4 days later, in the hospital

Although I hadn't fainted or anything like that, my appetite had grown over the days, and using the bathroom became a little more frequent. My breasts were sore, I was cramping, vomiting almost every morning, and had skipped a period. My moods would randomly change, certain smells made me gag, and I had been having cravings.

At first I had thought it was period symptoms, but then that mixed with regular sickness symptoms didn't make any sense.

I sat on the hospital bed, waiting for the results of the urine sample.

Kazuto held my hand, kissing my cheek, trying to soothe me.

"Suzaka? You're going to be fine, I promise."

"B-but Kazuto? What if you were right? What if I really am sick? I haven't gotten pregnant yet, what if I die-"

Placing a hand on my mouth, he frowned, "Don't say that, Suzaka.."

Tears spilled down my cheeks, "I- It's just... I've never been sick like this before, I'm scared.."
Kazuto wrapped his arms around me, hugging me, and I clung to him.

The doctor walked in suddenly, causing us both to blush and pull away from each other.

"No need to be embarrassed.. It's normal to be scared about something like this."

"Something like this? Did you find out about my results? Is there something wrong with me?" I clutched the sheets on the bed.

The doctor beamed, "Yes, I have found out the results, and no, there's nothing wrong with you. You're perfectly fine, and very healthy."

"What's wrong with her then?" Kazuto asked.

The doctor's smile only grew wider. "Her symptoms are normal. It's simply her hormones reacting to what's going on in her tummy right now."

Kazuto and I glanced at each other. "M- my stomach?"

Frowning, I lifted up my shirt to look at my flat belly.

"What is it?" I asked. "What's going on in my stomach? Stop teasing us, we want to know!"

"Congratulations, your highness," the doctor smiled, "You're about a 3 to 4 weeks pregnant."

My heart skipped a beat, and I froze for a moment before looking at him with wide eyes. Did I really just hear him say that? He said I was "pregnant," right?

"Y-you're... joking.. I'm... what?"

The doctor smiled, "I said, 'You're 3 or 4 weeks pregnant,' your highness."

I looked up at a surprised Kazuto, then at my stomach again, placing my hands on it.

"I'm... having a baby?" I asked quietly,and then I started beaming, becoming excited by the news. For such a long time, I had dreamed of the day I would start carrying Kazuto's children, but now that I was actually pregnant, I was both excited and scared, but more happy.

Kazuto's leaned over to kiss me on my cheek.

"Suzaka! We're going to be parents!" Kazuto was smiling down at me.

My husband wrapped his arms around me, and I leaned in, clutching his shirt and crying tears of joy.

"I'm pregnant! I can't believe it! I'm going to be a mother...?!"
"Come back in about 2 weeks, we'll be able to learn more about your baby. It will be developed enough to listen to the heartbeat, if you'd like."

"That sounds great! Thank you!"

With that, Kazuto and I left the hospital, ready to announce the news to the whole kingdom.

That was definitely one the most happiest moments in my entire life.

4 weeks later – 8 weeks pregnant

I stared at my stomach in the mirror and sighed. No changes yet, but the whole kingdom had been told that I was having a baby, and there was a party that lasted almost 2 entire days to celebrate, but I was asleep at home the whole time.

Glad I was in the bathroom for the sudden feeling inside, I ran over to the toilet and vomited.

I didn't eat any soda crackers when I woke up this morning, unfortunately.

Rinsing out my mouth, I looked at myself in the mirror.

"Suzaka? Are you ready to go to the doctor? I don't know about you, but I hear our baby's heartbeat."

My heart leaped at the reminder and I turned to rush out of the bathroom, getting dressed.

2nd visit to the doctor

The doctor put the fetal doppler stethoscope on my stomach and circled it around, waiting.

"I'm so excited.." I said, looking up at Kazuto, who was holding my hand.

"Me, too. I've never heard a baby's heartbeat before.."

"Found it!" the doctor suddenly exclaimed, grinning, and Kazuto and I listened, growing silent.

We waited a while until I heard a small, faint, pounding, and when I realized what it was, tears of joy rolled down my cheeks, and I reached up to wipe them away.

That's my baby's heartbeat! Our baby's heartbeat!

I looked up at Kazuto, who had leaned over to capture my lips in a kiss. He was smiling softly.

"W-wow.. It's beautiful, isn't it?" he looked so happy.

"Oh, Kazuto,It's so beautiful! I wonder if it's a-"

I was cut off when we all heard something else.

It was the faint heartbeat mixed with what sounded like another heartbeat, and I realized the doctor was moving the stethoscope around my stomach.

I looked up at him, frowning.

Pretty soon, he was moving the stethoscope around my entire stomach, and we were all 3 of us were wide eyed, as we listened to the now multiple, jumbled, tiny heartbeats.

"W- what does this mean? I've tried to count, but I can't keep up with them.." Kazuto said, confused.

My eyes widened. " Does that... mean.. there are... are there... w-what!?"

"Well, one thing's for sure," the doctor finally spoke, " there's definitely more than one baby in there."

I listened to the jumbled, out of synch heart beats and didn't know if I should freak out or be even more excited.

I settled in between both.

Kazuto was staring at my stomach with wide eyes.

"Wow... so I'm having twins... I never would have imagined.."

"Hmm, not quite." the doctor hooked me up to an ultrasound that would show the inside of my stomach.
"Th- then, triplets?" I asked, my stomach dropping already guessing there were more that that.

The doctor spread a gelatin like fluid on my tummy and moved the ultrasound equipment around on my stomach.

I looked up at the screen while he settled on a spot, and both me and Kazuto gasped.

6, small, individual boxes showed up on the screen, and in each of them was a small fetus.

I put my hand over my mouth in shock, and when I looked at Kazuto, his eyes were bugging out and he was clutching the arm rest of the bed to steady himself.

"Th- there are... se- sextuplets?" I stammered.

The doctor nodded, and again, Kazuto wobbled off balance.

"H-honey, are you okay?" I looked over at him, worried.

"Your highness? Do you need a drink of water? Maybe a seat?"

Kazuto nodded, "A g-glass... of water... would be nice..."

While the doctor asked a nurse for a glass for Kazuto, I was still trying to get all of the news into my head.

"W-wow... there really are 6 babies, h- huh?" I said in a shaky voice.

The doctor nodded. "I wonder if their identical..."

I put my hands up to wipe the joy-filled twin streams of tears, but they didn't stop as I listened to their jumbled, adorable, heartbeats again.

I didn't care about having so many anymore, I was going to be a mother of sextuplets, and I was already in love with them.

"My...my b- babies..." I sighed. "What a sweet sound...!"

The doctor pulled the stethoscope away, and I placed my hands on my "for now" flat stomach.

Kazuto finished the last of his water, still looking a little nervous, but better, and more balanced.

" You mean our babies?" he grinned, "Look who's still not getting used to sharing."

I stuck my tongue out at him, but he captured my lips in a kiss and I laughed.

"So it really is six.." Kazuto sighed happily, finally smiling.

"There so small." I smiled, wiping tears away, and we both looked up at the screen again.

The doctor pointed out the babies, "Here's Baby A, Baby B, Baby C, Baby D, Baby E, and Baby F."

"You can find out the genders at around 18 weeks, so I'll see you guys in 10 weeks." the doctor smiled.

10 weeks later – 18 weeks along.

I set the almost 20th, crystal clear, plate of food aside, and beamed as the maids came to take them away, giggling at my large appetite.

I didn't care that I was eating so much, though, as long as it was for my babies, which caused my stomach to now finally start showing.

I was so excited now! I didn't have any morning sickness anymore, it actually showed that I was pregnant, and we had already set up a room for the babies!

The Royal Court was okay with the announcement of the number of babies, but we had to keep in mind that only one of the 6 would take over the kingdom.

"Suzaka..."

I gasped when I felt hands wrap around me and rub my medium sized stomach, but laughed when I realized it was just my husband.

"Kazuto.. you really need to stop sneaking up on me like that!" I giggled.

I stood up from my chair at the table to turn and hug him, but it was a little difficult – there was something between us.

I had lost about 10 pounds during my morning sickness, but now that I was eating more, had started gaining a little bit more of weight because of the babies.

"Wow, you're getting bigger.." Kazuto bent down, lifted up my shirt, and kissed my stomach.

Smiling, I said, "I love it, though, the feeling of being pregnant. It's wonderful, and I don't mind the amount at all.."

"It may have caught me by surprise at first, but I don't mind it either, anymore. In fact, I feel extremely lucky, Suzaka, to be the father of 6 heirs, and the husband of such a beautiful woman.."

I blushed at his comment, looking down at him with a smile and half lidded eyes.

"Kazuto..." I sighed.

"You look even more gorgeous carrying my children.." he placed a hand on my tummy.

I would have pulled him up to kiss him, but was cut off when I felt something nudge the spot his hand had touched, and we both gasped.

Kazuto pulled away to see what it was and my eyes widened when I saw a small foot pressed against the inside of my belly, and realized it was one of the babies, probably reacting to it's father's touch.

I beamed. That was my first ever kick...!

"It's adorable!" I gasped again.

Kazuto smiled up at me and kissed the baby's foot, making me giggle.

He rested a hand on another spot and yet another foot gently nudged his hand, and he kissed that baby's foot, too.

I wanted the moment to last longer, but we were a little late for our doctor's appointment.

Today, we were going to find out the genders, and we were happy with the decision because neither one of us liked surprises, we wanted to know right away.

Kazuto stood up, grabbing my hand, " Come on, honey, we're going to be late."

In the carriage..

"Kazuto? What kind of genders are you hoping for?" I asked softly , looking out of the window.

He waited a moment before answering, " Though I'd love them all the same no matter how they were born, I'm sort of hoping for at least one baby boy."

I smiled, "I want both girls and boys, I would be so lucky to have given birth to a baby that looked more like his daddy.."

Kazuto laughed, "Well, I would be so lucky to be the father of an adorable baby girl that looked more like her mommy."

So that was settled. We both wanted boys and girls.

At the doctor..

The doctor once again put the gelatin substance on my swollen tummy and moved the ultrasound equipment around my stomach, searching for the babies.

We looked up at the screen to see that the tiny fetuses had of course, grown larger since the last time I had seen them, but it still made me happy to see how big they'd gotten.

"Let's see..." the doctor studied the screen for a while.

"Baby A is a... boy, Baby B is a girl, Baby C is a girl, Baby D is a boy, Baby E is a girl, and Baby F is a boy as well.."

Kazuto and I looked at each other.

"3 boys, 3 girls! We both got what we wanted.."

"Hmm..." we turned to the doctor, who seemed to be studying Baby F.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

The doctor was silent for a moment, "I've just noticed that Baby F is a little more smaller than his siblings, is all. It's nothing to worry about, though. There's usually a smaller baby in a large group."

"O-oh.." I looked over at Kazuto, but he only gave me a slight shrug.

"So... everything is fine?"

The doctor nodded, "Perfectly.. the babies are very healthy, you've done a great job for your first 4 months."

We thanked the doctor before leaving out of the door.