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Hi guys! I really miss you! Okay, first of all I'd like to apologize to all of you for the lack of updates, I've been busy with school and club activities and my personal life and I've also been lacking inspiration, I thought about completing the series with one last chapter but I can't bring myself to do it x)) so anyway, this chapter is for my last guest who reviewed they didn't put a name, but the review was adorable (It warmed my heart ) and they said my chapters used to brighten their days, which turned me into an emotional mush , so thank you sweetheart this chapter is for you! I hope you enjoy it! let me know if there are any mistakes please.
Ch 13 : Baby shoes
Ren woke up to the sound of their door bell, he stumbled out of bed mumbling something about the president being the only one messed up enough to come at this hour in a Saturday, he opened the door and was greeted with a stern and older version of Mio, of course throughout the years, Ren had had the … 'pleasure' to deal with the said face, this was none other than the biological mother of his sweet wife.
Saena and Kyoko kept in touch, they weren't winning 'Mother & Daughter of the year' anytime soon but they tried,... by tried I mean awkward silent meetings at secluded cafés which ended up after the coffee was emptied from each of their cups, however, since the birth of Touma, Saena seemed to … work harder? She had visited her daughter at the hospital when he was born with the most ridiculous flower bouquet that even put the president's to shame, when she picked up Touma for the first time, everyone noticed how her face seemed to relax and a weird, if pleasant, light sparkled in her usually dim eyes, after that she would visit her daughter every other week and check up on Touma, Ren thought she might have taken Touma's presence as a chance to redeem herself or something, but he didn't really care, he thought it was good for Kyoko and that's all that mattered.
So when Kyoko joined them in the living room asking who came so early, she was greeted with her mother's all too familiar face.
"Good morning" she greeted in her usually even voice.
"Good morning, mother" Kyoko smiled awkwardly.
"How have you been?" saena asked after nervously glancing at the folded hands on her lap, which was weird, Mogami Saena didn't get nervous, ever.
"Um… Good, and you?" Kyoko glanced at Ren, who seemed to have taken the wise decision to only watch the weird exchange.
"I'm fine" she said
They were silent for a moment until they both decided to speak, at the same time.
"So is there something you-"
"I'm here because it's-"
"ahem… sorry, please go ahead" Kyoko said.
"I was saying that I'm here because it's Touma-kun's ten months anniversary" Saena said.
"T-ten months anniversary?" Kyoko seemed confused.
"Why, yes, today it would have been exactly ten months since he was born" her mother said, completely serious.
Ren coughed to hide his amused smile, Kyoko bit her lip and averted her gaze to try and compose herself.
"Mother, usually, when people talk about a birth anniversary, well… it's kind of a yearly anniversary" Kyoko tried to reason, she tried to not sound insulting but, this was beyond her.
Ren just thought Kuoko had gotten her weirdness from her mother for sure, and he excused himself to go and make… well the only thing Kyoko trusted him enough to make without destroying the kitchen, Tea.
"It's not a rule, though, is it?" saena said.
"Excuse me?"
"well, it's not forbidden to celebrate monthly anniversaries, is it?" she asked.
"Umm… No, not to my knowledge" Kyoko was now rubbing the back of her neck, honestly sometimes her mother would act in such a childish way…
"Alright then…"
And right on cue, Touma made his consciousness known with a shriek, it was his cheerful way to demand his parents' attention when he woke up.
Kyoko turned to look at the door before turning back to Saena.
"Mother, would you mind if I brought Touma-kun to you and returned to bed, I know it's sort of rude but I didn't get much sleep last night and Ren was working late and his only chance to catch up on some sleep is the weekend…" Kyoko started to blabber and Saena interrupted her.
"Not at all, in fact I would appreciate the privacy"
"Alright, I'll go get him"
After taking care of cleaning and changing Touma, and feeding him, while saena drank her tae, Kyoko took him to his grandmother, he greeted her with a loud cheerful giggle and once he was in her arms Kyoko and Ren took their leave to collapse once again on their bed.
"Hello, there" Saena said, while kissing Touma's temple tenderly, it was quite the sight, to say the least, the usually cool and collected Ice queen was now radiating incredible warmth.
Touma smiled at her and laid his cheek on her shoulder and she rocked him for a few moments.
"you're growing up fast, aren't you?" she said looking at him with a sweet smile, while he answered with giggling and clapping his tiny hands (something he picked up thanks to Lory) , Touma couldn't help but compare her loving gaze to his mommy's.
"I got you something" saena said, reaching inside her bag, and pulling out the cutest pair of baby shoes "I got your mother the same thing for her ten months anniversary" she said, smiling at the memory.
From behind the wall, Kyoko fought to keep a tear from escaping her eye, while Ren held her, she woke up to check if Ren correctly turned off the stove, and he went behind her to assure her he did when they caught the adorable exchange.
A/N: Surprise! Touma's ten months now :D In case you didn't notice from the Sho chapter, I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to evil characters lol at least in these series I do, so tell me how that was, btw, the inspiration to use Saena came from the guest (mentioned above) who suggested it, thanks again for that, I hope you'll like it.