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Part Of Your World

Chapter 25

O'Mara welcomed the embrace of being back home, or back at the apartment, once again. Considering what she was experiencing was normal for merfolk pregnancy, her hospital stay was limited to no more than a few hours. And that was because Midorima didn't feel comfortable sending her home with Aomine with a fever so high. Aomine had been quiet since they left the hospital, which struck the teen as odd, his brows furrowed as the new change of events sank in.

"I'm going to go read." O'Mara announced as she shrugged off her jacket, hanging hers and Aomine's in the hall closet.

"You're going to go lay down." Aomine corrected firmly. "Midorima said your fever still needed to go down some and to get some rest." He pointed in the direction of his bedroom.

O'Mara, finding it useless to argue with the stubborn brute, stomped off to do as she was told. Aomine sighed as he sank down into his easy chair, his head slightly throbbing. The day had turned out to be far more stressful than he could've anticipated. Finding out that O'Mara wasn't ill but infact pregnant was pretty decent news, meant he'd have a pretty lively home in no time. Also meant that protecting them was of the utmost importance. He tossed a glance over at his open bedroom door at the now pair, his lover's body lay curled up into a ball under the blankets. His brows furrowed together ad he tried to picture the girl round and trotting quietly around his apartment.

'Well,' He thought. 'Isn't this something.' Aomine turned his attention back to the ceiling, man did he need a drink. Lord only knew he had enough to drink about

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Aomine's eyes watched O'Mara closely as the teen turned the page of her book. Reading, he's noticed long ago, had become her favorite past time. The more Kise traveled, the more books he brought back for her, the more she read. After the discovery of his impending fatherhood, Aomine had all but demanded that O'Mara stay where he could keep a close eye on her. He didn't want anything to happen to her or his kid, which O'Mara tried feverishly to convince him otherwise. Aomine would hear none of it. The now official couple (not that they weren't official before) shared the man's large bedroom, sparing the smaller room for the arrival of the wards the younger Daiki. O'Mara didn't protest much the new adjustments, the closer she was to her lover the better she felt anyway.

"Aomine." The teen said suddenly. "You're staring again."

Aomine blinked, shifting in the bed on his elbows. He'd been in that same position for lord knows how long, his eyes going back and forth between his lover's concentrating face and the steady rising of her belly. It didn't look like she was pregnant, not yet at least. The thought of a small piece of him growing within her was overwhelming.

"Sorry." He grumbled, his keen eyes still on her. He wasn't of course. "Do you need anything?"

"Some space to breath?" She teased.

Aomine rolled his eyes, "Anything but that." He said.

O'Mara closed her book, sitting it aside to join the others in the small stack accumulating on her side of the bed. "Are you going to tell the others?" She asked, changing the subject.

"That we're having a kid? Maybe… not yet though." Said the man, falling into the linens at her side. "I guess my ma would be pretty thrilled. She's just as annoying as Momoi when it comes to me settling down and having a family. Maybe now they'll leave me alone."

O'Mara's brows knitted together as she thought some more on the subject. The more her lover spoke about his family and friends, the more thoughts of their child taking after him in the personality plagued her. Aomine noticed her deep concentration, taking the time to give her flat belly an affectionate pat.

"One thing I do know," He said to the both of them. "I won't be anything like my dad." Aomine vowed.

O'Mara wanted to ask about the late Daiki, but thought better of it. Aomine had many sore subjects about his past, his father seemed to be the sorest. She'd just have to ask Kise about it sometime before their child arrived. She rested a gentle hand in his hair and smiled.

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The plan was for Aomine and O'Mara to keep the news about baby Daiki a secret for the time being. It was news that was taking both parties some time to get used to, no matter how great it was. O'Mara was beginning to witness a different side of her over bearing lover, and it pleased her… from a distance. While she came to terms with the fact that a tiny, half merperson grew within her womb, sending her body into a whirlwind of hay wiring changes. Headaches, to fevers, to hot flashes. O'Mara didn't know what to expect anymore as she started her days. But as the couple tried to go about their lives as normally as they could, their friends came around… and well…

Kise squealed ten octaves high as he hugged onto O'Mara tightly. The blonde had returned from the states from shooting his commercial and had met up with Midorima first. It was the green haired man's da off and the blonde insisted on seeing him in the smallest gap in his overly packed schedule. It was then when Midorima let it slip that Aomine and O'Mara were expecting and thus started the madness. Kise had quickly jumped to his feet, and now that Midorima thought about it, he was sure they didn't even pay for their food before leaving, rushing to their friend's apartment. Aomine thought the building was in a state of emergency by the way loud knocks raided upon his door, no less than surprised to find Kise on the other side, all but bouncing once he opened it. The blonde had rushed inside, paying no attention to Aomine himself, going straight for the teenage girl. The blonde hoisted her into his leanly muscled arms, swinging her around happily, as he squealed like an excited girl at a One Direction concert. Aomine shot Midorima a glare, half tempted to slam the door in his face.

"This is so exciting!" Kise beamed. "A wittle Aomicchi! Let's just hope she's got O'Mara's personality." Everyone but Aomine seemed to nod.

"She?" Asked the father to be, arching a brow. "What makes you so sure it's a girl?" Not that it mattered, all Aomine wanted was a healthy child.

"I just know it is," Said kise effortlessly. "Trust me, I'm a professional."

"At what? Being an idiot?"

"Kise, the baby is no larger than maybe the palm of your hand if not smaller." Said Midorima, getting technical. "There's no way to tell what it is right now."

"But I got a vibe midorimacchi! My vibes don't lie!"

"Uh yeah they do." Vouched Aomine. "Tetsu being a natural blonde? Vibe. Me wanting to be a rapper? Vibe. Midorima and his secret obessesion with acrylic nails and the theory of him wearing them under his bandages? Vibe. Kirimi being a sugar plum fairy? Vibe. Kise. You just make sure you stay clear the hell away from my kid. I don't want your stupid to rub off on it."

Kise pouted, "O'Mara!" He whined. "I can still come by and see wittle Aomicchi, right?" His light brown eyes gleaming.

O'Mara, not back on her feet, nodded. "Of course you can." She said soothingly.

Midorima scoffed, "And so the co-parenting begins."