Random Day Week 1:

He loves me?. . .He loves me not?. . .She hates me. . .She really hates me. . .

"Come back tomorrow?" I question Zero as he prepares to make his leave again.

"I told you I'd come here everyday until you tell me everything." I look away once he starts talking about that.

"Give me another two months and I will." I say with a nervous smile. Zero sighs.

"You said that last month." I shake my head.

"Nu uh! I said give me three months back then!" I argue back. He smiles exasperated, and puts a hand to my head.

"You're giving me a headache, Alondra." I grin up at him.

"It's what I do best!" I say sticking my tongue out at him.

"You're not gone, but I already miss you." I admit to him. He smiles, and puts a hand to my cheek. I sense a familiar presence that makes me jump on Zero and kiss him with everything in me. I have to show that person that I love him, and I can't let him go. Not anymore.

"Wh-what was that for?" Zero asks me with a slight blush.

"Just because I wanted to." I say with a smile.

"Well do it right." He says kissing me way more passionately than I did. Makes me wish I wasn't pregnant at the moment. If you catch my meaning. He pulls away leaving me with a goofy grin. He taps my chin, and leaves.

"Kurenai." I greet her as she approaches me.

"How long did you know I was here?" She questions me.

"Long enough. Now is there a reason you're visiting me?" I question her as I turn to look at her.

"I was wondering why Zero's looked normal for the last couple of months even though you're not around, but it seems that he's happy because he's near you." I can see the jealousy in her eyes. I'm scared she might try to hurt me, and right now I can't defend myself.

"So you're following Zero around. I overheard your conversation with Zero. You really don't like me at all." I say avoiding touching my stomach.

"I did like you, but then I lost Ichiru, and Zero looks so much like him-"

"They're identical twins. Of course they look like each other. But they're not the same person. Zero is Zero and Ichiru is Ichiru. Ichiru is gone, but not dead. Zero is still alive, but his heart is mine just like my heart is his." I say to her. She clenches her hands tightly, and looks up at me with angry eyes.

"You really don't try to be modest at all, do you? You're so sure that I can't win Zero over." Kurenai says challenging me.

"You can try, but it won't work in your favor, because you only see Ichiru through Zero. I don't. I see Zero for who he is." That makes Kurenai jump startled. I know I hit a nerve right there. She knows I'm right.

"You talk like you know him so well." She says still trying to get to me, but she knows it's a losing battle.

"I do know him. Better than anyone. He told me everything and I told him everything. We are each others guardians. It's as easy as that." I say stepping back.

"You're a pureblood. I'm disrespecting you, so why don't you punish me?" She questions me.

"I told you before. You've been punished enough. I'm not here to cast judgement to anyone." I say turning away from her, and stepping into my home. Closing the door behind me. I sigh and put my hand to my stomach.

"Are you okay?" Aido questions concerned as he rushes towards me.

"Did Zero say something to you?" I shake my head.

"No. Maria Kurenai came over, and well we had a tense conversation about Zero. I just left because my stomach started to get tight." I say breathing in and out.

"I shall make sure that woman has left the property." Seiren tells us as she goes past us.

"Should I get nurse Chiharu?" Aido questions me, and I see his concern increasing.

"Um, yeah. I think that's a good idea." I say as Aido takes me into his arms, and carries me up to my room. He lays me down, and heads out to look for Chiharu. I breathe in and out trying to calm myself down. Kurenai's presence really riled me up. I nearly lost my cool with her talking like she loves Zero, but she doesn't. She loves the man inside of Zero.

"Ichiru, you really should do something about her, so she can be at ease." I say out loud, but I don't know why Ichiru hasn't come to see me in a while.

Chiharu and Aido quickly enter the room. Chiharu rushes over to me, and checks my pulse and everything.

"Your pulse is a little fast. Hanabusa-sama told me what happened. You need to try and calm down. Your sons shouldn't feel you this agitated." I nod my head knowing she was right.

"I know. I've been trying. Honest." I say still breathing in and out. I close my eyes, and feel a gentle embrace that helps me calm down.

"Don't let her rile you up. It's not good for my nephews." I quickly open my eyes to the sound of Ichiru's voice. I look over at him, but I don't find Aido or Chiharu there anymore.

"Ichiru. You heard me?" I question him. He nods his head.

"If you want me to talk to her, then I will. But you have to calm down when you wake up." Ichiru tells me.

"Wait! I'm unconscious right now?" I ask him.

"Yes, it was my doing." He explains to me.

"Ichiru, thanks a lot for doing this for. . ." I stop talking because I don't know who he's doing this for.

"For Zero, my nephews, and you." He tells me.

"Me? Even though we really didn't get along too well. Even though you threatened to kill me too." I ramble on.

"You know, you talk too much sometimes?" He says frowning.

"Yeah, Zero tells me the same thing." I say rubbing the back of my head.

"I know. I've heard." He says. My eyebrow twitches.

"Do you get bored, and listen in on his conversations?" I question him.

"Sometimes, but I usually look at his memories of you. Who knew you could be so cute and naive when you were younger." I blush brightly at his calling me cute, and my eyebrow twitches at his calling me naive.

"I'm not naive! Maybe sometimes." I mutter. Ichiru chuckles, and puts a hand to me head.

"You complain a lot too." I roll my eyes.

"You Kiryu men. Always trying to make me mad." I say with a frown.

"No, we just try to make you blush." I glare over at him.

"Oh and make you act like that." I pout and turn away. Ichiru chuckles, and I'm instantly awake.

"Alondra, don't scare me like that. Are you okay?" Aido questions me.

"I'm okay now." I say with a smile to him. "I just needed a nap." I say to him reassuringly. Aido sighs relieved and holds me tightly. I hold him back.

"Thanks for worrying about me. And Chiharu, thanks for your help too." I say smiling at her too. She nods her head, and heads out. Leaving Aido and me alone.

"What exactly did you talk about with Maria Kurenai?" I sigh knowing this was coming.

"Just about Zero, and how she complains to me about winning him over, but the problem is that she doesn't see Zero. She sees Ichiru. If she saw Zero for him, I. . .I might have given up. . ." I say looking down. Aido puts a hand to my chin.

"I doubt you would have. That would have given me false hope." I look away from his eyes, knowing he's right. I shouldn't be giving him false hope.

"I'm sorry." I say to him.

"There's that look again. The look that says that you blame yourself for everything that's going wrong." Aido says as I look over at him.

"Well, isn't it? Because you like me, and I can't reciprocate those feelings. I'm hurting you because of it, and you still remain by my side, even though the door is open for you to walk out at any moment." I say to him sadly.

"I promised to stay beside you until your sons were born." He says to me. I put a hand to his.

"Don't think of it as your pride as an Aristocrat. Think of it as your own pride. You don't have to put up with this. Chiharu and Seiren are taking care of me, and if you don't want to suffer because of me, you should leave." I say, but by then I'm already crying. "Although I would miss you." I say trying to wipe my tears away. He holds me tightly as I try to wipe away my tears.

"It's not about my pride. I want to stay beside you. Because I know you're not so indifferent to my affection towards you. I love you, Alondra. I guess I always have, but I didn't want to admit it to myself. Before because you were human and then now because you're a pureblood. Don't blame yourself for my pain. I know perfectly well how you feel, but I wanted to remain by your side." I take in a shaky breath.

"I don't think I can make myself think otherwise. I blame myself, and you can't make that stop. I'm sorry. I really am." I say.

"Don't be." Aido says wiping away my tears. Then slowly inching his face closer until his lips hesitantly meet mine. I don't push him away, and he deepens the kiss. I close my eyes taking in his taste.

"He's right. I'm not indifferent. I do feel something for him, but it's not the same as Zero. If I could let him go, would I be able to love Aido?" I question myself as he slowly pulls back. I smile over at him, and he smiles back.

He loves me. . .Can I love him?. . .She doesn't hate me. . .She loathes me. . .

Random Day Week 2:

"Oh boy you two are killing me here." I rub my lower back and look out over the gardens from my window. I'm startled by a crow landing on the stone railing of my balcony.

"Hi there pretty crow! Great I'm talking to birds now. You two have a crazy mom to deal with." I laugh just a bit, rubbing my belly gently.

I'm startled again as the crow starts to caw. It starts to flap it's wings and I back up before it flies away.

"That bird." Boy I'm just going to be startled all day today. I look back at Ichiru who watches over my head.

"What? Haven't you seen a crow before?" I tease him and he looks down at me, flicking my forehead. I cover my forehead and pout.

"Maria was watching you through that crow. She knows you're pregnant now." I smack my forehead and berate myself. Although I didn't know she could possess birds. So it's not all my fault.

"What do I do now?! How pissed is she going to be? I'm sure she knows exactly who the father here is." I become anxious. I hope she doesn't do anything stupid out of jealousy.

"We should go to the Kurenai household then. We'll find a way for me to get her to move on. It's time for her to know happiness as well." Ichiru tells me and I can't help but wonder how that's going to happen?

"Well I don't know how I'm going to get past Aido and Seiren. I waddle slowly now thanks to these two." I tell Ichiru.

"Obviously they have to come too. Someone needs to protect you just in case."

"Good point." I close my balcony window and make my way towards my bedroom door.

"Aido Hanabusa! Uh, just Seiren!" I yell out he rushes over towards me as fast as I have ever seen him. Seiren just pops out of nowhere really.

"What?! Are you okay?!" He grabs my shoulders looking at me worriedly.

"We're fine. I need you two to take me to the Kurenai manor right now, please!" I don't even give them an explanation. He arches an eyebrow, but I don't budge except to put on my jacket.

"You're already decided, so I don't have much of a choice. Let me get my jacket and we can go."

"As you wish, Alondra-san." I smile and wait for then outside of Aido's bedroom so he can help me down the stairs.

                       ~0~

"A-Alondra-sama?!" A maid says stunned as she sees me at the door. Or maybe it's my pregnant belly.

"Hello, I'm here to see Maria Kurenai." I tell her with a smile. She bows her head and nervously leads us into the living room. She nervously tells us that she'll bring Maria over before she leaves.

"Why are we here though?" Aido questions me. I rub my belly and look over at Ichiru who stands near me.

"To finally let bygones be bygones with Kurenai." Of course this doesn't clarify anything for him. Before he can ask for specifics the person I was looking for enters. Maria dismisses the maid and with Aido's help I stand up to meet her eyes.

"Why have you come here? Are you going to rub your pregnancy in my face?" Kurenai's hands tremble at her sides, her eyes look a bit red.

"Um, Aido, Seiren. . . Just for a sec. Can you step out?" He looks unconvinced but steps out taking Seiren with him, leaving us alone.

"I'm not that type of cruel. Actually, someone wants to talk you. I don't know how it'll work, but I'll give it a shot. Just put your hand on my belly. I'll kill you if you dare harm my children." I warn her as she looks at me with shock and confusion.

"What?" That is all she says after a moment of silence passes. I waddle towards her and grab her wrist. I put her hand to my belly, startling her by my abrupt action.

"Did it work?" I question no one really. Maria's purple eyes widen as she looks behind me. I really hope that's a good sign.

"Ichiru?" She tries to lift her hand from my belly but I keep her hand there.

"Don't move your hand or you won't see Ichiru." I warn her. She casts a glance at me before looking at Ichiru. Her eyes fill with tears as she looks at him. I let her wrist go and cover my ears so they can talk privetly. Hopefully this will give her closure.

                 ~0~

"My feet hurt! How much longer are they going to keep talking?! Wait, is Ichiru trying to see how long I can keep this up?!" I look back over my shoulder, trying to see what is going on with him. He's smiling deviously. I remove my hands.

"Did you finally catch on?" I listen to Maria giggle as I glare at Ichiru.

"You're so mean! You know my feet ache because of these two!" I plop down on a couch and feel my feet pulsating in relief from finally being off the ground.

"Alondra-san. . ." I look away from my feet and up at Kurenai.

"You were right. I was only seeing Ichiru through Zero once they'd become one again." I refrain from saying I told you so. I just smile a bit.

"So I will get to know him and win his heart properly!" It almost sounds like some glass broke in the silence. My smile is stuck on my face.

"Um Alondra are you do- eek!" I look over at Aido who is startled as he steps in. My aura must be acting up. Yeah that's probably why he's shaking in his shoes.

"Aido, Seiren, let's go home." He just nods his head and walks ahead to open the door. Seiren waits and walks behind me. I walk towards the idling vehicle that brought us here in the first place.

"It's time to up my game. Just you wait, Maria Kurenai! I won't lose Zero to you of all people!" With determination I look out of the window.

"What happened?!" Aido continues to question.

"Aido-san, I think this is one of those things Alondra-san would rather not discuss." Seiren tells the concerned blond.

Random Day Week 3:

"You're acting odd, aren't you?" Zero questions me as I hug him and refuse to let go.

"I just want to be close to you. Is that so bad?" I question him as I glare at the crows perched on my tree outside.

"No, it's not. It's just not something you normally do." I just shake my head and keep hugging him.

"Well I've changed. Things between us have changed. I. . . " I don't finish what I'm going to say. I realize how embarrassing it might sound. Even though I didn't say it, my face is still red.

"You what?" Damn it! I don't want to tell him. Would he tease me about it? Ugh, I never thought we'd ever come to this point in our relationship. I mean I never thought of confessions or anything.

Sure I was the first one to kiss him and say I love you, but it's so different when it comes to asking about boyfriend or girlfriend things.

"Is this another one of those things you can't tell me now?" He questions me after I finish my internal monologue.

"It's not that. It's just embarrassing and I can't deal with teasing with it." I mumble to him.

"If it's something you're serious about, I won't tease you." He assures me and I believe him. Well, no matter what happens after our sons are born I want him to know about my feelings.

"I don't want to be just friends anymore." I admit to him. There's only silence so I try to look up at him but he ends up hugging me against his chest.

"Zero?" I blush as I listen to his racing heart.

"Just don't say anything right now." I can't help but smile a little at the thought of him blushing. Ah crap, but Maria can see his cute expression!

Before I can prevent that his hands go to hold my face and he moves in for a slow kiss. It feels like it has been forever since we've kissed, but it feels just like the first time when we kissed. Or maybe it feels a lot deeper and meaningful than before.

Our foreheads are pressed together now. I can't open my eyes. I'm still trying to catch my breath from the kiss.

"Okay." He tells me after a long silence. Man, he must feel the heat of my cheeks on his cool hands. I cast my eyes up at him and his gentle smile takes my breath away.

The spying crow caws, completely shattering the moment. I glare at it and it flies away.

"Damn Kurenai. I won't let you have my Zero." I cast a glance at Zero who watches the crow fly away. I smile at his profile and raise on my tip toes to kiss his cheek.

"Do you want to come in?"

Random Day Week 4:

"Kurenai, what brings you here?" I stand at the door as I stare at her with a tight smile.

"Zero is coming over today, isn't he? He visits you often." Maria tells me as she steps in. I didn't even invite her in.

"Hey, what exactly is it going to take for you to realize he's not going to be with you? He's the father of my children and well we've deepened our relationship."

"Hmm, I wonder." She tells me as she tilts her head innocently. Ah I really wanna punch her but my baby refuses to let me do something mean.

"Alondra-sama, shall I make tea?" The maid I had asked to bring me my quilt asks me. I take the quilt and put it over my shoulders.

"Bring it to the living room please." I lead Kurenai there and sit on the love seat to put my feet up.

"Come now, it's not that cold." Kurenai says suspiciously. I just wrap the quilt closer against me.

"I can do what I want in my manor." I tell her stubbornly. My hand travels to my stomach as I sit there. I dread the moment Zero walks through.

"Ah, Zero!" Kurenai perks up and I really wish I could be the one running into his arms. Too bad my belly doesn't let me move as fast as I'd like.

"Maria?" I steal a glance at the pair. I would usually flare with jealously, but really I just want to cry. Seeing that sight really feels painful. I guess this is a deserving punishment for my silence.

"What are you doing here?" I listen to their conversation and if I could walk away then I would. This really sucks.

"I wanted to visit Alondra-san like when she surprised me with a visit. I didn't expect to see you here!" She tells him happily. I wrap the quilt up a little higher to shield some of my expression.

"Alondra, I'm here." I'm startled by Zero who crouches in front of the couch I sit on. I don't know if it's good or bad if only my eyes are visible.

"H. . .um welcome back." I mumble under the quilt. Shit, my voice sounds like I'm on the brink of tears. Not a good time my tiny babies.

"Are you okay?" He puts a gentle hand to my hair. It's really warm and a sense of love and calm suddenly fills me. I guess I don't have to worry about anything. I smile under the quilt and nod my head.

"I'm okay now. I'm happy to see you." I pull the quilt down to show my face properly. He smiles so gently at me and it feels so nice to see. I would like to see that same smile directed at our sons too.

"Say, you two really love each other, don't you?" I blush and look over at Kurenai who stares at us with a sad smile. I cast a glance at Zero who looks back at Kurenai too.

"Yes." My heart skips a beat at his quick response. I pull the quilt up and nod my head shyly.

"I guess I don't really have much of a chance. I don't want to let go of such a gentle person. Ichiru and Zero are really kind and so full of love. How could Shizuka-sama and you have been so lucky to hold their hearts in your hands?" Tears slip out of her eyes as she looks at us. Normally I'd feel awkward about someone crying. But I feel like I don't want to see her in pain right now.

"Who knows? I wonder the same thing too sometimes. I feel blessed though and I wouldn't have this any other way. Well it's not like you won't be happy. With or without someone, you'll be happy." I tell her, but I don't look at her. I stare ahead with a small smile.

"I won't interfere anymore. Although, I don't want to lose the only friends I have." Kurenai tells us after awhile of silence.

"Good enough for me. I did say I would be friends with you when I got to know you and not the you possessed by Shizuka." I finally look towards her and smile. She wipes at her tears and smiles back.

"Zero, I hope we can be friends as well." Kurenai looks over at him.

"I don't see the harm in that." He tells her. I smile and the tea finally comes in. We all sit in the living room and have a conversation for the first time. It's fun and I hope it continues that way.