shimmerandsing | Small surprises.

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Small surprises.

Alison didn't like it when her husband wasn't home. There were a variety of reasons for it, but the main reason was because he wasn't with her when he was gone. She had spent most of the day in a funk, waiting for Longshot and Asuka to return home from a clan mission. She couldn't complain too much when he was sent away. The jonin knew Alison was pregnant and somewhat clingy where her husband was concerned. So, if he had been called away, it was probably very important.

She still missed him, though.

So, she spent most of the day in her music room. Her single had done remarkably well since its release and now she was looking to find more good material to record. She had almost an album's worth already.

She was taking a break from working, having a sandwich for lunch in the kitchen, when she saw the glowy orange light from John's arrival. She hoped Lisa was with him. The girl had not been in her room this morning and that had worried Alison, too.

"Hi, guys!" She called. "Come have some lunch with me."

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"Mm. No." And then he yawned a minute later. "Maybe a little."

He snuggled against Ali as Maponos climbed into his pocket. "Do I get to sleep in the big bed?"

Alison smiled and rubbed his back gently. She smiled at his pocket full of primate. She tickled Mapanos's head lightly.

"Yes, you can sleep in the big bed." She kissed his forehead. "Let's leave the fort here. We'll clean up tomorrow."

"Okay." He snuggled into Ali. She was big and strong, and he didn't feel like letting go. Even if the pygmy marmoset wiggling in his pocket tickled his butt. He giggled softly and buried his face against Alison's chest.

Alison scooped him up and carefully got to her feet with him in her arms. She made sure not to squish his little passenger hiding in his pocket as she stooped over to get them out of the fort. Then she carried him up the stairs to the bedroom.

Although, she had noticed a few sticky spots on him that the dish cloth had missed. A bath would be in order before bed.

Longshot lolled about in Ali's arms. There wasn't a better place to be to his mind. Even with Maponos still squirming in his back pocket. Though he was confused as to why Ali went past the bed.

"The bed's that way, Ali!"

She chuckled and kissed his cheek. "I know, sweetie. But, you're still a little sticky from the cannoli earlier. We need to get you into a bath before bed so you don't stick to the sheet."

She set him down on the edge of the tub and reached over to turn on the water.

"Oh." He looked at the big bathtub and then at the water starting to pour in. "Gotta go put Fuzzy away!"

Longshot grabbed his pygmy marmoset out of his back pocket and jumped off the tub. Then he tried running away from the bathtub of DOOOOM.

"Hey! Get back here!" She sighed and shook her head, half amused and half exasperated. She turned off the water and chased after him.

"C'mon, sweetheart. Just a quick bath and then bed. It won't hurt, I promise."

"Fuzzy needs to go in his little hooooome," he protested. And then he darted down the steps towards Maponos' cage. Maybe he could hide under the cage, too. Big tub of water was going to eat the little Longshot!

Alison huffed a sigh and chased after the unnaturally quick little one. Nobody with legs that short should be so fast. It wasn't fair.

"We can put him to bed after your bath, Longshot. Come on. Please?"

"He doesn't wanna get eated by the baftub!" He called up the stairs. He was still pitterpattering his feet hard. So hard he almost went right past Maponos' cage. He put the little monkey inside and closed it.

Then he tried to figure out his next plan of escape. Ali was following him!

"Nobody's going to get eated... eaten by the bath tub. I promise." She raced after him and made a grab for him near the marmoset's cage.

Ali may have been quick, but Longshot was still a Mojoworlder with the enhanced musculature to go with it. He ducked under her arms and raced back up the stairs giggling. As a means of distraction, he left his pants on the fourth floor landing.

Somewhere inside of him it was noted that Ali had a tendency to pick up his clothes.

"Longshot!" She groaned and chased after him. Up the stairs again. She was definitely going to need sleep after this ordeal.

As she passed his pants on the stairs, she scooped them up and kept right on running. "Please? I wouldn't let anything eat you."

Buck naked, Longshot jumped on the bed and bounced right off. He landed on his feet easily enough. He crouched down beside the bed and peeked over the edge toward the bedroom door.

Maybe Ali wouldn't find him here.

Panting slightly and biting down hard on a growl of frustration, Alison ran into the bedroom and quickly shut the door behind her. Maybe that would slow a second escape a little. She tossed his discarded pants aside and looked around.

If she wasn't mistake, there was a flash of blond hair peeking out over the edge of the bed. She didn't move over there right away. She kept looking around as if she hadn't seen him.

"I'm getting tired, sweetheart. How about coming out and letting me give you that bath, so we can sleep? Pretty please?"

Longshot stifled a giggle and crouched down. She didn't see him! She didn't see him! Tee hee!

He decided he had a good hiding spot and was not going to move from it.

Mrrr. Just for this, he was going to be in charge of the bathing once the babies were old enough to run. Aloud, she said, "Hmmm... I wonder if he's hiding under the blankets?"

She wandered over to the bed and picked up the bottom edge of the blankets at the foot of the bed. Out of the corner of her eye she could still see a little blond head. Maybe she could get close enough to grab him?

He pressed his hands harder against his mouth to try to keep the giggles quiet. Nope. He wasn't unner da blankets! He didn't succeed too well in making his giggles quieter, but he was more excited by the fact Ali was so close and didn't see him! She wouldn't find him! Hee hee!

A faint grin tugged at the corners of Alison's mouth. She could hear the tiny, muffled giggles from the side of the bed. As exasperated as she was, she still couldn't help the amusement she felt knowing he was having such fun. Even if it was at her expense.

She put the blankets down and tapped her chin lightly. "Hmmm. I wonder where he could be?"

Then she leaped. She ended up flopping across the bed in kind of an undignified sprawl and dangling half over the edge as she made a grab for him.

Longshot got wide-eyed and 'eep!'ed but that didn't save him from Ali's hands. He done got caught real good. And he had thought his hiding spot had been good!

Alison rolled back onto her back, pulling him with her to hold him against her chest. She looked up at him with an amused expression. "Gotcha."

She shook her head and kissed his cheek. Then she sat up and shifted him in her arms so that she could hold him securely and work the bath controls.

"Okay. Bath time now. I promise nothing will eat you."

"Meep." He wiggled a bit but found he couldn't get out of Ali's grasp. He was thwarted! THWARTED! And soon to be eated by the big bathtub. So, instead of running away, he clung tightly to Ali.

"You sure? It's awfully big and could have sharks hidin' in there..."

"I'm sure. I love you waaaaay too much to let anything eat you. Even sharks." She sat on the edge of the tub and held him as she ran the water. This time she wasn't going to make the mistake of putting him down. One sprint around the castle was plenty for the day.

"And I'll even put my toes in first so you can see that nothing's gonna eat them." She kissed the top of his head as she watched the tub fill. A thought struck her and she looked down at the little blond in her lap. "Want a bubble bath?"

He peered down into the tub and still wasn't too sure. The sharks could be boy-eating instead of Ali-eating. Longshot held onto Ali's shirt with a white-knuckled grip. "O-Okay."

He was momentarily distracted by impending doom but something that sounded fun. "Bubbles?"

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