Chapter 9

A Wonderful Morning

Honoka wakes up to find that her wife isn't there. She sits up, rubs her eyes a little to wake herself up and climbs out of bed. She sees the door open and hears a little chattering and giggling going on downstairs. She is eager to see what's going on. The ginger comes downstairs towards the kitchen where her wife and seven children are. She is surprised by the poppers and confetti being thrown at her and Nozomi and her seven children throw out their arms, all saying in unison, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONOKA-CHAN/MAMA HONOKA~!"

"Wow~!" the ginger giggles. "I didn't think I'd wake up to this!"

"Hey, Honoka-chan," Nozomi says as she walks up to her to give her usual good morning kiss. "It's your birthday, so we want to surprise you like this early in the morning. Sorry I had to wake up our children to help me with breakfast. It's a feast, trust me."

"A feast, huh?"

Honoka looks over at the table and it's filled with pancakes, waffles, sausages, some buttered toast and glasses of orange juice for everyone. The ginger's baby blue eyes sparkle in delight.

"You…you all did this?" she asks.

"We sure did~" Nozomi answers. "Well…mostly Elicchi and Nicocchi did the work on the pancakes and waffles. Umi and Kotori did the toast and butter and Maki-chan, Hanayo-chan and Rin-chan did the juice for everyone, plus setting up the table."

Honoka turns to her seven children, who are all bashfully looking at her back. She pets each and every one of them with a happy smile on her face.

"Thank you, all of you~" she says. "You've all worked hard to make this special breakfast for me~"

Nozomi pulls her wife away and kisses her cheek and turns to everyone else. "Now then. Everyone, let's dig in!"

All the seven children immediately sit on the table, their silverware ready. Nozomi and Honoka serve them up the food for them and themselves. Once that's done, everybody takes a bite of the pancakes and waffles. All at once, they let out a happy, "Mmmmmmm~!" and swallow it.

"Wow~!" Honoka exclaims. "Nozomi-chan, this is…I can't even describe how good this tastes~!"

"Thank Nicocchi and Elicchi," the violet haired woman says. "They were the ones who cooked the waffles and pancakes."

"Ah, yes, of course~!" The ginger turns to her two oldest children. "Thank you very much, Eli-chan and Nico-chan~"

"It's no biggie~" Nico says as she rubs the back of her head.

"You're welcome, Mama Honoka," the blonde says.

"The food tastes great~!" Maki says raising up her hand. "Thanks Mama Zomi for letting us help you~!"

"Oh, no problem," Nozomi says with a smile. "Sorry for waking you girls up so early."

"It's no problem at all," Kotori says as she chomps on her waffle.

The big family continues to eat breakfast until their bellies are full and plates are completely empty. They help each other with the dishes, put them away and walk over to the living room to take a rest. However, Nozomi has other plans.

"Everyone," she calls her seven children. "I think we're forgetting something~"

Umi immediately gets the point and turns toward her ginger haired mother, reaching her hands in the air while jumping up and down. "Birthday hug and kisses~!"

Honoka nods happily and obliges. She picks up her favorite child and the shy bluenette hugs and kisses her mother on the cheek. Then comes Maki next, though she kisses two times on both cheeks while being picked up and hugged. Kotori is next, followed by Eli and Nico, who kiss both sides of her cheeks while hugging her. Hanayo and Rin do the same thing. And lastly, Nozomi hugs her beloved wife and kisses her on the lips, very passionately for as long as they want to. Their children watch in amazement as the two make out until they pull away to catch their breath. Honoka pants a little as she turns toward her 7 children and then back at her wife.

"Thank you…all of you~!" she says with happy tears in her eyes. "This is the best birthday morning~!"

All of her seven children gather around and do a group hug, followed by Nozomi.

"Happy Birthday, Mama Honoka~!" her seven children say in unison.

"Happy Birthday, Honoka-chan," Nozomi whispers in her ear.

And all the ginger could do is smile.

A/N: So…this was inspired by Miyuki-chan's Honoka Birthday fic, "Happy Maker". I had to do at least one birthday story for a character since I fail to do so with everyone else. Still, I'm happy I got to do it with the Leader of Muse at least. Hehe~!

Hope you all enjoyed that one. It's good to be back~!