Chapter 1
Time passed by slowly and Hoshi's life had changed pretty much, even thought it only had been about a month since she was given Michiru to take care off. She didn't care about finding Natsumi, even if the woman had been haunting her mind most of the time. Hoshi was walking down Ginza Street, carrying Michiru in a 'baby-holder' in her stomach. Hoshi was wearing a white blouse and a pair of blue jeans, while her hair was in a simple ponytail. Michiru on the other half was wearing a gentle green body with small blue fish patterns here and there, and she was giggling as they walked down the street, playing with one of the straps to the holder she was in, were a small green teddy bear was hanging. The sky was clear from clouds and the weather showed it's true spring face.
Hoshi stopped in a corner and looked over Michiru, who stopped biting on the teddy bear's ear, only to bend her head back and gaze back at Hoshi with shining, but asking eyes. Hoshi smiled at the baby. "Having fun, sweet heart?" She asked and stroked Michiru across the head.
Michiru blinked and took the teddy bear from her mouth, holding it towards Hoshi.
Hoshi just smiled at the girl and shook her head a little. "No, I'm sure I don't need your toy right now, Michi."
Michiru blinked and looked at the teddy bear she was holding. She soon sighed and blinked once more, before she started biting its ear again, probably thinking that it tasted good.
"Hoshi-chan? Is that you?" A voice suddenly shouted from somewhere and Michiru looked over her shoulder, seeing a brown haired young woman standing behind her. She had short cut hair and green eyes, and she was wearing a dark blue tank top with a pair of jeans.
"Oh hi Taiko-chan." Hoshi smiled gently as the young woman walked closer.
"I can't believe it's you!" Hana Taiko suddenly cheered, wrapping her arms around the slightly taller Hoshi's neck. "When did you come back home from Europe?" She chirped as she stared right into Hoshi's eyes. "You have to tell me everything! Meet anyone special there?" She bombarded Hoshi with questions, but turned quiet as a green teddy bear came flying over Hoshi's shoulder, and Taiko noticed now that Hoshi hadn't turned around completely. The teddy bear flew right into Taiko's face. "Green teddy bears attacking earth now?" She asked out loud as she captured the toy from falling to the ground.
Hoshi laughed gently and took the toy from Taiko's hand. "Michiru, that wasn't very nice." She noted as she turned around, now showing her friend the giggling Michiru. "Here you are sweet heart and be a nice girl now. No more throwing toys around." Hoshi said as she gently stroked her index finger across Michiru's cheek, before giving back the toy and tying it up in the strap it had been removed from.
Michiru stopped giggling and just shined with a smile over her face towards Hoshi, as the teddy bear's ear found it's way back into her mouth.
Taiko's eyes widened into the same size as soccer balls as she looked at the baby, while her face paled within a blink of an eye, which captured Hoshi's gaze. "Are you alright, Tai-kun?" She asked wit ha slightly raised eyebrow. "You look like you're dying, or something."
Taiko slowly raised her eyes from the baby and to Hoshi's face. "Who... is...?" She whispered under her breath.
Hoshi blinked and soon looked down over Michiru, who was looking at Taiko with an asking look over her face. "Michiru?" Hoshi blinked once more after a short while. "She's..."
"Are you telling me that your boot got knocked up on your trip, Suteki Hoshi?" Taiko almost exploded and grabbed Hoshi by the collar of her shirt. "Who's the father and were is the bastard? I'll kill him!" She hissed while her hands started shaking.
Hoshi just stared at her friend with large eyes, while sweat dropping. "Calm down, Tai-kun... you'll care the baby..." She whispered, but it was too late. Michiru was already crying. Hoshi calmly removed Taiko's hand from her collar and carefully picked up Michiru from the holder, holding her gently and as close as she could, while Michiru wrapped her arms around Hoshi's neck, pressing her face against Hoshi's neck. "There, there angel, Tai-kun isn't dangerous even if she is a bit scary sometimes." Hoshi whispered while stroking Michiru's hair. "She's just a bit strange sometimes also." She added as Michiru slowly looked at her with tears running down her face. "I wont let her get you." Hoshi continued warmly, as she gently stroked Michiru's tears away. "I wont let anyone hurt you, alright?"
Michiru sobbed for some time while looking at Hoshi, before she looked over her shoulder and at Taiko, whom's face paled a little at the sight of the beautiful baby girl. Michiru's arms tightened around Hoshi's neck and soon she looked back at her.
Hoshi smiled gently at Michiru and soon she looked at Taiko. "You better say you're sorry."
"What?" Taiko blinked and her face turned back to normal, while a sweat drop covered almost the entire backside of her head. Michiru looked at Taiko once more, letting a tear run down her cheek. Taiko blinked and could feel her heart skip a beat. "What a beautiful baby..." She suddenly whispered, like if she just had noticed her. "Can I?" She asked carefully taking a step closer.
Hoshi nodded and slowly handed Michiru to Taiko, who amazingly enough didn't protest being in Taiko's arms. "Say you're sorry." Hoshi sad and crossed her arms, giving Taiko a gentle smile while keeping her eyes on Michiru.
Taiko looked right into Michiru's eyes for a while before she smiled gently. "I'm sorry, I didn't present myself, cutie." She started in a calm and warm voice. "My name is Hana Taiko. And I'm a good friend of... your mothers..." She said softly now.
After a while of carefully studying Taiko's kind eyes and face, Michiru smiled back at Taiko, giggling while slapping both her hands onto Taiko's cheeks.
"Guess you've become friends now." Hoshi smiled at the two while tilting her head slightly to the side.
"And what cute friends we are!" Taiko smiled warmly and soon looked at Hoshi. "Who's the father of this beautiful girl, Shi-chan?" She asked with a curious gaze. "Will I ever meet him?" She added, giving Hoshi a slightly raised eyebrow, while not minding Michiru who was pulling on her hair.
Hoshi swallowed at the question, not really knowing what to answer. "Em... the father..." She blinked.
Taiko looked at Hoshi for sometime without getting an answer, before she smiled warmly. "Doesn't matter really." She promised and looked at Michiru again. "You're so cute, nothing matters." She added and gently kissed Michiru on the cheek, who just giggled since some strands of Taiko's hair tickled her on the forehead. "She really is beautiful, Shi-chan.:" Taiko sighed as she gave Michiru back to Hoshi.
"She is, isn't she?" Hoshi smiled warmly and gently kissed Michiru on the cheek. "Say, have you seen Natsumi around? I think I need to talk with her about things..." Hoshi asked suddenly and her gaze turned slightly serious.
Taiko blinked as the question just popped out from nowhere. "Natsumi-san?" She blinked once more, while keeping her eyes on Hoshi. "Haven't you heard?"
"Heard what?" Hoshi asked, giving Taiko an empty gaze.
Taiko swallowed and looked at the ground for a while, like if she was looking for the answer there. "She..:" She started and looked back at Hoshi. "She got together with that Yuri-san. You know? That tall butch thing that hangs at the Hot Spot...?"
"Yuri-san...?" Hoshi's gaze turned distant while her heart skipped several beats, which Michiru felt in a strange way, since she looked at Hoshi with a worried gaze, and carefully placed her hand onto Hoshi's chin.
"I'm sorry to be the one who tells you, Shi-chan..." Taiko whispered after a while of silence and gazing at Hoshi, before she walked closer to the woman and putting her hand onto her shoulder. "I know you really-"
"It doesn't matter." Hoshi cut in suddenly. "I don't care really. I have more important tings on my mind right now." She added quickly and gave Taiko a sad gaze, but after a second she gave Michiru a comforting smile. "I have a cute little girl to look after..."
Michiru just stared at Hoshi for a while and soon smiled back, leaning her head onto Hoshi's shoulder, with her arms tightly wrapped around her neck.
Taiko looked at the two for sometime without saying a word, while damming herself for not taking her camera with her that morning. "You sure you'll be alright?" She asked with a sigh as she crossed her arms.
"I'm fine." Hoshi promised and carefully put Michiru back into the 'baby-holder'. "I have some shopping to do..." She added with a gentle sigh, as she looked at Taiko again. "It was nice seeing you again, Tai- kun."
Taiko looked at Hoshi for sometime before she smiled back. "It was nice seeing you too. I'll tell everyone at the club that you're back." She added with a wink, before she looked at Michiru with a gentle shine over her eyes. She soon showed a peace sign with her right hand towards the girl. "It was nice meeting you too, cutie. Maybe I'll come by someday and we just might play." She almost promised with a new wink.
Michiru blinked like if she was studying Taiko's face and hand, and suddenly she showed the peace sign back to her, while smiling a charmed smile.
Taiko and Hoshi just smiled over the baby and soon changed gazes. "See you around, handsome." Taiko whispered and patted Hoshi on the shoulder, before she walked down the street and disappeared behind the corner.
Hoshi sighed and looked at Michiru once more, who was looking back at her with a slightly tilted head and shining beautiful eyes. "Let's go shop for some clothes, angel." Hoshi said with a gentle voice as she stroked some strands of hair from Michiru's cheek.
Evening had fallen over the city and the phone, which was now hanging of the hook in the hallway, had been ringing since Hoshi had gotten home. Several 'no thank you's had been given to people, who had asked Hoshi out for the evening. Dinner had been eaten and Hoshi was sitting in the bathtub with Michiru, who was splashing around water and making a smaller mess of the bathroom floor.
"I think I have to change your name into the little mermaid." Hoshi laughed while getting the tenth round of water war right in her face, by a laughing Michiru. "Close your eyes sweet heart." Hoshi soon scooped up some water into her hands, and poured it over Michiru's head, washing out the last of the shampoo from her hair.
Michiru rubbed her eyes from the soupy water and soon looked at Hoshi, holding her hands towards her while a gentle smile plaid over her face.
"I think you're right. Time to get out of the bath." Hoshi smiled back and got up from the bathtub, putting on her robe and picking down a towel from the hanger before kneeling down on the wet floor, and drying Michiru's hair. "You want to watch some TV or do you want to go to bed?" She asked after drying up Michiru's hair and picking the girl out of the bathtub.
Michiru gave Hoshi a pair of tightly closed eyes as a clear answer.
"Sleep it is." Hoshi nodded as she got up from the floor with Michiru in her arms. Hoshi pulled the plug in the bathtub and walked out of the bathroom, and into the hall, where she stopped in her tracks. The floor was colder than it had been before. "Did I leave the balcony door open?" She asked out loud before she walked into the living room, where she stopped in her tracks and her face paled. "You?" She whispered.
The tall young woman with dark green hair turned around to face Hoshi, giving her a pair of gentle red eyes. She was holding the staff in her hand and she was wearing the same uniform, like the first time she had shown herself to Hoshi. "I'm sorry for just walking in like this." She whispered and bowed her head a little towards Hoshi and Michiru.
"How did you...?" Hoshi whispered, thinking that a human could jump up to the tenth story of an apartment building, which sounded a little bit unreal.
The young woman looked at Hoshi once more, now smiling gently. "It really doesn't matter. I just passed by to see how she is doing."
Hoshi blinked and looked at Michiru, who was looking at the woman with large eyes. "She..." Hoshi whispered and looked back at the woman, who had walked closer to them. "She's just fine." Hoshi added after a while. "Are you planning in on just dropping by from time to time?" She asked suddenly.
The tanned woman looked at Hoshi. "It's my duty." She answered with a slight nod.
Hoshi nodded a little and soon she looked at Michiru, who just staring at the woman. "She has been a perfect angel..." She whispered after a while, now getting Michiru's attention.
The tanned woman nodded with a gentle smile. "She is a gentle and wise child." She replied and stroked some strands of hair from Michiru's cheek. "And I was right in letting you take care of her, Suteki- san." She added while looking at Hoshi. "The stars chose a good woman."
Hoshi looked at the tanned young woman for a second before she was about to open her mouth.
The tanned woman sighed gently and looked over her shoulder. "I should be leaving now." She said in a low voice and slowly started walking towards the open balcony door. "I shall come by from time to time." She added as she stopped in the doorway, looking at Hoshi and Michiru. "Take care of both of you." She said with a nod, before she walked onto the balcony.
"Wait!" Hoshi shouted after her and after a second she ran out onto the balcony, but the young woman was gone and nowhere to be seen. "That woman is just too strange." She whispered and soon she looked at Michiru, who was looking at the sky. Hoshi blinked and gazed the same way as Michiru, seeing the moon that was slowly rising over the city. Hoshi smiled gently. "Pretty isn't it?" She whispered, while holding Michiru closer to herself.
"Mmm." Michiru answered and slowly leaned her head against Hoshi's cheek.
Hoshi just smiled at the answer the child had given her and soon walked inside, closing the balcony door after herself before she walked to the bed room, where she put down Michiru in the bed, putting on her diaper and dressing the her into her night clothes, that being a short sleeved blue body. "I'll just get dressed." Hoshi whispered for herself as she turned to face the closet, opening the door while taking of her robe, which she hanged onto the chair. Hoshi picked out a white top and a pair of matching pants, before she turned towards the bed, seeing Michiru crawling towards the middle and towards the fluffiest pillows in the bed. Hoshi dropped the clothes and her eyes widened. "Sweet heart!" She gasped and walked to the bed, picking up Michiru into her arms and kissing the girl on her cheek. "You crawled all by yourself?" She whispered with a warm smile over her face.
Michiru just looked at her with an asking look, but only for a second, before she looked at the pillows and at the same time trying to get loose from Hoshi's arms.
Hoshi soon put Michiru back onto the bed and just stared at the girl who started crawling again, after sighing.
"You're a stubborn little one, aren't you?" Hoshi smiled at Michiru as she finally got to the pillows and laid her head down, looking at Hoshi with a smile over her lips. Hoshi sighed gently and got up from the bed, getting her night clothes on before getting back into the bed, and lying down beside Michiru, looking at the girl with a gentle smile. "Sleep well now." She whispered as she pulled the blanket over the girl and herself.
Michiru sighed as an answer and slowly placed her hand onto Hoshi's shoulder, like if she was saying good night, before she closed her eyes.
Hoshi just smiled at the girl for some time before she sighed as well. "Nothing will ever come between us. And I'll always protect you, Michi." She whispered as she gentle stroked Michiru on the arm, before she closed her eyes for the night.
Time passed by slowly and Hoshi's life had changed pretty much, even thought it only had been about a month since she was given Michiru to take care off. She didn't care about finding Natsumi, even if the woman had been haunting her mind most of the time. Hoshi was walking down Ginza Street, carrying Michiru in a 'baby-holder' in her stomach. Hoshi was wearing a white blouse and a pair of blue jeans, while her hair was in a simple ponytail. Michiru on the other half was wearing a gentle green body with small blue fish patterns here and there, and she was giggling as they walked down the street, playing with one of the straps to the holder she was in, were a small green teddy bear was hanging. The sky was clear from clouds and the weather showed it's true spring face.
Hoshi stopped in a corner and looked over Michiru, who stopped biting on the teddy bear's ear, only to bend her head back and gaze back at Hoshi with shining, but asking eyes. Hoshi smiled at the baby. "Having fun, sweet heart?" She asked and stroked Michiru across the head.
Michiru blinked and took the teddy bear from her mouth, holding it towards Hoshi.
Hoshi just smiled at the girl and shook her head a little. "No, I'm sure I don't need your toy right now, Michi."
Michiru blinked and looked at the teddy bear she was holding. She soon sighed and blinked once more, before she started biting its ear again, probably thinking that it tasted good.
"Hoshi-chan? Is that you?" A voice suddenly shouted from somewhere and Michiru looked over her shoulder, seeing a brown haired young woman standing behind her. She had short cut hair and green eyes, and she was wearing a dark blue tank top with a pair of jeans.
"Oh hi Taiko-chan." Hoshi smiled gently as the young woman walked closer.
"I can't believe it's you!" Hana Taiko suddenly cheered, wrapping her arms around the slightly taller Hoshi's neck. "When did you come back home from Europe?" She chirped as she stared right into Hoshi's eyes. "You have to tell me everything! Meet anyone special there?" She bombarded Hoshi with questions, but turned quiet as a green teddy bear came flying over Hoshi's shoulder, and Taiko noticed now that Hoshi hadn't turned around completely. The teddy bear flew right into Taiko's face. "Green teddy bears attacking earth now?" She asked out loud as she captured the toy from falling to the ground.
Hoshi laughed gently and took the toy from Taiko's hand. "Michiru, that wasn't very nice." She noted as she turned around, now showing her friend the giggling Michiru. "Here you are sweet heart and be a nice girl now. No more throwing toys around." Hoshi said as she gently stroked her index finger across Michiru's cheek, before giving back the toy and tying it up in the strap it had been removed from.
Michiru stopped giggling and just shined with a smile over her face towards Hoshi, as the teddy bear's ear found it's way back into her mouth.
Taiko's eyes widened into the same size as soccer balls as she looked at the baby, while her face paled within a blink of an eye, which captured Hoshi's gaze. "Are you alright, Tai-kun?" She asked wit ha slightly raised eyebrow. "You look like you're dying, or something."
Taiko slowly raised her eyes from the baby and to Hoshi's face. "Who... is...?" She whispered under her breath.
Hoshi blinked and soon looked down over Michiru, who was looking at Taiko with an asking look over her face. "Michiru?" Hoshi blinked once more after a short while. "She's..."
"Are you telling me that your boot got knocked up on your trip, Suteki Hoshi?" Taiko almost exploded and grabbed Hoshi by the collar of her shirt. "Who's the father and were is the bastard? I'll kill him!" She hissed while her hands started shaking.
Hoshi just stared at her friend with large eyes, while sweat dropping. "Calm down, Tai-kun... you'll care the baby..." She whispered, but it was too late. Michiru was already crying. Hoshi calmly removed Taiko's hand from her collar and carefully picked up Michiru from the holder, holding her gently and as close as she could, while Michiru wrapped her arms around Hoshi's neck, pressing her face against Hoshi's neck. "There, there angel, Tai-kun isn't dangerous even if she is a bit scary sometimes." Hoshi whispered while stroking Michiru's hair. "She's just a bit strange sometimes also." She added as Michiru slowly looked at her with tears running down her face. "I wont let her get you." Hoshi continued warmly, as she gently stroked Michiru's tears away. "I wont let anyone hurt you, alright?"
Michiru sobbed for some time while looking at Hoshi, before she looked over her shoulder and at Taiko, whom's face paled a little at the sight of the beautiful baby girl. Michiru's arms tightened around Hoshi's neck and soon she looked back at her.
Hoshi smiled gently at Michiru and soon she looked at Taiko. "You better say you're sorry."
"What?" Taiko blinked and her face turned back to normal, while a sweat drop covered almost the entire backside of her head. Michiru looked at Taiko once more, letting a tear run down her cheek. Taiko blinked and could feel her heart skip a beat. "What a beautiful baby..." She suddenly whispered, like if she just had noticed her. "Can I?" She asked carefully taking a step closer.
Hoshi nodded and slowly handed Michiru to Taiko, who amazingly enough didn't protest being in Taiko's arms. "Say you're sorry." Hoshi sad and crossed her arms, giving Taiko a gentle smile while keeping her eyes on Michiru.
Taiko looked right into Michiru's eyes for a while before she smiled gently. "I'm sorry, I didn't present myself, cutie." She started in a calm and warm voice. "My name is Hana Taiko. And I'm a good friend of... your mothers..." She said softly now.
After a while of carefully studying Taiko's kind eyes and face, Michiru smiled back at Taiko, giggling while slapping both her hands onto Taiko's cheeks.
"Guess you've become friends now." Hoshi smiled at the two while tilting her head slightly to the side.
"And what cute friends we are!" Taiko smiled warmly and soon looked at Hoshi. "Who's the father of this beautiful girl, Shi-chan?" She asked with a curious gaze. "Will I ever meet him?" She added, giving Hoshi a slightly raised eyebrow, while not minding Michiru who was pulling on her hair.
Hoshi swallowed at the question, not really knowing what to answer. "Em... the father..." She blinked.
Taiko looked at Hoshi for sometime without getting an answer, before she smiled warmly. "Doesn't matter really." She promised and looked at Michiru again. "You're so cute, nothing matters." She added and gently kissed Michiru on the cheek, who just giggled since some strands of Taiko's hair tickled her on the forehead. "She really is beautiful, Shi-chan.:" Taiko sighed as she gave Michiru back to Hoshi.
"She is, isn't she?" Hoshi smiled warmly and gently kissed Michiru on the cheek. "Say, have you seen Natsumi around? I think I need to talk with her about things..." Hoshi asked suddenly and her gaze turned slightly serious.
Taiko blinked as the question just popped out from nowhere. "Natsumi-san?" She blinked once more, while keeping her eyes on Hoshi. "Haven't you heard?"
"Heard what?" Hoshi asked, giving Taiko an empty gaze.
Taiko swallowed and looked at the ground for a while, like if she was looking for the answer there. "She..:" She started and looked back at Hoshi. "She got together with that Yuri-san. You know? That tall butch thing that hangs at the Hot Spot...?"
"Yuri-san...?" Hoshi's gaze turned distant while her heart skipped several beats, which Michiru felt in a strange way, since she looked at Hoshi with a worried gaze, and carefully placed her hand onto Hoshi's chin.
"I'm sorry to be the one who tells you, Shi-chan..." Taiko whispered after a while of silence and gazing at Hoshi, before she walked closer to the woman and putting her hand onto her shoulder. "I know you really-"
"It doesn't matter." Hoshi cut in suddenly. "I don't care really. I have more important tings on my mind right now." She added quickly and gave Taiko a sad gaze, but after a second she gave Michiru a comforting smile. "I have a cute little girl to look after..."
Michiru just stared at Hoshi for a while and soon smiled back, leaning her head onto Hoshi's shoulder, with her arms tightly wrapped around her neck.
Taiko looked at the two for sometime without saying a word, while damming herself for not taking her camera with her that morning. "You sure you'll be alright?" She asked with a sigh as she crossed her arms.
"I'm fine." Hoshi promised and carefully put Michiru back into the 'baby-holder'. "I have some shopping to do..." She added with a gentle sigh, as she looked at Taiko again. "It was nice seeing you again, Tai- kun."
Taiko looked at Hoshi for sometime before she smiled back. "It was nice seeing you too. I'll tell everyone at the club that you're back." She added with a wink, before she looked at Michiru with a gentle shine over her eyes. She soon showed a peace sign with her right hand towards the girl. "It was nice meeting you too, cutie. Maybe I'll come by someday and we just might play." She almost promised with a new wink.
Michiru blinked like if she was studying Taiko's face and hand, and suddenly she showed the peace sign back to her, while smiling a charmed smile.
Taiko and Hoshi just smiled over the baby and soon changed gazes. "See you around, handsome." Taiko whispered and patted Hoshi on the shoulder, before she walked down the street and disappeared behind the corner.
Hoshi sighed and looked at Michiru once more, who was looking back at her with a slightly tilted head and shining beautiful eyes. "Let's go shop for some clothes, angel." Hoshi said with a gentle voice as she stroked some strands of hair from Michiru's cheek.
Evening had fallen over the city and the phone, which was now hanging of the hook in the hallway, had been ringing since Hoshi had gotten home. Several 'no thank you's had been given to people, who had asked Hoshi out for the evening. Dinner had been eaten and Hoshi was sitting in the bathtub with Michiru, who was splashing around water and making a smaller mess of the bathroom floor.
"I think I have to change your name into the little mermaid." Hoshi laughed while getting the tenth round of water war right in her face, by a laughing Michiru. "Close your eyes sweet heart." Hoshi soon scooped up some water into her hands, and poured it over Michiru's head, washing out the last of the shampoo from her hair.
Michiru rubbed her eyes from the soupy water and soon looked at Hoshi, holding her hands towards her while a gentle smile plaid over her face.
"I think you're right. Time to get out of the bath." Hoshi smiled back and got up from the bathtub, putting on her robe and picking down a towel from the hanger before kneeling down on the wet floor, and drying Michiru's hair. "You want to watch some TV or do you want to go to bed?" She asked after drying up Michiru's hair and picking the girl out of the bathtub.
Michiru gave Hoshi a pair of tightly closed eyes as a clear answer.
"Sleep it is." Hoshi nodded as she got up from the floor with Michiru in her arms. Hoshi pulled the plug in the bathtub and walked out of the bathroom, and into the hall, where she stopped in her tracks. The floor was colder than it had been before. "Did I leave the balcony door open?" She asked out loud before she walked into the living room, where she stopped in her tracks and her face paled. "You?" She whispered.
The tall young woman with dark green hair turned around to face Hoshi, giving her a pair of gentle red eyes. She was holding the staff in her hand and she was wearing the same uniform, like the first time she had shown herself to Hoshi. "I'm sorry for just walking in like this." She whispered and bowed her head a little towards Hoshi and Michiru.
"How did you...?" Hoshi whispered, thinking that a human could jump up to the tenth story of an apartment building, which sounded a little bit unreal.
The young woman looked at Hoshi once more, now smiling gently. "It really doesn't matter. I just passed by to see how she is doing."
Hoshi blinked and looked at Michiru, who was looking at the woman with large eyes. "She..." Hoshi whispered and looked back at the woman, who had walked closer to them. "She's just fine." Hoshi added after a while. "Are you planning in on just dropping by from time to time?" She asked suddenly.
The tanned woman looked at Hoshi. "It's my duty." She answered with a slight nod.
Hoshi nodded a little and soon she looked at Michiru, who just staring at the woman. "She has been a perfect angel..." She whispered after a while, now getting Michiru's attention.
The tanned woman nodded with a gentle smile. "She is a gentle and wise child." She replied and stroked some strands of hair from Michiru's cheek. "And I was right in letting you take care of her, Suteki- san." She added while looking at Hoshi. "The stars chose a good woman."
Hoshi looked at the tanned young woman for a second before she was about to open her mouth.
The tanned woman sighed gently and looked over her shoulder. "I should be leaving now." She said in a low voice and slowly started walking towards the open balcony door. "I shall come by from time to time." She added as she stopped in the doorway, looking at Hoshi and Michiru. "Take care of both of you." She said with a nod, before she walked onto the balcony.
"Wait!" Hoshi shouted after her and after a second she ran out onto the balcony, but the young woman was gone and nowhere to be seen. "That woman is just too strange." She whispered and soon she looked at Michiru, who was looking at the sky. Hoshi blinked and gazed the same way as Michiru, seeing the moon that was slowly rising over the city. Hoshi smiled gently. "Pretty isn't it?" She whispered, while holding Michiru closer to herself.
"Mmm." Michiru answered and slowly leaned her head against Hoshi's cheek.
Hoshi just smiled at the answer the child had given her and soon walked inside, closing the balcony door after herself before she walked to the bed room, where she put down Michiru in the bed, putting on her diaper and dressing the her into her night clothes, that being a short sleeved blue body. "I'll just get dressed." Hoshi whispered for herself as she turned to face the closet, opening the door while taking of her robe, which she hanged onto the chair. Hoshi picked out a white top and a pair of matching pants, before she turned towards the bed, seeing Michiru crawling towards the middle and towards the fluffiest pillows in the bed. Hoshi dropped the clothes and her eyes widened. "Sweet heart!" She gasped and walked to the bed, picking up Michiru into her arms and kissing the girl on her cheek. "You crawled all by yourself?" She whispered with a warm smile over her face.
Michiru just looked at her with an asking look, but only for a second, before she looked at the pillows and at the same time trying to get loose from Hoshi's arms.
Hoshi soon put Michiru back onto the bed and just stared at the girl who started crawling again, after sighing.
"You're a stubborn little one, aren't you?" Hoshi smiled at Michiru as she finally got to the pillows and laid her head down, looking at Hoshi with a smile over her lips. Hoshi sighed gently and got up from the bed, getting her night clothes on before getting back into the bed, and lying down beside Michiru, looking at the girl with a gentle smile. "Sleep well now." She whispered as she pulled the blanket over the girl and herself.
Michiru sighed as an answer and slowly placed her hand onto Hoshi's shoulder, like if she was saying good night, before she closed her eyes.
Hoshi just smiled at the girl for some time before she sighed as well. "Nothing will ever come between us. And I'll always protect you, Michi." She whispered as she gentle stroked Michiru on the arm, before she closed her eyes for the night.