Marlene was in a panic. "Yuji, it's time! Don't you understand that? Yuji!"
Yuji was panicky too. He couldn't even think until Marlene yelled for him. It was time. He was going to be a father at last. Oh no, he was going to be a father... Just so many thoughts were racing inside his head. Marlene yelled again, "Yuji!"
He passed out. He wasn't supposed to pass out, and when he came around, he felt so embarrassed. He had to stay strong.
Yuji woke up on a cot. He stood up and tried to walk, but he tripped and fell flat on his face. He felt someone helping him up. It was Hachiro. "Man, are you okay? You've been out cold for hours."
"Where's Marlene? Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine. Come in here and look." Hachiro guided him into a hallway and opened a door on the right. Inside was Marlene in a bed, holding a bundle. She looked up at him and smiled. "Yuji! I'm so glad you're alright... we were worried about you after you fainted." She tried to get up, but Arisu stopped her. "Now, honey, you should stay there. You've been through a lot." Hachiro helped Yuji into a chair beside the bed.
"Look at our daughter, Yuji. Isn't she beautiful?" Marlene said as she gave the baby to him. He held the little bundle in his arms although it was a little difficult. Their child had blonde hair, like Marlene, and he agreed, she was beautiful.
"What happened? How long have I been asleep?"
"Well, when my water broke and I told you it was time, you passed out. Luckily, Hachiro's house wasn't far away and he and Arata helped me into his house and called for Arisu. They also brought you in and set you down on a cot. Five hours later, I gave birth to our little girl. That was two hours ago. And you just woke up, and I'm so happy to see that you're better."
"Seven hours! That's how long I was passed out?"
"Yes, we tried to wake you up, but you weren't responding."
Marlene continued talking about how painful the labor was and the baby and everything he had missed while he kept admiring his daughter. She was lovely, so innocent, and so small. He was amazed. He couldn't believe this was his child.
Yuji's voice cracked, "What is her name?"
Marlene looked off into space somewhere. "I just don't know, I was waiting for you to wake up before we named her."
"What do you think we should name her?"
"I don't know, Yuji. What do you think?"
Yuji had vision of a little girl from his past. She had no resemblance of his daughter. She had a dog, he remembered. And she was, like his daughter, so lovely, so innocent, and so small. And now she was gone because of the Blue. He knew he'd never let that happen to another child.
"Let's name her Yung."
Yuji was panicky too. He couldn't even think until Marlene yelled for him. It was time. He was going to be a father at last. Oh no, he was going to be a father... Just so many thoughts were racing inside his head. Marlene yelled again, "Yuji!"
He passed out. He wasn't supposed to pass out, and when he came around, he felt so embarrassed. He had to stay strong.
Yuji woke up on a cot. He stood up and tried to walk, but he tripped and fell flat on his face. He felt someone helping him up. It was Hachiro. "Man, are you okay? You've been out cold for hours."
"Where's Marlene? Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine. Come in here and look." Hachiro guided him into a hallway and opened a door on the right. Inside was Marlene in a bed, holding a bundle. She looked up at him and smiled. "Yuji! I'm so glad you're alright... we were worried about you after you fainted." She tried to get up, but Arisu stopped her. "Now, honey, you should stay there. You've been through a lot." Hachiro helped Yuji into a chair beside the bed.
"Look at our daughter, Yuji. Isn't she beautiful?" Marlene said as she gave the baby to him. He held the little bundle in his arms although it was a little difficult. Their child had blonde hair, like Marlene, and he agreed, she was beautiful.
"What happened? How long have I been asleep?"
"Well, when my water broke and I told you it was time, you passed out. Luckily, Hachiro's house wasn't far away and he and Arata helped me into his house and called for Arisu. They also brought you in and set you down on a cot. Five hours later, I gave birth to our little girl. That was two hours ago. And you just woke up, and I'm so happy to see that you're better."
"Seven hours! That's how long I was passed out?"
"Yes, we tried to wake you up, but you weren't responding."
Marlene continued talking about how painful the labor was and the baby and everything he had missed while he kept admiring his daughter. She was lovely, so innocent, and so small. He was amazed. He couldn't believe this was his child.
Yuji's voice cracked, "What is her name?"
Marlene looked off into space somewhere. "I just don't know, I was waiting for you to wake up before we named her."
"What do you think we should name her?"
"I don't know, Yuji. What do you think?"
Yuji had vision of a little girl from his past. She had no resemblance of his daughter. She had a dog, he remembered. And she was, like his daughter, so lovely, so innocent, and so small. And now she was gone because of the Blue. He knew he'd never let that happen to another child.
"Let's name her Yung."