Authoress Notes: Teehee, this story makes me explode with SQUEE!

Claim: Kyla, Lorrie and I own the original characters, which includes little newly introduced Alyssa!

Notes: I'll update other stuff! Eventually, when I get all the SQUEE out from me for this story.

Disclaim: I wish I owned Gundam 00. Pretty please?

Merry-Go Round

21

"I'm a father~" The coo was repeated over and over as Neil pranced about to the amusement of his friends and the annoyance of the nurse who was berating him for running around in his joy.

"Mr Dylandy, you can't run in a hospital!"

The blissful man seemed unaware of it as he continued to dance around, bright as can be as Christina sighed and shook her head, turning back towards the hospital room that Feldt was in and returning to it, watching as Feldt looked up from where she had been observing the little sleeping baby cradled in her arms.

"Is he still at it?" she asked, and her face flattened out into exasperation as Christina nodded and she sighed, turning her attention to the child in her arms. "Your father's weird, Alyssa."

"Aww," cooed Christina as she peered at the little pink swaddled bundle in Feldt's arms, "Alyssa's so cute!"

Soft pink baby skin clashed with the vivid azure of those tiny eyes, making Christina coo over the little girl who was nestled in her mother's arms.

Her hands clasped together, Christina couldn't help but think about the fact that soon, she'd be the one in Feldt's position, cuddling a newborn infant to her chest. Alyssa was asleep at the moment, her breathing soft as tiny hands curled near her chin.

"She's adorable," said Marina, admiring the tiny babe from where she stood, her hair pulled from her face into a low ponytail. Christina glanced around as Neil reemerged with a tray of food, and he sat back down beside his wife.

"When did they say you could go home, Feldt?" inquired Christina, and the pinkette blinked, pausing in thought for a moment before her green eyes connected with Christina's own and she replied in her normal soft tone that was just the slightest bit hoarse,

"Tomorrow morning, I think."

Christina smiled, and she was overcome with the impulse to start bouncing around like a hyperactive jackrabbit, though she knew she wasn't allowed to do that as she touched her stomach, feeling the infant kick from inside her abdomen.

Blinking as Feldt stared off into space drowsily, Christina smiled as she linked hands with Lichty and announced softly, "We'll let you sleep, alright Feldt? Call me when you get home tomorrow!"

Feldt nodded mutely, looking half-asleep as they walked away, and Christina turned towards her husband as they began walking away from the room that would be Feldt's until she was released from the hospital. "Alyssa was adorable, don't you think?"

"Yeah," agreed Lichty, and he smiled as he raised a hand and laid it upon her stomach. "Our baby will be adorable too."

"Mm-hm!" she agreed happily, and she paused. "What do you think we should name the baby?"

"What?" Lichty laughed. "We don't even know if we're having a boy or a girl."

"I know," she pouted, and her hand tightened a little bit, "but it'd be nice to think about it."

"True," he agreed, and they spent the duration of the ride home trying to think of baby names.

[Haro!]

Marina was sleeping at the moment, her head resting on his shoulder as she dozed, obsidian hair spilling over his shoulder as he glanced over, eyes softening. Contrary to popular belief, he did know how to lighten up, it was just that it wasn't as easy as Neil and the others might have thought.

They did it without a second thought, while he had to pause and think about how someone normal would reaction that kind of situation, such as when Feldt had been in the hospital, giving birth. He had found Neil's parading around the hospital after Alyssa's birth amusing, though the smile had been awkwardly tilted on his lips.

It was a start, however, one that had started long ago, when he had still been a Gundam Meister. He still was, though Celestial Being hadn't had any interventions in years. Snapping himself out of his thoughts, however, he found Marina's hand and brought it to his lips, brushing a soft, gentle kiss against the knuckles.

His wife stirred but otherwise didn't move from her spot as she continued to nap. She had been sleeping more and more often, even though she was only nearing her sixth month of pregnancy. Her stomach, round and definately apparent, caught his attention as he reached over and placed a hand on it, blinking as movement pressed against it.

Marina shifted, and his eyes gauged her face before glancing back at her abdomen when he found that she was still asleep, his other arm looped underneath her neck and hand resting on her shoulder as he settled beside her, resting his head above hers as he felt exhaustion settle down in his brain like a heavy fog that refused to lift.

Hand still resting on her stomach, he fell asleep like that, unaware as Marina's eyes slid open and she blinked at her husband's peacefully sleeping face and then to the hand resting on her belly before her eyes softened and she reached over, placing her hand atop his and then promptly falling back into her peaceful slumber.