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"Yor, I'll be home late tonight- one of my patients is having a little- uh.. issue. Can you look after Anya?", Loid's voice said through the phone.
"Yes! Of course I can take care of Anya!"
"Alright, I'll see you tonight! I made some food, so you don't have to worry about cooking."
As she hung up the phone, her face burned. "What if I mess it up?! Loid won't ever want me near his daughter again! And if Loid doesn't want me near Anya, then he'll kick me out, and everyone will know our relationship was fake- Aaaaah!"
Her head began to spin.
"Okay, calm down Yor- you took care of Yuri for years- you know how to deal with kids!"
Yor took in a deep breath, and walked to Anya's room, to see the child playing spies with her toys.
"Anya? Loid will be home late again- so I'll be looking after you tonight."
Anya turned around - for some reason, she looked incredible excited, "Okay Mama!"
For a couple of hours, Anya just ate peanuts and watched her Spy cartoon, saying things such as "Look at Bondman Mama!! Isn't he cool?"- until her stomach started to grumble. Yor didn't know what to do- she was an atrocious cook, only Yuri seemed to like the food she made. She didn't understand why she was so nervous taking care of Anya. Yor thought for a moment, and her mind snapped back to the phone call with Loid: 'I made some food, so you don't have to worry about cooking.'
Yor darted around the kitchen, looking for the food Loid made. "Where is it? Where did Loid put the food??"
"Mama, I saw something in the fridge." Came Anya's little voice.
"The fridge! That's it!"
Yor opened the fridge door, to find some Fish, vegetables and other items on two plates- obviously for Anya and her. Yor took them out, heated them up and put them on the table.
Anya immediately tucked into the food, smiling with every bite. "Do you like it?"
"I's goob Mamwa!" the child answered while eating a mouthful of fish. Yor breathed a sigh of relief- that was one less thing she didn't have to worry about.
Anya watched more Spy Wars as Yor washed up. "What did I do after feeding Yuri again? It's been a long time- bathe him right? Or- was play with him? What time do kids need to go to sleep again? What time is Anya's bedtime? Eight was it? It's only half past Six."
Anya ran up to Yor and tugged at her sweater "Mama, I'm out of peanuts."
"Right on it!" Yor searched the cupboards for more Peanuts, and quickly found them. "Here you go!" Yor smiled as she passed the bag to Anya.
"Thank you Mama!"
"She's so cute! Kinda Yuri was like her when he was her age."
Around half and hour later, Yor ran a bath, made sure it was just right temperature, added bubbles and called Anya.
The bubbly girl bounded into the room, grabbed her stool and put it on the side of the bath, threw her clothes in the washing basket, and climbed into the large bath.
"You can bathe yourself, right?" Yor asked. Anya's washing was usually done by Loid, so Yor was hesitant to do anything without asking Anya first.
"Yup! I can wash myself!"
"Alright then!"
Yor left Anya to wash, and she opened up a novel.
A few minutes later Anya was calling her. Yor closed her book, and went to help the child dry herself.
"Want some hot cocoa?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Alright, you get your pyjamas on."
Yor poured milk into a pan, heated it up, poured it into two mugs, and stirred some cocoa powder and sugar into it.
She sniffed the steam coming from the drink.
It smelled sweet, just like chocolate. It wasn't that surprising, as it tasted like chocolate too- but is was still a lovely smell.
"I wonder how Loid's doing.."
Anya came into view. "Mama, can I have marshmallows in mine?"
Yor smiled at the child. "Of course."
They bundled up on the couch together, under a blanket, drinking hot cocoa.
Anya's eyes were looking droopy, but she was clearly trying her best to finish the episode of 'Spy wars'.
"What a sweet kid. If anyone tried to hurt her, I'd just kill them.."
Suddenly, Anya's eyes widened, but Yor took no notice.
Yor checked the time. Nine-0-three PM. Anya should've been asleep an hour ago.
Before she could move to put Anya to bed, she decided to just rest her eyes for 'a little'- just so she could spend a little bit more time with Anya.
When Loid walked through the door, he found Yor and Anya cuddled up on the couch together, under a blanket. They were both asleep, and 'Spy wars' was on the Television and there were two empty mugs on the table.
He took the episode out of the player, cleaned up the mugs, carried Anya to her room and tucked her into bed.
When it came to Yor, he couldn't decide whether to wake her up, or carry her to bed as well.
He chose the latter.
Whilst carrying Yor into her room, he realised he was looking at her. Loid quickly looked away.
He tucked Yor into bed. She was still in her clothes, but he didn't want to change them.
Loid changed into his pyjamas, and went to bed himself- these many missions lately were making him a lot more tired then he should have been.