A/N: I don't have to go to class today due to bad weather. So, instead of doing what I should be doing, I'm going to update this story. I love writing about everything especially since Ren's a preemie baby. (And it's my headcanon that her body never fully works to regulate her body temperature. So, she has to be careful. She's been known to wear light jackets in the summer, because she's cold. Or no jackets in the winter, because she's warm.)

10th Month (3rd Month) – Finding a Babysitter

"I can't believe we have to do this," drawled Mana as she read some resumes and applications. "I don't like the thought of leaving our daughter to some stranger for 8 hours a day."

"What can you do, Mana?" asked Ryuga as he was also looking over some papers. "I have to go back to work as do you. Of course, we have this month to find a decent babysitter."

"But, Ren gets fevers on a moment's notice!" she cried slightly. "I don't want anything to happen to her."

The dragon bey user sighed as he ran a hand over his face; they had been like this for the past few days. Mana was reluctant to leave Ren home with a stranger that had credentials to watch a baby such as herself. He found that preemies were hard to take care of when they were only a few months old, so the Dragon Emperor knew that finding somebody was going to be tough. He hadn't expected Mana to fight against it though. Not that it mattered, she had to go back to teaching unless she wanted to lose her job. Believe it or not, but being a professional blader doesn't bring a lot of money.

"Say something," grunted Mana.

He raised an eyebrow as he heard her. Mana glared at him as he refused to say something to her. They started playing the Staring Game. Neither was giving up until Mana's eyes burned and she couldn't take it anymore. She blinked. Ryuga smirked.

"Oh shut up."

"I didn't say anything."

"You were thinking it."

"Okay, I may have been doing that."

"Screw you."

"No thanks. My girlfriend just had a baby."

"Go to hell, Dragon Boy."

Her lover's smirked widened as he chuckled quietly to himself. He began to look over the papers once again. Mana groaned before she started looking through them as well. Their conversation put her at odds slightly. Why did he do that? A smile found its way on her face; it was nice though. Like he was trying to …

"Hey, wait a minute, are you saying you don't want to screw me?!"

He laughed.