Michiru smiled in amusement. "What an excellent idea!" *That'd probably help keep the twins out of trouble as well.*
She stood up and took Tenshi's hand. Looking over at everyone else, she started, "Excuse us, minna, demo-"
She was cut off by Kimahou's cry.
The entire group sweatdropped.
"Ano, maybe she's hungry," Rei suggested.
"Iie, I just fed and burped her," Makoto answered.
"In that case, when was the last time her diapers were changed?" asked Serenity. Being a mother herself, she had developed a sense for such things.
"Diapers! Ano� er� uh�." Minako was flustered by the thought.
"Usagi? Are you volunteering to change them?" Rei asked.
"Ano�." Serenity looked to her husband as if he would be able to save her from the suggestion. Just because she was a mother didn't mean she enjoyed changing diapers.
"I'll do it," Michiru offered.
"Oh, Michiru-san!" Serenity's eyes shone in gratitude.
"You're the best in Japan!" Minako cried.
Michiru giggled. "You have to take the good with the bad when around such a wonderful thing as a baby."
The girls all nodded in amazed agreement.
Michiru looked at Tenshi. "Can you stay here and be good?"
"Hai."
"Arigatou. Minako-sama," Michiru looked at the nearest girl to her, "can you watch her for me onegai?"
"No problem."
"Well, then, if you'll excuse me. I'll be back shortly."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It was to Haruka's great fortune that the instant she left Day Care Center B and turned right, she ran into Michiru.
The little one, not her wife.
Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that Mi-chan ran into her.
"Michiru-chan!"
Unfortunately, she was followed by a team of nurses that also ran into Haruka. Soon the whole group was in a pile on the ground. Haruka made sure to hold Neko tightly cushioning her from the fall.
"Nani�?" Haruka started.
"Excuse me, Miss. We were trying to catch that little girl. She's lost her parents," said one of the nurses as they all got up.
"Oh, she's mine. I mean, not mine. I mean, I'm watching her and her twin." The nurses were not the same as the nurses they had met earlier in Nurse Station A, and therefore had no way to know that Haruka was watching Mi-chan. Except�. *Give me a break. As if I'm not holding an identical 2 year old in my arms.*
"Well, you know, you shouldn't let her run around unsupervised."
"I know, demo-"
"And she has an injured knee! Sheesh, what kind of parent are you?!"
Haruka glanced at Mi-chan's knee, which was bruised from her fall. Although she did feel responsible, she really resented the nurse's accusation. "That's it! Get out of my way!" She pushed the nurse aside, picked up Mi-chan, and stormed off.
As she continued down the hall, she realized that Mi-chan was crying. Her concern calmed her down a little.
"Michiru-chan? Doushita?"
"No mowa woses," she sobbed.
"Me too," whispered Neko, who's eyes were also filling with tears.
"Ok, ok. We'll get you some more. Hey, where'd you get the ones you had?"
Mi-chan held up the tissue paper that had once held Ryo's bouquet for Ami. "The table."
"Shim-" Once again, Haruka caught herself before swearing. She looked at the crying twins and sighed. "Let's go get some more roses, ne?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Her mama hadn't been gone more than five minutes before Tenshi needed to go to the bathroom. The others were discussing babies, and Tenshi didn't like interrupting people, but she really had to go.
She tugged on Minako's sleeve. "Minako-sama?"
"Ah, Tenshi-chan. Whey don't you sit down and be a good girl."
"Demo, Minako-sama�."
But Minako and the others were not easily distracted from their topic.
Tenshi danced from foot to foot. If only her mama or papa were here.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hi, I need a dozen roses, onegai."
"Sure, what color?"
"Color?" Haruka looked at the rose Neko had given her. "Ano, there were some red ones and� maybe some yellow ones. And�." She tried to remember what the bouquet had looked like, but it had been a long day. "Hey, girls, were there other colors."
"Bwue," suggested Neko quietly.
"I wike purpowa," Mi-chan added.
"White's good too," Neko continued.
Haruka sighed. Now that she thought about it, she thought that there had been blue ones. Made sense. It was Ami's signature color.
"A dozen thornless - a mix of red, yellow, and blue."
Neko stuck her tongue out at Mi-chan. "I win."
