Every God's Nightmare Pt. 2 (A Noragami: Aragoto Fan Fiction)

Chapter 2

Daikoku screamed as the boy pinched his nose. The boy, on the other hand, laughed at him.

"That hurts!" Daikoku cried, pulling him away to relieve himself of the teasing. "Stop it!"

"Koji?!" Hiyori's sweet voice called down the hall. "Are you being nice?"

The boy immediately released Daikoku from his painful grip, sensing he would get in trouble if either his mom or dad saw him picking on someone.

Koji put on a happy smile as soon as Hiyori entered the room. "Hai!" He answered, his face bright.

Daikoku groaned at the little boy's innocence. Yukine laughed.

Hiyori smiled back, then knelt down to meet his face. She snuck a quick look at him for a second.

Three-years-old, and Koji had the god's mesmerizing blue eyes, the dark, soft hair and the same little nose. He was the spitting image of his father. Kofuku had even pointed that out once.

However, he had taken his mother's body type and skin tone. While he also had a few of Hiyori's habits, Koji took mostly after Yato. He loved to smile and tease others, got caught up in his big dreams, and even tried reaching for one of Yato's "special drinks."

Other than height and age, it was hard to miss the difference.

Speaking of which - "where's Daddy?!" Koji asked, his smile fading to a serious expression.

"Oh," Hiyori said, pointing her thumb at the stairs to the attic. "He's still sleeping, sweetie." She looked from her son to Daikoku and Yukine sitting at the table. She giggled. "I tried waking him about ten times, but he just refused."

Hiyori looked back down to Koji. "But I know if you go and get him, he'll definitely come down!"

Koji immediately lit up, his smile stretching to both ends of his face. "Haiii!"

With that, the boy went racing up past his mom, down the hall and up the stairs.

Hiyori giggled, her eyes closed in joy.

Daikoku was the first to comment. "Little brat!" He mumbled behind Hiyori's back, collapsing on the floor in relief.

"He's really obedient with you guys, huh?" Yukine said to Hiyori, observing the way Koji followed her instructions.

"Mm." Hiyori answered, sitting down next to him with a smile. "We just tell him what we think he should do and he pretty much goes with it."

"Hmm..." Yukine rested his head in his hand, thinking about that for a moment.

. . . . .

Koji ran up to the attic, kneeling next to where Yato was sleeping. He grinned, his cheeks pink, and closed his eyes. He clapped his hands together.

Sensing someone near, Yato opened his eyes and looked over his shoulder.

"Koji? What're you doing?" Yato asked, giving him a curious look.

Koji opened his eyes, and when he saw that his dad was awake, he lowered his hands and beamed widely. "I was praying to you so that you'd wake up! Look, it worked!"

Yato shook his head and laughed at the boy. He sat up and stretched.

"Daddy?!" Koji called as he ran to the stairs. He stopped there and waited.

Koji was terrified of going down the stairs. He felt like he would trip because he wasn't "big enough yet." It's one of those childhood fears, like being scared if thunder, or the dark. He would always wait for someone to come pick him up and carry him down.