Tiger and bunny: Lucky to be a lady tonight

Chapter 24

Barnaby and Muramasa were both in the hospital for about a week before they were allowed to go back home. Though the blond insisted he would be fine driving back to Sternbild, Anju opposed it heavily, so he and Kotetsu stayed in Oriental town. Barnaby spent a lot of time watching Hero TV, especially interested in how Blue Rose was doing as a male hero. He certainly gained a lot of female fans, but Agnes was nearly overwhelmed with yet another hero whose gender had been switched.

Agnes came to Oriental town a few times to check up on Barnaby and Kotetsu, though everyone in the family knew she was really coming to see Muramasa. Still, Muramasa seemed happy with her around, and that made Anju happy to see her oldest son with someone he liked.

Kaede was quickly becoming a Blue Rose fan, more than Kotetsu may have wanted. She had started collecting pictures of him with his new haircut; short, spiked in the front, and very blond. Kaede loved his new hair, and she almost wished that he would stay the way he was. Whenever she would come home from school, she would frantically ask Barnaby if Blue Rose was being shown.

Many of the times Barnaby was watching Hero TV, Kotetsu was right beside him on the couch. Not much happened with them, aside from the random cravings that Kotetsu would get, then Anju would have to take Barnaby to go get whatever she had been craving. Then the two heroes would settle down again on the couch, Barnaby occupying himself with rubbing Kotetsu's stomach and feeling all the kicks with her.

"I know we wanted to talk about names on the honeymoon," Barnaby started to say one afternoon, "but I don't think we'll get to that until the baby is born. Obviously we can't wait until then, so... I don't know, I was wondering if you'd be willing to talk about it now while we're here in Oriental town."

Kotetsu sighed and lay down, her head in his lap. "I still want the honeymoon before the baby...after he or she comes, we won't want to leave him or her behind."

"We won't want to leave the baby at all. Can you believe how close we are to having that little girl or boy in our arms?" He moved his hand to stroke Kotetsu's hair.

"Closer than it feels..." She looked up at him, "Bunny...lets run away for a honeymoon while it's still just you and I."

"Right now? Are you sure? Your mom will be worried about the both of us." He looked down at her with concerned eyes.

"We'll let her know." Kotetsu insisted, "I just want to be away, just you, me, the beach, and a drink with those little umbrellas."

It took a little bit for him to respond, but finally he sighed and rubbed her belly with a smile. "Looks like we have some packing to do before we go."

"Not much, we never took our honeymoon baggage out of the trunk. We just need to make a few calls."

"Can you take care of the calls while I make sure everything is loaded up? It won't take that long, I don't think." He helped her sit up so he could stand.

"Yeah, give me your phone. Mine's in our bedroom still." She held out her hand.

He fished out his phone and handed it to Kotetsu, then kissed her forehead before he left to make sure all the luggage was still where they had left it. All he really had to pack up were simple things like toiletries. As he suspected, it didn't take very long to do.

"Well, I got us a flight, and we got the same hotel we had originally booked, but not a suite, just a regular room." Kotetsu said when Barnaby returned to help her off the couch so they could go talk to Anju.

"Sounds great. The suit wasn't really needed anyways. All that matters is that we're together." He kissed her forehead and grabbed her hand. "Alright, let's go tell your mom, then we are out of here."