I sat at the dinner table next to Akisame, wearing my pajama's since Akisame had destroyed my clothes. After we had been ready to leave his workroom he had donned his kimono and ran to the room I used when I spent the night, retrieving the pajama's for me. When I had complained about my ruined clothes he had only smiled. The most shocking moment had come when I had moved to retrieve my panties. He had snatched them up and held them in front of his face, smelling them.
"I'm keeping these," he had purred.
I now sat quietly at the table, trying to ignore the strange looks I was getting.
Sakaki, Miu and Kenichi were all beet red, while Kensei had a perverse leer on his face and Apachai fidgeted nervously. Shugure and Hayato seemed almost oblivious to anything amiss except that occasionally they would glance in my direction. While Hayato would smile at me warmly, Shugure seemed perplexed. Akisame calmly sipped his tea at my side, seeming to all the world that nothing was different.
"So," Kenichi began. Sakaki reached over and put a hand on his shoulder, shaking his head.
"Come now," Elder said. "No need to beat around the bush." He turned and faced us, a smile on his face.
"I'm happy for you both," he declared. I returned his smile.
"Thank you," I replied.
"You two will have such a cute baby," Miu squealed.
"Baby?!" I cried. "What baby!?"
"Oooo! Apachai wants to cuddle baby, too!" Apachai exclaimed.
"A baby would certainly liven things up!" Elder boomed.
"Akisame," I begged, looking at him for help. He chuckled and set his cup on the table, wrapping an arm around me.
"If the time comes," he said, soothingly, "and we do have a child, it will be the most spoiled and beloved child out there with so many doting family memebers."
I smiled at him and leaned into his arms.
"We'll have a little boy," I declared.
"I want a girl," Akisame said. I looked up at him, surprised.
"Why a girl?" I questioned.
"A cute little girl who calls me daddy," he said. "I'd spoil her and teach her calligraphy and art and music…"
"You could do that with a boy," I countered. "You could also teach a boy jujitsu."
"I could teach a girl jujistsu as well," he argued. I conceded to this.
"But only a boy would carry on your name," I said.
"Have both," Sakaki said, flippantly.
"Yes, have…both…" Shugure agreed.
"Yes," Akisame said. "We will have both, and more." His eyes glinted and a shiver went up my spine. Just how many kids did my new boyfriend want?