:::Riku's POV:::
We are on our way home and Kairi's asleep in the seat next to me. She's kinda got me worried a little though because she got really sick on the boat. Probably just the ocean...I hope...Suddenly we pulled into the driveway and I turned off the ignition and gazed at her for a few moments. She looked just like an angel when she slept... I almost couldn't make myself wake her up. Then I gently reached over and shook her a little bit and whispered to her softly.
"Hey Kai...Were home...It's time to get up." I replied in a soothing tone.
She then gently opened her crystal violet eyes.
"I'm up...I'm up..." she replied as she stretched suddenly. I then got out and helped her out of the car and took her up the steps. It was very late... The ocean was very calm and the stars lit up the sky. I held her close to my chest and she looked up at me gently.
"Let's just go to bed...We'll unpack tomorrow...I'm just to tired to do anything else..."she explained.
"Alright...We'll go to bed..."I proclaimed. I could get where she was coming at. I was very tired myself...
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I gently laid her on the bed after she had changed. She wore one of my T-shirts. It was way to big for her little body ,but still yet again she looked beautiful in it. I soon settled down beside her and gently kissed her forehead and then I gazed her a moment in the darkness as I lied down beside her. Then a thought came to my mind I wish wouldn't have. What if she didn't lay beside me like this for the rest of my life? What if one day I couldn't ever hold her in my arms again? What if one day I couldn't kiss her again or touch her soft skin? The thoughts kept on coming but I just pushed them aside. That would never happen. The cancer was gone I reassured myself. I then settled down and I soon fell asleep not to long after that.
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The next morning sunlight peeped through the blinds and I looked hazily beside me to see Kairi was gone so I quickly got up ,and she soon walked out of the bathroom with a very pale look on her face.
"Kai hun you ok?" I added as I quickly rushed over to her.
"I got sick again." she proclaimed.
"You're going to see a doctor." I replied.
"No I'll be fine." she said reassuring herself.
"You probably will be but I still want you to be checked out...Ok?" I added.
"Alright I'll go." she said in an annoyed tone. I know she hated doctors but she had to go. The littlest sickness for her could be very serious for her. So everything had to be checked on.
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I called up the doctor and he said the soonest he could see her was at 9:00 AM. She pulled her hair up in a rubber band and neatly ironed her clothes. At about 8:30 we were both ready to go. I walked outside and we both got into the beaten down truck Tidus's father used in the orange groves. He had let us borrow it for however long we needed it for Kairi's hospital checkups. As soon as I saved up enough money to buy a vehicle of our own I was going to buy one. She sat across from me ,and looked blankly at the world outside of her.
She looked so beautiful as sunlight caressed her soft pink cheeks and crimson hair her backside. Then I seen her softly purse her lips and began to speak softly.
"Riku... I'm scared..." she proclaimed softly.
I gently touched her shoulder.
"Don't be scared Kai...Everything is going to be ok."I reassured her.
Suddenly the truck stopped and we both got out. I gently took her hand and I gazed at her gently.
"Kai we'll go through this together...Were a family..."I reassured her.
She smiled at me softly and suddenly embraced me tightly.
"I love you so much..."she replied with a loving softness in her eyes only I could see. I smiled gently at her and softly kissed her lips and as I rose up in front of her I caressed her cheek with my palm softly.
"I love you to..."I replied back just as soft. We embraced there for just a few moments until she finally broke it off.
"Well we better get going." she replied with a soft smile and I knew she was now confident with herself which put my soul at rest finally. We walked up into the waiting room together.
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We sat together as Kairi looked at a magazine and out of the corner of my eye I seen a very familiar looking little girl. She sat in a chair holding a small infant. She sat beside what had to have been her mom and dad. It then hit me...That was the little girl who had given me the little rag doll while Kairi was in the hospital. I gazed at her softly and the little child that lay asleep in her arms. I smiled silently to myself and then suddenly a nurse replied.
"Ms. Kairi...The doctor will see you now." replied a blond haired nurse while holding a brown clip board.
Suddenly Kairi smiled shyly at me.
"Wish me luck."she replied before leaving the room. I smiled intently at her as she walked off into the doctors office and the nurse quickly shut the door. The sad thing was I wasn't allowed to go in even though I was her own husband...They had a very strict privacy policy here. Suddenly I decided to say prayer for good luck...
'Dear God it's me again...Yeah it's Riku I'm sure you already know that...Please God just please let Kairi be alright if it's according to your will...Please just keep your hand upon her and keep her in good health...That's all I'm asking from you lord and you know I barely ask anything of you god...Please just keep her from harm...' in your name I pray amen...' I thought silently to myself as I raised my head up hoping for the best...
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:::Kairi's POV:::
"Well Kairi it's been a while since I've seen you...What seems to be the trouble?" asked the doctor patiently.
"For the past two days I've had motion sickness and I've felt like as if I could faint as well...I'm also very lightheaded as well..."I repeated.
"Well let's run a few tests shall we?" replied the doctor.
I became very nervous at the thought of tests...Why did we have to have more tests? That only made me worry even more.
"You set tight and I'll have the nurse in here in a second."he replied as he walked out of the room and I sat on the cold table feeling myself become very lightheaded at the thought of what might happen...What if it was the cancer? What if it had returned? My mind began to ponder upon these things.
Suddenly a very chubby brow haired nurse waddled in and got the needle.
"Miss. Kairi I'm just going to give you a few shots and everything will be set." she proclaimed.
I winced a bit as she stuck the needle in my arm and withdrew the thick red liquid from my arm. Suddenly she dashed off and I was left alone yet again in the little room. I bit my lip nervously awaiting the results of my condition...Whether it be positive or negative...
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A few minutes the doctor returned to the little room holding a brown clipboard in his hand with my test results clipped to it...My heart began to thud loudly beneath my chest and I began to shake as I became very nervous.
"Well Kairi we have some very surprising results..." he proclaimed.
"What!? Has my cancer returned!?" I said as I jerked up shaking nervously.
"No...no... not at all...Calm yourself...It has nothing to do with that..." he explained in a soothing calm tone.
"Well? Then what is it then!?" I proclaimed shaking nervously.
"The reason why you've been getting sick is because...You're pregnant..." he exclaimed calmly.
"I'm what!?" I replied jumping up from my spot.
"You're pregnant..." he replied with a smile. Suddenly I felt my head become light again...I couldn't believe it... Me of all people! I was going to have a baby...I was shocked, happy ,nervous, and scared all at the same time...
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks...What would Riku think of all this?
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:::Riku's POV:::
I waited impatiently for Kairi in the waiting room...I was becoming very nervous...I had been waiting for her nearly an hour...
Suddenly the door opened and Kairi walked through. I sprang up and embraced her as she walked toward me but she didn't hug me back. She just stood there motionless with a blank expression on her face... It was one of that which was of fear and shock...Soon my mind began to think of the worst thing that could have possibly happened. Then she gently touched my shoulder with her hand softly and then she spoke as if she were almost whispering.
"Riku I'm going to have a baby..." she said blankly staring at me very sternly and then my jaw dropped...Of all the things that could have happened to us...We were soon to be parents...We barely supported ourselves...How in the world were we going to support another little life?