My heart is pounding from the excitement I can barely contain. Today we will be able to see Haru after a long time. It's been months. Our baby boy must have grown so much. At the breakfast table both of us are waiting impatiently to see him. Finally I see the light I had been waiting for. It's a brief flash and a blue portal appears. Elma's eyes widen. Her father steps through with Haru in his arms. He has gotten bigger. The little tiny baby I once held grew into a healthy baby boy of five months. His big blue eyes are staring at the both of us as if we were strangers- I guess we are.
"It's nice seeing you again, Elma and Nayura-san" the man says sounding lively. For his age, I heard from Elma he was pretty active in his faction.
"Haru! Papa!" my wife runs to her father. He pats her head. It's a nice reunion. She gently takes Haru in her arms.
"Likewise Joui-san. It's a pleasure seeing you and also little haru. I'm so happy to have our little boy back with us."
"Ho ho after the convention, you both will have to say your goodbyes again, sadly" my father-in-law says with a saddened tone.
Elma's parents will be attending a huge convention where all warrior dragons will be present for an entire week so since Haru won't have anyone to train him, he thought this would be a good opportunity for Haru to visit us. I am so fortunate to have such caring and considerate in-laws.
"Look at how big you are, Haru! Father has been feeding you well" she chuckles. The boy makes a "gah" sound and touches her hair. She is so jovial seeing him. I am too.
"He eats just like his mother and he's learning fast. Ahh he reminds me of you at that age, so full of energy" her father reflects.
"Well I don't want to be late so see you all in a week. Take care" he steps through the portal.
Haru was wearing briefs and nothing else. His little blue tail was out and so was his horn.
"Let's get him something to eat" I suggest.
"Hmmm he hasn't tasted his mothers' milk in a while" Elma says thoughtfully.
"Nai, you should do the honours and nurse him before I do."
"Ok" I say gleefully. I lower the neckline of my top, exposing my left breast. She hands me my baby boy. I could cry of how happy I am to hold him after so many months. He begins suckling me but nothing comes out for a few seconds and then I feel the flow. I watch him close his eyes and nurse from my nipple. Elma was right. He must have missed the taste. His head rests in my arms as he pulls and pulls. My flow eventually stops.
"Burp!" he lets out a belch.
His soft lips encompass my nipple again but my mammaries are spent.
Elma smiles. "I see he's hungry for more. Let me help." I give Haru to her. She raises her top and takes off her bra. Haru happily nurses from her for a whole hour.
He silently falls asleep while she's cradling him in her arms.
"Let's put him to bed." I say. We were given such short notice by Elma's dad, we didn't have time to prepare a cradle for him so we agreed we'd let him sleep with us on our bed. I put some pillows around the bed to keep him from falling.
"I'll check on him every twenty minutes" Elma says in a low tone.
"Ok. But be quiet. We don't want to wake him up."
"Sweet dreams Haru" I say as I switch off the light.
Elma chops the vegetables while I prepare the stock on the stove for dinner. "This weekend we're going to have so much fun with him, Nai. I'm really looking forward it."
"Yes it was wonderful nursing him after such a long time and holding him"
"Yeah." I put the vegetables in the stock.
"I'll go check on him now." Elma says.
She returns. 'He's still sleeping."
"Ok. He's probably tired."
After dinner, Elma uses her magic to put some clothes on Haru while he sleeps peacefully - a little blue armless vest and a tiny short cotton pants.
We watch him sleep;. My heart is filled with so much warmth for him. His eyelids slowly open. He yawns. Suddenly the air is filled with the scent of baby poop.
"Aw he did a doodie. We have to change him." He's now fully awake. I pick him up.
"We'll have to take him outside for him to empty that" Elma says.
"Not necessarily. We can just run a bath and change him right here." I wipe his little butt with some baby wipes. "You could put on a diaper on him so he could go if he needs to in the night."
"Oh? So that's how humans do it then? Now that I think about it, he hasn't had a bath since he got here."
I barely fill the bathtub and gently puts him inside. His little tail wags from side to side inside the tub. I be careful not to put too much shampoo in his hair for fear of it burning his eyes.
Elma turns on the tap. "He loves the water, Nai. You don't' have to be afraid of him drowning at all." That made sense because his mother is a sea serpent.
Elma dries Haru's skin. He wants to play more in the bath. HIs little feet are kicking with energy.
"You like the water, don't you?" she says lightly touching the tip of his nose. He smiles. His innocence is endearing. There's so much about him that makes me think of Elma, I could make a list.
She takes him out the bath and dries his skin. I powder him and show her how to put on the diaper and take it off.
"You think you can do it, Elma?"
"Mm hmm. We dragons are accustomed to emptying our bowels in the wild. It goes back to the soil. But I like taking care of him like this too."
We both lie on the bed. Haru is between us. I kiss him good night on his forehead and Elma follows suit. His face is content. His eyelids close. We both lean in and press our lips together before falling asleep.