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The Three of Us

"Shouko-san, Yashiro-san, congratulations on you newborn baby girl. She looks a lot like Yashiro-san," Kyouko said.

"Yeah, she does look like Yuki," Shouko said. "She's Yuki's little princess."

Kyouko and Ren went to visit Shouko and Yukihito at the managers' home after they arrived back in Japan. They were just back from their honeymoon. The newlyweds didn't even wait till the next day. They couldn't wait to see Yashiro's newborn daughter.

Yukihito's daughter was named Yui. She looked a lot like Yukihito even though she inherited her mouth and eyes from Shouko. Shouko and Yashiro were really happy being parents. Even Kuon and Kyouko were smiling upon seeing their loving expressions towards their daughter.

Shouko offered Kyouko to hold the baby. Kyouko hesitated but then she accepted happily. She held the baby carefully and smiled tenderly. Kuon was touched upon seeing her gentle expression towards the baby. Yui smiled and reached for Kyouko's face.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't come to your wedding, Kyouko-chan, Kuon-kun," Shouko said. "Even Yuki couldn't come. At least, one of us should have been present."

"It's okay, Shouko-san," Kyouko said. "We will hold the wedding banquet in next three weeks. Maybe you can come?" she said while she handed the baby to Kuon.

Shouko nodded. "I think that it is fine with me to go out at that time. It will be 40 days since Yui was born." Yui was born right on Kyouko and Kuon's wedding day in a caesarean section. Shouko went into a comma after Yui born. She almost died. Her uterus was damaged. The doctor then had her uterus removed. She couldn't have another baby after the removal. Therefore they named their baby Yui. It meant 'the only'.

"You don't have to force yourself, Shouko-san. We heard about your condition from Yashiro-san," Kyouko said.

"It's fine, really. I feel healthy now," Shouko said. She didn't want her charge to worry about her.

"So, how's it, newlyweds? When will you two have a baby?" Yukihito teased.

"If we are blessed enough, then... soon?" Kuon answered. He handed Yui back to Shouko.

"Heh? You two want to have a baby so soon?" Shouko said with an evil grin on her face. "I actually think that you two will wait and have 'fun', whilst you still can. You both are still very young. No need to rush."

Both Kyouko and Kuon blushed at her implied statement. Yashiro grinned evilly and nudged Kuon on his side.

"Well, if we are blessed enough, why not?" Kyouko said. She was still slightly blushing.

"We were just teasing you. Easy there, Kyouko-chan," Yukihito said with a wide grin. "Eh but if you two really want to have baby, I'd have to tell you this. It's going to be really tough."

"Right! Baby has different sleeping hours. You guys will have to be ready to wake up in the middle of the night for the baby. Thanks God, I have Yuki doing that for me." Shouko grinned.

"Yashiro-san is such a good father," Kyouko said.

"It seems really tough," Kuon said. "But well, I want kids. A dozen perhaps?"

"Kuon, don't joke around like that!" Kyouko said whilst smacking her husband's arm playfully.

"Huh? A dozen? Wow, then, please allow me to say something regarding that plan of yours," Shouko said.

"Yes?" both Kuon and Kyouko said. They were waiting for what the manager would say.

"We're not going to be the babysitters," Yukihito and Shouko said in unison. They grinned widely. They wouldn't mind actually but they just wanted to tease the couple. They only had one daughter and they would be happy if Yui got many friends like siblings.

Kyouko and Kuon cringed. They had never implied such things. They would definitely take care of their children on their own.

"We didn't mean that. Don't worry!" Kyouko said. "We're going to take care of them by ourselves."

"Hehe… sure. You guys have to be responsible for what you have 'done'," Shouko said. She winked at Yukihito and her husband winked back.

Kuon and Kyouko only smiled at it. Even though the managers were considered not as evil as Hiou and the two ladies, they still loved teasing Kyouko and Kuon, and could be really evil sometimes.

They had lighter talks afterwards. Yukihito and Kuon talked about Kuon's jobs while Kyouko and Shouko talked about Yui. When the clock on the wall showed that it was already 10pm, the couple excused themselves. Yukito walked them till the front door.

"I'm ready for the night shift. I'll tend to Yui," Yukihito said. "You need to take a rest, Shouko."

"I know. Thank you, dear," Shouko said. She was a bit upset.

Yukihito sat beside her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "What's wrong with you?"

"No, I'm just a little bit upset when I thought back that we can't have another child. We only have Yui."

"Shouko, it's okay. We have Yui. That's enough, right?"

"What if she wants brother or sister in the future?"

"Well, we can adopt a sibling for her."

"Adoption? Ah, right. There's that method."

"Moreover…"

Shouko waited for his next line. She was confused especially after she saw him grinning at her. "What do you want to say, Yuki? Don't make me wait!" She whined. She behaved like a teenager when she was alone with her husband.

"No more protection needed and we can fully enjoy ourselves."

Shouko blushed. "Gee, such a pervert! I don't know that you have it in you! You're usually modest and… mmmph…" She was silenced with a kiss.

"But you love me right, dear?" Yukihito said with a grin.

"I love you," she said, grinning back at him.

The two of them kissed each other passionately and were getting more passionate and Yui just had to choose to cry at the same time. Both parents were startled and had to broke their kiss. Yukihito lifted Yui up and said, "Not the right time. We still have our little girl as top priority."

Shouko laughed at his disappointment. She smiled when she saw Yukihito tending to their daughter. "You're really a good father, like Kyouko said. Well, now as a mother, I can't lose to you. I want to hold Yui too, Yuki."

"No way, she's my little girl." Yukihito smirked.

"Yes way, she's my little girl too."

"Catch me if you can!" He eyed her and pretended to run away with Yui in his hand. "Yui dear, we don't want to come to mama, right? What? Okay, Yui and papa will head to the pillow land together." Yukihito walked away and about to leave the room.

"Yuki! Come back here!" Shouko shouted and tried to get off the bed as quick as she could. She managed to catch up to Yuki. She reached her hands to Yui but Yashiro managed to avoid her hands and stuck out his tongue, mocking her. Both of them laughed and pretended to fight over their little girl. Yui fell asleep in Yukihito's hand and both parents realised that. They smiled when they saw how peaceful she was in her sleep.

7 years later…

"No! My laptop is broken! Why? Black out? Hardware failure? What?" Shouko said. She was panicking. She pressed several keys and the screen was still not blank. "All Kyouko's schedule is in there and I don't think I have backed up the data but it should be somewhere. Think! Think, Shouko!"

"Mama?" Yui called out.

Shouko stopped in the track and turned to the voice.

"Yui-chan. Hey, just back from the school?" Shouko said. She composed herself and walked to her daughter. She hugged her tightly and kissed her on her cheek.

"No, I'm already in this room since an hour ago, you just didn't see me."

"Eh? Really? Where? Why didn't I see you before, dear?" Shouko was surprised.

Yui pointed at the corner of her parents' bedroom. Shouko saw where her finger pointed to and sighed when she saw her mountain of books.

Yashiro Yui was a quiet child therefore she only had several friends. Even though so, she behaved differently when she was with her parents. She was pretty talk-active with them. She loved talking to them and always waited for them to come home since she missed them a lot due to their jobs.

She was also smart and a somewhat nerdy girl. She was called "Super Alien" by the Hizuri twins since she was able to break every electronic device if she held it barehanded. Just like her father, the electronic device would result in a failure only in 10 seconds. She was now 7 years old and as time went by, she looked more like Shouko than Yukihito. She wore glasses and had long hair. She wore her long hair in braids.

"Do you mean that…" Shouko stopped.

"I'm sorry. I accidentally touched your laptop," Yui said apologetically.

Shouko sighed. She's just like Yuki. Mini Yuki. Shouko smiled. She should have put her gloves on before she touches any electronic device.

"Mama, I'm sorry," Yui said while hugging Shouko tightly. "I forgot my gloves."

"It's fine! Well as a punishment, Yui has to massage mama's shoulders," Shouko said with a grin. "Mama has been feeling really tired these days."

"Really? Just a massage?" the little girl asked.

Shouko nodded as an answer.

Yui then ushered Shouko to sit on the bed. She massaged Shouko's shoulder while telling her mother her day in the school. She also told her how naughty the Hizuri siblings in the school. Shouko laughed when she heard about Keiichi and Shuuhei's prank on their teacher. Yui always acted like an older sister to the two and reminded them to behave in the school. They went to the same primary school. Yui was a 2nd grader while the twins were a first grader. Even though so, the twins were quite popular in school as the trouble makers.

"Gee, those two little devils, and here I think that they'll change a bit after they got a little sister."

"Ah, you mean Setsuka-chan?" Shouko said. She knew that Yui liked Setsuka a lot. The 10 months old Setsuka was really cute with her blonde hair and enchanting green eyes. She was a cheerful baby and she always smiled. Yui always called her as little angel while she called the older twins little devils.

"Can I have a little sister like Setsu-chan?"

"Ah about that…" Shouko was confused. She didn't know how to answer her daughter.

"Hey, what are you girls doing in the middle of the day on the bed?" Yukihito asked.

He entered the room with a bright smile. Yui and Shouko's attentions turned to Yukihito.

"Papa!" Yui jumped off the bed and threw herself into Yukihito's arms.

"Hello my little girl." Yukihito hugged her daughter tightly. Yukihito was just back from an on location shoot in Kyoto. "Papa brings something for you."

"Really?" Yui smiled widely. She gave Yukihito an expectant look.

"Here, Kyoto's Kiyomizudera keychain and Kyoto style wagashi. Yui likes this right?" He handed her a small paper bag and a box of wagashi.

"Kyaa… papa, I love you." Yui kissed him on the cheek. Yukihito kissed his daughter on her forehead.

Shouko smiled upon seeing the view before her eyes. Yukihito hold his daughter's hand and sat down on the bed, right beside Shouko.

"Shouko, I'm home," he said and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Welcome back, Yuki," she said with a grin. "By the way, Yui broke my laptop. She's really like you. Every electronic device results in failure if held without gloves on." Shouko shrugged.

"Uh, Mama, I didn't do it intentionally," Yui protested. She sat beside Yukihito and wrapped her arms around Yukihito's waist.

"Hmm… so, what's the punishment this time?" Yukihito asked his daughter. He raised his hand and patted Yui's head.

"Mama told me to massage her shoulder," Yui answered. "Papa, Mama, you guys have to work this afternoon?"

"No, but I need to rearrange Kyouko's schedule. I think I have the backup somewhere. Well, I need to go on searching for it," Shouko said.

"I don't either. Kuon and I just came back from Kyoto. He was so eager to go home to play with Setsu-chan," Yukihito said.

"Speaking of Setsu-chan, can I get a little sister too?" Yui asked.

Yukihito stiffened. The thing they had been dreading for years was being asked. Shouko looked at him worriedly. He wrapped his arms on their shoulders.

"Yui, papa and mama have to apologise to you," Yukihito began.

"Why papa?" Yui asked.

Yukihito hesitated to continue but when he felt Shouko's assuring hand on his, he continued, "When Yui was born, mama'd got a bit problem and because of that problem, Yui couldn't get any sister or brother."

Yui tilted her head, trying to understand. "Hmm, what problem is that, papa?"

"Well, Yui might not understand for now. Mama's body condition is not really good for having another baby so mama and papa couldn't get you a sister or brother, can you understand us?" Shouko said carefully. She didn't want Yui to get sad. They didn't know how to explain to her. They didn't want her to feel guilty over her difficult birth which was the cause of this problem.

"But Kei-chan and Shuu-chan got a sister, and they are bad kids. Even the Uesugi trio got three sisters at once. Why can't I get one too?" She started to cry. "I am always a good kid."

Yukihito and Shouko looked at each other sadly. Yukihito lifted his daughter and put her between them. "Yui-chan, you still have us. If you have a sister, what if mama and papa pay more attention to her than Yui? Wouldn't you feel being left out?"

She shook her head. "I'll help mama take care of her."

Shouko was touched by Yui's words but she couldn't fulfil the request. They weren't able to.

"Yui-chan, wouldn't it nice with just the three of us? Mama can give all mama's attention to Yui-chan, so does papa. We're already very busy. We don't want to neglect you," Shouko said.

"Mama's right. Without sister, Yui still got many friends like siblings, right?" Yukihito said.

Yui nodded. She didn't understand at all. She wanted a sister, but her parents wouldn't give her one. In her little mind, she thought back to what her parents had just said. Right, no sister, all mama and papa's attentions aside their works will only be given to me. It is nice. She finally smiled happily.

Yukihito and Shouko noticed their daughter's smile and hugged her tightly.

"Mama, papa… I don't want sister then. I love you guys," Yui said.

"We love you too." Yukihito and Shouko said.

"But…" Yui's eyes gleamed.

Yukihito and Shouko were waiting.

"Let's kidnap Setsu-chan and make her my sister," she continued with a grin.

"No, the Demon Lord will have my head on the silver platter," Yukihito said in horror and then laughed when he imagined it.

"Who's Demon Lord, papa?" Yui asked.

"Setsu's daddy." Yukihito grinned widely.

"And Mio will curse me to eternity," Shouko continued.

"Mio? Setsu-chan's mommy?" Yui said. "Well, that's okay, I'll still kidnap Setsu."

"Yui is such a bad kid," Yukihito said and tickled her on her sides.

Yui giggled and both parents laughed along their one and only child, spending their peaceful and happy afternoon.

A/N : Kiyomizu-dera = a temple in Kyoto

Wagashi = Japanese style sweets

Yui's name was written as '唯' in Japanese's Kanji, in case anyone got interested in it.

I'm writing this along with my new SB! fic, well, since I've been thinking to write about the others in my finished fic, so I decided to write one shots instead of putting it in "Looking for a Place Where I Belong". More are coming. The next one will be Kanae X Hiou. I'm not going to promise these one shots will be fast ^ ^

Thanks for reading.