Chapter 6

Shopping Mall

Honoka is washing dishes while Nozomi is cleaning the table when an idea pops in her head all of a sudden.

"Hey, Honoka-chan," she says.

"Yes, hun?" The ginger replies as she puts away one dish in the dish rack.

"How about we take the kids to the mall today? We haven't done that for the past week, right? And you got your paycheck yesterday."

Honoka turns to her wife with a smile. "Sure thing. I don't mind taking our daughters to the mall."

"Excellent! I'll let them know right away and we'll get ready to go."

"Alright. I'll be ready as soon as I'm done with the dishes."

Nozomi walks toward the living room where the children are watching TV and playing with their toys and tells them that they are taking them to the mall in a few minutes, so they have to get ready. All of them jump to their feet, work together to clean up their mess and head toward their bedroom to get themselves ready. It takes about 20 minutes or so for Honoka to get the dishes done and put them in the dishwasher. Once that's done, the ginger walks in the bedroom to put on her blue sundress and Nozomi comes out of the closet with a yellow sundress with a hat on top her head. Honoka is amazed by her stunning appearance and give her some compliments before taking her hand. Both of them come down stairs to see their children at the front door, all ready to go.

All of them get in the car and Honoka starts the engine. She then starts driving and everyone starts to chat up a storm while enjoying the ride at the same time, however, Umi just looks out the window most of the time. Eli tries her best to interact with her shy little sister as much as she could, though.

Once they arrive at the mall, they get out of the car and as usual, Umi runs over to cling onto Honoka while the ginger holds Kotori's hand. Nozomi holds onto Ri's hand while Maki and Hanayo walk together and Eli and Nico walk separately. They enter the mall and notice that it's crowded at this time of day. Well, it is the afternoon, so of course it's going to be crowded. Umi whimpers as some people walk by them, probably a little too close to the shy girl, making her cower away and hug the ginger tightly. She is still not used to society very much, but going to the mall was Nozomi's idea after all. They start walking inside the crowded mall and look around at all the stores, like clothing stores, game stores, toy stores and even restaurants left and right. There is so much to choose from, but Nozomi and Honoka know that they have been to this mall enough times to go to the places they are most familiar with. Nozomi leads Honoka and the rest to her favorite clothing store.

Once they arrive there, Honoka looks around for the kids section since she wants to buy her daughters new clothing.

"Is it alright if we bought the kids a few new clothes?" the ginger inquires. "I mean it's summer anyways and it gets kinda boring for them to wear the same old clothing every time."

"That's a good idea," Nozomi says. "Alright, let's go."

All of them head over towards the kid's section and go to the toddler isle to pick out some summer clothes for them to wear. Honoka takes Umi and Kotori toward some dresses they could wear, like polka-dotted dresses or short dresses or even cute T-shirts with animals on them. Nozomi already got Rin another cat pajama set since the orange haired girl needed another one, even though she already has 2 so far. As for Maki and Hanayo, they received new summer dresses. Maki getting a light blue sun dress while Hanayo gets a light brown two piece dress with buttons. Eli looks around to see if she needs any new clothing until something catches her eye. A light blue T-shirt with some ballet shoes printed on the front and then a full body portion of a girl in a ballet dress, dancing. She picks up the T-shirt, followed by a glittering purple skirt that comes with it. She runs over to her mother Nozomi to show her.

"Mama Zomi! Mama Zomi!" Eli calls. "Can I have this?"

Nozomi turns her head while trying to manage Rin's hyper personality and looks up and down at the sparkling dress. "Oh, wow! That looks pretty, Elicchi! You can have it if you want."

"Really!? Thank you so much, Mama Zomi!" Eli says cheerfully.

Nico looks around for clothes that might fit her, but has no luck at all. Since she is petite, people are going to mistake her for a 2-year-old walking around. Eli giggles at the sight.

"Hey, hey, Nico-chan!" Eli calls. "I know a perfect outfit you can try on!"

"Really!? Where!?" The raven haired girl happily rushes to wear Eli is, but her smile fades when she sees pajamas that are way too cute for her to wear. It's colored pink with red roses on it. Worse, it's a one piece footy pajamas with a zipper and it's just her size. Nico slams it down on the floor with her hand and turns away while crossing her arms.

"No! I don't want it!" she protests.

"Aw, come on, Nico~!" Eli says as she picks it up. "No one will make fun of you if you wear it."

"They will! So, no thank you!"

"Alright, alright." Eli hangs up the pjs and looks around for a proper outfit for her sister to wear. "Hmmmm…."

"How about this, Nicocchi~?" Nozomi holds up a bear one-piece footy pajamas.

"Not you, too, Mama Zomi!" Nico shouts.

"Hehehehe~! I'm just kidding~!" the violet haired woman puts the pajamas back.

"Can I at least pick something out on my own?" Nico asks.

Honoka rubs her chin for a moment. "Hmmmm….welll….Umi-chan stop it…let's see…"

"Oh! i got it!" Nico rushes over towards one isle and picks out a sparkling pink dress and holds it up. "How's this~? Something similar to Eli's, but it'll do, right~?"

Honoka and Nozomi look at the dress and nod in approval.

"Hmm~! I think it'll do it nicely~!" Honoka says.

"Agreed~!" Nozomi says. "You can keep that dress."

"Thank you very much~!" Nico says.

As soon as everyone is done picking out dresses, they go to the check out line to buy the new clothes, put them in large backs and head back to the mall.

"So, where shall we go next?" Nozomi asks.

Something catches Rin's eye and points to an ice cream shop ahead of her. "Ice cream! Ice cream, nya~!"

"Hehe~! Ice cream, huh?" Honoka says. "Is it okay, Nozomi-chan?"

"Sure, why not?" the violet haired woman replies. "You have enough money to buy all of us some?"

"Yes, I do."

"Excellent! Then, let's go!"

The big family walk to the ice cream shop and order their favorite ice cream flavors, mostly vanilla and strawberry. They sit near the shop at a large rectangular table to enjoy their desert. Umi and Kotori sit next to Honoka, having their little cups of vanilla ice cream. Honoka giggles as she notices a little of it is on Umi's cheek.

"Umi-chan, you got some on your cheek right there," Honoka grabs a napkin and wipes it off with the bluenette whining a little. "There, all better~!"

Umi touches her cheek to wear Honoka had wiped and smiles a small smile. Honoka giggles at the cute face of Umi's and goes back to eating. Then, a young female brunette walks by and takes notice of Honoka's daughter and giggles.

"What an adorable daughter you have there," she says.

"Ah, thank you," the ginger says as she looks up at the gentle woman.

The woman leans down and smiles at her while waving. "Hey, there, sweetie! Mutsumi-san is my name. What's yours~?"

Umi just drops her spoon and scoots close to Honoka and buries her face against her chest, whining. She shakes her head roughly while Honoka sweat drops in embarrassment.

"She's really shy," Honoka says to Mutsumi. "Umi-chan is not used to talking with other people all that much."

"Awwww, that's a shame," Mutsumi says as she looks down at the ash-brunette, who is looking up at her with her big golden orbs. "And who might you be?"

"K-Kotori…" the ash-brunette replies softly.

"Awwww~! What a cute name for your daughter," Mutsumi says. "Who is that over there?" She points to the violet haired woman behind her.

"Oh, that's Nozomi-chan, my wife," Honoka replies. "Those are our 7 children."

"7 children? I'm surprised!" Mutsumi says. "It must be hard to raise such amount."

Honoka rubs the back of her head with a nervous smile. "Well, we manage okay."

"Mm…well, I have to go. My husband, Kei-chan and I have to be somewhere soon," Mutsumi says.

"Okay, see ya!" Honoka waves her hand good-bye as the brunette waves back and leaves.

"Ara~!" Nozomi's voice startles the ginger a little. "That was a lively conversation you had there."

"She's a very nice woman," Honoka says. "She complimented us having nice daughters."

"I see," Nozomi says as she collects the cups from her kids. "Well, we finished our ice cream as soon as you two were done talking. Are you three done with yours?"

Honoka looks over at Umi's cup of ice cream. Only half is eaten before the woman walked by and talked with Honoka a bit. She then looks down at the shy girl, who's face is still buried in her chest. The ginger softly pokes her back to signal her to come out. Umi lifts her head and looks up at her mother with her big golden orbs. She looks back and sees that the woman left. The shy girl slowly gets off her mother and scoots over to finish the last bit of ice cream happily. Honoka and Nozomi giggle at this cute sight. After she's finished, Nozomi picks up her cup and throws it away in the trash. The family stand up and decide to explore the rest of the mall for a little while longer, like going to a couple toy stores, observing some sculptures and just enjoying each other's company.

After about an hour of exploring, the family decides to head back home. As soon as they get in the van, Honoka starts up the car and starts to drive home. Kotori and Umi hold their newly found stuffed toys that are larger than their original ones and frankly, they love cuddling with them because they are so soft. Honoka is glad that they went to the toy store for that. Maybe they can sleep better using those new stuffed toys.

Once they get home, they get organized in putting away the clothes they bought and just chill around the house for the rest of the afternoon until dinner time. Nozomi and Honoka help each other cook up hamburger steak for all of them, which takes about an hour to do. Once that's done, they call their children for dinner and eat. All the daughters give their praises to their mothers' cooking. Honoka bashfully tells them that Nozomi helped her out with most of it. The family eats all of the burgers and their plates are empty. Honoka clears the table as soon as the children leave to go brush their teeth and washes the dishes. Nozomi helps clean off the table by wiping it off. She turns to her wife and smiles. This day is another great day for the happy family since they went to the mall. They bought nice clothes, ate ice cream and talked to a very nice woman who appreciates them having 7 daughters. Once she's done wiping the table, Nozomi walks over towards the ginger and wraps her arms from behind with her large breasts touching her back.

"Ah, N-Nozomi-chan…" Honoka says as she looks back while trying to handle another dish.

"You're so cute, Honoka-chan~" Nozomi coos in her ear. "I'm so glad we went out today. Our daughters were as lively as usual."

"O-oh…thank you…" Honoka blushes, but smiles a small smile. "You were the one who decided on it."

"Yes, I did, but you helped keep our children busy and not cause trouble," Nozomi says as she kisses her cheek. "You did a wonderful job."

"Ehehe~! Thank you."

The two briefly kiss and Nozomi lets Honoka finish the rest of the dishes. And then, Nozomi lifts up her wife, bridal style, much to the ginger's surprise and both of them plop on the couch to watch some television. Honoka sits up and rests her head on her wife's shoulder while watching a good show. Just then, Umi comes running over towards Honoka and reaches her hands up while having a desperate look on her face. The ginger giggles and lifts up her shy daughter to have her sit on her lap. However, Umi doesn't want to. Instead, she lies down on Honoka's lap and curls up closer to her and falls asleep with a small smile on her face. Honoka wanted to squeal so badly right now.

"Looks like Umi-chan wants to sleep early," Nozomi says.

"Or maybe it's because she feels comfortable sleeping on my lap that way." Honoka says as she gently strokes the bluenette's hair. "Either way, she loves me."

"And you love her," Nozomi says as she kisses her wife on the cheek. "You love her as much as all our other daughters."

"Yes…that's correct." Honoka nods in agreement.