Chapter Twenty-Five

Haruka smiled as she finished her lesson with Rini and turned to see Usagi holding the baby, who was sleeping soundly in her arms. Rei came in when she heard the music stop, she was holding Raven and smiling broadly.
"Usagi do you still have some time?" Usagi smiled and nodded.
"Sure, Rini I'm sure would love to stay and play with Raven and Hotaru, are you going to go check on Michiru for me?" Haruka nodded and stood up from the piano bench to go upstairs. She knocked on the door, she could see that the light was on,
"Michiru," she listened as she heard a reply she opened the door. "Hey, how are you feeling?" Michiru was trying to get dressed as she sat on the edge of the bed, her hair was pulled back and she had one of Haruka's shirts on.
"I'm feeling alright, is Usagi here?" Haruka smiled as she walked over to help Michiru finish getting dressed.
"Yea, are you feeling up to company?" Michiru smiled.
"Of course, I need someone to talk to, can I go down stairs." Haruka looked at her cautiously, but then decided that she couldn't restrict Michiru to her room.
"Only if you promise to take it easy, hang on up here and I'll go get Rei."
"I can walk, I don't need bodyguards to get down the stairs." Haruka looked at her and Michiru knew not to push it. "Go get Rei, I'll wait right here for you." Haruka smiled happily as she walked out and called for Rei to give her opinion. Rei came up the stairs happily to help Michiru come down. Michiru walked carefully down the stairs and into the living room where she took a seat on the couch and Haruka helped put her feet up in her own lap.
"Usagi it's great to see you, you are looking well, how is everything?" 'Amazing, she is sick and she can still be pleasant and respectful.' Haruka smiled peacefully.
"Everything is going well, Endy is still a baby so we still have the schedule that comes along with having a newborn." Michiru nodded understanding where Usagi was coming from. Rini and Raven were playing on the floor. "How are you feeling?"
"I have good days and bad, today is a good day and right now I'm just thankful for them." Michiru smiled at Haruka who had started to rub her swollen feet. "Haruka had been amazing through all of this, I can't wait to see how she'll do with the baby." Rei raised her eyebrow and Haruka shot her a dirty look to silence her.
"Michiru, did Haruka ever hold Hotaru when she was a small baby?" Haruka shot Usagi the same look, but Michiru smiled and thought back.
"Come to think about it, not really, she would hold her, but very reluctantly." Haruka smiled, hoping they would drop the subject. "Why do you ask?" Michiru looked curiously at the two of them.
"Oh, because Usagi and I think Haruka is afraid to hold little babies." Michiru looked at her love and laughed. Haruka smiled, trying to look innocent.
"Haruka?" Michiru smiled stopping her laugh. "Of course Haruka is afraid of little babies, she's always been like that." Haruka looked at her love guilty while the other two just gaped. "She's not comfortable holding them, but she will, there is a difference between fear and control." Usagi smiled.
"Haruka, will you hold Endy for me, I really need to use the bathroom." Haruka smiled pleasantly.
"I think Michiru would like to hold him." Michiru smiled and moved around taking her feet from Haruka's lap as Usagi stood up and walked over handing the baby to Michiru.
"He's so adorable, he has your eyes." Usagi blushed as she walked out of the room. "Haruka, are you sure you don't want to hold the baby." Haruka smiled and shook her head.
"I'm sure in the coming months I will have plenty of time to hold a baby." Rei smiled at the two, Haruka moved closer to put her arm around Michiru reassuringly and looked down at the baby.

Haruka rubbed Michiru's shoulders as Michiru smiled happily in her lover's embrace. Michiru closed her eyes as she moved her legs out in front of her and leaned back. Haruka stopped rubbing her back and moved for the oil next to the bed, she smiled as she smeared it on Michiru's belly, it was to prevent stretch marks and an excuse for Haruka to love on her wife, not that she needed an excuse. Michiru let out a soft moan to signal she was content and Haruka let out a small laugh feeling the baby kick in response to her touch.
"We still haven't come up with a name." Haruka said softly as she knew it was a hard subject, it had brought many different moods to Michiru and Haruka was now kicking herself for bringing it up.
"No we haven't, let's talk about it later." Haruka smiled and kissed her lover's ear in response. "We need to finish getting the baby's room."
"I know, you still haven't told me what color paint you want."
"Why don't you pick out the colors, the painting I made for our daughters room has greens and blues with a little yellow." Haruka raised her eyebrow, it was a hint.
"I'll go pick up some green, blue and yellow paints tomorrow and Hotaru and I can start with that." Michiru smiled as she leaned her head back on Haruka shoulder and nibbled her ear. "Stop that, you're teasing me again." Haruka smiled as she looked lovingly at her wife.

Hotaru and Haruka arrived back the next morning with the paint they had gotten from the store and they were laying down the tarp to start painting. Haruka smiled at the young black haired girl and walked over to pick the paints and started to stir them. When she looked up she saw that Michiru was standing in the door frame.
"What are you doing up sweetie?" Haruka asked in what she hoped was a loving tone. Michiru smiled as she walked in, "Sweetie, the fumes from the paints are going to make you sick." Michiru raised her eyebrow looking at Haruka who was now concerned.
"I'm fine, I just wanted to come help you paint the room." Haruka looked at her,
"You can sit in the rocking chair I finished putting together, but you are not to strain yourself, and at the first sign the smell is getting to you, you have to leave." Michiru kissed the tall blonde.
"Deal," Michiru walked over and looked at the chair carefully.
"It's perfectly safe, I checked it out myself." Michiru grinned before sitting down carefully to watch the girls paint."
"Michiru!" They heard Rei's voice call from the stairs.
"We're all in here!" Hotaru called as she picked up a roller and started on the first wall. Rei walked in, she was holding Raven in her arms as he looked tired.
"What's wrong?" Michiru asked looking at the small black haired woman. Rei looked around and examined the situation, she hesitated which gave Haruka a sign that something was wrong.
"What's wrong Rei?" Haruka looked her dead in the eye.
"Michiru, might I speak to you alone?" Rei asked kindly. Michiru knew she had been caught and thought it would be better if she tried in front of everyone. She shook her head, "Michiru, I found that you haven't been taking some of the prescriptions Ami wrote you." Haruka looked at the aqua haired goddess that was sitting down rocking.
"Michiru?" Michiru looked guilty.
"I'm sorry, it's was making me sick and I only missed two."
"Which ones were they?" Haruka asked turning back to Rei.
"The anti-seizure pills," Haruka looked at Michiru who smiled weakly and then adverted her eyes from those who were looking at her.