Hiyas, everyone! Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad you guys like it! I wish I had the time to write longer chapters, but… Anyway, let's continue!
Kululu was quickly told of Momoka's supposed predicament, and told them the same thing he'd told Natsumi. Fuyuki frowned, but he took it better than Natsumi had.
Momoka was already completely convinced that this was reality, and soon she was cooing at Kioshii and tickling her. Kululu looked on, still brimming with pride at his work. Unless you already knew, there was no way you'd be able to tell it was just an android.
And Fuyuki had even gone so far as to name its species. Keroponian, really? Well, it couldn't last much longer, anyway, Kululu supposed. All good things must come to an end eventually. And Aki was bound to notice when she got home from her three day business trip that night.
Giroro came out of his tent at that point, deciding not to brood anymore. He still wasn't used to the idea of parenthood or whatever it was that it counted as, but Kioshii was impossible not to adore. And he'd always loved Natsumi, so that wasn't anywhere near a sacrifice. And no one else seemed to think it was out of the ordinary, either.
He opened the door to find Momoka playing with Kioshii, something that automatically counted as danger in Giroro's eyes. Eager to stop it, he moved to intervene.
"Uh, Momoka? Could I hold her?" he asked, blushing. At least Natsumi wasn't there. He didn't know if he'd be able to stand that humiliation.
"Oh! Giroro! Fuyuki told me what happened! I'm so sorry! The same thing happened to me!" she said, handing the infant to Giroro. Giroro was taken aback.
"You lost your memory, too, Momoka?" he asked, subconsciously rocking Kioshii in his arms. Momoka nodded.
"Yeah. I forgot all about Kioshii, too. But enough about me, how's Natsumi doing?" Momoka asked.
"She's taking it pretty badly… Wait, you forgot Kioshii, too? And that's all? Doesn't that seem a little too coincidental?" Giroro asked, furrowing his brow. No! He wanted it to be real!
"Kululu didn't seem to think so," Momoka said, shrugging. "Anyway, I'm going to go home now." She waved and left, leaving Giroro to stew in his thoughts.
Deep in the base, Kululu was fuming. He couldn't be figuring it out already! Where was the fun in that?
Finally something in Giroro's head clicked. Kululu, of course! He was about to barge downstairs to confront Kululu about it, but then he realized that if he did so, Kioshii would most likely go away. He didn't want that. So he decided to turn the trick on Kululu, just this once.
He began thinking of how to do it, setting Kioshii down gently on her baby blanket, now sound asleep from the rocking motion.
He ran to find Natsumi.