Here's the next chapter.
Sorry that I didn't update it yeasterday, but I was tired and sick. I'm still a little sick, so I don't know if I'll do any writing for the next few days or not.
Enjoy!
Chapter 28- The Triplets Arrive
~Three Months later~
Yugi was coming to the end of his pregnancy, and he was big. He was also rather miserable.
Seto and Yami did what they could to make Yugi feel better, but there was very little that was going to make him happy at the time.
Mokuba was excited about the fact that he was going to be an uncle. He helped Yugi out a lot, much to Yugi's gratitude.
Heba and Atemu's daughters were now nine months old, and the two girls were bundles of energy. Kathryn was walking everywhere while Hayden was still trying to get the hang of walking.
Amara and Aknankanon had decided to move out to Domino to be near their sons and granddaughters. They were looking forward to when Yugi would have the triplets, though.
"I hate how I look." Yugi muttered to himself as he looked in a mirror.
"You look fine, Yugi." Yami said as he walked up behind Yugi and wrapped his arms around Yugi.
"I'm fat, though." Yugi said.
Yami rolled his eyes. "You are pregnant, Yugi. There's a big difference." Yami said.
"Not to me." Yugi replied, going back to the bed to sit down.
"Do you need anything?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. For the babies to come already." Yugi replied.
"Well, I can't help you with that." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
"Well, is there anything that I can actually do for you?" Yami asked.
"No." Yugi replied.
"All right. I'm going to head over to Seto's office and do some work. Just yell if you need anything." Yami said.
"I will." Yugi replied.
Yami then left the room.
Since Yugi had gotten further along, Seto and Yami didn't really want to leave Yugi alone, so the two would take turns staying home and working from the house, although Seto went to the office more than Yami did since Seto was the head of the company.
Yugi had tried to do some reading, but he found it impossible.
Finally, Yugi decided to work on an idea that he had. He'd been thinking about it for a while, but he hadn't gotten around to trying it. He'd thought about trying to write a novel based around his life with Seto and Yami back in ancient Egypt. Granted, he'd change a lot of the details such as their names and other things when he wrote it. He also planned to give the characters in the book a happy ending instead of the sad one that the three had gotten.
Getting his laptop, which he had been keeping close to the bed so that he didn't have to get up to get it, Yugi got out his laptop and turned it on as well as getting out the notes and outline that he had written out for reference, and he started to work on it.
Yami had gone into Seto's office and sat down at Seto's desk. He turned on the computer and started to do some of the work he had.
After he had gotten about halfway through what he had brought him, Yami's phone rang.
Yami took out the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Hi, Yami. What are you doing?" Seto asked.
"I'm in your office trying to do some of the work that I was given to do by you, Set." Yami answered.
"What about Yugi?" Seto asked.
"He's fine. He's in our room. He's not exactly thrilled with how fat he is right now, so I thought that I'd come in here and do some work. He can call if he needs something. Besides, I don't want to take the chance that Yugi might try to kill me." Yami said.
Seto laughed. "I can understand that. As long as he's fine." Seto said.
"He is? How's work?" Yami asked.
"Not bad right now. I do have a few meetings later today, so that could change." Seto said.
"I know that's true. With any luck, you'll have an easy day." Yami said.
"Probably not. I'm trying to get as far ahead as I possibly can with my work so that I can take some time off when Yugi has the babies." Seto said.
"We have the same idea. We're both going to want to be there as much as possible right after he has the triplets." Yami said.
"I still wish that Yugi had wanted to find out what the genders of the kids are. I would have liked to know so that I could buy things for them." Seto said.
"Hasn't stopped you. You've just been getting things for both." Yami said.
"Yeah, but the way our luck goes, all three will be the same gender." Seto said.
"You never know." Yami said.
"I know. I'd better go and get back to work." Seto said.
"I probably should, too. I'll see you when you get home, Set." Yami said.
"All right, Yami. Love you." Seto said.
"Love you, too." Yami said and hung up. 'Now, I'd better get back to work.' Yami thought.
Mokuba walked upstairs with a bowl of ice cream topped with chocolate syrup. He knocked on the door to his brother's bedroom.
"Come in." Yugi called.
Mokuba opened the door and walked in. "Hey, Yugi." Mokuba said.
Yugi looked up and smiled. "Hey, Mokuba. What are you doing here?" Yugi asked.
Mokuba walked over. "I thought I'd bring you think." Mokuba answered, holding out the bowl.
Yugi smiled. He set the laptop aside and took the bowl of ice cream. "Thank you, Mokuba. I appreciate it." Yugi said.
"You're welcome. I just thought that you might like it." Mokuba said, sitting on the bed with Yugi.
"Well, I do." Yugi said.
"How are you doing?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm okay. I just wish that the babies would come already." Yugi answered, starting to eat the ice cream.
"I do, too, but my reasons are different." Mokuba said.
Yugi smiled. "I want to see them as much as anyone else. I can't wait to see what they look like." Yugi said.
"What did your kids from back in ancient Egypt took like?" Mokuba asked. He knew about the fact that Yugi, Yami, and Seto had been together back in ancient Egypt, and he asked them questions about it sometimes.
"Well, Sampson was the boy, as you know. He looked mostly like Yami, only he didn't have the streaks like Yami does. The girl, Esmerelda, had brown hair like Seto, and her eyes were a mixture of sapphire and amethyst." Yugi answered.
"They sound cute." Mokuba said.
"They were." Yugi said. He smiled and said, "But I'm sure that you'll find these three just as cute whenever they are born."
"Yeah. I know I will. I can't wait to spoil them." Mokuba said.
Yugi laughed. "I guess we're going to have to watch out." Yugi said.
"Well, you know that everyone is going to spoil them rotten." Mokuba said.
"I know." Yugi answered. He then winced.
"Are you okay?" Mokuba asked, worried that something might be wrong.
"Just a hard kick. They're been happening a lot lately." Yugi answered.
"Can I feel them?" Mokuba asked. He liked to feel when the babies were kicking, but he always asked Yugi first.
"Sure." Yugi said. He placed Mokuba's hand where the babies had kicked him.
It wasn't long before Mokuba felt the babies kick. "It's just so amazing." Mokuba said.
"I know." Yugi said. He laughed and said, "Everyone talks about how babies aren't here until after they are born, but I know first hand that they are already here. I am constantly reminded of it."
"I can see that." Mokuba said, removing his hand. He looked at Yugi's laptop and said, "Working on the next book?"
"No. That's actually something different that I thought about doing." Yugi said.
"What is it?" Mokuba asked.
"It's going to be a novel. I'm basing it around the life that Yami, Seto, and I lived back in ancient Egypt. Granted, I'm changing a lot of things, but that's what it is. I'm playing with it right now. I've just wanted to try something like that." Yugi said.
"What do Seto and Yami think?" Mokuba asked.
"I didn't tell them, and I don't want you to, either." Yugi said.
"Why not?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm not sure how far I'm going to take this, and I'd rather not have them putting their two cents every time I turn around." Yugi said.
"I understand. I won't tell them." Mokuba promised.
By this time, Yugi had finished the bowl of ice cream.
A moment later, the door to the room opened, and Yami walked in. "I didn't realize that you were in here, Mokuba." Yami said.
"Yeah. I just brought Yugi some ice cream, and we've been talking." Mokuba said.
"Well, glad to know that you haven't been lonely." Yami said.
"How could I be? I have three people inside of me." Yugi said.
"That's true." Yami said.
"How many times has Seto called to check up on me?" Yugi asked.
Yami laughed. "You know Seto all too well." Yami said.
"Yes. I do. How many?" Yugi asked.
"Only once so far. He has some meetings this afternoon, so he's not going to have much time to call." Yami answered.
"Well, that's not bad." Mokuba said.
"Opposed to the ten calls yesterday, I suppose so." Yugi agreed.
"He's just worried." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
"Besides, Dr. Reynolds did say that you could have them at any time, so I think that Seto has the right to be worried." Mokuba said.
"He's right about that." Yami said.
"Okay. I get the point." Yugi said.
"Well, I'll go back downstairs. I'm meeting Serenity pretty soon." Mokuba said. He took the bowl from Yugi and took it back downstairs as he went.
"Mokuba and Serenity seem to be getting along just fine." Yami said.
"Yeah. It just took getting their brothers to not try and keep them apart." Yugi said.
"Well, I think you did a pretty good job of that." Yami said.
"I'm just glad that I was able to do it. Mokuba and Serenity make a good couple, and it would be a shame if they couldn't have been together simply because their brothers dislike each other." Yugi said.
"I agree with you on that." Yami agreed.
"In any case, things worked out for the best." Yugi said as he cut off the laptop.
"Yes. They did." Yami said. He walked over and sat down on the bed with Yugi. "So, how are you doing?" Yami asked.
"I'm okay. I was telling Mokuba what Sampson and Esmerelda looked like." Yugi said.
"Why?" Yami asked.
"Because he wanted to know." Yugi said.
"Well, I can't wait until these three get here." Yami said, rubbing Yugi's stomach.
"Neither can I." Yugi said.
"We all know you're ready for the kids to come." Yami said.
"I don't want them to come just because I'm tired of being pregnant. I also want them to come because I want to see what they look like." Yugi said.
"We all want to see them because of that." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
"Don't worry. You'll have them before you know it." Yami said.
"Dr. Reynolds is on call at all times, right?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. Why?" Yami asked, curious.
"Because I had them in the middle of the night five thousand years ago, and Mutou babies are notorious for coming in the middle of the night." Yugi answered.
Yami chuckled. "Don't worry. He'll be ready whenever they decide to come." Yami said.
"Good." Yugi said. He shifted and said, "Yami, could you do me a favor?"
"Sure." Yami said.
"Could you massage my back? I really need it." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "Sure thing." Yami replied. He then started to give Yugi the massage.
When Seto got home, he found Yugi and Yami sitting on their bed. "What's going on?" Seto asked.
"Well, we got to thinking that we haven't even discussed names for the babies, so we thought that we'd look through one of these books with baby names." Yami answered.
"I hope you weren't planning to decide what to name them without me." Seto said.
"Of course not. We were just getting some ideas." Yugi answered.
"Any good ones?" Seto asked.
"None that's jumped out at us." Yami replied.
Seto walked on over. "Well, I'm sure that we can come up with something." Seto said. He then remembered something. "Of course, that's going to have to wait." Seto said.
Yami and Yugi looked up at him.
"Why's that?" Yami asked.
"Because Atemu and Heba are coming over here along with the girls for dinner." Seto answered.
"Oh. Okay." Yami said.
"That's fine. At least it's no business associate." Yugi said.
Seto laughed. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. I know that you don't particularly want anyone that's with the business over for dinner right now. I wouldn't do that to you." Seto said.
"Thank you." Yugi said.
That night, Atemu and Heba had come over for dinner with their daughters.
"How are you doing, Yugi?" Heba asked.
"I'm fine. I'm just ready for them to come." Yugi answered.
"Be ready when they are." Atemu said.
"Why's that?" Yami asked.
"Because Mom's going to be coming over here a lot to see them." Atemu said.
"Do you still see them a lot?" Yami asked.
"Oh, yeah. Mom loves coming to see her granddaughters." Atemu answered.
"Well, I think that we can deal with that." Seto said.
"I hope that you can." Heba said.
When dinner was ready, the group went into the dining room to eat.
"Any idea when the babies could come?" Heba asked.
"No. Dr. Reynolds just told me that they could come at any time." Yugi said.
"I take it that you two are ready for when it comes." Atemu said, looking at Seto and Yami.
"Yes. We are." Yami said.
"That's good to know." Atemu said.
Yugi was the one who ended up eating the most.
"I never knew that you had such a heavy appetite, Yugi." Atemu commented.
"I'm eating for four. What do you expect?" Yugi asked.
Heba laughed. "I know what you mean. I ate a lot more when I was pregnant, too." Heba said.
"As long as he stays healthy and the babies are healthy, it doesn't matter how much he eats." Yami said.
"I agree. Besides, it's not like it's going to break us." Seto said.
"It would take a lot to break you." Yami said.
"Right back at you." Seto replied.
"Touché." Atemu replied.
Heba and Yugi shook their heads.
"Come on. Let's get you somewhere more comfortable, Yugi." Heba said when they were done eating.
"Good idea." Yugi said.
"What about dessert?" Yami asked.
"We can have it in the living room." Yugi answered as he and his brother headed into the living room.
"Well, I guess they've spoken." Seto said.
"I take it that you're used to it." Atemu said.
"We had to get sued to it when Yugi's pregnant." Yami said.
"I know the feeling." Atemu said.
The group went into the living room to find Yugi and Heba watching Kathryn and Hayden play.
"Do you have the nursery set up?" Atemu asked.
"Atemu, it's been set up for seven months. After I found out we were having triplets, we had to go back and add some stuff." Yugi said.
"You two acted fast." Heba said.
Yami and Seto shrugged.
"We were excited." Seto said.
"Every time I turn around, one of them has something for the babies, and if they don't, Mokuba does." Yugi said.
"You get used to it." Heba said.
"Well, we're excited that we're having kids." Yami said.
"Yeah. We can't help that." Atemu added.
"You guys are hopeless." Yugi said.
"Maybe we are." Seto said.
~Two Weeks Later~
Yugi, Seto, and Yami were sleeping in their bed together.
It was the middle of the night.
The three had engaged in a rather exhausting round of lovemaking, so the three were rather content to lie there together.
Yugi woke up, feeling rather uncomfortable. 'What's going on?' Yugi asked himself. He then felt a harsh kick and grimaced. 'Oh. That's what.' Yugi thought. He sighed and looked to see that Yami and Seto were sleeping. 'Well, at least someone is getting some sleep.' Yugi thought.
Sleepless nights from the babies kicking him were too common to Yugi. Some night, he would get up and work on his novel or his children's books, but he just didn't feel like it that night.
As he lay there, the kicks got progressively worse.
'Man. They are really active tonight.' Yugi thought.
Suddenly, a harsh wave of pain hit him.
Yugi sat up as he realized what was wrong. He reached over and shook Seto. "Seto. Seto, come on. Wake up." Yugi said.
Seto groaned as he opened his eyes. "What?" Seto asked tiredly.
"Seto, you need to call-Dr. Reynolds." Yugi gasped out.
Seto's eyes widened as he immediately sat up. "Why? Did your water break?" Seto asked.
"No, but I'm in labor." Yugi said.
Seto jumped out of bed. "Yami, get up!" Seto ordered.
Yami groaned and opened his eyes. "What?" Yami asked.
"Get up! Yugi's in labor!" Seto ordered.
Yami immediately woke up at those words and got out of bed.
Seto and Yami quickly got dressed before helping Yugi.
Yugi had refused to go to sleep naked that night.
Seto decided to just carry Yugi, so he picked Yugi up and carried him down to the hospital wing of the mansion while Yami called Dr. Reynolds.
"He's on his way." Yami said by the time they got to the hospital wing.
"That's good." Seto said as he took Yugi into the hospital room and sat down.
It wasn't long before Dr. Reynolds arrived.
"You are certainly in labor. Do you want something for the pain?" Dr. Reynolds asked.
"Yes." Yugi answered.
"All right. I'll give you something." Dr. Reynolds said.
Since Yugi wasn't ready to deliver the babies just yet, Dr. Reynolds left Yugi alone with Yam and Seto after giving Yugi the medicine.
"Well, I think that you got your wish, Yugi. The babies are coming." Yami said.
"I know. I forgot how much this hurts." Yugi said.
"We'll be right here the entire time that you're having them." Seto said.
"I know." Yugi said.
~One Hour Later~
Heba and Atemu had been called, and the two had come over to see Yugi.
Heba was currently sitting in the hospital room with Yugi. "So, how are you doing?" Heba asked.
"I'm okay right now. The medicine has really helped." Yugi said.
"I'm glad to hear that." Heba said.
"I'm nervous and excited at the same time." Yugi said.
"So was I. You'll be fine. I know you will be." Heba said.
"I hope so." Yugi said.
"You will." Heba assured him.
"Did they call Yami and Atemu's parents?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. They're waiting as well." Heba said.
"Well, this is going to be fun." Yugi said.
"Don't worry, Yugi. It'll be fine. I don't think that they'll be to bad with you in labor." Heba said.
"I hope so." Yugi replied.
~Six Hours Later~
Yugi was ready to have the babies.
Yami and Seto were the only other ones in the room besides Dr. Reynolds and the nurses.
Yugi felt like he had been pushing for forever even though it only had been about two hours since they had started.
"You're doing fine, Yugi. I need you to push." Dr. Reynolds said.
Yugi nodded and did as he was told.
Yami and Seto were each holding one of Yugi's hands as they tried to encourage him along.
"Yugi, another hard push." Dr. Reynolds told him.
Yugi did as he was told, and it wasn't long before there was an infant's cry that filled the air.
"Well, it looks like we have a boy." Dr. Reynolds said. He handed the crying infant to one of the nurses.
The boy had brown hair and a mixture of amethyst and sapphire eyes.
"All right, Yugi. We still have two to go." Dr. Reynolds said.
Yugi nodded, and the process started over again.
Yami and Seto's hands were hurting form how hard Yugi was squeezing them, but both wisely kept quiet since they knew Yugi was in a lot more pain than them.
It wasn't long before a second cry filled the air.
"We have another boy." Dr. Reynolds said.
This boy had star-shaped, tri-color hair with lightening bolt streaks, and his eyes were a mixture of crimson and amethyst.
"One more." Dr. Reynolds said.
Yugi nodded weakly, extremely tired. He started to push again when Dr. Reynolds told him to.
Yami and Seto were encouraging him.
After what seemed like an eternity to Yugi, the last infant's cry filled the air.
Yugi collapsed against the bad, thoroughly exhausted.
"Well, this last one is a little girl." Dr. Reynolds said.
The girl had tri-color hair and amethyst eyes.
"Well, it looks like you had the two, Yami." Seto said.
"I noticed." Yami said.
Both were feeling rather proud at the moment. They were happy that their children were there, and they were proud of how well Yugi did.
Yugi was still trying to catch his breath after all that he had done, and he was extremely sore now.
Seto and Yami both kissed him.
"You did great, Yugi." Yami said.
"And you brought three beautiful children into the world." Seto added.
Yugi smiled weakly. "Thanks." Yugi said.
After checking over the babies, Dr. Reynolds and the nurses brought them over.
"All three are in perfect health." Dr. Reynolds announced.
Yami and Seto each took their own son while Yugi was given the girl.
"So, what are we going to name them?" Yami asked.
"You hadn't decided?" Dr. Reynolds asked.
"Not really." Seto admitted sheepishly.
Yugi looked down at the girl. "You know, I think that girl should be named Emma Claire." Yugi said.
Seto and Yami both looked at him.
"You know, I think that that is the perfect name for her." Yami agreed.
Seto looked at his own son thoughtfully. "How about Seth Grant for this one?" Seto asked.
Yami and Yugi both looked at him. They knew that he wanted to name him Seth because that was his name back in ancient Egypt. "I like that." Yugi said.
"So do I." Yami agreed,
"And what about this one?" Seto asked, nodding to the boy Yami help.
Yami thought for a moment. "I think we should name him Matthew Scott." Yami said.
"I like that." Yugi agreed.
"So do I." Yugi said.
"Well, wasn't that hard to name them after all." Seto said.
After a little while, the family had been allowed to see them.
"Aw! They're so cute." Amara said as she held Seth.
"Yeah." Mokuba agreed, holding Emma.
"They must have gotten the cuteness from Yugi." Atemu sad.
"Hey!" Seto and Yami both exclaimed.
"Come on. No one is going to deny that Yugi is cute." Atemu said defensively.
"That is true." Aknankanon said, holding Matthew.
"Normally, Yugi would agree with you, but I don't think he'll argue this time." Heba said.
The group looked to see that Yugi was sound asleep.
"Well, he did just give birth to three children, so I think that he has a right to sleep." Yami said.
"I gave birth to two, so I can't imagine how tired Yugi is." Heba remarked.
"Let him sleep." Amara said.
After a while, the group left, leaving Yami and Seto alone with Yugi and the three infants.
"I can't wait to start raising them." Seto said.
"I know. I didn't get the chance to watch Sampson and Esmeralda grow up, and I'm looking forward to that." Yami said.
The three infants were in basinets.
Seto and Yami looked over at Yugi.
"I think that we need to let Yugi sleep as much as he wants." Yami said.
"So do I." Seto agreed. He then realized something. "I'm going to go and call the office to let them know I won't be coming in today or the rest of the week." Seto said.
"Something I didn't think you'd ever say." Yami said.
"I learned the importance of family." Seto answered. He kissed Yugi before leaving the room.
Yami watched the three infants for a moment before he went and sat down by Yugi. "I love you, Yugi." Yami said, kissing Yugi.
In his sleep, Yugi smiled.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Last chapter. Just wrapping everything up.
R&R.
