Chapter 38

Yohji stepped out of the room as the doctor motioned him from the hallway. Aya was sleeping, and still in sight.

"So?"

"The tests came back negative, Mr. Kudou, so you have nothing to worry about," the doctor said with a knowing smile.

"Good, Its not like I'm not happy about this, I just…"

"Want this to be a one time thing. I understand," the doctor nodded and clapped him on the shoulder before leaving.

He hadn't told Aya about the extra test. He hadn't wanted him to get the wrong idea. If he had asked Aya or even mentioned it he was pretty sure Aya would've had a fit.

But he had to know just how careful he had to be every time he touched Aya. He didn't want them to end up with an entire houseful of babies, because he honestly thought about sleeping with Aya that much!

His heart had nearly stopped when he'd seen Schuldig in Aya's room. He hated that the bastard had made him leave Aya's side so easily! He was still pissed about that. And Aya had actually behaved and stayed lying down. Normally Aya would've been up out of that bed with his stitches ripped and bleeding all over the floor.

Now Ken and Omi were out on a mission. He'd wanted to go to make sure they were alright, but couldn't leave Aya's side. Of course he knew they could handle the job, but he'd gotten so used to him and Aya making sure the boys were alright.

Omi and Ken would kill him if they knew he thought that way. Of course everyone knew Aya was like that. They'd become so used to him having their backs that they didn't even question it anymore.

When he'd first joined the team they'd thought he was just being an ass and a show off. They hadn't understood why he was always there to jump in if they needed assistance. But they'd gotten used to his protective eyes watching over them. They knew he didn't do it because he didn't think they could handle it.

Yohji supposed he was like that, too, though he'd never really thought of it before, but he was always listening in closely for the boys' voices on the comm. Always listening to make sure they were alright.

It really bothered him that he couldn't hear them breathing, hear their voices either saying that the mission was accomplished, or that they needed help.

"Are you just going to stand there frowning, or are you going to come back to bed?" Aya asked. Yohji chuckled at the thought that Aya would actually ask someone else that.

"Like I would ever say no to that invitation!" Yohji climbed back onto his bed and leaned over to kiss Aya.

"Don't be pissed at me, but I had the doctors do another test," the telltale narrowing of Yohji's eyes let him know what he'd thought, that Aya would be pissed.

"You didn't believe them the first time?" Aya moved to sit up, but then winced and fell back down.

"I wanted to see if we had to be careful every time we had sex, so I asked them to check to see if its possible for you to get pregnant again," he heard Aya's breath hitch. The man looked afraid of the answer.

"They said no, that this was a one time deal. We needed to know…"

"I hadn't even considered it. I'm glad you asked. It would've been a nightmare if…"

"Way ahead of you, Aya. I was already picturing a house with twenty-some-odd screaming redheaded babies. It would've been nothing short of horror movie material, especially when they became teenagers! Could you imagine trying not to kill over twenty boyfriends?"

"We wouldn't last. We'd kill them," Aya said with a yawn.

"I think so, yeah," Yohji chuckled, picturing them coming down the stairs to meet the boyfriends in mission gear with weapons ready.

"Where are Ken and Omi? They didn't say anything about soccer practice."

"Yeah, they were given a mission. It pisses me off. Why couldn't Kritiker wait for us! I mean I know…"

"There isn't anything we can do about it right now. We just have to hope that there are no hidden guards. I want to be there, too." Aya looked so tired. There were still dark circles under his eyes.

"Aya, I'm glad you stayed in bed, but why didn't you get up and attack Schuldig?" He wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer. Was Aya even worse off than he imagined?

"He wasn't worth having to wait longer to hold the girls. If he would've come close enough to physically hurt me I could've reached him to punch him or something. But he was just trying to piss me off. It worked, but he didn't give me enough of a reason to make the waiting another couple of days longer. He's done enough, he won't rob me of this."

Yohji should've expected as much. He'd been able to hold the girls for three days now, Aya had to have him hold the babies for him and let him touch them. He wasn't healed enough to hold them.

Yohji knew that if it were himself, it would be driving him insane not being able to hold them. I mean he'd felt antsy every time the nurses took the girls . He wished they would just leave the babies in the room with them.

It would be so cool if Aya could breastfeed! He'd probably punch me if he knew I was thinking about it! He tried not to chuckle at the image of Aya with a baby held to his nipple. Too cute!

"What are you grinning about?" Aya was staring at him like he'd suspected his thoughts.

"Just glad you're healthy."

"Thank you, even though I know you're lying through your teeth. I'm too tired to fight with you right now." He could see why. Aya had needed a transfusion after the birth, and now he was taking iron pills and other supplements, but it had still done a number on him.

"The doctor says you're healing up really well. He said you might be able to come home in a few days. Then we can enjoy waking up to shrieking redheads every morning. It'll be cute for the first few days. Then we'll want to shove them under the mattress or something," Yohji loved the sound of Aya's quiet laughter.

Author's notes: This is the end of part one. Part two will start tomorrow, it'll be under the name Troublesome redheads.

It's a continuation.

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