I just realised I got all the dates wrong and now the babies were born a few weeks *cough* months premature but oh well, let's just say they started the Uni year in um.... early august ha... ha... never mind, it's a story. Blame it on my awful maths skills :) The short chapter... blame on my crappy writing skills.
I skipped the next birth because it would have been boring and I was bored ^^;
PS: Name meanings listed at bottom and I found out Taka means tall and honourable, it fits so well with Takashi and Takeshi means 'unbending like a bamboo tree' :D but I guess that's what Hatori Bisco meant...
Ten minutes later Haruhi felt relief once more, but no crying.
'Why isn't the baby crying,' Haruhi managed to ask whilst catching her breath.
'Don't don't worry, she's breathing and her lungs are fully developed,' Miss Ishikawa reassured them, 'she's just a little small.'
Haruhi tried to crane her neck and see but all she could see was the back of doctors' heads, she felt Takashi's arm around her shoulder. Haruhi bit her already shredded lip and felt her heart thud hard in her chest, then she saw somebody carry a small bundle away and her doctor walked up to her and Takashi.
'Don't worry, your little girl is fine but because she's premature we're going to put her in an incubator so we don't risk infections. So congratulations Haruhi and Takashi, I will make sure you can see your children soon, your son is already getting cleaned up and ready, if you would like we could have a cot set up in your room so at least you can keep your soon nearby.'
Haruhi merely managed to nod, her brain felt like a ton of lead but she wanted to see her son so she fought to keep her eyes open and within a few minutes she was in a comfortable bed and she could hear the host outside begging to come in but unfortunately the nurse this time looked like she was more likely to hit them with her clipboard rather than hide behind it.
Takashi sat quietly, stroking Haruhi's hair away from her face; it was as if he couldn't hear the noise from the hosts outside.
'What a cute baby!' both Haruhi and Takashi snapped to attention, 'isn't she Miki-chan?'
'I would expect no less from my darling daughter!' there were two simultaneous voices; Haruhi didn't even need to guess.
The door clicked open and a tired nurse gave them a genuine smile, she pushed a cot into the room and Haruhi immediately found the strength to sit up and grasped the side of the cot to look at their son, he was asleep, his tiny fist on either side of his head.
'Your daughter is being cared for in the nursery nut Miss. Ishikawa told me to tell you she is stable and strong enough to come in here once they have finished checking her vitals,' the nurse bowed to them and started to leave silently, Haruhi reached down and lifted the tiny baby from the cot, Takashi kept on hand supporting on Haruhi's back and the other under the baby's head.
The door clicked quietly as the nurse opened the door, and then she shrieked and fell back into the room as five boys, two girls and one tranny piled into the room... surprisingly soundlessly.
'Can we see the baby?' Renge stage whispered; already close enough to go cross-eyed staring at the little boy.
Haruhi nodded, not looking up until she felt a hand on her shoulder.
'Well done my baby,' Ranka's face was soft and happy, 'I promise to be the best granddaddy ever!'
Haruhi smiled and looked up and her fiancé whilst the hosts gathered to stare at the sleeping child, his head nuzzled into Haruhi's shoulder.
'Kawaii,' Miki whispered breathlessly.
'What's his name?' Kaoru asked.
'Hmm?' Haruhi blinked.
'His name?' Hikaru repeated.
'Oh...' she shared a blank look with Takashi, 'we forgot names.'
There we a series of sighs and laughs, Huni just grinned harder, 'that's ok! We can help.'
'I'll think of the most amazing name ever,' Tamaki insisted, smiling proudly.
'You'll need to think of two names,' Haruhi corrected him.
'Why?'
There was a knock at the door that cut off Haruhi from answering, and Miss Ishikawa peeped around the door carrying a tiny baby in her arms. She frowned when she saw the amount of people in the room.
'Four visitors max, I'm pretty sure there are more than four people in here,'
'They're with me,' Kyouya appeared beside her, smiling his slightly chilling smile.
'And?' she stared at him flatly, 'I'm not making exceptions for you, I came here to drop of this lovely girl and kick you people out.'
'Who is the lovely girl?' Huni peered at the tiny bundle; Miss Ishikawa passed the child over to Takashi to hold.
'Another cute baby,' Miki's eyes were round and shiny, it was like she'd never seen a baby in her life.
'Yeah, they're twins,' Haruhi seemed to have forgotten she hadn't told them.
'But they're not identical; they're not even the same gender!' Tamaki frowned.
'They're fraternal twins. You're supposed to be intelligent Tamaki,' Kyouya sighed and shook his head.
'Everybody,' Miss Ishikawa clapped her hands, now standing in the doorway, 'let Haruhi and Takashi have a moment of peace, and it's three in the morning I don't even know how you got in here.'
'But...' there were several protests.
'No buts!' Miss Ishikawa snapped, 'I am tired, Haruhi is tired, Takashi is tired, everybody is tired. Go home and come back at a decent time,'
When everybody had finally left, not without a few bitter complaints, Miss Ishikawa gave the couple a tired smile, 'the two babies can sleep in the same cot, it's proven that it can improve their health and I just think it's unfair separating twins,'
Haruhi nodded and smiled, 'thank you for everything,'
'Thank you,' Takashi nodded in appreciation.
'My pleasure,' Miss Ishikawa beamed, bowed and left the room, closing the door softly behind her.
There was silence for a few minutes, Haruhi sighed and leant on Takashi's arm, her gaze switching between the three people she was with, 'names,' she muttered quietly, 'for a boy name how about... Sachio?'
'Takeo?' Takashi suggested, they would probably list names until they found the right one.
'Maro?'
'Akeno?'
'Keitaro?'
'Rai?'
'Rai? I like that,' Haruhi smiled, trying it out on her tongue, she looked down at the baby, 'do you like that?' Rai opened one eye and turned it slowly to look at her; he squirmed for a few moments and whined then settled down, nuzzled closer to Haruhi's neck.
Haruhi tilted her head to feel his soft hair.
'What about her?' Takashi indicated to the girl just over half the size of her brother, she opened her eyes quickly and looked up at her father as if she knew he was talking to her. They both stared at each other silently.
'Nariko,' she touched the girl's hair gently, Nariko turned her eyes and blinked slowly at Haruhi.
'Sleep,' Takashi whispered in her ear, taking both children and placing them in the cot facing each other.
'I can't,' Takashi stared at her steadily, 'it's not that I'm not tired but I'm thinking too much, they're just so tiny and it's not like I haven't seen babies before but Rai and Nariko are different,' she smiled slightly as she said their names.
Takashi sat down again on the hospital bed, Haruhi moved so she could lean against his chest.
'I don't know how they're different though,'
Takashi put his arms around her small frame, 'they're ours,' he spoke into her hair.
Haruhi was silent for a few moments, 'they are, aren't they?' she wrapped her arms around Takashi's waist and closed her eyes, 'and they're perfect.'
Sachio: Fortunately born.
Takeo: Strong like bamboo
Maro: Myself
Akeno: In the morning, bright shining.
Keitaro: Blessed.
Rai: Trust, lightning, thunder.
Nariko: Gentle child.
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This isn't the last chapter, there will be another about going back home etc. And maybe some short chapters within the chapter that show the children growing up or something, do you have any requests, wishes to change the babies' names? Anything? Feel free to ask or flame me whatever you wish :)
