An Angel's Whisper

Part 19: Mistakes were made

"Asleep. Finally. At dead on 1pm. Covered with her blanky, holding that goddamn giraffe."

"You're a great mother. Well done, honey."

"Love you, baby," Haku said, pulling Neru into a hug.

"Love you too."

Neru paused, before adding,

"How long are we babysitting for?"

"Until 8pm."

"Are you kidding?!"

"No. I don't even know what they're doing, but yeah, 8pm."

"Oh my God. I'm going to bed."

"No, you're not."

"Please? Miyuki's sleeping, and I'm tired."

"Fine, fine. I guess we'll all have a nap."

Haku took Neru's arm and lead her into the bedroom. The two, in essence, threw themselves at the bedsheets, both sighing.

"Highkey might just sleep like this," Neru said, her face stuffed in the covers.

"Same. Sleep well, love."

"Yeah... you too."

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"Owww... my neck."

"Neru? Are you okay?"

"I slept funny. What's- what's that noise?"

"What noise?"

"Crying."

"Oh- oh God. What's the time?"

Neru picked up her phone.

"OH NO. NO NO. ITS 5PM."

Haku threw herself upwards, running out of the room and towards the living room, where Miyuki was. Neru followed.

Haku picked up the crying baby and held her close.

"Oh. Oh sweetie. You need some TLC. And a change- desperately. Ew."

Haku took off again, this time to the bathroom. Neru followed, again, and stood outside the door.

"Oh! Oh wow! How can a child like you produce that?!"

"EWWW! MIYUKI! DON'T!"

"Oh, honey, don't cry-"

"Neru? Help?"

Neru opened the door.

"What? What do you need help with?"

"Can you go and get a clean diaper? There is so much waste in this-"

"Alright, I don't need to know," Neru said, walking down the stairs.

She came back, holding a clean nappy and a full bottle.

"Oh, thank you baby. I'll clean, you feed. Okay?"

"Right. I can do that."

"Love you."

"Okay, thanks, you too, just hurry up and clean the child-"

Haku quickly changed the baby, and picked her back up. She handed her to Neru, who almost immediately dropped her.

"Right, I'm not gonna drop you. Here's your milk-"

Miyuki had a drink. She stopped crying, and nuzzled herself into Neru. She gripped onto her shirt and went to sleep.

"Aww. Look at her. She loves you, Neru."

"Shh! She's sleeping!"

"Sorry! Come on. Let's go back to bed, with Miyu. We can make sure she's okay."

"Let's."

Haku and Neru went back to the room, and placed the sleeping baby between them. Neru put her arm around the baby.

"We would such good parents," Haku said.

"We literally just fell asleep and forgot about her. And plus, if we were parents, you would be over-stressed and you would be drunk like, all the time, and then that would leave it all to me and I would get mentally ill and-"

"Yeah, okay, maybe we wouldn't be."