This warm feeling…is inside me?

Chapter 9 – Lucky 7

I do not own Whole Foods and everything in it.

I do not own the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles characters. Only the creator does.

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Fai hummed as he came out of the restroom. He walked into the living room and found Sakura, Syaoran, and Mokona playing a card game.

"Hey! What're you guys playing?" Fai asked as he put a hand on his hip.

"We're playing War." Syaoran answered.

"And Mokona's wining! Yay!" Mokona said as it put down another card on the pile of cards that were in the middle of them.

"Aw, I lost again." Sakura said as she watched Mokona take the pile to its side. The girl held only a small deck left.

"It's ok, Sakura. You might get a double." Syaoran reassured the brunette as he put down a card. Then Mokona put down a card. Syaoran's card: 10. Mokona's card: 2.

"All right!" Syaoran cheered as he took the pile. Sakura fingered her deck them pulled out her card and placed it in the middle, a little bit hesitantly. Sakura's card: 7. Mokona placed its card down. Card: 7.

"A double!" Sakura gasped.

"Hm…that game looks fun." Fai said.

"Do you want to join us?" Syaoran asked.

"Aw, Mokona was wining though…" Mokona pouted.

"It's all right, Syaoran. If I did, Mokona would have had to start all over again."

"Yeah!" The pork bun agreed. Fai chuckled.

"I have something important to do anyway. Have fun with your game!" The blonde excused himself by waving to the three as he walked toward his and Kurogane's bedroom. A slight smile was on his lips when he read the sign on the doorknob: "DO NOT DISTURB. Even you Fai!"

"Hey Kuro-bun!" Fai said as he entered their bedroom. Kurogane twitched. He was sitting up in bed.

"Didn't you read the sign? Do not disturb!" The raven-haired whispered.

"I did inform you!"

"Yeah, only for a second then you barged in here!" Kurogane said through gritted teeth. He crossed his arms across his chest. Fai sat next to the raven haired on their bed and gently laid his right ear on Kurogane's shoulder. He poked Kurogane's cheek a few times and chuckled when the raven-haired batted his index finger away from his cheek.

"What are you doing here?" Kurogane grunted. Fai didn't say anything as he touched the thick band of the headphones that lay snuggly on Kurogane's now very round belly.

"What are they listening to?"

"They're asleep." The raven-haired answered as he closed his eyes.

"But what are they- ah!" A CD hit his forehead.

"You don't have to say it twice or a thousand times. I heard you the first time." Kurogane growled as he rubbed the bottom part of his belly.

"What's wrong?"

"One of them awoke." Kurogane complained.

"It's all right. They can go back to sleep." Fai said as he laid his right ear on his lover's stomach and slowly stroked a big tan hand.

"Wha-"

"Just relax, she/he'll follow." The blonde spoke in a soft tone as he continued to stroke. Kurogane stopped rubbing his stomach and waited. After a moment, he could feel the awakened kid fall right back to sleep. He moved his hand back to his side.

"There." Fai whispered as he watched Kurogane's hand move away from his fingers. He picked up the CD that Kurogane threw at his face and read the title in a soft tone.

"Soothing piano music," Fai paused to stroke his fingertips across his lover's lower part of his stomach, seeing a small foot move from the touch, "…just two more months." Kurogane shifted a little.

"Hey! Why don't we go eat out for dinner?" Fai whispered excitedly as he gently, but quickly lifted his head off of Kurogane's stomach and sat up.

"What?! You just thought of that from reading a CD title and remembering how many months along I am?" The raven-haired continued to whisper.

"No, no, silly Kuro-puppy! I thought about it in the bathroom!" Fai whispered as he batted his hand. Kurogane gaped.

"What? All you do in there is stare at a wall. So, I did some thinking!" Kurogane face-palmed himself.

"So? What do you think? It is close to dinner time." Fai continued. Kurogane let out a sigh.

"I'm blaming you when the twins are restless tonight." The raven-haired grunted as he turned off the CD player that was beside him and slipped the headphones off of his belly. Fai was clapping and giggling excitedly as of he was a fanboy and something he was a fan for was in his possession. Kurogane laid a hand on the blonde's head and kissed the blonde on the lips out of annoyance.

"Did you think of the restaurant you want to go to?"

"Well, I was thinking of the store a block away from here. I think it's called Whole Foods." Fai said, stopping his little celebration to look up at the ceiling and tap his chin with his index finger as he thought.

"Whole Foods…didn't they just recently finish building that store?" Fai nodded.

"I think Sakura, Mokona, and Syaoran didn't go to shop there yet. I heard it's huge!" Fai spread his arms out wide as he demonstrated what huge was. Kurogane turned his back to the blonde.

"If you want to go there so badly, why don't we go gather up the kids and the meat bun?" Kurogane said sarcastically. Fai just sat there and smiled. He didn't reply cheerfully, "Whoo! That's a great idea Kuro-chi!" as you might have expected him to. No, he just sat there on their bed and just smiled.

"You just read my mind."

"Tch. Didn't you want to go to Whole Foods?" Kurogane growled lightly as he slowly stood up. He could feel the kids stir within him.

"Yes, lets." Fai said in a soft tone as he still smiled.

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"Woah! This place is huge Fai!" Syaoran gasped excitedly.

"Thank you for bringing us here, Fai and Kurogane!" Sakura giggled excitedly after she thanked the two.

"The store is huge! Just like Kuro-tan's tummy!" Mokona said as it hopped onto Fai's shoulder. Kurogane's face grew red from anger as he wrapped his coat tighter around his body. Fai patted his lover's shoulder and gently smiled when Kurogane looked his way. The raven-haired just grunted after he saw the blonde's face and followed the two kids so they wouldn't get lost. Fai's face just somehow calmed him.

"Wait for me Kuro-pie!" Fai called out to the raven-haired, waving his arm in the air as he power-walked to be reunited with the three.

"Wow! They have Snack Bars!" Syaoran said.

"Hey, look Syaoran! They have different flavors of ice cream I've never heard of!" Sakura said. Mokona stared at the ice cream.

"Look Kuro-pan, chocolates." Fai said as he held up a teddy bear shaped chocolate. Kurogane didn't compliment or laugh, as usual. He just wore a straight face.

"You know, it was a waste of gas to drive here that was only a block away from the house." Kurogane whispered but loud enough for Fai to hear. Fai grinned.

"Well, I didn't want you to get too tired to eat. And if you had fainted, we wouldn't be in a lot of trouble!" The blonde laughed as he said his last sentence and placed the teddy bear shaped chocolate back in the basket it came from.

"Hey Fai! Look! They have a wheel of cheese!" Mokona said as it was bouncing towards the couple.

"A wheel, huh?" Fai said, catching the white furball.

"It was so big that Mokona couldn't fit it in Mokona's mouth!"

"You're suppose to buy it before eating it, pork bun!!" Kurogane yelled, grabbing the manju by the ears.

"Hey! Mokona didn't eat it1" Mokona said as it wiggled in Kurogane's grasp.

"Hey, Fai! Look at this! It's Brussels sprouts!" Syaoran said excitedly as he ran from out-of-nowhere, holding a few green leafy balls in his hand.

"It looks like a cabbage patch kid might pop out of one of them." Kurogane said.

"Yeah, your right," Fai paused to pick up a Brussels sprout out of the brunette's hand, "but K-u-r-o-tan, this is a Brussels sprout, not a cabbage!" The blonde sang the black haired's nickname. Kurogane gaped for a moment then grumbled and walked away.

"I'm sorry, Syaoran, but I best be going. You should too." Fai told the brunette as he jogged to catch up with the older man.

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Mokona stared at the fish in the window.

"Wow! Look how pink that fish is!" Sakura said in surprise.

"Those scallops are huge." Syaoran marveled. Kurogane was holding a huge deformed lemon. With his eyebrows raised, he turned the deformed lemon so he could see all sides of it.

"Hey, what is that Kuro-toon?" Fai asked as he poked one of the long "tentacles" that were fused on top of the lemon.

"Can't you read the sign?" Kurogane huffed.

"I can, but you can tell me what it is."

"What if I choose not to?"

Fai wrapped his arms around Kurogane's waist and whispered in the older man's ear, "Come on, Kuro-rin." Kurogane closed his eyes and succumbed.

"It's called the 'Buddha's Hand'."

"The 'Buddha's Hand'? It looks like an octopus."

"It's a lemon." The raven-haired said.

"Oh, would you look at this! Ugh!" Fai said as he tried to carry this huge squash. The sign read "Hard Squash".

"It's like a gun, but no trigger." Fai continued as he balanced the squash on one knee so he could carry that heavy squash.

"Put it back before you drop it or something." Kurogane chided.

"Aw, Kurgaburger's so worried about me!" Fai playfully poked the older man's cheek after he put back the enormous squash.

"Just get off of me…!" Kurogane lightly growled.

"Kuro-puu! Kuro-puu! Look! Look! There's so much Sake!" Mokona jumped on the raven haired's face, making Kurogane rip the white ball of fur off of his face because he couldn't breathe.

"Why you-"

"Fai! Mokona! Kurogane! Come quick! Look what Syaoran found!" Sakura popped up suddenly with an excited smile on her face.

"Tch. I'm going." Kurogane growled as he dropped the white pork bun and walked the opposite way to where Sakura was pointing.

"AH!- Mmh!" Mokona screamed but was saved just in time before it touched the ground by a certain blonde.

"Kurogane, where are you going?" Sakura asked as she watched the raven-haired stomp off.

"Hey, Sakura-…where's Kurogane?" Syaoran asked as he came power walking toward the group just seconds after the raven-haired disappeared around the corner.

"Syaoran, why don't you go with Kurgy and I'll go with Sakura for a change?" Fai suggested suddenly. Syaoran looked at Sakura for a moment them look into Fai's blue eyes and nodded.

"Which way did he go?" Syaoran asked.

"He couldn't have gone too far. He went that way." The blonde held out his index finger in the direction he last saw his heavy pregnant lover. Syaoran nodded once more them power walked in the direction Fai gave him.

"Now then, do you remember what Syaoran wanted us to see?" Fai asked the young girl as he smiled.

"Mm-hm!" Sakura smiled as well.

"Well then, lead us the way."

"Lead us the way!" Mokona repeated as it raised one of its stubby arms in the air.

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The brunette found the older man in the wine section. The raven-haired had one hand on his hip and the other was thoughtfully rubbing across his belly. Red eyes scanned the names of the wine bottles that were shelved on a huge long wall.

"Kuro-" Syaoran started but stopped his sentence short because the older man was already turning around.

"Oh. Syaoran." Kurogane said, surprised to find the brunette there behind him.

"U-uh, Fai sent me to be in his place. He took my place with Sakura." The young boy explained. The older man dropped his hands so his hands returned to his sides then walked toward the boy.

"Hm? What's wr-"

"So, what was that thing you wanted to show us?" Kurogane interrupted. Syaoran stared at the raven-haired for a minute then smiled.

"Ok. I'll show you. Sakura, Fai, and Mokona should be already over there."

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"Wow. That is a lot of meat." Fai said as he stared at all the different kinds of meat that lay behind a window (not a look-out window of course). There was raw bologna, raw beef, raw pork, and all sorts of raw meat.

"Mm-hm!" Sakura agreed with a smile.

"Mokona might not be able to eat all that meat…" Mokona said sadly.

"There is cooked meat just right behind the wine." A familiar voice spoke behind the three.

"Syaoran!" Sakura hugged the boy as if she hadn't seen him for months or longer.

"Hey it's Syaoran!" The white manju said excitedly as it jumped out of Fai's hands and landed on the young boy's head.

"So, where did you go?" Fai asked his lover with a chuckle. The blonde smiled.

"Don't ask." Kurogane simply said.

"We were by the wine." Syaoran explained.

"And so he just answers the question anyway." The raven-haired thought as he felt his eyeball twitch.

"Grr…"

"Hm? What was that growling sound?" Sakura asked. Kurogane felt his face grow hot from embarrassment as he looked away from the group.

"Are you hungry, Kuro-puu?" Fai said, still smiling.

"Aw, Kuro-puu's hungry!" Mokona repeated.

"I-…I'll wait in the car!" Kurogane decided, turning away from the group and stomping off once again.

"Hey Kurogane! Want me to-" Syaoran called out after the raven-haired.

"I'm a grown man! I don't need any help, jeez!" The older man interrupted the brunette as he continued to walk away.

"It's ok Syaoran. Like he said, he can take care of himself." Fai reassured the young boy as he put a hand on the brunette's shoulder.

"Tough guy!" Mokona posed as a serious boxer, looking as if ready to take anyone down.

"Speaking of Kuro…aha! This is the right size!" The blonde continued as he picked up this green and yellow squash. The sign read "Acorn Squash".

"An Acorn Squash?" Sakura read the sign aloud.

"Mm-hm! Now…" Suddenly the blonde put the squash under his shirt.

"Fai!" Both Syaoran and Sakura were shocked about Fai doing what he did.

"See Mokona? This is what you looked like from the outside." The blonde said, unfazed about the two's expression.

"Really?" Mokona said excitedly from Syaoran's head.

"Mn-hm!" Fai held the Acorn Squash in place with a hand just like before. Sakura and Syaoran stared blankly at the two, wondering what they were talking about. (The kids weren't there when this happened, of course.)

"And speaking of food, why don't we continue our grocery shopping?" The blonde put back the squash as he said this then faced the kids.

"U-uh, sure." Syaoran slightly smiled.

"Ok!" Sakura gave the blonde her cheerful smile.

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"Kuro-chu! Are you still here?" Fai sang his lover's nickname as he looked though the windows of their car. The sky was a deep purple.

"Ah, so you're asleep." The blonde whispered as he found the older man sleeping in the seat next to the driver's seat.

"You know, you could have slept in the back… Maybe he was thinking of Syaoran and Sakura. Or maybe he fell asleep as he was waiting for us." Fai though, laughing to himself at the last sentence.

"Fai? Can you open the trunk?" Syaoran asked. The shoppers bought two bags of groceries, one Whole Foods paper bag was in Syaoran's hand and the other was in Fai's hand.

"Ah, right." The blonde took out the car keys from his pocket and pressed a button on the main key to open the car doors. He pressed the button again to open the trunk.

"There you are." Fai said as he watched Syaoran open the trunk. As the young boy was putting his brown paper bag into the trunk, the blonde walked toward him to put the paper bag he was carrying in his hand into the trunk as well.

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"There, that should do it." Fai said as he closed the trunk door, hearing the click of the lock.

When everyone got into the car, the blonde started the car and backed out of the parking space they were in.

"Is Kuro-tan sleeping?" Mokona whispered, breaking the silence.

"Yes, he is." Fai answered back in a soft tone, not trying to wake up the sleeping man, if he could.

"He's in a deep sleep. I wonder if we could wake him up when we get home?" The blonde thought as a slight smile was on his lips. He let go of the wheel for a moment to squeeze his lover's limp hand.

"Have a good sleep, Kuro-chi." Fai silently said under his breath them put both of his hands on the wheel and sped off into the night.

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Author's note: Sorry I took so long to update another chappy. But it's here now! Did you enjoy it? I am almost done with the next chappy, so wait until then! :)