Stray Kenma

part 23

The other children finished their snacks, lining up at the door with their hats on. Kenma shyly watched, he had been nervous about going outside to play. "We gotta go outside kenma." Bray spoke, watching the kids line up. Kenma rubbed at his eyes and shrugged. Piper came up and held kenmas hat out to him. "Let's put on your cute hat" a hum to pipers voice. Kenma pointed to the hat, he remembered daddy picking it for him. Bray took it, placing it nicely on kenmas head. "Awhh cute buddy" Bray softly spoke, completely in awh. Kenma clapped, excited they liked his hat. "Okay let's go little cat" Bray joked. Kenma froze up. "M-meow?" He questioned, taking on his role of being a cat. "Oh yes, come on kitty cat." Bray said, standing up and letting kenma down. The child really loved being a cat, brays encouragement letting kenmas imagination run wild. Kenma dropping to all fours, looking up at Bray. The educator wasn't expecting that, slowly walking to see if kenma would follow. "Meoww" kenma let out, quickly crawling after Bray. Children looked but didn't question, sometimes they too would play puppies or even babies. Bray chuckled, kenma had really gone for it. Kenma blushed shyly at the chuckle, slowly crawling and waiting near the door with the rest of the kids. Hinata giggled "ah kitty! Awh come on kitty, let go play." Hinata encouraged, patting the top of his legs and then leading the way out. Kenma meowed and nodded, following behind Hinata. Once outside, kenma got a little overwhelmed with the big yard. The child sat back on his knees and rubbed at his eyes, he never had this much space to run around and there was lots going on as children were squealing, running and jumping around and near him. "Dada.." kenma whispered, starting to tear up since he wanted to go home now. "Hey buddy, what's wrong?" Bray asked, bending down next to him. "Daddaaa" he started to cry out, rubbing more at his eyes and sniffling loudly. "Oh bud.. soon.. how about you come play?" He suggested, standing up and holding his hand out. Hinata had stood by close watching, he really wanted to play with kenma after not really having the chance all day. Yamaguchi was already in the sandpit, it being his favourite place ever when in playgrounds. Kenma tried to soothe himself, sticking his thumb in his mouth and standing up. Kenma froze halfway through standing up, his bladder giving a slight warning. Kenma ignored it, standing properly and keeping hold of brays hand. He rubbed away the rest of the tears, taking a big breath and walking off with bray. They walked over to the fort, bray letting go of kenmas hand. The child was nervous, latching onto brays leg and hiding his face. Daddy hadn't even taken him on the fort at the park, nor had he ever been on one yet. Hinata felt it was his time to shine, holding his hand out to kenma. "We go up?" He asked with a hum, bouncing on the balls of his feet. Kenma looked up, it was pretty high but Hinata seemed confident. Kenma inched away from bray, holding onto hinatas hand and removing his fingers from his mouth. Hinata was excited, letting out a small happy gasp and leading the way onto the first platform. Kenma took the step up, clinging onto hinatas shirt. Bray smiled "thanks hinata, you're being a lovely friend" He told the child, giving him a thumbs up. Hinata nodded, smiling and waving bye as he started to climb up to go to the top platform. Kenma fussed, grabbing onto hinatas foot to stop him. His shoe fell off, falling down at kenmas feet. Hinata kneeled down, putting his hand out for kenma. "Come on" He encouraged, gesturing to come up. Kenma grabbed onto the ladder, climbing up and clinging onto hinatas arm. Hinata helped kenma up, now both on the top platform. Kenma was anxious but also excited, looking around from the high up view. The child started to become fidgety on his feet, grabbing at his crotch on and off trying not to. Hinata looked down at his shoe, huffing and running over to the slide. "I be back! Wait here" He shouted, going down the slide and running around to get it. Kenma couldn't help it, grabbing his crotch with both hands and squirming around while trying not to be obvious. Hinata grabbed his shoe, running off to go get help to untie it to put the shoe back on. Kenma whined, he wasn't sure he wanted to go down the slide but he also didn't want to be stuck on the fort forever. Kenma continued his restricted potty dance, keeping his eyes across at the slide. Children climbed up and ran up to the slide, going down and giggling. Kenma saw it looked fun, he didn't want to risk it though. Kenma looked down, he could tell he needed to go. He wasn't used to being outside, he didn't even know if he could go potty if they were outside since he didn't see a bathroom outside. Kenma fussed as it became harder to hold, crouching down and doing his best to wait for Hinata. He started to leak, fussing and standing back up. At this point he knew he couldn't hold on much longer. He paced a bit, looking to the slide or another way to go down. It was too scary and stressful, barely able to stand up straight or still. Kenma let out a sad whimper, turning his feet inwards on themselves as he looked down. Soon enough there was a pitterpatter on the platform he stood on. Kenma watched below himself, urine running down into his shoes and socks. Kenmas pants were soaked too, still refusing to remove his hands from between his legs. It stopped shortly after, kenma standing in his puddle. He felt yucky, wet shoes and socks didn't feel very nice. He looked around, slowly growing embarrassed with himself. Kenma took a step out the puddle, maybe he could pretend he didn't have an accident. Once Hinata had his shoe back on, he went up on the fort again. "Kenmaa I backk" Hinata called out. "Oh.. Uh.." hinata said, coming over and looking between the puddle and kenma. The small child rubbed his eyes with embarrassment, he didn't want to look at Hinata. "You had a accident.." Hinata said, pointing to the puddle. Kenma sniffled and shook his head, he wasn't going to admit it. Hinata shrugged "yes maybe you dids.." he said, pointing now at kenmas wet pants. Kenma bursted into tears, kneeling down to cry. Hinata frowned, patting the top of kenmas head. "Accident happens.. my daddy sayd that." He said nodding. It didn't take long for kenmas cries to alert an educator. Piper coming over and standing on the bottom platform. "Everything okay friends?" She asked. Hinata ran over to her, pointing over to kenma. "He dids accident" He explained. Kenma coughed through his sobs, he felt sick to the tummy for wetting himself outside. "Awh, it's okay. Kenma? Come over here darling." She asked, holding her arms up for kenma to help him down. Kenma let out a feared cry, shaking his head and trying to hide his pants by tugging at his shirt. "How about I go get bray?" She suggested. Hinata gasped. "I can!" He shouted, putting his hand up. "Okay hinata, be lighting fast!" She called out as hinata was already making his way down the slide. Piper had to stop children climing up the fort, not wanting a child to slip in the urine puddle. Hinata stuck to his promise, running up to bray and tapping at the man's arm. "Uh Uh brayy" he spoke quietly, bouncing up and down. Bray looked down, smiling and bending down a little. "Yes hinata?" He asked. "Kenma did accident on fort, theres wee on his pants" hinata explained. Bray mentally cussed to himself, sighing and nodding at hinata. "Alright, thank you for telling me hinata." He spoke calmly. "I can lead the way!" Hinata called out, running back over to the fort. Kenma was beginning to tremble, rubbing his eyes and sobbing. He wanted mommy and daddy along with a good sleep. "Youre alright honey" piper soothed, getting down off the fort as bray came over with hinata. "Sorry, he's up on the top platform near the slide." Piper explained. Bray nodded "it's okay, I'll handle it." He told her back, standing on the platform and leaning his elbows on the top platform. "You're alright kenma, how about we go change you into some clean clothes?" He asked, taking it slow for kenma. The child fussed, embarrassed with himself. Kenma didn't want to change, that meant a trip to the bathroom. Kenma had other ideas, he could just change himself. Kenma sniffled, standing up and looking down at himself. "Good boy, come here darling." He said, gesturing in his direction. Kenma grabbed hold of his shorts wasitband, wiggling and tugging them down though difficult as the wetness stuck to him. Bray was shocked, wide eyes while shaking his head. "No no kenma! You can't take your clothes off here." He called out, quickly climbing up to stop kenma. The child managed to bring his shorts down, trying to step out of them but failing as he tripped over due to his shoes, coming down with a thud. Bray was quick to pick kenma up and put him on his feet, pulling his wet shorts back up. "Kenma darling boy, you can't do that in the playground." He explained. Kenma was really upset, crying loudly from his fall and embarrassment. He continued to try and pull his pants back down, he didn't like the cold wet feeling. Piper made sure to keep other children away while bray assisted kenma. "Offff" He cried, tugging his pants down a little. Bray held the pants up, he needed kenma to calm down first. "Sweetheart.. let's take you to the bathroom first." He tried profusely to make his words soft spoken. Kenma let out a whine "pottyy.." he cried back, shaking his head and tugging harder at his pants. Bray was struggling with kenma, taking a deep breath and taking it slower. He had never dealt with a four year old trying to strip their clothes in the yard, it was a rather daunting task to be faced with. The fact kenma didn't understand that it wasn't socially acceptable and didn't grasp the idea of privacy for himself at this age was worrying. Kenma was starting to fall into a meltdown, giving in on holding himself up and falling onto his knees while picking at his clothing items. It was a clear indication that kenma was overwhelmed and overstimulated by touch and his surroundings. "Oh darling boy.." Bray whispered, bending down next to kenma. The boy gave defeated sobs and hiccups, laying himself down on his stomach and cupping his arms around his face. It was breaking brays heart, he just wanted to pick him up and tell him everything was going to be okay. It was hard to watch, even after being in childcare for awhile. "Sweet boy.. can I take you to get changed?" He asked, leaning down to try and look at kenma. The child cried into his elbow, sitting up on his knees. Bray picked kenma up and cuddled the child to his chest, not caring that kenma was still wet. Kenma clung to him, crying onto his shoulder loudly. Kenma desperately needed a change, the sensation of wet shorts and training pants far too overwhelming due to the embarrassment he found it brought him. Bray very carefully climbed down, still holding onto kenma. Children gathered around bray, asking questions. "Now now.. can I have space with my friend please?" He asked the children, speaking very calmly as kenma still sobbed into him. He walked to the door that lead to the bathroom, opening it up and going in. "Oh kenma.. your crying is breaking me.." he spoke extremely quietly, not wanting kenma to actually hear him. Bray bounced a bit, trying to calm kenma down first. Kenma continued on, gripping onto bray even more. Bray went through the bathroom half door, entering the room and walking over to kenmas bag. He took off kenmas hat, the boy lifting his head at the lighter and cooler feeling. He grabbed out kenmas blanky, handing it over to help soothe him. Kenma held it in his mouth, chewing in the corner of it and sniffling to stop snot running out his nose. Bray grabbed out some more training undies and long pants as it was getting colder in the afternoon. He zipped the bag up, walking back to the bathroom. Kenma sucked on his blanky, starting to calm down now in the cool temperature and quiet classroom. Bray made sure they were the only ones in the bathroom, not liking a child to feel humiliated in anyway. "Put you down?" He asked, feeling kenma automatically loosen his grip to get down. Bray placed kenma in front of him, bending down and sighing softly. Kenma shyly looked down, grabbing at his crotch to feel how wet it was. Bray moved kenmas hand away, not wanting more urine over kenmas body. "Kenma bud.. you can always call out to me or piper if you need to go potty. We want to help" He explained, kenma felt his crotch again. Bray raised an eyebrow, every time he moved kenmas hand away it kept going back. "Please stop touching sweetheart" he spoke calmly. Kenma frowned and patted at the wetness, chewing on his blanky. "Yes, wet shorts." Bray acknowledged, finally helping pull them down. Kenma held onto brays shoulders, almost tripping again on his shoes. Bray took kenmas shoes off, as suspected they were urine soaked. Kenma whimpered through his blanky, it was a nasty feeling. Bray took kenmas socks off, followed by the training pants that were absolutely drenched. "Shh shh.. you're okay, I'm here." He whispered, picking up the clean pair of training pants. Bray couldn't put kenma in a new set of clothes yet, he smelt strongly of urine. "Let's clean you up first.." he added, picking kenma up and laying him on the changing table. Kenma fussed, whining at the cold wet wipe going over his body. "Sorry darling, cleaning up your legs." He explained, binning the wipe and slipping the training pants over kenmas feet before sliding it on to sit comfortably. Kenma gave a soft sigh of relief, having dry training pants on was far more comfortable. He was fine until he saw the long pants, fussing and hugging his legs to his chest. Bray looked between the pants and kenma, he could see kenma struggled with some sensory. "You gotta wear pants darling" He explained, he couldn't have a child running around outside in just a shirt and training pants. Kenma flapped his hands and let out a few cornered sounds, holding his feet up so bray could slip them on. Bray pulled them up, taking kenma off the changing mat and putting him on the ground standing up. Bray put a w/a for 2-3pm. Next picking up the wet clothes and bagging them. Kenma watched shyly, cuddling his blanky. "Wee.." he whispered, he sniffled slightly wondering if he would still get apple pie. Bray took kenmas hand, leading him back out to the yard to hopefully play. Lev had finally came home, kuroo jumping off the couch ready to go. "Let's go get himm" He whined, his days were getting so boring. Lev was pretty tired, groaning and nodding. He went back out the front door and left with kuroo, letting him drive. Kuroo glanced over to Lev, sighing softly. "Its so hard to not pick him up.. I keep going to call, just to make sure he's okay." He went on. Lev nodded "I know, they'd call if kenma was really upset or something was wrong." He told kuroo. Kenma didn't let go of brays hand, staying close to his side while he monitored the yard. He sucked his thumb and held blanky in the same hand that he held onto brays hand with. Piper had cleaned up the fort, letting children back on. Kuroo parked the car and had a look in the yard, he could see kenma with no shoes or hat on, watching close as kenma clung to brays leg. "He looks upset.." he mumbled, watching as kenma didn't interact with any children. Lev sat up and looked, kenma was looking rather upset. "Where's his shoes and hat?" He asked Lev, like he was going to know. Lev shrugged, every other child had shoes and hats on. "I don't know.." he answered back. Bray saw levs car, not alerting kenma because he didn't want to upset the child if he saw them and then had to wait for them to come inside and walk out to the yard. Lev and kuroo got out, going in and heading down the hall to kenmas room. Kuroo had a frown, he wanted to hold his boy tightly after seeing how sad he looked in the yard. Lev went in and grabbed kenmas bag and sippy while kuroo went straight out to the yard. Kenma looked back as he heard the screen door open and shut, gasping loudly before breaking down into tears. Bray looked behind, letting go of kenmas hand. Kenma cried and ran straight into kuroos arms, gripping into him tightly. Kuroo picked kenma up, rubbing his back. "Shhh you're okay.." he whispered. Bray came over slowly. "Where's his shoes and hat?" Kuroo asked straight up. Bray sighed softly. "Kenma had an accident in the playground, his shoes were soaked and we took his hat off while we were inside.. it helped him cool and calm down." he explained softly. Kuroo knew he shouldn't of jumped like that. "Oh.. sorry.. I just saw him and he looked upset." He told bray. "Yeah he was, I wanted to give you a call to explain how kenma was feeling but he was calming down." He added, the accident happened not long ago so he wanted to give kenma a chance to help himself calm down. Kenma was upset more with the fact that bray told daddy he had an accident, he didn't want to miss out on Apple pie. "Okay.. sorry.. this is all new to me and it's his first time away from home by Himself." Kuroo admitted. Bray understood. "Its really okay, we are working close with kenma to make sure hes coping." He said, coming close and gently brushing at kenmas hair that slightly knotted during the day. "You said he had an accident?" Kuroo asked, though hoping kenma would have been successful today he knew kenma was still learning. "Yeah, he did amazing this morning! We had kenma do a wee on the toilet for us. But after that we couldn't convince him to go again.. he had a bit of an accident during his nap today." Bray went on. Kuroo was proud kenma had gone this morning, it was a good start. He stood still and silent at the mention of kenma wetting in his sleep, he hoped it was only a home thing but seemed not. Lev came to kuroos side, listening in. "Yeah, he's normally pretty good through nap time.. the odd slip up if he hasn't gone potty before or drank a lot in the morning." He went on to explain. Bray found that making sense. "Yeah.. he was extremely upset.. he was crying. Can I ask if you have thought about a rest nappy or pull up?" He asked curiously. Kenma pushed his face into kuroos neck, he didn't like listening in on this stuff. "Oh no. No I rather not. He wears one to bed and odd times in the afternoon but none at rest time. I don't want him wearing nappies or diapers or even pull ups at daycare." Kuroo spoke firmly. "Ah alright, that's completely fine" He smiled back, it was always up to the parent in the end. "Was that his only accident?" Lev questioned. Bray shook his head "we had a bit of a situation in the yard this afternoon.." Bray spoke quietly to kenmas guardians. "Kenma was on the fort and he had an accident. When I came over he started to strip of his clothes, trying to take his pants off." He said lowering his voice. Kuroo almost gasped, looking to Lev. "That's normal behaviour in a 1 to 2 year old.. at this age kenma should be aware of privacy.. another concern being his fear of the bathroom, a place he knows is meant to be private." Bray explained. It broke levs heart to have to tell bray but kuroo and him had already worked out some reasoning behind kenmas lack of understanding when it came to his own privacy or struggling in confronting private settings like toileting or showering. Lev came forward, putting a hand on brays shoulder and leading him away to disclose the situation in a quiet space. Kuroo looked down at kenma, kissing the side of his face. "Missed you buddy.." kuroo whispered. Kenma rubbed his eye, nodding and pouting. "Thank you for going on the potty today by yourself, must of been scary." Kuroo praised. Kenma pulled away and looked up at kuroo, nodding since it did scare him. "You only had one accident, such a big boy" kuroo added to the praise. Kenma furrowed his eyebrows, remembering how the lady told him daddy was going to be mad over the wet sheets. "Wee... ons bed.." he mumbled to kuroo. "Oh Hun, that's alright. You couldn't help that." Kuroo spoke calmly. Once the message was disclosed to bray, Lev felt a lump in his throat. Bray tried not to get teary eyes, it hurt more than anything to hear of a child abused. He told Lev he would work really hard on setting boundaries with kenma, learn about personal privacy and trust. Lev was glad to hear, walking back with bray. "Anything else today?" Kuroo asked. Bray bit his tongue, he had to mention it. "Ah well.. he did try to take another child's sippy.. got upset when I took it off him, I did put him in the reading area to calm down. He also did let a cuss word slip.. telling me to F off.." Bray told them. Both gasped. "Kenma, we have spoken about those words. Goodness.." kuroo told kenma firmly. Kenma pulled his blanky over his head to hide, he hated disappointing them. "Other than that.. he ate lunch, stayed by my side most the day." He told them. Kuroo nodded "Alright.. thank you and I'm so sorry for the cussing.." he mumbled. Bray smiled "all good.. ill see you all next week?" He questioned. Kuroo and Lev nodded, waving bye and walking off to leave.
Kenma stayed hidden, he couldn't even remember why he had said a bad word to begin with. "Kenma. You did okay today but you can't be saying those bad words." Kuroo told the child, walking out and to the car. Kenma whimpered, nodding gently and sniffling. Kuroo felt his phone in his pocket ringing, quickly pulling it out and seeing it was work. "Ah Lev, take kenma" He told him, handing the boy to Lev. Kuroo picked up the phone and walked away to talk, it was odd to be getting the call out of nowhere. Lev held kenma, looking over to kuroo pacing a bit. Kenma removed the blanky from his head, sucking his thumb and watching too. Kuroo looked panicked, even teary eyed. "Alright, in the car kiddo." Lev told him, leaning in and putting him in the car seat. Kenma didn't fuss, going in the car meant going somewhere. Once clipped in Lev stood by the door, waiting for kuroo to get off the phone. Kuroo nodded and then hung up the call, rubbing a hand over his face and sobbing a bit. "Hey, what's wrong??" Lev asked, not sure why kuroo was upset. "They need me early tomorrow morning! I have to go in." He said frantically. Lev groaned, he also had work really early in the morning tomorrow. "I don't know what to do!" Kuroo cried out a bit. Lev sighed "it's okay.. uhm.. I can't take a day off tomorrow.. I have no sick leave saved up." He admitted. Kenma stimmed his hands and let out a whine, he could tell both were really worried. "Take him with!" Lev suggested. "I can't! I don't want him knocked out by a ball! He won't be supervised!" Kuroo shouted back. Sugawara was pulling up in his car, looking over and seeing the two shouting at each other while kenma watched with teary eyes. Quickly getting out his car, he came over. "Woah hey, what's going on? You're stressing each other out." Suga said, pointing between all three of them. Kuroo broke down a bit, wiping his eyes and letting out a sound of concern. Lev rubbed his temple, it was really stressful. "We both have to be at work by 4am tomorrow.. no ones going to be able to look after kenma.." Lev mentioned. Kenma held his blanky to his face, looking at Sugawara with sad eyes. "Okay, it's okay. You two need to take a deep breath and think rationally. There's many options to take." Suga told them. "Daycare doesn't open till 6am. You can hire a babysitter?" He suggested. Kuroo shook his head "no.. I don't want someone in my house with kenma that I don't know." Kuroo told him. Suga nodded "drop him off at my house tonight." Sugawara told both of them. They froze "what-?" Lev asked. "Go home, get his stuff and bring him to my place for the night and tomorrow" he said firmly. "No you don't have to do that.." kuroo said, furrowing his brows. "Its no problem, trust me." Suga spoke calmly now. "B-but what about his temper? O-or his toileting? And his bad habits??" Kuroo stressed. Suga smiled "kuroo, it's okay. I got this, if there's any major problems I'll call." He told them. Kuroo started to calm down. "Thank you.. so much" kuroo whispered. Sugawara smiled "please, don't stress it. I'll see you later." Walking off to go pick up hinata. "What a lifesaver.." Lev mumbled. Kenma was fidgeting with his blanky, unsure what was going on yet. Lev and kuroo got in the car, both turning back to kenma. "Would you like to go to hinatas?" Lev asked inquisitively. Kenma clapped, nodding his head. Little did kenma know, he'd be spending the whole night away from mommy and daddy. "That's good!" Kuroo said proudly. Lev started to pull out the car park and drive home. "We have to pack spare clothes, maybe two pull ups? His sippy! Yes, can't forget that one and his cat plush." Kuroo went on, listing it out to Lev. Kenma sucked his thumb, daddy was sure talking a alot. "We need to tell suga about his toileting in the afternoon and make sure he's put in his pull up before bed" kuroo added, he trusted sugawara with kenma but there was still lots he needed to know. Lev nodded "Yes yes, take a chill pill. He's got this." He rolled his eyes with a smile. Kuroo looked back at kenma, he was awfully quiet. "You alright buddy?" Kuroo asked. Kenma didn't respond, staring blankly past kuroo. "Its okay, hes had a very big day." Lev spoke softly to kuroo. They pulled into the garage, kuroo getting out and going to get kenma out. Kenma was still stiff and pushing upwards in his car seat, he didn't like the wet feeling of his training pants touching him. Kenma was holding his crotch tightly with one hand, waiting for kuroo to get him out. "Oh bud, quick. Lev front door!" Kuroo called out, quickly unstrapping kenma and putting him down. Lev quickly unlocked the front door, kuroo heading in with kenma straight to the bathroom. "Quick kenma" kuroo stressed, pulling him along and in front of the toilet. Kenma fussed, holding his crotch and refusing to pull his pants down to go. Kuroo had to intervene, bending down and tugging his long pants and training pants before placing him on the toilet. Kenma fussed loudly, leaning forward to hold onto kuroo. "You're alright kenma, I got you." Kuroo soothed. Kenma managed to finish his accident on the toilet, looking down at his wet training pants and long pants. "Hey.. it's okay, good boy." Kuroo praised, lucky he caught it before kenma had given up on holding it. Kenma gripped into kuroo tighter, wanting to get off the toilet. "Let's go change" kuroo smiled, helping kenma off the toilet and stripping the child of his clothing to get ready for Sugawaras. Kenma shyly went into his room, waiting by his bed for a change of clothing. Kuroo grabbed out shorts, training pants and a sweater, coming over and starting to dress kenma. Lev knocked on the door "did he make it?" He questioned. "Uh mostly" He shouted back through the door. Kenma sucked his thumb and stepped into his training pants and shorts, followed by the sweater then socks and shoes. "All done, good job kenma." Kuroo praised. Kenma looked down, pointing to his pants. "Yeah kenmas pants" He hummed. Kenma started to pull them off. "Kenma.. leave them on please." Kuroo encouraged, kenma had been really struggling with not taking off his clothing lately. "Ah off.." he whimpered. Kuroo shook his head. "Daddy needs you to keep them on. We're going to sugawaras and we need to wear our pants." Kuroo explained. Kenma frowned and touched at his pants, finally nodding to agree with kuroos words given.