Chapter 101

Synopsis
Inui watches over Midori while Ryuuichi and Usaida are gone for a bit, and he tries to do everything in his power to comfort Midori and not cause her to cry.

Long Summary
At the daycare center, Inui sweats as he awkardly sits in front of Midori, who stares back at him. A little while ago, Mika had threatened him not to come home early because she was having friends over. Inui then found himself in front of the daycare center. Once he opens the door, Taka, who is holding Kotaro's hand, runs past him, excited to take a walk outside. The other children also run into the hallway, stunning Inui. Ryuu, holding a sleeping Midori, calls after them, asking them to wait. Inui apologizes for opening the door, picturing a bunch of sheep escaping from a pen. Ryuu sets Midori down as he figures that the children can open the door on their own anyway. He quickly asks Inui if he can watch Midori as she sleeps while he chases after the other children. He covers Midori with a blanket as he explains that Midori has just gone to sleep and Usaida will be back from the bathroom soon. Inui stutters as he agrees to watch Midori. Ryuu leaves, and Inui breathes a sigh of relief, figuring that looking after a sleeping child is easy. However, when he looks back at Midori, he sees that she is wide awake. Inui thinks of ways to get her to go back to sleep, and he slowly raises his hand to pat her. Midori tears up, causing Inui to panic. He holds up his hands in shock and realizes that he needs to make her sleep before she cries. He tries to think of lullabies that he knows and wonders if babies can listen to J-pop or not. Inui blushes as he clears his throat and tells her that he can sing her something that he practiced to sing to Yukari. He holds up a toy as a mic, but he quickly realizes that Midori is not paying attention at all. Midori rolls around before sitting up by herself, which impresses Inui.

Now in the present situation where the two are awkwardly sitting in front of each other, Inui wonders what he should do. Inui notes that the pressure from her stare is almost too much, and he looks around to see if she is staring at something other than him. Inui panics, asking himself why Midori is staring at a corner so intensely. He holds up a stuffed bear toy, telling her to look at the toy instead of him. Midori then begins to cry, causing him to panic even more. She then smiles and laughs, amused by his stress. Inui wonders if she can already manipulate men to do what she wants at such a young age. Midori crawls over to Inui's bag and starts to drool all over his smartphone. Inui swiftly takes it from her, saying that she will get a stomachache from all the germs. Midori sobs, and Inui tries apologizing. He asks if she wants to see a picture of Ryuu, although he admits that he only has pictures of him crossdressing. Midori slaps his phone away as she bawls, leaving Inui powerless.

Inui tells her not to cry with such a sad face because it might cause him to cry as well. He gently picks up Midori and holds her, saying that until Ryuu or Usaida returns, he will protect her. He impatiently wonders when someone will come to help him, and he pictures Ryuu crossdressing as Ryuuko-chan again. Just then, Kotaro holds out his hands to Inui, who is still wishing that Usaida could hurry up. Kotaro then places his hands on his legs, calling him senpai. Ryuu returns and apologizes to Inui. He explains that he heard crying, so he came back to the daycare center quickly. The children ask Inui what the problem seems to be, noting that Inui is crying. Inui feels so relieved that he mentally calls the children heroes. Inui denies crying and apologizes for not being able to stop Midori's crying. Ryuu smiles and tells Inui that Midori is not crying anymore. Sure enough, Midori is smiling at Inui. He gives Midori to Ryuu, figuring that she stopped crying because he and the others had returned. He also gives the stuffed bear to Kotaro to hold.

Usaida suddenly pops in, commenting that Inui seems to be really good at taking care of children. He sarcastically tells him to sing the song that he practiced to win Yukari's heart, stunning Inui. Usaida explains that he had returned from the bathroom but could not stop laughing as he watched Inui. Inui calls him inhuman for laughing at him and not helping a crying baby. Usaida reasons that crying is like Midori's job, and he reminds Inui that he wanted to be Midori's father. Inui calmly says that if they ever need an extra hand, he would not mind helping out. Usaida holds up Midori, suggesting that he practice changing a diaper. Inui is startled when he holds Midori, who stinks. Kotaro holds the bear toy and smiles as everyone realizes that Midori needs a diaper change. Inui panics, saying that she should poop on the toilet.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Midori Sawatari
 * Inui Hiroyuki
 * Inui Mika (mentioned)
 * Taka Kamitani
 * Kotaro Kashima
 * Takuma Mamizuka
 * Kirin Kumatsuka
 * Kazuma Mamizuka
 * Ryuuichi Kashima
 * Yukari Sawatari (mentioned)
 * Usaida Yoshihito