17. Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen
Kenzie
“ W hy! Why can’t you just—” Daddy glanced over at Kenzie and obviously chose to avoid whatever he was about to say— “I know you’re beatable, I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again.”
His adamant statement to the video game character made Kenzie giggle while she placed another fake diamond onto her masterpiece. She loved getting to see him in his Middle space so much. She especially loved how it had become a regular occurrence for them to play together.
She loved that Daddy wasn’t self-conscious about playing dolls or having a tea party. Heck, he even colored and painted with her. The walls were covered with their masterpieces. She’d found that she enjoyed some of his favorite things too. Daddy had ordered her several LEGO kits that were more her style so they could build together, and she had so much fun helping him build the elaborate designs he loved with dominoes.
Watching the designs tumble was her favorite part, making her giggle and clap as they toppled faster and faster and split off into multiple paths at once. Kenzie wasn’t much for video games, however, they tended to stress her out more than relax her, so, when Daddy wanted to play his video games, she’d just find something to do alone.
Kenzie had spent every day at Papi and Daddy’s house for the last two weeks, ever since the night they’d made love and changed her life. They’d taken her to and from work every workday and she’d slept between them every night. Kenzie had no desire to return to her lonely apartment, so she hadn’t protested when they’d taken her to gather several days’ worth of stuff, or when they’d done it again a week later.
She had drawers in their dressers, space in the closet, and they’d given her free rein to add any and all touches to the décor that she wanted. Not that she’d taken them up on that particular offer. She wasn’t quite that at home in their house yet, even if they did insist it was all of theirs now.
Kenzie felt like her world had turned into a dream come true. Things at work had even improved. She and Nicole had become friendly. Kenzie wouldn’t say they were besties yet, but they’d become much closer.
Once Nicole had found out about her new relationship, she’d begun shooing Kenzie out the door as soon as shift change time happened each day, whether Kenzie was done with all of her change-over duties or not. She repeatedly assured Kenzie that she would take care of checking the shelves, restocking the counter-displayed candies, and balancing the cash in the drawer.
“Girl, enjoy the honeymoon phase while you can,” Nicole often said. Kenzie couldn’t be more grateful. Sebastian didn’t trust it yet, but Kenzie was becoming aware that Papi was a bit suspicious of anyone new, so she wasn’t too worried. He’d come around eventually.
The only complaint Kenzie could find about staying with her Daddies was that they’d replaced so many of her favorite snacks with vegetables and fruit. She didn’t so much mind the fruit. If she closed her eyes and tried really hard, she could almost pretend it was fruit snacks instead of actual fruit. The vegetables were a problem, however. There was really no way to make vegetables more palatable and she was getting really sick of having to skip Cheetos for carrots, or cupcakes for broccoli. Kenzie loved her carbs and her sugar; she wanted more of her favorites back in her diet.
Mmmmmm, Cheetos.
As Kenzie placed the next “diamond” in its designated section, a brilliant idea popped into her head. It was perfect ! After spending the next few minutes planning how to pull it off while she worked, Kenzie glanced over at Daddy, finding him absorbed in his game and decided if it was going to work, now was the time to do it.
Carefully closing the container of tiny jewels so they wouldn’t accidentally spill—she’d learned that lesson the hard way—Kenzie snatched up her tube of superglue as well as KoKo, her partner in crime, and quietly headed from the room.
Sebastian
W histling a tune that had recently been stuck in his head for several days, reminding him of his years growing up in England, Sebastian unlocked the door. He’d gotten his most imperative work done at the office and come home early. He was excited to have both of his babies home during the day. He’d had a stressful week with the Pierson claim coming to a head.
Turned out, the arsonist had been hired by the husband and they’d had to deny the insurance claim. Sebastian felt bad for Mrs. Pierson who’d had no idea what was happening, but his job wasn’t to care for the clients, it was to protect the company’s interests. He’d done that. Now, Sebastian needed some time Daddying his Littles, putting human needs ahead of corporate ones was part of what he loved about being a Daddy. It was even better now that he had two people to love and care for.
Sebastian closed the door quietly wanting to surprise Beau and Kenzie. Making his way to their playroom where he was sure they were spending their day, Sebastian stopped in his tracks when a noise in the kitchen caught his attention.
He changed direction, expecting to find Beau making a snack for their girl. He could easily surprise Beau first and then get Beau to help him surprise Kenzie. Sebastian stopped in his tracks when he reached the doorway.
What in the world is she doing?
He leaned against the counter and watched with extreme curiosity as Kenzie dumped a snack size bag of Cheetos onto the counter. She wiggled her hips in a dance that clearly conveyed happiness and excitement and he fought the urge to chuckle at her antics, not wanting to give himself away.
Sebastian’s brow raised in surprise as he watched Kenzie carefully place a few baby carrots into the now empty chip bag and some Cheetos into the carrot bag. She zipped the freshness seal of the carrot pack closed, then used superglue to close the chip bag. Oh, his girl was inventive for sure. She was also in need of a hot bottom. She knew the food rules were in place due to health issues she suffered from when her diet wasn’t properly balanced.
Sebastian waited until she’d finished super-gluing the chip bag closed again and zipping up the carrot bag before announcing himself by clearing his throat. He had to fight a smile and struggled to keep his stern face in place when Kenzie jumped and whirled around.
“Papi!” She tried to hide the evidence behind her as she continued speaking, obviously trying to distract him from her task. “You’re home early.” She batted her lashes and adopted the most adorable, fake innocent face he’d ever seen. “I was just making a snack, would you like one?”
“Nice try, little girl.” He straightened from his relaxed pose and began slowly stalking toward her, “I’ve been standing here a few minutes already.”
“Crap on a cracker.”
Beau
B eau made his way down the hall. He’d already checked the bedroom and both bathrooms, having gone in search of Kenzie once he’d realized that she’d been gone a while. As he got closer to the front of the house, he was surprised to hear Daddy’s voice.
“I’ve been standing here for a few minutes already.”
When Kenzie replied with her version of an expletive, Beau wondered what was happening. It didn’t take him long to find them in the kitchen with his Daddy towering over Kenzie in that way he had when he was in full stern Daddy mode.
Uh, oh. Someone’s in trouble.
Beau hesitated a moment before announcing his presence and asking what was happening.
“Our girl decided to replace the baby carrots with Cheetos.” Daddy’s answer wasn’t much of a shock, honestly. Kenzie had always been creative in her mischief.
“That’s brilliant.” When his Daddy faced him with a raised eyebrow, he realized he’d said the wrong thing, but he wasn’t done yet. “Extremely naughty, and a blatant violation of the rules, but brilliant.”
“Thank you,” Kenzie said.
Oh, the sass.
“Unfortunately, your genius isn’t going to save that gorgeous ass of yours.”
“Shoot and darn.” Kenzie’s crestfallen face pulled at his heartstrings. Punishments had always been hard for Beau; he understood too well the appeal of being naughty, but he also understood the importance of knowing someone cared enough to address it.
“Shoot and darn, indeed.”
Kenzie
W hy’d Papi have to come home early? She totally could have gotten away with it if he’d arrived at his usual time. She’d have been long done and Cheetos looked enough like those stupid carrots, she’d have been fine; but noooooo, he just had to decide to take half a day off.
Now, her Daddy was involved too, and she just knew she was really in for it. If she talked fast, could she maybe charm them into forgetting all about it? Probably not, but it was worth a try, right?
“See, this isn’t what it looks like, Daddy.” She made sure to bat her lashes sweetly and clasp her hands in front of her, knowing that made her look sweet and innocent. She needed all the help she could get.
“Oh? I’d really love to know what it is if it isn’t you switching out your healthy snacks for junk food.” Her Daddy didn’t look at all like he believed her, but Kenzie was sure she could change that.
“Well, see, what had happened was…” His raised eyebrow made her pause, how the heck could that look be so dang sexy as to distract her when her bottom was on the line? “I was doing my pretty picture in the playroom and then I heard voices in the kitchen. I couldn’t ignore it, if someone was here, I needed to know. Safety is important, right?”
“It is. And how was checking out the voices on your own safe?”
Shoot, she hadn’t thought that part out very well, had she? Kenzie needed to get explaining before she made things worse, so she made sure to rush through the rest of her story. “Well, that’s not important right now. What is important is that when I got here, the voices were coming from the fridge and pantry. I listened for a minute and then realized the Cheetos and carrots were talking to each other trying to explain to the other the differences in their environments and I decided to help them out by switching them so they could experience it. It’s the whole walking in someone else’s shoes thing. I was just trying to help!”
Well, those arms crossed over his chest and the strict look on his face didn’t bode well for Kenzie’s success but the twinkle of humor in his eyes was promising. Maybe it worked.
“Little girl…” The tone of Papi’s voice indicated to her that her plan wasn’t working well. “That story, while entertaining, isn’t working.”
Well, fudgesicles.
Sebastian
G oddamn, their little girl was cute as a button trying to get out of her predicament. It wasn’t working, but it was still adorable. Sebastian took Kenzie’s hand and led her to Beau.
“What are we going to do with her?” Beau asked, shaking his head, with an exaggerated frown plastered on his handsome face.
“Oh,” Sebastian replied, “I have several ideas.”
His ideas were boundless. Kenzie had a high pain tolerance, since she was quite fond of pain for pleasure. He’d have to make sure her spanking was sufficiently unpleasant to get the point across, but he needed to add something else. Taking her health seriously was one of his most important rules and her antics were in direct opposition. He’d make sure she never considered doing so again.
Sebastian was silent on the walk to their bedroom. It not only gave him time to think back to their conversations and what she said her most dreaded punishments were, it also gave her time to anticipate and wonder what was coming..
By the time they’d made it to the bedroom, Sebastian knew what he had planned. He didn’t know if Beau wanted to add anything to the plan, so he’d have to step away with him to discuss things.
“Your Daddies need to discuss some things so we’re stepping out of the room. We’ll be right outside the door.” He wanted her to be aware they weren’t abandoning her, “While we are away, I want you to strip and to kneel in the center of the bed with your hands on your knees.”
Kenzie stared at the floor as she mumbled, “Yes, Papi.”
Sebastian lifted her face to him with a finger under her chin, making sure she didn’t show too much distress. Worrying over what was going to happen was expected, but he wasn’t about to do anything that would mentally harm her.
“Good girl. We’ll be right back.”
With that, Sebastian took Beau’s hand, and they headed into the hall, leaving her to get ready for their return.
Beau
B eau was more grateful than he cared to admit that Daddy was the main authority when it came to discipline. Of course, Beau would participate but he was happy to hand over the biggest responsibility to Daddy.
Daddy quickly explained his plan before saying, “I wanted to see if there was anything you’d like to add before we begin.”
Thinking about the future and his strong desire for the two of them to make love to Kenzie as one, Beau was quick to say, “There is one thing.”