A Baby's Lullaby
"I FUCKING HATE YOU ALL!" Ahhh, every one at the Winner estate new that sound all too well, and in a precise and accurate count down, . . .3. . .2. . .
The sound of soft sobbing grew louder as a growing Quatre entered the game room now turned den. It was now time to execute operation T.B., as Heero put. This was when Heero would go threw hell to find the only person in the entire world 'and' space that could calm and/or comfort the emotional Arab.
You see it was about two weeks ago, about Quatre's forth month mark, that the little angle boy started to suffer the 'joys of child bearing.' At first the mood swings started out as simple little sessions about five mints long where Quatre would all of the sudden start to cry silently and when asked what was wrong he would reply that he didn't know what was wrong. That would lead to a three mint session of 'everybody must hold, pet, and coo comfort to little distraught Quatre.' Once he'd give his file sniff Trowa would be the one to softly ask if he was 'alright now?' Which Quatre would nod his head vigorously and give a normal smile.
Well it was only that simple for about the whole of a week. After that it got worse to where the crying sessions would last longer and be a bit more intense to where he would cry out that he wanted Trowa. Trowa, who had decided to stay relatively close to his 'little one' do to the mood swings, would come right as the first syllable of his name left the rosy lips of his lover and would stand (or sit) rocking Quatre till the mood swing would end. What would make these sessions kind of scary was when Quatre would all of the sudden start laughing as he got up and would leave to go tinker around the house.
Now, about a week and a half since that started, Quatre had gotten where he would experience quick and sharp bouts of anger before he would brake down into bouts of sobbing tears. It was these emotional trips that had Trowa in a really awkward situation for he never truly could tell when Quatre wanted to be left alone during his mood swing or if he just wanted to be held and comforted. This one was one of those.
Trowa stood just behind Quatre in the doorway to the den as he watched his 'little one' to see what the best action would be. As he watched his angle, Quatre dropped his already showing body to his knees and covered his face. The most heart wrenching sobs made their muffled way to Trowa's ears. Trowa couldn't help but feel sorry for his lover. He made his way quickly to the kneeling blond and wrapped his strong arms protectively around Quatre's delicate shoulders and began to rock slowly with Quatre.
Quatre turned and clutched helplessly to Trowa's shirt. His sobs making his shoulders shake violently in Trowa's arms. Trowa just continued to hold Quatre threw his tears and coo soft comfort to the little blond. When Quatre began to calm down, Trowa moved one hand down to gently stroke Quatre's bulging belly. Four months and he look six. Trowa gave a small sigh and hugged Quatre firmly.
"I'm sorry, Trowa, I didn't mean that, not at all." Quatre whispered after a shaky deep breath. Trowa stroked Quatre's hair soothingly.
"Shhhh, I know little one. It is not easy for you." Trowa comforted.
"But I shouldn't have shouted like that, I know how much it hurts you, I try not to but at times- -" Trowa gently cut Quatre off with a soft kiss. The little Arab let himself melt into the touch and lean into the strong, supporting embrace that Trowa gave him. Trowa broke away softly.
"I know, you don't have to explain. Like Heero said, everything you experience will be three times worse. That includes your mood swings, not just your growth." Trowa said gently. He hugged Quatre again when he heard the soft sigh escape the blonds pink lips. Trowa let himself relish the moment while he held Quatre. He shifted Quatre in his arms, Quatre's head shifting to rest just over Trowa's heart. Trowa smiled at Quatre, finding him to have fallen asleep agents his chest.
Trowa deftly shifted Quatre's small body in his arms so his little one was cradled safely in his grasp. He swiftly rose from the floor with his husband curled to him. Trowa took Quatre up to their room and laid him down for a restful nap. The triplets were robbing Quatre of so much needed energy. It worried Trowa no mater how many times that Heero or Sally said that it was perfectly normal and that in a few more weeks the tiredness would dissipate.
As he made his way down the hall a sharp cry came from the direction of Wufei's and Duo's room. Trowa stopped in his tracks and turned to listen. It came again only louder. Trowa turned on a heal and ran to the door to Duo's room. Normally if a cry came from a room Trowa would smirk the place a bet with ether Heero of Quatre on which on of the partners was getting laid. But this cry was not of the normal pleaser cries that made their way threw the hall, this one was filled with fear, horror, and pain. Trowa reached the door and threw it open to find Duo curled on the floor holding his abdomen and crying. What froze Trowa in place with absolute horror was the pool of blood forming on the floor between Duo's legs.
Duo and Wufei had been sitting in the kitchen when Quatre had shouted out. Duo had started in his seat and knocked himself a good to the side of his abdomen on the table edge. He had hissed a bit and gave his side a rub but all in all he was fine. He sat back next to Wufei and continued to idly eat the banana pudding he had had a hankering for.
"How you can stand the taste of the vile substance, I will never know." Wufei said with a grimace.
"Ah Wu-bear, you will never know what's good!" Dou said with his patented smile. "Sister Helen use to make me a batch of banana pudding and a small chocolate cake for my birthday." Duo said his tone sobering as he sniffed slightly. Duo pushed the rest of his uneaten desert away and got up. Wufei watched him.
"Where are you going?" Wufei asked concerned. Duo looked over his shoulder.
"I'm going to go lay down for a while." He said softly.
"Would you like me to come with you?" Wufei asked gently.
"No I'd like to be alone for a bit."
Wufei nodded. Duo had times where he wasn't very susceptible to having others around. Duo left and went upstairs. As he passed Trowa and Quatre's room he saw Trowa laying a sleeping Quatre down out of his arms. Duo smiled gently. Aside from the out of control mood swings, Quatre was doing overly well. Duo on the other hand was doing 'better' then he was earlier in his pregnancy. He didn't have to take as many supplements or medicines once Sally had been happy with the way his body responded to the now 'functioning' implant.
Duo went into his room and to that bathroom before making his way to the bed. On his way a strange and very intense bout of nausea and dizziness struck him. He tried to make it to the safety of his bed but, with a sharp cry, he fell to the floor in front of the bed. Unfortunately, Duo did not have the ability to turn as he would have when he was not pregnant. Instead he fell forward. Duo tried to catch himself but even with the plush carpet his arms jarred and he fell on his stomach.
The pain was hot blazing fire in his abdomen. He turned to his side and wrapped his arms around his abdomen and gave a loud cry of intense pain as his mussels clenched. Duo felt something run from between his legs but the pain was so bad, he couldn't make a coherent thought. The door slammed open and a silhouette stood in the doorway in his darkened mind before he blacked out.
When Duo's head fell to the side as he blacked out, Trowa rushed forward. He scooped Duo up and nearly tore of his sweat pants and found in them blood and what looked like a handful of hamburger, Duo's fetus.
"Fuck," Trowa hissed as he grabbed his cell phone from his belt. He dilled Sally's cell.
"Sally,-"
"Sally, get to the hospital, Duo has had an accident and is miscarrying."
"Oh God! I'll meet you there." Trowa turned off his phone and clipped it back. He grabbed Duo's pants and rolled them into a bundle. He pulled the top cover from the bed and wrapped Duo init and hulled ass out of the room with both bundles in his arms.
"WUFEI, HEERO, ZECHS!" He yelled all three came rushing in. Wufei stopped dead in his tracks at the site. Heero and Zechs came up quickly and moved with Trowa as he continued to rush out.
"Zechs go get the car," in a blink Zechs was gone, "Heero get Wufei moving and to the car. We'll go ahead of you and meet you at the hospital, you need to wake Quatre and get Miya." Heero nodded and moved back to steer Wufei to the waiting van. Zechs didn't wait fro the doors to even close, he hit the gas and they were off.
"Hold on Duo." Heero whispered sadly as he watched the tan van vanish in the distance. He rushed back in and up to Quatre's room once there he gently woke the blond and explained what he knew of what was happing which was that something was seriously wrong with Duo and that they had to meet the others at the hospital.
To say Quatre was worried would have been an understatement. The young blond man continued to bombard Heero with despite questions as they got in the car, Miya strapped safely into her car seat. Heero answered Quatre's questions best he could as the rushed to the hospital.
When they arrived they found Zechs waiting for them. The platinum blond man took his daughter into his arms and showed the other two to the waiting room where Wufei and Trowa where. No one said anything except for little Miya who's little coos and broken words were somewhat comforting in this distressing situation. When they got to the waiting room Quatre rushed over to his husband who was leaning agents the wall. The lean acrobat wrapped protective arms around the shorter blond. Quatre looked up into sadden eyes.
"Is he all right, what happened?" Quatre asked as he turned to look at the door. Trowa sighed and moved to sit Quatre down.
"I really don't know, I was leaving the hall after I laid you down when I heard him cry out from his room. I stopped to see if I was just imagining it but I wasn't. I rushed to his room and found him on the floor crying and. . . and bleeding." Trowa swallowed. "I pulled his pants off to see what was happing, the ba- - the fetus was in his pants." Quatre's hands flew to his mouth as he gasped. No! no nonononononono! Duo could not loose the baby! He just couldn't!
At the sound of a tight drawn in breath Quatre turned to see Wufei doing his hardest to fight off the tears. Quatre jumped up and moved to kneel in front of Wufei, who he pulled into a tight embrace. Wufei gasped before bearing his face into Quatre's shoulder and cried. Soon three more sets of arms were doing their best to embrace and comfort the China man. Even little Miya did her best to comfort Wufei even if she didn't understand.
"'Tay Wu-wu." Miya's little voice cooed. Wufei looked up at the girl who was held still in her father's arm. He gave a coked laugh at the bright blued eyed look the girl gave him.
"As long as I still have Duo I will be Chibbi." Heero nodded, they could get threw this as long as they had each other.
Zechs looked up at the sound of the door opening and a blood splattered Sally still in scrubs came in.
"I don't believe it but Wufei, there're both fine." Sally said tiredly.
"Wh. .What do you mean, the baby- -"Wufei said somewhat stunned.
"Dou was caring twins." She started and paused letting Wufei absorb this. "The rug burns on Duo's palms and arms suggest that he fell and landed on his stomach. After examining the fetus of the miscarried child and giving Duo a thorough examination and ultrasound told me the whole story." She stopped and moved in front of Wufei to kneel before him.
"Wufei, when Duo conceived, he conceived twins but one of the twins wasn't developing properly, that's why he was having so many medical problems unbeknown to me.
"According to the size and development of the lost fetus it died about the end of his second month while the twin continued to grow. When Duo fell he knocked the dead fetus around a bit and helped his body flush it out. The hemorrhaging saved the twin from dieing and the baby and Duo are doing fine now." Sally paused and let Wufei and the others absorb this information.
"Wufei, if Duo hadn't fallen and knocked out the dead fetus, Wufei, the infection that the decaying fetus would have caused would have killed both Duo and the twin. He was luck this time around but I don't want any more chances like this." Wufei nodded mechanically.
"Don't leave Duo unattended at any time, watch what he dose closely. I'm going to keep him here for two weeks of observation." Sally said as she stood.
"You may go and see him in three hours, right now let him rest. He will be in I.C.U. till I'm happy that he has recovered from blood loss and trauma." With that Sally left.
Wufei gave a shuttering sigh as silent tears made tracks down his cheeks. They still had a chance, more importantly, he still had Duo.
Duo woke up in a strange room and something covering his face. He blinked blurry eyes and found him self in the hospital.
What happened? Duo wandered. Then what happened came back in sharp detail. He gasped as tears began to trickle down his cheeks.
Wufei, at the soft sound of a gasp, was up and sitting on the side of Duo's bed. Wufei brushed Duo's bangs from his eyes and looked down into distraught amethyst. The china man reached down and grasped Duo's slender hand in his own and brought it to his chest.
"I. . I'm sorry, I los-"
"No! no you didn't we still have a baby do, I still have you." Wufei whispered as he bent down and gently rested his forehead agents Duo's. He kissed away Duo's tears around the respirator mask.
"What do you mean?"
Wufei looked directly into Duo's sparkling amethyst and began the long explanation starting with why he had really been having trouble during the begging of the pregnancy. Duo listened avidly and when Wufei finished Duo gave a small pray to the child he had unknowing lost earlier before pulling Wufei down and holding desperately to Wufei. Wufei held him in turn more gently then he himself was being held.
Latter that night when the nurse came to check on Duo she found him still clinging onto Wufei. Both lying asleep in the hospital bed, Duo happily curled up on Wufei's chest. The nurse smiled and closed the door. Those two had just gone threw a hell like no other, they deserved to be together to night, why not let them be.
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