Jamie snorted. "Yeah right, we're taking turns on that one," he replied making sure there were two dupes at the door and two more at either end of the hallway before closing the door behind him.
His casual tone sounded a bit forced, and quite frankly he was looking a bit jumpy.
Reno fingered the baton that was resting at his hip for a moment, just to be certain it was still there, and then nodded.
"Fair enough. Can't promise any kinda quality though, man. I ain't never held a baby before, nevermind changin' shitty diapers."
His gaze drifted back to Janice, and he was forced to reach forward to wiggle her little feet. He had to. Honest. The forces of the universe made him do it.
Jamie on the other hand was watching the kid from the farthest corner of the room. As if putting that distance between him and the kid would protect him.
"Did Rikku tell you who this baby is?" he asked. "I mean who she really is?"
Okay, so, she hadn't been gone that long. And babies were pretty resilient. You know. Feed them, change them, don't drop them from any particular height. So she wasn't worried, here.
... Although she was moving pretty fast.
She knocked, and then realized it was kinda silly to knock on her own door, for her own room, so instead she popped her head in.
"Hello?"
She half-expected to see Reno and Jamie waving tiny white flags of surrender.
Who had toes? Stinky Janice had toes! Ten toes! Ten stinky to-
Reno went shock still at the knocking, but breathed a sigh of relief when Rikku peered into the room.
"Yo! You back? We were just startin' to bond with the baby, zoto."
A beat, and then Reno added for good measure, "Nobody ever told me that babies smell worse than standing downwind of a still-standin' Midgar during an invasion of Malboro, yo."
Okay, that was adorable, Reno playing with the baby, and she was going to melt a little.
"Only if you don't change them," she laughed, shutting the door behind her and locking it firmly. "Does she have stinky pants? Is she a stinky-pants-baby? Is she?"
Oh, wow, Janice continued to be the most adorable thing on the planet.
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His casual tone sounded a bit forced, and quite frankly he was looking a bit jumpy.
"First one we flip a coin. Deal?"
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"Fair enough. Can't promise any kinda quality though, man. I ain't never held a baby before, nevermind changin' shitty diapers."
His gaze drifted back to Janice, and he was forced to reach forward to wiggle her little feet. He had to. Honest. The forces of the universe made him do it.
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"Did Rikku tell you who this baby is?" he asked. "I mean who she really is?"
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Those toes so needed to be wiggled. Wiggly toes! Wiggly baby toes!
"Kinda like flippin' a coin all on its own, ain't it?"
Who had the wiggly toes? Janice had the wiggly toes!
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... Although she was moving pretty fast.
She knocked, and then realized it was kinda silly to knock on her own door, for her own room, so instead she popped her head in.
"Hello?"
She half-expected to see Reno and Jamie waving tiny white flags of surrender.
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Bodyguard, yes. Babysitter... HELL NO.
So she lurked outside the window like a lurky ninja that lurked.
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Reno went shock still at the knocking, but breathed a sigh of relief when Rikku peered into the room.
"Yo! You back? We were just startin' to bond with the baby, zoto."
A beat, and then Reno added for good measure, "Nobody ever told me that babies smell worse than standing downwind of a still-standin' Midgar during an invasion of Malboro, yo."
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"Only if you don't change them," she laughed, shutting the door behind her and locking it firmly. "Does she have stinky pants? Is she a stinky-pants-baby? Is she?"
Oh, wow, Janice continued to be the most adorable thing on the planet.
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