It was a stormy night and there was a blackout and the city was dark. Meanwhile, a certain couple did care less about these facts as they were happily sleeping while feeling each other via a warm embrace. Thunders were roaring at the outside, but the inside of the Nishikino household was calm and heavenly calm. The couple was peacefully sleeping in the queen-size bed in their bedroom.
Suddenly, another thunder roared, louder than the other ones. After that one, Honoka's eyes lazily opened as she heard a baby's crying. She stood up and walked toward the small cradle only at one meter from their large bed.
She took the 2 years-old baby that was crying from being aggressively woken up from that scary and loud thunder. "What's wrong, Ruby-chan? Did the Thunder scare you?" she gently rocked the red-haired baby. Fortunately, the young girl finally calmed after a dozen of minutes.
Satisfied, the ginger smiled at their sleeping baby. She didn't want to leave the little Ruby alone in the cradle and decided to bring her to the big bed. She gently placed the product of their flesh between her wife and her. Maki let go of a small groan as she slowly opened her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Ruby-chan was scared of the thunder, so I decided to take her." With that, Honoka went back on the bed. She made sure that their baby was placed properly on the center before adjusting the covers up.
"I see…" Maki let out of a yawn. It was only normal for her to be tired since she had lot of restless days and nights lately. She had to admit one thing: being a doctor is tough, especially when your parents do own the hospital.
"You must be tired! You should rest some more. Sorry for waking you up."
"It's all right! I don't mind waking up as long as it's by you or by Ruby."
The two lay back on the bed and closed their eyes.
"Maki-chan… you've been overworking yourself lately. I think that you need more rest…" Honoka stated as she lifted her head to see her wife's face – whose amethyst eyes were closed.
"I know that… thank you for your concern…" the red-head replied, already half asleep, not bothering to open her eyes.
Seeing no reaction from her wife, the ginger decided to play her last card. "I think that we should go on a little relax trip this weekend. How about the Awaji Island? I heard it had good spots…"
The red-head's eyes opened and she watched the ginger before giving her wife and daughter a huge smile. "I think that's a great idea! I will take the day off for Friday, so we could depart Friday night and be back on Sunday afternoon. How about that?"
Honoka nodded in agreement. "I can't wait…" Satisfied, the ginger let go of a yawn while stretching her arms.
Maki couldn't help some giggles to escape from her lips. "Good night, Honoka!" The red-head gave her wife a peek on the lips and made sure to give Ruby a kiss on the forehead before she joined them on the world of dreamland.