Chapter 11

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August first was a good day, it was the first day since he came to this country he didn't have to worry about having rent on the first of the month, and it was the first time since he went to the hospital that he was going to see a doctor. The one he originally started seeing was able to be his doctor here which was nice meaning he didn't have to start over with someone else. He felt comfortable with the one he had even if he had only seen her twice the entire pregnancy so far. Sara planned to go with him, one so he could figure out where the offices were here and so he wouldn't be alone for the appointment. She felt it was always nice to have someone there to help calm the other and to share in the excitement each visit held. Especially with this being the final weeks and having anything being able to happen now. Tamaki had told her what happened to place him on bed rest so soon meaning he could go into labor sooner than his day was.
"Hi you guys. Before we go I was wondering something Sara. Would you be okay with having my spare key? I know I keep my door unlocked when I know you'll be here soon but that way, you know just in case something comes up."
"Sure Tamaki. Here I'll put it right on my keys so I always have it." Taking the key from him she attached it to her key ring next to hers. "I should give you mine, a trade isn't complete unless both people exchange something right."
"Well okay, if you want me to have it than I will be honored to except it."
"There you go again, being so formal again. It's so strange to hear it from someone your age."
"I can't help it it's how I was raised."
"I know I'm just teasing you Tamaki. Now are you ready to get going?"
"Yes I'm ready, let's do this. Whatever this is." Sara started laughing as she fixed her arms from holding Michael and followed Tamaki out of his apartment.

Tamaki sat on his bed relaxing enjoying the day, the weather was gorgeous and it was a shame he couldn't be out to enjoy it better. At least the windows opened so he could let the fresh air in so he could enjoy part of it. He was grateful Sara let his borrow a few books that she owned so he could do something other than just watch TV when they couldn't hang out. It helped now since Sara was at a doctor appointment for Michael and probably wouldn't be able to come over after because if he remembered correctly Sean was coming home. He would miss her if he moved, hopefully they would live close by so they could continue to talk and hang out whenever they could. They both hoped that their kids could become close once they were older. Since they would only be a few months away in age there was no reason for them not to be close. Not that they would force them together but if they were always together than their kids would always be. Now they just had to hope they liked each other so they didn't always fight. That would be a disaster if it did. Closing the book he wasn't making much progress in he stared out the window. With the future still so unknown he couldn't help his mind from wondering to it. He wished he had some idea about what their life would be like together, would they at least be happy? Would his son or daughter be happy? He didn't care if he figuring he would be so long as he had his child but would his child feel the same way if it was just the two of them? Would they make a lot of friends, play sports, have good grades, or would they be bullied, and flunk out of school? Of course he hoped of the first set of options but he had no clue if he would be right. If their classmates knew of the truth of their family and situation would they tease them or would they think nothing of it? He knew how people back home would have acted; they would treat the child as a filthy piece of dirt, the way he had been treated. His family was far from perfect and everyone that knew them never let them forget it, he had grown up with that around his head but he didn't want it for his child. He could hope it wasn't like that here but he really didn't know. He would never love his child less, ever, no matter what others thought or acted towards them. He knew it would never be their fault for whatever befell them but he could only hope nothing happened to them. His child deserved better than what he went through, he didn't want them to face the same things he faced growing up.
"That's my promise to you. Mark my words, no matter what happens next you will have it better than I did. Even if at times you don't think so, so long as we can manage to be true to ourselves than I'm certain we can be happy. And really that's all I want, for us to be happy." Deep down he felt that he would be, the doubt he held was not enough to fully discourage him and that, that was what kept him going, it was what kept him going all this time.
"I do miss your father though; I wish you got to know him. Even if I told you all about him and what a great man he was it would never be enough, it would never do justice for the type of person he was. You would never really see what I saw that caused me to fall in love with him." Feeling the baby start to kick and move as best as they could he went on to tell them as best as he could about their father. It seemed to make them happy which made him smile. It seemed that they knew and loved their father as much as they loved him even if they never met him and that was the happiest feeling in the world.

"Hey Tamaki, I'm coming in!" Sara opened the door to Tamaki's apartment to see him napping on the loveseat. He looked so cute huddled as best as he could on the loveseat that was already hard to sleep on not even counting being eight and a half months pregnant. He figured he wasn't sleeping well at night for one reason or another; she had the same trouble when she was pregnant with Michael. She had come over to invite him to dinner and to meet her husband but it seemed that had to wait until tomorrow since she wasn't going to wake him over something that could be rescheduled. Taking a blanket out of the closet she placed it over him before placing a note on the fridge telling him about dinner if he was interested and if not there was something in the fridge for him that all he had to do was heat up. Leaving him be she went back to her place to cook something to bring over for him so she wasn't lying in the note. She knew Tamaki loved to cook but she didn't want to see him overdue it knowing he was on strict orders. Plus what were friends for if they didn't help each other out from time to time by leaving food for them from time to time just to show they cared? Tamaki was a good kid, had a big heart and held a huge personality that was hard not to love she needed to show how happy they were that they were friends. She never met anyone like him before, someone she got along with so quickly and couldn't get enough of. She knew the feeling was mutual and she figured for both of them nothing would change once they moved out of here. Even if they on opposite sides of the city or even opposite sides of the country they would still talk everyday or find a way to meet all the time. She could be wrong but something told her she wasn't.

"So do I get to meet your new friend?"
"Not tonight, he is asleep so I'll invite him over for tomorrow." Sara smiled as she saw Sean holding their son when she got back to her apartment. It was so great to have him home again; she couldn't imagine how Tamaki did it. She could never have left Sean had things been different, what he did took more than just guts. That took a level of unselfishness and love that many didn't hold, she didn't even think she was on that level.
"Well I hope I can meet him soon since you always talking about him."
"Oh are you jealous?"
"No, unless you leave me for him than I will be."
"I love you, you know that right? Never fear I will always love you no matter what. Tamaki is just a friend. There is something about him that you become swept up in. You need to see it for yourself."
"Well than hopefully tomorrow than. I want to meet this person that makes you happy when I'm gone. I owe him my thanks."
"How much longer are you gonna be gone anyway?"
"Another two weeks to a month but I should be home for good after that. We can finally look into that house you've been hoping for."
"Really? Oh Sean!" She went to hug him as best she could since he was still holding Michael. She couldn't wait to tell Tamaki that good news, she knew he would be happy for her too.

Tamaki woke up to notice he had fallen asleep on the loveseat, sitting up to get up he saw the blanket on him, that was strange he didn't remember grabbing it since the nap had been unplanned. Looking around he saw a note on his fridge from Sara, well that explained the blanket. It was already four, he didn't want to intrude on the dinner if they were eating, he would have to reschedule. He knew Sara wanted him to meet Sean having a feeling they would get along and if he was anything like Sara he didn't think that thought would be far off. Opening the fridge he saw a covered dish waiting for him, Sara was too much. Pulling it out and uncovering it he couldn't wait it heat it up, it looked great. Now if only Sara hadn't made so much, this would last him a while. At this rate he would never get to practice his cooking. Though, he was learning a lot of recipes from Sara so that was a plus, though he hadn't tried any of them for himself.

"Sorry about yesterday, I hope you aren't upset I didn't come."
"Oh no it's fine. Sean can't wait to meet you tonight though so I hope you're ready."
"Well I think so; you know if he is home you can spend time with him. I can handle myself here. I know you haven't seen him much."
"Thanks, but actually I wanted to talk to you about something. See Sean was talking to me about possibly getting a house soon but I'm not sure I want that right now."
"But I thought you wanted a house?"
"I do but I don't know, I was thinking about it and maybe getting an apartment isn't so bad. Michael is still young and Sean may or may not be promoted so things are iffy. If he does than a house is a great investment now but if not then I'm worried we won't be able to afford it."
"So than why not get an apartment until your certain, or until Michael is older to get a house?"
"That's what I was thinking but I wanted to talk it out and see if it made any sense."
"I get your worries, trust me. Have you told Sean?"
"Not really, but I plan to, now that I talked my thoughts through."
"Well happy to help." Sara couldn't help herself from laughing realizing how stupid she must have just sounded but Tamaki had just listened and gave real feedback, not like her other "friends" would have done.
"Well okay than, if you don't mind I need to get dinner started so we can eat at a decent hour tonight. See you at four."
"I'll be there."
"No sleeping."
"No sleeping."
Hugging Tamaki she ran out the door to get back to her apartment to start dinner.

Tamaki got ready to head to Sara's at three thirty, after missing yesterday he wanted to make sure he wasn't late today. He really hoped Sean thought he was a good friend to Sara, not that he was worried that he was the type of person to tell Sara who she could and couldn't talk to but that still didn't mean he didn't want Sean to not like him.
"Hello, you must be Tamaki; Sara has told me a lot. Please come in. I'm Sean by the way, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine. Am I early?" Walking in he didn't see Sara, the apartment was smaller than his; that was strange he thought they were all the same.
"No you're right on time. Sara went to take care of Michael, she should be right out. Here sit, make yourself at home. I'm guessing dinner is just about ready. I am a horrible cook, thank god Sara can because if not than we were be ordering in every night. So do you cook?"
"I'm still learning." They started talking before Sara walked in with Michael so she could hand him to Sean in hopes he would stop crying while she finished dinner. She was happy seeing them talking on the couch and it looked like they were getting along as well as she thought. Well that was good; she wanted her best friend and her husband to be friends so it would never be awkward whenever they were together. She wasn't too worried that Sean wouldn't like him since he liked most of her friends but seeing them getting along and laughing made her happy inside and out.
"Hey you two stop flirting and come eat." Laughing even more they got up to eat, whatever Sara made smelled delicious. It was a good thing Sara knew they weren't and they knew she wasn't serious. Maybe that was why they were good friends and got along even though they only just met; they all had a sense of humor.

Tamaki groaned in half boredom and half annoyance. He had been up since five thanks to being unable to get comfortable after his millionth trip to the bathroom and that was thanks to the fact that he was past his due date. Before, his child wanted to come months early and now they were two days late. He knew it was common but still, he hated it. It wouldn't be so bad is he wasn't uncomfortable all the time or was at least able to sleep. Flipping through the channels for the hundredth time he tried to find something to watch. Hopefully Sara would show up soon so he would have something to do. Sean was at work so they could probably get together before he got home and they went apartment hunting. Not that he wasn't happy for Sara but no matter where she moved to he would miss her. Maybe he would get lucky and the apartment would be cheap enough for him so they could live in the same building. He doubted it though because they were on two different financial levels and they could easily afford a two bedroom place where he would probably have to get a one bedroom unit. It was a nice thought though. Realizing it was noon already he got herself together to make some lunch. It was pointless to wait since he was hungry and if he waited it would only make him lazier as he learned yesterday.

Well that took longer than he would have liked. Looking over at the oven's clock he saw it was already two. He could have been done a lot sooner but he ended up completely burning his lunch the first time and learned it wasn't edible thanks to what he did to it. Well now he knew that when it was smoking that badly it was a "it's burning" sign not a "it's just smoke from how it's cooking" sign. This was why he wanted to cook more so he would learn and not make as many mistakes as he was. Though thinking about it this was the second thing he burned to the point of where he couldn't eat it so that wasn't too bad but still, he wanted to get to the point where he didn't burn anything. Getting up he grabbed his dishes to wash them, he had nothing better to do so he could do what little dishes he had from today. Scrubbing the plate in the sink it slipped from his fingers a weird feeling washed over him.
*Oh, please no.* Already knowing what just happened he looked down at himself with one eye, shit he was right for once, why now out of all the times? Trying not to freak out over the fact that his water broke and he was alone he tried to breath and stay calm, or as calm as he could be right now. Thankfully Sara had told him a bunch of stories and gave him a ton of advice so he wouldn't panic completely. His calm state of mind didn't last more than a few seconds though as a contraction hit him harder than he ever could have imagined, leaning over the counter he tried to breath since he couldn't move right now. Why did the only phone have to be in the bedroom? Using the countertops and fridge he tried to stay up and walk to the bedroom, the pain was intense and getting worse by the second it seemed. God why did this have to be happing now, out of all the times it had to be the one where he was alone. Finally making it to the bed he grabbed the phone to call the doctor's office a few floors down, he knew should call the hospital but something told him he was going make it there in time. Clutching the phone he tried not to scream as the pain got worse, one number, he just had to call one number. The phone slipped from his fingers as his body lurched forward being taken off guard by a contraction, the last one hadn't even ended before this was came. Losing what little grip he had left on not panicking he started to cry knowing that he was going to have the baby here, alone, and any minute now. Trying to reach for the phone he stopped being unable to move from the pain that only became worse and more frequent. He cursed under his breath that out of all the labor stories he was told and read his had to be the one that didn't take hours, why did he have to be the odd one out right now.
"Someone, please." His tears increased as he sat against the backboard of her bed, terrified didn't even cover what he felt right now. He didn't know what to do exactly he was just going off what he felt. "Sara, Kyouya, Kyouya I'm sorry. Ahhhhh!" This was it, he knew it, he was going to give birth all alone, and uneducated. What if something went wrong? He didn't care about himself but his baby, who would help his baby?
"Tamaki? Hello, are you home?"
"Sara." His eyes opened wide as he tried to breath, Sara was here, she stopped by, oh thank you god. "Sara! Sara come here, help me please!" He wasn't sure if his voice was loud enough or if she understood but seeing Sara come running in made him cry tears of happiness right now.
"Oh sweetie! You're alright, I'm right here. Just breathe. How far apart are the contractions?"
"Seconds. Sara, the baby is coming and I don't know what to do. I'm scared."
"It's alright. You're doing great. Just keep breathing. Have you called downstairs, or your doctor?"
"Didn't have time for that. This started minutes ago." If he hadn't looked at a clock seconds before Sara came in he would have thought it was a lot longer than that but this had only been going on for five minutes. Grabbing the phone off the floor Sara called Tamaki's doctor to let her know that he was going into labor. It didn't look like she would make it but she needed to know that Tamaki was actually capable of doing this, that the baby wasn't in the wrong position. She knew how to deliver a baby, she had to too work here and she had done it before but she didn't know anything about Tamaki's pregnancy besides what he told her and that wasn't much.
"Saraaaa!"
"I'm right here hun. I just needed to get a few things to help you." Coming out of the bathroom she hung up with the doctor and unfolded a towel for once the baby was born.
"Okay Tamaki just keep breathing you're doing great. When you feel a contraction and the urge to push you go ahead and push alright."
"I…I can't, I'm not ready to have a baby, I messed up. I'm scared."
"Ssh, ssh it's alright. And you really don't have a choice now do you, but you're ready. You're going to be great I just know it and your child knows it too."
He didn't fully believe what Sara said but he didn't have a chance to argue with her as he gripped his sheets and bore down, this was it. His son or daughter was about to be born into the world, ready or not he was about to be a mother.
"Almost there Tamaki, take a deep breath and give me one last push." Taking a deep breath he followed what Sara told him, he could do this, he was strong enough, he wanted to meet his child. Exhaling, he tried to catch his breath while he waited to hear his baby cry. Waiting he tried not to panic, everything was fine, the baby was fine, "S…Sara, are they…are they alright?" Barely getting the words out he heard a wail fill his ears, watching Sara he saw hisbaby in her arms crying. "It's a boy, congratulations Tamaki it's a beautiful baby boy." Wrapping him in one of the other towels she grabbed she handed him over to Tamaki. The smile on his face widened even more than he thought possible as he went into his arms.

Sara sat on the bed beside Tamaki who still had his eyes locked on his child, and he said that he wasn't ready. The doctor had just left happy to report that both of them were doing well and everything had gone better than they could have hoped. Sara knew everything would be alright.
"He is quite a cutie, does he have a name yet?"
"I hadn't thought about names and since I didn't know what I was having I didn't really think about it. He looks like his father….his father." Wrapping an arm around his shoulders Sara gave him a hug as best she could.
"Sweetie, would you like me to call the father, or anyone for you? I could leave a message or something, just some small hint that their son is beautiful and healthy."
"No it's alright, thanks though. It's better this way. What should a name you huh? Something French would be best I think."
"Any part of your name French? I know you said you were from Japan but you told me you were born in France right?"
"René, René Kyouya Suoh. Kyouya after his father. I can't get over how much he looks like his father, I always knew my child would be beautiful but he is almost a splitting image, I hate to think what he look like when he is older."
"Fathers will hide their daughters."
"Hear that René you're going to be quite the heart breaker once you older. But I'm not going to be thinking about that too much."
"Good call, that time will be here soon enough."
"Sara, I hate to ask but do you mind putting him in his crib? I don't feel safe getting up with him in my arms right now."
"Of course, you really shouldn't move much right now anyway. You're body is exhausted, short labor or not your body is still going to be tired. You go ahead and hand him over to me. I'll take care of him while you get some sleep, don't you worry about a thing."
"Thanks Sara I really appreciate it."
"Don't mention it. I'm going to be René's favorite Aunt."
"That's because you'll be his only aunt."
"He doesn't have to know that. Now I'll stop so you can get some rest."
Watching his son in Sara's arms his eyes followed her as she went into the living room area. With a smile on his face he closed his eyes and let his body's exhaustion take over. Sara was right he was tired from delivering. Moving his body a little closer together he fell asleep allowing his mind to wander.
*Kyouya, you're a dad, and he is beautiful just like you. I promise I will be the best mother I can be for our son and whether he knows it or not he will know you in his heart and soul. I love you.*

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Last chapter for 2011! Monday hopefully will bring a new chapter to start 2012 off right. Please review.
~Femalefighter~