Light walked into the room and sat on the bed-like seat, "So... what do we do?" The doctor was leafing through papers as she said, "I'm going to put some cold jelly like stuff on your stomach and I run a device over it to check the baby. It's completely safe and doesn't hurt, so don't worry." "Sure.", Light said, lying back on the chair, "Let's get this done. "Nice to see you're ready to go. Some mothers are very reluctant.", the doctor chuckled, "But it seems your husband is more anxious." Sure enough, Hope was sitting in a chair next to Light and slightly rocking back and forth.

"Hope. It's fine.", Light said, attempting to reassure Hope who continued acting like the Human Pendulum. He stared at the ground, contradicting his own statement, "I'm fine, just fine. Completely okay..." The doctor exhaled and took out a tube, "There's only a 10% chance something will be wrong."

Hope slowly turned to face Lightning. "Wait...10%..?", he said.

"10% isn't that big. The 10 year survival rate in the GC is 10%, but I'm alive. So there.", Lightning reassured him. "But you said yourself that this kid is extraordinary...", he murmured as a reply. "So? There's a 90% chance he or she will be completely normal! And just the way we got this menace proved that it's gonna be special. It'll be fine. And plus, 90 is bigger than 10.", Light explained with her superb math skills.

Hope nodded, "Okay, okay..." The doctor smirked at their conversation as she asked, "Can you keep your shirt up? I'm going to put the jelly on. It'll be cold, just fair warning." "Ok.", Light said, lifting up her shirt. A small bulge was visible, but otherwise, no outward sign was perceivable.

The doctor said as she squeezed the jelly one, "You're nice and fit. I'm sure that even lowers the risks." "Hm. Thanks.", she said, smiling at Hope, "Look. There's the Huggler." Hope grinned as the shadowy image of a fetus appeared on the screen, "Mhm. They're cute..." The doctor nodded, "It's very well developed and I can't see any physical defects." She moved the device over a little, "And I can see only one."

The doctor looked at both of them, "Do you want to know the gender?" Hope quickly replied, "I do!" Then he shied, embarrassed for his outburst, "Er...if you want to Light..." "Sure. Not like it'll make much of a difference.", Light said, looking at the screen that showed a baby who had managed to stick both of its thumbs in his mouth.

The doctor said, "It's a boy. Congratulations."

"We're not naming him Hope, Jr.", Light said, by way of a reply. "Okay if you say so.", he replied, without looking away from the screen, "He's so cute..."

"Oh!", Hope looked to the doctor, "Is there any way we can get copies of the ultrasound for her sister?" "True. Serah will kill us if we don't show her.", Light said, still chuckling at the antics of her little son. The doctor smirked but nodded, "Sure, I'll give you plenty of copies." She looked at the screen, "He's a very playful little guy huh?"

There was a flash as someone ran past the open doorway then skidded to a halt and stopped in the doorway, "Wait a second here. LIGHTNING?" Light turned to the door. "Wait... You're Snow's little minion, right?", she asked, pondering why Snow sent him to break into their doctor's appointment. "Yeah... but uh... Bye!", Gadot left as fast as he appeared.

"The hell was that?", Light asked, still confused. Hope shook his head, "Dunno." "So... are we done?", Light asked, returning her gaze to the screen. "Yeah. He's growing very nicely, just stay healthy and safe. I'll set up another appointment for a few weeks from now and call.", the doctor said, wiping the jelly off Light's stomach. Light pulled her shirt down and said, "You have to go back to work now, huh?" Hope nodded, "Yeah, but I called Serah to come and pick you up." The doctor gave the copies of the ultrasound to Light as Hope said, "Don't do anything dangerous until I get back home." "Hmm... okay. I think we should be more worried about Noelle and Amelia than me.", Light said, grabbing his hand as support as she got off of the bed.

"Right...", Hope said as he came to the thought that it could be possible Serah would bring the girls along. He led Light outside, where Serah was waiting, and probably had been since he called her. "Claire!", Serah ran up so fast it would put Gornorspids to shame, "So, how'd it go?"

"Good.", she replied, "Huggler's doing great. Apparently he's well-developed for his age already." Serah bounced in place, "So it's a boy then!" She had to hold back the urge to jump onto her older sister, "Congratulations!", but she did squeeze Light's hand really hard.

"I didn't say anything insinuating that. I just said the doctor thought he was older because his body is more developed than three month old fetuses usually are. But it is a boy, though.", Light said attempting to retract her hand, "Hope got pictures."

Hope stuck his tongue out to Light as Serah barreled into him, "Congratulations Hope!" Then she gave him a lioness glare, "Where are the first pictures of my nephew?" He said, "Now wait a minute, the doctor gave them to you Light!" "What? No! So we forgot.", Light said in exasperation, inadvertently sticking her hand in her pocket, "No, wait, pocket. Here." She handed Serah a couple small ultrasound photographs of a little boy, sucking both thumbs at once.

Serah cooed, "Aww...he's so cuuute..." "He looks like Hope.", Light deadpanned,

"Now I have to be extra careful about scaring yet another person." Hope stuck his tongue out again and Serah giggled, "Yep, I can see it."

"Oh! The girls are waiting in the car! They need to see this! Let's go Claire!", Serah began to drag Light. "Uh oh. Have fun Hope. Don't let Maqui or Yuj kil youuuuuuuu-", she said, but was unexpectedly dragged down away by Serah. "Okay. You too!", Hope called as Light disappeared. Then he sighed, "Oh god, what will they say. I'm sure Gadot has already told everyone..."

"AWWWWW!", the high pitched cry rang into Light's ears as the two girls whined, "He's soooo cuuuute..." "Oh god. My ears are dying.", Light muttered, rolling her eyes. Amelia piped up, "Sorry Auntie Claire! But he is!" Noelle turned the paper upside down, right side up, and in every direction, "It looks kind of like he's sucking his thumbs." "Yes he is. He managed to suck both.", Light said smiling, "But this is our 1% Kid, of course he's special."

"Wait a second...1%?", Noelle said, lowering the paper to look at her aunt in the mirror, "What do you mean by that?" "It's an adult joke.", Light said, smiling at Serah. Serah giggled, "It means he is like Cloud. Very special." Noelle accepted that as an answer, "Yep! He's very cool!" Amelia said, "Auntie Claire did you and Hope kiss again yesterday? Because-" Noelle put a hand over her sister's mouth before she revealed more. "No we didn't. I punched Uncle Hope, and then fell asleep as soon as we got home.", Light said, grinning, "That was fun." "But I thought that you guys liked each other...", Amelia was visibly confused.

"Yes, we do. But sometimes your Uncle Hope does annoying things and I have to tell him to shut up. That's how I do it." Amelia nodded, "Okay. Because the girls usually slap so that's why." "Well, I punch.", Light said, smiling at her youngest niece, "Try it. It's fun." Serah shouted instanteously, "Claire!" Amelia nodded and punched Noelle's shoulder. "HEY!", Noelle screamed, "NOT ON ME!" "That was fun!", Amelia grinned.

"Don't do it on Noelle. It works better on boys... try your Dad.", Light said, planning diabolically. "Claire...", Serah gave Light her mother's glare. Amelia nodded, "Okay! I will!" Noelle simply face-palmed. "Hey, part of the Guardian Corps' code is to be a good influence for the next generation. That's what I'm doing.", Light said, glaring back.

Serah sighed then said, "Well, I do have some things to discuss with you and the girls wanted to help. Are you up for it?" The girls in the back nodded for Light to say yes. "Yeah. Sure.", Light shrugged. "Great!", Serah grinned, "Because we're on the way there." "On the way where?", Light stared out the window. "To begin our search for venues for the wedding! I had this idea of where you should get married..." "Oh God... really?", Light turned her gaze to Serah.

Serah nodded, "Uh huh!" The girls in the back were bouncing up and down, "Can we tell her? Please?" "Yeah. Sure.", Light said, rolling her eyes. "The beach where they have the wish granting fireworks every year!", the girls said in unison.

Serah said, "It's where you first saw him remember? You told me about it, how you saw him with his mom and he seemed to stick out to you. I'm sure it was fate!" The girls in the back giggled. "Yeah. Sure.", Light said, staring out the window and looking annoyed, nauseated, and melancholy all at once.

Amelia said, "Why aren't you excited Auntie?" "I am. I'm just... thinking." "About what?", Amelia asked innocently. "The baby." Noelle said, "Oh yeah! You're going to get bigger huh... are you going to be fat in your dress?"

Light breathed deeply as she looked out the window. She was not going to get mad. She was not going to get mad. Serah said, "She will not be ugly. Your aunt is very beautiful, and the baby will just add to that." "Yeah.", Light said lamely, attempting to augment Serah's confident answer. Serah shot Noelle a look, who quieted, "Sorry Auntie, that's not what I meant..." Amelia punched Noelle again. "Amelia... If you punch anyone, punch your Dad. He needs it.", Light commented, "And it's fine, Noelle. I know you didn't mean it like that."

Serah kept giving Light side looks and the girls stayed quiet for the rest of the drive. "So.", Light said, in an attempt to break the awkward silence, "What did you two do today?" "Amelia is getting ready to go into kindergarten.", Serah said. Amelia nodded, "Yep, I've heard school is fun so I'm excited." Noelle replied, "Mhm, Amelia will like it." "Of course she will." Light said, smiling. "You'll get attention there, won't you?"

Amelia grinned, "Of course! I'll charm them all with my... what's the word Noelle?" "Hard punches?", Noelle guessed. "No! But maybe...", Amelia thought, "But I was thinking more like my..." Serah guessed, "Skills? Beauty? Star quality?" Amelia nodded, "Yep! That!" Light laughed, "You'll do fine. If you have your mother's brains, you should be safe."

Noelle joked, "I got all of that! Amelia got Dad's charms." Amelia nodded, "Yep!" Then she frowned, "Wait...that's mean Noelle!" Serah chuckled. Light laughed again, "Nice job, Noelle." Noelle smirked, happy she got Auntie's praise. Amelia huffed and crossed her arms with a pout.

Serah said, "We're here!" The girls looked out the window, "Wow it's pretty here!" "It is.", Light smiled at the beautiful horizon.

Serah smiled, happy that Light thought so. "Come on, let's go check it out.", Serah said, getting out of the car. The girls got out too, running straight for the beach. Serah went to help Light, "You remember this place well huh?" "Yeah.", was all Light said.

"Too much to think about?", Serah asked, trying to look Light in the eye. "Maybe.", she seemed to be deep in thought. Then she said outright, "One of your idiot's minions barged into our doctor's appointment. I'm worried for Hope." "Oh I see.", Serah giggled, "Do you want me to make some calls while you take a look around?"

"No, Hope can handle himself. And if not, then I'll have Amelia practice her punching.", Light said plainly. Serah laughed, "Okay if you're sure. Let's go check it out.", she flicked her head to the beach. "All right.", Light kept her eyes on the sky.

Hope took a deep breath, turning the knob to his office door. He quietly looked around, not spotting any of his friends or employees nearby. In one fluid motion he quickly ducked into his office and shut the door with a sigh.

"Where have you been?", a voice came from behind Hope.

He prickled then slowly turned to come face to face with Maqui and Yuj.

He laughed suspiciously, "Eheheh... no where..." "Reeaaaaaaaaaaally?", Maqui asked, practically bouncing up and down, "Gadot doesn't think so!" Yuj smirked, "Sounded like you've got some explaining to do." Hope chuckled, "Do I now?" "YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!", Maqui yelled. Yuj snorted, "You better start."

Hope sighed and scratched the back of his head, "Okay... uhn... you know how Light and I are dating..." "REALLY?", Maqui was open-mouthed with shock. Yuj smacked Maqui upside the head, "Duh you dim-wit!" "Owwwwww... that HUUUUUUUUUUUUURT!", Maqui whined. Hope began to reach for the door knob while Yuj said, "Are you really that narrow-minded?" "Yeah! Wait...", Maqui took a second too long to think.

Yuj rolled his eyes, then noticed Hope attempting to escape, "Wait you aren't getting away without telling us how you got Lightning knocked up!"

Hope gave Yuj a dumb-founded look, "What are you saying?" "YOU KNOW WHAT YUJ IS SAYIN', HOPE!", Maqui said, apparently recovered from his unfortunate head injury. Yuj smirked, "So you got some action? Nice job kid!"

"Whaddaya mean by action, Yuj?", Maqui asked, rubbing the back of his head. "You know what I'm saying, idiot. But seriously dude, you aren't supposed to get her pregnant. Not on the first few tries. Use protection during future endeavors.", Yuj nodded, like he knew what he was talking about.

Hope almost whined, "But I-" "Eh-eh-eh.", Yuj waggled his finger at Hope, "Just be more careful next time." "Yeah! I get more than you, Yuj! YEAH!", Yuj shot Maqui a glare to shut him up.

Hope exhaled, "So are we done with this lecture or do I have to dock your pay for the week?" "I'm sorry for Yuj, Hope!", Maqui yelled as he bounded over and gave Hope a bone-crushing hug, "Good job, though!"

Yuj lifted his eyebrow at Hope, "So, did you propose to her then?" He was genuinely shocked, "How did you know?" He chuckled and pulled him into a guy shoulder hug, "That's just like you my friend. Congratulations." He began to speed out the door and called back, "You better invite us to the wedding!"

Hope sat in his chair, ready to settle in just as the boys jumped back in, "Wait, where are the pictures?"

"YEAH!", Maqui yelled, "Pictures? Do you know which it is yet? TELL USSSSSSSSSSSSS, PLEEEEEEEEEEASE?" Hope swallowed hard, the envelope in his hands, "Uhn..." Yuj then pounced, "Hand it over!" Hope tried to hold the envelope back as Yuj tried grabbing it, "Maqui attack from the back!" "OKAY!" Maqui yelled and pounced. (A/N: Paradigm shift!)

"Oi! Little bro? You need a hero?", Snow yelled, rushing into the fray with Cloud on his back. "Snow, what are you doing?", Hope yelled as he barely kept the envelope out of reach. "Saving you! DUH!", Snow yelled as he dragged Maqui and Yuj off by the backs of their shirts.

"But Snow he has pictures!", Yuj protested. "YEAH!" Maqui yelled in response. "Daddy? That was stuuupid!", Cloud said, giggling, "Nuncle Hope don' need help!" "Thank you Cloud.", Hope addressed the little boy. "I GET TO SEE THEM CAUSE I'M THE KID'S UNCLE! AND A HERO! YEAH!", Snow yelled. Then Cloud yelled, "NO DADDY!"

"And, little bro, I'm gonna need to look at these.", Snow said, while grinning widely, "It's my little hero of a nephew!" "No! No!", Hope cried out as Snow yanked at the envelope, entering a tug of war between the two.

"I just wanna see!", Snow yelled. "PWEEEEEEEEEEEEASE, NUNCLE HOPE? CLOUD WANNA SEE LITTLE BROTHER!", Cloud asked, making the puppy face. Snow managed to give one strong yank, causing Hope to let go. "Fine, just don't rip it.", Hope exhaled, putting a hand to his forehead.

Yuj and Maqui snuck up next to Snow to see. "YAY! THANKS NUNCLE HOPE! BUT ONLY ME AN' DADDY RIGHT? Not Maqui an' Yuj, right?", Cloud asked, still watching his beloved "Nuncle Hope". Yuj and Maqui both made puppy faces to replicate Cloud's, "PWEEAASE NUNCLE HOPE?" Hope sighed and shook his head, "Fine..."

All four looked at the pictures.

"Little brudder looks zactly like Nuncle Hope!", Cloud yelled. Yuj stared at it hard, like he was trying to read a hard book without pictures and small text, "The hell is it doing? Sucking its thumbs?" Hope had wiped out his notebook and was sketching again already. He said without looking up, "Hrm? Oh yeah, it's kinda funny huh?"

"YEAH!", Cloud and Maqui said simultaneously and laughed. Hope looked up at Snow, who had stayed surprisingly quiet. "He's cute, little bro!", Snow finally grinned wide. Hope smirked and rested his chin on his hand, "Good. I was afraid you'd say something else."

Yuj's eyebrows narrowed, "So it's a boy huh..?" He looked from Maqui to Snow and they all exchanged suspicious looks and grins. Hope blinked, until he realized what was coming.

"Sooo... Hope? Ya think the kid'll join us when he's old enough?", Maqui asked, winking and bumping his shoulder against Hope's. "Oh god, I hope not...", Hope moaned. Yuj shook Hope's shoulders, "Of course he will! Because..."

Yuj winked at Maqui and they did their signature pose, "There's nothing quite like NORA!"

"Naw. Little brudder's gonna be wid ME!", Cloud yelled, crossing his arms, "Cause I'm gonna be a SOLDIER like Auntie Claire!" Hope sighed, "I don't know about that either, but knowing Light he might be..." "Yeah... Light would kill us all if the kid joined NORA...", Snow said, looking slightly scared.

"Thank you Snow.", Hope said, directing the attention of the others at Snow's responsible answer with a hand motion. "But he should join us! What happened to No Obligations, Rules, or Authority hrm?", Yuj poked at Snow's arm.

"Light would be the Rules, Obligation and Authority, so it wouldn't work.", Snow said, saying the first intelligent thing in a long while... aside from Cloud's outbursts. "Little brudder's gonna be wid MEEEE!", Cloud yelled, "Cause I'm gonna be a SOLDIER like Auntie Claire! An' so is HE!" Yuj frowned, "Hrmph, he's right. Well, Maqui and I are just going to have to convince the kid then!"

Hope exhaled and said in all seriousness, "Why do I pay you guys if you don't go work?" "I NEED THAT MONEY! GOTTA GO!", Maqui yelled and ran off to his desk, secretly sad about spending too much time away from his metal gadgets. Yuj sped off next, "You better let me play with the kid too!"

Hope said, "I'll look after Cloud if you want." "Sure. I'll make sure something happens over there. And Serah's taking Light somewhere with the girls... something about wedding venues. I'll keep this place alive if you wanna join 'em with Cloud.", Snow flicked his head to the side.

"Hrm...that's good idea.", Hope said, getting up, "Let's go Cloud." "Yeah, les' go, Nuncle Hope!" Cloud said, jumping onto his back. "Off we go!", Hope said and Cloud giggled.

As soon as he stepped in the doorway though, he said gravely back to Snow, "Blow something up and I fire you. Even if you are my brother."

"All right, all right. I got it, little bro. If anyone sucks too bad, I'll call you.", Snow waved his hands into the air. "Okay fine.", Hope said opening the door and changing his tone, "Does Cloud want to get some ice cream on the way?" "YEAH!", Cloud yelled, "Ice cream is DA BEST!"

Light looked over at the two boys running over to them. The shorter one's face was covered with ice cream, and the other was chasing him in a desperate attempt to wipe it off.

"Hey! Cloud, stop!", Hope yelled attempting to capture the wily little boy. "NEVUURRRRRR!", Cloud yelled back, giggling as he slipped just out of reach.

Hope kept reaching out, "Gah, Cloud slow down!" Serah laughed at the scene. Amelia yelled out, "You won't catch him!" Noelle nodded.

Cloud tripped his uncle, who got a face full of sand, "YEAH! CLOUD WINS!" Hope shook his head as he got up, "Maker Cloud, you don't have to play dirty!" "Cloud wins no madder WUT!", Cloud yelled, giggling as Hope began tickling him, "Hey! Cloud don' like!" "No way! If you get to play dirty, so do I!", Hope stuck his tongue out as he tickled the littler kid.

Light smiled. In another two or three years, that would be Hope and their son. Nice thought.

Serah giggled as she got a napkin and came forward, "Come on now, don't play dirty you two!" She wiped Cloud's face with no resistance, "I hope you said thank you." "Cloud did! Nuncle Hope rescueded Cloud from Daddy an' Yuj an' Maqui! So Cloud helped Nuncle Hope 'scape!", Cloud said. Then he yelled, "Auntie CLAAAAAAAAAAIRE! YOU HERE TOO!" Hope patted sand off as he stood up, "Yeah hey! You're doing fine right?"

"Yeah.", Light replied, tripping him so he fell in the sand again, "You look cuter this way, Hope." Hope gave her the same look he did back when he was still a kid and tripped by himself, only to whine, "Do not!" "Yes you do.", Light said, kicking him again and grinning, "I win."

Hope stuck his tongue out at her only to sputter, "Bleh, sand does not taste good at all." "Of course not.", Light said. "Get used to it. On three, Cloud! ONE, TWO, THREE!", Light yelled as she and Cloud attacked Hope relentlessly. Hope squealed as she and Cloud tickled him into submission, "Seriously stop! Come on!" (A/N: PARADIGM SHIFT: RELENTLESS ASSAULT)

"Join in everyone! Hope deserves it right?", Light smirked evilly. "Okay!", the girls yelled in unison again, pouncing into the fray. Serah hesitated but smiled, "Oh fine." Hope whined, "Seriously guys?"

"Tch. Of course, Hope. Think of it as family bonding.", Light said, staying far enough away that the baby would be safe, but close enough that she could join in. "Family BONDIN', NUNCLE HOPE!", Cloud echoed.

"Ah! Good idea! UNCLE!", Hope yelled, trying to get them to stop. "But, Nuncle Hope... Is not FAIR!", Cloud yelled. "You think suffocating me is fair?", Hope panted. Amelia laughed, "YES!" Noelle agreed, "And we're not suffocating you! You'd be turning blue and stuff!"

"They have a point, but so do you. We don't wanna kill him, guys. Get up.", Light said, done with torturing her poor fiance. Everyone else backed off too, giving Hope some room to breathe. "Thanks Light.", he panted, getting up, "For future reference, don't eat sand. It's not good."

The girls giggled and Serah picked Cloud up, "Why don't we go see the pier where Mommy and Daddy got engaged?" "That sounds nice, Serah. Let's go, Hope." Light said, grabbing his hand. Hope nodded, still patting sand out of his hair.

Noelle asked, "Were the fireworks going off that night?" Serah nodded, "Right after I said yes, he took me on a ride in the sky alongside the fireworks... it was so pretty." "Snow just took idiot to a whole new level. Wow.", Light said, earning a giggle from Cloud, who had escaped to come hold Light's hand. Serah giggled, "Well, we did almost get hit by one. But it was okay and so pretty, I loved it." Amelia nodded, "Sounds awesome Mom!"

"Idiot, endangering your life. He's gonna get it.", Light clenched her fist. Hope shook Light's arm, "Don't go making any murder plans until after all the wedding plans okay?" Serah replied, "Yep. I think Light liked the wedding to be here. Right?" "Seems nice.", Light shrugged, staring at the sky. Serah looked to Hope, "What do you think? It's pretty right? You could do it at sunset!" Hope gazed at the horizon and thought for a second. Then he answered, "Yep. I like it here too."

"Yeah.", Light said, gripping his hand tighter, "Looks like a unanimous decision." "The Huggler think so too?", Hope asked. "He's not huggling very much, but that can be a good thing." Hope smiled, "Okay, I'll take that as a yes."

Serah said, "Great! I'll talk to the landlords about it. Noelle?" Noelle looked at her, "Yeah?" "Can I have the list?", Serah asked. Noelle nodded, "Here you go!" She pulled out her purse full of Maker-knows-what and gave a long piece of paper to Serah who examined it, "That means we have to get the dress, the cake, the flowers..." Hope shot Light a look, "Uhn...Serah..." Light reciprocated it, staring at the paper which hit the floor, "Oh God... that much?"

"Yeah...Serah why don't we just make this small... like just a ceremony and that's it.", Hope cowered as Serah replied, "But it's a wedding! It has to be perfect!" "But we're the ones getting married... and what WE say GOES.", Light said.

Hope nodded but Serah shot him a look and he shied away. He then said, "Let's make this painless alright..?" Serah sighed, "Fine, just something small then. Noelle?" Noelle handed Serah a pair of scissors and Serah promptly cut off half the list, "There. Happy?"

"How does Noelle have scissors?" Light wondered out loud, attempting to ignore the existence of the list. Noelle stuck her hand into her magic bag, "I've got all kinds of things." She pulled out bandages, Neosporin, peppermints, and even syringes, "See?"

Amelia rolled her eyes as Noelle tried to pull out more. "Wow...", Light mumbled. "That's-", she began, but the Horn returned to cover her words with its incessant bleeping, "AGAIN?" Hope face-palmed as Noelle asked, "Say that again? I couldn't hear you."

"I said, That's- GOD, STUPID HORN!", she put her hand to her hip. Hope grabbed her arm, "Relax... no need to pull out your gun blade..." "I left that at home. Whoops.", she said, patting her empty holster. Hope breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay good. So... are we done for today Serah?"

Serah looked at the list, "Uhn... yeah, I can handle a couple of these things myself." "Great, let's go Light.", he hurried, knowing Light would pounce on The Horn if she had the chance. "Fine. Stupid Horn.", she said, while being dragged along with Hope. Hope waved, "See you later guys!" "Bye Uncle Hope! Bye Auntie Claire!", the girls waved back. Serah grinned, "I'll take care of some things and meet with you later! Bye!" "AUNTIE CLAAAAAAAAIRE! NUNCLE HOPE! BYE BYE!", Cloud yelled, waving excitedly. "Bye, Cloud. Be good!", Light said, waving to her little nephew.

"Hope?" "Yeah?" "Where's the remote to the TV? I'm bored." "You're supposed to be sleeping." "I don't feel like it. Where is it?" "Why would I have it?" "Revenge is kind of your thing."

"Damnit...", he whispered under his breath, "I've been found out..." "I knew you'd try to get back at me for the tickling. That won't happen... cause my soldier senses are on today.", she smirked. "Really? Then where is it?", he smirked back. She wasn't winning tonight. "Can't pinpoint the location. My radar senses are off." She was winning tonight. His lip curled boastfully, "Oh really? That's too bad."

"How badly do you want it hrm?", he gave her his cocky grin. "Very badly.", Light grinning maniacally back, "I did find my gun blade as soon as we got back, you know."

Hope frowned, "Damnit." "Hm. Give it back.", she demanded. "No.", he was being obstinate, reaching into his pocket to protect it. She stuck her hand into his pocket and grabbed the remote, "GIVE IT!" "NO!", he held her in a lock around her shoulders so he could stop her without hurting the baby. "YES!", she yelled, and when he didn't listen, she smacked him.

"OW! What the hell Light? You trying to hurt me?", he let go, rubbing the back of his head where she smacked him. "No. It was just a love smack, with emphasis on the smack. Give me the remote.", she kept on ordering.

Hope's eyebrow twitched and he said nothing. "Give it." He just glared at her. "Hand over the remote and you won't get hurt." He continued the glare.

"Hand it over." she said, pulling the gun blade out.

Hope glared but then looked at her with the gun blade and hesitated. "Give it. Now. The Huggler wants to watch TV.", she raised the gun barrel to his face. He sighed, "Fine.", then tossed it to her, "What's on this late anyway?"

"I dunno. There was that cool one about the people on an island. They actually killed someone last week.", she informed. (A/N: SHE DOES NOT MEAN LOST!)

He replied sarcastically, "Awesome. Sounds like something the Huggler would definitely watch." "Yeah. He also likes candy. It's weird.", she said, pushing the buttons feverishly. Hope gave her a look, "Weird. You've never liked them before." He pointed at the TV, "Or this stuff either."

There was a pause.

"YOUR CHILD IS INVADING MY BRAIN!", Light yelled, while watching the show quite interestedly.

"It's not an alien Light, calm down.", he sighed again. "He's too excited over this show. Maker.", Light slumped deeper into the chair with a huff.

Hope was examining the TV like he would one of his prototypes, "What the hell are they doing?" "They're fighting to stay on the island. It's one of those challenge things...", she said, still staring at the TV.

"Okay... then why are they poking that guy with pointy sticks?", he asked, leaning in to stare. "Challenge.", she replied almost too expressively. "I see. And they allow them to kill people?", he made a face at it. "Nah. That was an accident.", she flicked her hand like the statement was a bug.

"That's what you're going to say about me...", he whispered to himself. "What was that?", she murmured, her eyes glued to the screen. "Nothing!", he said suspiciously and thought to himself if he said that out loud or not.

"Say what? Tell me, or I tickle.", she threatened without looking away from the screen. "No.", he said, not looking away from the screen himself. "Tell me, Hope. I promise I won't say anything.", she finally turned to look at him. "It's not the first time you'd kill someone without saying anything.", he pointed out. "Please, Hope?", her voice became soft. "Fine... I just said that you'll say that my death is an accident when you kill me one day.", he didn't dare look at her and said it fast.

"I won't kill you, Hope. If anything, you'll accidentally shoot yourself, or the Huggler'll do it.", she went back to staring at the TV. Hope got stiff at that statement, "We are hiding your weapons before he's born." "Fine. We'll do that when I go on maternity leave in another three months. I have enough paid leave to add on another two months, though.", she was emotion devoid.

"I'm sorry you have to do that Light.", he hugged her around the shoulders. "Do what?", she asked without feeling. "Go on leave for so long.", he said, "I know you would shoot targets all day if you could." "Thanks, but it won't be that bad... I'm doing it so we can end up with a little Hope, Jr. in another couple months.", she put her hands on his. "We're not naming the Huggler that.", he repeated. "I know.", she stated.

He kissed the top of her head. "That guy just got creamed. YES!", she yelled, pumping her fist up and down uncharacteristically as the unfortunate man on screen got pummeled with spears. Hope smiled, knowing she would be sharing cheers like that with their son soon.