While the children were asleep, peacefully unaware of the chaos surounding them, the guys had gathered in the room. John smiled indulgently at the porcelian skinned, dark haired baby. She really was irresistable. And the sandy haired toddler had the sweetest little curls. Monk was a bit shocked but, seeing the girls, he could not help but fall in love. Lin was emotionless and silent as always while Naru just looked smug as usual. They had decided as a group that the best approach would be to wake the tiny assistant and medium, though they did look rather adorable sleeping like angels.
Bou-San carefully slipped Mai into his arms, keeping her wrapped in the shirt to preserve her dignity. Somehow he thought she would not appreciate the men seeing her naked body, even if it was quite a bit smaller and younger. Ayako laid the darker haired tot on her lap keeping her wrapped in the much too big nightshirt. They gently ran their fingers through their hair and gently whispered in their little ears to wake up. No one wanted cranky toddlers, just in case. Eventually Mai yawned and stirred ever so slowly. Her big brown eyes drew everyone in as she came back to the concious world. Immediately, she commenced to screaming.
"What are you guys doing in my room? And where am I? And Why are you bigger...", the startled child yelled until Naru finally interrupted her tirade/tantrum. It was giving him a bit of a headache which he would rather not have, especially so late at night.
"Mai, we need you to tell us what you last remember. You can have an explanation once we figure out one.", he said in an impatient tone more suited for a teen Mai.
This clearly did not settle the child down very well of. She only started crying again, unsure of what was going on and feeling suddenly overwhelmed by the slightest of things. Ayako sighed and decided that this task was much more suited to a girl, or anyone with some patience and care really. Honestly, what did Naru think scolding a small girl who was already so frustrated and scared?
"Mai, you need to know first of all that you appear to be a large two year old or small three year old. Since none of us are sure what is going on, we need to know if you were having an important dream. Don't worry, you are not the only one. Masako only looks slightly older than you.", she explained patientily gesturing to the dark haired child in her arms. Upon seeing that Masako was, indeed, infantile as well she felt slightly assauged.
"Well, I was in a park. There was a little girl who looked barely old enough to start school. She was upset so I rushed over to comfort her. She told me she was lonely and wanted someone to play with her. Except, when I reached out to play, she would not let go and her eyes started glowing. It was scare. Then, she said I was going to play with her forever.", Mai explained. Upon reaching the end of the recollection and reliving her fear, she immediately started crying once again.
This woke Masako who told of the same dream as Monk gently rocked and cuddled Mai to comfort the inconsolable girl.
"It would appear we have a problem, wouldn't it then?", Naru said thoughtfully.
Once the men returned to their bedroom to get some rest and figure things out in the morning, Ayako set out to make the sleeping arrangements more toddler friendly. Not wanting to deal with injured children in the morning, she made a pallet of blankets on the floor. The kids were small enough that they fit easily on the same one. Knowing the girls did not always play nicely with one another, however, she placed them each on their own end. After going through the clothes they had with them, she picked out the smallest shirts she could find and patiently rolled up the sleeves for each girl. Some string she found in the room tied them up so they would stay. There wasnt much to be done about the length obviously. After much convincing and conjoling, the children allowed her to cut the hems short and quickly sew up the sides to make them into a sort of bunting style night gown that an infant would wear. It wasn't fancy but they would do the job. She sighed as she explained that underwear would just be impossible until they could get to a store. Silently, she hoped there would be no overnight accidents as little ones tended to have. Maybe she would get lucky and that part of toddlerhood would skip them. Just to be safe, she took each child into the bathroom before she layed them down. With little ones, you could never be too careful.
After the tots were back in dreamland, she called up Yasu knowing he would still be up. It was, after all, Yasu. She promised to explain when he arrived the next morning after requesting two daytime toddler outfits and two sets of toddler pajamas. She also added that a pack or two of little girls panties would be nice. At this request, Yasu just blushed and stammered but agreed. He was waiting for this explanation for sure. Once she promised him they would pay him back for everything and giving the sizes of 2t and 3t, she let him go. As she fell asleep, she prayed to herself that he could find underwear that small that was not padded for accidents. Somehow, she did not see either or them responding well to that!
Yasu arrived as promised promply at ten AM the following morning carrying two small pink shopping bags covered in teddy bears and flowers. The first bag contained the 3t clothes. There was a lavendar blouse with puffed sleeves, a light denim jumper, a package of assorted white lace-trimmed socks and a tiny pair of hello kitty tennis shoes. The pajamas were a two pack of footed thick ones. The first was white with pink hearts and the second was light pink with roses. Thinking ahead, he had added a small pair of denim shorts with ladybugs on them plus a matching shirt. The panties seemed acceptable enough. They were just general little girls colors.
The second bag was a bit more surprising. Apparently, he had not had much luck in the kids department and had to resort to some of the bigger clothes in the baby section. Mais daytime outfit was a light pink shirt and pants set. The shirt was fairly tame with a heart on the front. The pants, on the other hand, had blocks on the side pockets. He had managed to find a white pair of soft tennis shoes with pink stars running across the side. The pajamas were the same style as Masakos with the only difference being the print: Mais were yellow with daisies and red with a unicorn on the front. Her spare outfit was a white t shirt that sported a rose on the collar and a pair of denim shortalls. This would not have been so bad if they did not have snaps on the crotch. The store, unfortunately did not have panties quite so small. He had instead brought a package of pull ups. They were pink with hearts and stars. The hearts faded when wet. Ayako decided to see how well he larger underwear would fit the poor girl. She did now know how well Mai would react to this.