One week later
Life at the Usami residence was going quite smoothly.
Misaki spent a lot of time in front of the computer taking his online classes. Since this was going to be his last year in college, he wanted to get really good grades. Misaki had considered going back to school but Usagi convinced him not to because he didn't want to expose Misaki too much. If somehow somebody found out about his condition at the university, it would be a total chaos. So to avoid that, Misaki kept taking his classes online. That way, he would only have to go to the University to take his tests. Usagi as always was busy in his room writing, but he always made sure to come out once in a while to check on Misaki. That day they had an appointment, and they were going to see and listen to the baby through an ultrasound. Misaki was very excited because he was going to get to see the baby for the second time, and now his feelings for the baby were different. He wasn't feeling surprised or scared like when he had his first ultrasound which was when he found out he was pregnant. Now he was looking forward to seeing his baby and hearing its heartbeat again.
That Morning
Usagi was half sleep when he heard some noises coming from the bathroom. He got out of bed and went to check what was going on. When he got there he saw Misaki kneeling down, leaning on the toilet seat and throwing up. Usagi quickly rushed next to him and put one hand on Misaki's back and the other one on his forehead. He had read that putting a hand on the forehead when a person is vomiting, gives comfort and relief.
"I'm okay… It'll pass…" But Misaki kept vomiting.
"It's okay, I'm here." said Usagi trying to comfort him.
When Misaki finished throwing up, Usagi pulled Misaki away from the toilet seat against him. Misaki was sitting in between Usagi's legs. His back leaning on Usagi's chest resting from what had just happened. Usagi was rubbing Misaki's shoulders.
Misaki grabbed some toilet paper to clean his mouth but Usagi gave him a towel. "Better?"
Misaki nodded. "It hasn't happened in a while. Probably around two weeks or so…" he said.
"I hope this one was the last one." Usagi said.
"Yeah me too…" said Misaki rubbing his belly.
"Usagi-san, the appointment today…"
"It's at 4.00 right?"
Misaki was happy that Usagi had remembered, it cheered him up. "Yeah!"
"Today we could have breakfast here and then after I finish some work, let's go eat out. Do you want something special?" asked Usagi.
"Hmn.. Spaguetti! Let's have spaghetti! And then strawberry cake for desert!" exclaimed Misaki excited.
"Wow… you are going to eat the whole restaurant again?" joked Usagi.
"Usagi-san!" Misaki frowned crossing his arms.
Usagi laughed.
After Misaki was better, he took a shower and when he went downstairs to the kitchen, he found it a total mess.
"Usagi-san for the hundreth time, I can cook us breakfast. I know you want to make it easier for me and I appreciate it but you are actually making it harder when I have to clean up your mess." Misaki looked around and everything had food stains and there was salt and sugar spilled on the table.
Usagi pretended he didn't listen. "Breakfast is served!" he said while putting both dishes for Misaki and him on the table.
Misaki sighed.
It made Misaki happy that Usagi had the willingness to cook breakfast for him. But all that happiness went away after the first bite of Usagi's food.
After they finished eating breakfast, or at least the parts of the food that were not burned, they both began to do their work. Misaki went to read some books for his research paper and Usagi went back to his laptop to finish his novel. Time went so fast that they didn't realize it was just two hours before the doctor's appointment. They still had to have lunch so they headed out to the restaurant first.
They drove until they got in front of the restaurant and let the valet parking attendant take care of the car. They went in and one of the waiters guided them to their reserved dining area. They were walking until Misaki felt someone's hand on his shoulder.
"Chibi-tan!"
Misaki didn't need to turn around to recognize that voice.
"Isaka-san!" he turned to face him.
"Hi Chibi-tan! how are you?"
"I'm~"
"What are you doing here?" interrupted Usagi stepping in front of Misaki.
"Whoa there Akihiko! What's with that attitude? I just finished having lunch and I was leaving. Wait! But now that I think about it, maybe I should make you guys some company" Isaka said putting his arm around Misaki's shoulders which made Usagi very upset.
"Is he here?" Usagi asked looking behind Isaka-san.
"Oh are you talking about Haruhiko? No, he's away on a business trip." answered Isaka to avoid any conflict with Akihiko. Then he looked at Misaki and he noticed Misaki's weight gain.
"Chibi-tan! You gained weight! You have to lose weight or I won't be able to call you chibi-tan aymore!" he said jokingly.
A sweat drop came down Misaki's forehead.
"Let's go Misaki, our table is ready." said Usagi pulling Misaki.
"Bye Isaka-san!" said Misaki before disappearing with Usagi.
Isaka felt that there was something going on. Something didn't seem normal. "Maybe it was weird seeing Chibi-tan with all the weight he gained. Anyway who knows…" he said and left the restaurant.
"Whoa! This looks so good! Spaghetti a lo Alfredo!" said Misaki excited.
Usagi had ordered a Mongolian steak for himself. He noticed that Misaki was peeking the steak every once in a while. Usagi smirked.
"Do you want some?" he asked.
"Mmm… no I'm good." said Misaki putting spaghetti inside his mouth while still looking at the stake.
"Here have some." said Usami as he cut a piece and put it on Misaki's plate.
"You didn't have to! But... Thanks Usagi-san!" he said excited cutting the steak and putting a piece on his mouth.
"Mmm! It's really good!" savored Misaki.
"Do you want me to order one for you?" asked Usami.
"Mmm… mmm…" Misaki was having doubts about saying yes because he really wanted the steak but he knew that Usagi would tease him more for eating so much.
"Excuse me." Usami called a waiter.
"Yes Sir." A waiter came to their table.
"Please bring me another one of these." said Usami pointing towards his plate.
"Yes Sir. It'll come right away."
"Usagi-san!"
"What? You did wanted it. What are you complaining about?" he said trying to pick on Misaki because he knew how he would be feeling.
Misaki felt defeated when he saw Usami's smile. He really wanted that stake so he gave up.
Some minutes later Misaki had already finished his spaguetti, and the steak came just in time. Misaki savored each bite of the stake. It made Usami happy watching Misaki enjoying himself.
After they both finished their meals, and of course waiting for Misaki to finish his spaghetti plus the hamburger and the strawberry cake that he craved, they finally went to the doctor.
"Ah Usagi-san I'm so nervous. Aren't you nervous?" asked Misaki.
"A bit I guess." said Usami.
"I wonder if we can find out if it's a boy or a girl." said Misaki.
"I don't think so. Some books say you can find out from the eighteenth week or so." He had been reading 'What to Expect When You are Expecting' so he had learned a lot of information about pregnancy.
"Awww… Really? You've been reading about it?"
"Yeah… sort of." Usami smiled.
Misaki was happy that Usami was showing interest for the baby. "What would you like to have Usagi-san? A girl or a boy?" asked Misaki curious.
Usagi hadn't really thought bout that yet. He was still dealing with the fact that he was going to become a father, that he hadn't thought about the gender of the baby.
"I really don't know. Maybe a boy… or maybe a girl…?" Usagi-said.
"I really don't know either. Having a boy would be a lot of fun. Also having a girl would be interesting too. But to be honest, I wouldn't mind if it's either a girl or a boy. All I want is the baby to be born healthy." he said rubbing his belly.
"Yeah that's the most important thing." Usagi said and grabbed Misaki's hand.
"The baby is growing so fast right Usagi-san?" he said rubbing his now round and small belly.
"Yeah I noticed that too. It's going to be a big baby." Usagi and Misaki laughed.
A few minutes later, they arrived to the doctor's office.
Usagi had talked to the doctor and he had requested to have the appointments in a private office exclusively for Misaki instead of going to a hospital's maternity ward which would look kind of suspicious. This office was just one block away from the hospital. Usagi felt that it was safer for Misaki that way.
"Takahashi-san, Usami-san, good afternoon." greeted the doctor.
"Good afternoon doctor." smile Misaki.
Usami didn't say anything, he still hadn't apologized for the punch he gave him, and he wasn't going to do it anyway.
"How have you been feeling Takahashi-san?"
"Besides from the morning sickness, everything is better."
"You still have morning sickness?"
"Well today I threw up. I hadn't thrown up in around two weeks or so."
"Oh… then it should stop because at this time, you shouldn't have morning sickness at all..." the doctor paused. "Unless..."
"Unless…?" both Misaki and Usami said at the same time.
"Mmm… Takahashi-san can you please lay down on this bed. I have to measure the height of your uterine fundus." said the doctor.
"Of my what?" Misaki asked having no idea what that was.
"Your Uterine fundus is the top part of the uterus. It grows larger as the pregnancy progresses."
Having understood the doctor, Misaki obediently stood up and with the help of Usagi he got on the bed. Then he lay down and he uncovered his belly so that the doctor could measure it.
The doctor palpated Misaki's belly for a while and his face looked very thoughtful. Then he grabbed a meter tape and placed it from the bottom of Misaki's belly till a little bit above his belly button."Misaki your fundal height is 16 cm which is a lot bigger than the normal range at 14 weeks. We have to do the ultrasound to see what is going on." said the doctor.
It kind of got Misaki scared. "Is it bad for the baby?" he asked.
"We will see that when we do the ultrasound so please lie down."
Misaki obediently lay down. Then the doctor set up the ultrasound machine and placed the ultrasound probe on Misaki's belly. Immediately the sound the baby's heartbeat could be heard.
"That's the heartbeat. Do you hear it Usagi-san?" said Misaki excited.
Usagi recognized that sound, he had seen the first ultrasound video so many times that he was excited that he was listening to the baby's heartbeat live. "Yeah it's beating so fast."
"I'm so relieved… But doctor… it doesn't sound like the last time. Now it sounds different. I hear another noise." Misaki said.
The doctor nodded, he had also noticed this. He turned the screen that was facing Misaki and Usagi so that he could look at it better. His eyes were fixed on the screen as he moved the ultrasound probe around Misaki's belly as if he was looking for something.
"Doctor is everything okay?" Misaki asked.
"Hold on a second Takahashi-san" The doctor kept moving ultrasound probe until he stopped.
"Oh my God." the doctor's jaw dropped.
"What is it?" asked Usagi worried.
The doctor also looked worried now. He turned around the screen so that Misaki and Usagi could also take a look at it. Misaki saw it. "It looks different than the last time…" he said.
"Two." said the doctor.
Misaki and Usami didn't get it.
"Two? Two what?" asked Usami confused.
"Two?…." Misaki started thinking until he got the idea. "Two… Oh my God…" Misaki suddenly realized what the doctor was trying to say.
"Can you please tell me what this is all about?" demanded Usami upset because he still didn't get it.
The doctor took a big breath and said it.
"Takahashi-san there are two babies inside you…" Misaki gasped in surprise and Usagi completely froze.
"You are having twins."
