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Chapter 6: its not frightening if we hold our hands

Notes:

a bit of angst is coming in the next chapter just a warning 

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Milan was a fun and easy trip for them. Nico had fun as they walked around and got to try Momo’s peach gelato and to celebrate her seventh month of life she found herself with a new stuffed bear, the brown bear having a ribbon decorated with the Italian flag tied around it’s neck. Sana suggested they start a collection, every country Nico goes too she gets a bear from there. Momo had agreed, thinking it was cute. Mina had later agreed, seeing how cute Nico got over the bear. They go shopping in every type of store, fancy and casual, and they all get new clothes. Nico most notably so, considering she was quickly out growing her other clothing. The house was nice and they had basically ruined the sheets considering Nico was sleeping really well in the warm Italian environment, once they had figured out she needed ocean noises to fall asleep. They had never been more thankful for Mina’s idea of buying a white noise machine long before Nico was born, and for her idea to pack it. Nico had gotten used to sleeping with the sound of the ocean recently, Sana had been opening her window to get fresh air and when the window was opened, one could finally hear the ocean they lived right next to. They’re walls were thick, and normally it couldn’t be heard,  but when the window was opened the sound of the ocean became clear.

Their rental house has a stereo and Momo plays her favorite playlist from her phone and picks up Nico by her butt and dances with the baby, who giggles and plays along as Momo flew her around. They giggle when TT came on and Momo takes Nico’s baby hands and makes he hand motions. Nico laughed and Sana took a video and put it on her private Instagram. After taking a couple videos Sana throws her phone onto the couch and joins Momo as more old Twice songs come on, dancing in practiced motions, Mina joining them. And all of them laughing before falling into a lump on the floor. Nico falls asleep soon after and Sana drags Momo with her to the shower and Mina nodded before laying back in their rental bed. 

On the last night of their visit, Nico decides she wants to sleep with her mothers and won’t let anything else stand. She sleeps between Sana and Momo, Mina spooning Momo and resting her head on her shoulder. Nico holds onto Sana and Momo’s hands as she sleeps and Mina takes a picture of her little sweetheart. The next morning their train leaves early in the morning and Nico was exhausted as she slept on top of Momo. 

Sana had approached the topic when they got home. She had been asked by a friend in town to help organize the annual pride parade and she had wanted the three of them to attend, together. Mina had been worried, but Momo had always wanted to attend a pride parade and Sana had too and Mina had rolled her eyes and decided to sign them, and Nico, up. 

The day before they were supposed to go, Momo had a day off and they were all having a lazy afternoon, with plans to go out to the beach later. Nico was watching a baby tv show in Korean on their television while cuddling with Sana and Sana had her face in a book, Momo was scrolling through her social media feed laying upside on a chair, and Mina was playing video games. The doorbell rang and suddenly their dog started barking and running to the door, the sounds spooking Nico.

“Nico-chan it’s okay it’s just the doorbell,” Sana whispered, appeasing the child. Sana tickled Nico’s stomach and Nico giggled, her earlier whining gone. Sana kissed her cheek before opening the lock on the door, making sure to extend one foot towards their dog to attempt to hold her back. 

“Surprise looser!” Nico almost started crying at the loud screaming and Sana would have been mad if she wasn’t so shocked. Hime jumped onto the person, angry at them for spooking her little master. 

“Nayeon… Unnie?” Sana asked, tilting her head. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m not alone,” Nayeon grinned and stepped to the side, revealing Jihyo, and Dahyun behind her. Nayeon reached down a picked up the dog, patting her head. “Hey cutie.” 

“But… Why?” Sana asked. 

“Well, we are all going to be busy around Nico’s first birthday, so we decided to surprise the little princess early.” They grinned. “Jeongyeon had to take a later flight and Chaeyoung and Tzuyu will be catching a ride with her.”

“What about your families?”

“Daeyoung has the kids at our hotel, figured we would stop by first.” Nayeon shrugged.

 

“Yeah our husbands and kids are getting checked into the hotel, it seems nice we’re staying at the one on the beach.” Jihyo smiled at them. “Anyway, let us in we have gifts.”

“Guys Nico’s birthday is nearly half a year away.” Sana laughed at them. Nayeon set the excited dog down and she sniffed Dahyun, who looked more than a bit spooked, and Jihyo before running to her doggie bed in the living room.

“It’s not her fault for having a birthday during a busy time.” Dahyun shrugged. “Also why have I not been to your house before, it’s so nice…” Dahyun muttered. 

“Thank you,” Sana giggled. “Mina! Momo!” Sana called into the house. “We have guests.” If she strained her ears she could hear Mina’s groans as she forced herself off the couch. 

“Who is it?” Mina groaned, wrapping a blanket over herself protectively.

“Minari!” Nayeon cheered as she ran over to hug Mina. 

“Unnie? What are you doing here?"

“Visiting, duh.”

“Yeah, but why?” Mina asked. 

“Nico’s birthday.”

“Nico’s birthday isn’t until late October and it’s early June.” Mina asked confused. 

“We’’ll all be too busy to make the trip out, so we wanted to celebrate now,” Jihyo shrugged. Mina rolled her eyes and pushed Nayeon off her and hugged Jihyo. 

“Nayeonie!”

“Momoring!” Nico put her hands over her ears at the loud screaming and Sana and Dahyun, the two closest to the baby, couldn’t help but laugh. 

“It’s okay Nico-ya, they’re crazy, but don’t worry about them.” Dahyun giggled at the baby. “Gosh your so cute,” Dahyun gushed, pinching Nico’s cheeks. 

“Dahyunie aren’t you going to give Unnie a hug?” Sana pouted. 

“Ugh fine,” Dahyun rolled her eyes and hugged Sana. “Want to give me a tour? Considering I’ve never been here before.”

“Sure, Nayeon Unnie you want to come with us on our house tour?”

“Yeah!” Nayeon released Momo and turned her attention to the baby in Sana’s arms. “Your still just as cute as the last time I saw you.” Nayeon pinched the baby’s nose. 

“Unnie she doesn’t like that.” Sana nodded her head as Nico tried to retaliate against Nayeon. “Calm down love Auntie didn’t mean any harm.” Sana whispered to her baby. 

“Here,” Mina handed Sana a stuffed animal, and Nico was instantly pacified. 

“She really likes stuffed animals huh?”

“Yes, very much so, we can’t get her away from them most of the time,” Mina answered Jihyo’s question. “They will calm her no matter how bad she’s feeling, one time as a newborn she was super sick and the only way to get her to sleep and to stop crying was by giving her her stuffed animals.”

“What a cutie pie,” Nayeon smiled at the baby. “Come on sweetheart, you need to show Auntie around.” Nayeon smiled at the baby. Nico looked at her curiously before reaching for Sana and burying her face into Sana’s shoulder. 

“We’re only an hour away from nap time, she’s probably getting a bit sleepy,” Sana explained. “I’ll show you around.” Sana lead them away from the door and offered her friends slippers as they made their way inside their house. After a quick tour, Sana collapsed on the living room couch with Nico as the baby clutched tightly to her. 

“You guys house is huge.” Dahyun commented. “And it’s so close to the beach, I knew it was close, but it’s like on the beach.”

“Yeah it’s fun, and it’s basically a private sliver of beach because there’s two cliffs around us.” Momo smiled. “We were going to go out later if you wanted to join us.”

“Love too,” Dahyun grinned at her friends. “Also what’s that piano in your lounge about? Have you been practicing?”

“It came with the house, I knew you would be interested in it.” Sana smiled at Dahyun. “Mina and Momo have been trying to learn to play it when they think I’m not listening. Also Mina wants to put Nico in lessons once she’s big enough to touch the keys.”

“It’s a nice piano, I’m surprised someone would just leave it.” Dahyun sighed. “We don’t have the space for a grand piano so we just have a keyboard.”

“Your welcome to mess with it if you want.” Sana smiled at Dahyun. 

“Maybe later,” Dahyun muttered as she fell onto the couch. 

“Are you taking a nap?” Sana asked with a giggle as Dahyun closed her eyes. 

“Maybe…” Dahyun muttered. Sana smiled at her friend and put a blanket around her before walking upstairs into Nico’s room and getting her ready for her nap. She made sure the window was open and Nico fell asleep slowly as Sana hummed her a simple tune. Sana smiled and kissed her before going downstairs to where everyone had settled on watching a movie, Dahyun now awake and happily munching on some popcorn with Momo. Sana grinned and sat down in Momo’s lap, Momo holding her waist with one hand as Sana fed her popcorn. 

 

xx

 

“Hm what should we wear today princess?” Sana asked as she dug through Nico’s closet.

“What about her little yellow dress? That’s cute.” Momo replied as she changed Nico’s diaper.

“Hm, but I wanted her to wear that tomorrow, it matches the pale rainbow paint I bought.” Sana muttered. “Maybe her white dress?”

“She will get stains on it, and remember how long you spent trying to get those off last time she wore white?” Momo shrugged. “She doesn’t need to be too dressed up we’re just hanging out with our friends.”

“And going out to dinner later.” Sana argued. “How about her pale blue dress?”

“That should work.” Momo shrugged. “No stains this time baby girl.” Momo playful scolded the little girl on the changing table. Nico giggled as Momo tickled her sides. “Let’s get you dressed princess.” Momo smiled and picked up the baby in front of her and went over to Sana’s side. Sana handed her the dressed and Momo made quick work of getting it onto Nico.

“Do you know when Mina said we’re leaving?” Sana asked as Momo made sure Nico’s dress was buttoned in the back. 

“She said around five thirty. We still have an hour to get ready.” Momo looked at her smart watch on her wrist before kissing Nico’s forehead and pulling away from her. 

“Okay, are you going to take a shower?”

“Probably not, I took one this morning so I should be fine.” Momo shrugged. “Nico took a bath last night right?”

“Yeah, and she splashed water on my bra again,” Sana bent down until her face was level with the baby’s. “You mischievous little girl.” Sana nuzzled her nose on Nico’s affectionately and Nico giggled. “I swear she has a thing for my bras though, she always finds a way to ruin them. When she was younger she would always find a way to pull on them or spit on them while she was eating, and now she always splashes them.” Sana sighed.

“Maybe she just doesn’t like you in bras, I know I don’t.” Momo shrugged casually. 

“Pervert.” Sana pouted. “Nico do you hate Ka-san’s bras?”

“Yes.” Nico responded. 

“Really now? What about Umma’s bras? Do you hate those?”

“Yes.”

“Sana she says yes to literally any question. Nico-ya is Umma the best in the universe?”

“Yes.” Nico latched onto Sana as she was lifted into the air. 

“Is Ka-san better than Umma?”

“Yes.” Nico nodded her head. Sana laughed and kissed Nico’s nose. 

“Let’s stop while we’re ahead,” Momo grumbled. “Nico what stuffed animal are we feeling today? Mr Shark?” Nico nodded and clapped her hands when Momo pulled a shark stuffed animal out of Nico’s stuffed animal box. “Mr shark it is."

“Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo,” Sana sang as Momo slowly swam the shark towards the child. Nico giggled as Momo pretended the shark was swimming around her before finally handing it over and Nico cuddling with the stuffed animal. “God I’ll never get tired with how cute she is.”

“Same,” Momo replied, patting Nico’s head. “Mina’s waiting for us downstairs, is Nico’s bag good?”

“I restocked it two days ago so it should be fine, we might need extra baby wipes though, with all the kids together in one place there are bound to be quite a few spills.” Sana suggested.

“Good point, I’ll just get a second pack,” Momo went over to Nico’s changing table and bent down to the bottommost drawer and pulled out an unopened package of animal printed baby wipes. 

“Also I think her extra set of pajamas somehow migrating out of the bag if you want to grab some and put them in that would be great.” Sana watched as Momo put the baby wipes away and went to Nico’s closet, returning with a tiny outfit consisting of pink footie pajamas. “I think she’s all set if you want to go take her down to Mina while I take a shower.” Momo nodded and slung the pink and yellow baby bag over her shoulder before stealing Nico from her lover’s embrace. 

“Let’s watch some more tv baby girl, I know you got interrupted earlier.” Momo grinned at her little girl and carried her downstairs, meeting the already dressed Mina on the couch. “Delivery."

“Is her bag all packed?”

“Besides her bottle and dinner which I will get right now, yes.” Momo replied, giving the baby to Mina before taking off towards the kitchen and preparing her daughter’s dinner. 

“Mommy,” Nico pulled on Mina’s shirt and pointed towards the tv. 

“Okay, but you only half an hour okay? TV isn’t good for you baby.” Mina nodded and turned on the tv. Nico smiled as her show came on the screen and she looked adorable. 

“Okay, Nico-ya, dinner time.” Momo called as she returned, handing Mina a bottle.

“Come on love, let’s eat.” Mina put the bottle in front of Nico’s face and Nico groaned and pushed it away in favor of the tv. 

 

“Nico baby don’t you want your dinner?” Momo asked, confused as to why Nico brushed her off.

“I told you this was going to happen, she’s addicted.” 

“It makes her happy Mina, and it’s teaching her things.” Momo sighed. “Let’s just have her eat later.”

“Fine.” Mina groaned. “Go get ready, she’ll eat before we leave.”

“Cool, oh I almost forgot, here you go love.” Momo handed Nico the stuffed shark tucked under her arm. “Baby shark.” Momo sang.

“Doo doo doo doo doo doo.” Nico responded, clapping her hands. 

“Oh my god Mina did you hear that?” Mina nodded tearily. Every time Nico learned something new her parents hearts melted. They were so proud of their little girl. She was their pride and joy and every time she learned something new they felt like posting it on every social media and bragging to everyone they knew. Mina dug her phone out of her pocket, and gestured for Momo to do what she had done earlier again. Momo nodded and took the stuffed shark from Nico. Mina started the recording when Momo nodded at her. 

“Baby shark.” Momo sang as she remanded the stuffed animal to Nico. 

“Doo doo doo doo doo doo.” Nico repeated. Mina turned off the recording and put her phone down, kissing Nico’s cheek. 

“My talented baby girl,” Momo kissed Nico’s forehead and then her nose. “I love you Nico-chan.”

“Umma,” Nico giggled as she was showered in more kisses. 

“Go get ready Momo, I can handle her for a bit.” Mina smiled at her partner. 

“Thanks Mina, I love you too,” Momo kissed Mina’s cheek before running off. 

“Nico baby, we love you.” Mina whispered kissing Nico once more, Nico being distracted by the television. Mina giggled at her daughter before distracting herself with her phone.

 

xx

 

“Aww look at Nico, she’s so cute.” Nayeon cooed as the trio joined her and the rest at their table. 

“Thank you Unnie,” Sana giggled and accepted the compliment. “You want to see something even cuter?” Sana asked, Nayeon nodding. 

“Can she be any cuter?” Chaeyoung asked. 

“Yes, she can, she did this this afternoon and Mina almost cried.” Momo giggled and Sana picked up the shark in Nico’s hands.

 

“Nico-chan,” Sana drew the baby’s attention towards her. “Baby shark.” Sana pretended the shark was swimming. 

“Doo doo doo doo doo doo,” Nico giggled.

“Baby shark.” Sana sang once again.

“Doo doo doo doo doo doo.” 

“Holy shit that’s so cute,” Tzuyu muttered.

“Yeah, she’s pretty adorable.” Sana pinched Nico’s cheek and settled Nico onto her lap. 

“You guys want to get a baby chair for her?” Nayeon’s husband asked. 

“She’ll be fine in our laps, I’m not drinking today, someone has to drive.” Mina shrugged. “Where are the kids?”

“Running around on the playground outside,” Nayeon shrugged. “It’s the only way they’ll sit through a meal.”

“Sure, I get it,” Sana responded. “What are we drinking tonight?” Sana reached for one of the bottles on wine at the table.

“The waiter recommended it, we figured that since this is France anything would be good.” Jeongyeon answered. 

“Alright, this seems like a good brand. I think we have a couple of bottles in the house somewhere.” Sana handed the bottle to Momo after making sure her glass was full. 

“Wine with friends is always good,” Jihyo smiled at the table. “Cheers to Nico’s birthday?” The adults clinked their glasses together, saying a brief cheer. The baby who was busy playing with her stuffed shark looked up at the mention of her name and looked over the table with her Aunt’s and Uncle’s, her pacifier in her mouth and her eyes wide. 

“Happy super early birthday cutie,” Chaeyoung giggled when Nico looked at her. The short woman then made gestures with her hands to keep the baby’s attention, Nico giggling at her Aunt’s silliness. Tzuyu then joined Chaeyoung and the two entertained Nico throughout the meal. They eventually were roped into the group conversation as Nico entertained herself with her stuffed shark. When the other kids returned for their dinners, Sana, Momo, and Mina, greeted their nieces and nephews and Jihyo’s youngest daughter, Eunmi, started playing with Nico. She was the youngest out of all the kids besides Nico, and it was the first time she had gotten to play with a baby. The other’s kids came over and Mina suddenly found herself surrounded by the kids.

“Nico’s quite the popular one isn’t she?” Jeongyeon joked. 

“She’s Sana’s daughter, are you all that surprised?” Momo laughed.

“No, remember the story Sana’s mom told us about the time three boys confessed to Sana in elementary school and she turned them all down at once because she said they had cooties?”  Jeongyeon laughed. 

“I was seven leave me alone.” Sana pouted. 

“Sana Unnie do you still think boys have cooties? Is that why your gay?” Dahyun teased. 

“No more that I think boys body’s are gross.”

“I agree Unnie,” Chaeyoung giggled.

“I feel very attacked right now,” Nayeon’s husband dramatically slung his arm around Nayeon. “Comfort me babe.”

“It’s nothing personal, I’m just, defiantly a lesbian.” Sana laughed. 

“Yeah, she’s so gay she was two women in her life.” Momo grinned and took Sana’s hand in her’s. 

“What can I say? You two are too pretty.” Sana looked into Momo’s eyes affectionately. 

“You are too,” Momo muttered, getting lost in Sana’s eyes a bit before snapping back to reality. “Oh speaking of sexuality, we’re going to pride tomorrow, there’s still time to sign up if any of you guys want to come, but we’ve been planning on going for a while so sorry we can’t hang out.”

“No your fine, we did spring this on you,” Jihyo laughed. “What’s pride like? Is it fun?”

“It’s the first time we’re going, Sana helped organize it.” Momo smiled and tightened her grip on Sana’s hand. 

“Yeah sign me up, it will be fun,” Chaeyoung smiled at them. “Tzu you coming?”

“Sure, last time we went to pride there were lots of dogs and they were so cute.” Tzuyu grinned at Chaeyoung. “Are you guys bringing Hime?”

“I thought her name was Riri?”

“Riri is a nickname for Hime, Hihi sounds stupid.” Momo shrugged. “And we weren’t sure yet, we’re taking Nico so we were going to see how much of a handful Nico is going to be.”

“We can take care of her.” Tzuyu offered. “Gays love dogs.”

“That’s right,” Sana laughed. “When you sign up you can register her too, here you can register on my phone.” Sana dug through her purse and grabbed her phone before unlocking it and offering it to the two youngest. 

“I’m interested, is there stuff for the kids to do Sana?” Nayeon asked. “What? I love gay people, they know how to have fun.”

“There’s some stuff, but you have to be with them the whole time. There’s usually a kids zone but the lady normally in charge of it is dealing with a lot of family drama so we decided to skip it this year. Sorry.” Sana answered. 

“Why don’t a couple of us take the kids while the adults go?” Dahyun’s husband suggested. “I wanted to go sightseeing tomorrow anyway, I’m fine taking the kids with me.”

“I’ll go too,” Dahyun smiled. “I accept and love you guys and all and I don’t mean to be rude or anything but I’m still kind of new to this whole gay thing.”

“Dahyunie it’s fine, if it makes uncomfortable you don’t have to go.” Sana smiled at the pale woman. 

“I’ll help you guys out, Jihyo you can go have fun, I think the three of us can handle the kids.” Jihyo’s husband volunteered.

“You sure? I know you enjoyed it when we went with Jeongyeon and Seokmin,” Jihyo asked her husband. 

“Yeah, have fun babe.” He kissed her cheek before they turned back to the conversation. 

“You two going?”

“We literally go every year, Jeong died her hair rainbow once,” Jeongyeon’s husband laughed.

“I felt like Dahyun when we had just debuted, it was wild,” Jeongyeon laughed at the memory. “The kids normally come too, but I’m sure they’ll want to go out with the rest, sorry to dump them on you guys."

“The more the merrier,” Jihyo’s husband smiled. 

“Still, there’s eleven of them and three of you guys."

“Nah, it will be fun, we’ll go to the park downtown it seemed awesome.” Dahyun shrugged. 

“It’s really fun, we took Nico once and she absolutely loved the swings.” Sana grinned and looked at her baby, who was happy with all the attention she was receiving. “It’s really big, we haven’t actually seen the whole thing yet, and if you guys get bored there the beach is always fun.”

“Yeah, I’m sure we’ll be able to entertain ourselves,” Dahyun’s husband smiled. “You guys have fun.”

“Oh I wouldn’t worry, I’m sure we will.” Sana smiled at the group. 

 

xx

 

They ended up getting ice cream after eating and Nico was fast asleep by the time they strap her into her carseat to go home. They take Chaeyoung and Tzuyu to their hotel before finally driving home. Once they get home, they make sure Nico is settled in her bed before cuddling in their bed in a pile with Momo in the middle.

The next morning, Sana left early to make sure everything was settled with the parade. Momo and Mina wake up to kiss her goodbye before falling back into a quiet slumber. Mina wakes up a few hours later and goes to check in on Nico, finding the  baby still fast asleep. She giggles before going downstairs to start breakfast. Momo joins her later, claiming she couldn’t sleep alone. She back hugs Mina as she prepares breakfast and snacks for the day, until Nico woke up whiney at the fact she was alone. Momo giggles and tends to Nico, dressing her in the pale yellow dress Sana had set out before she had left and Nico snuggled close to her as they went downstairs. Once they were ready they climbed into Momo’s car, Hime getting put in the back with her small master, and Momo drove. They met Sana at a volunteer tent and Sana pulled out the rainbow paint she had bought for them. They paint rainbows on their cheeks and put glitter on their faces, Nico giggling at the feeling of the paint brush on her cheeks. 

They meet the others at their hotel, Nico in her stroller with a little rainbow cloud shaped pillow in her arms. Hime found herself getting lifted from the ground by Tzuyuy and the small dog happily licked the tall woman’s cheek.

“Aw look at her, all rainbow and glittery.” Nayeon cooed over Nico. “Can I get some glitter please?”

“Yeah, I have lots of extra glitter and paint,” Sana grinned and dug through her Nico’s baby bag and pulled out the paint and glitter. “It’s safe for sensitive skin, we specifically picked it out so Nico could get in on the glitter action.”

“Oh sign me up,” Chaeyoung grinned, stealing the paint from Sana. “Tzuyu bend down I’m painting a rainbow on you.” Tzuyu sighed and bent down offering her shorter partner her cheek. 

“God your so short.” Tzuyu whined.

“Hey say that to my face,” Chaeyoung challenged. 

“I can’t bend down far enough for that.” Tzuyu teased. 

“I hate you,” Chaeyoung grumbled, but continued the careful painting of her cheeks.

“I hate you too.” Tzuyu answered. Once Chaeyoung was finished, she blew on her partners cheek to dry the paint before giving her a kiss on the nose. 

“You two are real cute,” Nayeon husband laughed. His wife had showered her face in glitter and had now moved onto painting some onto her husbands face. The younger two blushed at the compliment, Tzuyu stealing the paint from Chaeyoung and painting a rainbow flag on Chaeyoung’s face.

“Where are Jeong and Seokmin?”

“Their still upstairs getting ready,” Nayeon answered.

“Thank god the kids aren’t here Nayeonie, I would never live this down,” Nayeon’s husband laughed as Nayeon showed him a photo of his face. Nico looked at her Uncle and Aunts faces covered in glitter and she laughed at them. 

“Jihyo glitter?” Nayeon asked.

“Oh sure,” Jihyo looked up from her phone. “Quick question, why do gays love glitter?” Jihyo asked as Nayeon put glitter on her face. 

“Uh who doesn’t love glitter?” Momo asked. “And rainbow paint is fun too.”

“It’s loud, but it is fun,” Mina shrugged. “It reminds me of our Twice days.”

“Yeah it kind of does,” Jihyo giggled. “Nayeon Unnie don’t put on too much I have to remove it before we meet back up with the kids tonight."

“What’s up hoes and Nico, we’re here,” Jeongyeon announced as she came downstairs, they greeted her and and her husband happily. “Daeyoung, your face.” Jeongyeon laughed at the man. 

“Hey, Jeongyeon-ya I think I look amazing.” Nayeon’s husband defended.

“Yeah dude, you look fabulous.” Jeongyeon’s husband laughed at him and gave him a high five. “Nayeon Nonna, I think Jihyo’s face has enough glitter.” Nayeon pulled away and took of photo of Jihyo. 

“God this is never coming off,” Jihyo muttered, touching her face. 

“It’s cute,” Nayeon shrugged. 

“Anyway, we all ready?” Sana asked and looked around the group. 

“I think so,” Nayeon answered. 

“Let’s go then,” Sana smiled and collected the paint and glitter from her friends before putting it back in its original spot.

She lead the group out of the building and they all smiled as they joined the festivities. They found a nice spot to watch the parade and Nico got lifted out of her stroller and lifted into Tzuyu’s arms so she could have the best vantage point, Hime getting to sniff the ground while Mina held onto her leash. Anytime they got thrown a beaded necklace, they would put it on Nico, the girl having multiple necklaces and Nayeon’s husband gave the baby his sunglasses to complete her look. 

“Looking good Nico,” Nayeon’s husband laughed and gave Nico a thumbs up. Nico’s parents all laughed at their baby and Mina took a photo as Sana and Momo picked up condoms as they were thrown at them from a parade float. “I’ve always wondered this but what do gays do with condoms? I’ve noticed Sana and Chaeyoung stealing them from Nayeon’s purse a few times.”

“Water ballon fights,” Momo answered.

“Really?”

“It’s lots of fun, they weigh more and are bigger than normal water balloons, and they don’t break as easily, plus they are really easy to fill,” Chaeyoung shrugged, taking her snapback and turning it backwards. “Sometimes we used to fill them up with air and sword fight with them.”

“I remember that!” Sana laughed at them memory.

“Sounds fun, we should try that later,” Nayeon’s husband laughed. 

“What are you guys talking about?” Nayeon asked as she walked over to them, handing her husband a bottle of water. 

“Condom water ballon fights,” Sana answered with a giggle.

“Excuse me what?” Jihyo asked with a raised eyebrow. 

“We used to fill condoms up with water and play with them like water balloons,” Sana explained. 

“I remember those!” Jeongyeon smiled at the memory. 

“That’s, kind of a waste of condoms.” Jihyo responded. 

“That’s why you guys always stole my condoms! I thought you like sacrificed them to the lesbian gods or something, that makes a lot os sense, that actually sounds kind of fun,” Nayeon laughed.

“Yeah it is, they look like water filled colorful dicks flying through the air,” Jeongyeon’s husband laughed. 

“We try that later, before we have to pick up the kids.” Nayeon’s husband grinned before taking a sip of water. 

“We don’t have any condoms at the house though,” Sana sighed. “And I only have like three from the parade."

“We can stop by the hotel, I brought a package of them from home,” Nayeon offered. 

“Unnie, too much information, also wait aren’t you on birth control?” Jihyo asked.

“I got pregnant with Hyemi on just birth control, we aren’t taking our chances. We didn’t even mean to have four, five is a terrifying thought,” Nayeon muttered.

“She was a surprise, a pretty much entirely pleasant surprise.” Nayeon’s husband muttered. “Anyway, babe you really want to waste them?”

“We can’t have sex anyway Junghee has decided that our room is his room.” Nayeon shrugged. “He’s such a middle child.”

“Also his siblings are kind of crazy. I don’t blame the kid he’s out numbered by his three energetic siblings.” Chaeyoung shrugged.

“Yeah, that’s kind of true.” Nayeon laughed. They all joined her but turned to Nico when she squealed loudly, following her gaze and a group of animals walking by. She pointed to a cat and smiled, pulling on Tzuyu’s shirt.  

“It is cute baby,” Tzuyu laughed at the child in her arms. Hime started barking at the other dogs, but stopped when they came over and started sniffing each other. 

“Tzuyu is so soft for Nico,” Jeongyeon teased. 

“Everyone is soft for Nico,” Chaeyoung argued. 

“Yeah, they are,” Sana smiled and went over to Tzuyu’s front to kiss her baby’s nose. “Do you like the kitty sweetie?”

“Yes!” Nico answered, Sana giving Nico a kiss on the nose. 
“Unnie move I can’t see,” Tzuyu whined and Sana giggled at the tall woman before moving. 

They leave as Nico is falling asleep, Sana saying behind to finish up all her duties. They go back to their house, stopping by the others hotel to grab a package of condoms and some bathing suits. Once they get home Momo takes Nico to lay her down for a nap before grabbing a swimsuit for her and Mina. She changes before handing Mina her swimsuit and joining the others outside on the beach. Sana gets home right after and changes quickly before joining them on the beach. 

They fill up the water balloons and start to have a war, the water washing the glitter and paint from their faces. They get a call from Dahyun and they all groaned at the fact they were going to have to go back to being adults. 

Nico wakes up not long after and Sana stays behind while Mina and Momo take their friends back into town. They have a dinner party at Momo, Mina, and Sana’s house. The kids all have a bit too much fun on the beach and almost all fall asleep in a pile in the living room and their parents have to drag them home. 

Afterwards, Nico sleeps with them in their bed again and they all sleep well snuggled under their warm covers. 

 

xx

 

“Happy birthday Nico,” Everyone chanted as Nico looked at the cake in front of her. Nico looked at her parents confused and Mina laughed at the babies expression. The former Twice members came up to the baby and each gave her a kiss on the face, Nico laughing at all the attention.

“Your birthday is still pretty far off, but let’s indulge our crazy Aunts and Uncles okay?” Mina whispered to her baby before kissing her cheek. 

“Nico-ya your supposed to blow the candle out,” Hyemi explained to her cousin. “Like this,” Hyemi made a blowing motion with her mouth. Nico tilted her head at the seven year old. 

“Nico baby,” Sana laughed and bent down to Nico’s other side. She looked at the baby and blew air on her face. “Like that.” Nico giggled and Sana kissed her cheek. “Ready, one, two, three!” Sana blew the single candle out and Nico put her hand on the cake in front of her, getting frosting all over her hands. “Sweetheart,” Sana laughed as she grabbed a napkin and wiped Nico’s hands free. 

“Here, you can have a tiny piece.” Momo cut a really tiny piece of cake and put it in front of the baby. 

“Can I have a piece Auntie Momo?” Jihyo’s older daughter asked. 

“Course you can Seohyun,” Momo smiled at the nine year old. “Why don’t you guys line up?” Momo looked at the kids and they all nodded and got in a line, Hyemi and Minjoon wrestling for their spots. Mina feeds Nico a small amount of cake, the baby sitting in her high chair and the others thinks she was cute. After cake they move onto presents, the kids all happily giving their youngest cousin her gifts. Jihyo’s younger daughter even gave Nico a handmade gift, a friendship bracelet in her first grade class. The adults think their adorable, but make them play outside when they start getting rowdy. Jihyo’s younger daughter sticks behind and plays with her baby cousin before her and Nico fell asleep on the couch, Eunmi’s arms around Nico.

The adults all laugh at the two little girls before Sana carried Nico to her bedroom and Jihyo’s husband carried Eunmi to a guest room.

 

The others leave the next day, having to get back to their real lives. Nico comes with them to the airport in Paris and they take her too a nice cafe before the others flight left. Eunmi gives Nico a kiss on the cheek before leaving and the other kids wave at their cousin. Nayeon’s husband ruffles Nico’s hair and Nayeon gives Nico a kiss on the forehead before they left. The others give similar greetings, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu giving Nico high fives and kisses before they leave.

Mina nods her head as Nico reaches for Tzuyu and Chaeyoung and Chaeyoung blows Nico kisses as they walk away from her. Nico yawns, it was well past her bedtime, and cuddles into Mina once they were gone. They leave the entrance to the airport, Sana’s hand in Mina and Momo’s.

“That was fun,” Momo muttered as she stretched her shoulders. Sana gave Momo a kiss and giggled as Momo blushed. “What was that for?”

“We’re in Paris, the city of love, love.” Sana giggled before turning to her other side and kissing Mina’s cheek. “I love you.” Mina nodded her head.

“Not here Sana,” Mina muttered. Sana laughed and swung their hands, she felt like she was on top of the world. They all did. They loved their little family.