Warmth

She would always get this warm feeling in her chest

"Mom! Mom! Wake up!"

Yukari Takeba woke up the morning of the twins' seventh birthday to the happy shouts of her son, Makoto. Blinking, the brunette tried to make sense of the mess that was her hair as the small bluenet rushed into her room and hugged her around the waist.

"Happy birthday, Mako-chan..." she told him warmly.

Feeling his mother hug him back, the boy grinned up at her and waved lightly.

"Aunt Mitsuru is taking me to a fencing class right now! She said it would be useful for me to learn!"

"Oh, is that so?"

An embrassed cough made Yukari chuckle at the flushed redhead in the doorway, who was mock glaring at Makoto as he ran over to her, pouting full force in turn. Nobody could resist the twins, not even the powerhouse that was Mitsuru Kirijo, so the glare quickly turned into a smile as she promised to take care of the little boy and moments later they were out of the house, the bluenet's cheerful shouts echoing in the distance.

Realizing that she didn't know where Kotone was, Yukari quickly got dressed, made her bed and walked towads the twins' room, hoping her daughter would be there, rather than any of the horrible thoughts now attacking her calm mind. And indeed she was. But not alone.

For sitting across Kotone Arisato as the little girl played with her doll house (last year's birthday present from Mitsuru) was Aigis, the blonde android smiling in a content manner as she played along with the small brunette, to whatever story her daughter had thought of this time.

"Aunt Aigis! Papa isn't meant to be still asleep, he is supposed to be helping Mama in the kitchen!"

"R-Right! I'm sorry!"

Yukari tried not to chuckle loudly, she didn't want to interrupt them, but she found it adorable how the blonde would revert back to some sort of robot speech when she was nervous, mostly around the twins. Not that anyone would blame her for it, after all, she had loved him as much as Yukari... Makoto and Kotone were practically Aigis' children as well, as she would never have ones of her own. The archer didn't mind sharing, not after all those sleepless nights that Aigis spend with her, taking care of the twins' diapers when Yukari was too tired to get up and otherwise comforting the mourning brunette.

"Do you think I will be as good as mommy when it comes to archery, Aunt Aigis?"

The android smiled and gently patted those warm pigtails she adored.

"I'm certain of it... happy birthday, Kotone-san."

"Thank you!"

The archer walked away there, heading downstairs to arrange some archery lessons befitting of Kotone's age.

Indeed, she hoped this warm feeling she had inside her chest now would never leave.

AN: So yes, the twins are a bit older here. They were born in 2010 (merely five months after Minato officially passes away), so the year for this is 2017... hope that I didn't confuse anyone!

Also, this is still MinatoxYukari. Yukari and Aigis just grew close over the years, taking care of two babies together does that to you, I imagine. Same with Mitsuru, who is especially close with Makoto.

Stay tuned! :)