*~-[ Daily Life at the Takamachi Household ]-~*

Foreword:
Hello there, or, 'Nice to meet you,' in case we haven't met before.

My name is Zarosguth and I welcome you to 'Daily Life at the Takamachi Household', a collection of one-shots about Nanoha, Fate and Vivio as they live their daily lives on Mid-Childa.

With that short introduction over and done with, let us move on with the first story. Enjoy!

Story #1:
Vivio's Little Secret

Genres/'Tags':
Comedy / Family / Drama / Slice-of-Life / Fluff / Yuri / One-Shot

Summary:
One day while cleaning her daughter's bedroom Fate finds something Vivio clearly didn't want her mothers to find. What will Fate do now that she did find this particular thing?

Disclaimer:
I do not own Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha and all related trademarks are owned by Seven Arcs.

*~-[ Vivio's Little Secret ]-~*

Fate T. Harlaown was busily cleaning her daughter's bedroom; she did so with love even though her girlfriend and other mother of Vivio, Takamachi Nanoha, wished she didn't as she was of the opinion Vivio would learn more responsibility by cleaning her own room. But Fate couldn't help herself; she was away often because of her job so she would make sure to spoil Vivio whenever she had the chance.

As Fate was humming along while replacing the sheets on Vivio's bed she noticed something sticking out from under the bed. Curious, Fate bent down and pulled what looked like a manga from under the bed. Fate was surprised; she didn't know Vivio liked manga, she didn't really seem the person to her. On the other hand, everyone had their guilty pleasures didn't they? Hers was coffee; both Nanoha and Vivio didn't like the drink so Fate rarely drank coffee at home but she made sure to drink quite a bit of the black liquid whenever they went to a restaurant or at work, albeit with a nearly unhealthy amount of sugar; something she'd picked up from her adoptive mother Lindy.

Shock came over Fate when she noticed a certain '18+' logo on the front cover. She quickly thumbed through the manga to confirm her suspicions; ero-manga?! Her daughter had ero-manga hidden under her bed?! Fate's shock was two-fold; on one hand there was the shock that her pure and innocent ten-year-old daughter was in possession of ero-manga(!), on the other she felt her daughter was growing up way too fast; she was already interested in that!

Fate started sweating profusely as her mind started to race; was this her fault? She was fully aware of how flirty she could be with Nanoha since she wasn't home that much and wanted to be as close as her most important person whenever she had the chance.

That was when Fate noticed the main theme of the manga's contents and those only served to increase her worry that she was to blame: Girl's love.

Panicking, Fate quickly stashed the manga back under Vivio's bed and quickly finished the last bits of cleaning she had to do in Vivio's room. As she was about to leave, the room's main occupant walked in.

"Hey Fate-mama!" a happy young girl with mismatched eyes, one red and one green, and a blonde head of hair greeted her.

"Ah, hey Vivio." Fate greeted back as casually as she could, trying not to look in the direction of her daughter's bed.

"You cleaned my room for me? You know Nanoha-mama is not going to like that." Vivio smiled, fully aware of how her mother didn't approve of how much her Fate-mama tended to spoil her.

"Haha, don't you worry about that Vivio; I'm sure your Nanoha-mama will be able to forgive me." Fate laughed nervously; all she wanted to do was to think about what she'd found out just now and Vivio just made her realize she'd also have to bring it up to Nanoha, though she especially had no idea how to go about doing that.

Vivio walked past Fate into her room and was staring at her mother wondering why she just stood there staring off into the distance as if contemplating something.

"Fate-mama?" the slightly worried child's voice snapped Fate out of her thoughts.

"Oh, yes, I still have some things to do so I'll get going now." Fate said with a smile before quickly walking away, closing Vivio's bedroom door behind her and leaving her daughter behind to wonder what just happened.

Walking down the stairs and over to the living room Fate started wondering what Vivio was doing in her room right now; would her daughter… Fate stopped herself right there; she didn't want to think about that, instead she started thinking of how and when to bring all of this up to Nanoha; she had to tell her sooner or later and then they'd have to confront Vivio.

*~-[ X ]-~*

Dinnertime had arrived before Fate had even realized it. She ate in silence while Vivio was enthusiastically telling Nanoha about what she'd done that day while Nanoha listened and responded with the same enthusiasm as her daughter.

"Fate-chan? Is something bothering you?" Nanoha's voice suddenly sounded, pulling Fate out of her thoughts.

"N-n-no, everything's fine!" Fate laughed nervously. No matter how hard she tried to sound casual, she had obviously failed as Nanoha responded:

"Mou, don't lie Fate-chan, you're horrible at it." Nanoha said with a pouty lip and crossed arms. Fate felt her face turn red as she started laughing even more nervously. That was when Vivio started giggling uncontrollably.

"Vivio? Something the matter?" Nanoha asked as she turned her attention to the heterochromatic blonde.

"Well… It's just that um, sorry to rat you out," Vivio turned to Fate for a second when she said that before turning to her Nanoha-mama, "but Fate-mama cleaned my room for me."

Oh Vivio, dearest daughter of mine, you will never know how much you actually saved me by saying that! Fate screamed in relief in her mind. Then she turned to Nanoha with a guilty look on her face even though she felt relieved more than anything.

"I'm sorry Nanoha, but you know I can't help myself and it's not that bad to spoil her a little bit every once in a while." Fate said while looking in her girlfriend's deep blue eyes while she turned her own red eyes to puppy-dog mode.

Nanoha let out a sigh. "You know I don't like it when you do so Fate-chan but fine," she leaned in closer and when their faces were but an inch separated from each other she whispered in a seductive manner while making sure Vivio couldn't hear: "you can make it up to me tonight."

Fate's face flushed red again and she swore she could hear Vivio snickering but when she turned her head to face her daughter she was innocently chewing some of her dinner in a stereotypical child-like manner.

*~-[ X ]-~*

That evening after Nanoha had put Vivio to bed she sat down next to Fate on the living room couch. The TV was on and Fate was just watching some random talk-show without really paying attention to it. She didn't seem to notice when Nanoha sat back down next to her which struck Nanoha as a sign that there had to be something on her love's mind.

"Fate-chan?" Nanoha whispered softly.

No response.

"Fate-chan?" Nanoha spoke a bit louder this time.

No response.

Nanoha sighed deeply and devised a devious scheme to get Fate's attention. She leaned in very close and brought her face right up to Fate's ear who was still ignorant of the reddish brown-haired woman next to her.

"Hey there sexy." Nanoha whispered seductively into her lover's ear, making sure to breathe out right into said ear as much as she could.

Fate's reaction was to jump up, her face bright red, and start stammering.

"N-N-Nanoha! Don't do that so suddenly!" she spoke in a hushed and annoyed tone.

"But Fate-chan, don't you like it when I speak to you in a naughty way?" Nanoha spoke with mock hurt present in her voice. Fate let out a long sigh that made Nanoha drop her seductive behaviour and instead look at her beautiful blonde significant other with a worried look.

"Is there something wrong Fate-chan? This isn't just about you cleaning Vivio's room is it?"

Fate took a deep breath, she just had to get this over with. "I found an ero-manga in Vivio's bedroom!" It fell silent and Fate didn't dare look in Nanoha's direction.

"I see," Nanoha said eventually. Fate couldn't quite make out what Nanoha was thinking as her voice didn't betray any emotion, "and why do I get the feeling you're blaming yourself Fate-chan?"

Fate was a bit shocked at this comment; "How did you know that?"

"Because Fate-chan always blames herself for these sorts of things; that's just who you are." Nanoha said endearingly, earning a blush from Fate.

"But it is my fault! I just can't help being all cuddly and flirty when we're together Nanoha, and Vivio is always right there seeing us; it's no wonder she got curious at such a young age!" Fate spoke quickly and with a slight hint of panic evident in her entire being.

Nanoha positioned herself on Fate's lap and began playing with her lover's long blonde hair who, in turn, calmed down a little and began stroking Nanoha's back softly.

"Then what do you suggest we do Fate-chan?" she whispered softly.

"I think it's best to confront her about it as soon as we can." Fate spoke, continuing to stroke Nanoha's back absentmindedly while staring off into space.

"Confront who about what?" a young voice sounded from the open hallway door.

Fate and Nanoha were suddenly frozen solid as they slowly turned their heads to see Vivio standing in the door opening.

Fate started fumbling and stumbling over her own words making her far from coherent while Nanoha tried calming her. Vivio just stared at her mothers, waiting for an answer. Eventually Nanoha sighed as she couldn't get Fate to calm down and she spoke up:

"Vivio, Fate-mama just told me she found something in your bedroom. And we both think it's best we have a little chat." Nanoha spoke in her most motherly tone; not a single hint of anger or sadness, only love and warmth. Vivio stood still for a moment, wondering what it was that her Fate-mama could've found.

Then it dawned on her.

"I'm sorry!" Vivio yelled as she ran away with her eyes full of tears towards her bedroom. Nanoha sighed and took a look at Fate, who had an arm stretched out in the direction Vivio had run away in. Fate's arm slowly dropped back down and Fate then stared at the ground.

*~-[ X ]-~*

Vivio lay in bed hugging her pillow as said pillow wet was becoming wet with Vivio's tears.

"Vivio? Can I come in?" Vivio heard her Nanoha-mama's voice from the other side of the bedroom door.

Vivio didn't answer. Nanoha sighed and repeated her question, this time a little louder.

"Mhm…" the response came weakly and Nanoha entered Vivio's bedroom. She didn't look up as her mother came through the door and walked up to Vivio's bed. Nanoha sat down next to Vivio who didn't dare look up from her pillow as she was still sobbing. Nanoha gently placed her hand on her daughter's back. Vivio's body tensed for a brief moment before relaxing again when Nanoha softly stroked Vivio's back with her hand.

"Vivio," Nanoha began, "can you please tell me about the thing Fate-mama found in your room?"

Vivio's sobs grew a bit louder as she again screamed she was sorry.

"Sssh, I'm not angry or disappointed Vivio," Nanoha assured her, "I'm just curious is all."

Between her sobs, Vivio managed to explain she found the manga in her locker one day and thought it was a prank from one of her classmates as it came with a note saying the manga could 'help her understand her mothers better.'

Nanoha frowned as she learned her daughter was being bullied at school.

"Why didn't you say you were being bullied?"

"I didn't want you to worry about me!" Vivio cried in response.

"Vivio," Nanoha spoke warmly, "we're your mothers; it's our job to worry about you."

Vivio didn't have a response to that and instead just stared into her mother's slate-blue eyes.

"What I am wondering though, is why you kept that manga; you could've just thrown it away right?" Nanoha asked, genuinely curious.

"It's just… I… I guess I was curious… Ah! But I haven't read it yet! Though, I was planning to…"

Nanoha couldn't help but giggle softly. "Vivio, if you're really curious about that sort of thing, you know you can always ask me or your Fate-mama right?"

Vivio wasn't sure how to answer that; she knew how close her mothers were but the thought of asking them had never crossed her mind.

"It's only natural for children to develop an interest for that kind of thing. I just guess we didn't expect for you to do so this early." Nanoha took Vivio in a tight hug. "But please know that both your Fate-mama and I are glad to see our little girl growing up."

"Thank you Nanoha-mama!" Vivio smiled as she answered Nanoha's hug.

After the hug broke up Nanoha couldn't help herself but ask: "Have you found someone you love like that yet? Do you maybe have a boyfriend?"

"No, the boys in my class are all stupid and immature!" Vivio pouted, causing Nanoha to giggle. Then Vivio's thoughts drifted to a certain Einhart Stratos.

"Nanoha-mama?"

"Hm?"

"What if I said I did have someone I have feelings for, and it was a she?" Vivio asked carefully and with a small blush tinting her cheeks.

"NO!" Fate suddenly broke through the door as she'd been eavesdropping on Nanoha and Vivio the entire time. Nanoha jumped up from her place on Vivio's bed in surprise.

"Boyfriend or girlfriend I don't care!" she shouted with her burgundy eyes overflowing with tears. "Nobody can take my little Vivio away from me!"

Fate proceeded to walk over to Nanoha and placed her head on Nanoha's shoulder, crying how the three of them should be together forever and Vivio was a bad child for leaving her parents. Nanoha hugged Fate in an attempt to comfort her while shooting an apologetic smile in Vivio's direction.

Vivio just stared at her Fate-mama in disbelief.

I guess I should wait a little while longer before I introduce Einhart-san to my mamas. She thought to herself.

Afterword:
This story is the first entry in this collection. Let us rejoice!

I've never written comedy before and while I am prone to snide comments and great bouts of sarcastic remarks in real life, thinking up proper jokes is in no way my forte so I don't blame you if you didn't find this story all that funny, if at all.

Inspired by 'Takamachi Household', a funny doujin (fan-based) MSLN manga by Mekimeki Oukoku. When will I think up a story-line of my own? I have no idea, it might never happen. Also, when will I write something longer than a one-shot when it comes to the Nanoha franchise? Again, I don't know.

Though, this does mark the first time I wrote a non-'Alternate Universe' story, so I guess that's something. Right? It also made me add the 'Fluff' tag to my repertoire though I am somewhat doubting its validity in regards to this story.

In any case, please leave me a review telling me what you think; I love getting feedback and don't mind people being critical. In fact, I welcome it!

*~-[ May we meet again, fare thee well! ]-~*