Days After Part 7 by Blind Zen Archer

30-Aug-2000

Things are bad in my life right now, but writing usually makes things better, so...

This one is sort of based out of a challenge Nicole82 put up on GWML, but not exactly. Let's just say the challenged sparked an idea.

Warnings: Babies. Yaoi. Paperwork. Spam tastes like boiled bricks.

Days After by Blind Zen ArcherPart Seven

Duo scrunched up his nose as he heard the faxprinter installed in their living room come to life.

"Heero, I know Une was nice enough to let us work from home for awhile, but..."

"I know. I'll see what this one is. Why don't you go wake Tara up from her nap, or she won't want to sleep tonight."

"Right." Duo rose and softly walked into the nursery, with it's walls covered in soft blue and rubber-duckie wallpaper.

Tara was laying blissfully in her crib, with her hands gently grasping a rattle that Trowa had given her at the impromptu baby shower that had occured when they'd brought her home.

"Hey beautiful, it's time to see the world again." Keeping his voice soft, Duo gently lifted her out of the crib and cradled her in his arms, as she opened her eyes and smiled toothlessly at him.

"You've amazing, you know. You're much better behaved than the babies at the Maxwell orphanage. They'd kick and fuss and scream if anyone even tried to change their diapers, much less wake them from a nap."

"Speaking of which... it smells like you're about ready for a change, precious."

Tara cooed and giggled when Duo carefully removed the cloth diaper and got down to the buisness at hand.

"Well, that all goes into the bin... and there's the baby powder... and here's the diapers... you know, this isn't half as hard as it was the first few times."

"That's because you've been practicing."

"Thanks, koi. Ooops."

"Tara, I know you're happy to see me, but you shouldn't try to crawl off the table." Heero gently held his daughter as she gently took hold of one of his outstretched fingers and began to squeeze.

"You know, she's going to be impossible to stay angry with. Thoses eyes already look like they could swallow people whole."

"And she's going to have us for parents. Imagine the stuff she'll pick up..."

"Well, for the moment, you've got some work you need to do, too."

"Oh, what did Une send us?"

"Apparently they've decided we need new cover identities again."

"Again?? We've rewritten our life stories four or five times now."

"Six, actually. But some reporter paid someone to slip out a copy of the current duty roster, so now we all get new "official" names and backgrounds."

"Great. Well, what should I be now?"

"I'm from a family of watchmakers."

"What brought that on?"

"My watch stopped and I had to put a new battery in yesterday."

"Ah. Here Tara... bottle? Bottle, yeah..."

"Professional nanny?"

"Hmm... well... not exactly something that qualifies me to be a secret agent."

"Cat burglar on suspended sentence?"

"Mmm... I kinda like the sound of that. What brought that along?"

"Tara just stole the band off your braid and you didn't even notice."

Duo looked down at his daughter with wide eyes and a broad smile as he watched her try to insert the broad hairband into her mouth.

"You didn't! Oh, you're such a silly little girl... here, why don't you take this squeezey bear instead?"

Deftly, Duo switched the hairband with a pink squeezey teddy bear, which Tara happily inserted into her mouth instead.

"She's gonna be a little handful."

"And a little angel."

"Yeah."

End Part 7

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