Chapter 23:

Three Months Later

"Oh Usagi" Minako states as she watches Usagi bring out their daughter, who was dressed in a pink onesie, matching her mother who adorned a pink dress. "She's so beautiful" she says as she stands up to walk over to Usagi. Usagi grinned as she sat down on the couch next to her husband looking at him with a massive smile on her face.

Minako had come over to ask for some work designs for her new solo. Usagi, of course was her first option, and one of her best friends and now a full-time mother. She was hoping Usagi could design her cover album, but she expected the answer to be no. Of course, she was right, and then Usagi suggested having a photo taken of her and edited for the cover of the album. Minako of course, agreed to her best friend, but hadn't been able to say a word due to a loud cry from their daughter, Chibi-Usa's room.

Mamoru smiled back at his wife, handing her some of the baby toys to give her. Usagi took them, and so did their daughter, going to stuff them in her mouth. "Have you been going to work Mamoru?" Kunzite asked as he watched the two girls' fuss over the pink cladded three-month-old in his wife's arms.

"Yeah. Just on and off you know. They said they'll only call me off schedule if they need me for an emergency, but otherwise I just work Monday, Wednesday and Fridays" he shrugs, his head turning towards his daughter. He could hear her laughing over his words and Usagi and Minako laughing over with her.

"We should be going" Kunzite states, turning to Minako, who frowned at his statement. "I'll see you next time Mamoru" Kunzite says as he hugs his best friend. Mamoru nods, smiling slightly.

"Next time" Usagi says with a nod as the couple watch them leave.

Three Months Later (6 Months)

Usagi smiled as she walked into the hospital that mamoru worked in, stopping at the reception to find where her husband was. Her daughter; Chibi-Usa, sat on her hip, playing with strands of her mother's hair, and making weird noises. "Good afternoon Usagi" The receptionist, Ichika says. Usagi grins.

"Hey. Do you know where my husband is? He forgot his lunch this morning" she smiles as she holds up the containers of food. Ichika smiles at the young mother.

"Yes. He should be down the right hallway and two doors to your left" Ichika says. "You're daughter is so much like you, you know" Ichika says as she eyes Chibi-Usa on Usagi's hip.

"Thanks" Usagi beams, hearing the compliment before walking away. She follows Ichika's directions and knocks on the staff room door, it opens to reveal one of the colleagues she had never met before.

"Hi" He speaks in a formal manner. "Can I help you?"

"Um" Usagi mutters. "I'm here to gift my husband his food. Is Mamoru in there?" She asks him, looking behind his shoulder.

"He is but I can take it too him." He holds out his hand for the container, but after a second, a female's voice which she recognised spoke.

"Let her in Ben. She's been here for ages and she's such a sweet girl" Usagi smiled as she heard those words coming out and walked past the man as he opened the door wider. She smiled and greeted everyone.

"Is this your daughter?" one of the nurses asked. Usagi nodded and smiled politely. She felt Chibi-usa release her hair and watched as her arms stretched out towards her father. Usagi smiled as he grinned at both of them and kissed his wife as she came towards him.

"Hey" he murmurs as she sits next to him, smiling as her daughter's arms stretched further out to her father. "Hey baby! You miss me? Mama boring you out of her mind?" He grinned at the thought. His wife could barely bore him out of his mind, let alone his daughter.

"Meany" Usagi grinned. Chibi-Usa babbled some nonsense before returning to her interest in her mother's hair. Usagi sighed and flinched, feeling the tugging on her bun. "I came to drop off your lunch. But I can't stay for long. It's almost her nap time, and mine as well" she sighed knowing she was most likely to fall asleep next to her daughter on the bed again, which would only last three to four hours. "And I can't risk being spotted, so as much as I love you, I might have to go" she says looking at him.

"I understand" he says. "Just think, you're no longer lonely anymore. We've got a mini you to keep you company" he jokes.

"There's no way I run this many people down? Do I?" she asks her husband as she stands up.

"Probably just Rei and I" He grins, releasing her hand as she steps away for a split second. "I'll be back before four" he promises, and she nods, grinning at him as she leaves the office, greeting everyone on the way out.

She was just looking forward to that nap.

Three Months Later (9 Months)

"Mamuga" Chibi-Usa gurgled as she tugged at her mother's hair, which was in a high ponytail for the occasion. Usagi flinched, rubbing her scalp before setting her daughter down on the ground. Usagi sighed as she resisted the urge to take out her brown coloured contacts. Mamoru came out, wearing his normal day clothes with no changes to anything.

"Hmm" Mamoru hums as he looks over Usagi "I don't think brown suits you" he states as he takes their daughter from the ground, who was crawling towards him as fast as she could. He grinned as he picked her up, placing her in her pram. "Since when were you this heavy?" he asks her. Chibi-Usa babbled some nonsense as she hit her father with her soft toy, him taking it off her. her eyes started to tear up, and Mamoru swore she looked so much like her mother when she did this.

Then a cry came out of her mouth, and Usagi rushed to her side. "Hey baby Sh." She cooed as she picked up the crying child and hugged her. she calmed down instantly, only hearing her sniffing occasionally. "Now go to sleep" she whispered as she laid her down in the pram. To everyone but her mother's surprise, she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

"Well," Mamoru muttered. "At least she doesn't have any problem sleeping when her mother is her daughter" he mumbles, receiving a slap from his wife. He flinches, before watching her push the pram out towards the garage. He grins as he locks the door, watching her pick up her first-born daughter and kissing her forehead gently before strapping her into her seat. Mamoru picks up the pram, folding it into the back of the boot of the car.

"So, we heading to the grocery store?" he asks Usagi, receiving a nod from her. "And then park?" he receives another nod as he drives into the parking spots, parking the car with ease.

Usagi swallows as she looks back at her daughter. The world knew she was pregnant, but they would have had to assume that she would have had her daughter by now. She knew whatever happened, she had to protect her daughter from the life that she has.

She knew that she'd regret going into this industry.

Mamoru got out the pram while she was still fumbling around with her seatbelt, before moving to the side to collect her sleeping daughter from her car seat. Chibi-Usa only stirred slightly, before falling back into her slumber.

Chibi-Usa was placed securely in her pram, sleeping soundly as Mamoru and Usagi walked down the isle in the store. Mamoru drove the trolley, while she drove the pram carefully. Usagi stopped at the baby section, taking anything, she needed off the shelving and placing it in the trolley, stopping at the baby formula, and baby food. "We should really start feeding her solids" she suggested. Mamoru raised his eyebrows at the suggestion. "I can't keep feeding her forever Mamo-Chan" she huffed, placing it in the trolley.

"You're right" he sighed as he traced his finger over Usagi's face. "Now are we going to venture into the sweets section?" he asks her with a smile. She grinned, walking along towards the isle she loved too much.

An hour later, the happy couple exited the grocery store, their car full of numerous items of food. Usagi grinned as she held her husband's hand as both of hers steered her daughter's pram, where she was still asleep.

Usagi and Mamoru sat down on the wooden chair in the park, Mamoru watching his wife devour her chocolate chip and mint flavoured ice cream. The wind blew their hair softly, causing the ice cream to drip onto Usagi's hands. Once she was finished, mamoru kissed the corners of her mouth, finishing off her ice cream job. She grinned, moving her mouth slowly onto his.

The loud cry of her daughter interrupted her and causing the couple to sigh. Mamoru retrieved her this time, passing her onto her mother, who pulled out a bottle of milk. She attempted to feed her and succeeded. "Why is she always hungry?" Usagi whined. "Does she not know that my boobs aren't that big" she looked towards her husband, who understood what she was saying.

After a few minutes, the infant pushed the bottle away from her, slapping her mother's hand as she was placed back in the pram. She wined, babbling again before silencing when she saw her favourite toy. A grin spread across her face as her father held it out to her, her arms reaching in determination.

"Oh my gosh! Is that Usagi Tsukino"

Usagi looked at her husband in shock, a grin spreading across her face.

"Now might be a good time to pack up" she suggests as she starts to fix her hair and makeup. Mamoru nodded, a grin spreading on his face. Then, the young couple hurried off towards their car, hoping that nobody saw them.

Of course, they were wrong, and they left behind a group of girls as they drove away to their home.