"Having kid must be a huge responsibility, as far as I've seen from Umi-chan and Kotori-chan's devotion to their kid Honoka-chan. Umi-chan can be strictly criticising her own kid like she did with the students against rules when she was the co-vice president in our high school. But, to contrast this, Kotori-chan soothes her swiftly when she sees Umi-chan's regret showing itself after she scolded Honoka-chan harshly. It's a vicious cycle, nya!
I remember one time Honoka-chan claimed to have kissed by her papa Umi-chan, that brought about Kotori-chan to get jealous of the two. At the end of the day, she's given Honoka-chan a cute smooch, and Umi-chan also got to receive a passionate kiss that lead her to faint.
Oh, Honoka-chan! You don't know how much strong love your parents have for you, nya! I'm sure they are whispering endearments to you everyday. I hope this deep affection will never end and lasts forever." - Rin Hoshizora
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Wearing an apron, Kotori was preparing to cook dinner that was meant for the three Sonodas. Umi wasn't around because she was pretty busy with her work from the Sonoda dojo so Kotori wanted to be sure her Umi-chan could eat well. After doing her errands, Umi could taste her wife's delicious meals. Kotori was always set at ease whenever her most beloved partner in life filled her stomach properly. However, it seemed like other person she cared the most wasn't following her advice.
Kotori turned around her kid to check whether she was eating or not. The kid didn't spoon up her soup at all, but she has already eaten the whole baguette on the basket.
"Honoka-chan, why don't you drink your soup? Umi-chan said it's healthy for you, right?" asked Kotori, looking at the plate that was never touched. "Oh look! You will stay small, so small that every other kid will mock on you," she stated with that sweet tone she usually used on Umi.
Honoka whined immediately after her mama scolded her softly. "But Honoka don't want to drink. Honoka want more bread!" Honoka was ranting on her baby seat, totally ignoring the topic her mama mentioned.
Kotori didn't know what to do at that moment, only found herself stirring the cooking pot faster. A little after, Kotori ran to the entrance as the door rang a bell rhythmically. When she opened up the door, the person standing towards her made her heartbeat faster. Her heart-shaped eyes were directly looking at her husband, but Umi couldn't puzzle out why Kotori was adorable and eager to attach her.
"Umi-chan, welcome!!!" said Kotori as lovely as ever, all snuggled up to her.
"I'm home." Umi was blushing hard, yet she tried to nudge her slowly to understand her intentions first. There would be two things why she was acting like that:
1)Kotori wants Umi... maybe in bed.
2)Kotori wants to destress Umi over her job.
"K-Kotori, would you care to explain why are you nestling against me t-too much?" Umi asked, looking down at her wife's beautiful face. Her heart was thumping hysterically that she could've felt it would fly out of her chest any time.
"Can't... I?" Kotori asked, Umi hugged her in turn as tightly as possible. An unexpected move from Umi could clearly show that Kotori completely lost herself. Her plan seemed to go off if it would go in charge of Umi's unexplored sides so she quickly held off fussing over her. "W-wait, U-Umi-chan!" the pink plastered across her cheeks couldn't stop coloring up her face as Umi's bold moves expressed themselves clearly, or Kotori thought Umi was acting unusually bolder for her actions.
"K-Kotori, I'm sorry for weighing upon you. Today was unexpectedly busy so I-I'm too tired," said Umi breaking the hug. She found herself a chair to sit down. "But you look... umm... cute," she added shyly.
Kotori waved her hand over her face to get rid of the heat her face was generating. "No problem, Umi-chan!" she said as she dashed off to the kitchen.
Kotori: 0 Umi: 1
Mission: break the ice(failed)
Her plan was supposed to throw off Umi's tension to prevent her from getting angry at Honoka, who has slurred over eating well. However, the young papa was exhausted enough not to nag at her small kid. So she didn't need to force herself.
Even though Kotori's real intention was to keep out her husband from the small kid, in the least she wanted to get her attention and kiss her right before anything else.
"Where is Honoka, Kotori?" Umi asked as she saw there was no one in Honoka's room.
Kotori turned down the heater. Taking off her apron, she replied. "She is in here, Umi-chan. She hasn't eaten her soup yet."
Umi walked off directly to the kitchen where two persons she loved were. As her tired eyes looked over the small figure, she gave a quiet sigh, crossing her arms. "As usual I would say."
Honoka was fidgeting on her seat when she saw her papa. "Papa! Honoka miss you so much. Welcome!" she opened her arms to expect something in return. Umi wrapped her arms up around her as she kissed her head, but she chose not to comment on her eating habits.
In the kitchen, adding Umi, the three were sitting around the dinner table. The parents caught their eyes to each other. Kotori has understood she should carry out her other plan for Honoka to eat that soup. Umi and Kotori nodded to each other, eyes connected. A drama representation meant their baby Honoka would get convinced by the magical words and powerful acting!
Umi was ready to perform a role as Kotori signed her to do it. If both could act as if something was wrong, they were able to awaken their baby's attention.
"Honoka! I'm not going to tell you what you are supposed to eat and drink anymore," Umi said with less firm way.
Lifting her eyebrow, Honoka was looking at her papa unknowingly. "But you know..."
"Papa?!"
On the other side, Kotori was pretending as if she were ill, showing herself as weak as possible. With bated breath, she's never given chances to think she was acting. The hands on her chest, a cry would be befitting the moment.
"Your mother..." Umi was careful enough to tell her words slowly.
Umi wasn't a girl who was able to get into another character, but adding Kotori's 'please' messages many times in her mind made her to get a role for herself. "Your mother is getting worse because she wants you to be healthy and she tries hard. If you don't eat or drink well, she will be in need of seeing a doctor soon." Umi held Kotori from her shoulders for standing as both parents turned to Honoka.
"Mama!! No, Honoka will eat properly," Honoka said with a worried expression on her face, then a light popped up in her mind. A new idea took over the sad story. "Mama, papa!!" the small figure started to gush what she had watched the other day, showing the TV in the living room. "There was princess and prince. The princess was ill then the prince kissed her and they have a happy ending."
The awkward silence wouldn't tell further that both of them were caught their guards off. A romantic atmosphere aroused them as Umi and Kotori blushed when their kid brought such a shameless topic (shameless for Umi). They slowly lost the composure while Honoka was non-stop talking about 'prince kissing princess'.
"Go ahead! Kiss mama! Mama will get better and for my mama, I'll eat my soup too!!"
As Honoka promised, she was ready to finish off her soup as quick as possible. Umi drew her hands back on Kotori and they quit acting. Kotori's eyes were searching for other ambers passionately. Her hands reached out to Umi's neck as Kotori was locking her up to herself as if she was hunting her down. No words were exchanged, the only noise was Honoka's gobbling upon her soup.
Umi, instead, tried to stop Kotori for the sake of not making out in front of their child. By the mumbling she was doing, Umi thought she was able to put an end to this desirous intimacy. Of course, want and desire were what she had in mind, but it was supposed to be done in the right time.
Never given chances to interrupt, Kotori started to eagerly kiss Umi on the lips. Umi's train of thought short-circuited, and that only lead her to grasp Kotori's waist instinctively. Checkmate!
When they broke apart, Kotori rested her head onto Umi's chest. "I guess missing Today's Welcome Kiss costed much time, Umi-chan."
"Y-yes."
They noticed in the blink of an eye that their kid finished her soup with amount of extra bread halfly dangling on her mouth.
Kotoumi: 0 Honoka: 1
Mission: eat or die(halfly-success)