The Most Precious Thing
I peeked into the bedroom one last time, making sure he was asleep. Sighing I closed it lightly and hurried to the front door. "Sorry, koi, but I have to do this alone." Closing my eyes, I left the safety and warmth of our home.
It was around seven am, and I was tired, sick, and scared. I don't want to be going were I'm going. But I have to. And I can't tell Yaten; he'd worry and say everything was going to be okay. But it wasn't.
I've been getting sick for the last month, and I'm dizzy, tired, and don't feel like myself. It scares me. I don't know what's wrong with me. I just. I don't want to do this alone, but I have to.
Yaten is warm in our beds, dreaming. He's resting and letting peace sink into him finally. He's happy here on earth now, but I can tell he misses Kimonos. I was going to tell him I'd go back with him there, but that was before I was sick. Now I'm not sure what will happen.
If the doctor says. if he says I'm seriously ill, I'm going to run away and not look back. Yaten doesn't need me if I'm going to be weak. He needs someone strong, someone that will be there forever. I'm not sure I'll last that long.
I sighed as I realized I'd worried myself all the way to the hospital. I stared up at the huge building. It looked so scary; I didn't want to go in. But I took a deep breath, and then I stepped in.
It was busy, even for such an early hour. People rushed by me, some glanced up but didn't pay me much mind. I proceeded to the desk, "Hotaru Kou, I'm here for those test."
"One moment please." The woman said. She paged through her book then directed me to an office on the third floor.
Slowly, trying to stretch out my time, I walked to the elevator and pressed 3. The thing made a dinging sound as I arrived at the floor. The doors slid open and I walked down the halls that smelled like medicines, machines, and rubber. The walls were white with nothing to decorate them. They weren't cheerful at all, more bleak then anything else.
I finally arrived at my destination, office 125t. I swung open the door and waltzed in with as much dignity as I could muster up. A man stood looking over some charts. He glanced up, over the rims of his glasses and smiled.
"Mrs. Kou." He stated. "Please have a seat and we'll begin."
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It had been five days. That's exactly how long the doctor said I'd have to wait to know. He was supposed to call today. I've been so nervous over the last few days. Yaten, I think, knows something's wrong.
We were both in the living room. He was reading a magazine and I was sprawled in his lay, resting my head on his shoulder. I was savoring the moments until I'd have to run. The phone rung, making us both jump. I wanted to get it, I knew who it was going to be.
Yaten, though, was the one to answer. "Hello?"
"Hello, yes. Is Mrs. Kou there?"
"Hold on a moment." Yaten glanced at me and hit speaker phone. I took a deep breath and spoke.
"Hello."
"Mrs. Kou, good news.." I felt like crying. Not bad? "You've nothing wrong with you." Yaten's eyes cut to me with a worried glance.
He mouthed, "What's wrong."
I sighed, I wanted to disappear into the couch and not hear anything. "The tests came back, it's not some deadly disease you thought." Yaten looked ready to die at that statement. He just stared at me in shock. He was mad I hadn't told him. Damn the doctor and koi for being here and now.
"Mrs. Kou, you're pregnant."
"....." I looked shocked at the phone. "I'm what?" I said doubting I heard right.
"You're pregnant."
"...."
Yaten looked startled. In one swift movement I found myself not sitting anymore, but being swung around the room by my laughing husband. He must have gone crazy. Yes that must be it.
"Mrs. Kou, we'd like you to start checking in regularly every month. Have a nice day." The phone went dead, but I couldn't hear. I all I could think of was the mirth and love sparkling in Yaten's eyes. He swung me into his embrace and kissed me passionately. I thought I was dieing from the heat and love radiating from him.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going to the doctors?" He asked.
"I was scared." I mumbled sheepishly.
"Never again, koi. I'm here for you. I love you. And we're going to have a baby!"
I peeked into the bedroom one last time, making sure he was asleep. Sighing I closed it lightly and hurried to the front door. "Sorry, koi, but I have to do this alone." Closing my eyes, I left the safety and warmth of our home.
It was around seven am, and I was tired, sick, and scared. I don't want to be going were I'm going. But I have to. And I can't tell Yaten; he'd worry and say everything was going to be okay. But it wasn't.
I've been getting sick for the last month, and I'm dizzy, tired, and don't feel like myself. It scares me. I don't know what's wrong with me. I just. I don't want to do this alone, but I have to.
Yaten is warm in our beds, dreaming. He's resting and letting peace sink into him finally. He's happy here on earth now, but I can tell he misses Kimonos. I was going to tell him I'd go back with him there, but that was before I was sick. Now I'm not sure what will happen.
If the doctor says. if he says I'm seriously ill, I'm going to run away and not look back. Yaten doesn't need me if I'm going to be weak. He needs someone strong, someone that will be there forever. I'm not sure I'll last that long.
I sighed as I realized I'd worried myself all the way to the hospital. I stared up at the huge building. It looked so scary; I didn't want to go in. But I took a deep breath, and then I stepped in.
It was busy, even for such an early hour. People rushed by me, some glanced up but didn't pay me much mind. I proceeded to the desk, "Hotaru Kou, I'm here for those test."
"One moment please." The woman said. She paged through her book then directed me to an office on the third floor.
Slowly, trying to stretch out my time, I walked to the elevator and pressed 3. The thing made a dinging sound as I arrived at the floor. The doors slid open and I walked down the halls that smelled like medicines, machines, and rubber. The walls were white with nothing to decorate them. They weren't cheerful at all, more bleak then anything else.
I finally arrived at my destination, office 125t. I swung open the door and waltzed in with as much dignity as I could muster up. A man stood looking over some charts. He glanced up, over the rims of his glasses and smiled.
"Mrs. Kou." He stated. "Please have a seat and we'll begin."
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It had been five days. That's exactly how long the doctor said I'd have to wait to know. He was supposed to call today. I've been so nervous over the last few days. Yaten, I think, knows something's wrong.
We were both in the living room. He was reading a magazine and I was sprawled in his lay, resting my head on his shoulder. I was savoring the moments until I'd have to run. The phone rung, making us both jump. I wanted to get it, I knew who it was going to be.
Yaten, though, was the one to answer. "Hello?"
"Hello, yes. Is Mrs. Kou there?"
"Hold on a moment." Yaten glanced at me and hit speaker phone. I took a deep breath and spoke.
"Hello."
"Mrs. Kou, good news.." I felt like crying. Not bad? "You've nothing wrong with you." Yaten's eyes cut to me with a worried glance.
He mouthed, "What's wrong."
I sighed, I wanted to disappear into the couch and not hear anything. "The tests came back, it's not some deadly disease you thought." Yaten looked ready to die at that statement. He just stared at me in shock. He was mad I hadn't told him. Damn the doctor and koi for being here and now.
"Mrs. Kou, you're pregnant."
"....." I looked shocked at the phone. "I'm what?" I said doubting I heard right.
"You're pregnant."
"...."
Yaten looked startled. In one swift movement I found myself not sitting anymore, but being swung around the room by my laughing husband. He must have gone crazy. Yes that must be it.
"Mrs. Kou, we'd like you to start checking in regularly every month. Have a nice day." The phone went dead, but I couldn't hear. I all I could think of was the mirth and love sparkling in Yaten's eyes. He swung me into his embrace and kissed me passionately. I thought I was dieing from the heat and love radiating from him.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going to the doctors?" He asked.
"I was scared." I mumbled sheepishly.
"Never again, koi. I'm here for you. I love you. And we're going to have a baby!"