Disclaimer:Hetalia isn't mine
"I'm borrowing one of your flowers." Huong said as Mei opened up her bleary eyes to the light in the room. She rolled onto her side and looked at clock on the nightstand in between her bed and Huong's bed. It was five fifty. Not even Mama was awake at this time.
Huong was rummaging around Mei's vanity. Technically it was suppose to be their vanity but the only one who ever got any use of it was Mei. Huong kept her hat in a special box beside her bed. "Can I use this one?" Huong picked up a pink flower, one of the many that Mei owned.
"Sure but why do you want one of my flowers?" Mei asked getting out of bed. She wiggled her toes as they touched the ground. She had painted them a pretty baby pink as a tribute to the last days of summer.
"I want to impress Gunther." Huong mumbled out looking down at the box. Thankfully, she wasn't the type whose cheeks turned pink.
Mei was about to open her mouth to say "Gunther really?" when the sound of someone vomiting interrupted her. Mei and Huong looked at each other quickly. They knew what that sound meant in the Singh-Wang house.
The door of their bedroom opened to reveal Hyung-Soo and Yong-soo. "Um-ma's pregnant." Yong-soo said with a smile.
"No, she has the stomach flu." Hyung-Soo said with an eye roll.
"Mom's pregnant." Henry said coming into the doorway and forcing Hyung-Soo and Yong-soo into the room.
"We all know what that sound means." Sittichai entering the room as well. Soon Kiku was inside the room.
"Finally! I didn't even know Mom could still have kids at her age. But I'm still happy. It would be good for her and Dad. They've only been trying for another baby for the past eight or so years." Henry said. He could now stop walking in on them! Or hearing those awful, awful, noises.
"When Mama tell us at breakfast this morning try to act shocked. She's been wanting to tell us this forever! And now we won't have to repeat that embarrassing incident with Mama's fertility pills." Mei looked at Henry with a light smirk.
"How was I suppose to know that Mom's fertility pills weren't birth control pills for either you or Huong! I was in seventh grade!" Henry said with a blush. He saw the pills sitting on the counter of the kitchen and thought they were birth control pills. Health class had taught him that the only pills taken by women were birth control.
"What would I be doing having sex in eight grade?" Huong asked staring at Henry.
"What if Haha isn't pregnant?" Kiku spoke for the first time since entering the room. It was a horrible thought to think about but it was a realistic one. Haha and Chichi had been trying for so long with so many close calls but they never had any success.
"Way to kill the mood." Hyung-soo said. "But you do have a point. What if this is just another false alarm?"
"Mae's false alarms have never been like this. I think this might be the real deal." Sittichai said. The Singh-Wang children stood their in silence as they thought about not getting a younger sibling. Tamanna and Yao were annoying as parents could get, they had sex way too much and way too loudly, they went on and on about old traditions and life in China and India, but they were the best parents in New York City. They deserved to be happy.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Huong said. The siblings went back to their rooms and Huong continued her search through Mei's vanity.
"So Gunther? Playing with the European boys now?" Mei said with a smile.
Huong gave her a "look". "I promise to tell you all the details if you never say that again."
"Throw in me picking your shoes for the rest of the week and on Friday me having full control of your physical appearance and we have a done deal." Mei said with a gleam in her eye.
Huong had a feeling that this had been a very bad idea.
It was a very bad idea. Huong barely made it down the stairs alive. Mei had chosen a pair of suede brown pumps. The heel wasn't too tall but it was much more than what Huong was accustomed to. She really wished she had her loafers back. Mei on the other hand, had a smug smirk on her face at seeing Huong in pumps.
They were the last ones to arrive at the kitchen table. Kiku was spreading cream cheese on a bagel, Yong-Soo had a box of Pop-Tarts in front of him, Hyung-soo ate an apple,Sittichai was sprinkling granola into a cup of yogurt and Henry wasn't eating anything. The only ones that weren't sitting down eating were Tamanna and Yao. Tamanna was leaning against the counter with a cup of tea in her hands and Yao was besides her with his own cup. Huong sat down in between Sittichai and Henry while Mei took the seat between Kiku and Yong-Soo.
"What would you girls like for breakfast?" Tamanna asked. Her voice sounded notably softer. The children looked at one another. Softer voice was a mixed signal.
"I'll have a bagel." Huong said grabbing one off the table. They were warm and blueberry-flavored, just the way she liked them.
"I'll have a glass of warm soybean milk." Mei said. Tamanna sat her cup of tea down and went to the fridge to get the milk. Yao cut Mei a slice of a yellow sponge cake, Tamanna had made fresh that morning. Tamanna popped the mug of milk into the microwave and set the timer. She didn't look any different. She was still dressed in her regular sari attire, it was a pretty red shade, already to go to Tino's house. There was no visible bump but they were expecting that.
"Huong, not be mean or anything but why are you somewhat pretty today?" Yong-soo asked.
"Yong-Soo! You don't talk like that to your sister! Apologize!" Tamanna barked.
Yong-soo winced at the sound of her voice but said to Huong. "I'm sorry."
"It's OK." Huong shrugged spreading cream cheese on her bagel. It wasn't that big of a deal, she knew she looked better than usual. She only hoped Gunther would think so. Gunther... Huong looked over at Henry. There were rumors that Henry and Gunther liked each other. But Gunther had flat out denied them and Henry had as well, that didn't stop the school.
"Good. Now if you excuse me I need to get going over to Tino's." Tamanna said. She went around kissing the top of each of her children's head. Last but not least she and Yao shared a very chaste kiss while Henry threw up a little in his mouth.
As Tamanna left and Yao went downstairs to start the car, the Singh-Wangs hoped for theirs and their parents' sake that this time they were getting their sibling.
