Tiger and bunny: Lucky to be a lady tonight

Chapter 29

Kotetsu and the baby were sent home two days afterwards and Henry settled right into his new home happily. He also had laid claim to his favorite toy very quickly; the stuffed cat Kaede had given him before he was born.

He was a happy baby, always smiling wide and laughing—and he had both his parents and his sister wrapped around his finger.

Kotetsu rocked Henry to sleep and then put him in his crib before quietly leaving and going to the master bedroom and joining Barnaby in bed. She yawned and stretched out atop Barnaby, hugging his middle.

"Henry's asleep."

"Good. Here's to a few hours or so of sleep." He chuckled and kissed the top of her head. "I just hope he won't wake Kaede any. She doesn't need to worry about Henry."

"Well, her room is further away from his than ours."

Kaede was nearly finished moving in with her parents, only a few boxes were left in Oriental town.

"I really don't want her to have a crappy night of sleep because of Henry." He sighed and held Kotetsu closer. "I love her a lot, and I love you and Henry. I love my whole family."

"It'll work out." Kotetsu pulled herself up to kiss him, then sighed, rolling over onto her side of the bed, "There is nothing we can do about Henry waking up at night."

"I know. I may sound kind of weird saying this, but I actually kind of like this, waking up in the middle of the night to take care of Henry. It's putting a lot of things in perspective for me."

"Does that mean you'll take first shift tonight?"

"Yes, I can," he said with a chuckle.

"Mmm, my hero." Kotetsu smiled, kissing him again.

"When am I not your hero?" He smiled and kissed the back of her neck.

"Well..." she thought for a moment, "When you are being my sleeping beauty."

"Go to sleep," he joked, hitting her with his pillow playfully.

Kotetsu laughed and grabbed the pillow, "Two pillows for me, then."

"I have you as a pillow, so I'm good." He rested his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes like he was going to fall asleep.

"Alright, come here." Kotetsu purred, settling down for the night.

"With pleasure." Barnaby kissed her a few times, then wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes for real, fully intending to get to sleep fast before he was woken by Henry.

It happened. The silence of the dark apartment was interrupted by the cries of a baby, the sound coming through the baby monitor on the side table next to the bed.

Barnaby was jolted from his sleep, making an almost surprised noise as he woke. He looked at the clock by the baby monitor, just a few minutes shy of one in the morning. Shoving the covers back, Barnaby yawned and got up to go calm Henry back to sleep.

Henry was crying loudly, shaking his tiny hands and feet, clearly upset, and even the appearance of his father did little to calm him.

Once Barnaby was in the nursery and the door was closed and monitor turned off so Henry wouldn't wake the girls, a shadow sprinted into the master bedroom and approached the bed where Kotetsu lay soundly, hugging her husband's pillow.

The figure stood over her and pressed a button on a device in their ear, "I'm in. Delivering the message now, sir." Said a female voice before she reached out and touched Kotetsu's forehead, a soft blue glow filling the room as Kotetsu began to whimper.