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Oscar sat happily glowing because he could.

Not to be outdone, Loki gave a little shake, then began to pulse a deep, fire-red as well.

Oscar saw the egg's glow and gurgled joyfully clapping his hands and glowing brighter.

Loki, as though determined to show the toddler that NO-ONE - and certainly not a little squalling baby - could beat him at glowing, began to shine even brighter, the heat beginning to scorch the towel he was perched upon.

For an egg, Loki was remarkably perceptive. He pulsed once, a silent acknowledgement of Cassia's existence, then went back to outglowing Oscar as hard as he possibly could.

Unfortunately, while Loki was coal, Oscar was glow, and well, he WAS just an egg. Soon, his fierce light began to sputter and dim.

Feeling a challenge, Oscar glowed as bright as ever. Because glowing beats sparkling and singing towels with heat like WOAH!

"If that means he's got gas," Zooey said, averting her eyes from her omg!bright younger sibling. "I'm not cleaning it up."

Lewis was confused.

"I didn't know babies glowed when they had gas."

"That's my son," Kimi said sarcastically, patting Lewis on the back. "Such a genius."

Loki valiantly glowed for a few seconds more, then gave up the challenge with a saucy, disdainful pulse. Sore loser.

Lofn was badgering her mother to let her hold Loki for just a little bit. "Please, Mama? I won't drop him!" She beamed as Mynk relinquished her precious burden into Lofn's eager arms.

As she was glomped from behind, she half-startled but tightened her hold on her brother. "Oh, hello Crimson! Isn't Loki ADORABLE?"

Loki, sensing his cue to act Really Gushingly Cute, turned on the charm. "HE-llo!"

Takuto walked in suddenly, hearing the girls chatting and eager to get away from Zooey. She was even more annoying as a teenager.

"Hey, what's up?"

Lofn flounced over to show Takuto her new sibling. "Takuto, see! Loki's hatched! He's so CUTE! He has golden eyes! He's PRETTY!" She bubbled in her joy.

Takuto looked at the boy's eyes... and then they slowly traveled down.

"He's naked."

Lofn was supremely unconcerned with his nekkidness. "He's just a baby, I guess it's okay... Though I suppose we should get some clothes for him."

She shifted the baby a little in her arms as she looked down at him contemplatively. "I wonder whether Iria has toddler clothes lying around somewhere... I don't think normal stores sell clothes with tail-holes in them."

Loki, knowing a disapproving expression when he saw one, stuck out his tongue quickly at Takuto and cuddled close to his sister.

Takuto raised an eyebrow at the toddler and stuck his tongue out right back at him.

"Come on. We should have some. Mom's got four of us, after all."

"Are you sure Deshi wouldn't mind, Takuto? It'd be a great help. I found a jumper in my room that's his size, but it constricted his tail and he HATED it." Mynk was grateful; she wasn't any good with a needle at all.

"Nah. I'm sure she'd be fine with it. We're all grown out of them and she likes you." Takuto said, leading her unto Deshi's room and he began searching her drawers, throwing clothes everywhere with little care of where they landed.

"Maybe I'll bake something for Deshi in return, then. Thanks, Takuto." Mynk smiled, and began to pick up the clothing, folding them meticulously and putting them in a pile. Just because she was a slob in her own room didn't mean she didn't know how to be neat!

Lofn was busy trying to keep Loki from messing around with Deshi's clothes.

Loki was busy giving Lofn the puppy eye look and squirming his way towards a sweater. What WAS it with these toddlers and their fascination with sweaters?

"Nah, she'll be ok. Sehe probably won't even notice they are gone... or that he's wearing them. She's a little spacey." He finally reached the bottom of the drawers. "AHA! Here we go." He reached in and pulled out a few little outfits. Some purple, some green, some white, and some red. "Here ya go. This should keep him covered for a while."

He handed Milk Mynk the clothes and noticed she had folded the clothes back up.

"Oh, thanks."

"Even so... I hope she likes chocolate, because that's the only thing I know how to bake with!" Mynk laughed. "Thank you for the clothes!"

Lofn had chosen a shirt and coaxed Loki into it, with a fair amount of success. But when she picked up a pair of shorts, he turned bilious.

"NU-o!"

"Come on, Loki, it's not going to hurt you... See, there's a hole in the back!"

"NO!" A thump as Loki sprang onto Deshi's bed and eyed the shorts warily.

Lofn sighed.

For some reason Takuto was tempted to pose and yell something about ramen and making crying kids shut up... but that feeling passed.

"Want me to hold him down for ya?" stare

Lofn looked somewhat like she'd swallowed a fly. "NO! I mean, no violence! I'll get Loki into it somehow!" She picked up the shorts with new determination. "Here, Loki~"

Loki only retreated further away, eyeing the shorts with heightened suspicion. Why was his sister trying to force him into something that had to be one of the tools of the devil itself? His tail was still kinked from having been stuffed into that wierd thing his mom had tried to make him wear!

Lofn paused and looked at Loki. Obviously it wasn't working. "... Would you like to wear a skirt instead, then?"

"Look, kid. It's got a hole for your tail. See?" Takuto pointed to the hole in the shorts, sticking his finger in the little hole and then pointed to Loki's tail. Then he turned around the showed his own white shorts with the tail hole. "See? It won't hurt. I promise."

He pondered singing but it seemed like a really lame way to calm the child or something one would find in a shojo manga...

Though, now that he thought about it, he did feel like singing... he'd save that for a last resort. He had to stay cool. Yeah... cool...

Loki looked remarkably skeptical for a baby that had just come into the world. Then he looked at the pair of shorts Takuto was wearing. It didn't seem to be hurting the big Oneroi...

But that didn't mean it wouldn't hurt HIM. gonk

So he turned his attention to his sister's words. "Su... Sukaaaato?"

Mynk, who had remained quiet throughout Takuto's and Lofn's attempts at making her son wear the infernal shorts, jumped into the conversation. "Call me discriminatory, but MY son will NOT wear a skirt," she said firmly.

"Well, you should have thought about his tail. Mine hurts just thinking about it." Takuto grumbled, his little white tail twitching and ruffling.

"Well, if violence is out of the question, I'm out of ideas." He said, crossing his arms and leaning against the doorway.

Mynk pouted, looking a little contrite. "I thought I could put his tail through the bottom of the shorts!" Then she sighed. "Loki, come here, please? I PROMISE it won't hurt you... I'll even give you a sweet afterwards if you're good~"

Crim was watching the whole escapade from the door way trying so hard not to laugh. but she couldn't do it. she let out a big guffaw and walked into the room.

"let me try?" she asked. "maybe i can do it"

Takuto just watched. He could tell this kid was gunna ba trouble but in this case he agreed with the kid. His tail felt for him.


Loki's eyes went wide; now there was one MORE person who looked ready to assist his mom. He backed slowly away from everyone. He was cornered! How could they do this to him??

And so he resorted to the one thing babies did best.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Lofn flew to his rescue. "Oh, Loki, don't cry~! It's alright!" She cast a pleading look at her mother.

Loki sniffled pathetically, as though to emphasize her point.

"Oh, alright. Loki can wear a skirt. Until he gets over his phobia of shorts, which was admittedly caused by me..." Mynk raised the white flag. Sifting through the pile of clothes, she found one pants-like skirt which she hoped had belonged to Wren-chan. "Come here, you."

By the time she had finished, Loki was dressed in an odd mixture of T-shirt and flowy skirt. Mynk looked at him, decided that as long as he wasn't crying, it was okay, and ruffled his hair. "There!"