(Kirasaya) (Meariri) Harlequinade

Babysitting

Sayaka giggled as she played peekaboo with the Jabami Head.

"Peek...a...boo!" Yumeko exclaimed before proceeding to tickle the little toddler.

Sayaka squealed as Yumeko tickled her relentlessly, kicking her legs with excitement.

Meanwhile, Ryota and Mary were having a stare down. Ryota was trying to get Mary to eat her food and the only way, according to the toddler's babbling speech, was to win a staring contest with her.

Ryota felt tears watering in his eyes and the temptation to blink—just one time, when he suddenly felt a weight being lifted off his lap, where the bowl of noodles were earlier.

Startled, he broke away from Mary's intense stare and caught sight of Sayaka slurping away at the bowl of noodles happily.

Indeed, food always tastes best when stolen.

The bowl of cold soba and Japanese fish cakes were an easy 10/10 for the little toddler as she proceeded to finish the bowl of noodles.

"Yum..." she giggled. "More...toodles!"

"That...! That was meant for Mary," Ryota sighed.

"Sure, let's get you more 'toodles'! If Mary doesn't want to try them, I'll just let you eat it all!" Yumeko said as she shot a knowing glance towards Mary.

The blonde instantly shot off the bed and onto the ground, with her eyebrows furrowed and her fists balled up.

"Toodles...mime!" she exclaimed with a slightly angry tone in her voice.

"Excellent! Let's go to the dining room!" Yumeko said as she clapped her hands before carrying both toddlers to the desired location.

Ryota was left sitting on the bed, wondering why he agreed to taking care of those two gremlins.

*****

"Wamen," Sayaka said as she pursed her lips, trying to pronounce the word. "Y...Yamen...Y-W-Wamen." She let out a puff of frustration before continuing to slurp her noodles.

"Hehe, when you guys grow up you'll be able to pronounce anything you want," Yumeko giggled. "Nice, isn't it?"

Mary nodded as she let out a large burp and settled back into her chair with a satisfied, full stomach.

"Oh my, that was adorable in its own right," Yumeko gasped. "Now I want children."

"Yumeko, we're planning to have children," Ryota said. "Remember?"

"Right."

*****

Meanwhile, somewhere far far away in the world of Eagleathas, also known as The Golden Isles......

"Whew, that was tiring," Kirari sighed as she plopped onto the bed. "I miss Sayaka."

"I miss Mary too," Ririka responded as she rolled around on her respective bed. "Were you even listening to what the Ommers were saying?"

The Ommers were the creatures who resided on this particular world, with gorgeous eagle-like wings, sharp, pointy ears and reindeer horns.

They were confident creatures, except for their tails that resembled that of lions. They were quite sensitive about them.

"No," Kirari said cheerfully. "But I made a deal with them to give me some pure golden orbs for Sayaka. In exchange, I gave them some Jupiter leaves."

"Anyway," Ririka cut in before her sister started to talk about her wife's beauty. Sayaka was beautiful, but hearing her sister talk on and on about her beauty and their sex life —Ririka certainly did not need to know about that— was tiring. And irritating.

"Since we have the rest of the day to ourselves, we should call Mary and Sayaka," Ririka continued.

"Sayaka and Mary," Kirari huffed. "My wife's name should come first."

"Oh whatever."