Babysitting Misunderstanding

(Sequel to Juniper’s Dream and, consequently, No Objections To This Playdate. Read those first before coming here!)

    It had all begun with that one playdate a week ago. Everything was going so well...or at least, well enough for Juniper’s baby girl to be enjoying herself. Athena was happy, and that made Juniper happy too, and she had to admit that it was fun watching over so many babies, even if she was sure that it would have driven her insane if it was for much longer. It seemed perfect.

    And then one of the girls clogged the only toilet in the house with toilet paper. A minor concern at best, but one that proved to be more than a little annoying when it happened right before Juniper needed to use the bathroom. With no time to fix the toilet before she had to go, she begrudgingly put on one of her little girl’s diapers, using it despite her reluctance. Bad enough, but at least she only had to do it once, right? Well, with the bathroom still out of commission, she went to bed still in a diaper, and woke up to find herself in a situation much squishier and stinkier than she would have ever liked…

    Ever since that incident, Juniper’s control had been somewhat worsening, and so she wore diapers as a precaution. During the night it was particularly troubling, but she could keep herself in control during the day. Usually. But the occasional bout of incontinence while she was awake made sure to keep her in padding. Somehow her baby girl hadn't noticed yet, though that wasn't too surprising. The crinkles could easily be blamed on Athena’s own diaper, and it wasn't as though Athena ever paid much attention to her awkward walking.

    Nonetheless, Juniper otherwise continued life as normal, including her work as a judge and going out to shop. Speaking of, she had to go out and get some groceries, which meant that she was going to need to get a babysitter for Athena. It wasn't as though Athena couldn't come out with her, she had done so plenty of times, and still continued her work as a lawyer naturally, but it was often more trouble than it was worth. Nothing was more awkward than Athena breaking out into tears in the middle of a store…

    So Juniper got to work on contacting someone who could act as a babysitter for a bit. First she went to her usual choice, Robin, but they were too busy to look after her. Unfortunate, but understandable. Then she tried a few other choices, Maya immediately coming to mind. Still, though, she was busy too. Something about doing some babysitting of her own, looking after a younger cousin...did she have a cousin other than Pearl? She must have, but Juniper didn't question it too much. She was beginning to run low on choices.

    That's when she had a thought. It wasn't her first choice, but it was someone who she could trust. A well respected prosecutor she was on good terms with, having been the judge in many of her cases. While she did not seem like much of the babysitting type, she was nonetheless rather reliable, and with Juniper low on options and time, she picked up the phone and made the call to Franziska von Karma.

    “Athena, it's time to wake up.” Juniper called out as she walked into Athena’s room in the early morning, the sun having just risen and the judge wanting to get her baby up before the babysitter arrived.

    Softly whining as she began to stir, Athena mumbled out a few incoherent things as she snapped out of her dreams and back into reality. “Already, mommy…?” She asked as she began to sit up, wearing a yellow onesie and rubbing her eyes.

    Beginning to go ahead and lift Athena up and out of her crib even while she was still half asleep, Juniper set her back down on the floor while looking through her closet. “I know it's a bit early, but mommy wants to make sure you're awake and ready for your babysitter to come over.” She said while pulling out a frilly, pale yellow dress.

    “Babysitter…?” Athena muttered out in confusion, before finally waking up completely and remembering what she had been told the night before. “Aww, but mommy...can't you stay here and play with me today?” She whined as her onesie was slipped off of her.

    “You know that I have to go and get some groceries, dear.” Juniper said, before taking a moment to press her hand against Athena’s diaper. Dry...she had to admit, she was a little disappointed. Mostly because she couldn't have said the same about her own diaper after waking up that morning. “Now, let's get you dressed.”

    After setting the onesie aside, Juniper grabbed the dress and pulled it onto Athena, making sure that it fit as it should have. Which, of course, meant short enough to clearly reveal the padded garment she was wearing for easy diaper checks. Smiling as she looked over herself, Athena giggled at how cute she looked, mood doing a one-eighty in mere seconds. Babies were easily distracted, after all. “Don't I look pretty, mommy?”

      Happy to see that her baby was in a better mood now, Juniper just smiled as well, and nodded. “Of course you do! You’re the prettiest baby girl I’ve ever seen.” She said, giving Athena a hug before picking her up and carrying her out towards the living room. “Now, your babysitter should be here any second.”

    Athena giggled in delight as she took a seat in the living room, taking the opportunity to begin playing with a few of her toys that were set out there. By now she was hardly paying attention to the fact that her mommy would be leaving for a bit, instead just focused on playing with her toys.

     Juniper smiled as well as she watched her baby play with her toys without a care in the world. Athena was always so adorable when she was playing around like this, and it almost made Juniper wish she didn’t have to leave today.

       However, a sudden knock at the door, which was perhaps a bit more forceful than it needed to be, quickly pulled Juniper out of her thoughts. Not only that, but the sudden shock of the moment also caused her to wet herself again, though luckily Athena hadn’t noticed. Blushing a little bit as she stood up, doing her best to ignore her now soggy diaper, Juniper walked to the front of the house and opened the door. And of course, standing on the other side was Franziska, who Juniper smiled at. “Ah, thank you for coming! I have to admit, I wasn’t sure you’d actually agree to babysit today.”

    “I simply had nothing else to do. It's easy to look after a kid for an hour or two.” Franziska said as she stepped into the house, taking a look around it. This had been her first time there, after all. “Now where is…” Her words trailed off as she looked towards the corner of the room, seeing Athena, clearly diapered, playing with a few toys. “You...hadn't informed me yet on who I was taking care of.”

      Juniper could only laugh awkwardly at that, nodding her head as she walked over to Athena. “R-Right, um… Athena here has been my baby for… q-quite some time now, and she’s not really capable of taking care of herself anymore. So I was hoping you’d watch over her while I’m gone.”

    While this was certainly an aspect of the job that Franziska had not been prepared for, she was also not going to turn this job down either. She had accepted it, and she was going to go through with it. “Well, I suppose I should go over and greet her then.” She said as she turned away from Juniper.

      “Of course. Well, I suppose I’ll be leaving then. Be good for your babysitter, okay Athena?” Juniper said, smiling at her baby girl and waving to her as she began to leave, the wet diaper between her legs forcing her to waddle awkwardly. Hopefully someday she’d get used to wearing these things…

    Right before Juniper left, however, Franziska picked up on something. The German prosecutor was quite the perceptive woman, and she could easily hear a squishing sound as Juniper began to walk. “Hold on one moment.” She said, stopping Juniper in her tracks as she began to walk over. “Do you hear that?”

       Juniper heavily blushed as Franziska brought attention to the noise she was making as she walked, and quickly tried to cover her tracks. “Oh, um… Athena must need her diaper changed! She’s always having accidents and not realizing it until I check her.” She said, hoping Franziska would buy this obvious lie.

    Franziska took a look over towards Athena, and from her angle, she could tell with a single glance that the diaper hugging her waist was still dry. “That's clearly not the case…” She said, before taking matters into her own hands. Quickly she grabbed onto the judge’s skirt, and before Juniper could do anything to stop her, lifted it up high.

       Juniper yelped in surprise as her skirt was yanked up, exposing her wet diaper for both Franziska and Athena to see. “Ah, right… I-I forgot to mention that.” She said as she looked down at her soaked padding. “B-But don’t worry, I’m capable of taking care of myself. I’ll simply get changed when I get down to my car.”

    “Nonsense.” Franziska said simply, something that shocked Juniper as she went to begin lifting her up. “It seems that my services are needed for more than one baby here… After all, if you can't be trusted to make it to the bathroom, you certainly can't be trusted to go out and shop.”

       Juniper yelped again as Franziska suddenly picked her up, and awkwardly sat in the other girl’s hold as she squirmed a bit. “I-I promise, I don’t need you to take care of me… These diapers are just a precaution, I don’t actually need them!” She said, though this argument didn’t really hold water considering the state of her diaper right now.

    “You wouldn't need a precaution if you didn't have accidents.” Franziska replied as she began to carry Juniper over to Athena, stopping right in front of her. This whole time she had been distracted by those toys… “You. Where is your nursery?” She asked, just assuming that this was the kind of room the girl had. An entirely correct assumption at that.

    Finally looking up from her toys, Athena turned her attention towards her babysitter...Who was carrying Juniper? “What are you doing with mommy?” She asked innocently, not understanding what was happening just yet.

      “Um, well… S-Surprise, sweetie! Mommy’s gonna stay at home and play with you after all…!” Juniper said with a nervous laugh, not really wanting to explain the real reason why she was still here. “And Franziska’s gonna stay here too to play with both of us!”

    “Really? That's great, mommy!” Athena said cheerfully, believing the lie without second thought. For someone whose entire strategy in court relied on ‘hearing the emotions in someone's voice’, she was surely not picking up on the obvious signs right now. “But, umm...why is Miss von Karma carrying you?”

    Before Juniper could get a word in, Franziska answered. “I'm taking her to your nursery to get her properly dressed. And get her diaper changed.” She said while lifting Juniper’s skirt just a little.

      Juniper blushed once again as Franziska lifted her skirt up, and quickly responded by pushing it back down once more. “Ahaha… Well, you see… Ever since your playdate, mommy has been… h-having accidents sometimes. So now I wear diapers, just to be safe…”

    “R-Really?” Athena asked in complete disbelief...before grinning widely up at Juniper. “So that's why I see you sometimes walking funny!” More than anything, she seemed amused by the fact that Juniper was wearing diapers too… “Well, my nursery is right that way, so you can go there to change her!”

       While she wished that Athena wouldn’t be so cooperative in her humiliation, Juniper knew that she would have to get changed eventually, so it was best to just make it easier on Franziska… With a blush and a small pout, Juniper just continued to hold onto the other girl as she was carried off.

    Franziska carried Juniper into Athena’s nursery, looking around the room as she went over to the changing table. “It seems like you've gone all out in setting up this room for her.” She commented as she laid Juniper down, removing her skirt and began to untape her diaper.

      “W-Well, Athena has been living with me for quite a while now, so it only makes sense that I’d make sure her nursery is fully stocked up, right?” Juniper said, squirming awkwardly as she was laid down and her diaper was untaped. At least this time she’d actually get a proper change, as opposed to when Athena changed her last week…

    While she had little experience in actual childcare, Franziska could at least do the essentials, disposing of the soaked diaper and beginning to carefully wipe Juniper up, making sure to be thorough. She had to hold Juniper still at times, but nonetheless managed to be sprinkling the baby powder soon after.

      Juniper felt awkward throughout the entire diaper change, but once it was finished and a new diaper was taped onto her snugly, she slowly sat up and gave a small smile towards Franziska. “T-Thank you for, um… C-Changing my diaper.” She said with a nervous laugh.

    “It was no trouble.” Franziska replied, before suddenly walking over to the closet and beginning to look through it. “There's quite a few outfits in here...any preference for what you wish to wear?” She asked.

       "Not particularly…" Juniper responded, mostly because she didn’t want to wear anything that was currently in Athena's closet. "I guess you can choose for me." 

    Having no objections to this, Franziska picked out the first outfit she saw, a frilly pink dress that she then took back over to Juniper. “Here, this seems like it'd fit you well.” She said while putting the dress onto her.

      Juniper, of course, wasn't exactly happy about wearing the frilly dress, especially since it came short of covering her diaper in any meaningful way, but she forced a smile onto her face anyway. "T-Thank you, Ms. von Karma." She said as she looked down at the dress once more. 

    “You are welcome.” Franziska replied, before lifting Juniper once more and starting to carry her out of the room. “Now, it's time for you to go and play with Athena for a bit.”

      While Juniper was no stranger to joining in on Athena's playing from time to time, the fact that she was about to do it while dressed up just as infantile as Athena herself added a whole new layer of embarrassment to the situation. Once she was carried back out into the living room and placed down next to Athena, Juniper awkwardly smiled at the girl. "S-So, what are you playing with, sweetie?" 

     Athena smiled as she held some dolls in her hands, quickly handing one off to Juniper and giggling in anticipation. “I'm playing with my dolls, mommy! Here, take one! Take one!” She said, more than a little eager to begin having this playtime with Juniper.

       Even though she was completely humiliated over this whole situation, Athena looking as cute as she always did certainly brightened up Juniper’s mood. She took the doll being offered to her with no objections, smiling as she began to make it dance around a bit. “Like this, right sweetheart?”

    “Just like that!” Athena said excitedly, making her own doll do nearly the exact same motions. It was stilted, awkward, and didn't look at all like anything resembling dancing, but the imagination of the child was a powerful thing, and so she was having the time of her life with it.

      Juniper just giggled as she saw Athena’s much less coordinated dancing, continuing to make her own doll move around with much more fluid, graceful movements. “Your doll is such a good dancer, Athena!” She said with praise.

    “Yours is even better, mommy!” Athena said, but soaked up her own praise with a smug grin, enjoying every second of this. However, for as much fun as it was, a baby’s attention span never was that long-lasting. Soon after, her eyes drifted over towards some blocks, which she immediately turned to begin stacking.

       Seeing that Athena had finished playing with the dolls, Juniper set her own doll down and began to help her baby girl stack up the blocks into a tall tower. “Hehe, I bet we’ll make the tallest tower anyone’s ever seen together, Athena!” She said as she continued to stack up blocks.

    Fully believing that she could make a gigantic tower with what blocks she had, Athena nodded before stacking them higher and higher. Which wasn't...terribly tall, but to her it appeared as though the stack of blocks absolutely towered over her.

     Juniper added a few more blocks of her own to the stack, but eventually just sat back down and admired their handiwork. “See? I told you we’d make the biggest tower ever! You did such a great job, Athena!” She said as she smiled and patted her baby girl’s head.

    Athena was all too happy to be praised like this, sitting back and loving her own work. It was no different than any other towers of blocks that she had made in the past, but somehow, she was more proud of her work each and every time she built one up. However, every time she built one up… “Alright! It's time to take it down!” She said, pushing it down and clapping as the blocks fell all across the floor with a few thuds.

      Juniper just chuckled a little bit as she watched Athena break the block tower down. This was always what happened when she was done playing with her blocks, after all… “Well, now that we’re done with the blocks, what else do you want to play with, sweetheart?”

    Athena began to think through all the options, determining what she would want to play with next...before she had a thought. Juniper was a baby now too, right? Which meant that she had to choose too! “Whatever you want to play with! You're a baby, so you need to have something you want to play with most!”

      Juniper once again blushed at Athena’s words. “I-I’m not a baby, sweetheart. Remember, I’m still your mommy.” She said simply, trying to remind Athena of her position in this household. “But if you’re leaving the choice up to me…” Juniper looked around at all the toys that were scattered across her living room, eventually deciding to grab two plush bears. “Let’s play with these!”

    Juniper wasn't a baby? But she was wearing a diaper and frilly dress...then again, she was mommy, but mommy certainly looked like a baby now… Nonetheless, she didn't question it, smiling while sitting right next to Juniper and beginning to hug her bear tight. “Okay! Let's play with them!”

      Giving a soft smile once more, Juniper began to hug her own bear as well, finding herself enjoying the experience a lot more than she had expected. The bear was very soft, and hugging it felt pleasant… “I can see why you like your plushes so much, Athena~”

    “They're really soft, and they're just nice to go to sleep with!” Athena said, happy to see that Juniper was starting to see things from her perspective. As she continued to play and hug the bear, the girl began to have a thought. When she played, Juniper would often check her in the middle of it, which meant… Slowly, she reached to begin lifting up the frilled dress Juniper wore, feeling over her diaper and peeking at it, not even hiding the fact that she was giving her ‘mommy’ a diaper check…

       Juniper was too engrossed in her playtime to even realize what Athena was doing until it was too late. But as soon as she felt her dress being lifted up, along with a hand pressing against her diaper, her entire face turned red as she stared awkwardly at her “daughter”. “U-Um, sweetie? Wh-What are you doing…?”

    “I was just checking your diaper, mommy! But you're still dry and clean! Good girl!” Athena said without even a hint of hesitation, just repeating to Juniper what she normally said to her.

      “W-Well, thank you, Athena… B-But I don’t need you to check my diaper. Mommy is perfectly capable of knowing when her diaper is wet on her own, okay?” Juniper said, trying not to scold the girl, since she was just doing what she thought was best.

    Athena could tell that Juniper was slightly upset with her, but nonetheless nodded. “Okay, I'll remember that, mommy.” She replied.

    Meanwhile, Franziska began to walk over, having watched the whole thing. “Hmm...I don't suppose either of you have had anything to eat yet?” She asked the two of them.

      Juniper turned to Franziska as she spoke, and nodded at her question. “Well, I was going to get something to eat while I was running my errands, and I was hoping you would feed Athena while I was gone.” She said, before standing up and beginning to walk over towards the kitchen. “But since I’m still here, I’ll take care of feeding her.”

    However, as Juniper walked into the kitchen and passed by the highchair, she would find herself suddenly being lifted and set into said chair. “No, I'm here as the babysitter. I'll take care of that.” She said as she locked Juniper in with the tray.

      Juniper once again yelped in surprise and blushed as she was suddenly lifted up and locked into the highchair, squirming around awkwardly inside. “C-Can’t I at least sit in one of the normal chairs? This highchair is meant for Athena, not me…”

    “Well, we can't have that. You might fall right out of it.” Franziska replied as she then went over to the cabinet, pulling out a jar of baby food and a plastic spoon. Meanwhile, Athena sat back to watch, enjoying herself a little. “Now then, open up.”

       Juniper tried to keep her pride as she turned her head away and kept her mouth tightly closed, refusing to eat any of the baby food that was being offered to her. Of course, because of where she was currently sitting, and how she was dressed, she really just looked like a fussy baby who didn’t want to eat.

    Franziska was unsure how to approach from here. There was little she could do to make Juniper open up...at least, not before Athena whispered something to her. A way that Juniper herself used to get Athena to eat when she was fussy. “Well, I suppose if you won't eat it yourself…” Franziska began, before suddenly beginning to tickle the other woman ever so slightly.

     Juniper was very caught off guard as Franziska started tickling her, as she hadn't expected this tactic to be used against her. She almost immediately started laughing, turning her head towards Franziska as she tried to get the other woman to stop. 

    Using this opportunity well, Franziska shoved the spoonful of baby food into Juniper’s mouth right after, pulling it out once the diapered girl had swallowed it. “How is it?” She asked. 

      While it wasn’t the most terrible thing she had ever eaten, Juniper certainly couldn’t say that she had ENJOYED the mush that just been shoved into her mouth. “I-It’s… Good, I suppose…” She said purely to appease Franziska.

    Franziska took this as a good sign, and once again began to feed Juniper spoonful after spoonful of the mushy baby food. “Enjoy it, you'll need to eat this whole jar.” She said as she fed the woman another spoonful.

     Juniper frowned as she was forced to eat another bite, and then another after that. The mush wasn’t bad, but it was far from the first thing she wanted to be eating right now. It took quite a while, mostly because Juniper remained uncooperative throughout the experience, but eventually the jar was empty. “Thank you for, um… f-feeding me, Ms. von Karma…”

    “It was no trouble...although, you are certainly a messier eater than I thought you would be.” Franziska said, looking over Juniper’s face and seeing the mush stained across her cheeks. “You're lucky you didn't get any on your dress. Now, allow me…” She said while beginning to wipe her face down with a rag.

      Juniper whined as her face was cleaned, trying to push the rag away from her skin the second it made contact. “I-I can clean myself up, you know!” She protested, though she knew Franziska wouldn’t listen.

    Ignoring all of Juniper’s protests, Franziska continued to wipe up Juniper’s face, before eventually pulling the rag away. “There, all clean. Feeling nice and full now?” She asked while going to grab a pre-prepared bottle of milk from the fridge.

      “Y-Yes, nice and full…” Juniper said, though in truth the single jar of baby food was not nearly enough to fill her stomach. She just didn’t want to admit that she was still hungry and be forced to eat more of the mush. “Can I please get out of this highchair now?”

    “After you drink this.” Franziska replied while suddenly forcing the nipple of the baby bottle into Juniper’s mouth. “Drink up. Meanwhile, I'll begin bringing Athena over so she can be fed too.”

      Juniper was about to say something else, but was cut off by the bottle suddenly being shoved into her mouth. With a huff, she just began to drink from it as she was told, hoping to get done quickly so she could get out of the highchair.

    Bringing Athena right over, Franziska set her down right beside the highchair for a moment, before helping Juniper out the moment she was finished with her baby bottle. “There you go, you should be full for now. Go and play while I feed Athena.”

      Juniper wasn’t exactly interested in playing, so she just walked back towards the living room, sitting down on the couch and waiting for the other girls to be done. While she waited, she looked down at her outfit, blushing as she saw just how infantile she looked. Maybe she should’ve hired a different babysitter…

    Meanwhile, Franziska got to work on lifting Athena up and into the highchair, this baby putting up no fight at all. Unlike Juniper. “I trust that you'll be easier to handle than her.” She said, mostly to herself as she grabbed a jar of baby food and another spoon. “Now, open wide.”

    Not wasting any time, Athena was all too eager to have some of the baby food. Especially since the flavor Franziska was currently holding was one of her favorites. Opening her mouth wide, she took in the spoonful without hesitation, happily swallowing it before opening her mouth once again. “More! More!”

    Well, Athena certainly seemed more excited for the meal. Something that Franziska was happy about, since it meant that she wouldn't need to deal with a fussy baby again, at least for now. “Of course, make sure to eat it all up.”

    Eating spoonful after spoonful of the vaguely peach-flavored mush, Athena swallowed each and every one with a smile on her face the entire time. Once the jar had run empty, however, she was already looking forward to the next part. “Can I have my bottle now, Ms. von Karma?” She asked.

    Seeing no reason why not, Franziska took a moment to wipe what little mess there was on Athena’s face (ironically much less than there had been on Juniper’s, mostly due to a lack of resistance) and then grabbed one of the bottles. “Drink up.” She said while placing it into her mouth.

    Holding the bottle with both hands, Athena happily drank from it, loving every second of drinking the cold milk. After a few minutes, the milk ran dry, and while she continued to suck on it for a bit longer, Franziska eventually removed it from her lips for her. “Alright, you should be full for a while now.” She said while lifting the tray and helping Athena out of it, setting her right back down by Juniper.

    Looking over towards her mommy, Athena gave a wide smile. “So? How did you like it, mommy? That's the first time you've had baby food in a while, isn't it?” She asked with genuine curiosity.

     Juniper just blushed as Athena asked her how she enjoyed the baby food. “I-It… It was good, sweetie. I can see why you like it so much.” She said, lying to make Athena happier. “But hopefully I’ll be able to save the rest for you from now on.”

    Accepting the answer at face value, Athena quickly turned to begin playing with her toys again. Meanwhile, Franziska walked over, having suddenly remembered something. “Weren't you going to go and pick up groceries before I arrived?”

      While confused on why exactly Franziska was asking, Juniper thought it to be a harmless question, and simply nodded. “I was, but now I’ll have to save it for another day, I suppose.” She said with a sigh and a shrug.

    “Hmm…” Thinking things over for a moment, Franziska began to think of something while going over to the closet. “Well, that just won't do. Someone still has to do the grocery shopping, and I suppose as babysitter it should be me. But of course, I can't leave you two alone...so you'll be coming with.” She said, reaching into the closet to pull out a stroller and a child leash.

      Juniper immediately blushed as she saw what Franziska had pulled out, and blushed even more at what the other girl was saying. “W-Well, I suppose that’d be fine… Just let me go get changed into more appropriate clothes, and we’ll leave together.” She said, beginning to stand up and walk off towards her room, even though she had a sinking feeling it wouldn’t be that simple…

    Indeed, right as Juniper passed by Franziska, the prosecutor grabbed the back of her dress and began to place her into the stroller. “You're dressed fine as you are now.” She said while beginning to buckle her in.

      As soon as Franziska began to buckle her into the stroller, Juniper’s face turned red once more, and she began to try and undo the buckles. “W-Wait, I can’t go out dressed like this! I-I don’t even take Athena out when she’s dressed like this!”

    Juniper undoing the buckles was rather concerning, but after taking one look around the room, Franziska found the solution. Quickly she grabbed a pair of mittens, placing them onto Juniper’s hands to make it nearly impossible for her to undo the straps. “There, that should keep you from getting out without permission.”

      Juniper wasn’t expecting Franziska to put mittens on her hands, and once they were put snugly onto her hands, Juniper once again began to try and undo the buckles of the stroller, only to find that she was completely incapable of doing so at the moment. “U-Um, you know what? I-I think I’ll take care of Athena for the rest of the day, s-so you can leave now, Ms. von Karma!” She said out of desperation.

    “How amusing...babies can't tell the babysitter when to leave.” Franziska said as she placed a pacifier into Juniper’s mouth, before calling Athena over, the girl having been preoccupied with her toys the entire time. “Athena! Come on, we’re heading out.”

    Although surprised to hear this, Athena nonetheless began to head over, having the child leash placed onto her to help keep her nearby. “Where are we going?” She asked curiously.

      Juniper wanted to spit out her pacifier and explain to Athena what was happening, but she could tell that Franziska was beginning to lose her patience, and based on how the girl acted in court, she didn’t exactly want to risk testing her temper right now. So she just whined a little bit as she slumped down in the stroller, sucking on her pacifier slowly.

    “We’re going to go and get groceries.” Franziska explained simply as she began to push the stroller out the door, Athena following in close behind her. “Now, lets go. We shouldn't waste any time.”

      Juniper was completely humiliated as she found herself being pushed out into the open dressed like an infant, and she immediately tried to cover her face with her hands, hopefully preventing anyone nearby from recognizing her.

    The stores weren't too far away from Juniper’s home, but that did little to save Juniper any embarrassment as she was pushed out the door. Few seemed to recognize her, though this hardly stopped the laughter and whispers as people saw a grown woman dressed as a baby being pushed in a stroller...and another pulled right behind that stroller on a child leash.

      Even though she was covering her face, that didn’t prevent Juniper from hearing all the rumors and whispering that were going on around her, which only served to embarrass her further. “F-Franziska, please, can we go back to the house…?” She begged as she took the pacifier out of her mouth, hoping Franziska wouldn’t notice.

     “We haven't even gotten any of the groceries yet.” Franziska replied bluntly, entering a nearby store and beginning to go through the aisles. Meanwhile, Athena looked around with a smile, attempting to grab at anything that seemed colorful or fun.

       Though Juniper wanted to keep covering her face, she knew how Athena got when she was in the stores, and she decided she still had to be the mommy around here, even if she wasn’t dressed for the part at all. So she turned her head towards the girl, trying to sound authoritative and stern despite her current position. “Athena, you know the rules. Behave yourself, and mommy will let you get some toys when we’re done.” She told the girl, already seeing her trying to grab toys off the shelves.

    “But mommmmy…” Athena whined as she tried to grab at the toys again, before catching a glare from Franziska. With Juniper in this state she was far, far more scared of the silver-haired prosecutor than her usual mommy… “I-I’ll wait until we’re done…” She said, putting the toys back on the shelves.

      While Juniper was a bit upset that Athena clearly wasn’t taking her seriously right now, as long as she was following the rules and behaving, that was all she cared about. “Good girl. I promise, you’ll be able to get whatever you want when we’re done, okay~?” She cooed.

    Athena nodded as she waddled along, doing her best to keep herself from grabbing at everything in sight. “Okay, mommy.” She said, seeming like she would at least be good for the moment.

    Meanwhile, Franziska grabbed some basic groceries, clearly taking her time. After all, she was in absolutely no rush to get out of here, even if Juniper was. “What did you need to get?” She asked the girl in the stroller, not entirely sure of what was needed.

     “U-Um, just some ingredients to cook with… More diapers and food for Athena, too.” Juniper said, trying to remember what was on her list. She couldn’t exactly check what she had written down, after all. Said list was in the pocket of her normal clothes… “I think that’s all I needed…”

    “Well, we’ll need to pick up double the diapers and food you had planned.” Franziska said as she continued to push Juniper through the store. “After all, you'll be needing some too.” How...How long was she planning on keeping her like this, exactly…?

      “E-Excuse me…?” Juniper responded, finding herself very worried for her future now. “I-I mean, I suppose I can understand your point on the diapers, but why would I need baby food? I don’t eat it like Athena does…” Well, beyond earlier today when she was forced to.

    “I'm sure you'll eat it much more from now on.” Franziska said, giving little context more as she grabbed some jars of baby food and placed them into the cart. Far more than Athena herself would probably need.

       Juniper found herself staring at the numerous jars of baby food in the cart with clear worry on her face. Just how much food did Franziska think they’d need today…? However, she couldn’t dwell on that for long, as soon enough Juniper had something else to worry about. Namely, the fact that she could tell she needed to use the bathroom. It was a rarity for her these days, but whenever the chance arose, she had to take it to make sure she kept what potty training she had left.

       Reaching up and tugging on Franziska’s skirt, Juniper tried to get the girl’s attention before speaking. “U-Um, excuse me, Ms. von Karma… B-But I need to use the restroom… C-Can you help me out of this stroller?” After all, she couldn’t undo the straps herself with the mittens on her hands.

     “Oh? Whatever would you need to get out of the stroller for? You just need to use the bathroom, right? Well, you're wearing a diaper…” Franziska said, clearly having no intention of allowing Juniper to use the restroom like an adult. “Just go and I'll change you after we’re all done shopping. It shouldn't be too much longer.”

      Juniper’s eyes widened as Franziska told her that she had no intention of letting her use the bathroom like an adult. “B-But… Ms. von Karma, p-please! I need to… Need to…” She couldn’t even finish her sentence before her diaper began to grow warm and wet from the front, along with a noticeable mess forming in the back. As soon as she was done, she looked down at her diaper in disbelief, her face turning red and tears already beginning to form in her eyes from the humiliation.

    Franziska was all too aware of what had just happened, and not wanting Juniper to stay in such a diaper for too long, she quickly pushed the stroller through the store, picking up everything she needed along the way. She tried to make no mention of what Juniper had just done...Athena, however, had no such problems.

    “Phew! Smells like you had an accident, mommy!” Athena said, simply making an observation more than anything, not that this did anything to aid in soothing Juniper’s embarrassment. “But don't worry! I'm sure miss von Karma here will get you out of that stinky thing and into a clean, fresh diapee!”

      “I-I’m… I’m sure she will, sweetheart…” Juniper said, wishing that Athena hadn’t said that so loudly. It was already obvious to anyone passing by what she had done, but that didn’t mean Athena had to draw attention to it…! “A-And hopefully she’ll do it soon…” She added as she squirmed around awkwardly in the stroller.

    Before long, Franziska had grabbed everything that was needed, and went towards the counter to pay for everything. The woman there wrinkled her nose as she rang everything up, but thankfully said nothing as she bagged everything and handed it to the prosecutor, who placed a few of the bags in the stroller alongside Juniper to help bring them home. “Now then, let's go and change you.” She said as she headed towards the restroom.

     “Th-thank you, Ms. von Karma.” Juniper said, still squirming around in a vain attempt to try and get comfortable, even with the squishy mess clinging to her body. She would never get used to the feeling of messing herself, she was sure…

    Once they made it inside, Franziska undid the straps on the stroller and easily lifted Juniper out, laying her down on the changing table that just barely held her weight. “Let's get you cleaned up.” She said while untaping the soiled garment, tossing it away and wiping her up quickly.

      Juniper wasn’t exactly thrilled to be having her diaper changed in a public place, especially not by Franziska, but at this point all she cared about was getting out of her uncomfortable messy diaper. She didn’t say anything during the change, far too embarrassed to speak right now. She simply continued to squirm around.

    After making sure that Juniper’s rear was completely clean, Franziska proceeded to apply the baby powder, before taking a fresh diaper and sliding it under her. “All done.” She said as she taped it up, before helping the girl back into her stroller.

     “Thank you again, Ms. von Karma…” Juniper said as she was placed back into the stroller, frowning slightly as the straps were resealed, keeping her trapped in the stroller once more. “Can we go back to the house now, please…?” She begged.

    Shaking her head, Franziska pushed the stroller right out of the bathroom and through the store’s door, heading in a direction opposite the house. Namely, the nearby park. “You two should get out more...perhaps you'd both enjoy playing at the park?”

      Juniper once again blushed as she saw where they were headed, and she shook her head, trying her hardest to get Franziska to stop. “I-I’d really prefer not to! L-Let’s just go back to the house, please!” She begged.

    However, her begging was drowned out by some rather excited cheering. “Yay! The park! I haven't gone in so long!” Athena said with a wide, innocent smile as she tried to run off to it, only kept back by the child leash. “Come on, let's go! Let's go!”

     “A-Athena, don’t enable her…” Juniper muttered under her breath, trying to keep quiet so Franziska didn’t hear her. Once again, as she was pushed to the park, she began to cover her face, trying futilely to keep what little pride she had left.

    Once at a bench, Franziska helped Juniper out of the stroller once more, before motioning her in the direction of the park. “Go ahead and play with Athena...I'll be here watching. Don't try anything naughty, though…”

     Juniper wasn’t exactly keen on following Franziska’s order, but the no-nonsense expression on the other girl’s face made it clear that she still had no say in the matter. Swallowing her pride, Juniper timidly walked towards the park with Athena. “W-What do you want to play with first, sweetie?”

    “Hmm...let's play on the swings!” Athena said as she eagerly waddled over, smiling at Juniper. She was excited to get in herself, but since she wanted to be nice… “You can go first, mommy!”

       While Juniper understood Athena’s altruistic intent behind letting her go first, she couldn’t really say she was thrilled by the idea… “O-Oh, thank you, sweetheart…” Juniper said as she awkwardly waddled over to the swings, standing in front of them with clear hesitation.

    Athena helped to lift up Juniper and placed her into the baby swing, one that just barely fit her. Tight, but not uncomfortably so, though that was probably helped by the thickness around her waist. “Alright, here I go!” She said, before gleefully pushing the other diapered girl.

      Juniper wasn’t exactly expecting Athena to lift her up into the swing, and once she was securely inside, her face turned red once more as she awkwardly held the chains that kept the swing up. As she began to swing back and forth, her embarrassment only got worse, especially because the actual children in the park were starting to watch her.

    Not that Athena particularly noticed or cared about this, all too focused on pushing Juniper higher and higher and making sure that she had as much fun as possible. “Having fun yet, mommy?” She asked.

      “Y-Yes… Lots of fun, sweetheart…!” Juniper said, lying through her teeth just to make Athena feel better about what she was doing. “A-Although, I think I’d like to stop swinging now, please…”

    While Athena thought that Juniper hadn't played on the swing enough, she nonetheless honored her wishes, stopping and then starting to help her out. “Well, alright...Can I go next?” She asked rather eagerly.

     “Of course you can.” Juniper said, smiling at her baby girl as she helped Athena get into the swing she had just been sitting in, getting behind her once Athena was comfortable. “Ready, sweetie?” She said as she began to push.

    Immediately giggling and cheering as she was pushed, Athena was clearly having the time of her life. At the very least, much more than Juniper had been. “Higher! Higher!” She exclaimed with a wide grin.

     Juniper was more than happy to keep pushing the swing. Mostly because it was clear Athena was enjoying it, but also because it meant she didn’t have to be the one sitting in it. “Having fun, Athena~?” She asked, even though the answer was obvious.

    “I am! I am!” Athena said, repeating herself for emphasis as she was pushed higher and higher. However, after a while, even she began to tire of it. “I'm all done, mommy!” She called back on the downswing while looking behind her.

      As soon as Athena said she was done, Juniper held onto the swing to make it stop, and once it was fully stationary, she lifted Athena out of the swing and held her in a cradle for a bit. “You sure looked like you enjoyed that, sweetie~” She said, tickling Athena’s stomach a bit.

    Athena giggled at the tickling, before smiling once more when she was set down. “Hehe, I did! It was so much fun! I don't get to go out to the park often.” Athena said, before looking around some more. “What would you like to play on now?”

     In truth, Juniper just wanted to go back to the house and stop being in public. But not only would Franziska not accept that, she had a feeling Athena wouldn’t either. So she looked around the park, before settling on something. “Do you… want to go play on the slide?”

     All too excited to do so, Athena nodded her head and then immediately began to drag Juniper behind her towards it. “Yeah! Let's go down together!” She said, getting there and quickly climbing the ladder up to the top, sitting right on the edge.

     Juniper couldn’t help but giggle as she saw how excited Athena was to start playing, and quickly sat down on the slide behind the other girl, wrapping her arms around Athena’s waist. “Alright, are you ready, Athena~?” She asked.

    “Uh-huh! Let's go!” With the smallest push, Athena began to go down the slide. Something that didn't necessarily last too long, but she found exhilarating nonetheless. After all, she had an infantile mind, and something like this was the most entertaining thing ever for a baby.

       As soon as they had landed on the ground, Juniper giggled and continued to hug her baby. “That was fun, wasn’t it, sweetheart?” She said with a smile, obviously knowing what Athena’s answer would be.

    “Lots of fun! We should go here a lot more!” Athena said, seeing nothing wrong with being out in public in this state. “Maybe we could get Miss von Karma to take us again sometime!”

      “Uh… Maybe! But I think I’d prefer to come back to the park when it’s just you and me, dear.” Juniper said, certainly not planning to ever call Franziska back to babysit Athena ever again. “Anyway, are you ready to go home now?”

    Nodding her head, Athena had enough of playing at the park for the time being, waddling right back over to her babysitter. “Miss von Karma! Can we go home now?” She asked as Juniper followed in behind her.

    “Well of course.” Franziska replied, motioning for Juniper to lay back down in the stroller. “We have everything we need, so we can go back home now. Now come on, Juniper.”

      Juniper wanted to protest and ask if she could just walk normally, at least just this once, but the second she opened her mouth, Franziska glared at her, and her question was answered before she could even ask it. With a small sigh, she sat down in the stroller once more, blushing as she was buckled in.

    With nothing left to do, the group began to head right back to Juniper’s house, making it back there without a fuss. Once inside, Franziska first let Athena out of the child leash and smiled at her. “Go and play in your room now.” She said, and once the girl did so, she began to take Juniper out of the stroller. “Well, this has been an eventful day…”

      Juniper had to agree, though perhaps not for the reasons Franziska thought. “It certainly has been…” She said, blushing as she stood up. “W-Well, thank you for looking after Athena today, Ms. von Karma. I’ll go get changed into some normal clothes and put Athena down for a nap, so you can leave now.”

    “Oh? I'm afraid that won't be happening, dear.” Franziska said with the slightest of grins on her face as she looked Juniper over. “In fact, I don't think that I'll be leaving for a while.”

       “E-Excuse me?” Juniper had no idea what Franziska meant by that, but she knew she didn’t like the implications. “B-But, I only hired you to watch after Athena for today. Your job is done, Ms. von Karma…”

    “Allow me to explain for a bit…” Franziska began as she looked down at the diapered girl. “I have to admit I'm getting...just slightly up there in age, and I'd love to have a baby of my own to care for. And what do I find but two babies before me, both of whom are clearly in need of a caretaker… Well, to put things simply.” She paused for a moment, before giving a strange smile. “Please, call me mommy from now on.”

      Juniper’s eyes widened as she heard Franziska’s explanation, and she immediately shook her head rapidly. “A-Athena’s not in need of a caretaker! I’m her caretaker! And I don’t need anyone to take care of me!” She protested, her face bright red as she stammered out her rebuttal. “M-Ms. von Karma, you can’t be serious!”

    Effortlessly lifting Juniper up, she began to carry her off towards the nursery. “Now, now, it's time for you to go and play with your ‘sister’. I'm sure she’ll be happy to hear the news that she has a permanent playmate.” The prosecutor said.

     Juniper began to struggle in the other woman’s grasp as she was effortlessly picked up, still very opposed to this whole idea. “I don’t want to be a baby, though! I’m supposed to be Athena’s mommy!” She shouted.

    Placing a pacifier into Juniper’s mouth, Franziska carried her off into the nursery, smiling to herself. To think, that she would have two adorable babies to care for...she had never expected this, but she was more than thankful to have such an opportunity.

      As soon as the pacifier was placed into her mouth, Juniper whimpered pathetically, and once they had made it to Athena’s nursery, Juniper buried her face in Franziska’s shoulder, unable and unwilling to look at her baby girl right now. After all, Franziska would probably explain what was happening for her…

    “Oh, Athena, I have some news for you.” Franziska said while grabbing the other girl’s attention. “Juniper here will no longer be your mommy...I will. Don't worry though, she's your little sister now…” She said, making sure to throw the ‘little’ in there to embarrass Juniper more. “Doesn't that sound great?”

    “So...mommy will...err, Juniper will...be my little sister?” Athena asked with a confused and shocked expression...one that began to quickly shift to excitement. “So she’ll be able to play with me all day? Watch cartoons with me? Play at the park with me?”

      Juniper was still too embarrassed to speak right now, not at all helped by the fact that she still had a pacifier in her mouth, but she still nodded in response to Athena’s questions. Well, at least there was a silver lining, even if it was a small one…

    “That's right.” Franziska said as she set Juniper down on the floor in front of Athena. “She’ll be a wonderful sister for you, and you can play as much as you want with each other all day.”

     “That's...That's great! We’re gonna have so much fun!” Athena said while wrapping Juniper into a tight hug, not at all noticing just how much she was against this idea.

      Juniper was still blushing, but she returned the hug Athena gave her, mostly just to keep her baby girl happy. Though, apparently Athena wasn’t HER baby girl anymore… 

        This would certainly take a lot of getting used to...