Ok, so I made this chappie a light one, with a hint of saddening tones. Just... Preparing you for chapter 7, yosh!

Mommy's Corner

Baby's Name: ---

Cravings: oranges, howalon, chocolate, kurikinton, mochi, sweet potatoes, and watermelons (I'd love to see how it would result if my baby turned out like our adorable Mikan-chan)

Potential godfathers: Ruka, Inchou, Tono (it'll be alright as long as he'll be a good example for Baby)

Potential godmothers: Mikan, Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko

Why pick them?: I believe that Ruka, Yuu, and Mikan could serve as good examples for Baby. Then Tono can be a fine fatherly figure, while Anna and Nonoko can be great aunties and give lots of gifts. Yeah…

Thought to ponder: If it weren't for this baby I'm carrying right now, I'd lock myself up in a room and sulk all day. Kaname's death was a hard thing to go through, and telling the guys was an even more difficult task to manage. Tsubasa told me Kaname is happy, and I think he is. Bear hasn't been any trouble, and we enjoy taking care and looking after him because Kaname told us to. I guess it was up to us now to give his love to Bear, which isn't a very hard thing to do. For now, as I look at that tiny, yet strong creature, I can't help but remind myself to breathe in, and SMILE.

24 Weeks

"Tsubasa, let's go!" Misaki called over to him while on her way out to the door, grabbing an orange as she passed through the countertop.

"Ok, ok, coming!" He hastily buttoned up his shirt and stumbled out to the living room.

"You have your coat?"

"Here it is. Let's go."

It was a fine, crisp Saturday in October, and the couple was out to buy some baby stuff for, well, the baby. Baby shopping was actually Tsubasa's idea since he wanted to distract Misaki from the recent tragedy of Kaname's passing away last month.

They were still both grieving, but it was perfectly clear that grieving wasn't very healthy for Misaki and the baby. Yeah, Tsubasa read his baby books.

"Can we stop by Kaname's after we do some shopping?"

"Isn't that the reason why Bear started to tag along?" Tsubasa poked his thumb in the air, pointing it at the little brown stuffed toy that dragged behind them on the sidewalk.

"Well, yeah." Misaki thoughtfully munched on what was left of her tangerine, distracting herself from the incoming pain of the slightest mention of Kaname's name.

After a few minutes, they arrived at their destination. Misaki threw away her fruit rind and scooped up Bear in her arms.

"Let's go inside!" She squealed as she dragging a reluctant Tsubasa behind her.

The baby store was a warm, cozy haven from the bitter chills that the autumn air blew down on them. The store was a little crowded today considering it was a weekend, most people didn't own heaters in their homes, and there are a lot of pregnant women nowadays. Either way, you make your choice.

It sorta smelled like baby powder inside while the off-white walls and honey-colored oak tiles made it seem warmer than outside. Misaki took in a whiff and smiled. Tsubasa grinned in amusement.

Sometimes it was amazing how it makes him happy to see his wife smile over the tiniest things.

"Ooooh! Booties!"

"How adorable!"

"That's so cute! I wanna buy that!"

"Weeh! It's pretty and colorful, let's go there!"

"Off to aisle 12! Yosh!"

Then all of a sudden, Misaki duplicated herself into five clones, shocking the nearby witnesses and random customers that came too near. Tsubasa rolled his eyes and stepped on the big shadow of the Misaki duplicates.

"Hold your horses there, my loves."

"I'm over here you idiot." The real Misaki scoffed at her husband.

"Err… Ok, we meet at the cashier ok? And try not to burn out my cash, 'cause I've only got enough to last for a day…"

"Haii!"

"C'mon Tsubasa." Misaki's jeering expression suddenly shifted to a lovey-dovey face.

Urrgh, how terrifying. Tsubasa quietly thought in his head. He flashed a nervous grin, hoping his pocket won't have a hole on it later on.

[Thirty minutes later…]

"Last item, please." Three Misaki pleaded in unison in front of a disgruntled Tsubasa. The real Misaki was beside him, gripping his arm while scratching her head.

"It's a MUST!"

"It's yellow, and it's pretty…"

"It has teddy bears on it, see?" Bear looked at it in a rather irritated way.

"Uhm, I think what the girls mean is that… Your baby would really love it." A fourth Misaki clone stepped in. At least this copy made sense…

Tsubasa and Misaki looked at each other, then Bear looked at Tsubasa, and Misaki at Bear. They had a round of thoughtful glances at each other before making the final decision.

"Fine. Thank you so much for helping out girls."

"Ok… I'm sure that Baby would like it."

*nod*

Misaki placed back all the duplicates inside her body and walked over to the counter with Tsubasa behind her, pushing the stroller before him.

The couple paid for all the baby items the clones and they themselves picked out for the baby. Tsubasa had to admit, those Misaki copies were very good at picking out the right stuff, while Misaki was gleeful since she was partially responsible for turning her clones into smart shoppers.

All and all, even though Tsubasa nearly had a hole burned in his pocket, they were able to buy ten different flannel jumpsuits, three pairs of booties, a stuffed duck, a bottle sterilizer, fifteen bottles, a night light, a crib, and a yellow, bear-print stroller.

No regrets. Tsubasa ironically thought, sighing regretfully.

[After three hours…]

Misaki sat down on a bench by the bus stop stretching her exhausted legs that were dangerously wobbling under her enormous weight.

"Tsubasa."

"Yeah?"

"Could you get me some ice cream?" She pointed to a nearby ice cream stand.

"Err, fine." Tsubasa, who apparently was very tired from lugging around the heavy packages from baby store to cemetery then to bus stop, submissively complied and sighed as he put down the packages on the space beside Misaki.

"Be right back."

"Ooh, ooh! Don't hold back on the ketchup ok?" She pointed to a hotdog stand next to the ice cream stand.

"Yes, yes." Certainly can't afford another tantrum in this busy street full of passersby again…

Misaki sighed heavily as she rubbed her big tummy. Bear also sat down between her and the packages, and started to rub her tummy. The baby then suddenly started to stir as two people sat on Misaki's other, unoccupied side. That was highly unusual.

Then she remembered the sensation she felt whenever another Alice was nearby, and concluded that Baby was feeling the same way whenever she smiled, laughed, cried, or was shocked.

Yes, shocked.

"Anna-chan, is that you?!" Misaki turned her head to face the people who just sat beside her.

"And Tobita too!"

"Eh?! Misaki-senpai?" Anna's eyes widened as she took a second look at the pregnant lady who suddenly started to talk to her by random.

"We hardly recognized you…" Yuu apologetically said.

"Well, yeah, I am six months in after all, and I am the size of a 600 pound whale."

"Well, you actually looked glowing. Very blooming too." Yuu shyly added, a faint blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Yeah, well, people usually say that to me, hehe."

"Really? That's so great?"

"Eh?! Yuu and Anna? What brings you here on this fine day at the bus stop?" Tsubasa appeared in front of them, a ketchup smeared ice cream cone in his hand.

"Well, we heard from Tono-senpai about what happened to Kaname-senpai", Bear squirmed in his seat, "And we decided to pay a visit to him today." Yuu timidly smiled, trying to hide back the sadness that was croaking in his voice.

Tsubasa forced a smile, while Misaki blinked away the tears and warmly took Bear in his arms.

"Well, we're sorry for reminding you…."

"Wha – It's ok? We're already happy enough that we were able to meet with you guys today." Tsubasa weakly grinned, handing over the ketchup-drizzled ice cream to Misaki, who was looking at it with a hungry look on her eyes.

"Hmm… Sorry for not keeping in touch, it's just that, we've been so busy and all, so, yeah…" Anna paused to slightly join Yuu and Tsubasa who were chuckling at the poor ice cream cone that was quickly being wolfed down by a ravenous Misaki, "Uhhm, how 'bout a baby shower?" She excitedly chirped up, her wavy pink hair bobbing with the sudden movement of her head.

"Baby shower?"

"Yeah, you know, so that we could meet up together, and talk, and get a look on each other's lives." Anna continued.

"Hmm… Sure! Why not!" Misaki beamed, wiping the last of the ketchup smears from her mouth.

"How 'bout next month? We've both been pretty busy lately, Anna and I…"

"That doesn't sound too bad." Tsubasa smiled at Yuu.

Then a bus suddenly pulled up.

"Oh, looks like this is our stop." Misaki stood up, dusting the crumbs on her thick, woolen maternity dress.

"We'll call up the other's ok?" Anna called after them as they sat down on the bus. Yuu helped Tsubasa in carrying all the stuff on board.

"A month from this day? Is that fine?" He asked Tsubasa and Misaki.

"Great, that's alright." They said in chorus.

"Bye." Yuu smiled at the, before getting down from the bus.

Then when he was already beside Anna, Misaki shouted. "Hey, Tobita-kun, you're gonna be Baby's godfather ok?"

"Sure, why not." He laughed, then waved together with Anna as the bus started to move, homebound to Tsubasa and Misaki's cozy little apartment complex.

Ok, on to the reviews! Was it fine? Or did it suck? Did it feel odd to have such a light aura after chapter 5? Please tell me. 'Cause I'm just doing this to avoid too much drama and depression. :D