“…ma…” “…ma…”Krystal heard as she opened her eyes blurrily, but smiled the moment she heard the voice. Proud that her daughter is finally calling her, she turned to her left where her daughter is crawling and hugged her before falling back to sleep again.

However, her sleep was disrupted as Ariel crawled out of her embrace and crawled towards Amber who was at the other side of the bed, hiding a laugh and looking at her phone. Krystal didn’t notice that her wife was laughing as she flipped to the other side and tried to go back to sleep.

Her efforts went down the drain though because Ariel was distracted by the movements on the bed and crawled back to Krystal.

Finally waking up, Krystal sat up on her bed and carried Ariel to rest on her lap before playing with her.

“Who is mama’s big girl???” she cooed and tickled the baby.

Ariel laughed at her mother’s actions, bringing life to the small bedroom.

Amber turned to her family and broke into a smile, intending to keep what she heard before her wife woke up a secret.

The family of three finally got up to start their day. The two mothers are seated at the dining table with their daughter in her baby chair between them. While the two adults are having their breakfast of some bread and scrambled egg, the baby was busy on her milk bottle, finishing half the bottle in a matter of seconds. The house was quiet except for the munching sounds, the clanking of the utensils on the plate and the sounds from the baby.

“I have to record this down!” said Krystal while chewing, as she looked for her notebook by scanning the house with her eyes.

“Record what?” asked Amber, genuinely curious.

“Ariel calling me mama! Although it is broken into two parts, but I am still considering this as a milestone!” an overwhelmed Krystal answered.

“Krys…” Amber hesitated if she should tell the truth.

“What? Is there anything wrong?”

“Uhmmm… Actually… you heard it wrongly just now…” Amber stepped into the danger zone cautiously.

Krystal looked up at her wife.

“I heard it wrongly? There are no other words that sounds like ‘mama’. Not in my dictionary.” Krystal defended.

“There is… you forgot one word…”

Then, as if by cue, Ariel finished her milk and held it up using her right hand, wanting to give the bottle to Amber, and said “llama!” 

A/N: a short one like ive promised! this is actually the sequel to 'Duck' if you noticed!^^