I am soooo sorry that this has taken so long, I completely forgot where I left it and thought it was at a much less cliffhanger-y moment than the one there was. So my apologies and I hope this helps. Enjoy.

Negima isn't mine

"You're-?" Nodoka didn't finish the sentence but the question was obvious enough

"Well I tested positive…" Yue's normally emotionless tone was wavering slightly.

Nodoka glanced over her shoulder at the closed bedroom door, there was water running, that meant Negi had decided to take a shower, which meant he couldn't hear them, which was probably good. She was still a little unsure of exactly how to go about talking about this, it wasn't really something she'd ever had a problem with (for obvious reasons). "I think…"

"I should tell Kotaro" Yue finished Nodoka's sentence for her before the purple haired girl had even come up with it.

"…Yeah, that's a good place to start" Nodoka agreed with a nod. "Uh…" She thought about Kotaro for a moment "He kind of poses two problems…one you can get rid of immediately by telling him, second though…"

"It might not be exactly human?"

"Yeah…" If not for the age changes and the current topic of discussion it was just like they were still at Mahora, sitting together, talking and even finishing each other's sentences. "That…might be hard to explain to the doctors"

"I'll need a magically aware midwife" Yue stated simply.

"Yeah" Nodoka nodded again

"Is that all you can say today?"

There was a pause. "Yeah"

Both girls gave a small chuckle "That's helpful"

"Sorry…um, what else can I really say? I'm not exactly good at this"

"Were you ever?"

"Not really" Nodoka shrugged "I was never one for relationships advice, Haruna was always the one to go to about that"

Yue shrugged "Yeah, but her advice was rarely good…"

"That was a risk you took I guess…"

"Speaking of relationships you and Negi-sama finally got together then?" Yue said, it wasn't really a question, it was more a statement.

"Uh…How'd you know that?"

"You were awake at six am on a Sunday morning, he's currently in your bedroom and there are none of his things on the couch, it follows he slept in your bed."

Nodoka realised this was true, the shower had stopped and Negi hadn't appeared that meant he was indeed still in her room. "Nothing ever gets past you does it?"

Yue shook her head. "What happened downstairs?"

"Hmm?" with everything Nodoka had almost forgotten about the events of the night before "Oh…there was a fire…"

"A fire?" Yue repeated as a question

"Yeah…" Nodoka nodded

"A magical fire?"

"Yeah" She nodded again "But Negi fixed it and it was over very quickly, nothing got damaged, well not much and we're both alive and well and that's what matters"

Negi chose that moment to walk out of Nodoka's room, "Oh Yue-san, Hello. Problem?"

Yue shook her head, "No Negi-sama, just talking to Nodoka."

"Don't let me stop you." He poured himself a cup of tea, "I'll get to work clearing up more of that mess." Somewhere along the line he'd become a little more intuitive towards the girls and their problems and this was definitely a girl problem from the looks of things. He headed down the stairs.

Nodoka smiled slightly, "So…"

Yue shuffled in her seat, "I should get back before he misses me, I have to work out how to tell him too."

Nodoka stood, "Right, good luck, come back later if you want to. I'd like to know how it all pans out and if Kotaro's up for It you should bring him over, I'm sure he'd love to catch up with Negi."

Yue stood too and nodded, "Probably." They hugged each other gently and walked down the stairs to where Negi was sweeping up. Yue bowed and bade him goodbye before leaving, Nodoka shut and locked the door behind her.

Negi looked up, "Are you sure there's nothing wrong?"

"Oh, no, we're fine, Yue just wanted some advice. She-" She started to say that Yue might be returning later but then stopped, if she didn't show up then she didn't want Negi to worry that something bad had happened, "-always comes to me for advice."

Negi sensed that wasn't what she'd been about to say but let it go, he nodded. "As long as you're both okay."

The once-librarian nodded, "Just fine." She gave a bright smile, "What do you want to do today?"