A/N: Thanks for the reviews and waiting patiently for the newest update! I got distracted by a new Korean drama Boys over Flowers and from that I started a Inuyasha fanfic based off of it, go check it out! Thanks for baring with me, and enjoy the chapter! It's short, I know, but the next chappie should be a bit more interesting! Enjoy and please review! XOXOXO
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What's Love Got To Do With It
Chapter 35
"Do you see this? Do you know what this is? This is a akuma." General Socalo said as he pointed to a large photo of their common enemy. The overly large general had been brought in to help Cross train the new incomers, and as much as he protested against it, he wasn't left with much of a choice. As a general it was part of his job. Nozomi, against General Cross' wishes was demanding to do the job she was being kept at the order to do despite his warnings on letting her hands heal. "Its mission is to fuck shit up where ever it goes. You can battle the akuma, but it is never alone. It is always accompanied by another, even more violent and aggressive akuma. All of which, are in turn accompanied by even more." The intimidating general glared down at the pinkette to see if he still had her attention which he did.
"Dearest, do you know what to do if you're even found face to face with an akuma and you're unarmed?" Cross asked from her side.
Nozomi gave the man a scowl for the lack of using of her name. "Of course I do," She huffed. "You stand the fuck still, you chill the fuck out, and hope the akuma doesn't put you on its list of shit it wants to fuck up that day. You stand right the fuck there and wait for the akuma to finish its business and move on with its rampage, and ten you go the fuck home."
Cross' face broke into an uncharacterized smile, laughter erupting from his throat. Oh yes, he and the pinkette were going to get along just fine.
Nozomi and Cross looked at their babies and could barely believe that their three little bundles weren't all that little anymore. A full month had gone by and the parents could see more of themselves in their offspring than they would've liked. By now the triplets were giving their parents lots of smiles, and every now and then an occasional scowl from Rochelle-Marie and Jelani, and whenever Josiah grinned, the pinkette couldn't tell if her son was genuinely happy or if it was gas. They were even lifting their heads a bit now, and having a thing Nozomi called "tummy time" everyday which Jelani highly protested against, throwing a major fit every time he so much as looked at his blanket. The one thing Cross wasn't so much for was all the crying the little ones did. The triplets had a cry for everything, they were either hungry, wet, bored, tired, uncomfortable, lonely, or in Jelani's case, a cry for when people other than his parents looked at him.
"Just what are you doing dearest?" Cross asked as he entered the room as she was dressing. Nozomi had stumbled across her waitress garb and was putting it on as her husband came casually strolling along.
Nozomi had slimmed down a tremendous amount since giving birth, and had escaped with very minimal scarring compared to her already destroyed hands. "Well, I need something to do during the day while the babies nap. Jeryy said I can come back and help him out in the cafeteria until Komui finds me a mission close to home. With me working downstairs, the kids can come with me. Everyone loves to see them anyway, and for the most part they enjoy being seen… except for 'Lani… he got that from you."
"And you're going like that?" Cross nodded towards her outfit choice. Since she wasn't as big anymore, the dress hung a tad loosely at her midsection, but was stretching tightly at her bust. He was a tad skeptical that she wanted to return back to work so quickly, but then remembered that his pinkette had certain issues that if she didn't keep moving she'd go insane. That, and he wasn't too keen on her leaving the order with the bounties for their heads still lingering, so working with Jeryy was better than her being outside the protect of the order any day.
"Yes, why not?" She asked innocently. Nozomi, as always, knew just how to make her husband work for what he wanted. Just by her batting her lashes and fluffing out her bottom lip, she had the general nearly about to burst out of his pants.
"… hold that thought." The man murmured walking away. Cross went and peaked into the nursery. The triplets were still down for their nap, all three of them still sound asleep. Jelani more so than the others, had wiggled out of his blanket, and instead of being on his side like his siblings was on his back with his mouth slightly ajar. Cross smirked, the little baby even slept like the man.
"Cross?" The pinkette asked as her husband slipped back inside their bedroom, quietly closing the door behind him.
A/N: Cross lemon will be in the next chapter! :)