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Ciel and Sebastian returned to their daughter and their home with smug smiles.
Sebastian was nearly quivering with hope that his efforts over the last few days would result in the arrival of his second child.
Ciel was just satisfied to have been able to spend some time alone with her alpha.
It had been quite nice~.
Several weeks later, Ciel mistakenly ate a piece of fruit that was out of date.
When the little bluenette woke up nauseated the next morning, Sebastian was practically beside himself with joy.
"Sebastian, please relax." Ciel said with a sigh as she watched her husband practically fly around the room, throwing on his clothes. "What are you doing?"
"I'll be right back, kitten! Just wait here!" Sebastian purred, giving Ciel a quick, loving kiss.
Ciel took some deep breaths and pressed a cool rag to her face while her alpha ran his secret errand.
Thankfully, nothing happened, but the bluenette still felt a bit ill.
However, Ciel's waves of nausea were overtaken by a rush of irritation when Sebastian returned and stepped boldly into the bathroom, presenting her with a pregnancy test.
"That's not it." Ciel informed her alpha with a scowl. "Those oranges were already bad and I didn't notice in time, Sebastian. I told you that."
"But will it hurt to try, kitten?" Sebastian purred, taking the test out of the box and handing it to Ciel.
Ciel sighed in annoyance.
"For me?" Sebastian asked softly, pleading at Ciel with gentle eyes…...
…..Amber, sexy eyes that were very adept at persuading Ciel….
"Very well." The bluenette pouted, snatching the test from Sebastian's hand.
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Five minutes later, Sebastian had such a frown on his face that one would have thought he had been sentenced to execution.
With deep disappointment, the alpha stared down forlornly at the negative test that Ciel had given to him.
"I told you, I'm not pregnant." Ciel said with a sigh, sitting down on the bathroom floor again.
Sebastian tossed the test into the trash can and silently pulled Ciel into his lap.
The alpha gently held his mate and nuzzled her lovingly like a sad puppy.
In fact, Ciel could have promised that she heard Sebastian whine quietly …
"We can try again, Sebastian." Ciel reminded her alpha with a sigh.
Sebastian's quiet whining became a warm purr and Ciel rolled her eyes.
If having another baby was that important to her mate, then Ciel could go through with it, but really…
What was all the rush about?
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Ciel experienced several more cycles but despite Sebastian's best attempts, a second child did not join their family.
Each month, Sebastian was disappointed but Ciel was relieved.
The bluenette was content with the family she had, and Ciel focused on raising Mina and being the best wife to Sebastian she could be.
It wasn't that Sebastian was unhappy, he was an amazing husband to Ciel, and a doting father to Mina, it was just that Sebastian was an alpha, and he wanted Ciel to have another child.
….And Sebastian Michaelis was not used to being denied what he wanted.
Ciel let the matter go and eventually, the prospect of another child fell to a silent resting point between the couple.
Ciel and Sebastian learned to enjoy their relationship and raising their daughter instead of worrying about whether or not they would have any more offspring.
The seasons came and went.
Mina celebrated her second birthday, posing in an adorable photo shoot, the pictures of which soon adorned Sebastian's desk.
Sebastian grew his already vastly successful business empire even more.
Ciel improved her cooking skills and settled into the domestic bliss that only mated omegas knew.
And that was that.
Until…..
One night, Ciel woke from her sleep and found that she was forced to sit up in bed from a pounding headache.
The pain was unreal.
Ciel lifted her hands shakily to touch either side of her face as her jaw fell open involuntarily to cope with the throbbing agony.
Ciel felt like the room was spinning.
She felt sick.
Not having the ability to do anything else but slowly lay back down, Ciel flinched when her head barely touched the pillow, that gentle pressure causing thunderous resounds of excruciating torture across her skull.
Ciel's eyes wandered over to Sebastian and she wondered if she should wake her alpha and ask him to take her to the hospital.
Ciel raised her hand but deep in those horrible throngs of suffering, a wave of drowsiness washed over her and the bluenette drifted off, sleeping with her delicate hand on Sebastian's shoulder.
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The pain in Ciel's head was better but still there in the morning.
Ciel found that she could not raise her head when Sebastian kissed her goodbye.
"Kitten, what's wrong?" Sebastian frowned when Ciel whimpered and stayed where she was.
"My head hurts, Sebastian. It….. I need you to come to me." Ciel whispered.
Sebastian frowned and bent down, kissing the bluenette goodbye. "Are you alright?" He asked softly, his eyes scanned over his wife and they filled with concern, "I don't want to leave you alone like this. You don't normally get headaches."
"I'll be fine." Ciel whispered. "The maid's here, she can watch Mina. I'm just going to rest."
Sebastian reached over and placed Ciel's phone in her hand. "I'll be back at lunchtime. If you need me before then, please give me a call, kitten. I can be home in ten minutes."
Ciel nodded and Sebastian left.
By lunchtime though, Ciel's headache had resolved.
Sebastian was glad when he came home and found his mate sitting at the table.
Ciel was relieved but a little worried.
How odd…..
Unfortunately, two days later, the same pattern repeated itself.
Ciel woke in the night with a crippling headache that continued into the next day…..
Sebastian offered to take her to the emergency room but Ciel declined, insisting it would pass.
Several days after that, Ciel woke up with a similar headache but when she began vomiting from the pain, Sebastian would hear her refusal no more.
Sebastian phoned his assistant and once the loyal employee arrived to look after Mina, Sebastian loaded his wife into the car and set off for the hospital.
"It's alright, kitten." Sebastian said comfortingly as they sped along. "I'm right here."
"Right here…." Ciel echoed in a whisper, staring hazily out the window.
Ciel had tried over the counter drugs for the pain, and so far, nothing helped.
For some reason, Ciel was very sleepy and as they drove along it scared Ciel when she realized that even though the pain was still blinding and white hot, she couldn't remember where she and Sebastian were going or why they were going there at all….
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Ciel attributed her confusion to drowsiness.
Despite the pain, all the bluenette wanted to do was sleep.
That was all she had wanted to do for days, really.
Sebastian rushed Ciel into the emergency department and they were hurriedly admitted.
A nurse ran in and started an IV with pain and anti-nausea medications while a doctor hurriedly talked to Sebastian and performed a neurological exam on Ciel.
Before either of them knew what was happening, Ciel was ripped away from Sebastian and hastily given a CT scan.
Ciel frowned while they sat and waited afterwards.
"It's alright, kitten." Sebastian said with a reassuring smile,gently holding his omega's hand. "I'm right here."
"I don't like hospitals, Sebastian." Ciel said quietly.
"I know, but I'm not going to let them hurt you~. I promise." Sebastian said with a purr.
Ciel reached a hand up to brush her hair out of her face and it was then that she realized she hadn't taken her earrings out from the night before…..
"Sebastian, I…" Ciel started to say.
But just then, the doctor came back through the door with a grave expression on his face.
"Mrs. Michaelis, I'm afraid your CT wasn't clear. There's a ...spot... just behind your lower left lobe." The doctor informed Ciel.
Sebastian and Ciel both went into shock.
"A…spot?" Sebastian asked, swallowing thickly.
Sebastian remained calm and put on a brave face for Ciel, but he wanted to scream.
A spot?!
What did that mean?
What were they trying to tell him was wrong with Ciel?
"I had my earrings in!" Ciel said quickly. The bluenette remembered that when she accidentally overdosed on those dreadful pills, they had given her a CT scan and she had been required to remove all of her jewelry.
But tonight….
Her earrings…..
Ciel quickly told the doctor, "The nurse forgot to ask me!"
The doctor's dreary expression didn't change much when he recurved that information.
"We're going to take you back for a full body MRI, Mrs. Michaelis, so you can go ahead and take them out. Although, I'm not convinced that your jewelry caused the image, especially since the spot is only on one side." The doctor explained.
Ciel took out her earrings with a trembling hand and gave them to Sebastian.
"Then why do an MRI?" Sebastian asked. "That sounds like a waste of time! Please help my wife. If you see something, then ...then…. take it out."
"You'll do just fine, don't worry." The doctor nodded at Ciel while two nurses wheeled her out of the room and back down the hall towards the radiology department.
The doctor looked at Sebastian and nodded, "Sir, the MRI allows us to see what's going in better detail. It's a painless test, don't worry. At this point, we need to find out if anything has spread."
Sebastian's eyes widened as the doctor left the room and hurried down the hall.
S….Spread?!
Spread.
Suddenly, Sebastian found himself with a splitting headache.
The alpha closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose with a hand as he whispered in anguish, "Kitten…"
There were few things more upsetting to Sebastian than imagining a world without his precious Ciel.