Oh, that was a lot of fun to write! If I only had more time...
drinker: Maybe I'll write about Nanoha's family one day. But right now I'll finish the chapters I have already planned. Aren't that many anymore.
Thanks for all the reviews, I appreciate them.
Innocent daughter, blushing mothers
"Why are you staring at me like that, Vivio?," Fate demanded to know. Usually she would have been in an exceptionally good mood. This was a morning after, after all. Next week Fate would be on a mission again, so Nanoha and her had made efforts to give Vivio a day full of different family activities – from strolling through the city, watching some recruits on the training grounds from afar – with Vivio claiming she wanted to become a mage too, so that she could fight together with her mamas – trying out which café had the best caramel ice cream, to a rather long movie night.
It hadn't been all for Vivio's sake, truth be told. Their little girl was growing up, she didn't need as much sleep as just some month ago anymore. One thing that hadn't changed was the fact that she still wanted to spend as much time as possible with both Nanoha and her, when Fate was at home. Which made it a little difficult to find opportunities for the... adult events of a family household. Yet yesterday Vivio had been dead tired lastly. And then Nanoha had taught her again whyFate was sometimes considering quitting her job as an Enforcer and finding work on Mid-Childa. To bad that to her it was more than just a job.
Anyway, after a very rewarding night they had gotten up barely soon enough to make breakfast. The last thing she wanted was Vivio asking them why they overslept. Yet the girl seemed to sense something, why else would she stare at her mothers like that? It made Fate feel uncomfortable.
"What?" Nanoha seemed to be a little dazed this morning. The surprised look told Fate that the auburn-haired girl really hadn't noticed Vivio's strange behaviour.
"Vivio has been staring at us nearly the whole morning," Fate explained accusingly... although she didn't really know if she was accusing Vivio for being rude or Nanoha for being so absent-minded. "And she barely said anything."
"Vivio, is that true?" Nanoha inquired, finally waking up.
Their daughter looked from Fate to Nanoha, stared at her for a moment and then nodded. "Un."
"Vivio, that is rude!"
"Why are doing it?"
It was typical behaviour in their family. Nanoha would first chid and explain later why it had been necessary. Her viewpoint was that a child first had to realize what it shouldn't do, no matter if it understood the reason – if it took too long to understand, without rules and boundaries all kinds of accidents could happen, social and worse ones. Fate would argue that they should first talk and explain, that as long as Nanoha treated Vivio like a kid, their daughter would never grow up. She knew that deep inside this was what Nanoha wanted – the other girl flourished in her role as a mother. Fate was more of a realist. One day they wouldn't be able to protect Vivio anymore, and then the girl would have to think with her own head.
Meanwhile their daughter definitely was thinking, although Fate had no idea about what. Vivio looked from Nanoha to Fate again, still not talking. Then she stood up and took a step sidewards, now standing right next to Fate. The blonde Enforcer was sure that there soon would be a hole in her head if Vivio continued to stare at her like that.
"Vivio, you are really acting strange," Fate told her. She bowed down, bringing her face closer to Vivio, saying soothingly: "Come on, tell us. What's wrong?"
The girl suddenly put her hands on Fate's cheeks and brought her head closer to Fate's. Did she want to give her mama a kiss? But just as Fate asked herself what she had done to deserve one, she felt something soft and wet trailing up her cheek.
"Vivio!" she shouted, recoiling and covering her cheek. Now she was the one staring at the girl with the mismatched eyes in front of her, although entirely stunned.
"What's wrong, Fate-chan?" Nanoha interjected, perplexed because of Fate's reaction. Of course, she probably had only seen Vivio giving her mama a kiss.
"She LICKED me!" Fate exclaimed, causing her lover's jaw to drop. Well, to be fair, it DID sound strange... especially since you could say they did the same thing to each other last night, although in a much less innocent way. Maybe that's why Nanoha looked so baffled, her mind not being able to make a connection between the sentence, which fitted to last night's not-so-innocent events, and the epitome of purity that was their daughter. A faint blush crept on both of their cheeks.
"Bah!" Vivio suddenly announced, grimacing. "Fate-mama tastes soapy!"
Well, Fate HAD taken a quick shower in the morning, sorry about that! Still, this comment made so little sense that Fate decided to ignore it for the moment... for the sake of her sanity.
"Vivio, WHY did you lick my cheek?" she demanded to know, with an impressive amount of strictness in her voice. Since she was normally the more laisser-faire-kind-of parent, Vivio was not used to that. Fortunately, after the eavesdrop-matter the girl had become a lot more trusting and comfortable around her adoptive parents. She didn't start crying or became scared. Still she shrank back and looked on her feet.
"Nanoha-mama said Fate-mama tastes good," the little girl mumbled apologetically. "Vivio wanted to test that." She looked up and flinched. "Please don't be mad, mama. I didn't know that was wrong."
Well, she misinterpreted something. Her mothers heads were red, that was true. Beet-red. But the little girl couldn't know that the two young women were much too embarrassed to be angry.
"Vivio, where did you hear that?" Nanoha managed to ask. Her voice sounded slightly panicked. Well, Fate right now was much too busy getting her voice to work at all. Which wasn't that important because she could very well imagine where Vivio had heard this statement. Although she prayed she was wrong.
Vivio was now looking at her feet again, obviously ashamed. "Last night I suddenly woke up," she confessed and crushed Fate's hope. "I wanted to go to sleep again, but before I wanted a glass of water. So I left my room and... then I heard. Strange noises came from mamas room. And sometimes mamas said each other's name, like they were sleeping and dreaming of each other." Vivio looked up. "Please don't be mad, Nanoha-mama, Fate-mama," she pleaded. "Vivio didn't want to eavesdrop. It's just that... mamas sounded so strange."
She was starting to use her name instead of "I" again. She was really ashamed of herself. But not half as ashamed as her mothers, even if that was nothing against their overwhelming embarrassment. Vivio HEARD them! Thank god she hadn't thought her mothers were in danger – she might have stormed into their bedroom and then they would have an even more mortifying talk right now! And probably a child in desperate need of therapy.
"Go on," Fate somehow managed to utter. With truly remarkable willpower she even brought a small smile on her glowing face. "It's alright, Vivio." Like hell it is!
After looking at Nanoha and seeing her other blushing mama silently nodding too, she continued. "Well... Vivio was worried because mamas were breathing so hard. And you were moaning... like Vivio when I was sick." She looked at her mothers worriedly. "Are you sure you are not sick? You are both very red." And they were getting even redder, as Fate confirmed when she exchanged a helpless glance with Nanoha. They mumbled something and motioned Vivio to continue. It couldn't get any worse than this after all... right? "I... I know Nanoha-mama told me that this is your room and Vivio shouldn't enter uninvited, but I was worried. But then I heard Nanoha-mama talk. She said really strange things. That she could eat Fate-mama up... that Fate-mama tasted sweet... that she had waited for Fate-mama's honey for so long." Vivio blinked and looked at Nanoha. "But Fate-mama doesn't taste sweet, mama. I checked."
Couldn't get any worse? HAH! Fate swallowed. If Hayate... or any of her friends really... was here, she would be laughing like a maniac right now.
"We-well, I didn't lick Fate-mama's cheek, nyahaha," Nanoha nervously stated and rubbed the back of her head. Fate was impressed Nanoha's blush didn't deepen at these words – Fate, being reminded where Nanoha had... licked her at that time, was definitely getting redder. "Was that all, Vivio?"
"No." If she hadn't known better, Fate would have sworn her daughter was a sadist. But a sadist wouldn't look at her with eyes full of innocence like Vivio did right now. "Fate-mama was moaning all the time and saying strange things like Nanoha-mama should devour all of her. But I figured that mamas would tell me if they were really sick and needed Vivio's help." The little girl beamed at them. "Right?"
Nanoha seemed to be able to control her embarrassment better than Fate. Although she was still playing tomato, she showed a genuine smile, picked her daughter up and sat her on her lap. "That's right, because if we trust Vivio, than Vivio will trust us too." Vivio nodded. "You know, it was good that you didn't open the door. Nanoha-mama and Fate-mama were doing an... adult thing there." Nanoha coughed, which turned into a short, nervous laugh. "Vivio is still too young for that, okay?"
"Oh," Vivio said, brooding over this for a moment before she looked up again. "But when Vivio's older I can lick people too?"
Fate couldn't help it. She burst into hysterical laughter. The thought of Vivio walking around licking the cheeks of complete strangers just was too absurd.
NOT helping, Fate-chan! she heard Nanoha's voice in her head. Her lover was scowling at her even if the effect was a little diminished by the red face. Vivio however seemed to be completely confused.
I'm sorry, she sent back, trying to regain control. I'm sorry, Nanoha, It took her a few more moments before she finally calmed down. Still giggling, she placed her chair closer to Nanoha and Vivio. She caressed her daughter's cheek, easing Vivio's bewilderment.
"Vivio, most people would be very bothered by licking them," she explained, still grinning like mad. "It is considered bad manners normally. Like Nanoha-mama said, it's an adult thing and you only... sometimes... do that with someone you truly love. But definitely not with strangers or even friends."
"Someone I love?" Vivio repeated with big eyes. "Like Fate-mama loves Nanoha-mama?"
The two young women nodded, smiling.
"But Vivio loves mamas too," the girl concluded. "So when I grow up, I am allowed to lick mamas?"
Nanoha simply groaned. Fate felt like that too, but instead she took Vivio from her and sat her on her lap. "Vivio, you are still too young to understand how adult love works," she told the girl. She smiled. "But you know, you can show people that you love them now too... in different ways. If you love someone like a friend, you can hug them." Fate gave her daughter a quick, gentle hug.
"That's true," Nanoha cut in. "And if you love someone more than a friend, you can give them a kiss on the cheek." Which she did.
Vivio looked from Nanoha to Fate thoughtfully. Then she pressed her lips firmly against Fate's cheek. "I love Fate-mama," she declared. Then she turned to Nanoha, who understood and presented her cheek too, gladly receiving the following kiss. "I love Nanoha-mama."
"We love you too, Vivio," Nanoha replied, caressing her daughter's hair. She offered her daughter a wry smile. "But you really need to stop this eavesdropping thing. This was quite embarrassing for Fate-mama and me, you know? Nyahaha."
"Why?" Vivio asked cautiously. She was a pretty nosy kid overall, but that had only surfaced after she had lost her fear of losing the ones she loved... and to this day she was still wary about angering her parents. Well, Fate and Nanoha would do their best to chase this wariness away too. To give this wonderful girl the childhood she deserved.
"Because these adult things Nanoha and I do in our bedroom are very private, Vivio," Fate explained, rubbing Vivio's shoulder. "We would be incredibly embarrassed if you told other people about it. You too don't tell every stranger what happened on the Cradle, do you? The things you and Nanoha-mama said to each other? Those words are very precious to you, or not?"
"Un," Vivio said, nodding. She seemed to understand, judging from her serious expression. Then she blinked, her mismatched eyes showing confusion. "But... it didn't sound like Nanoha-mama and Fate-mama were fighting at all."
The blush was back. Oh yes, it was back!
"We weren't!" Nanoha announced firmly.
Well... in a way...
FATE-CHAN!
Fate had never seen Nanoha's face being so red before. Hadn't she been so embarrassed herself, she would have probably teased her about it.
"Mama?" Vivio asked, looking curious. "Did Vivio em... embawass mamas again?"
Nanoha sighed and put her hand on Vivio's. "Let's just end this talk, okay Vivio?" she proposed gently. "You won't understand until you are older and if Fate-chan and I blush any longer the redth might stay on our faces. Let's finish breakfast, alright?"
Vivio nodded enthusiastically. "Un!" Then they continued having breakfast for a while, Nanoha's and Fate's face colour slowly changing to normal again. Somehow that... bothered Fate. It had looked cute, now that she thought about it. She grinned and bowed down to Vivio.
"But you know, Vivio," she told the girl in her best seductive voice, "if you REALLY want me and Nanoha-mama to teach you the best licking technique..."
Nanoha's eyes flew open and the blush returned in full force. Had she been drinking at this moment, it would have been the stereotypical Spit-take-moment.
FATE-CHAN!
Fate grinned even more, but continued to look at Vivio, seemingly ignoring her horrified girlfriend. "... then we must visit a café today too. We need more ice cream."
"Yay! Ice cream!" Vivio rejoiced. She turned to Nanoha. "Is that okay, Nanoha-mama? Mama?"
"It's okay, Vivio." Nanoha's voice sounded gentle, but also a little pressed. Fate's heartbeat accelerated when she looked at the auburn-haired girl. The blush was already vanishing, but still visible. Hadn't it been for the hard, intense look in her eyes – some would have called it murderous – the redth would have made Nanoha look absolutely adorable, a reminder of the gentle innocence she had always possessed in Fate's view. "You can go play. Fate-mama and I need to decide which café we'll visit."
Vivio looked at both of them with concern, but then she shrugged and stood up. "Come out soon, Fate-mama," she told her while she put on her shoes. "You promised to play with me today!"
"Right, right," Fate answered, but her eyes were glued to Nanoha's darkening face. She couldn't help it, a pleasant-cold shower ran down her spine. She now was completely at Nanoha's mercy, and she knew it. She LOVED it! Her breath quickened when her lover stood up, purposefully slow, walked over to her and bowed down next to Fate's ear. She nearly moaned when Nanoha started to whisper.
"That was very cruel, Fate-chan," Nanoha growled. "Startling me like that in front of our daughter."
"I'm sorry," Fate lied, using her best timid voice.
"That won't do it," Nanoha told her. She positioning her face in front of Fate, her strong blue eyes drilling into the blonde woman's burgundy ones. She grinned. Well, at least Fate could see her teeth. "I'm afraid I will have to... punish you, Fate-chan."
"Now?" Fate breathed, her mouth getting dry.
"Later," Nanoha decided. "But don't think I'll forget. And now get out. Vivio is waiting."
"Yes," Fate said, feeling the urge to add my mistress. It was just morning, but she couldn't await the night. Oh, she couldn't wait!
I may have overdone the last part, but it was just too funny to imagine. What do you think?