Anon asked: Song of Life Headcanon/Prompt: Miu, despite her lewdness, dreads the day she has to give "The Talk" to Hikari. Unfortunately for her, one day while Kirumi is out of town on a trip, her baby girl finally pops the question: "Where do babies come from, mommy?"
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Miu and Kirumi talked a lot about how they would give the infamous talk to Hikari. After all, they knew well that it was so much more than "when a mommy and daddy fall in love…" It all depended on the couple and their circumstances. For example, they adopted because that was the best course of action for them.
Never in all of her years did Miu want to have this talk. Yeah, she was kinda lewd all throughout her high school and college years, but she'd mellowed out! ...For the most part. She just didn't want to discuss it with her daughter. The prospect scared her a bit; it would be a testament to how much she'd grown up in such little time. Miu was hoping that if she ever had the talk, Kirumi would be there as well. She was much more articulate with these kinds of things.
Unfortunately, she couldn't be that lucky. "Mama, where do babies come from?"
Miu almost cut herself cutting the crusts off of a peanut butter sandwich for Hikari's lunch the next day. "W-what? Where did this come from?"
Hikari leaned against the counter and shrugged, kicking one of her feet against it lightly. "One of the girls in my class is getting a baby in her family soon and she said that the stork didn't bring them, so I was just curious."
Drat, there went her first answer. Miu set down the knife. "Okay, um, why don't you ask your mother?"
"She's not home. Don't you remember? She left a couple hours ago for that trip thing."
Damn. How could she forget that? "Okay. Okay. Take a seat on the couch and I'll be right there." Hikari nodded and ran off, her braids flying behind her. Miu had done those this morning; even though she was eleven, Hikari didn't really know how to braid.
Oh lord, Hikari was only eleven. Miu couldn't give her the full-blown talk, not yet. She was still too young. But she knew well enough that Miu couldn't pull a fast one on her. Why did Hikari have to be so smart?
She tried stalling as long as she could, but she knew she couldn't for long. The one time Kirumi was out of the house, of course. Just her luck, a punishment for her past lewdness, no doubt. Not that this was going to stop her from doing it in the future.
"So, you want to know where babies come from?" She was sure that her voice was pitched about an octave higher than usual; she just hoped that Hikari wouldn't be able to tell. Hikari nodded earnestly. "Well, it really depends on the family. Like if you look at Aunt Maki and Uncle Kaito, they love each other and had for a really long time, and decided together to have Tadaaki. Aunt Kaede and Mei are a much more complicated situation, which I'm sure Mei will tell you more about when you're both older. But you know the story with you, don't you?"
She nodded solemnly. "You and Mom love each other a whole lot but couldn't have me on your own, so you adopted me."
"That's right, and we both love you so, so much." She wrapped her arms around Hikari, who squealed a little. "So where babies come from depends on the family, see?"
Hikari took a moment before nodding. "Yeah, but where do they actually come from?"
Shoot. She thought she was off the hook. "I'll tell you when you're older?" One look at Hikari's face told her that that answer was not an acceptable one. She shifted uncomfortably, taking her arms back so her hands could fidget in her lap. "Look, I'm not good at all this. Maybe you could just wait for your mother to get back from her trip?"
Hikari made another face, her tongue sticking out slightly. "I already tried. She said she'd tell me when I'm older and then when I asked again she said to ask you."
Did she now. Even though they'd agreed that they would do it together. And then she went out of town. Why did this feel like a plan to have her deal with it? Kirumi was supposed to be the responsible one of them!
"How about we wait until she gets home, anyway? That way we can tell you together. In the meantime, how about I help you finish your homework, and if we have time, we can kick the ball around a bit outside?"
Hikari considered this for a moment before nodding and smiling. "You're not getting out of this, though. I won't stop asking until I get an answer." She didn't have to say "a good answer" for it to be heard. She stood up and went back to her room, where Miu was sure her homework was waiting. Honestly, Hikari probably wouldn't even need any help. That girl was a smart cookie, which was also why she was a bit worried to tell her about where babies come from.
Oh. Wait.
Miu walked into Hikari's room just in time to see her logging into the laptop the three of them shared. "Now what do you think you're doing, missy?" she asked, crossing her arms. She did her best to put on a no-nonsense face.
"Nothing. Homework." Of all the things Hikari was, a good liar was not exactly one of them. Which, Miu supposed, was good for her.
"No need to look this up. You have my word that we'll discuss this soon, okay? Trust me, you don't want to see what the internet has to say about it."
Hikari deflated a little bit, but nodded. "Fine." She closed the laptop and handed it over to Miu, who had her hand held out. "I'm almost done with my homework, so be sure you have your sneakers on!"
Miu chuckled, the confiscated laptop under her arm. "You've got yourself a deal. I won't go easy on you, though."