Chapter 15: (20 Weeks)
The constant nervous tapping against the white marble floor bounced off the white hospital walls and around the room, irritating the other patients around them. People were starting to look at the source of it with annoyed eyes until the found the source of all the noise.
A nervous blonde-haired female, fiddling with whatever was in her hands, and a black-haired man, comforting the woman beside him.
Mamoru sighed and looked at his wife beside him, ignoring the whole waiting room watching them. Usagi looked at him quickly before looking away. Her hand clicking on and off the case of her phone. Mamoru pressed his hand gently on her right knee, holding it from bouncing anymore. "Usako" he speaks to her gently. "Are you ok?"
Her eyes fly to him nervously before looking at her hands. He noticed the look she was giving him. He sighs, knowing her answer was a no. "Why aren't you okay?" he asks her again, not expecting an answer from her in the slightest.
Her look was frantic and a little annoyed when her eyes turned to him. He flinched before watching her eyes tear up before she opens her mouth and speaks for the first time in the hospital. "What if somehow I've managed to kill the baby? That ultrasound is going to tell us if the baby is alive or dead. I can't even look after my own body and now there is someone else sharing my body with me!" she bursts in a cry "What if I've done something wrong within the past month of the last ultrasound?" she whispers as she squeezes his hands.
"It'll all be alright…" he whispers as he holds her in his arms gently.
"Mrs Chiba" the nurse calls out as she looks around the room. Usagi stands up nervously, attaching herself to her husband's side as she follows the nurse into the room. "Now Mrs Chiba, we're going to need you to lie down on the bed for us and lift up your shirt." The nurse instructs.
"Hello Dr Chiba. This must me your wife" one of the other nurses says with a smile as her eye catches Mamoru from the corner.
"Yes, this is my wife" he says with a small smile. Usagi lifts up her shirt and the blue gel is squeezed on top, before the ultrasound stick is placed gently on her abdomen.
"Are you ready?" the nurse asks with a small smile. Usagi nods, her face turning to the ultrasound machine. The machine lights up, and after a few moments, the image is displayed on the screen, the sound of a heartbeat filling the air. Usagi gasps, before a huge grin fills her expression.
"The baby is alright. Right? They aren't hurt?" she asks in confusion. The nurse shakes her head gently, a small smile adorning her face as well. "The baby's healthy right?" she asks again. The nurse nods.
"We can tell you the gender today if you'd like" The nurse says.
"NO" Usagi yells before flinching at the sound of her own voice. "No…Could you put it in an envelope for us please… I want to give it to my Mother and Father" she whispers. The nurses laugh, smiling as they pull out a piece of paper on the desk, printing off the ultrasounds through the printer. The lady handed one to Usagi swiftly, placing the other three in the envelope. The lady hands Mamoru the envelope gently, before smiling as they both walked off out the room and into the main entrance of the hospital, where Kenji and Ikuko were both waiting excitedly, and a grouchy Shingo at their feet. "So?" Ikuko asks as she hugs her daughter. "Are you giving us a granddaughter or a grandson?" Ikuko asks with a massive grin as she hugs Mamoru.
They shrug in sync, handing Usagi's excited mother the envelope. "There's the gender in there. We decided beforehand that we didn't want to know the gender so we could have a gender reveal. There's also a bunch of ultrasound copies in there as well" Usagi says with a smile as she wraps her arm around Mamoru's waist. Ikuko opens the envelope carefully, a brilliant smile planted on her face as she turns to Kenji, pointing at the ultrasound.
"Remember when this was our Usagi?" She asks, tears threatening her eyes. Kenji nods back at her remark. "And Shingo too" she hugs Shingo as he moves over to see. Both Usagi and Mamoru bid their goodbyes before the gender was accidentally revealed to them. Slowly, the couple slid into the car before driving back to the apartment.
Mamoru wrapped his arm around Usagi as she walked out the car to the elevator. Usagi smiled as she copied him, her arm around his waist. They unlock the door swiftly, walking inside and into the kitchen. Mamoru gets set on making lunch for his wife, Usagi sitting at the kitchen island watching him intently. "Alright" Usagi sighs, a smile on her face. "We'll buy a house" she grins. Mamoru turns to look at her, a victorious grin plastered on his face.
"Really?" He asks her before watching her nod to his question. "What changed your mind?" he queries. She grins before touching her abdomen affectionately.
"I figured that when the baby is born, a house won't be built by then." She shrugs. "And honestly, as much as I love this apartment, I sometimes start to get sick of the view." She says with a grin. "AND I found a really cute house. It's big enough for us to have three little babies" she giggles, reaching for the laptop and opening it up. After a minute she turns it around, displaying the house she found online.
"Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one theatre room, a garage and a study. Complete with a large backyard and a pool?" he laughs at it as he reads it out. "Usako why would we need this?" he asks her, a smirk planted on her face.
"So, we can teach our babies how to swim" she grins as she taps her stomach affectionately. Mamoru laughs, walking over to her and pushing the plate towards her. she grins before her smile drops with a gasp, her hands flying towards her abdomen.
"Usako?" Mamoru asks worriedly, his hands touching her face, in concern. Usagi's face morphs into confusion, her hands pressed lightly against the fabric of her shirt. "Are you ok? What's wrong?" he presses as he follows her as she paced across the dining room. A grin lights up her face as she turns to him.
"The baby" she whispered in a smile as she went and hugged him. He hugged her back, thinking that she lost the baby. "The baby moved Mamo-chan. I just felt something move inside of me" she gasps as her hands fly back to her abdomen. Mamoru choked on her words.
His son or daughter was alive and moving inside of his wife. Suddenly, his wife cut through his daze, a small pair of hands shaking his body. "Mamoru-Baka. Did you not hear me or what?" she snaps.
Suddenly, he smiled at her, spinning her around in a circle, a smile on both of their face. Then he kissed her swiftly and gently before setting her down on the ground. "I love you" Usagi whispers as she places her hand on his face, stroking it gently.
"I love you too" he whispers. "Both of you. You're all my family now" Mamoru whispers back.