Hey!!

Here I am up early in the morning ready to write another chapter!

School went well, too…aside from the bunch of morons in my history class.

My apologies if this is a little shorter, too…

Baby Makes Three

A nurse led Joey, who was carrying Kaylen in one arm, up to the room where Yami had been stationed.

"Alright, now. He's right on in there. Just be careful, okay?"

Joey nodded. "Yeah. I'll be careful."

The nurse smiled and opened the door for him before turning around and walking away.

Joey closed the door lightly behind him to find Yami, lying on his left side asleep on the bed. Several pillows were placed and positioned behind his backside.

Joey slowly slid over the chair in the corner of the room and sat down, resting his head on the bed and gently sitting Kaylen down beside her dad.

Yami's eyes slit open. He smiled.

"Hey…" He whispered.

Joey smiled back. "Hey, baby." He leaned in to kiss the king's cheek.

Yami turned his attention to the baby. He laughed lightly to himself as the baby twiddled her fingers in the blanket.

"Hi, sweetheart…" He whispered to her, causing her to look up at him and giggle.

"How are you?" Joey asked.

Yami paused. "Okay, I suppose. I'm a bit sore in some places."

Joey nodded. "I know. I'm gonna take extra special care or you, hun."

Yami smiled. "Oh, Joey. You do too much."

Joey laughed, reaching for his lover's hand to give it a kiss.

Some silence passes between the boys, neither really knowing what to say. Joey decided to speak up.

"Were you asleep when he broke in?"

Yami nodded. "Yeah. I thought it was you."

Joey nodded back. "Did he hurt you then?"

Yami swallowed and shook his head. "No. He was more focused on getting me out of the house."

"He didn't threaten Kaylen, did he?"

Yami paused. "He told me if I didn't go with him he would drown her in the bathtub."

Joey frowned. "Well, that explains why the shower was running."

Yami nodded, both boys turning towards Kaylen when they heard her mutter something.

Yami smiled, ruffling the bit of black hair she had been growing. "What did you say, angel?"

She picked up the sheet between her tiny fingers, shaking it up and down. She squished her nose with her index finger.

"Da!" She cried, then burst into a fit of giggles.

Yami's mouth gaped open as he sat up some more.

"Joey! She said dad!"

Joey chuckled. "Actually, she said 'da', but hey, it's close enough…"

Yami cuddled the baby closer to him. "My baby can talk!"

"Yeah," Joey said. "She speaks two languages now. English and gibberish."

Yami laughed. "Pretty soon she'll be saying more words. Then she'll be walking. And then she'll be 25 and I'll be really old!"

Joey smiled, taking the king's hand.

"Yes, but you'll still be beautiful."

Yami stopped, gazing into Joey's brown eyes which sparkled with love and compassion.

"Who would've thought we'd end up like this?"

Joey paused. "Like what?"

Yami sighed. "Dating."

"Well, actually, Yam, I…" Joey trailed off.

"What?"

Joey took a breath, pulling something out of his pocket that he had purchased when he was out the other morning.

"I have a question for you…"

Yami smiled. "Alright."

"How much do you love me?"

Yami frowned. "More than I've ever loved anything in the entire world. Aside from Kaylen, of course. Joey, you've done wonderful things for me. You're helping me father my baby. You just saved me from death. You were there for me when I needed you. Of course I love you."

Joey sighed. "Well, good, 'cause I have another question for you…"

Yami watched Joey pull the box out of his pocket.

Joey slid off the chair he had been sitting on so he was on one knee, that way he could do this properly. He opened the top of the black box and whispered…

"Yami Moto." He took a breath, smiling. "Will you marry me?"

Yami lifted himself up off his pillows, staring shocked into Joey's eyes. He smiled as tears began to pour down his face.

"Oh, Joey…" He placed a hand across his chest. "Of course I'll marry you!"

Yami wiped away tears with his right hand as Joey slid the ring onto the left. The boys clasped onto each other in a hug, Joey rocking the king back and forth.

"This is going to make another happy ending for us, huh?" Joey said.

Yami smiled. "It most certainly will. In more ways than one…"

Yay! Short and sweet!

Okay, so, that means it's almost time for the wedding!

R&R!

GK09