Hiro stared down at the phone, unable to process what he just read. The white light reflecting off his sea green eyes. Hiro slowly stood up and put his Howa Type 89 back on it's shelf. The black haired man hardened his expression back to normal and went towards a small safe on the floor, turning the lock and pulling out a customized AFR-H762 This large black rifle was chambered in 7.62x51 NATO rounds, which were specifically imported from the US. Hiro put the rifle on his desk and walked out of the room, going up to the master bedroom, slowly nudging the door open.

Inside the room, Zero Two lay sleeping, snoozing away. Hiro quietly grabbed a duffelbag and filled it with his flektarn uniform. His dextrous hands causing little to no sound while moving quickly. Hiro then shimmied back out with the duffelbag and went towards his office, putting the rifle into the bag and stuffing rifle magazines and cartridges. After filling the bag with his military gear he put it under his desk, leaving the room.

The moment he left the room, his phone started to ring, and he quickly picked up.

"Hello?" Hiro answered.

"Hiro, this is Goro. I have bad news." The familiar voice spoke.

"I already know Goro." Hiro replied. "I'm standing by."

"I think--" Goro stopped to cough and breathe. "We can assume you have the rest of the week before the military picks you up."

"..." Hiro didn't speak for a few seconds, then speaking up. "Goro, if I get picked up, look after Zero Two for me, will ya?"

"What? Why?" Goro replied, coughing at the end of his question.

"She might be... Pregnant." Hiro replied.

"Oh shi--" Goro coughed. "-t really? Congratulations man!"

"Thanks, but we aren't sure yet." Hiro took the compliment with some pride.

"What?" Goro's voice got furthur from the microphone.

"Sorry Hiro, I'll call you back." Goro quickly said, before coughing and then hanging up.

Hiro lowered the phone from his ear and walked towards the living room, vaulting the couch and turning on the television. He changed the channel to a news station, trying to find out why the message was sent to everyone.

"As you can see, the Arm-- What?" The newscaster looked away off screen for a second and then continuing. "Breaking news, the Japanese government is going to enlist retired military personnel and is sending them back to Russia. According to our sources, they will only be selecting ex-military that were unharmed in any recent military events."

Hiro looked up at a clock on the wall reading 14:32. With that, he went over to the kitchen, and made a quick meal of rice and smoked salmon. He sat down at the dining table and munched away on the food. It wasn't very good, but he had too much on his mind to care. Hiro contemplated on how he should break the news to Zero Two, his mind jumping from scenario to scenario. Hiro snapped back into reality when he heard Zero Two stepping down the stairs with a yawn.

"Darling... I'm so hungry." She complained the moment she entered the room.

"O-Oh, uh, have some of this?" Hiro nudged the plate of salmon away from him.

Zero Two quickly shimmied into the dining area and look at the salmon, her excited expression, dying.

"This is dinner to you?" She replied, her expression changing to a worried look.

"Just douse it with honey or something." Hiro replied to the horned girl.

"I thought you were against me doing that, darling." Zero Two seemingly pulled out a jug of honey from no where and poured it all over the plate of salmon.

"I still am." Hiro replied.

Zero Two caught onto the fact that he was acting different but she didn't want to point it out.

"I have one other thing I have to say too." Hiro spoke.

"Mmph?" Zero Two replied, her mouth full of the salmon covered in golden liquid.

"You smell disgusting." Hiro told the pink haired girl.

"H-Hey!" Zero Two replied, her cheeks becoming a rose coloration.

Hiro couldn'r help but burst out laughing, his serious facial expression breaking.

"Let's go take a bath together." Hiro suggested.

"W-Whoa, Darling, you're being awfully direct. What is it, you want to see me naked? Pervert." Zero Two spoke with a smug attitude.

"W-Well, I need to take a bath aswell so we might aswell go to...together." Hiro replied, becoming a small bit embaressed himself

"Okay." Zero Two told the black haired man. "I'm just about done, so let's go."

The coupled stood up from the table, putting the cleaning up and then heading towards the bathroom. The door opened and Zero Two turned to Hiro.

"Why don't you undress first." She hit him with a large smile.

"Fine." Hiro replied, taking off his shirt.

"Why do you sound so sad?" Zero Two asked, "Wait... It can't be-- Darling, are you actually a pervert!?"

"Iota, I'm about to tackle you right now and destroy you." Hiro walked into the bathing area.

"H-Hey! Don't call me that!" Zero Two yelled at Hiro. "Also what do you mean by destroy m--"

Zero Two sat down on a stool her face becoming a bright red.

"If he 'destroys' me I can't sit down for a week, now can I?"

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