Title: Family Matters
Author/Artist: sailorraspberry
Medium: Fanfic
Theme: Cat Food
Genre: General
Version: Manga
Rating: G
Minako watched silently as Artemis and Luna slept, curled up at the foot of her bed.
Luna's stomach was bloated and round, plump beneath her glistening black coat. The late sun was directed across their slumbering forms, and through the window, Crystal Tokyo sat, peacefully in the distance.
Just moments before, she consoled a nervous Artemis as he paced across the mattress while Minako fed a dozing Luna some cat food.
"Artemis," she had said when Luna discarded her dinner and fell asleep in the sunlight. "Luna wants to have a natural, normal birth. Ami said everything will be perfectly fine. She won't even be in that much pain."
He sat back on his haunches and stared at the ceiling. "What if something goes wrong?"
"Nothing will go wrong."
"But what if-."
She scooped him up before he could finish. "Be happy that you're going to have a kitten, okay?" She patted his head. "You're going to have your own beautiful family soon."
He looked at her for a moment, and it was then that she saw his true worry, the true anxiety that he felt at becoming a father.
"Artemis," she smiled down at him. "You're going to be a terrific father."
His head tilted forward in silent thanks, and then, with a murmured 'good night', he nodded to sleep beside Luna.
Their tails were entwined, heads together and paws crossed beneath their chins. She tilted her head to the side and examined them.
They really were a cute couple.
Kunzite stuck his head in through the doorway. "Hey, Minako, dinner's ready."
She smiled over at him and stood. Kunzite reached for her hand, and as their fingers laced together, she thought about her own family sitting around the table downstairs.
Minako let Kunzite lead her from the bedroom, and just before they crossed the threshold, she looked back at the two sleeping cats.
"Oh, I spilt their food."
Kunzite looked back at her and smiled. "They won't mind."
She gave one last glance at the two of them, before the door closed with a click.