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Akashi spotted Reo doing typing on his desk with no Tetsuya on sight. "Reo, where's Tetsuya?" he asked once he was an earshot away from his secretary.

"Napping," Reo answered, "Kid's got a body clock or something. He was all hyper and playful but when the clocked ticked to three, he got all droopy and asked to go back to your office,"

Akashi smiled. "What did you guys do the whole day?" he asked.

"Just... roamed around the office," Reo answered, "Although he did help me distribute some paperwork to the employees so I got to do my job while babysitting little Tetsu-chan,"

"I'm really sorry for the sudden task," Akashi said, "He's been having a hard time in school and Shintaro and the others are still at work so I really had no choice but to take him with me,"

Reo smiled at him. "Tetsu-chan wasn't a bother. He's nice and kind and is actually helpful. If he was in the right age I'd ask you to employ him to be my associate,"

"As if that will happen,"  Akashi snorted and made his way to his office.

He immediately spotted the teal-haired kid sleeping on his office's couch. Akashi glanced at his wristwatch to see what time it was and noticed that it was already time for him to clock out and go home but Tetsuya looked so peaceful in his sleep and didn't want to wake him up.

Akashi sat down by Tetsuya's feet and noticed the scratch papers scattered above the coffee table with his brother's signature drawings. Tetsuya, through time and practice, had been excelling in arts and by the age of eight can draw detailed images of places he had been fond of visiting like the park or the beach. But one drawing caught his eye-- a small figure with cyan-colored hair was holding hands with a bigger feminine figure with brunette hair and blue eyes and a masculine figure sketched through a pencil.

He had to fight the urge to tear the drawing in pieces as he knew Tetsuya wouldn't appreciate it, but his anger was boiling inside him when he saw the sketch his brother made-- a picture of Tetsuya's family with him holding hands with his mother and a father he never saw as he grew up. He looked at the sleeping child next to him and all his anger was immediately replaced with pity and sadness-- Tetsuya was looking for his parents, and though he never asked Akashi or the others directly he knew the boy longed for them.

He sighed as he stacked the papers in a neat file before putting them inside the child's bag and slung it over one of his shoulders. He called Reo through the intercom and told him to bring his case to his car as he carefully lifted Tetsuya up and carried him outside.

Employees tried their best to avoid their gaze but seeing their President's soft sides were such rare occasions they had no intention of missing-- Akashi had a panda bear backpack slung over one of his shoulders while he carried his sleeping little brother and walked to the elevator as if it was a normal thing for him to do.

***

"Take him to his room," Akashi instructed Kise who took the sleeping Tetsuya from his grasp.

"Tetsuya-cchi's getting heavy," Kise grunted but he lifted the kid with ease and Akashi could tell that he was bluffing-- with his appetite almost on par with Aomine's, he shouldn't complain. "By the way, Mayuzumi-cchi called earlier and told me to call you once you arrive,"

"Why?" Akashi asked, putting Tetsuya's bag down by the sofa as well as his own case.

"He didn't say," Kise said then turned for Tetsuya's room.

Akashi sighed mentally and silently cursed Mayuzumi for making him wonder what his demand was about-- the last time he made Akashi wonder was whether he and Tetsuya were real brothers or not and he wasn't all thankful for the silver head's cocky play.