Aquamarine Cathedral IV:
She's so lovely!
"The gynecologist could not believe her eyes!" Michiru laughed. Haruka was hugging her from behind, gently caressing her wife's round stomach. Makoto laughed.
"I guess there's still magic on us."
"The powerful Sailor Senshi to the rescue!" Minako laughed, and adopted a superhero pose. All laughed, still the laughter was nostalgic. For almost 7 years, the Sailor Senshi had not appeared in Juuban. Newspapers headers looked empty without "Sailor Senshi save the day!". Millions of kids had grown under Sailor Senshi legend. But they were not needed anymore.
Little Ikkuko started to cry. Rei winced. In nine months and a half, neither Chad or her had slept more than 5 hours without Ikkuko being hungry, needing a diaper, or just being afraid. "Better powerful Mommy to the rescue." She yawned and turned to Michiru. "Just expect the baby. Althought is tired to have her or him crying all day, it's beautiful to see your baby smile."
Haruka swallowed. Very hard.
"Well..." Michiru tried to said. "It... it's... ehem..."
"Ehem, what?" Usagi asked.
"Double happiness..." Haruka muttered out.
"Twins?!"
"I cannot believe it." Haruka said. "I'm the luckiest woman in the whole wide world." She extended one hand to touch Michiru's cheek. Both of them were extended on their bed, just chatting. " I have three beauties in my house."
"Two of them, yet not born." Michiru added. They giggled a little.
"One month, my love. One month."
"Any names yet?"
"Hey, I only said I would give one baby a name. The other one, it's your problem."
"Ok. Your name?"
"Haruka."
"Your BABY name."
"Hikuri. It was my mother's name."
"It's a beatiful name, honey." Michiru smiled. She turned on her back and started to see the ceiling. "And I still don't know what name will I put to mine." She felt arms that hugged her.
"You will, Michi. You will."
"If I like something, it's having Michiru by my side, Dad." Haruka said to her father.
"I know, kid." Her father said. "I know you will have an incredible life at her side."
"But Taki doesn't seems to understand it, dad."
Yuko, Haruka's father, was about to die. Cancer had consumed him to the bones. From the strong man that had taught Haruka how to drive, and had given her her first F-1 cart, the only man that could carry her, and make her laugh at the same time, the only one on her family that aproved her relationship with Michiru, was now in his last days.
It was true. He would die any minute from now, and she would have to go to her apartment, to cry into her young girlfriend's lap. To cry her father's death.
Her mother had died when she was 5 years old. Her father had remarried to a woman named Takiko Nagashi. She was a nice woman, but surely did not replaced her mother. And, of course, she did not aproved her relationship with Michiru.
"Of course you can't see her. You'll marry a nice guy."
That mere sentence made Haruka sad.
"Look, Haru-chan..." He was the only one that named her like that. "I will pass away any time now. I'm not opposed to it, kiddo, it was my time. But I won't see my grandchild. Because I know you, in one way or another, will have family with Michiru. "
Haruka smiled weakly.
"I don't want you to be sad. I'm only asking for a favor. When you have the first child, I want you to name her after your mother."
Hikuri... what a nice name. Haruka promised it.
"I will, Dad. I will."
She stayed with him hours and hours. Finally...
"Goodbye, my child. Give my greetings to Michiru."
And with that, he closed his eyes, and his breathing got slower and slower until there was none. Haruka cried a sole tear.
"Goodbye, Daddy."
Haruka was eating her nails.
"She's having them. She's having my babies, and I can't go in. I have to go there. Please."
"Calm down, Haruka, they didn't let Chad enter either." Rei said, nursing Nei, Ami's baby girl. Why Nei? Cause it was her grandmother's name. Ami was deep asleep. It was about 3:00 am.
"Tenou, Haruka?"
Haruka raced to the desk. "Yes?"
"Your wife just gave birth two beautiful babies, both of them healthy and big. Room 203."
Haruka could have broke Mach 2 the way she was running. She found room 203, and opened it carefully. "Michi?"
"Darling?"
Haruka opened the door. "Are... they...?"
"Look." She had one baby in one arm and the other one was in a craddle. Michiru pointed the one in the craddle. She was blond, with little curls, and deep blue eyes. "She was born first. She's Hikuri." Haruka extended one finger to the craddle. Fully awake, the child giggled and grabbed Haruka's finger. "Wow, she's strong!"
Michiru just smiled. The kind of smile that she only wore for Haruka. The child that was on her arms, with short green hair, closed eyes, and the thumb stucked in her mouth, opened her blueish eyes briefly, only for closing them later.
"And this little lady, Michi? Who's she?" Haruka sat at a side of the bed, and gave a brief kiss to Michiru. She kept smiling. Haruka caressed the green curls out of the face of the cute baby. "I know. She's not a baby born of a chemical reaction, as well as her sister. They're born out of wishes, love, and caring. So her name would be..."
"Of course, Ruka-chan..." Michiru took Haruka's hand, and softly kissed her lips.
"Aishiteru, Michiru."
"Aino..." Michiru muttered thru the kiss. Down from there, a baby looked at her parents with a questioning look. In a craddle, by the side of the bed, another baby giggled softly.
Ok, part 4 done. Part 5 and 6 to go yet.
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. (Excepting maybe the fingers and back pain.) Just maybe...
She's so lovely!
"The gynecologist could not believe her eyes!" Michiru laughed. Haruka was hugging her from behind, gently caressing her wife's round stomach. Makoto laughed.
"I guess there's still magic on us."
"The powerful Sailor Senshi to the rescue!" Minako laughed, and adopted a superhero pose. All laughed, still the laughter was nostalgic. For almost 7 years, the Sailor Senshi had not appeared in Juuban. Newspapers headers looked empty without "Sailor Senshi save the day!". Millions of kids had grown under Sailor Senshi legend. But they were not needed anymore.
Little Ikkuko started to cry. Rei winced. In nine months and a half, neither Chad or her had slept more than 5 hours without Ikkuko being hungry, needing a diaper, or just being afraid. "Better powerful Mommy to the rescue." She yawned and turned to Michiru. "Just expect the baby. Althought is tired to have her or him crying all day, it's beautiful to see your baby smile."
Haruka swallowed. Very hard.
"Well..." Michiru tried to said. "It... it's... ehem..."
"Ehem, what?" Usagi asked.
"Double happiness..." Haruka muttered out.
"Twins?!"
"I cannot believe it." Haruka said. "I'm the luckiest woman in the whole wide world." She extended one hand to touch Michiru's cheek. Both of them were extended on their bed, just chatting. " I have three beauties in my house."
"Two of them, yet not born." Michiru added. They giggled a little.
"One month, my love. One month."
"Any names yet?"
"Hey, I only said I would give one baby a name. The other one, it's your problem."
"Ok. Your name?"
"Haruka."
"Your BABY name."
"Hikuri. It was my mother's name."
"It's a beatiful name, honey." Michiru smiled. She turned on her back and started to see the ceiling. "And I still don't know what name will I put to mine." She felt arms that hugged her.
"You will, Michi. You will."
"If I like something, it's having Michiru by my side, Dad." Haruka said to her father.
"I know, kid." Her father said. "I know you will have an incredible life at her side."
"But Taki doesn't seems to understand it, dad."
Yuko, Haruka's father, was about to die. Cancer had consumed him to the bones. From the strong man that had taught Haruka how to drive, and had given her her first F-1 cart, the only man that could carry her, and make her laugh at the same time, the only one on her family that aproved her relationship with Michiru, was now in his last days.
It was true. He would die any minute from now, and she would have to go to her apartment, to cry into her young girlfriend's lap. To cry her father's death.
Her mother had died when she was 5 years old. Her father had remarried to a woman named Takiko Nagashi. She was a nice woman, but surely did not replaced her mother. And, of course, she did not aproved her relationship with Michiru.
"Of course you can't see her. You'll marry a nice guy."
That mere sentence made Haruka sad.
"Look, Haru-chan..." He was the only one that named her like that. "I will pass away any time now. I'm not opposed to it, kiddo, it was my time. But I won't see my grandchild. Because I know you, in one way or another, will have family with Michiru. "
Haruka smiled weakly.
"I don't want you to be sad. I'm only asking for a favor. When you have the first child, I want you to name her after your mother."
Hikuri... what a nice name. Haruka promised it.
"I will, Dad. I will."
She stayed with him hours and hours. Finally...
"Goodbye, my child. Give my greetings to Michiru."
And with that, he closed his eyes, and his breathing got slower and slower until there was none. Haruka cried a sole tear.
"Goodbye, Daddy."
Haruka was eating her nails.
"She's having them. She's having my babies, and I can't go in. I have to go there. Please."
"Calm down, Haruka, they didn't let Chad enter either." Rei said, nursing Nei, Ami's baby girl. Why Nei? Cause it was her grandmother's name. Ami was deep asleep. It was about 3:00 am.
"Tenou, Haruka?"
Haruka raced to the desk. "Yes?"
"Your wife just gave birth two beautiful babies, both of them healthy and big. Room 203."
Haruka could have broke Mach 2 the way she was running. She found room 203, and opened it carefully. "Michi?"
"Darling?"
Haruka opened the door. "Are... they...?"
"Look." She had one baby in one arm and the other one was in a craddle. Michiru pointed the one in the craddle. She was blond, with little curls, and deep blue eyes. "She was born first. She's Hikuri." Haruka extended one finger to the craddle. Fully awake, the child giggled and grabbed Haruka's finger. "Wow, she's strong!"
Michiru just smiled. The kind of smile that she only wore for Haruka. The child that was on her arms, with short green hair, closed eyes, and the thumb stucked in her mouth, opened her blueish eyes briefly, only for closing them later.
"And this little lady, Michi? Who's she?" Haruka sat at a side of the bed, and gave a brief kiss to Michiru. She kept smiling. Haruka caressed the green curls out of the face of the cute baby. "I know. She's not a baby born of a chemical reaction, as well as her sister. They're born out of wishes, love, and caring. So her name would be..."
"Of course, Ruka-chan..." Michiru took Haruka's hand, and softly kissed her lips.
"Aishiteru, Michiru."
"Aino..." Michiru muttered thru the kiss. Down from there, a baby looked at her parents with a questioning look. In a craddle, by the side of the bed, another baby giggled softly.
Ok, part 4 done. Part 5 and 6 to go yet.
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. (Excepting maybe the fingers and back pain.) Just maybe...