Big Hero 7 stories
By: Adazula
Story 1: Oh boy. Twins
By: Adazula
Rated: T for surgical scene.
Tadashi cant wait to become a brother to the new addition to his small family. But he wasn't expecting twins, neither did his parents.
" Tadashi. Come over here." A woman, named Maemi, called the six year old boy over from his toy robot. He runs over to her with excitement and sits down on the couch.
He has black hair that has always been neat and in place. Just like his father. Even though he has his child roundness in his face, Maemi knows that the genes he got from his father will square it out. The only thing that her son inherited from her was her nurturing behavior.
" Mom! How was work? I helped Aunt Cass with the massive chores!" The little boy said proudly.
" Ohhhhhh you're such a big boy. I want to give you some big news and we are going to go through some pretty big changes. I just want you to know that I still love you with all of my heart no matter what." His mom said sitting down next to him.
" Is it bad, mom?" He asked worried. He doesn't know what's happening. Is the changes bad?
" No it's not. It's a good change. Big, but good." His mom said as she smiles and hugs him.
" What's the big change?" Tadashi looks up curiously at his mom.
" How would you feel about becoming a big brother?" She asked him cautiously. She heard from many mothers that older siblings tend to not like the idea of no longer being the only child. She's secretly hoping that Tadashi is not like that and will love the idea.
" Really mom!" He smiles and hugs her. " I'm going to have a brother!"
" Or a sister. We don't know yet. Will you have a problem with that?"
" No! I won't ever have a problem with having a sister!"
" That's great. Absolutely great. Well we need to tell your dad and other relatives. Especially your Aunt Cass. Ohhhhhh, she'll be hoping for a niece to spoil, but she wouldn't mind for another wonderful nephew like you." She says as she starts to cry in happiness.
" Mom are you ok." Her son asked concern. If it's one thing that she loves about Tadashi. It's his helpful and caring nature.
" No of course not. I'm so happy. So happy." She said. She had trouble in the past with having another baby. She had several miscarriages before and after giving birth to Tadashi. Each time afraid to tell everyone, in fear of being pitied if she lost the pregnancy.
Now at four months, she has a good feeling she will make it through this pregnancy. Hopefully, she will come out of it with a healthy baby brother or sister for Tadashi.
Four months later.
" No! It's too early! I can't be going into labor! It's not time!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Begging to stop this nightmare.
She is in the hospital after experiencing sudden labor aches and pains at her workplace. She called her husband, Tomeo, and he insisted vigorously on going to the hospital just to be on the safe side. In the end, she reluctantly agreed.
They both originally thought it was typical false contractions. No big deal. She gets sent home and would be advised to strict bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. But things did not go as plan, because here she is getting ready for an emergency c-section.
" Mam. If we don't deliver the baby soon, you could potentially have life threatening complications. We have to do it now. We have the NICU on call and they will do everything they possibly can. But there are no guarantees." The nurse urgently tells the crying woman.
" I don't want to lose my baby! I can't lose my baby!" She cried. She can't lose this baby. She can't lose another child.
" But Tadashi can't lose his mom. We have to do it." Tomeo begged. " We're at a good hospital. They won't let our child die."
" Promise me!" She begged. " Promise me that nothing will happen to our baby!"
" Sir we need to take your wife to the operating room. I'm afraid you'll have to wait outside in the waiting room due to the emergency circumstances." The nurse said.
Tomeo kisses his crying wife and said, " I promise." before the team of nurses take her gurney away to the operating room. Leaving him standing in middle of the chaotic ER. About to cry himself.
Twenty minutes later.
Aunt Cass is being dragged into the hospital waiting room by an an anxious Tadashi. She gotten the call as soon as Tadashi got home from school. Heck! He's still wearing his backpack.
The moment Tadashi had heard that his mom was having the baby, he became excited and happy. He wants to meet his sibling so badly.
" Come on Aunt Cass!" He shouted excitedly.
" Tadashi hold on! We need to be patient." She said even though she is anxious too. But in a different manner.
She's terrified for her sister in law. The baby wasn't suppose to be born for at least another month. She knows that the baby could possibly die from the complications of being born early or have life altering complications. She's worried sick about what's going on.
" Dad!" Tadashi said seeing Tomeo sitting in one of the chairs in the waiting room with his head in his hands. He's worried for his wife. His baby. Everything.
" Dad..." Tadashi said more worryingly seeing his Dad. He has his usually neat tie loosened and his shirt unbuttoned at the top. The worst part was that his Dad looks scared.
Tadashi is confused. Everybody seems sad and scared at the same time. Why? His brother or sister is coming and people are worrying.
" Oh Tadashi. Mommy is in pain and she has to have the baby now." He said to his child sadly.
" But it's a good thing. Right?" Tadashi asked. Oblivious to the situation.
" No not if the baby is born too early. Babies need time to grow in their mothers in order to survive. They can't survive on their own if they are born too early. The baby's at risk of not making it." Tomeo painfully explains to his six year old son. He wanted to assure Tadashi that everything is okay, but he also knows that Tadashi is a very smart kid and you can't lie to him that easily.
" No! I don't want my little brother or sister to die!" Tadashi cried hugging his Dad.
" Neither do I Tadashi." Tomeo hugged his crying son. " Neither do I."
Meanwhile in the operating room.
"I'm in the abdomen. I have hold of the baby's waist. Get the oxygen mask and the incubator ready!" The doctor orders the people from the neonatal intensive care unit.
" I'm pulling the baby out." He said as he slowly gets the baby out of the mother.
Because of the situation, the mother had to go under general anesthetic. Completely knocking her out for the duration of the c-section. She has no idea what was about to happen. Neither did the doctors.
" And...it's a boy." The doctor said holding a blue baby boy that is covered in blood and amniotic fluid. So far he's underweight, that's normal for a premature baby, and is in desperate need of oxygen. He quickly cuts the umbilical cord and hands the baby boy to nurse who rushes him to the waiting incubator. So far he has made no noise or signs of breathing. That's not good.
The doctor hoping for the best turns his attention to the mother and was about to close her up when he notices something off. Her abdomen still seems swollen and doesn't look right. He has a gut feeling about what was causing it and his hands went back into the mother's abdomen to search.
" Doctor! What are doing!" The surgical nurse beside him said surprised at her colleague's sudden actions.
" I think... There is! Call NICU for another incubator!" He orders his team finally clutching on to what he was looking for. "There's another baby!"
" Another baby! We didn't see it on the ultrasound!" The nurse gasped.
" Well it appears this one was hiding from us." The doctor stated as he slowly pulls the second baby out.
Meanwhile the neonatal intensive care nurses are trying to get the first baby to breathe by holding an oxygen mask over him, but it's not looking good. He's still blue and not responding.
The doctor manages to deliver the other baby, who as blue as the first. The baby is smaller than the first, but not dangerously underweight. The moment the doctor cuts the second umbilical cord was when he heard the sound he was hoping to hear.
The baby boy starts to cry and moving around on the warming table. His skin is finally starting to pink up. The cry was strong and demanding. It was the most beautiful sound ever. He was going to be ok.
The doctor hands the second baby over to the waiting nurse. " It's a girl." The doctor announces quietly. The nurses at the newly arrived incubator surround the baby girl trying to get her to breathe like her brother. Hopefully it's only a matter of time. Hopefully.
Twenty minutes later in the waiting room.
The doctor walks into to the waiting room to inform the news of what happened to Tomeo's wife and his child.
" Doctor!" Tomeo and his sister Cass said practically running to him with Tadashi trailing behind wanting to know what's going on and if his sibling and mom are ok.
" How's my wife?" Tomeo said.
" She's doing as well as we hoped for. She's being extubated and will be waking up in about twenty minutes." The doctor informed him.
" Thank Goodness." Then Tomeo's gulped as he dared to ask, " And the baby?"
" They're a bit on small side and will need to stay in the hospital till they gain enough weight to be taken home. However they are both crying strongly and that's an excellent sign. It means that their lungs are fully developed. They don't have respiratory issues, and that was what we were worried about given their premature birth. We're not out of the woods, but we are well on our way." The doctor smiled.
Are three of them are crying in happiness that the baby is alright until Tomeo realizes something peculiar. "They?! Both!?"
" Mr. Hamada, congratulations on the birth of your twins." The doctor informed.
" Twins!?" Cass shouted. She was surprised that not only a baby survived, but there's two of them.
" There's more than one baby?!" Tadashi said also in shock. The doctor nodded.
Tomeo paces back and forth as the surprise news settles in his mind before asking, " What are they?"
" Your son was born first at 5:24pm and five minutes later your daughter was born." The doctor said.
" I have another nephew! and it's about time that a girl came in!" Cass whooped as tears came to her eyes. Happy tears.
" I have a brother and a sister!" Tadashi cheered with his aunt.
" Can we see them?" Tomeo asked the doctor.
" Of course you can. Follow me." The doctor said leading the family down to the NICU. He opens the door and takes them past many babies to the back where a pair of incubators are set up side by side.
Both Tomeo and his sister's eyes glisten with tears as they see the babies in front of them. They are so happy to see them both healthy and full of life. Ready to be loved and nurtured by their family.
Tadashi peers into the left incubator and sees a baby in a blue blanket. He figures that's his new little brother. He has really messy black hair and is acting really fidgety. Like he doesn't want to stay put. His clear eyes keep shifting as he takes in his new environment. Like he's disturbed of his new surroundings.
Tadashi then crosses over to the other incubator and sees the other baby wrapped in pink. She's much more calm and curious. Her black hair is not as messy as her twin brother's but not as neat as Tadashi's. She looks around slowly with her little eyes and locks them on her older brother with her bright blue-gray eyes.
Tadashi waves at his little sister and she in turn gave him a little smile.
" Ohhhhhh. They're so precious. Maemi will be so happy when she hears about them." Cass said hugging her brother.
" I'm just so glad that everyone is alright." He smiles refusing to stop looking at his beautiful new additions.
" Dad why are their eyes blue? We don't have blue eyes. We have brown." Tadashi asked.
" They'll become brown in a few days. They need to adjust to the light. They've been in a dark place for a long time." Tomeo explains. " But in rare cases they can stay blue if they have the genetics. Your mom and I do have a recessive gene, so it's possible. But unlikely. By the way, how does it feel to be a big brother?"
" I love them already. What are their names?" Tadashi smiles.
" Well we have been discussing, but we wanted to wait till they came to make a decision. Aw man will we need to buy a second set of everything because of this surprise." Tomeo breathed heavily.
" Don't worry about it for now. Right now we have to go tell Maemi about this. We got through this with Tadashi and we can get through this with these two. Along with Tadashi as our extra help, we be more than fine." Cass said to reassure her brother.
" Yeah. You're right. Let's head upstairs. Maemi should be waking up any minute now and would want to know about her children." Tomeo and Cass start walking out. " Tadashi come on."
" I want to stay here." Tadashi said.
Cass and Tomeo look at each other before Tomeo responded, "Alright, but stay right there. I don't want you running off. Okay."
" I promise." Tadashi said. His dad and aunt leave him alone with his new brother and sister. He looks at his new siblings and pulls out two objects out of his backpack. A white elephant and a blue teddy bear.
" I saw these in a zoo gift shop a month ago and couldn't decide which to get. I bought both of them with my allowance and now I know why." He said holding them up to his brother and sister. The babies each look at the toys with wonder.
" Let's see. You can have the teddy bear, little brother." Tadashi smiles as he places the bear on top of his baby brother's incubator. " And you can have the elephant, little sister." He place the elephant on his baby sister's incubator. " Now you won't get lonely. Even if you guys get separated. Which is unlikely, because you are twins."
" But no matter what, I will always love you guys too." Tadashi smiles. Imagining all the good times he will have with them as their big brother. No matter how crazy it gets.
A week later everyone was deemed ready to go home. Luckily Tomeo had that time to buy a second set of baby supplies to take care of his twin children who are now given their names.
The baby boy was named, " Hiro Hamada". In japanese it means 'generous' and ' tolerance.' By the looks of him being fidgety, he needs a name like for the future struggles he will endure. Tadashi feels it's the perfect name for his little brother.
For the little girl, she was given the name, " Sayuri Hamada," meaning 'small lily'. Because of the blue eyes that never left and how Maemi loved this one love story. Tadashi on the other hand feels it doesn't suit her and his parents just shrugged. Who knows maybe she'll have a nickname that'll suit her better.
I originally wanted to formally name Tetris: Hana. I thought it would sound good of saying Hiro and Hana together. The names bounce off of each other nicely. That was the original plan. Then it changed when I was describing her. I realize that I wanted Hiro's twin sister to really look like him but not be a complete clone (besides the amputated arm). I wanted her to have a diamond in the rough thing going where she has something really unique and pretty about her, but she didn't do anything to get it. She was just simply born with it. That's when I remembered the character of Sayuri in Memoirs of a Geisha. The first thing that came to mind when it came to the story was how amazing Sayuri/Chiyo's eyes are. I knew that was the one thing I wanted Tetris to have that will set her apart from her brothers was the eye color. The name Sayuri just simply came to me and I felt that was the only way for me to thank the story for giving me such an idea.
Her nickname came after when I faced a little bit of a dilemma. Sayuri is a pretty name, but my character's personality doesn't really fit the name. She's like her brothers and looks up to them. Her personality is tomboy most likely because of them. It just shows that siblings have bit of an influence on each other. She prefers basic comfortable clothes and doesn't have a problem with getting down and dirty especially since she,like Hiro, likes to build robots. Sayuri doesn't really fit her beyond the eyes she resembles. I wanted a nickname that kinda shows her love for technology, but is also fun and quirky. I was literally playing Tetris on the computer when it hit me what her nickname was going to be. In the end that was how her nickname became, Tetris.
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