My Innocent Roommate

Fruit Punch and Wine

"Mackenzie, come on! She wants you to hold her!"

"There is no way in Asgard I'm holding her! No! I'm afraid of holding children! Back away!"

"My goodness Mackenzie, how are you ever going to be a mother one day if you don't even try...?"

"...Fine...but I'm not going to like it, not one bit..."

I mumble as I cautiously hold out my hands, waiting for him to hand over the small mucus.
Juno then pouts at me, sticking his bottom lip out just like the baby in his arms.
God, how is this boy so adorable...?

"Can you at least take off your hazmat suit? You're scaring her..."

"But it's my only protection against the germs!"

"Mackenzie...please"

Juno then gives me his cute begging face that looked exactly like a puppy's...
I sighed and hesitantly take off my hazmat suit, exposing myself to the child.
Juno smiles as he then places the little girl in my arms, who suddenly started to laugh, flapping her arms like she was a butterfly.
I blushed as I stare at her with fear...then I found myself unexpectedly smiling back at her.
What was this feeling?
Was I feeling excited?
Was I feeling cheerful?
Or was I feeling like a proud parent, who was holding their very first bundle of joy in their arms...?
Maybe.
And I honestly loved the feeling...
But it was not made for me unfortunately.
I sadly smile as I set the baby down on the mat, playing with her little fingers as I spoke to Juno, who sat down in a criss-cross applesauce position next to me.

"I'll be honest with you Junnie, I never wanted to have any kids of my own..."

"Hm? Why if I may ask?"

"...Because I wouldn't be a good mother for them. I wouldn't be a good role model for them, I wouldn't know how to take good care of them, man, I don't even take good care of myself...I don't know how to cook, I don't know how I'll be able to support them financially, it's just a very big responsibility that I don't think I'll ever be ready to do..."

"...Hey, I understand Mackenzie"

"Huh? Really?"

"Of course. There's nothing wrong with not having kids at all. It's your choice to be a parent or not, no one else can make it, just you. If you want a child, then that's okay. If you don't want to have a child, then that's okay too. Sure, it will be a very big responsibility of taking care of your own flesh and blood, but that doesn't make it the impossible. Honestly, I believe that you would be a perfect mother~"

His compliment just made my heart do a thing.
You know, "the thing."
You readers should know what I'm talking about, it's not like answering the hardest question, "what's 1000 minus 7."
I felt heat rush to my cheeks as I began to stutter.
That's right, I stuttered. Let the cringe begin.

"O-O-Oh...T-T-Thank you Juno...T-That's a really nice thing to say..."

"I mean it though~"

He replied with that bright smile on his face that could probably cure cancer.
I blushed even more as I hide my face behind the baby's teddy bear, causing the two to giggle at me.
It was like even the three of us were a real family...
That night as I cradle the little girl to sleep, I couldn't help but wonder who the girl's parents were and where they were now.
Were they looking for their missing child?
Or did they just abandoned her or even worse...died and we just didn't know it yet?
I hope that it was the first option and prayed that they were searching for their little angel right now in the streets.
Juno then quietly walks in the room, softly smiling as he stared at both me and the sleeping child.