Cecilia - Nine months old
Wilhelm - Eight months old
Aaliyah - Eight months old
Réka - Nine months
"Aaliyah, where did Baba go -aru?" Japan smiled looking up from his book and smiled at China laying on his stomach, covering his eyes with his hands and Aaliyah giggling in front of him, sitting up with her little panda clutched to her chest tightly. Her golden brown eyes glowed happily as she gurgled at her father and squeezed her panda bear excitedly with a coo. "Where did Baba go~?
"Okaa-san, when is Uri getting here?" Xiong sighed out flopping down putting his head in his lap. Chiyo was napping now, Xiong claiming he wasn't tired, but stared up at Japan. He couldn't understand why his eldest didn't like Uri, his big brother, and moved his fingers through his son's freshly cut hair.
"Later this afternoon." Japan replied softly dogearing his page and putting the book down to stare down at golden-brown eyes that were frustrated and cutely so."Uri loves you, Xiong, you should respect your onii-san more." He turned his attention then to his giggling daughter, her hair growing quick and was now falling just past her ears in a wispy way and that curl at the base of her neck grew a little more pronounced, almost like a cowlick.
"Here's Baba!" China finally exclaimed removing his hands from his eyes in a flourish and Aaliyah shrieked happily and actually clapped her little hands and laughed joyfully. China sat up, crossing his legs and pulled the eight month old on his lap and tickled just under her jaw, like Japan, and she squealed with laughter and kicked her chubby legs happily.
Japan was happy to have a baby, to have his sons accept their sister so happily now that she wasn't shrieking in the night and their father was home. It felt perfect honestly. Then he blinked and smiled lightly standing up and pulled Xiong with him and looked at China who looked up in surprise. "I'm going to start the travel to the airport, I know I said Uri is coming later in the afternoon but it is a drive there and with Chiyo napping you should be fine right? I mean, you did say oyu were better right? If not then I'll go upstairs and bring Chiyo with me-"
"It's fine -aru. I can handle both of the twin terrors for a few hours -aru!" China replied smiling brightly at his wife who blinked then smiled softly as Aaliyah gurgled happily in her father's lap. Well, mother. But it got confusing so father is what she identified China with even though China was her mother and Japan her father they decided to just let her believe China was her father and Japan her mother. After all, did it matter? Not really, to be exact. It's kind of like with Spain and Romano with Salvador.
"Alright! Xiong, let's get your shoes on and get going, hai?" Xiong jumped up smiling up at his mother brightly, nodding before taking off and China stood up with a tiny grimace but balanced Aaliyah on his hip when Japan stepped forward pecking him on the lips softly. "No later than dinner will I be out and if it is a bit later I'll call."
"Okay! Be safe!" China reminded when Japan smiled at his husband then gave Aaliyah a soft kiss on her chubby cheek and was walking to the front door where Xiong was talking fast and excitedly and Aaliyah whined softly like she was already missing Japan.
"I will be! Lunch is in the oven to keep warm! I'll be home soon!" Japan called gently from the front door, which was just a little ways away from the living room and China smiled softly. Aaliyah whimpered lightly squirming and China held her a bit snugger to his hip and side securely.
"Bye, Baba!" Xiong shouted when the door opened and China called his goodbyes and it shut with a finality. He then looked down at Aaliyah who looked back up at him, her dark brown wisps of hair were in tiny pins away from her face cutely but she looked positively upset.
"I know, gōngzhǔ. Okaa-san will be home soon though -aru!" The baby looked up at her father, her golden brown eyes watery and he pressed a kiss to her feather soft dark hair. "Until then we'll hold on until he comes back home!"
He turned on the Tv, turned it down to a low murmur, then walked out of the living room to the kitchen when he caught the barely there, quiet grumble of his daughter's stomach and smiled. He entered the kitchen, opened the door of the fridge and pulled out one of her five bottles for the next hours to come. They were currently weaning her slowly but surely off the formula, needing only four or five bottles a day but she enjoyed mashed foods and even ate some ramen noodles that were cooled down but still had some broth soaked into them.
He put her bottle in the warmer, lightly bouncing the baby softly in his arms and she cooed lightly at him and he cooed back, stroking her dark wisps of hair. He sighed looking out the window as he lightly rocked from foot to foot, waiting for the warmer to heat up and be done already so the crying didn't start up. The warmer finished up rather quick and Aaliyah latched onto the nipple, gulping the warm liquid down quickly and China cooed at her softly when he heard a series of soft knocks on the door. He walked from the kitchen making his way to the front door, liking how spacey Japan's house felt but at the same time felt small with everything inside it. He pulled open the door and instantly smiled when Taiwan hugged him, careful of Aaliyah, and giggled happily.
"Taiwan! How are you? I wasn't expecting you to come over today -aru! Japan left to go and get Uri from the airport since he's staying with us for the next two weeks -aru." China stepped back letting Taiwan and Vietnam, the other woman so quiet his gaze skipped right over her, and he smiled welcoming at her.
"I'm good! This baby is really starting to get to me though! It's only been three months and I'm already going crazy!" Taiwan pouted at China as they all turned down the hall to the living room, Aaliyah still gulping her formula happily. "It sucks not being able to rough house anymore or run around, but I know it'll be worth it! I still can't believe Macau willingly helped! He said he'll be a part of the baby's life if we want him too, we said we didn't have a problem, but he said he'll wait until later on when they're a child to be a part of their life. After all, two moms and one dad? That'd be confusing to any toddler but a child he thinks would understand after growing up for some odd years with two moms."
"Makes sense -aru." China replied sitting down at Japan's small table, unable to remember what he called it, and Vietnam with Taiwan sat down across from him happily on the floor. It didn't bother anyone of the adults and Aaliyah just twisted her small fist into her father's shirt tightly.
"How is Aaliyah? I see she's put on some weight and is now a chubby baby~" Taiwan cooed at the baby who giggled in response. Taiwan sighed longingly as she stared at Aaliyah. "I hope I have a girl! You make such pretty babies, Yao!"
"Xièxiè!" China smiled when he put Aaliyah's bottle down when she stopped sucking and hiccuped, reaching over to pick up her spit up rag and threw it over his shoulder, then put his daughter against his shoulder, chin resting on it, and started patting her back softly to help. "I'm sure you'll have a beautiful child as well, Tai!"
"Thank you!" Taiwan then rubbed her belly giggling. "Want to see? There's not much to see yet seeing as it's only been three months, but would you wanna see?"
"Shi!" China exclaimed when Taiwan stood up again and grabbed the bottom of her shirt when he realized she was wearing a pink long sleeve that hugged her form tight and those stretchy pants that looked like jeans but weren't. Despite what Taiwan claimed, however, China saw she was definitely showing. Her stomach extended in a soft, forming curve that was indeed slightly sticking out that by just next month she'd have a full curve to her stomach and it'd be no doubt obvious of her pregnancy. He heard soft footsteps shuffling across the floor and he looked up smiling softly. "Well good afternoon to you, Chiyo."
"Mmm." His son shuffled in, mumbling, as soft burbs flew from Aaliyah and he sighed when she didn't throw up the formula and laid her on her little soft thick blanket that had an array of dangling objects above her. Chiyo shuffled over and laid down placing his head in China's lap and he slid his hand over his hair before feeling his forehead.
"You feel warm -aru. Maybe we shouldn't give you what Okaa-san fixed you if you're getting sick with something -aru." China stated stroking Chiyo's hair from his face softly and he noticed Chiyo nearly dropped off to sleep. Taiwan looked at her sleepy, sick looking nephew then smiled at China.
"I'll make some soup or broth for him! Something easy for his belly!" She claimed then took off in a blur and China blinked looking at Vietnam who smiled lovingly at Taiwan and shook her head softly, chuckling lightly as she leaned an arm on the table and bent it up cupping her cheek lightly.
"That woman is going to be the death of me and that child I swear it." Vietnam sighed when China just smiled softly, looking down at Chiyo's tired face and he shifted, crossing his legs and pulled Chiyo onto his lap like he'd done to Aaliyah just moments ago when Japan left. "Hopefully he isn't coming down with the flu, everyone's catching it lately and I spent two weeks getting over it to get in the peak healthy form I'm in now."
"I hope he isn't coming down with it either -aru." China murmured as Chiyo leaned his head into his chest and sighed like his body was just so heavy and life was shoving down on his shoulders. He honestly wished, in that moment, Japan would come walking through the front door but he hugged Chiyo to his chest and kissed his hair softly. No, he could handle this! He could! He could watch Chiyo, who was sleeping right now only having the energy to walk downstairs to him, and Aaliyah could tire herself out at any moment. He could do this!
"Yao-san? I'm so sorry! It was longer than anticipated and I forgot to call!" Japan got out in a rush as he kicked his shoes off, Xiong shuffling in looking lethargic and tired as he took his own shoes off yawning loudly. Japan looked at his tired son and smiled softly reaching down stroking his hair softly. "Why don't you go up and brush your teeth then climb in bed?"
"Hai," He mumbled getting a soft kiss on the cheek and disappeared further down the hall then upstairs with the barely there creaking accompanying his departure as he went to his room. Japan then stepped into the hall then looked over his shoulder at Uri and gave a very soft smile at the preteen who smiled softly back, his golden brown eyes filled with nothing but understanding.
"Gomen, Uri, I have no idea where Yao-san is." Japan stuttered out a few times when the thirteen year old just smiled looking all the world like China and Japan smiled softly back, moving his hand through his black hair and Uri shut the door, the both of them walking down the hall to the living room. Japan blinked seeing it was empty, the TV a soft murmur however, and he looked at Uri who looked around.
"It's fine, Mom. I'm sure we'll fine Mother in just a few minutes. He's probably upstairs or something with Aaliyah right?" Uri asked tilting his head, his beige hair had finally grown out to his shoulders and he tied it back in a little pony tail once in a great while but now was not one of those time. He'd met Aaliyah about three months back when she was five months old, the word of China's coma for that full first month reaching them and Russia held no qualms about keeping Uri away as he had his hands full with his daughter, Tatiana and his son Darius along with his and Lithuania's newest son, Viktor. With that, after meeting Aaliyah, she had her big brother wrapped around her small finger and he came over as much as possible without it interfering with his schooling and his home life.
"Mother!" Uri shouted making Japan snap out of his mind and the thoughts to look at the beige haired pre-teen who looked back at Japan who noticed soft barely there in color, violet flecks in the golden brown coloring of Uri's eyes. Huh, Russia had strange traits passed to his eldest but Japan couldn't help but think that if China and Russia had a child Uri would definitely be the image that pops up when he thinks about it. "Sorry."
"It's alright. I'll check upstairs, they could be sleeping for all we know." Japan suggested when Uri nodded softly at him, both walking out of the living room and climbing the stairs. Japan walked down the hall, poking his head in to see Xiong was out cold snoring on his back. He walked to Chiyo's room, pushing open the door to see the lamp light was on and felt a stab of pity when he noticed Chiyo panting lightly with a flush on his face. Chiyo was obviously sick and he'd have to keep an eye on that cold rag through the night. He then turned shutting the door quietly behind him and made his way to Aaliyah's room. He felt Uri walking behind him and they both reached out pushing the door open and he let out a breath of air from his lungs.
China was sitting in the rocking chair, out cold, hair spilled out of the pony tail that was around his wrist and Aaliyah was out cold in her crib happily. Uri smiled at the sight of his sleeping mother and looked at Japan who had a hand pressed to his chest and they locked eyes with the same smile. "Should we go to bed?" Uri asked tilting his head when Japan laughed lightly, reached up and ruffled his hair softly.
"Hai. Let us go to bed and in the morning we'll all sit down for breakfast." Japan suggested as he rustled Uri's hair softly when he turned watching Uri go ahead to his room and he looked over his shoulder at China, sure he'd be alright sleeping there. He walked out of the room, softly shutting the door and walked down the hall smiling to himself. Never before had he ever felt such love for such a silly man as China. But, with a new smile, he knew he wouldn't mind this silly man, after all they were married! But he was content to be happy and live happily for a long time with his husband and make the best, happiest moments he could.