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Chapter Two

Waking Up to Sickness

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Morning came so slowly after he was sent to bed. Hardly able to sleep, the youngest of the Hiwatari-Lavalier twins was excited for Wednesday to finally start. Wednesday was the day of their annual doctor visit. Ever since he could remember - which he figured was most of his life - he wanted to be a doctor when he "grew up". Being able to help people when they were hurt or sick was his passion. Each time his brother scraped a knee or elbow, he was always right there with a band-aid and antiseptic. His papa told him that being a doctor required a lot of skill and heart, and he had loads of both!

So, when the sun finally hit his window, Tsuki Hiwatari-Lavalier sat up in his bed. Quickly getting out from underneath the covers, he made his way to his side of the dresser. Getting dressed in a pair of pants and a T-shirt, he closed the drawer and ran back to the bunk-bed, climbing the ladder to his twin's top bunk. "Taiyo! Wake up!" he shook his brother almost like a mad man he was so excited. "Wake up, Taiyo! We going to the doctor's today!"

The older of the twins groaned as he tried to push his little brother off. "So?" he mumbled, snuggling underneath the covers.

"Wake up! We gotta wake Papa and Daddy. Don't you wanna get a lolly?" he asked, cocking his head to the side. His brother always liked getting the sweet treat after his visits when Kai started allowing them to have one.

Taiyo sighed and sat up, relenting to his brother's impatience. "Fine, fine," he grumbled, rubbing an eye and yawning. "'M awake."

"Come on!" Tsuki urged, grabbing his brother's hand and tugging him towards the ladder. "We go wake Papa and Daddy now!"

The young sun sighed once again before following down the wooden ladder. He liked going to see Dr. Strandland, but the doctor's office wasn't even open that early, was it?

Stumbling down the hallway, the sleepy four-year-old tried to keep up with his hyper-active, younger brother as they reached their parents' room. Without knocking, Tsuki opened the door and grabbed the young sun's hand before rushing into the room and climbing on the bed, Taiyo right behind him. Jumping up and down, both boys called out their parents' names to wake them.

Miguel opened sleepy eyes to gaze into two sets of violet that he knew so well. "Tsuki, Taiyo," he yawned, "what are you two doing waking us up at this hour?" The blonde sat up and looked at the clock, reading that it was only six in the morning. He stole a glance in Kai's direction, noting that his phoenix was awake, propped up on one arm and watching his sons.

"We go to the doctor's today!" Tsuki squealed.

Miguel rose an eyebrow as Taiyo yawned and snuggled under the covers with his papa. "He's excited 'bout going," the youngster mumbled against Kai's side. "He likes the doctor's, remembers?"

Kai chuckled at his two boys. One was ecstatic about going to one of his favorite places; the other was just wanting to actually sleep in - which would have been a blessing had they both wanted that.

Tsuki stuck his tongue out at his brother. "I don't wanna be late," he pouted then went over to his father. "Daddy, you understands, don't you?"

'Oh, no,' the inner Miguel groaned, 'not the puppy dog eyes!'

Kai watched with amusement as his lover tried his best to resist his youngest son's wide, innocent eyes that were the dubbed "puppy dog eyes". The blonde managed to hold out for a few moments before relenting, sighing as he gave up.

"Yeah, Tsuki, I understand," he smiled, defeated.

"Daddy's a lightweight, Papa," Taiyo smirked, looking just like his dual haired father.

"Lightweight?" Miguel played along. "We'll see who's a lightweight." With that, he grabbed his oldest son around the middle, raising him up with one arm and playfully slamming him onto the mattress. Raising the blue nightshirt, he continued to tickle the little sun until Taiyo begged for mercy. Then, he turned on to Tsuki, bringing both boys down and tickling them mercilessly.

Kai chuckled as they got too rambunctious for him to remain on the bed. Getting up, he decided to make breakfast. There was no way any of them were going to get anymore sleep. Might as well stay up.

He stopped, though, midway in his trek to the door. A small bout of dizziness and then a large case of nausea swept across him. Placing one hand on his stomach and one to cover his mouth, he ran to the adjoining bathroom.

Miguel stopped torturing his kids to watch his lover run to the bathroom. He could hear the phoenix vomiting on the other side of the wall, the door open, light still off. He vaguely heard the twins stop giggling and then look at the bathroom with concerned violet eyes.

"Papa?" they asked at the same time. "Daddy, what's wrong with Papa?"

The gargoyle didn't answer as he waited for Kai to come out of the bathroom. The Russian emerged just a few moments later, practically falling down on the bed as he sat.

"Kai?" the blonde Spaniard asked his lover, rubbing his hand up and down the phoenix's back. "What's wrong?"

"Miguel, I think you need to go to the store and pick up a 'you-know-what', now," the dual haired male whispered, laying back down on the bed. "I just need to lay down for a while."

The Spanish male nodded and got up, getting dressed in record time and then heading into the bathroom. Wetting a rag and wringing out the excess water, he returned to his lover's side. Placing the wet material on the broad forehead of his phoenix, he then turned to the twins. "Boys, I need you to get dressed while I'm gone. Watch some TV if you want afterwards, but when I come back, I'll make breakfast. Then, we'll go to the doctor's office, okay?"

"Okay," the boys drawled out, unsure. "Is Papa okay?" Both twins looked from their sleepy papa to their anxious daddy.

Miguel nodded. "Yes, he'll be just fine. I want you two to get dressed, and don't bother him, okay? He needs to sleep for a little bit."

They nodded and gave their papa a hug before rushing out of the room to get dressed. Miguel went over to the half-asleep phoenix and bent down, kissing his cheek before grabbing his keys and leaving.

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At the store, the blonde Spaniard all but ran to the health isle of the store. Going to the back of the isle, his sea blue eyes searched frantically for that one, small, white box.

"Here it is," the gargoyle sighed, grabbing the rectangular carton. It was white, with bright blue letters printed on the front: Pregnancy Test.

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Highlights for Chapter Three

Miguel takes the kids to the doctors while Kai is home with the test. What will it say? Is he just under the weather, or is he pregnant again? If he is, will it end up in a miscarriage like last time? And the twins have their own questions as they spot a pregnant woman at the doctor's office. How is it Papa can get pregnant if only females are able to?

It's a chapter full of anxious fathers, confused kids, and almost embarrassing questions.

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Well, that's it for this one! Chapter three is up and waiting!

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