This is beautiful. Based on @koyuki-tan‘s “Peace Sign.”
Mizuki giggles. Her eyes brighten as Mizurou spins into the kitchen, where Michiko is cooking dinner.
“Is that beef I smell?”
“Beef,” giggles Mizuki.
Mizurou nearly drops her. Michiko screeches.
“She talked!” Mizurou pulls Michiko closer and dances with his family.
“Huh? What happened?” Suzuya and the rest of his squad appear.
“Mizuki said her first word, and what a word it was,” Mizurou says proudly.
“Ooh, what was it?” Hanbee grins.
“Beef.”
Keijin doubles over laughing, Suzuya shrieks, and Miyuki shakes his head in amusement. “Only your child, Mizurou.”
Michiko groans. “I can’t believe we’ve brainwashed our child already. It couldn’t be ‘mommy’ or ‘daddy’ or anything normal, could it?”
“Nope, and you know you love that,” Mizurou says.
“I do,” Michiko concedes, pecking her husband on his cheek as Suzuya vows to make sure Mizuki’s second word is candy.
Mercy and Magic 