A few more weeks went by and it was finally the beginning of August. As the days went by, the weather got hotter, and the babies in Kairi's stomach were growing bigger. She barely walked anymore. Instead, since she got so big, she now waddled. Her mood swings were a lot worse than when she was a few weeks pregnant. There were days when Kairi felt fine and dandy and she was happy and she would call her mother to chat about raising children or Sora to tell him she loved him very much, but then there were days where Kairi was so depressed or miserable, she would lock herself in her bedroom while Sora taught summer school, and sit on her bed to eat and watch TV. She would even stay in her nightclothes and not brush her barely long hair, which she chopped off one day when she felt really depressed. It was now just barely past her shoulders when it used to be halfwaydown her back.

Sora was also feeling the effects of Kairi's pregnancy. Some nights, Kairi would wake Sora up at night just to get her a glass of water. He kept thinking when Kairi woke him up from his sleep that she was in labor and saying "It's time," so he would immediately wake up, but instead she just smiled sweetly and politely asked for a glass of water. When he came back with the water, Kairi would thank him and gulp the entire thing down in fifteen seconds or less. She did this three or four times a night, so Sora would go to work either grumpy or sleepy. Then, Kairi would get cravings, so she would sometimes call Sora at school or when he was hanging out with Riku to tell him to pick up some pickles or sardines for her ice cream or a cupcake to put in her cheeseburger. She still ate healthy. She used the food processor Hurky gave her as a housewarming gift to make homemade orange or apple juice to drink or she would eat plain vegetables...as long as she dipped them in ranch dipping sauce.

One afternoon, Sora came home from work to find Kairi upstairs, lying on their bed with a pint of black cherry ice cream resting on her now enormous stomach and watching a movie on-demand. It was one of those days, where she would stay in their bedroom and watch TV. She was still in her nightclothes, which were now a sleeveless shirt and stretchy pants where the legs ended nearly at her ankles.

Sora plopped down on the bed next to Kairi and kicked off his shoes.

"What a long day." he said with a sigh. He turned to Kairi. "So, how was your day?"

"Terrible." muttered Kairi. "The twins kept kicking all night and most of this morning. Then the weather's been extremely sweltering and it's hard on me, so I've been running the air conditioner on and off but now I feel really sad. Sora, do you find me attractive anymore?"

This question stunned Sora. How could Kairi ask a question like this? Then he remembered that it was normal for Kairi to have mood swings, expecially now.

"What?" cried Sora.

"You heard me." said Kairi.

Sora thought for a minute. He always thought Kairi was a beautiful person, even if she was pregnant. The only time she wasn't was when she was going through a bad mood swing.

"Of course I do!" said Sora. "It's just that-"

"Ohhh, you don't find me attractive anymore, WAAAAHHHH!" cried Kairi and then burst into tears.

Sora sighed. He held his arm out to hug his wife as she wept. Kairi picked up the ice cream off her stomach, put it on her nightstand, and leaned onto Sora and he gave her a big hug while she buried her face into Sora's chest, crying on his burgundy colored button shirt.

"Listen, Kairi," said Sora gently. "I really do find you attractive. You just assume that I don't. I've always thought you were pretty and you always will be. I don't find anyone ugly, except for maybe Burkorini's kids...if he ever has any, haha."

Kairi giggled. "I feel sorry for his fiancee." she said, looking up. "She has to marry a guy who won't let go of his mom."

Sora smiled and Kairi let go of Sora.

"Feel better already?" asked Sora.

"Yeah." said Kairi with a smile. "I guess the mood swing is gone."

She picked up the ice cream and offered it to Sora. "Want some ice cream?" she asked.

"Don't mind if I do!" said Sora as he took the ice cream and spooned some into his mouth.

Two days later, Ryo arranged a baby shower for Kairi. She thought it was a good idea for everyone getting Kairi baby clothes if they got two outfits in blue and two outfits in pink, in case Kairi had two boys or two girls. She also invited Sora and Kairi's mothers, Hurky, Alexa, Lani, Alyssa, Selphie, Namine, and Yuna. It was a small shower, but still, it was a good one.

Everyone was sitting around Kairi in her living room the day of the shower as Kairi unwrapped the presents.

"Oh, how cute!" squealed Kairi as she held up a blue diaper bag. "Thank you so much, Selphie!"

Selphie smiled. "I knew you'd love it." she said.

Kairi picked up two boxes from Alexa.

"Those are from me." spoke up Alexa.

Kairi carefully unwrapped the pastel colored paper from both of the boxes, lifted up the box lids, and picked up two pairs of pink pajamas from one box and two pairs of blue pajamas from the other.

"Wow, how clever!" said Kairi with a laugh. "In case I have two boys or two girls! Thank you, Alexa!"

Alexa smiled.

Kairi received more clothes from Hurky, Namine, and Yuna. Ryo gave Kairi two baby blankets she made, both in a fine material that you can't get on Destiny Islands, a bottle set and a few storybooks from her mother, a walkie talkie set from Lani, who learned from her experiences as a mother, two baby hats that Alyssa had learned to knit (and did a great job for a beginner), and some toys from Sora's mother.

"Thank you all so much!" said Kairi. "I'm so glad that you thought of the twins and what they might be when they're born."

"I can't believe I'm finally getting nieces or nephews." said Lani. She was the oldest of Kairi's family and never knew what it was like for one of her siblings to have kids of their own.

"I can't believe Sora and I are having kids!" said Kairi gleefully.

Everyone laughed.

After everything was cleaned up and the stuff was put away, everyone left. Sora came home ten minutes later. He was relaxed because it was his last day of teaching summer school. Kairi told him about everything everyone gave her for the babies.

"Haha, well at least our kids are prepared." joked Sora.

Kairi was silent. She turned to Sora.

"Sora, I just thought of something." she said. "I'm due in a few weeks and I could go into labor any time soon when that time comes. We need an emergency plan, in case I go into labor during the day or night."

"I was thinking about that today." began Sora. "I was thinking that if you go into labor during the day, I could arrange for the school to get a sub to take over in case you go into labor on a school day."

Kairi remembered that school would be back in session when she was due to give birth.

"If you go into labor during the night, however," continued Sora. "I could just take you, no matter what time it is."

After figuring out what they were going to do, Sora went to go cook dinner...