So I decided to start this chapter where I left off on "Speech". Enjoy.
Sokka can't help but grin at the amount of food that was sitting in front of him right now. Honestly, he was drooling but Suki closed his mouth before he could slobber all over the food. The two of them were celebrating the completion of Sokka's recent speech at his favorite restaurant with an all-you-can-eat meat special. Sokka dug into his food immediately after the server brought it out, causing his wife to chuckle. He managed to get through a couple of plates of food before realizing Suki hadn't really eaten anything.
"Hay, awe wu okay?" Sokka asks with his mouth full of food, earning him a disapproving look from his wife. He swallows the food quickly before repeating his question.
"Are you okay?" He asks again.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
"You haven't really eaten anything. Did you not want anything that we ordered? We can get something else. Were you not hungry yet? We could have waited longer before going out to eat."
"No…I just…don't feel so good….Everything I've eaten over the past couple of days doesn't really seem to want to stay down."
Sokka frowns.
"Do you have a fever or anything else?"
"Not that I know of…," Suki feels her forehead to check but it feels normal to her.
"Maybe you should go see a doctor…."
"But-"
"I know, I know. You don't like doctors. At least go see Kat later on. For me?" Sokka pleads.
Suki sighs.
"Fine…."
"I would say try to eat a bit more but I don't know how sick you already feel…"
Suki smiles softly at the worried look on her husband's face.
"I think I'm fine right now. I'll try to eat a bit more and I'll go see Katara after work tomorrow."
Sokka frowns again.
"Before work, you mean," Sokka corrects, raising an eyebrow at the fact that his wife was still planning to go to work despite stating she hadn't been feeling well.
"I definitely meant after work," She pushes stubbornly. She rarely admitted to Sokka when she was in pain or when she felt sick. The fact that he would basically try to bed rid her being one of the main reasons why.
"Suki…," Sokka says slowly, giving her a pointed look.
"Sokka," Suki retorts, giving her husband a look that read "you're not changing my mind". Sokka sighs.
"Fine. Just please make sure to go see Katara tomorrow and be careful at work."
"I got it. Now eat up. We're supposed to be celebrating."
Sokka's smile returns to his face.
"You don't have to tell me twice."
"Hey, Kat are you busy right now?" Suki asks after calling her sister-in-law on the telephone. Suki still hasn't gotten used to her husband invention but she had to admit it was useful. Sokka had made sure to get one in every Gaang member's home so that it would be easy to communicate with each other.
"Nope. I actually just got back home. What's up?" Katara responded. She and Aang recently got engaged and were in the final stages of putting together Air Temple Island as well as planning their wedding. The young lovebirds had been staying in their new house on the island for the time being.
"…I haven't really been feeling well and Sokka-"
"Keeps bugging you to go see someone?" Katara finishes her sentence.
Suki chuckles because Katara was quite used to the way Sokka acted whenever someone he cared about was sick or hurt.
"Yeah. Do you mind if I come over for a little while?"
"That's fine. I'll see you soon."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye."
Suki hangs up the phone. She sighs, feeling rather nauseous again. She finds herself thinking that she probably just has a stomach bug or something little like that before making her way towards the door of her house and leaving to go see Katara.
"Hi." Katara greets Suki happily as usual, immediately getting the Kyoshian girl to sit down on the nearest couch in her house before going to fix tea for both of them. They chat for a little while, catching up on things that's been happening since they last saw each other, which was at a dinner party in celebration of Republic City's official opening. After chatting awhile, Katara decides to start seeing what may ailing Suki.
"So what exactly do you mean by not feeling well?" Katara asks.
"I haven't been able to keep much food down," Suki replies.
"That's it? No fever, no coughing, sneezing?" Katara presses.
"That's it," Suki responds after thinking for a bit.
"…When did your last cycle come?" Katara asks, starting to feel like she might know what is actually happening with Suki. Suki was married after all and had been talking to Sokka about possibly expanding their family.
"…," Suki looks at Katara with a blank expression before realization hits her, "six weeks ago."
"The look on your face tells me you're thinking that same thing I'm thinking. Lie down so I can make sure," Katara instructs. Suki complies, lying down on the couch will Katara goes to fill a small basin with water.
"Pull your shirt up, dumb dumb," Katara instructs, giggling at the fact that Suki honestly hadn't realized what was going on despite her usually sharp perception. Suki laughs too, wondering why she hadn't even considered the answer that was obvious at that point.
Katara bends some water out of the basin before hovering it over Suki's stomach. It only takes the master water bender a few seconds to confirm that their hunch was correct. She smiles brightly at the auburn girl.
"Yep. You're pregnant."
Despite Katara just saying that she was expecting, Suki was still having a hard time fully letting the idea sink it. None-the-less, a smile graces her face causing Katara's to become wider. Katara bends the water back into the basin and gets up to pour out the water as Suki sits back up on the couch. When Kat returns, she sits down next to Suki.
"Congrats."
"Thanks."
"I'm both happy for you two and weirded out at the notion of my brother being married and about to have child."
Suki chuckles.
"I guess I should go tell Sokka. He should be home from work by now."
"Tell me how he reacts when you get a chance."
Suki chuckles again before agreeing to do so. She stands up, says her goodbyes, and starts making her way back to her house. She can't help smile and place her hand on her stomach as she makes her way back home.
"So I went to go see Katara," Suki starts. She and Sokka were cuddling on the couch and had just finished eating dinner. Suki, despite how happy she was over the news, was rather nervous about telling Sokka. Not so much over the subject matter itself but about how she was going to tell him. It ended up taking her until they finished dinner to think of what she would say.
"And how did it go?" Sokka asks, looking at her with concern. Suki kisses his lips tenderly before giving him a soft smile.
"It went well. I'm just stupid."
Sokka lifts an eyebrow up out of confusion.
"I was thinking I was sick and hadn't realized the answer was really simple."
"So exactly what's making you feel so nauseous then?"
She breaks out into a smile, unable to help herself, causing her husband to be confused again.
"I'm pregnant."
Sokka blinks a couple of times before slowly beginning to grin.
"You're pregnant?" He asks, wanting to make sure he heard her right and that he wasn't just dreaming. She nods her head, confirming that he had indeed heard her correctly. Sokka pulls Suki into a hug suddenly, causing his wife to break out into giggles. He can't help but laugh in response. He peppers her face with kisses before pressing his lips against her own.
"So, we're going to be parents soon…," Sokka muses aloud.
"Yeah, you're going to be a daddy soon."
Sokka smiles, letting his hands lie on Suki's stomach. He honestly couldn't wait.
One Month
Sokka couldn't help but smile every time he looked at his wife. It wasn't extremely noticeable yet, but she was starting to get a baby bump- much to both of their excitement. Suki had still been fairly nauseous over the last few weeks but being her usual self, she acted like she was fine and wouldn't let Sokka help her whenever her food felt like it was trying to make its way back up. After a while, her food decided to finally start cooperating. Suki had insisted on still going to work for the first few months of her pregnancy despite the fact that she would be training with police academy students in hand-to-hand combat. Sokka had been against it of course, worrying about both his wife and his child's safety but eventually had to give in thanks to Suki's stubbornness.
Today, Suki would be doing some training with a group of about fifteen police academy students. She was still getting used to the fact that she would be training people who were mainly older than her rather than little kids or women that were her age. Some of her students that arrived early to set up the training room, were currently chatting since Suki had yet to arrive.
"Hey, is she really pregnant?" One of the oldest students, Fu, asks.
"Yeah, that's what I've been hearing from some of the others," another student, Jian, responds.
"What? Who the hell would get her pregnant?" asks Kuo, one of Suki's more obnoxious students.
"Well, she is married," Li comments, busy putting out the training mats that were used during the student's sessions with Suki.
"What?" Kuo asks, surprised by Li's statement.
"She must be way different when she isn't training students. Because she's pretty much a slave driver here," Daichi, another one of Suki's more obnoxious students, states
"She's not that bad you guys...," Lian, one of Suki's few female students for today's training, says shyly.
"She's nice to you," Kuo mutters
"Probably because you're a girl and she's a total feminist," Daichi scoffs.
"More like you and Kuo are sexist asses that need to be whipped into thinking correctly," Yi corrects, earning her laughter from Lian, Fu, and Li.
"As if a girl can beat me. Last time I checked, I could kick Lian's behind in a match," Daichi retorts throwing a glare over at Lian, who immediately stops giggling.
"There's nothing amazing about beating someone who literally just started training a couple of days ago. If anything, she's making more progress in a few days than you did in a couple of months."
"You little-"
"HEY!" Suki yells, "This is a place for training not arguing. You're going to be working together in the field for as long as you two plan on working in the police force so you might as well get used to each other." Suki makes her way over towards the group of students that arrived early for training. The students bow in greeting.
"I'm sorry Chief Suki," Yi apologizes.
"What happened for you to get into an argument with someone?" Suki asks. Yi was usually the peacekeeper among Suki's students. There were very few things that would annoy Yi enough to start a confrontation but, when she was annoyed enough, Yi's words could definitely cut deeply.
"Kuo and Daichi were being sexist jerks again."
Suki sighs, rubbing her temples, one of the many habits she had gotten from her husband over the years.
"When everyone gets here, we're going to pair up and spar. Daichi, you and Yi are going to be sparring together and Kuo will be sparring with me."
Daichi throws Suki an annoyed look while Kuo can't seem to hide how scarred he is. Yi smirks at Daichi before agreeing to the idea that Suki gave.
"But, Chief, no offense," Li starts, "should you be sparring?"
"Why would I not?" Suki retorts.
"Um...we heard you were pregnant," Lian says softly.
"I am but I'm only a month along. We'll be training in full uniform today so I'll have armor on," Suki replies.
"I see," Li continues setting out mats.
"So wait, who are you married to again?" Kuo asks, trying to act like he knew she was married to begin with and shake off the anxiety he was having at the thought of sparring with Suki.
"Councilman Sokka, right?" Fu asks. Suki nods.
"So are we just going to skip over the fact that we're probably going to have a replacement teacher for almost a year?" Daichi asks, his annoyance made obvious through his speech.
"That's right. You won't really be able to teach us after a while, huh?" Yi asks, disappointment seeping into her voice.
"I'll be here for another month but after that I'll just be checking in every-once-in-a-while. As far as a replacement teacher, I'm currently looking into some possible candidates," Suki explains, as the rest of the students start to make their way into the training room. "Everyone pair up with someone unless I've already told you who your partner will be. We're going to go change into uniforms and spar for today's session," Suki announces.
Needless to say, both Daichi and Kuo got their asses handed to them during sparring.
Three Months
Suki smiles, making her way to the Main Council Hall. Normally, Suki would go see him in his office but Sokka was having a meeting today so she decided to surprise him and walk him home. When she first got there, the guards unsurprisingly stopped her, since civilians were not allowed inside during the meetings.
"Sorry, but we can't let you go inside while meetings are being held," the older of the two guards states.
"But isn't that Chief Suki?" The younger guards asks quietly.
"Unless I'm notified beforehand, we're not allowed to let anyone in," The older fellow retorts.
"Do you need a message to be given to one of the councilmen?" The younger man asks politely.
"No. I'm just waiting for the meeting to end so I can walk my husband home," Suki replies.
"Husband? I didn't know you were married, Chief," The younger guard states.
"And I didn't realize it was that was such a big secret...," Suki retorts, feeling a bit bad that no one seemed to know she and Sokka were married.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply-"
"No. No. I just don't really share stuff about my personal life so it isn't all that surprising that you wouldn't know."
"Should I get you a chair to sit on Miss?" The older guard asks upon realizing that Suki was pregnant. The younger guard looks at the older with a confused expression before looking back to Suki and realizing why he asked such a question.
"I'm-" Suki starts.
"I'll run and get you one," the younger guard states before she can stop him.
It doesn't take him long to return. Suki thanks him quietly and chats with the two guards as she waits for the meeting to be adjourned. She sits up and moves to the side of the doorway, when the councilmen begin to leave the Hall. Sokka is one of the last people to walk out and is surprised to see his wife there.
"Hey. Whatcha doing here, beautiful?" Sokka asks, walking over to her and planting a kiss on her lips.
"Figured I'd walk you home," Suki responds.
"I see."
Sokka looks at the guards beside her before saying, "Thank you for keeping her company while she waited." The two guards bow as the younger states, "If anything she kept us company." Sokka smiles, understanding that guarding jobs can be boring when nothing's particularly happening. He grabs one of his wife's hands and leads her towards their house, unable to stop smiling at the fact that Suki came to walk him home from work despite her feet being achy over the last couple of weeks.
"Want a foot message when we get home?" Sokka offers. Suki smiles softly before nodding her head.
Five Months
"Do you think I'll be an okay dad...?" Sokka asks his wife quietly. The couple was lying in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. Suki looks at her husband, a bit shocked by his sudden uncertainty.
"I'm sure you'll be an amazing dad, Sokka. There's no need to worry."
"But what if I'm not ready...?"
"I don't think anyone's truly ever ready to have kids... But I know you'll do great. If anything we should be worried over whether I'll be a terrible mother."
"No way. You're going to be awesome. You work well with kids all of the time."
"Yeah, with other people's kids. This one's ours," Suki states, rubbing her belly that's grown in size over the last two months. Sokka smiles. "Plus I can't even cook or do any of those other things..."
"Since when do those things define a good mom? Plus you've been doing way better with cooking! You haven't burnt or under-cooked anything in weeks."
Suki blinks a few times before smiling softly.
"Yeah. We'll be alright. Neither one of us is going to be perfect but we'll definitely do our best and love our kid no matter what," Suki says, snuggling closer to husband.
"Yeah. I love you," Sokka says meeting Suki's eyes.
"I love you," Suki replies lovingly.
"And I love you too," Sokka coos, rubbing his wife's swollen stomach. Suki smiles and can't help but think that her husband will definitely be an amazing father.
Seven Months
Sokka wasn't particularly surprised to find his wife fast asleep on their couch when he came home from work. He chuckles to himself because she's drooling a bit but tries to avoid making any further noise so that Suki can sleep peacefully. He walks into the kitchen quietly and starts trying to decide what to make for dinner. Apparently he either wasn't quiet enough or his wife could hear the most minute of sounds because he soon hears a "how was work" coming from the living room.
"It was okay. Just paper work in the office."
"Oh. Did your assistant help?"
"I got a new one, remember? She doesn't know how to do most of the paper work yet but she is learning pretty quickly."
"I see. Is she pretty?"
Sokka frowns, knowing where this conversation was heading. Their conversations always went this direction every time he got a new assistant-which occurred often because the assistants would work for one councilman but then switch to a new one after a while. Suki wasn't usually the type to be worried over little things like the attractiveness of the girls Sokka worked with but her hormones were making her act unlike herself.
"I don't know. It doesn't really matter. No one can compare to how pretty you are," Sokka states, trying to end this conversation quickly through flattery. Sokka wasn't lying in the slightest but he would usually deliver his compliments with a bit more finesse. Suki wasn't having it though.
"Yeah right..."
Sokka sighs and walks into the living room. Suki won't look at him.
"Look at me, baby," Sokka tries. Suki still continues to look at anything but him. Sokka walks over to the couch and sits down next to his wife. He can't say he's particularly surprised by the tears that start falling down her cheeks. He wipes them away as the fall down her face. Suki frowns.
"I've gained a lot of weight. I eat a lot and sleep a lot. All I do is complain about stuff. A-and-"
Sokka cuts her off with a kiss.
"You're carrying a child, my love. That's going to take a lot of energy out of you so you need to eat and sleep a lot. If anything, I'm happy you're complaining because you never did before and it meant I didn't know what to do to help you but now I can make sure you're safe and comfy," Sokka tells Suki softly. "Stop worrying about me getting new assistants that may or may not be pretty. As far as I'm concerned, you carrying my child is the sexiest thing in the world." Suki blushes causing Sokka to smile at her. He kisses her again before playfully asking her if she wanted him to prove it. She can't help but smile, taking up his offer.
Nine Months
"S-sokka?" Suki whispers, panic filling her voice.
"Hm?" Sokka asks, still half asleep.
"I think m-my water broke," Suki says.
"Really?" Sokka asks, quickly sitting up despite his body wanting to go back to sleep.
Suki nods, biting her lips due to a contraction. Sokka rushes over to the phone in order to call Katara.
"Hello?" Katara answers after a while.
"Hey, I know its really late-" Sokka starts.
"This better be good or I'll kill you,"
"Suki's water broke..."
"Is she having contractions yet?"
Sokka looks into his bedroom, noticing the pained expression on Suki's face.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure she is"
"Why didn't you just say that first then? I'll be right over!"
Katara's at Sokka and Suki's house in record time, immediately giving orders to her brother and soon-to-be husband.
"Suki, I need you to take deep breaths with me while we wait for Aang and Sokka to get back with some of the other stuff I need, okay?" Katara says as calmly as possible. Suki nods, copying Katara as she inhales and exhales deeply. Sokka and Aang return soon with everything Katara asks for.
"You're doing such a great job. Just keep listening to my voice, okay?" Katara instructs, starting to get Suki ready to give birth.
Katara continues to coach Suki through giving birth over the next hour, having to stop half way to make Aang drag Sokka out of the bedroom after he fainted. Upon regaining consciousness, Sokka was a bit more helpful, holding Suki's hand through the process despite feeling like his wife would honestly break his hand. After an hour passed, Suki finally gave birth to a healthy girl. Katara smiles coaxing her brother into coming with her to clean his daughter up while Aang awkwardly tries to help Suki compose her breathing. Sokka can't help but smile as he cleans his child, proudly bringing her back into the bedroom for Suki to hold her once he has finished.
"What are you two going to name her?" Katara asks, when she finally walks back into the couple's bedroom.
Sokka and Suki look at each other and smile.
"Yue," they say in unison, staring lovingly at their newborn daughter.
So yeah. I hope the format was too confusing! I originally was going to separate the story into Suki finding out she was pregnant and Suki's pregnancy but I just decided to keep them together. I avoided making Sokka faint when he found out Suki was pregnant but couldn't help myself when she was giving birth! Sokka and fainting is just a must apparently! Sorry if the ending seems a bit rushed but I don't really know how to write a child birth scene. Maybe I'll get better in the future, considering there's four Sukka children total!
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Leave a comment if you want~