A/N: My titles are going to get a lot more complicated. Watch them get complicated!
9th Month (2nd Month) – Sickness
Mana knew something was up when her daughter began to fuss, and she didn't want anything that she would have normally wanted when she fussed. The 25 years old woman (her birthday had passed nearly a week ago) grew concerned as Ren had yet to stop crying. When she went to pick her up, she gasped as she felt her daughter's body temperature through the clothes. Ren was running a fever … at two months old! Trying not to overreact, the woman was soon on the phone with Ren's pediatrician. They told her to come to the office right away. What do you give a two month baby with a fever? She dressed Ren quickly before heading toward her appointment. One the way there, Mana called Ryuga to let him know what was going on at the moment.
"Dragon Boy, when you get this message, your our daughter is running a fever. I'm taking her to the pediatrician."
A few minutes later, she got to the office in record time. Ren had drifted off into a fever induced sleep at this point. When the doctor saw her, he gave the baby some kind of medicine to bring down the fever. Then, he prescribed the same thing for Mana to give to Ren. He explained that preemies tended to not be able to control their body temperature for a while. He also said to put extra blankets on her if she got too cold from the same thing.
Mana never really thought taking care of a preemie was going to be that hard. She rubbed the bridge of her nose as she sat in the car to wait for it to cool. Ren had stayed asleep as her body temperature had been reduced from the medicine. The tired woman sighed before returning home. She placed Ren in her crib before sitting on the floor beside her to watch her. Ren slept peacefully, and Mana soon fell asleep with her. She was tired from being up at night with Ren, and this whole regulating body temperature thing was the icing on the cupcake. She was beat.
"Mana," a familiar voice called. "Come on, Mana. Wake up, Pain."
"Ryuga?" she asked slowly as she heard the only nickname somebody called her. "What's up?"
"You were asleep."
"Ren!" she suddenly remembered.
When she sat up, the woman noticed Ryuga was holding her. She was sleeping in his arms, but she knew the baby had to be awake at one point. She was a horrible mother to fall asleep while watching her own child. Ryuga frowned as he saw the drop of emotion in her face.
"You're not a bad mother, Mana. Besides, she woke up when I walked through the door. How is she?"
"She's fine. The doctor said it's her body's regulation of body temperature. It's out of whack. I have some medicine to bring it down if it gets high again."
Ryuga looked at the girl in his arms. He couldn't believe she was his little girl. Though, the white and gold eyes kind of proved it. He gave the baby a small smile … one which Mana caught. The Kyuubi user grinned as she watched him bond with his daughter.
Oh yes, whatever boy that wants to talk to her …
