Hard Day's Night
Well everyone, here's the final chapter of One Boy, One Girl, thank you all for sticking with me. I own none of the characters except for my OCs. Now onto the fic.
Kira dipped his hand into the bathtub once more, wetting the rag he was using to give Mira a bath. His little girl had loved feeling the water dripping down her head, and the sight of her smiling was enough to melt Kira's heart. It had been eight months since the babies were born and he and Milly had taken time off from work to care for them, and while it had proven difficult with sleep not being in sight for weeks, the joy of being there with their kids was more than enough to make up for it.
"Hey Mira, heeyyy, you like that? hmm?" Kira said to his daughter in a fatherly voice. She was definetley "daddy's little girl" as his friends and family put it. Milly herself had noticed that he was the only thing it took to get her to stop crying at night, leading him to do most of the feedings for her. Kira had hoped that this wouldn't become a complex for her, he had begun to notice the same thing with Tolle. Milly was always the one he cried for and wouldn't stop until she was there to either feed him or change him, whil when Kira came to him all he did was cry, no matter how hard Kira tried Tolle would do nothing but cry and cry.
So far nothing had changed and Kira had worked as hard as he could with Tolle to get him to cooperate but nothing had worked.
Kira had taken Mira out of the bath and put her in some clean clothes. Carrying her out, Kira sat Mira down in her high-chair and opened up a can of baby food for her. Looking over he saw his beloved wife asleep on the couch and his son Tolle asleep in the playpen across from her. She had been up since six in the morning taking care of him, and it was already eleven. She truly had been working as hard as she could to finally get Tolle to sleep. Working as silent as he could to feed Mira, he whispered to her in an attempt to get her to open her mouth. She complied as Kira managed to slip in a small spoonful of stewed carrots.
"Okay so far so good" Kira whispered seeing that his wife was still asleep. Sliding in the next spoonful Kira relaxed, and soon began to groan as there was a knock at the door, and sure enough Tolle began to cry again and Milly's head rose up from the couch groaning in annoyance. Looking on Kira saw Cagalli walk through the door with Athrun in tow.
"Hey did we come at a bad time" Cagalli asked. Kira could only groan as he heard his son start crying again as Milly tried to get him to stop crying.
Cagalli looked on and began to sweat seeing as how she woke her little nephew up. She had heard about how much trouble it was to get him to go to sleep with nightly feedings and changings. "Sorry" Cgalli said in a whisper as she leaned into Milly. "It's fine Cagalli, so what brings you here?" Milly said trying to stay calm. She watched as Kira carried Mira into the nursery and place her into her crib.
"Well I heard how you had been working so hard these past months so I thought it would be nice if you, I and a few of our fellow female friends go have a day out to enjoy ourselves. Starting with such places as the "sand to skin" full body makeover salon, and then a stopoff at the new mall that opened up at Deimos square and we finally finish off at the new cafe that opened up called Esper, what do ya say?" Cagalli asked, hoping to get her tired sister in law to agree to go with her. "I'd like to Cagalli, but Kira and I have to watch the kids and..." Milly said hoping Cagalli would listen. "Don't worry, Kira and Athrun can watch over them, right Kira?" Cagalli said. Kira was ready to begin arguing but after thinking back to how hard Milly had worked, he began to rethink it. "Alright, Athrun and I will watch over the kids while you two go have a day out. "Good, okay, Milly, put the kids in the guy's hands and we'll be on our way out" Cagalli said as she handed Tolle over to Kira's now empty hands. Kira somehow began to think of the powder keg that was soon to go off with Tolle being left in only his and Athrun's hands. Mira wouldn't be too much trouble, Tolle on the other hand...
Cagalli kept an eye on her brother as he appeared to be trying to beg Milly to stay so she would be ble to watch Tolle. "Oh no you don't Kira you're not weasling your way out of this one, your wife needs a day off and she is going to get one. Now I think you can handle a couple little babies without her here can't you?" Cagalli said shaking her finger in front of Kira.
Unfaultered, Kira stepped up to his sister and spoke. "Cagalli, I would never think of doing something so evil, but I did just put Mira down for a nap and she better not wake up because you raised your voice, okay?" Kira warned. At this Cagalli backed off and went over to Milly "Fair enough, but seriously just one day and things will be back to normal, no problem is that okay?" Cagalli asked. "You have my blessing sis, now take care of her okay?" Kira asked.
"Will do, come on Sis let's go enjoy a girl's day out" Cagalli said. "Okay, just let me get some things out and we'll be off" Milly said running into her bedroom and grabbing some money and a spare change of clothes. "Okay just gimme a minute and we'll be out the door."
Milly said turning her attention to Kira and Tolle. "Okay Tolle, mommy will be back real soon now you be good for papa and uncle Athrun okay?" Milly whispered to her baby boy. "He's asleep Milly, that's why he isn't going ballistic already" Kira whispered back. "You know Cagalli, maybe some quality time is what these two need, maybe it will do them both some good" Milly said counting up her cash for the day. "Milly I have spent quality time with Tolle, I have fed him, I have changed him I..." Kira said getting frustrated, only to stop when Milly's finger came to his lips. "Yes, you have. But as soon as he starts crying you hand him back to me, you can't just let me handle every problem concerning Tolle, you have to bond with him, otherwise he won't be as close to you, maybe if you work a little harder with him then things will work out and he'll be just as loving towards you as Mira" Milly explained.
Taking this into account, Kira relaxed and took this into account. Milly may be right, maybe with a little time and patience, Tolle would react nicely to him just like Mira did. "Okay honey you win, now go have your fun we'll handle things here" Kira said sneaking in a quick kiss to his wife. "Okay honey, I'll call when I'm on my way home, try not to get in too much trouble while we're gone"
As they were heading out Cagalli turned around and spoke to the guys. "Oh and someone else will be coming around later to maybe lend you an extra pair of hands" Cagalli said just remembering. "Who is it?" Athrun asked. "Oh you'll see" Cagalli said heading back to her car with Milly following.
"Think we should be worried?" Athrun asked. "Nahh I think we have things under control" Kira said with some confidence in his voice. "Do you really think you should be counting your chickens before they hatch?" Athrun asked walking over to Mira's crib and began twirling around her mobile. "Come on Athrun we can pilot some of the most advanced Mobile Suits ever, we can go toe to toe with some of the most evil guys out there, How hard can two little kids be?" Kira asked.
'No good may come of this' Athrun thought to himself.
Milly relaxed as she felt the masseuse's hands rub away at her sore shoulder muscles. Cagalli had been right. It was a good idea to get out of the house for awhile. She had heard about how expensive Sand 2 Skin could be but was somewhat relieved that Cagalli would be picking up the tab for it. "Enjoying yourself Milly?" Cagalli asked from where she was as her Masseuse worked on her calves. "Yes, this is great on my shoulders and back" Milly said. "Glad I could be of service, sis" Cagalli said to milly. "Glad to see you see me that way Cagalli, like I'm truly a part of the family" Milly said feeling her back rubbed. "You've married my brother and made him happier than I've ever seen him and given me a niece and a nephew that I can't wait to spoil rotten" Cagalli mused. 'You and their grandparents' Milly thought to herself. She had heard from both Kira's mother and her parents about how they had bought a good many things for the babies.
She had also heard from Kira's mother that her husband Haruma, Kira's adoptive father had gone missing for months, and didn't seem to be coming back anytime soon. Milly thought once that she was trying to fill the void by spending so much time with the babies, and maybe she was.
Milly's thoughts were interrupted when the sound of a door opening filled the room. Looking over Milly spied her fellow first time parent June Jule. "June, you're here too?" Milly asked sitting up from her table. "That's right, Cagalli invited me along on our little day out and I decided to take full advantage of it June replied laying down on her table.
"So where's Yzak, and is anyone watching Elle?" Milly asked wondering about June's husband and baby girl. "Yzak said he'd watch over Elle for today while I had a day off, he said this would be the first time in a week that he'd be able to spend a full day with her.He says that even though his mother is under house arrest and is more or less out of his life, the military is still running him into the ground by making him overlook the trainees and watching over potential candidates for his new squadron, that he'll be in command of exclusively" June said.
"It must be lonely" Milly said thinking back to the times that Kira was out fighting in the Freedom, and how he would never come back, or when Rumbergh was forcing Kira to work a weekend shift, gone for far too long. Seeing as how the atmosphere was quickly turning depressing, Cagalli decided to lighten the mood.
"Well ladies, I realize it's sad thinking about your husbands being gone so long, but how about we forget all that and enjoy our time off?" Cagalli said hoping to lift their spirits. "Right, let's just enjoy ourselves, eh ladies?" June asked, she grinned after hearing a resounding yes from her fellow female friends.
laying back down and letting the masseuse work his magic, June began to relax until Milly spoke. "So won't Lacus be joining us?" Milly asked "She'll be meeting us at the mall, she couldn't get a shuttle out here in time" Cagalli said. "Oh, okay just asking" Milly said. "So Milly..." June spoke up. "Yeah" Milly responded.
"How do you think our husbands are fairing with just the kids and not us around to help?" June asked, her curiousity getting the better of her.
"I don't have a clue, but they can probably handle it" Milly said.
"WE CAN"T HANLE THIS!" Kira shouted as Tolle continued to scream and cry in his arms. Tolle had woken up not too long after Milly had left and seeing that he wasn't greeted with the sight of his beloved mother he began to cry and scream, he was looking at the sight of the man who was always with his mother, he didn't know who this man was, why was he in his arms? what would he do to him?
"Oh don't cry Tolle it's just me daddy, see it's okay shh ,it's okay, it's okay" Kira said trying to keep his son from crying any further. 'This is always so much easier with Mira' Kira muttered to himself. Looking over, he saw Athrun making faces at his daughter, he was relieved to hear his daughter's laughter, but it was cut short when he heard his son begin to start crying again. 'It's always easier to get him calm down when Milly's here' Kira thought again to how easily it seemed for Milly to calm their son down. Looking over, he saw that Athrun had managed to keep Mira satisfied, so Kira took Tolle aside in the nursery, there was something in there that was usually needed to keep Tolle calm.
In the room right above Tolle's bed was a picture of Milly smiling. Taking a seat in the rocking chair next to the cribs. "You like being near her too eh little guy? Well I can't blame you, she's a great woman, and a wonderful mother. I miss her too but don't worry, she'll be home soon, just sit back and relax until then and we'll be in the clear" Kira said to his son. Looking on at the sleeping baby in his arms, he began to relax until a knock at the door interrupted his thoughts. Laying Tolle down in his crib, Kira walked over to the door and opened it. He was met by the sight of an exhausted looking Yzak holding his daughter.
"Yamato, you have experience with baby girls right?' Yzak said exhaling. "That's correct" Kira replied. "...I need your help" Yzak said with his eyebrow twitching. "How do you need help?" Kira asked. Moving aside, Kira picked up the baby and looked her over. "Yzak, you've never changed a diaper before have you?" Kira asked looking over how it was barely on the baby in front of him.
"I've been too busy looking over the new recruits for my team to be home to learn, June's taken a maternity leave and she's been home watching over Elle" Yzak explained. Kira was stunned at this, was he so obsessed with the ZAFT military that he'd put it before his family?
Listen Yamato, before you start lecturing me about anything, I never chose this. It's standard protocol for those in command of their own fleet, they have to be there to choose all available members of their crew and primary officers, they can't just leave it to chance or dump it into someone else's lap. I was only given a couple days off so I could spend it with my family. I'm just now starting to see the side effects of all of this, Elle hasn't been around me long enough so she's not as used to me and I knew you had a baby girl so I want you to help me out at least" Yzak said trying to remain calm.
"I know what it's like having a child who's not used to being around you as well as having a baby girl to take care of" Kira said. Looking up, Yzak saw Kira's eyes were more gentle now than they were a second ago. "Come on inside, I'll show you the tricks of the trade" Kira said picking up Elle and carrying her in. "I wonder how Milly's doing?" Kira asked to himself.
"I'm in Heaven, I've almost forgotten just how much fun it can be to go shopping" Milly said as she and her fellow female friends continued on in the shopping mall. "Cagalli I have got to thank you for suggesting this" Milly said excitedly. "I take it you're quite the shopper?" Cagalli asked carrying only one bag compared to June and Milly's four each. "Yeah, back before the war started, I'd spend hours with my mother or my friends in the shopping malls, my favorite place to escape too"
Milly said. "Well consider this my gift to you sis" Cagalli said. "Now what's say we head over to the baby stores before we finish up at Esper?" Cagalli asked. "Sounds like a good idea" June chimed in as they rode the escalator down to their chosen store. "I wonder how Yzak's doing with Elle" June said. Overhearing this, milly spoke up. "I'm sure he's headed in just the right direction" Milly said.
"It goes like this over and together" Kira said showing Yzak the correct way to put a diaper on. "There, fresh and clean, hope you payed close attention because we won't be doing that for awhile" Kira said handing Elle over to Yzak. "You handled that better than most guys usually do Yamato" Yzak said in an attempt to talk down to Kira. "Well in an attempt to kep my mind off of my wife's medical condition a few months ago I read up on almost everything there is to know about babies in some of the books I checked out at the library as well as purchased" Kira fired back.
"I see, well thank you Yamato, and Elle would like to thank you as well. "Thank you Mr. yamato" Yzak said from behind Elle's head with a very infantile voice while waving her hand at Kira. he couldn't help but chuckle at Yzak's diplay of humor.
"Wow Yzak I'm surprised, were you abducted by aliens on the way here and switched with a much nicer person" Athrun said feeding a spoonful of stewed carrots to Mira. "Well Zala, I may be an alien clone, but at least I'm not on the bottom at night" Yzak said with a slight edge to his voice. "No he's still the same person, or just a REALLY good clone" Athrun said back.
"Okay you two keep it nice we've got eight month olds present" Kira warned. "It's okay Yamato, just some old war talk creeping in" Yzak said shifting Elle to the other arm. Walking over Yzak shifted Elle to Mira's eye level. "Hey Elle, say hello to Mira she's a little lady like you are" Yzak then began to wave Elle's chubby little hand at Mira. Athrun kept silent at this sight, since it would probably never be seen again for a good long time, Yzak being nice, who knew it was possible?
He watched Yzak carry Elle over to the nursery where Kira was making sure that Milly's photo was right where Tolle could see it. Hey Yamato is it alright if I introduce my little girl to your son a little more formally?" Yzak asked of Kira. "I'd be delighted Yzak Kira said lifting Tolle up from the crib to meet Elle. "Elle, this is Tolle, you're new little friend, when you two are older you two can have a playdate, would that be fun?" Yzak whispered to Elle, at this the infant in Yzak's arms smiled, and surprisingly so did Tolle, it came in the form of a giggle from the two but it was the first time in awhile that either of them had seen a smile on either baby's face without their mothers being around. "I think they like that idea" Kira said to Yzak. "Yeah, I guess so" Yzak said back.
"Wonder how he girls are doing?" Kira said laying Tolle back down in the crib.
"Mmm, this parfait is the best" June said in between bites. "I'd wish they had something a little spicier" Cagalli mentioned after having to settle for a fruit cup
milly nodded her head in agreement taking a few bites of her french vanilla yogurt, although her meal and time with her friends was nice, she still felt unsettled for some reason, this did not go unnoticed. "Is anything wrong Milly?" Lacus asked her friend. "I'm just thinking about the twins. I know they're in good hands with Athrun and Kira but, maybe I'm starting to miss them, even with the three of you I'm startng to feel like..." "Like a part of you is gone and you want to be with it again" June spoke up interrupting Milly. "Don't forget, I had a daughter the same time as you did, and I feel the same way, I've never been away from Elle this long and I feel worried" June said.
"Thanks June, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the same" Milly spoke up with gratitude in her voice. "Don't get me wrong Cagalli, I'm more than happy that you invited us out, but..." Milly trailed off, thinking wistfully back to the twins. "Don't worry, I'm sure I'll feel exactly the same way when athrun and I decide to settle down and start a family. Cagalli said digging back into the fruit cup. "Yeah I guess so, and if you ever need any help you'll know just who to call, right sis?" Milly said jokingly which earned a giggle from Cagalli. "But honestly, guys. I think that all this talk of family has brought us all closer together, to the point where we're all no longer strangers. We are family, you're all my sisters, and I'm happy to have met you, all of you" Cagalli said to the other girls.
"I'm glad to be a part of the family Cagalli, thank you for accepting all of us" Milly said with a grateful smile on her face. seeing the joy around her, cagalli decided to make one final speech. "Our meal is winding down and so is our time together but before we leave and return to rescue our husbands and boyfriend, I'd like to make a toast, to family, forever" Cagalli said, raising her glass. She smiled as she watched her fellow female friends do likewise. "To family, forever" chimed in the other girls clinking their glasses together.
Kira found himself sitting down at the recliner with Mira in his arms, bottle feeding her. The evening sun was about to set and Milly called saying she'd be home soon with a few gifts for the twins. Kira looked on as Mira was finishing up, while only a third of the bottle remained. feeling playful, Kira took the bottle and placed it in his mouth, lightly suckling on it, he froze however as he heard the door open, and watch as Cagalli, Milly and June walked in. Silence filled the room until Athrun left the nursery walking in on this extremely awkward moment. The silence continued until Cagalli walked forward and spoke up. "Lemme guess little bro, this was something you were hoping no one would see or catch on film right?" Cagalli said her arms folded and wore a smirk on her face.
"Well too bad, Milly" Cagalli said stepping aside so her sister in law could snap a photo of Kira in his compromising position. "This is going in the photo album for sure!" Milly said as the picture quickly developed from her camera. Once developed she quickly waved it in front of her husband. "Come and get it honey" Milly said skipping away from Kira, knowing he couldn't get to her with Mira in his arms.
"you're evil Milly, you're evil kira said removing the bottle from his mouth and carrying Mira into the nursery. "I just came by to collect my boyfriend and we'll be on our way, goodbye little bro take care" Cagalli said hugging Kira and leaving with Athrun. Walking over to Milly, Kira embraced her nad let his lips find hers. "So how was your day off sweetie?" Kira asked. "Wonderful, but to me there's nothing better than coming home to you and the kids" Milly said leaning into Kira.
"That's music to my ears sweetheart" Kira said rubbing Milly's back. Kira then scooped up Milly and carried her off into their room and laid beside her, preparing to let his lips find hers, when the sound of Tolle's crying interrupted them. Milly was prepared to go to her crying son when Kira stopped her. "Don't move, it is still your day off I'll handle it" Kira said getting up from where he was.
Milly was surpised at this until the crying stopped and Kira walked in carrying Tolle with him. He wants to say hi" Kira said to his wife. Kira walked into the dimly lit room carrying their son. Handing him over to Milly, he spoke. "I'll be right back" Kira said. Walking back over to the nursery, Kira carried in Mira and lay there beside his wife and son. "It's not the famiyl without everyone" Kira said. "No it isn't" Milly said leaning into kiss Kira, which he gladly accepted.
For one moment the whole world revolved around one boy, and one girl.
Hope you enjoyed the story, now please Read and Review. as for the image of Kira with the baby bottle, it was inspired by a pic of Mahummad Ali (sp)
in the same position, I thought it'd be cute to use.