Chapter 28 – Problems

Days seemed to go by slower and slower for Kairi. The long awaited birth of the newborn child was getting closer. Kairi didn't want to make the mistake of buying everything that's meant for a girl and end up getting a boy, so she decided to leave that alone for a while.

Akira and Kosuke's school year was over, so now they were in and out of the house constantly. Usually during the summer, Kairi didn't have very much time to herself, which wasn't really too good, especially since she was eight and a half months pregnant. She's felt a little sick the past few days.

The next day, Anna came over to baby-sit while Sora and Kairi went to the grocery store. The twins complained but knew they weren't going to win so they shut up. At the store, Kairi saw so much junk food that she wanted to get, but she didn't. Sora did buy some ice cream though.

Since the birth was four weeks or less away, Kairi was getting a little scared. What if Sora wasn't around when she was ready to give birth? She knew it probably wasn't anything to worry about, because Sora has stayed home since he stopped playing Blitzball, but she was pessimistic. She was lucky enough to not have a miscarriage.

"Corn dogs!" Kairi pointed. Sora reached in, got a big box of them and put them in the cart. Kairi had forgotten which baby food the twins loved so much. She was going to think about that later.

"Whoa," She put her hand on her stomach. The baby was moving around some, which always scared her. Sora was thinking something else, but was relieved to find out that that was all it was. They left the grocery store with tons of bags.

"You don't have to carry anything inside, babe. I got it." Sora said as he took a few bags out of the car.

"But I want to help…"

"No, just go inside." She decided to listen to him. Akira and Kosuke came running out of the house. Sora made them carry some bags in.

"Mom! Guess what!" The twins exclaimed, jumping all around her. Kairi set her purse on the table. She lost her balance a little, but luckily the counter was there to catch her.

"What?"

"Anna got so angry at us she left!" Akira blurted out proudly. Kairi's eyes widened. Sora heard this and came into the kitchen.

"Whoa, what happened now?" Sora questioned suspiciously, giving Akira and Kosuke a defiant stare.

"Um… what he meant to say was… Anna left." Kosuke tried to cover up, but it didn't work.

"And why did she leave?" Kairi asked, reaching for the phone so she could call Anna and figure all of this out.

"He did it." They pointed at each other. Once they realized it wouldn't get anywhere, they rushed up to their room.

"Get back here!" Sora yelled. He heard them stop at the top of the stairs and then walk back down slowly with their heads down in shame. Kairi and Sora crossed their arms. Sora cleared his throat.

"I want to know why Anna left, now tell me." Sora demanded.

"Well… uh…" Kosuke started.

"You see, we were being the perfect angels we are, right?" Akira interrupted. Kairi and Sora exchanged non-believing looks. "And then she told us to go to bed. It was only eight-thirty… during summer!"

"And you disagreed to go to bed, didn't you?" Kairi asked.

"Well, no. We said we'd go to bed at 9:30." Akira said smartly. "But then she got mad at us."

"She grabbed my arm!" Kosuke yelled.

"Okay, this is just nonsense." Sora said. "Go to bed."

"She hit me!" Akira tried to say, but was shooed upstairs. Sora came back into the kitchen rubbing his forehead. He seemed to be a little tired. Kairi had an anxious look on her face.

"What if they're telling the truth? Usually Kosuke likes Anna." Kairi said quietly, hoping to get some agreement from Sora.

"Well if they are, let's take care of it tomorrow, okay? I think I'm going to go to bed." He kissed her. "I love you."

He went into the bedroom, leaving her in the kitchen. Kairi never thought Anna would do such a thing, but then again, it's a common case with babysitters. She decided to go talk with Akira and Kosuke more.

Kairi opened the door quietly and knocked. The twins automatically pretended to be asleep, but she knew they weren't. She sat in the desk chair.

"Akira? Kosuke?" She whispered. They turned over and looked at her.

"So what happened? And please don't lie to me." She told them.

"Well, she hit Akira and nearly twisted my arm." Kosuke explained.

"That hurt." Akira rubbed his shoulder.

"Oh my goodness…" Maybe they were telling the truth. Before she could respond, the phone rang. Kairi picked it up after the first ring.

"Namine? Are you okay?" She ignored the twin's bewildered looks. It was Namine, and she was crying. They only reason she'd ever call this late would be because of a problem, so there was definitely something wrong.

"Kairi…" She sniffled, "He just… walked out on me… he's gone…"

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A/N: OMG, I was SO PISSED. Right before I was about to put this chapter up, the internet decides to stop working for a couple minutes. Yes, I can be impatient… but would you be angry if YOU had been working on this for an hour and then it wouldn't be able to go up? Okay, I feel better now. XD