It didn't take long for Negi to come back to the real world. Her stomach was churning painfully.

She's hungry.

But luckily, Fumiko was beside her.

"Hai, Hai. you're hungry, right? Mama will feed you." Then she went on to breastfeed Negi. Of course Negi knew this thing. She was too disgusted (despite being a former medical students, she should know better) but she's too hungry to care for her pride and dignity.

No, that's an understatement.

Negi knew that after a few more months she'll be able to walk on her two useless feet and get the fuck out of there.

But for now...

she needs to burp.

The rejected breast milk came out of Negi's mouth and onto Fumiko's unguarded shoulder. Fumijo sighed and grumbled to herself to always keep a towel with her.

Still, Negi didn't understand. She let herself drift to dreamland. Fortunately, that dream didn't occur after that time.

---

It's been six months ever since Negi was born. Fumiko felt like it was only a day ago since her baby girl came home.

But one thing that concerned Fumiko was how attentive and calculating Negi's eyes was. She done things that were not performed by ordinary babies.

Ever since Negi was able to move, she had been crawling all over the house. She was relatively silent so that she won't get caught.

Fumiko was a bit worried when she notice Negi was quieter than usual, and she had been like that after a few months. She also saw Negi tried to get herself on the staircases and almost hit her head, but Negi avoided it with ease.

That definitely was not something that a baby can do.

So Fumiko took Negi to several doctors for a check up, but unfortunately all the results are negative. The doctors told her that Negi was starting to become conscious of her surrounding and of course she would start to wander eventually.

Fumiko was reluctant to believe them, but she knew that it was truth anyway.

So she finally relent.

But she's still suspicious.

She watched Negi time to time to ensure her safety, but no matter what Negi do Fumiko can't help but to hold her breath and hope Negi won't hurt herseft.

But after convincing herself that Negi would be fine, Fumiko went back to her work.

---

Of course she would be a vulture and watch her take every step. Negi sighed when her new mother left the room. She started to get irritated whenever she drop by to see what Negi was doing. She couldn't blame Fumiko, Negi was too careless that time. She didn't take into her account that somebody would be there.

She didn't even know how to act like a baby!

And that's shameful for a former prideful honor student.

More or less, Negi need to be careful.

Negi no longer have the reason to lay on her back now since her new mother watchful eyes were gone. She pushed herself off from the ground and stand on her wobbly feet. It's fine, she can stand now. She took a few step forward, almost tripping over some stray toys, but nonetheless she can walk.

Negi walked quietly down the Hall, she passed by the kitchen. She peaked inside and saw Fumiko cutting up some green onion. Fortunately, her back was facing Negi. Negi make her way to the other side as quickly as possible without getting caught by Fumiko. Negi smirked,

'Darn easy, I say!' she thought triumphantly. Negi continued to the end of the Hall. The wall was covered with ivory wallpaper, a few picture frames were hang there, though Negi never really noticed it was there in the first place.

Her curiosity got the best of her, she looked at each photo. There is a wedding shot of her parents.

Her mother looks so young, it's like she hasn't aged a bit. Her father, on the contrary, appears to have blonde hair. But whenever Negi sees him, he sports a gray hair even though he looks young.

Why?

Then the door swung open.

"Kaa-san, I'm back!"

Kaa-san? Negi was confused, she turned around and saw a late teen wearing a uniform of sort. He was tall, probably six foot at most, but there's one thing that is similar to hers. Those blue eyes that she saw in her reflections. Another notable feature was a green ahoge on his head whereas the rest of his hair is blonde.

"Waaah! My little sister!!! So cute!"

Oh, fuck. That reminds Negi of someone annoying.

"What a precious child! I need to take as much pictures as I can haaa-!" Negi couldn't help herself but to throw a stray slipper at his face. Truly, Negi refused to be reminded of shitty things that she rather forget. But apparently...

"Kaa-san! Imouto-chan is being mean to me-! Itai! " That earn him another slipper.

---

Shiso was excited to come home from six months of training camps. Sure he was disappointed that he missed his imouto-chan's birth, but he will try to make it up after he come home from the trip.

But what he didn't expect from his homecoming was....

a cold shoulder and slippers from Negi-chan.

"W-why...?" He stared at his mother with tears in his eyes.

"Why?!" Shiso wailed. Negi-chan was in his mother's arms. A pacifier stuck in her lips and a slipper gripped tightly in her tiny hands. She'll look so cute if she wasn't glaring dagger at him.

"Maa, maa- Negi wasn't used to other people! There hasn't been anyone who visited her yet though." Fumiko smiled, but Shiso wasn't even convinced.

"Bu-but she didn't even likes me!" a slipper was thrown at him. Negi continued to glare at him.