SORRY! I didn't mean to take so long on this update! I totally forgot!

HOWEVER, my lack of reviews made it easy to forget this story so you may need to change that.

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With that being said, I love all my readers so I hope you enjoy this.

As for the original story I have decided to add new scenes into it so I'm actually still working on it for the time being but fear not, it will be done very soon.

As always happy reading!

~PrincessNoodle

Sousuke looked over the list Gou had given him, that was certainly not the way he had pictured that conversation going. Tsubasa swung his legs off the chair as he sat at the dinner table, waiting for Sousuke to scoop some spaghetti into a bowl for him.

"I like Matsouka-san. She's really nice," He commented absentmindedly, "You even like her."

Sousuke placed the bowl in front of him, "What do you mean?"

Tsubasa look a big bite, "Because you always smile around her." He swallowed before continuing, "She's easy to smile with."

Did he really?

The next day as promised Sousuke took Tsubasa on a trip to all the daycares, starting with the ones close to home and on the way to his work. Most Tsubasa, liked a couple Sousuke didn't like, and they both agreed on one by the end of the day and he started tomorrow.

Little steps daycare and after school care had been the one closest to them. It had structure, learning stations and a separate section for after school care (it had concerned Sousuke since Gou had said the different ages may have been a problem). They had optional lessons (like pre-school) during all hours of the day and every Thursday they did an outdoor adventure which he was told was different than their normal outdoor activities.

And as said, when he mentioned Gou's name they gave him a discount.

Gou sank into a hot bath as soon as she got home. The water relaxed her muscles and the scents calmed her. She thought she would fall asleep in the tub before her phone rang through the silence.

Drying a hand she picked it up before it could go to voicemail, "Hello?"

"Hey Gou- Hi Auntie Gou/Kou!" Rin said before the twins interrupted him. "Get down! I need to talk to Gou for a minute and then I'll give the phone to you!" He sighed and Gou had to hold in a laugh, "Sorry, they are such trouble makers. Anyways, I had a favor to ask for you."

Gou rolled her eyes, "Of course you do, god forbid you call to say hi."

"Hey I'm a better big brother than that!" Rin whined. "I need you to pick up the twins after school for me on Friday. PLEASE?"

Gou grabbed a towel and stood up out of the bath, "Okay I guess I can do that, where are you and Haru going to be?"

"On a date."

"Like always, why do you always call me?"

Rin paused, "Because you're always free."

"So I get stuck watching the kids because I'm single?"

"Exactly."

She hung up.

Rin looked down at his phone, "She hung up."

Two identical whines filled the air and cries of wanting to talk to Auntie were all Haru could hear from his bath on the next floor up.

As promised on Friday Gou found herself leaving the office at 4:00 to pick up Mizu and Sakura from their afterschool care, luckily her last client of the day was easy and had even left a little early. Finally finding a parking spot among the other cars she stepped into the facility and shivered under the harsh air conditioning.

"Hi I'm here for Mizu and Sakura Matsouka," She said uncertainly, "I'm their aunt Gou Matsouka."

"Oh yes, their father had said that you were picking them up today, they are just down the hall and to the right."

Gou thanked the receptionist and walked down the brightly lit hall and took a right into a game room.

"Auntie Gou/Kou!" The twins' shrieks were heard throughout the entire building as they jumped up from their game of connect4 to hug around her waist.

"Hi guys, how was school?"

"Boring."

"Lame. What's for dinner?"

"Stir-fry."

She held their hands as she guided them out of the game room, being sure they had their backpacks and jackets and down the hall towards reception.

"Matsouka-san!"

"Tsubasa-chan?" Gou whipped around in confusion.

"Gou-san?"

"Sousuke-san?" Gou questioned in even deeper confusion.

"Mizu-chan and Sakura-chan!" The twins yelled together throwing their arms up. Gou shushed them and walked over to Tsubasa.

"Hi Tsubasa-chan, is this your new daycare?" She asked him after bending down to his level.

He nodded enthusiastically, "Ya! My room is over there." He pointed to the opposite corner of the building than where she had grabbed the twins.

"Wow that sounds fun! Do you like it here?" He nodded again. "Well that's good," Gou stood up, "These are my niece and nephew, Mizu and Sakura. Twins, this is Tsubasa from work and his father."

Tsubasa hid slightly behind Sousuke and gave the twins a wave, which they returned happily.

"Gou, are these Rin's kids?" Sousuke questioned while staring at them as they tried to get Tsubasa to join in on a game of tag.

She nodded, "Little devils they are, they've had them for a year, adopted them and gave them a home. I can't even imagine the responsibility."

"Him and who?"

"Rin and Haru of course, they finally got together a year after graduation. Mizu, Sakura! We need to get going," She ordered and they came right to her side, dragging a smiling Tsubasa beside them.

"Can Tsubasa come over and play?"

"Please? We'll eat all the vegetables in the stir-fry!"

Gou looked between all three hopeful faces and then up to Sousuke who shrugged in return.

The vegetable deal seemed pretty tempting.

Gou sent out some nervous laughter and was about to speak when Sousuke did.

"We could all go out to a restaurant."

Sakura and Mizu got Tsubasa chanting with them, "Fam-ily rest-aur-rant," over and over again.

All Gou could do was stare at Sousuke. She really didn't know how to feel, either happy to be spending some time with Sousuke outside of work or whatever else for whatever reason.

Gou, Sousuke, Sakura, Mizu and Tsubasa all squeezed into a big booth at a family restaurant near the daycare center. The kids babbled on about something or other while Gou and Sousuke were left to their silence.

"So Rin and Haru?" Sousuke muttered while staring at the twins, "And they adopted?"

Gou nodded, "They thought it was time, and then they found these two and couldn't say no. They really do make a cute family."

"I didn't think they'd ever want kids," Sousuke stated while taking a sip from his coffee, "Haru especially."

"He got over it, he loves them now. He reads them books every night before bed and taught them how to swim."

"Of course."

The waitress came around to their table and Gou ordered for the twins and then herself while Sousuke ordered for himself and Tsubasa blurted out that he wanted ice cream.

"Food first then ice cream," Sousuke explained.

Tsubasa looked up at the waitress and curled deeper into Sousuke's side trying to hide. Then he flipped up the menu so that only Sousuke could see what he wanted.

"Chicken fingers and apple juice.

"Orange!"

"Orange juice."

The waitress left after asking if anyone wanted anything and then the kids went back to playing.

"So what about you? Do you want kids?"

Gou looked surprised and then glanced at the three beside her, "Sometime, but there's still a little bit I have to get done before I can think about that. Mainly start dating someone." She confessed.

Sousuke nodded, "Well it'd be easy for you, you already know everything."

Gou chuckled and moved a cup away from Sakura's flailing arms, "I'm sure that working and watching kids is very different from having your own."

Sousuke looked at Tsubasa, "Ya I guess it is different."

"I didn't mean to scare you," Gou stammered, "You're doing a great job for someone who didn't prepare at all. I mean usually people have at least 9 months to prepare but you had no time, and I think it's wonderful that you took on so much responsibly when you really didn't have to."

Gou had a thoughtful look on her face as Sousuke watched her. Her focus was on the kids in front of her as they laughed and drank their juice. She stirred her drink with the straw and he thought she was beautiful- not only by the way she looked, but by the way she thought and cared.

'You're making me fall for you all over again.'

And that's all folks!

Have a wonderful week you beautiful weirdos and hopefully I'll have another chapter up sooner than last time... I think I say that every time and it never works.

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Love,

~PrincessNoodle