Warnings:
-NoneClay's POV
I stayed with Sapnap in my room while he was asleep. He fell asleep very soon with his thumb in his mouth and his arms around me. I was just constantly smiling since I found it pretty cute. I had never seen this guy before, but I didn't mind at all. I just wanted to take care of him now he needed someone.
I was glad that I read something about age regression a while back or I would have never understood what was going on most likely. I just stumbled upon an article about someone who could go to a whole different and younger mindset.
It interested me so I just read something about it, not realising that would be really useful someday. I was really happy I could help this little boy, even though he was physically around my age, I would treat him how he wanted me to and if he was mentally four years old, I'd treat him like that.
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Sapnap started rolling in my bed and opened his eyes slowly after a short while. He slept for hours and seemed to sleep very deeply too, holding his thumb in his mouth the whole time.
'Clay!' he exclaimed when he woke up, which made me realise he was still regressed.
'Hi, Sappy! How did you sleep?' I asked, tapping his nose as he smiled.
'Slweep good!' he answered happily, grabbing my hand tightly. 'Play?'
'Do you want to play again? I'll bring you downstairs!'
'Pee...'
'Come with me, hold my hand, okay?' I smiled as I lifted him up. He was hopping from one leg to the other and giggled softly while we walked to the bathroom. 'Do you need help? You're a very smart boy, but if you aren't sure, I'll stay with you!'
'Alone!' He had a big smile on his face and looked at me, giving me another hug. 'Friend? My daddy?'
'Do you want to see me as your father now?' I questioned with a soft smile.
'Daddy!' he exclaimed, then he looked very sad and stared down at his hands. 'My daddy not talk to me...'
'What do you mean?' I asked, sitting down on my knees. I pulled him on my lap and grabbed his hand as he started sobbing.
'Mommy and daddy never talk to me...' He sighed loudly and stood up again. 'Pee...'
I nodded slowly and left him alone with a sad feeling. Would his real parents actually never talk to him? Was that what he meant just then? I knew he was age regressed, but for as far as I knew his memories weren't gone or changed.
'Daddy!' I suddenly heard Sapnap yelled from the bathroom. 'I miss you...'
I smiled softly and opened the door. He was standing at the sink with an open mouth. 'How?'
'You need to turn it,' I answered, turning the tap on so he could wash his hands. 'You did so good, did you do everything by yourself?'
He turned back to me and I softly dried his hands. 'Hug?'
'Come here.' I opened my arms and pulled him closer to me, running my hand through his hair. 'Do you like hugs?'
He nodded heavily and closed his eyes to enjoy my touch.
'Does mommy hug you sometimes?' I asked.
He pouted from sadness by pushing his bottom lip forwards and sniffed softly. 'No... mommy doesn't hug me.'
'And daddy? Not me, but your other daddy.'
'No... I miss hugs.'
I let go of him and grabbed his hand to go to my bedroom. He waddled with me and I lifted him up, pulling him very close to me to cuddle. 'Do you like laying like this?'
He nodded heavily. 'Daddy? I suck thumb? I don't have pacifier...'
I smiled softly and let him put his thumb in his mouth. 'Of course you can suck your thumb, but you need to put your pacifier in if you have it, okay?'
He nodded. 'Okay, daddy. I play? I hug?'
'Do you want to play and sit on my lap?'
He hit his arms around him from happiness and nodded happily. 'Yes!'
'Okay, come. We are going to go downstairs! Are you going to be careful on the stairs? You don't want to hurt yourself!'
'I'll be careful, daddy!' He started hopping up and down from happiness and I held him tightly as he went down the stairs with me. He looked at my mother who smiled when we came in and waved.
'Hello!' she smiled. 'How are you?'
Sapnap got shy and rested his head against my chest, looking away with red cheek.
'Aww, don't get shy! She's very kind and she wants to know if you slept well.'
'Sleep well... yes! Play!' Sapnap exclaimed. He sat down on his knees and looked up at me, opening his arms. 'Hug?'
I sat down and pulled him on my lap, pointing at the blocks in front of him. 'What do you want to build?'
He was thinking deeply and grab one block. 'Tower!'
'Okay, I'm excited to see how high you can build a tower! I'm sure it's very high. Maybe even taller than my little friend.'
He blushed when I said that and made a happy sound, building the blocks as high as he could. I just sat in silence while I held him on my lap so he'd feel happy and safe.
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Sapnap played for hours and stayed with us when we had dinner. He was still age regressed and had no idea where to go if he wanted to go home. Since I didn't know him at all, I didn't know where he lived either so I'd let him stay here until he would be back to his physical age.
It took hours before Sapnap went back to his usual age. He apologised a thousand times for his behaviour and for being here. I told him that it was totally fine and he thanked me after that since no one used to take care of him. Eventually, I brought him home to make sure he'd be alright and he sighed when he stood in front of the door.
'Are you alright?'
He shrugged. 'I don't like going home...'
'Do you want me to come with you? We can hang out and get to know each other a bit better?'
He smiled softly. 'Do you want to?'
'I wouldn't offer otherwise, dummy,' I teased him. 'Oh, but... can you make sure there's no dairy close? I have a very bad allergy.'
He nodded. 'My brother is disabled and he only eats baby food, does that have dairy? I need to give it to him.'
'I'll stay back. Make sure to wash your hands after that if that's okay.'
'Of course,' he smiled. 'Come in.'
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