It's June now 6 months in to Robin's pregnancy. It's now starting to be the start of a hot summer but Barney tries helping her out. I'm sorry about the baby shower I know I promised that it'll be in this chapter but decided to wait with that for the next chapter. Enjoy this chapter it's really good if I do say so myself.
It's now June, and starting to get hotter by the day. It's been getting so hot that it's becoming unbearably uncomfortable for both Robin and the baby. The heat is making her sweat more, making her clothes stick to her body in a way she hated and the baby feels so tight in her stomach that it makes her dizzy and she feels like she'll pass out at any minute. It is truly unbearable to take so Barney, being the sweet husband that he is kept trying to keep her cool both for Robin and for the baby because seeing how uncomfortable she is makes him uncomfortable just looking at her.
"Can you turn up the fan?" Robin said trying to fan herself with a magazine she's holding in her hands.
"Sure." Barney goes over to the giant fan placed in front of them below the giant TV and turns it up.
"Is that good?" Barney asked hoping it was high enough for her since the fan doesn't go any higher than this.
"Yeah, it's good." Robin says still fanning herself with the magazine.
"Hey, I was thinking maybe we should get out of the house for a bit just to get some air. I know it's been hot in the apartment and I really can't do much about the fan or air conditioner but I think some fresh air will help cure your sweating and it might help you relax and cool off." Barney had no other ideas for her to cool off, it's been this entire week that's been hot and it's only getting hotter by the day. He's been doing as much as he can to help Robin but nothing seems to work so his next option is to go outside. Now, since she doesn't have to go on bed rest yet this is the only thing he can come up with to keep Robin cool and comfortable and he hoped it'll work.
"But, it's also hot outside and the humidity is getting stronger, that makes the heat worse." It was only 10 am on this morning but it was already getting hot by the hour and Robin thought by staying inside is best for her and the baby.
"I know that, I just think it'll be better just to try and get out we've been cooped up in here for days now and I see how uncomfortable the heat in here is making you. I'm just trying to help make you feel better cause I don't want anything to happen to you or to her." He points to her rounded belly. He really wants to help her but she keeps rejecting any idea he thinks would help her cool down and it's starting to make him frustrated. Not in a bad way just in the can't you try this for me kind of way.
"You really think it'll help me cool down? I've been so hot and sweaty lately I can barely sleep at night because of the heat." She tells him putting the magazine down on the coffee table and getting up from the couch.
"Yes, I think it will and I know that it will because being in here all week is just making you uncomfortable and me worried." He doesn't say frustrated cause that will just anger Robin so he says worried because it does worry him that she isn't trying to help herself cool down and she needs to be comfortable so she can rest and it's been days since she had a decent nights sleep. He worries about the baby too but he knows she's fine, it's Robin who's always been so stubborn, she's becoming unreasonable.
"Okay, then let me go get changed cause I've been wearing these clothes for three days." Robin goes into the bedroom and changes into shorts and a t-shirt that isn't too revealing and comes back to the living room in time to see Barney cleaning up the mess she left before.
"I'm ready." She says entering the living room.
"Great, I'll be there in a minute just fixing some things over here." He was standing in the kitchen putting away some washed and dry dishes.
Sometimes it's weird to see Barney Stinson cleaning and doing dishes and even being a parent which he will be in a few months. But, it's also really nice to see too because ever since she became pregnant he's been different, helpful and so very sweet to her about everything. He has done everything he could to try and make Robin feel better this week and all she does is complain and say "I'm fine" it's annoying to him but makes her feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have her husband cater to her all the time and he doesn't complain one bit about it. She smiles.
"I'm done, now we can get out." Barney goes over and gets his keys and wallet before taking Robin's hand and leading her out into the hall before shutting the door and locking it behind them.
They took a walk outside but they could feel how hot it was already just by standing in the door way of their building. This is a day that Barney sometimes doesn't want to wear a suit because of how hot it is, but he doesn't care as long as Robin is comfortable. He hopes she's comfortable cause if she isn't then that's a problem.
"Boy, it's really hot." Barney says, already wiping sweat from his forehead.
"Yeah, see told you it wouldn't help anything it's just as hot as inside the apartment." Robin says shying to herself knowing that she was right in saying that it wouldn't help her cool down.
"I guess you were right I was just trying to help. Let's try and forget about the heat and just walk down to the park to get some shade." He wasn't sure when he first went outside if it's a good idea to go to the park since it's too hot for Robin and for himself but he hoped finding some shade will help matters.
They walk down to the park that's on the next block and luck would have it when they found a tree shaded area that had no sun and just shade. They saw a bench under the tree and sat down hoping that the bench wasn't too hot to sit on. It wasn't...
"Well, this is nice. And, cool." Robin said smiling grateful that she can try to cool herself off and get more comfortable and relaxed from being cooped up inside the apartment for this week.
"It is, I think I see an ice cream truck over there." He points to the left of him and shows Robin the truck parked just over the fence. "Would you like anything?" Barney asks, he really wanted some ice cream cause being in this suit is just too hot and needs something to cool him down.
"Yes, a chocolate cone with rainbow sprinkles." She tells him, he kisses her lips before getting up and saying he'll be back.
Robin watched him walk over to the ice cream truck and for some reason she couldn't help but smile as he walked over there and the smile didn't stop her from thinking about how wonderful Barney has been to her ever since she got pregnant. It's now 6 months in to her pregnancy and as she grows bigger and more uncomfortable by the day she's gotten more used to having Barney do everything for her even when she's being unreasonable to him. Barney trying to help her all week makes her feel comfortable because he saw her not being okay and it worried him so much that he tried everything he could think of to get her to relax and cool off from the terrible heat. It's only June and it's just going to get more hotter going into July and August, the months that will have her on bed rest. The heat is only going to be more unbearable to take but she knows that Barney will be there for her when she needs him to be.
Barney walks back from getting the ice cream and notices that Robin has been crying about something. It makes him worry all over again that something's wrong. He hoped it wasn't anything too serious.
"So, I got you your cone." He says handing her her chocolate cone with rainbow sprinkles. "What's wrong?" He says right away not dodging the tears that she tried to control before he came back with the ice cream.
"It's nothing." She says, she then wipes her eyes and face with the napkin from her ice cream cone hoping that Barney won't say anything more about why she's crying.
"It's not, nothing. What's wrong Robin?" He asks in that tone of voice that he only uses with her when he knows something is wrong with Robin. It's something she always loved about him, knowing her so well has always scared her before that's why she was so scared to be with him again for so long even though she was madly in love with him.
"It's just the hormones getting the better of me. They have been getting stronger every day." She says trying to play it off more by saying it's only the hormones but he knows it's more than just the hormones getting to her.
"No, come on Robin tell me what's wrong." He asks as she starts to lick her ice cream trying to contain her tears that she can't seem to control.
He starts to get more worried as she looks away wiping her face again with her hand this time. Every time she does this, keeping something that he knows is important from him he becomes more worried and it always concerns him that something's really wrong with Robin if she can't tell him the things she's thinking about.
"Robin." He starts again pulling her face to look at him. "What's wrong?" He asks again hoping that she will come out and say what's on her mind cause it's really annoying that she can't talk to him like a normal wife does when she's holding something back from him.
"I'm just emotional about things. Things that you have been doing for me lately. You have been so good to me since getting pregnant. I guess I'm just grateful to have you in my life and I'm so happy to be having your baby and to be married to you. It had taken me so long to really have it sink in that you love me this much." She started to tear up again more now than before and Barney just pulled her in and hugged her whispering in her ear "I love you, always have always will. I'm here for you for the rest of our lives, you can tell me anything that is important that you need to talk to me about. I'm always here, I'm not ever going anywhere." And, this makes her stop crying before the pull apart smiling and looking at each other sweetly for the first time since sitting on this bench.
After a few minutes they finished their ice creams and sat on the bench a little while longer just talking and enjoying each other. Robin had confessed about things she had never told Barney and Barney heard everything that she's been holding back for years. They talked about all of their past relationships, from Don to Quinn, they talked about how miserable they were being apart from each other after their first breakup, they talked about the mistakes they made from her staying with Kevin and him proposing to Quinn. Yes, it was all a mistake because he knew that it was always Robin who he truly loved and proposing to Quinn was the most wrong decision he's ever made in his life. But, proposing to Robin was the best decision of his life that he will never regret ever. And, she told him that picking Kevin over him was the worst decision of her life because she was in love with Barney then and always was, she was just afraid that he didn't feel the same way as her, and that he wasn't ready for a serious relationship again with her. But, all of that now is in the past and now they are looking at their future. A future they never thought was possible but became possible because their love for each other never died and was always there and will always be there.
They walked back to their apartment soon there after holding hands, talking and laughing. It was a nice day to get out, Barney was right some fresh air (albeit hot air) was good for both of them and it did relax her and make her sweating and uncomfortableness go away. They were both truly in a great place in their lives and soon they will begin a new chapter with their daughter in just a few months. It was truly the most wonderful time of the year for them.