This is probably my favorite chapter yet. I feel like Mai would get baby fever after they get married and Naru would be hesitant. And what is the best contraception? Kids! So Naru and Mai babysit for Ayako and Monk so they can go on a date. Hilarity ensues. Enjoy!

7-Babysitting

"Mai! She's screaming!" Naru called as he stared at the screaming infant in his arms. He was holding the three month old at arms length as she screamed at the top of her lungs. He stared at her, willing her to stop.

"It takes longer than ten seconds to warm up a bottle, Naru!" Mai called back from the kitchen. She was running one of the bottles Ayako had given her under warm water in the sink. "Give me a sec!" She tested the milk on her arm and walked back into the living room of their apartment. She sweatdropped when she saw the scene before her. "Naru? What are you doing?"

"Holding Yukie, what does it look like?" She could have swore she saw his eyes roll. She also wasn't sure she wanted to laugh or leave the man to fend for himself and watch with popcorn.

She put the bottle down on the end table and took the screaming Yukie from her, now, husband's arms. She held the infant in one arm on her hip and pointed to the chair. "Sit."

He gave her an odd look. Nevertheless he obeyed and watched in confusion as his wife put the baby in his arms and propped a pillow under the elbow supporting the infant's head. "Mai, what are you doing?"

"Making sure Yukie is comfy while you feed her, what does it look like I'm doing?" She grabbed his free hand and placed the bottle in it and guided it to Yukie's screaming mouth. Her cries stopped as she sucked greedily at the bottle. "See, she was just hungry. Have fun."

"How much longer until they get back?"

"They only left twenty minutes ago."

Mai started to walk away and Naru narrowed his eyes. "Where are you going? You're the one that offered us up to babysit for them."

"I'm getting popcorn," she said disappearing into the kitchen. "This is going to be an interesting night. And from the look of it, Yukie's going to need another bottle soon."

"How much can a thing this small eat?" Naru had looked down and saw that half of the milk was gone. He shook his head.

"How did you convince them to watch Yukie for tonight?" Ayako asked as their waiter left with their orders. "I mean, I see how Mai was eager, but Naru?"

"Well, Mai was easy to convince as for Naru," Monk began, taking a sip of the wine they were sharing. "I'm pretty sure that was all Mai's doing. They get to play house for a few hours. And with Yukie crying and dirty diapers, Mai's baby fever will tone down for a little bit."

"And that's why Naru agreed to watch her," Ayako laughed. "She's got baby fever? They haven't been married a year yet." Then her husband gave her a look and she understood. "And that's what Naru wanted to talk to you about last week. Who would have thought he'd go to you for advice?"

"Actually, it's not the first time," Monk laughed. "He wanted my blessing to propose to her, so every now and again he'll ask for advice on dealing with her. Mai can be a handful."

"And she'll come to me for advice on dealing with him. I'm surprised they both don't go to Madoka and Lin."

"They probably do." Monk took another sip of his wine and shrugged. "I wonder how they're doing right now."

"Lin and Madoka?"

"No, Naru and Mai."

"Why am I the one changing her diaper?" Naru grumbled as he knelt on the floor with Yukie squirming as he tried to unsnap her onezie.

Mai was on the other side of the baby trying to distract her with a stuffed bear. "Because I have to distract her so that it's easier to change her diaper," she said between silly faces.

Her face lifted to meet his as it stilled on a rather ridiculous look with wide eyes and fish lips. "That's terrifying," he said, earning the teddy bear that hit his face. The bear fell to the floor and Naru could see the pout his wife had. "That's better."

Yukie started crying once again as soon as Naru had gotten the diaper off of her. "Now, look what you've done!" Mai exclaimed, grabbing the bear.

"You're the one who threw the bear and scared her."

Mai rolled her eyes and tried to get Yukie to smile. She watched as Naru grabbed the wipe and stopped him with her hand. "Wait! You can't wipe her like that!"

"Like what?" Naru raised a brow.

"You gotta make sure you wipe front to back." Mai rolled her eyes again. "Otherwise she could get an infection."

"But it's just urine."

"Just get in the habit and be thankful that little girls don't-" Mai squeaked and jumped back as a trail of pee flew through the air and landed on a stunned Naru's black shirt. "Spray…" she finished as Yukie seemed to calm down and Naru was covered in baby pee.

"You were saying?" He glared at her. Mai couldn't hold back her laughter as she rolled on the floor. Naru sighed and tied up a new diaper on the three month old. "I need a new shirt." He snapped up the onezie and got up, leaving Mai rolling on the floor and Yukie kicking in excitement.

"I hope they're doing okay with Yukie," Ayako said, pushing her food around on her plate.

"Ayako, tonight is supposed to be about us," Monk said shaking his head. "Naru and Mai are doing just fine."

"Well, maybe I'm not ready for this." Ayako shook her head and pushed her plate from her. "Can we ask for the check and go home? I'm sure Mai and Naru have had-"

"Ayako," Monk said slowly but firmly, placing his hand over hers. "They are fine. Let's just enjoy this alone time because we won't get it again for a long time."

"Oh, come on, Naru, that was funny!" Mai laughed as she carried Yukie into the bedroom where her husband was buttoning a new black shirt. "No need to be bitter that a three month old peed on you, better get used to it for when we have kids."

"I'm not bitter," Naru chided, finishing up the buttons. "And we're not having kids for a little while, if anything we're barely ready to take care of one for a few hours let alone everyday."

"But Naru!" Mai almost whined, but leaned her head down to kiss Yukie's head of fuzz as she cooed, "Look how sweet she is! Don't tell me you don't want one!"

Naru gave her a look that changed from annoyed to amused once Yukie spit up on Mai's shirt. In fact, the stoic man started to laugh, earning a glare from his wife.

"Don't laugh at me! You were just peed on!"

"And now Yukie's evened the score," Naru laughed as he went to their bathroom and came out with a wet cloth. He wiped up the spit up from Yukie's mouth and front. Mai continued to glare as he took the baby from her arms. "Look how sweet she is, Mai. No need to be bitter about her spitting up on you."

Mai pouted and let him hold the baby as she grabbed a new shirt.

"You think Naru has a new case?" Ayako asked, finally finishing her meal. "What makes you think that? Where would it be?"

"I was talking to John and he said he was going to ask Naru's opinion on a house he was trying to bless. Apparently, things are a little more serious than he thought," Monk explained as their waiter came by and took their plates, handing them a dessert menu. "Could be something he might look into, John seemed hopeful."

"At least it will be local," Ayako sighed with relief. "I don't know what I'd do if you left for a case and left me and Yukie alone."

"You miss going on cases, don't you?"

Ayako nodded. She looked down with a sad expression at her hands. "I miss going on cases, but I'd miss Yukie more."

Mai was back in the living room with a squirming Yukie on the changing mat on the floor. She kneeled over the baby, unsnapping the onezie and holding her breath. "How did I get stuck with this?" she grumbled as Naru left the living room for the kitchen to get another bottle. He made sure she never saw the smirk on his face.

"I changed the last one, your turn to get peed on," he said, running the bottle under warm water.

"But I got spit up on!" She continued to change the girl's diaper, trying not to breathe through her nose.

He came back into the room as Mai finished snapping the garment back into place. Mai took the bottle from his hand and replaced it with the dirty diaper. "It's still warm," Naru muttered, heading into the kitchen to throw it out.

"You don't say," Mai said.

"How can something so small smell so bad?"

Mai smirked with an amused look in her eyes as she held Yukie, but she was still fussy. "What's wrong, Yu-chan? You're not hungry?"

Naru came back into the room, as Mai stood up from the floor with the baby. She pressed the back of her hand to the girl's forehead. "What's wrong? Is she sick?"

But Mai shook her head. "She feels fine, but she's fussy. Maybe she's tired, do newborns have bedtimes?" Her husband shrugged and she sighed. Neither of them knew. "Here, hold her."

"Where are you going?"

"To get her pajamas." Mai handed the infant to him and made sure she was on his chest snugly. She stopped crying almost instantly. "Hey! I think she's finally warmed up to you! Only took three months!"

Naru gave her a look.

A little while later it was pretty much determined that Naru was Yukie's favorite. Naru was exhausted after helping deal with the baby and the fact that she wanted to literally cling to him, he ended up falling asleep on the couch with the three month old on his chest. Mai smirked as she took several pictures for blackmail.

Luckily, Mai knew Monk and Ayako had gotten back before they had a chance to knock. I am not going to let him wake up before they see this! She told herself as she opened the door with a finger to her lips. "Shh, they're sleeping," Mai said quietly ushering them inside.

Mai had made sure everything was packed up after Yukie fell asleep on Naru and he refused to move otherwise she'd wake up. "Gotta say, that's probably the sweetest thing I've ever seen Naru do," Ayako said as Mai handed the diaper bag to Monk. "I think you to will do just fine when you have one."

Mai, very carefully, removed Yukie from Naru's chest. She did her best to make sure he didn't wake up. Once she was certain Naru hadn't noticed, she handed the still sleeping Yukie to her mom. "Nice work, kiddo," Monk said, patting Mai's head as they headed for the door. They waved goodbye and Monk turned to his wife on their way to the car. "I told you they would be just fine."

Ayako smirked as they reached the car and strapped Yukie into her car seat. "Well, their night was interesting, they're both wearing different shirts." Once she was fastened, Ayako went up to the front seat. "I'm not sure Naru's plan to counter Mai's baby fever worked."

Meanwhile, Mai closed and locked the door to the apartment and went into the living room and kneeling next to the couch. She ran a hand through Naru's hair and place the other on his chest before kissing his lips. "You can get up, they're gone," she said, as he sleepily opened his eyes.

Naru rubbed his eye as he sat up. "When did they get here?" he asked as Mai sat next to him on the couch.

"They literally just left, you fell asleep with Yukie on your chest, it was the sweetest thing," she said with a grin as she wrapped her arms around his torso. She gave a reluctant sigh. "But I think you might've been right, maybe we just aren't ready for a baby just yet. We barely made it through tonight."

Naru leaned back and pulled Mai up with him, kissing her. "I thought we did pretty well," he said with a smirk. "Besides, we have plenty of time to prepare. After tonight, I think nine months would be more than enough time for us to be ready for one."

Mai's eyes widened and her grin grew as she looked up at him. "You mean it?"

Instead of answering, Naru kissed her and pulled her close. It didn't take very long for them to end up in their bedroom. Did they end up with a baby that night? Sadly, no, but it was only a matter of time.

Yeah, some silly fluff and sitcom-like stuff in this one. Honestly, I think this was my favorite one to write. I started thinking about Naru and children, and thought, "what if he babysits?" then I thought "what if he and Mai babysat?" and yeah this just sort of happened! Let me know what you think!