Chapter 4
Maki's Chase
A/N: This will make you feel better, Miyuki-chan. After writing that angst-like story, I thought I'd cheer you up. And…whew~! Kinda hard to write about all 7 children at once, but it's worth it~! Hehe! Thanks for those who reviewed so far, especially you two, Miyuki-chan and Major Mike. Enjoy~!
Maki runs over towards her ginger haired mother, who is just exhausted from doing house chores and lying on the couch and tugs on her sleeve.
"Mama! Mama!" she says. "Wake up! Wake up! No time for sleepy! Time for playing~!"
Honoka moans as she shuffles a little. "Five more minutes…"
"Nope! You need to play! Get loud! Get fit! That's what Mama Zomi says!"
The ginger giggles as she sits up and stretches out her arms. "Alright, Maki-chan. I'm up, I'm up. Which means…" There is an evil grin on her face as she raises her arms and wiggles her fingers. "Time for me to chase you~!"
"Eeeeek!" Maki makes a run for it while Honoka playfully chases her around the house towards the backyard, where Hanayo and Rin are. Maki makes it towards them and points her finger. "Fire!"
Hanayo and Rin throw a couple of water balloons at Honoka, making the ginger squeak at being hit. The three 5-year-olds laugh as the ginger laughs as well.
"Very funny, girls!" she says. "I wasn't expecting that, but that was very clever. Maki-chan…"
"Hehe~!" The little red head waves her hand. "Come on! Catch me if you can~!" She makes a run for it again and Honoka takes the challenge.
However, Honoka is caught off guard yet again when Maki reaches Kotori and Umi. Both of them have water guns and are ready to open fire. Honoka stops and puts her hands up in defense.
"Oh, no…." she swallows hard and tries to turn and run, but it's too late. Kotori quickly gets in front of her to stop her escape.
"Now!" Maki shouts as she points her finger.
Both Kotori and Umi fire their water guns and Honoka squeals as she tries to protect herself, but to no avail. Maki laughs and makes a run for it again.
"Wh-what is this~?" Honoka can't help but laugh herself. "Chase Mama Honoka and Attack Her Day~?"
"Maybe!" Maki calls as she keeps on running. "You still didn't catch me!"
The ginger lets out a sigh and shakes her head in dismay. It's the middle of summer and pretty humid outside to be honest, but getting sprayed with water by her daughters is enough to cool her off. In fact, it makes her feel a lot better since she has been sweating inside the house after doing chores. After catching her breath, she chases after her red-headed daughter, who is about a few feet away from her since she got a running head start. She gets to the garden where Nozomi is planting flowers when she catches up to Maki, but the red head hides behind her.
"Mama Zomi!" Maki cries. "Mama Honoka is a monster! She's trying to eat me!"
Nozomi raises her head and giggles. "A monster, huh~? Now, how unfortunate. Did you try to get rid of it~?"
"Nozomi-chan!" Honoka cries.
"Yes, Mama Zomi! We tries spraying her with water, but it doesn't work!" Maki replies.
"I see," Nozomi puts down her gloves and grabs a hose. "Well then, why don't you take this, Maki-chan. This will be enough, right~?"
"E-ehhhhh!?" Honestly, Honoka has NO idea how she can comprehend this.
"Oh, thank you, Mama Zomi!" Maki takes the hose and whistles. Eli and Nico pop from their little hiding place.
Nico is near the switch while Eli is holding the other hose. Honoka's eyes widen as she looks back and forth at her daughters and Nozomi, who is just smiling. She is about to say something when Nico turns the water on to full power. Maki fires the water at Honoka and comes closer to make the ginger back away. Honoka puts both her hands up in defense to cover herself, but Eli sprays her hose from the other direction, making it impossible for the ginger to protect herself at all. Honoka screams as she falls on her butt while getting sprayed with water, giving Maki a chance to make a running start again. The spraying stops and Honoka shakes her body roughly to get some of the water off. Her side pony-tail is let loose from all the water getting sprayed and now she is getting pretty determined. She will never back down until she catches Maki.
She jumps to her feet and looks around to see if the little red-head is still present on the scene. She turns around to see her daughter running toward the corner of the house, toward the front yard. Honoka starts running and stops to catch her breath as soon as she gets to the yard, leaning down while putting her hands on her knees to support her from falling.
"Alright, Maki-chan!" she says. "Game's over!"
However, there is silence and Maki is nowhere to be seen. She takes a few steps forward as she cautiously looks around. She doesn't want to be ambushed again, but she has nothing to protect herself with. So, she is pretty much defenseless, but despite all that, she has to be ready. She looks back and forth, backing away a few steps, stopping a few times and then taking a few steps forward again. This is getting suspicious and part of her is wondering if Nozomi is any part of this plan. None of that matters now. All she needs to do is catch Maki and be done with it.
She turns her head from a sound of rustling in the bush. An evil grin appears on the ginger's face. She looks around and spots a hose lying on the grass. Lucky for her, she waters flowers in the front yard as well, so she picks it up and walks over to turn it on when she hears some footsteps coming towards her. And then….
"RAWR~!" Maki jumps on Honoka's back, startling the ginger and making her drop the hose.
"EEEEK!" Honoka squeals. "Get off me! Get off!"
"Never!" Maki cries. "You're going down, monster!"
Both she and Honoka laugh as she continues to struggle until she falls on the ground. Maki jumps on top of her to prevent her from getting up and raises her arms while wiggling her fingers. She then starts tickling her mother intensely, making the ginger laugh harder.
"HAHAHAHAHA! MA-MAKI-CHAN! ST-STOP IIIIIIT~!" Honoka cries while thrashing about, trying to break free from Maki's tickling. "I can't breeeaathe! Hahahaha~!"
"Hehe! I'm not going down without a fight!" Maki says. "Take this, monster~!"
The tickle fight continues until they are exhausted. Maki gets off of Honoka to give her mother a chance to breathe. When the laughter dies down, the ginger sits up and smiles at her daughter.
"Very clever, Maki-chan," she says. "You're one very clever little girl."
"Ehehe~! Thank you~!"
"But…"
"But?"
Honoka quickly puts her hands on the red-head's shoulders, startling her a bit. "I got you, Maki-chan~!" she grins.
"Awwwww~!" the red-head pouts for a moment, but then giggles. "You're quite clever yourself, Mama!"
"Why, thank you~!"
Nozomi walks toward the two and stops while crossing her arms under her large bosom.
"Ara~!" she giggles. "About time you started being active, Honoka-chan~!"
"Nozomi-chan," Honoka looks up at her wife. "Did you…have anything to do with this?"
The violet haired woman smiles innocently. "Maybe, maybe not~"
Maki giggles as she hugs her mother. The ginger returns the embrace and huggles her a little.
"You're so cute, Maki-chan~!" Honoka says. "Thanks for having me play with you. That was fun."
"Mama Honoka needs to play with us more!" Maki says as she pulls away. "Because we love Mama that way~!"
The ginger pets her like a puppy with a soft giggle. "Okay, Maki-chan. I'll play with you all when I have the time, okay~?"
"Yes!" With that, Maki runs off to play with her siblings.
Honoka stands up while Nozomi walks toward her while putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Let's get you dried off, okay?" she says softly. "You're still wet from all that water frenzy earlier."
"Yeah."
Both wives enter the house and go to their bedroom for Honoka to change her clothes and come out after 10 minutes. Nozomi smiles at her wife.
"House chores can be exhausting, yes," the violet haired woman says. "But it's also important to stay active. There's no lazing around, you know."
"So…that's why you planned all this?" Honoka questions.
"Partially. Maki-chan just wanted to play with you."
Honoka smiles as she walks over and gives her wife a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, Nozomi-chan."
Her wife wraps an arm around the ginger and returns the kiss. "Anytime, Honoka-chan. Now then, why don't we play with the children for the rest of the afternoon?"
"I think that's a great idea," Honoka replies.
They hold hands as they head outside in the backyard to play with their 7 children. Maki smiles happily, waving her hand to signal them to the sandbox that she, Hanayo and Rin are playing in. The red-head then turns to her older blue haired sister, who is watching the birds while squatting.
"Umi! Hey, Umi!" Maki calls. "Come join us!"
Umi looks up and notices the red head waving her hand and beckoning her to come forward. She stands up and timidly walks toward them in baby steps. Eli sighs and gently pushes her younger sister towards the sandbox and sits down with her. She hands her a bucket and shovel for Umi to try and build a sand castle. The shy bluenette does so and successfully make a sand castle and claps her hands happily.
"Very good, Umi-chan~!" Honoka says.
Kotori soon comes over to join the group and sits down next to her mother Honoka to help her build some sand castles of her own. Nico casually walks by to watch her sisters have fun in the sandbox. She wants to play, too, but she wonders if there is any more room since there are 8 people already in there, covering most of the area. She then sees an opening just inches from Umi and luckily, there is a shovel left out. She then walks over towards it and sits down from behind the bluenette when she accidentally bumps into her, startling the shy girl and knocking over her sand castle she is just building with Eli's help. They were stacking at least 3 sand castles on top of each other when Umi accidentally knocked it over. Umi is close to tears as she stares at her wrecked masterpiece. Nico realizes her mistake and quickly comes over to comfort her sister.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she says as she puts her hands on her sister's shoulders to try to calm her down. "Hey, hey, Umi. Umi, look at me. We can make another one. It's no big deal. Okay?"
Umi sniffles and nods while looking over at Honoka, who smiles at her.
"You can do it, Umi-chan," she says. "You can build your master piece again."
Umi nods again as she, Nico and Eli work together to build and stack some sand castles together. This goes on until it's time to go inside, having completed their very own sandcastles left and right. All of them are satisfied with their work and Nozomi takes a picture with her smart-phone before all of them head inside to prepare and eat dinner. After about an hour, the children take turns showering and getting ready for bed since it's getting a bit late. Maki didn't want to go to bed just yet and walks over to Honoka while tugging her sleeve.
"Mama Honoka?" she says.
The ginger looks down and looks at Maki's cute, innocent violet eyes. "Yes, Maki-chan?"
"Wanna…play a little more? I'm not tired yet."
"Hehe! Well…" She looks up at the clock, which says 7:20. "Okay. Just for a little bit."
"Thanks, Mama!" the little red-head smiles happily.
"Come here." The ginger picks up her daughter and walks over toward the living room and sits on the couch. "What do you want to play?"
"Anything is fine~!" Maki replies.
"Okay…" The ginger sets the red-head next to her and grins evilly. "Then, how about…THIS~!" She quickly starts tickling her daughter. "A Tickle Fight!"
"Nooooooo~!" Maki screams as she thrashes about, trying to escape from Honoka's tickle, but no avail.
"This is my revenge, Maki-chaaaaan~! Now take it like a good girl~!"
"Neveeerrrrr! HAHAHAHAHA! I CAN'T BREEEEAAATHE!"
"Take that!"
Nozomi hears the intense laughter and walks over towards the two, giggling.
"Ara, you two having your fun before bed~?"
"We sure are!" Maki says as she jumps off the couch. "Wanna join us~?"
"I'd love to, but I think it's time for you to go to bed now," Nozomi says. "Just a little bit, right, Maki-chan? Which means 5 minutes of playtime before bed."
"Okay," Maki turns to her ginger haired mother. "Good night, Mama Honoka."
Honoka kisses her on the cheek. "Good night, Maki-chan. I had a lot of fun today."
Maki then trots over to her violet haired mother, takes her hand and goes upstairs to get tucked in. Honoka sits back on the couch and stares at a picture frame of the 9 of them at the living room, holding their Christmas presents. This was taken last year and she can never forget their wonderful time together. It was the best Christmas of their life. After letting out a sigh, she hears Nozomi come over and sit next to her with a couple drinks.
"Our little Christmas party turned out nicely, didn't it?" she says.
Honoka nods. "It sure did. You were the one who planned it all, Nozomi-chan."
"I'm a very organized mother, Honoka-chan. Haven't you known that after all these years~?"
Honoka giggles and turns to her wife. "Yes. I have known that ever since we first met."
"That's good."
They both sit in silence, drinking their juice for about 10 minutes. Honoka turns to her wife again, who is staring at the floor. She can't help but stare at Nozomi's beautiful features, including her hair that is always tied in a pony-tail and hanging over her shoulder. What's so special about Nozomi, really? Pretty much everything. She is glad she is married to her childhood friend that is kind, sweet and organized. This makes her very happy and she wants to show it right now. She scoots closer towards her wife and raises her hand to take her cheek and kiss her on the lips.
"Honoka-chan?" Nozomi questions. "What's the matter?"
Honoka only gazes at her wife as she gently pushes her down. Nozomi doesn't fight it and gazes back into her wife's baby blue eyes. They embrace each other and start kissing passionately like there's no tomorrow. Lips brush against one another, tongues start caressing each other and soft moans are heard from both of them. They pull away to catch their breath a little before Nozomi moans out, "More~" and then kiss passionately again. They continue to kiss over and over until they feel the need to catch their breath. They pull away, panting hard and their bodies are sweating from the passionate kissing, but neither of them care. They just want to show their love for each other as much as possible. Honoka is still on top of Nozomi, so she caresses her wife's cheek with a gentle smile and leans in to briefly kiss her one last time before pulling away.
"Nozomi-chan…" she whispers.
"Honoka-chan…" Nozomi whispers back.
The ginger hugs her wife tightly, burying her face in her chest. The violet haired woman gives a gentle smile and strokes her hair.
"I love you, my precious wife," Nozomi whispers.
A/N: If any of you didn't know, there's a Love Live OVA, featuring the child Maki. So…I was inspired to write that about her since the Child Maki is cheerful and honest. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and especially Miyuki-chan~!
