My Baby
Chapter 4
By Moony
Hilde came out of her room only to go into Relena's where she and the doctor were. Heero hadn't returned, so Duo was left sitting alone in the living room trying to figure out what was going on and how he felt about Heero and Hilde. He heard Relena cry something. She seemed to be screaming more and more. He couldn't believe Heero had done that to her, but what scared him more was if he was the one that was going to cause Hilde to do the same thing. Duo sat on the couch with his hands folded together and resting his elbows on his knees. He had his chin cradled in the basket his hands had made. What was this going to be like with Heero having a child? Duo wondered if Heero was going to take any responsibility at all. Duo promised himself it that baby of Hilde's was his that he would do everything he could to be in its life and in Hilde's too. He never did understand why he ran from her and not from Heero. Maybe it was really commitment he was running from. With Heero he'd be able to leave when he wanted to, but with Hilde that wasn't something that could be done. Now though, it was different. Hilde was having a baby and it could be his. It was so odd how a child could make a man feel completely different about the world. He heard another cry from Relena. He was worried now. Where was Heero?
'That woman in there is suffering excruciating pain trying to get Heero's child into this world and where's Heero? Out some where doing something stupid,' Duo thought. 'How could I have ever had feelings for him? How could Relena have feelings for him?' Just as Duo finished that thought the front door opened. He looked up and saw a torn man in front of him.
"Heero?" Duo asked and stood up. Heero looked as if he had aged twenty years. There was another cry from Relena's room. Heero looked up at the sound. His eyes were sparked with fear.
"Where is she?" He asked and kept his eyes on the origin of the sound.
"She's in there with the doctor ... and Hilde," Duo replied. Heero looked as if he was about to bolt into the room, but Duo touched Heero's arm. Heero finally looked at him. "We need to talk." Heero looked away from him. Relena cried from the room. Heero's face creased into a deep painful look.
"Relena," he whispered. He pulled gracefully out of Duo's grip and headed to the back bedroom. He knocked on the door and winced as Relena gave out another horrifying scream. Hilde opened the door just an inch to see Heero.
"What do you want?" She whispered.
"I need to see her," Heero replied.
"She doesn't need anymore pain right now," Hilde said sternly and began to shut the door, but Heero, with his cat like skills, threw his arm between the crack in the door. Hilde pushed harder on his arm, but Heero was used to pain and with the other hand he pushed the door open. He did it slowly and gently, so not to hurt Hilde, knowing she was pregnant the opening in the door was just enough for him to get through. He ran in and saw a horrifying sight. Relena was sweating and crying. Her hair was tangled her knees in the air with her legs apart with the doctor in between them. Heero felt like throwing up. He turned back to the door, but stopped when he heard a voice.
"Heero," Relena panted. "Heero, please come here." Heero turned back and tried to ignore the sight at the lower part of the bed and walked up to the head of the bed and Relena's face. She put her hand out to him. "Hold my hand," she whispered. That seemed easy enough. Heero took her hand. Even now, it was soft and silky. He rubbed her fingers with his thumb and kept his eyes on her face. He squatted down beside the bed.
"Relena I need you to push," the doctor informed. Heero tired to keep his eyes narrowed at Relena's face as she leaned up and gave it all she had.
"Relena, remember what we learned about breathing?" Hilde asked and came to the other side of the bed. "Now it's time to use it." Heero watched as Hilde led Relena in some breathing exercises. How could this be happening? Was that really his child trying to leave Relena now? Relena was doing her exercises as she turned her head and looked at Heero. She saw he was worried and in deep thought.
"Heero," Relena smiled. "Stop worrying, darling. Everything will be alright." Heero jutted up and looked at her. She called him ... darling? He sighed and kept looking at her face. Her eyes suddenly got big and her grip on his hand tighter.
"Relena Darilan, push with all your might!" the doctor cried. Relena pushed and screamed at the same time as she felt her child coming out of her. The pain was excruciating. She squeezed Heero's hand tighter. Heero was trying his best not to try and get out of that woman's grip, but it was really hurting and so were his ears. He didn't know she could scream like that. Heero could still hear the doctor screaming "Push," over her screams though, and then suddenly both voices were muffled by a tiny baby's cries. The doctor pulled a sticky gooey little baby for Relena to see. Relena started crying and laughing. Heero looked at the child and was amazed. Was that really his? Did he make that beautiful thing?
"Relena," the doctor smiled. "This is your son."
"Who was he?" the doctor asked Hilde in the front room in front of a very confused and worried Duo.
"That's the baby's father," Hilde replied and glanced at Duo. This was going to take a lot of courage. "And this," She motioned to Duo, "Is my baby's father." The doctor looked over Duo.
"Were have you been?" the doctor asked. Duo looked at him for a moment.
"In Stupidvill," Duo replied and looked down. "And not where I should have been all along." The doctor nodded and read very well between the lines. He touched Hilde's shoulder.
"If anything happens with your child you call me right away."
"I will," Hilde smiled. "Good bye." Hilde opened the door and let the doctor out. She shut the door and turned around to see Duo staring at her.
"Hilde," Duo started and stood up.
"Don't," Hilde said and put her hand up. "I don't want to hear it."
"No, you will hear it," Duo said strongly and walked up to her. Hilde looked into Duo's eyes. "I was an idiot. I didn't know what I wanted when it was right in front of me and it took a really big mistake and a lot of pain on your part for me to see it and now I do, but I'm not sure if you want me any more, but even if you don't. I'm so sorry for everything I put you though. I really don't want this child to grow up with one parent for a week and another on the weekend." Hilde just looked at him for a moment then turned away.
"Neither do I, but how can I be sure you'll stay? I thought you would after our night, but two days later you ran off and now you come back begging for forgiveness. I don't think I can handle that all through my life," Hilde said as her eyes became watery.
"Hilde," Duo said and put two of his fingers under her chin, forcing Hilde to look at him. "I promise you that I will never leave you again. He runs... he hides... he does everything, but he never lies...Duo Maxwell." Hilde smiled a little as a tear ran down her cheek. Duo wiped it off her face. "No more need for those." He bent down and kissed her. At that moment Duo knew he had finally done something right.
* * * *
Heero lied in the darkness with Relena and their son. Relena was resting her head on Heero's shoulder and the baby lied in between the two. Heero gently combed through Relena's hair and watched his son as the moon light from the window lit up the sleeping child's face. Relena was exsosted and had been sleeping for a while. Heero didn't understand Relena. He didn't know how she could be so very forgiving. Heero knew what had to be done next. He smiled in the dark. How could he have misjudged his feelings. He had loved Relena since the first time he saw her and it took her missurie for him to realize it. What a fool he was and yet this woman, through it all, kept on loving him and was so very forgiving.
"I love you," Heero whispered as he nussled his face in Relena's hair. "And I love you too." Heero ran his hand over his son's sleeping face. "I'll protect you with my life and I will never leave you ever again."
The End
Chapter 4
By Moony
Hilde came out of her room only to go into Relena's where she and the doctor were. Heero hadn't returned, so Duo was left sitting alone in the living room trying to figure out what was going on and how he felt about Heero and Hilde. He heard Relena cry something. She seemed to be screaming more and more. He couldn't believe Heero had done that to her, but what scared him more was if he was the one that was going to cause Hilde to do the same thing. Duo sat on the couch with his hands folded together and resting his elbows on his knees. He had his chin cradled in the basket his hands had made. What was this going to be like with Heero having a child? Duo wondered if Heero was going to take any responsibility at all. Duo promised himself it that baby of Hilde's was his that he would do everything he could to be in its life and in Hilde's too. He never did understand why he ran from her and not from Heero. Maybe it was really commitment he was running from. With Heero he'd be able to leave when he wanted to, but with Hilde that wasn't something that could be done. Now though, it was different. Hilde was having a baby and it could be his. It was so odd how a child could make a man feel completely different about the world. He heard another cry from Relena. He was worried now. Where was Heero?
'That woman in there is suffering excruciating pain trying to get Heero's child into this world and where's Heero? Out some where doing something stupid,' Duo thought. 'How could I have ever had feelings for him? How could Relena have feelings for him?' Just as Duo finished that thought the front door opened. He looked up and saw a torn man in front of him.
"Heero?" Duo asked and stood up. Heero looked as if he had aged twenty years. There was another cry from Relena's room. Heero looked up at the sound. His eyes were sparked with fear.
"Where is she?" He asked and kept his eyes on the origin of the sound.
"She's in there with the doctor ... and Hilde," Duo replied. Heero looked as if he was about to bolt into the room, but Duo touched Heero's arm. Heero finally looked at him. "We need to talk." Heero looked away from him. Relena cried from the room. Heero's face creased into a deep painful look.
"Relena," he whispered. He pulled gracefully out of Duo's grip and headed to the back bedroom. He knocked on the door and winced as Relena gave out another horrifying scream. Hilde opened the door just an inch to see Heero.
"What do you want?" She whispered.
"I need to see her," Heero replied.
"She doesn't need anymore pain right now," Hilde said sternly and began to shut the door, but Heero, with his cat like skills, threw his arm between the crack in the door. Hilde pushed harder on his arm, but Heero was used to pain and with the other hand he pushed the door open. He did it slowly and gently, so not to hurt Hilde, knowing she was pregnant the opening in the door was just enough for him to get through. He ran in and saw a horrifying sight. Relena was sweating and crying. Her hair was tangled her knees in the air with her legs apart with the doctor in between them. Heero felt like throwing up. He turned back to the door, but stopped when he heard a voice.
"Heero," Relena panted. "Heero, please come here." Heero turned back and tried to ignore the sight at the lower part of the bed and walked up to the head of the bed and Relena's face. She put her hand out to him. "Hold my hand," she whispered. That seemed easy enough. Heero took her hand. Even now, it was soft and silky. He rubbed her fingers with his thumb and kept his eyes on her face. He squatted down beside the bed.
"Relena I need you to push," the doctor informed. Heero tired to keep his eyes narrowed at Relena's face as she leaned up and gave it all she had.
"Relena, remember what we learned about breathing?" Hilde asked and came to the other side of the bed. "Now it's time to use it." Heero watched as Hilde led Relena in some breathing exercises. How could this be happening? Was that really his child trying to leave Relena now? Relena was doing her exercises as she turned her head and looked at Heero. She saw he was worried and in deep thought.
"Heero," Relena smiled. "Stop worrying, darling. Everything will be alright." Heero jutted up and looked at her. She called him ... darling? He sighed and kept looking at her face. Her eyes suddenly got big and her grip on his hand tighter.
"Relena Darilan, push with all your might!" the doctor cried. Relena pushed and screamed at the same time as she felt her child coming out of her. The pain was excruciating. She squeezed Heero's hand tighter. Heero was trying his best not to try and get out of that woman's grip, but it was really hurting and so were his ears. He didn't know she could scream like that. Heero could still hear the doctor screaming "Push," over her screams though, and then suddenly both voices were muffled by a tiny baby's cries. The doctor pulled a sticky gooey little baby for Relena to see. Relena started crying and laughing. Heero looked at the child and was amazed. Was that really his? Did he make that beautiful thing?
"Relena," the doctor smiled. "This is your son."
"Who was he?" the doctor asked Hilde in the front room in front of a very confused and worried Duo.
"That's the baby's father," Hilde replied and glanced at Duo. This was going to take a lot of courage. "And this," She motioned to Duo, "Is my baby's father." The doctor looked over Duo.
"Were have you been?" the doctor asked. Duo looked at him for a moment.
"In Stupidvill," Duo replied and looked down. "And not where I should have been all along." The doctor nodded and read very well between the lines. He touched Hilde's shoulder.
"If anything happens with your child you call me right away."
"I will," Hilde smiled. "Good bye." Hilde opened the door and let the doctor out. She shut the door and turned around to see Duo staring at her.
"Hilde," Duo started and stood up.
"Don't," Hilde said and put her hand up. "I don't want to hear it."
"No, you will hear it," Duo said strongly and walked up to her. Hilde looked into Duo's eyes. "I was an idiot. I didn't know what I wanted when it was right in front of me and it took a really big mistake and a lot of pain on your part for me to see it and now I do, but I'm not sure if you want me any more, but even if you don't. I'm so sorry for everything I put you though. I really don't want this child to grow up with one parent for a week and another on the weekend." Hilde just looked at him for a moment then turned away.
"Neither do I, but how can I be sure you'll stay? I thought you would after our night, but two days later you ran off and now you come back begging for forgiveness. I don't think I can handle that all through my life," Hilde said as her eyes became watery.
"Hilde," Duo said and put two of his fingers under her chin, forcing Hilde to look at him. "I promise you that I will never leave you again. He runs... he hides... he does everything, but he never lies...Duo Maxwell." Hilde smiled a little as a tear ran down her cheek. Duo wiped it off her face. "No more need for those." He bent down and kissed her. At that moment Duo knew he had finally done something right.
* * * *
Heero lied in the darkness with Relena and their son. Relena was resting her head on Heero's shoulder and the baby lied in between the two. Heero gently combed through Relena's hair and watched his son as the moon light from the window lit up the sleeping child's face. Relena was exsosted and had been sleeping for a while. Heero didn't understand Relena. He didn't know how she could be so very forgiving. Heero knew what had to be done next. He smiled in the dark. How could he have misjudged his feelings. He had loved Relena since the first time he saw her and it took her missurie for him to realize it. What a fool he was and yet this woman, through it all, kept on loving him and was so very forgiving.
"I love you," Heero whispered as he nussled his face in Relena's hair. "And I love you too." Heero ran his hand over his son's sleeping face. "I'll protect you with my life and I will never leave you ever again."
The End