Lucy used her new skills and finished healing Kouta while Yuka took Nana and Mayu shopping. The healing sapped Lucy's strength, but she was happy to just be alone with Kouta.

Once they got back home, Nana and Mayu tried all their new clothes on again to show Kouta and Lucy their haul. After modeling her last new outfit, a pink dress with white trim, Nana pointed at Kouta and announced, "I know what I want to do for my turn!"

Kouta shrunk in place, trying to hide. "Are we still doing that?" he asked with a groan.

"Yes!" Nana announced happily. "And for my turn, I want to take you and Lucy out shopping! We got new clothes and you didn't. It's not fair."

Leaning on Kouta, Lucy moaned, "I'm exhausted. We're doing this is tomorrow, right?"

Nana gave an exaggerated nod and said, "It has to be, the next day is Yuka's turn."

"That will really make me want to leave the house," Lucy mumbled to herself.

"There's nothing I need," Kouta countered.

"But ... it's my turn!" Nana cried indignantly.

Raising his hands in defeat, Kouta said, "OK, OK. How about we go get Yuka a few things too?"

"YES!" Nana cried happily, thrusting her arms in the air.

In the morning Lucy left Kouta's room, stretching her arms as she let out a long yawn. On her way to the toilet, she suddenly stopped, put a hand to her mouth and ran. Not bothering to knock, she burst in. Yuka was on the toilet, gapping at her. Rushing in, Lucy no more than made the sink, when she let go and vomited. She hurled again with a gaging sound that made Yuka queasy.

Once Lucy had finished dumping the contents of her stomach, Yuka handed her a towel. "Maybe you should stay home today," Yuka offered.

Lucy wiped her mouth and shook her head. "Nana is looking forward to ..." Stopping, she bent over the sink again and dry-heaved.

Lucy leaned on the sink and said with a groan, "This sucks! I felt fine until I got up."

Yuka eyed her. "You don't feel chilled or hot?"

"No, it just happened."

Yuka took note that after her bout of sickness, Lucy seemed to be her normal self. She also became worried, she knew what morning sickness meant. As Nana happily readied herself for the day's shopping, Yuka took Lucy aside in the kitchen.

"We need to go shopping, just us two," Yuka said seriously.

"I was going with Nana and Kouta," Lucy told her, wondering why Yuka would go shopping with her.

"This isn't a clothes shopping trip, we need to go to the drug store and get a pregnancy test for you," Yuka explained.

Lucy frowned at her at first, then her face opened up with a smile. "You think I might be having Kouta's baby?" she asked.

Wearing a serious face, Yuka said, "I hope not! You're too young ... you've never even gone to school, and we're still in school. You don't know how to take care of a baby."

"I'll learn," Lucy countered.

Frustrated, Yuka tried to calm her enthusiasm. "We don't know anything yet, but I do know we should find out for sure, today."

Only half listening, Lucy looked off at nothing as she pondered, "Yes, we should be sure before we tell Kouta. I hope it's a girl."

"You're going shopping with Yuka?" Kouta asked Lucy in disbelief. Ever since this 'turn' thing started, the two had been avoiding each other whenever possible.

Lucy nodded, smiling from ear to ear. "Yes, so go ahead with Nana and Mayu." She then gave him a quick kiss and bounced over to Yuka, who wore a more serious face. In fact, Yuka didn't look very happy. She gave Kouta a sour look as she announced she was leaving.

Confused, Kouta watched as they left. Lucy looked to be all but walking on air.

Nana was also pleased that now she would share her 'Kouta' day with Mayu. Not long after Yuka and Lucy left, Nana skipped down the walkway, holding Kouta's hand on one side, and Mayu's on the other.

The first place Nana steered Kouta to was a dress shop where Yuka had paused to look at a light, summer kimono. The girls agreed that Yuka would look cute in it, so they bought it, and another one for Lucy. Mayu had the next idea, and towed them to a men's store where they took turns holding clothes up to Kouta to see what would look best on him. Kouta quickly found himself becoming bored, but forced himself to look interested for the girls. It was the longest morning Kouta ever had.

Lucy came out of the restaurant bathroom wearing a frown. Sitting down at the tale, she showed Yuka the test strip. "You were wrong," she said sadly.

Yuka quickly hid the test strip under her napkin. "Good, I'll call my doctor tomorrow and make you an appointment," she said evenly.

"I'm not sick," Lucy said.

"This isn't because you are sick. It's for birth control pills," Yuka explained.

"Why?"

In a hushed voice, Yuka said, "So you won't get pregnant!"

Lucy eyed her, then stood up and said in a loud, firm tone, "I see, you don't want me to have Kouta's baby. I bet you want to be first!"

Yuka's face turned red as she noted people at other tables were now watching them. "That's not it, I don't want either of us to get pregnant," she said, desperately wishing Lucy would sit back down.

"So, you'll take those pills too?"

"Yes, will you please sit down," Yuka begged as loud as she dared.

"How do I know you'll take them? What's to stop you from having Kouta's baby while I swallow those stupid pills?" Lucy asked in a harsh tone.

People were not only looking at them, but were openly listening now. Yuka felt like crawling under her chair. "I swear ... we'll take them together. Please, sit down!"

Lucy sat, but her voice still carried through the restaurant. "I'll ask Kouta about it. IF he says WE should take them, WE will. You're not going to have Kouta's baby behind my back."

Hands to the sides of her face as she tried to hide, Yuka nodded quickly and said, "I won't, I swear. Let's have lunch and talk about this later."

"What's wrong with having a baby?" Lucy asked, pressing on despite the fact everyone was watching them.

"We're too young to be raising children," Yuka said in a hushed voice that still seemed to get to everyone's ears.

"What do you call Mayu?" Lucy asked with a wave of her arm. "We've already started a family. I'm sure Mayu would love to have a younger sister or brother. So would Nana."

At a table nearby, a wide-eyed man asked, "Excuse me, but both you ladies are seeing the same man?"

Lucy turned her head to him and nodded, saying, "We live with him."

"Lucky guy to have the both of you," the man said as he appraised Lucy and Yuka.

"It's NOT like that!" Yuka cried.

"Yuka, Lucy!" Mayu cried as she ran in holding a shopping bag. Holding the bag out, she said, "We got you the cutest kimonos, wanna see?"

Yuka pulled out a chair and bade Mayu to sit. Lucy looked at the door and asked, "Where's Kouta and Nana?"

"They had to go back and get you a pair of slippers. They will be here soon."

Lucy glanced at Yuka, then asked Mayu, "Would you like a little sister or brother?"

A smile spread across Mayu's face. "Really? Are you going to have a baby?" she asked too loud for Yuka's sake.

"Not yet, but we were talking about it. Don't tell Kouta yet," Lucy told her, pleased that Mayu liked the idea.

"Ohh, then we could get all kinds of cute baby stuff!"' Mayu said happily. Pausing to look at Lucy, she asked, "Will your baby have horns?"

"Yes, our babies will," Lucy replied.

Yuka looked up and asked tentatively, "Our babies? Meaning yours and Kouta's?"

"Ours as in mine, or yours," Lucy told her with a crooked grin.

"But... why?" Yuka asked.

Leaning closer, Lucy took joy in saying, "It's our destiny."

"Cool, I like Nana's horns, they look cute on her. Too bad you lost yours," Mayu said to Lucy.

"Excuse me, did you say 'horns'?" the wide eyed man asked.

Yuka flushed as she noted even the waitress was now watching and listening to them. "We should have this discussion at home," she said firmly.

A happy cry sounded from by the door. "Hey Lucy, guess what we got for you!" Nana yelled as she came in. Behind her, Kouta entered carrying a stack of boxes. He paused to set them down on by the coat rack as Nana raced over to the table. The wide-eyed man studied her, trying to see if she did have horns under her summer hat.

Nana presented Lucy with a shoe box and announced, "We got a lot of shopping done, and had a fun time with my turn. Try them on."

"Your turn?" the wide-eyed man asked Nana.

Nana glanced at him and nodded. "My turn with Kouta," she said, and sat down beside Mayu.

"PLEASE do not explain!" Yuka begged.

Glancing at Kouta, Lucy said in a low voice, "Girls, do me a favor. Don't say anything to Kouta about a baby yet, OK?"

Mayu nodded briskly, Yuka let out a sigh, and Nana perked up and asked, "What baby?"

"Not now, Nana," Yuka said in a tired voice.

Kouta was now coming over to the table. The wide-eyed man shot up from his seat and gave Kouta a thumbs up as he yelled, "You are my HERO!"

Kouta stopped and gaped at the man with a, "HUH?"

"Not two, but THREE lovely ladies, I am sooo jealous!" the man cried.

Letting out a nervous laugh, Kouta waved his hands and said, "It's not like that."

"HEHE, whatever you say," the man said with a wink.

"Pervert," a woman at another table grumbled at him.

Kouta figured something was going on. By the looks on their faces, there was something they were not telling him. The discussion turned to their shopping adventure, and the new clothes. Kouta also wondered why everyone in the place was watching him. It was the longest lunch he ever had.