the two. "Little one~! Want to call me 'Mama'~?"

Maru took one look at the Beu Ne - and shocked the entire house by screaming bloody murder, fighting Yu Jin's grip as he tried to get away. "OI!" Mu Young had Maru in his arms in seconds, letting the frantic baby bury under his tank top while Ha Na Rin tried to comfort the crying Ara by a startled Yu Jin's side. "Geez...Even like this, I guess he's still scared of girls."

"I didn't do anything! Why'd he scream like I hurt him?!" Ara wailed.

Mu Young raised his free arm, the other wrapped around the baby ball in his lap. "Maru's always been shy with new people, but it's worst with females. Apparently he used to get beat up by the females he used to hang around, or so he's told me." He sighed, lightly squeezing his arm to give Maru's shivering form a 'hug'.

"What a rude child, though. Sweet little Ara did nothing but talk to him!" Ha Na Rin fumed, earning a glower from Mu Young.

Sae Ha cleared his throat, holding his hand out as the other hand a small ceramic cup. Mu Young reluctantly handed Maru over, not really blaming the baby as Maru whimpered and refused the medicine at first. But then Sae Ha poked at Maru's cheek, and with a hiccup the medicine went from the cup to Maru's mouth, and another hiccup made it gone. "...How did you do that." Mu Young asked flatly, staring in suspicious awe like everyone else as Sae Ha rubbed Maru's cheeks gently.

"What? Think this is the first baby I've dealt with? Ya some kinda idiot?"

Mu Young felt a vein twitch as Maru started to coo at Sae Ha. The baby was snatched back, and Maru happily snuggled Mu Young instead, Sae Ha giving the twitching mafia-like male a knowing and CONDESCENDING smirk.

"Hyung?" Jin prompted. "What are we going to do? Maru-Hyung can't stay like this."

Ei Mae snorted from his perch on the roof. "Especially not in the care of someone like him." Mu Young leaned back with Maru in his arms to glower at the masked TAL.

"I will come up there, I swear to God." Maru bleated a noise at him and tugged on his shirt, making him sit back and rock him a bit.

Ei Mae's head tilted, and he huffed. "Or maybe not."

Two people suddenly teleported into the yard, startling the household. "Well?!" A female Chachaoong with an eyepatch and beanie threw her companion on his face, Mu Young bristling as he recognized the pink. "Go on! You made a mess! Clean it up!"

"BUT NUNIIIIIIIIM!" The male whined as he sat up rubbing his face.

Mu Young handed a whimpering Maru to Sae Ha and immediately stormed into the yard with a gun in hand. "YOU-"

"AH MERCY, MERCY!" The rabbit-eared male yelped, covering his head. "I know I hecked up! I hecked up real bad! I came to fix things!"

He was grabbed by one ear and dragged back to the house, thrown in rather rudely. "Then do it."

"Th-The thing is..." He sat up, twiddling his fingers. "You see, Actually...the spell I cast is only temporary, so it's...It doesn't have a cancel option, basically." Mu Young's look of rage made him yelp in fear. "It should only last a day or so!"

The female cracked her knuckles audibly, looking just as scary as Mu Young.

"I-I-I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER TO MAKE UP FOR THIS BLUNDER! I'LL LOOK AFTER HIM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YEAH?!" The male cowered more at his Nunim than the gunner.

Mu Young didn't even hesitate. "No. I'm watching him." Maru made a vague noise, his eyes focused on Mu Young.

"H-How else then?! C'mon, let me do something! Nunim's gonna kill meeeee!"

The gunner paused. "...Supplies."

"Eh?" The ears went up.

Mu Young pointed at Maru. "You said at least a day or two. Go get supplies for me." As the male straightened up and saluted, the gunner was reminded of the very one in the middle of this mess, as an adult and flashing loyal gestures. "And this house. We need groceries-" He glowered as Baek Jeong pitched in a chant of 'Meat!', "-And you'll be doing the laundry when you get back. Got it, Rabbit?"

"Sir yes sir!" He paused. "My name's Noah, not 'Rabbit'!"

His Nunim kicked him pointedly in the rear. "Get moving, idiot!" As he whimpered and teleported away, she crossed her arms and sighed, glancing at the household. "Min Jun. Sorry about my dumbass Oppa. He doesn't think very much."

"I noticed." Mu Young uttered dryly, retrieving Maru from Sae Ha to bounce the baby in his arms, earning a laugh of delight.

Min Jun groaned, going to sit down on the walkway. "I told that idiot not to mess with that damn book. Does he listen? Nope. Not to his Nunim, whom he supposedly adores." She threw her hands up in a frustrated gesture, Mu Young now rocking the appeased Maru as the baby chewed on his own tiny fingers.

"I think Maru-Hyung's cute like this." Yu Jin admitted behind his hand. "Though it worried me at first."

Baek-Jeong had an evil smirk. "What's downright cute is how maternal that scary bastard is." Mu Young threateningly held a gun towards the Butcher while keeping his grip on Maru, glowering at the now sweating TAL.

"Father-In-Law is a good father!" Ara chirped, Min Jun biting her cheek.

Mu Young was clearly displeased and seething at the ones making fun of him, but calmed down when Maru tugged on his shirt, and after getting his attention, smiled adoringly at him. "...I'm going to be so thankful when everything's normal again."
Somewhat AU since Minnie and Noah are in there, but basically parent!MuYoung and baby!Maru drabble for a pic I did.

Min Jun is :iconinfernal-arms: and Noah Drugan is my glorious assbutt of a muse.
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