Chapter 24

Morning came soon but what woke everyone up wasn't the sound of alarm…it was the cry of children…

Lady Katou and Iwaki were the first ones to wake up they rushed to the kitchen as that was where the cry of the children were coming from.

Iwaki reached before lady Katou and Katou was right behind him.

Iwaki slammed open the door and saw that breakfast was being made and the cry was because Nao did not want to eat the baby food he was given at all. Iwaki then stepped in but he didn't see the other small toddler right in front of him, and as soon as he stepped he stumbled and fell on his face. Katou immediately picked Ayace up and hushed him as the toddler was crying due to being rolled over by Iwaki's leg.

But then suddenly Katou's face became pale and he shouted.

"IWAKI-SAN!" then he handed the baby to his mother and grabbed Iwaki. The reason he screamed was that Iwaki had his eyes shut tight and was clenching his stomach with an awfully painful expression on his face.

Ashi ran to the scene and told Katou to lay Iwaki on the sofa so that he would be able to check him properly. Katou picked Iwaki up bridle style and placed him on the nearest sofa. Ashi then lifted Iwaki's shirt and began to feel Iwaki's lower abdomen.

Akira and the rest of the people in the house came running as they had heard Katou scream Iwaki's name and got worried.

Ashi then sighed and said.

"It's alright…the reason Iwaki-san was feeling pain was because when he fell on his stomach the babies pressed against his internal organs and that caused cramps in Iwaki-san's intestinal area… (then he got off his knees and stood up) rest is assured Iwaki-san will be just fine…but just to be on the safe side I would recommend have an ultrasound…just to make sure…"

By now Iwaki had relaxed as Ashi had told Akira to give a special type of massage to Iwaki's lower abdomen. Akira knew how to do it because a situation like this had happened before with Ashi as well. Five minutes after Akira had started that massage Iwaki was now relaxed. Soon Akira taught Katou how to do it and then Katou had begun to massage Iwaki instead of Akira. Ashi slowly asked Akira.

"Why did you stop massaging? Katou isn't experienced as you are in massaging…"

"Well Katou is the jealous type and I could feel his burning glances…besides if something similar happens again I won't be there to do it so who better than Katou himself?" replied Akira with a smile.

Ashi smiled back at him and saw that Nao had escaped from the kitchen and the food that was being fed to him.

Ashi left the kitchen following the crawling toddler and when the toddler saw his father coming he tried to crawl as fast as he could but couldn't outrun his father and was caught.

"Thought you could escape me now did you…hehehe well sorry for the disappointment but you have to eat your breakfast whether you like it or not." Smirked Ashi, evilly.

Nao began to shiver and started to protest his father's hold but they had entered the kitchen and Nao was protesting at full speed and force. Everyone in the kitchen saw how, Nao was pushing on his father's face and trying to get out of the strong embrace.

Lady Katou, Iwaki, Katou and everyone else in the kitchen started to giggle and laugh at what was happening.

Akira then came and grabbed Nao out of Ashi's embrace saying.

"Oh…there we go (he then held him and kissed his son on the chest) Ssshhh…don't cry…if you don't wanna eat that then it's fine…daddy will make you something else to eat okay?"

"Aki! You're not supposed to spoil him like that! I mean look at Ayace and Mira! They both ate quietly and now are asleep! Nao's the only one that is spoiled so much!" said Ashi in a serious but soft tone.

"Aw c'mon! relax will you!? They boy clearly doesn't want to eat that baby food…he might want to eat another flavor maybe." Replied Akira softly.

Ashi sighed and said.

"If that boy gets out of hand then it's all your fault…got it?"

"Yeah, yeah whatever! I just want my son to be happy!" said Akira while smirking at Ashi.

Everyone in the room chuckled and were smiling, Katou looked at Iwaki thinking that in time they would be doing the same thing.

At the table everyone had begun to eat and were enjoying a lot. When suddenly Ashi got out of his seat, holding his mouth in his hand, he dashed towards the toilet. Akira got up as well and followed Ashi, lady Katou got worried and ran after the two Katou slowly got up and said that he will see what the matter was.

When he was walking towards the toilet his mother passed him quickly and went towards the kitchen. When he reached the destination he saw Ashi was bending over the toilet and Akira was holding Ashi's head with one hand and the other was supporting his belly, in a position in which Ashi's back touched Akira's chest.

"Its alright…you'll be just fine…don't hold back…let it all out…" said Akira with a soothing voice.

"I've brought water!" said lady Katou from behind.

Katou then saw that Ashi was getting ready to get up so he reached forward and grabbed a towel and handed it to Akira who said thanks, took the towel and gently wiped Ashi's mouth as he was getting up. Katou's mother handed Ashi the iced water and Akira helped Ashi sip on it. Akira then told the lady Katou, who was looking super worried, that it was nothing and just minor morning sickness and that there was nothing to worry about. Soon Katou went back to the room in which tea had been served and everyone were talking on random things.

Katou entered and the next moment Masahiro's wife asked what had happened.

"It's nothing! It's just that Ashi is going through a little bit of morning sickness…that's all…" said Katou with his face glooming at the end of the sentence.

Soon after Katou had said that, Ashi entered with Akira and lady Katou on both sides. Everyone saw how pale Ashi's face had become and got worried. Iwaki saw this and thought that he might also be in this kind of situation. Akira then brought Ashi to the sofa on which Iwaki was sitting as well. When Akira placed Ashi on the sofa Ashi sighed very loudly.

"What's wrong Ashi?" said Akira.

"It's nothing…I'm just…tiered…" replied Ashi in a low voice and then closed his eyes.

"Hmm…" then Akira also gave out a light sigh.

After a while Ashi became fine and said that he wanted to go to the aquarium in the city. Iwaki joined in and said that he also wanted to go. When Iwaki was going Katou was of course, also going to go with them. Masahiro, his wife, Yoko and her husband also joined in on the plan. All the young people in the house were going and all the old people decided to stay at home and enjoy having discussions about books and other things.