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“Ayaya, y-you laid your eggs?!” I shouted while getting up, hands slamming the table, being hit by the major happening like it was one of Reimu-san's spellcards—how did I miss it?!—, all eyes upon me. Aya jolted from the loudness of my voice but soon developed a sweet, if embarrassed, smile, scratching the back of her head, her face red. That's a yes! She laid her four eggs! My eyes were glitter, and I was so suddenly warm I thought I'd bleed lava; “That's so incredible, Ayaya!!” I drop and crawl underneath the table, pouncing from below onto Aya's lap and bringing us two barrelling towards the floor, the tengu laughing—though I can hear a muffled 'ow', “Ah, sorry, sorry!! I-I was just so excited—you laid your eggs! Are they all healthy eggs? No cracks or bad stuff? A-And, are they really pristine white and smooth, unlike spider eggs? Yamame said hers were so rough when she laid them, but she loved each one so much, a-and—oh, s-sorry, uh… May I see them?!” The crow was obviously a little intimidated by the tsunami of words, and although a small amount of guilt began to grow inside, it was soon overshadowed by the amusing excitement of learning about four new lives. Probably a byproduct of watching over Spider-Flan's eggs every day? Gah, they're such lazy babies! Taking an entire season to hatch…

Sweating and awkwardly giggling, Aya attempted, “W-Well, Chen-chan, I… you see—”

“Tomorrow, Chen,” said Ran, grabbing our attention. As I turned to look, I caught a glimpse of Tetsu grinning, a smile so big and bright it remembered me of Mr. Anon's smiles—a joy she attempted to hide the instant our eyes met for the brief moment. However, Ran maintained this composed demeanor, a tiny smile adorning her face. “Tomorrow, I'm sure Aya will be capable of showing you her eggs. Let her rest for now; I'm certain it was physically demanding to lay them. Also, congratulations on your safe delivery, Aya; I'm very happy for you.” She and Aya looked into each other's eyes, Ran's of quiet pride and Aya's impossible to decipher; that rage of before returning. Are they talking telepathically without me?!

Aya cleaned her throat, pulled me up by the underarms, and walked around the table to place me in my seat. She fixed my bonnet and had a happy smile on her face, her eyes full of a calming sensation similar to Ran's, best defined as ‘motherly’. “Thanks, Ran-san! And of course, Chen; it seems tomorrow we'll have to blitz a baby shower~! But for now, we—the freedom fighters of Gensokyo—must concentrate on our duties and share information… After R-Reimu,” did she just stutter…? “Arrives, that is.” I hide my pout; was she being sarcastic and actually didn't have intentions of taking me to see her eggs, or was she being honest…?

Well, she's a reporter, and it is a reporter’s job to always be honest. Feeling content with the deal, I frantically nodded. “Okay~!”

Tetsu, after that, petted my head for some reason.

Ten or so seconds of silence passed, with Ran looking over at us with this analytical quality to her eyes she always has when pondering important things, like weird, long math—I wonder if she's thinking about something special, though; mere glimpses of a frown and uncomfortable little movements showed she might be feeling bad inside. Maybe she’s just feeling those ‘cramps’ Reimu-san talks about sometimes? Even if it is just a human trait… Oddly enough, Reimu-san was very sad and depressed when we 'talked' about that—, “Man, this party sucks. You lucky I love you people—anyone has some funny gossip while we wait for Reimu?” Tetsu asked, cleaning her teeth with the claw of a very calm and polite kitten, her horizontal pupils locking on Aya. “You’ve got something juicy for us, right? You better have, or I’ll eat this cat.” The kitten now looked very sad.

I giggled at the morbid prank. She wouldn't eat a cute kitten~

Aya perked up and said, “Well, I’d happily hear the rest of that story about you and the egg; it sounded adorable and your run-of-the-mill, yet lovable, story of the ‘big’ bad with a heart of gold~” Testu trembled and Ran did that weird laugh she sometimes does—'fufufu'—, though the sight of the very sad kitten made Aya cogitate for a moment before resuming, a peculiar smile on her face edging between discomfort and excitement, like she'd chewed on a lemon and then drank cool water. “I was waiting for Reimu to arrive before telling you all this, but considering she was there to begin with… It's about Hana’s birthday party.” My ears twitched. ‘Hana’? Oh, Mr. Anon’s and Reimu’s daughter had a birthday party?! Must’ve been really nice— “… It was a complete mess.”

Oh.

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Now I wait…
for Ayaanon: left things very vague so you wouldn't have to deal with the hassle of with even more things to write should you choose not to have Chen see the eggs! This meeting is happening 3 days after Hana's birthday party, just to keep the timeline steady.

Spoiling Chen by giving her huge food portions!

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