A/N Omega's don't usually become able to have kids until they're 25 (heats start as teenagers) most starting their families closer to 30 so Dazai and Chuuya are *young* parents, and there is a lot of prejudice/hatred towards Omega's (was quiet for a bit but getting worse at the time of the fic)
*WARNING* I tried my best to make alll the prejudice etc to be based around them being fated mates, Dazai being an omega etc (so all fictional elements) but obviously it's going to pull from real life prejudices etc so I'm really sorry if that makes it uncomfortable for you to read
I also realise that Japan starts school in April, but I forgot till halfway through writing this and needed it set in Sept for it to fit with Dazai getting pregnant on their wedding anniversary . So, as they start proper school at 6 in Japan, for the sake of this fic, they're starting nursery (pre-school/kindergarten) the term after their 5th birthday, and as they were born in August, they start in September. Like UK nursery they start off part time, (some go in morning, some go in afternoon, they start full days when they start 'proper' school)
Chapter 2
"Mama! Hurry up!" Eulalia yelled, her and Fabian having ran ahead. Chuuya and the quadruplets weren't far behind them.
They had chosen a school that was a five-minute walk from their home, it had small classes, and teachers who understood how to deal with children with abilities. Eulalia and Fabian's teacher and one of the two teaching assistants, had invited them in the week before, to talk about their abilities and how well they were controlled.
The nursery class had a separate entrance to the rest of the school, a small ramp/hill to walk up to the covered waiting area, as the cloakroom stayed locked until drop off and pick up time.
"I'm coming!" Dazai yelled back, he had stopped to catch his breath, the babies were particularly violent kickers, Dazai cursed the fact that it was that they had inherited from Chuuya.
They made it to the covered waiting area just as the doors opened, the other parents too interested in getting their own kids into class to notice anyone else. Dazai was grateful they had started in the afternoon, he didn't fancy his chances getting them all up and dressed for a 9am start, it had been bad enough for the 12.30pm start.
"Be good and we'll see you in two and half hours," Dazai crouched down to give them both a cwtch, Chuuya following suit. Eulalia and Fabian were in the classroom before Dazai and Chuuya could finish their goodbyes.
They made their way out of the school, taking the quadruplets to the local park. They were getting old enough now to be left to play alone, whilst Dazai and Chuuya watched from a nearby bench.
"It doesn't feel real does it?" Dazai asked,
"What?"
"Our little tiny babies, grown up enough to be in school, it feels like it was only yesterday they were born and now they're off starting their own little lives," Dazai started crying, it was the sixth time that day (3 of the occasions had been when they had finished dressing the twins in their school outfits, Dazai managing to tell they were adorable before sobbing).
Chuuya pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, used to Dazai's increasingly frequent crying fits, as the pregnancy hormones had made him extra emotional this time round. They quadruplets hadn't paused in their playing; they had become used to Dazai crying.
"It's okay Dazai, we'll be picking them up again soon"
"These are happy tears, I just" he trailed off, giving in with trying to explain it. Chuuya laughed,
"Yeah, yeah any excuse, it makes you feel proud though doesn't it?"
"Huh?"
"Look at how happy and confident they were to go into school, that's because of us because of how we've raised them" he smiled at Dazai.
"I hadn't thought of it that way,"
The ended up staying at the park for an hour as they were the only ones there. Returning home, Cosmo, Dante, Tabitha and Alma threw a tantrum when Eulalia and Fabian weren't in the house when they got there. Dazai and Chuuya bemused as they tried to calm them down, they hadn't expected them to miss their older siblings that much. The tantrum finally fizzled out and they then had the fun job of keeping them awake long enough to leave to collect the twins. In the end Chuuya resorted to bribing them with new outfits.
With all the kids inheriting Dazai's height, they had struggled to find clothes that fit their long-legged children, so Chuuya, having already started making his own clothes had taken to making them basic trousers, tops and dresses. Eulalia and Fabian enjoyed the personalised aspect of it, but the quadruplets were really taken with every aspect, riffling through fabric and watching Chuuya's every move on the sewing machine (they didn't quite understand that the needle was sharp so they Chuuya had devised a system where they could be close to him but safe.) But their favourite part was modelling the outfits, Chuuya turning their living room into a makeshift runway practically every other week. It was rare they got to wear the finer outfits out daily (all of their children were dirt magnets) but today was a special occasion. By the time Chuuya had finished, it was time to go and collect Eulalia and Fabian.
There were ten mothers waiting when Dazai and Chuuya got to the school, they glared at the two men as they joined the group, their polite hello was met with silence.
Dazai knew they were going to get looks – two 23 year olds with six children and more clearly on the way, and the fact Chuuya had decided to dress himself and the quadruplets like they'd just come from fashion week probably wasn't helping (Dazai had gotten out of playing dress up– being four months pregnant had its uses, but Chuuya had forced him to change, selecting a coordinating outfit for him instead) But Dazai hadn't expected to be outright ignored.
The door to the cloakroom opened, Cosmo and Tabi grabbed Dante and Alma's hands dragging them to the door so they could be first in,
"You were supposed to wait!" Chuuya called after them. Dazai having already caught up to them, they were waiting in front of the classroom door. The other parents queueing behind them,
"Remember it's rude to push ahead of others" he told them as he grabbed Cosmo and Tabi's hands, Chuuya standing next to Dazai and taking Dante and Alma's hands.
"Hmmph of course the young ones can't control their kids," a spiteful looking woman four people behind them grumbled out. Chuuya and Dazai ignored her, they knew they wouldn't win with a woman like her. The classroom door opened, the teaching assistant they hadn't met greeted them, her smile turning into a glare, she was supposed to ask who they were picking up but didn't.
"Eulalia and Fabian Nakahara-Dazai?" Chuuya prompted.
"We only release children to their parents, unless told otherwise, and my list says it's all parents today, not," she paused, surveying them, "older brothers? Weird uncles? Omega's who can't say no?"
Dazai flushed red with both anger and embarrassment, Cosmo and Tabitha squeezing his hands the only thing that stopped him from saying anything too rash
"Seriously, four, six, kids weren't enough? Couples like you sicken me."
"We have come to pick up our children, not be insulted." Dazai replied. The teacher came up as Dazai finished,
"Is everything alright? All the children are eager to go home,"
"Fine, I was just telling this omega that our policy states we can only release children to their parents,"
"And? Dazai and Chuuya are Eulalia and Fabians parents."
"These two? Really?" the assistant paused, "urgh you're fated mates aren't you? Disgusting."
"Enough. Go and tidy the art supplies," the teacher dismissed the assistant.
"My apologies for her behaviour, that is not the behaviour we expect or tolerate from our staff. They will not be here tomorrow and I will personally make sure they do not work in another school."
"Thank you, sorry for causing you additional problems," Dazai replied.
"It's not a problem, the children in our class are at an impressionable age, we do not want bad role models for them." She turned back to face the class, "Eulalia and Fabian,"
They quickly made their way to the door,
"Mama! Dada!" they greeted them.
They chatted the entire way home, talking about everything they had done in school and what they were going to do the next day. Dazai and Chuuya relaxed as their kids talked, the teaching assistants' attitude had thrown them off, they had encountered a few people like her but rarely so nasty. They hoped it was the last of their problems at school.
It was not.
The first week was quiet, all bar one parent continued to ignore them, but she was silenced anytime she tried to talk to them. Then after school on the second Tuesday, Eulalia and Fabian were uncharacteristically quiet, it took till bedtime for Dazai and Chuuya to find out why. The twins had crept across the landing after being put to bed, slowly making their way into Dazai and Chuuya's bed, Dazai was in the bathroom,
"We want another story,"
"Okay, let me go grab a book," Chuuya moved to collect one from the box they had in the corner of their room,
"No"
"Okay then," he settled back on the bed, pulling back the covers for Eulalia and Fabian to join him, they quickly snuggled in, leaving enough room for Dazai.
"What sort of story do you want then?" Chuuya asked
"A long one" they both replied.
"It can't be too long, you have school tomorrow," Dazai replied, leaving the bathroom and getting into the bed with them.
"Once upon a time," Chuuya began
"We've heard that one!"
"How about you tell us a story then?" Dazai suggested
"Hmm how about the tale of the prince – "started Fabian
"and the princess." Eulalia interrupted
"the prince and the princess who were called mean names by everyone in the land" the last words came out in a rushed jumble,
"and who decided they were never going back there again," finished Eulalia
Dazai shifted around so he was facing his two children
"Did something happen in school today?"
They nodded,
"You know you can tell us anything right? We won't be mad," Chuuya added
"At break time, the other kids are saying mean things, that we're freaks" Eulalia began,
"and that we're beneath them cos Mama's a male omega, I don't understand them," Fabian continued
Chuuya and Dazai shared a look, they would bet that those kids didn't understand either and were repeating what their parents had been saying.
"Firstly," Dazai took both of their hands, "just because I'm an omega and a male doesn't make you two, or any of your siblings freaks or beneath anyone, - "
"What does that mean?"
"It means they think that just cos their Mama is a beta, that it makes them better than anyone whose Mama is an omega." Chuuya paused, remembering they'd only briefly touched on second genders, "Beta's are different to Omega's as they don't have heats like Mama and only the girls can have babies."
"But that's stupid,"
"I know," Chuuya agreed,
"Dada has a similar problem," Dazai began, "everyone thinks he's like a damsel in distress princess cos he's so short,"
"But Dada's so strong!" they interrupted.
"Exactly, people like to assume and judge based on how they look or the little bit of information they have about someone."
"Did you tell the teacher?" Chuuya asked
"She came up and asked us to play a game with her, but we didn't tell her what they'd been saying, we didn't want them to get into trouble," Eulalia explained,
"If they say or do mean things to you, you must tell an adult," Dazai told them
"They deserve to get in trouble," Chuuya added, Dazai glared at him, "I mean," he backtracked quickly, "if you two, Cosmo, Dante, Alma or Tabitha are mean to each other what do we make you do?"
"Say sorry," they replied,
"Exactly, it works the same for the kids in school too,"
"We'll go to school early tomorrow though and have a word with the teacher,"
"We still have to go?"
"Yes, you usually enjoy school, don't you?"
They nodded,
"Then you can't let them stop you doing something you enjoy," Dazai smiled, pulling them in for a cwtch, well trying to, his bump got in the way.
"Now, off to bed with you two" Chuuya said, as he and Dazai led them back to their own rooms and tucked them in.
Back in their own room, Dazai plonked onto the bed, and Chuuya grabbed the lotion. He started rubbing it into Dazai's bump, it was cold and a baby kicked hard in retaliation
"Ow,"
"I told you they've taken after you Chuuya,"
"No wonder you keep complaining,"
Dazai sighed, "I didn't think we'd have to deal with bullying till they were teens,"
"I know, those words are definitely from their parents though,"
"Yep, I hope it's just this once," he groaned, the babies had become quite active after the first kick "did you have to wake them up? It felt like they spent all afternoon kicking me,"
"Maybe their just letting Dada know they like it?" Chuuya smiled, he loved it when he could feel the babies moving as it was the closest he could get to them for now. "Either way the teacher seems to be working to stop it." Chuuya reached up to lightly kiss Dazai. He had dozed off as Chuuya had been talking, which Chuuya was grateful for, he didn't need Dazai getting unnecessarily stressed.
When Dazai and Chuuya, and all six kids got to school, they found the spiteful woman just leaving the classroom, her child in tow, she glared at Dazai and Chuuya.
"Oh Dazai, Chuuya I didn't expect you to be early, could you come in for a minute please?" the teacher asked. The ushered the kids in in front of them, the door closing behind them, a teaching assistant quickly side-tracked the kids with the Lego play area, so Dazai and Chuuya could give the teacher their full attention.
"I'm not sure if you're aware but Eulalia and Fabian had a bit of a problem on the playground yesterday,"
"Yes, they told us some kids had been saying mean things to them?" Dazai replied,
"Just the one, at the moment, the lady who left when you got here is their Mother,"
"Of course, it was," Chuuya muttered, "Oh, sorry, that lady doesn't like Dazai and I"
"Ahh now, I've told her about the issue so she and her husband can control what they are saying around their child, and to reiterate we are a kind hands and words classroom. We'll keep an extra eye on Eulalia and Fabian at break times just in case it happens again,"
"Thank you,"
"It's nearly half past" the assistant called over,
"Oh, and it is, thank you for your time, and if there's any problems we will let you know."
"Thank you," Dazai and Chuuya smiled, they gave Eulalia and Fabian a cwtch and left with the quadruplets.
After that Eulalia and Fabian were left alone, but the woman had turned her attention to Dazai and Chuuya, each week a new theme, the other mothers joining in – bar one woman who seemed familiar to them. First, she started on Dazai's scars – the pregnancy made him too uncomfortable to wear his bandages and he was too hot to wear anything other than t-shirts so spiderweb of scars on his arms and the marks on his neck were clear to see. Next, she went onto him flaunting his bond mark and Chuuya being too touchy feely with his bump (the touch grounded them and stopped them for rising to the woman's bait.) Then onto the number of children they had, calling Dazai a dog, she followed that up with an extended complaining spree about their ages, how Fated Mates were horrific additions to society and how Alpha's shouldn't defile themselves by being with Omega's.
Dazai and Chuuya tried their best to ignore her, trying to be good role models for Cosmo, Dante, Alma and Tabitha who were waiting with them. Hoping that it would enable them to grow into polite, kind people, unlike the woman who was intent on making their lives hell. The only saving grace was the one lady who seemed to be on their side, she never spoke in front of the other mothers, but always had a smile for them.
After a particularly nasty rant aimed at them, Dazai and Chuuya were grateful to be on their way home. The kids ran ahead of them
"Few more days till half term, we can do it Dazai"
"Urgh, why are we being the better people?"
"Because, we have kids who look up to us. Do you think she'll calm down after the break?"
"Well," Dazai stroked his bump, "as our babies are due in a few days, so she's gonna be your problem Chuuuya,"
"Mama and babies still need fresh air, unless they're attached to you, you ain't getting out of it that easily Dazai," Chuuya teased
"Hmmph,"
They got home and Chuuya continued preparing dinner, going for a stir fry full of veggies. Partway through the meal, Chuuya's phone went off, he took the call in the living room. Coming back in, everyone had finished their meal,
"Do you want your sweets?" Chuuya asked,
They all yelled in glee, Chuuya quickly gave them each a small bar of strawberry chocolate,
"Dazai, can you help me sort this washing? I know some of the clothes don't go in the dryer and I can't remember which ones,"
Dazai followed him into the laundry room, pulling the door almost shut behind him.
"So, I'm going to have to go into work tonight,"
"No." Dazai replied,
"Dazai, they need my skillset for this particular mission, it'll take a few hours tops."
"Chuuya I'm due in three days, you can't leave me now," he was almost on the verge of tears, "tell Mori to make do with the staff he has."
"The order came from Ane-san, and you know she wouldn't call if it wasn't serious."
"But,"
"I'll be quick, I promise, you know me and Ane-san work together almost as well as we used to," he pulled Dazai in for a kiss, "I'll have my phone on me at all times and I'll be at your side immediately if our babies decide today's the day."
"Fine, but as you've been home for the last two weeks, you've got to tell the kids you're leaving, I'm not"
The kids were not happy that Chuuya was leaving, the quadruplets crying so much they threw up, leaving Dazai with the mess to clean up. He managed to get them all into bed by 7pm, having to give Cosmo, Dante, Alma and Tabitha some Calpol as they were all running a temperature. Dazai had just settled himself in for an early night when the whining started. The Calpol hadn't worked, and all four of them had been sick in bed, each of them running a fever that was luckily not high enough to force Dazai to take them to A&E, but still not good. Dazai then spent the rest of the evening, night and morning locked in an endless cycle of the quadruplets being sick, not keeping any additional Calpol down, and having to clean their rooms, clothes, and both upstairs bathrooms. Chuuya had rang him at 3am telling him the mission was taking longer than planned and he didn't know when he would be getting home. The only saving grace was Eulalia and Fabian hadn't picked up the germs, yet.
Dazai was on his way to pick up Eulalia and Fabian, it had been a long, tough day. After throwing up in a bin, twice, Dazai's patience finally snapped, he called up Mori, it rang once then went to voicemail,
"Mori-san!" his cheerfulness was noticeably fake, "I have had fourteen minutes of sleep, and have four toddlers who spent the evening, night and most of the morning taking turns on throwing up. Then the twins didn't want to go to school, complete with crying theatrics, because Dada didn't come home last night, but it's picture day so they had to go. Then, then the toddlers fell asleep twenty minutes before school pickup, so here I am, days from giving birth, pushing a buggy full of four heavy toddlers, oh and of course I've picked up their sickness bug and let me tell you, throwing up into a street bin, when you're already running late is just so much fun. Anyway, you better send Chuuya home within the next few hours or you will find yourself waking up in my favourite room at headquarters, and you know I've picked up some interesting new techniques since becoming a parent. Even you will break with the new toys I've… acquired." Dazai reached the school gates and hung up, he couldn't have the other parents hearing his conversation.
He finally made it to their classroom, he was five minutes early, a couple of parents were already there, he parked the buggy and searched his bag for a drink and came up empty. He slid to the floor, rubbing his eyes so he wouldn't cry in frustration.
"Are you okay Dazai?" the blonde lady who seemed familiar asked.
"Yeah," he tried to smile, "just been a long day, the toddlers are ill, and I seem to have picked it up too, I was sick twice on the way here, and I've forgotten a drink, I wouldn't have brought them in today if it hadn't been picture day." He babbled
"I've got a juice box spare if you want it?"
"Do you mind?"
She handed the drink to Dazai, who stayed on the floor,
"Thank you, the walk was long, I usually make Chuuya push them in the buggy, but he got called into work."
"My husband works weird hours too, but it means he gets the days with us, it's perfect with another little one on the way," she smiled,
"Oh, I didn't know, congratulations, when's your scan?" Dazai smiled.
"We had our scan yesterday, our little baby is perfectly healthy,"
"Good, I'm glad,"
The spiteful woman arrived, going out of her way to almost step on Dazai, before standing on the wall opposite him,
"Toddlers? In a buggy? All you young ones are the same, lazy, lazy, lazy." She sneered.
Dazai ignored her, focusing on the path leading up to the classroom instead. Now he had chance to catch his breath, he could feel the babies moving, they were very active today and it was making him nervous, he rubbed his bump hoping to calm them down, he knew it was unlikely to work, only Chuuya had the magic touch to calm them, but he tried anyway.
"Hey Dazai," Chuuya walked up the path, in his mafia uniform. (He was usually
dressed casually for non-work activities, the lack of hat and gloves making him practically unrecognisable as the feared mafia executive.)
"Chuuya?"
"Nakahara-san, lovely to see you," the blonde lady bowed to Chuuya
It finally clicked where they knew her from, she was a receptionist at Mori-Corp. She had worked nights when they had been teenagers. Dazai cringed at the memory of drunkenly flirting with her, not long after Chuuya had joined the mafia, in an attempt to make his chibi jealous.
"Lovely to see you, your husband told me about your news this morning,
congratulations" he smiled.
"Thank you."
Chuuya plonked on the floor next to Dazai, replacing Dazai's hand with his own, talking quietly
"Everything okay?"
"I threw up on the way here, and the babies are really, really active today, it's so
uncomfortable" he whined
"You should've thought about that before you opened your legs, omega," the spiteful woman butted in, they ignored her,
"Few more days Dazai, just remember our babies will be worth it. Also, did you leave
Mori a voicemail? He checked his phone and then told me to use my ability and see if I could make it to pickup."
"I may have…"
"Do I even want to know what you said?"
The classroom door opening saved Dazai from answering. Eulalia and Fabian were ecstatic that Chuuya was there to pick them up. Chatting excitedly the entire way home. Chuuya pushing the buggy whilst Dazai clung to him,
"Are you okay? You're feeling quite hot,"
"I'm fine, I think it's just how this bug starts, the kids were really hot last night too."
"Have you taken anything?"
"I can't, all the medication for this sort of thing could really harm the babies,"
"Oh, do you need to go to the hospital then?"
"I'm fine Chuuya,"
"If you get worse, I'm taking you regardless. I'd rather waste our time than you or our babies get hurt."
Dazai had continued throwing up throughout the night and into the morning, both of them managing to get a couple of hours sleep. Their kids had settled, the worse of the bug out of their system. Chuuya had dropped the twins off alone and came home to find Ane-san had decided to pop in for a visit. Dazai was nowhere to be seen.
"Bathroom" Ane-san replied to Chuuya's unasked question, Chuuya made his way past the library and into the downstairs bathroom. Crouching down and rubbing Dazai's back
"It's okay,"
"Urgh when will it end? I'm so hungry but I can't keep anything down,"
"Soon, I promise. Ane-san's come for a visit, think you can leave the toilet for a bit?"
"I'll give it a go"
Chuuya helped him up, they made their way to the living room, Dazai sprawling over the settee, as Chuuya went to the kitchen to make tea for himself and Ane-san and some ice cold water for Dazai. When he came back in Dazai's phone went off,
"Huh, it's the school,"
"Put it on loud speaker,"
Dazai answered it, "Hello?"
"Hello, is this Dazai?"
"Speaking,"
"It's Eulalia and Fabians teacher, there's been a little accident in the playground,
could you come and pick them up please?"
"Are the okay?" Dazai went straight into panic mode,
"A few cuts and scrapes but nothing too bad, they're in with the nurse now."
"What happened?" Chuuya asked
"We were gardening and one of the other students caught them with the shovel,
then two of them pushed them over, they're not calming down so it's better for you to come and get them"
"We'll be there in five minutes," Dazai hung up.
"I'm going to unleash corruption and teach that spiteful woman a lesson,"
"Chuuya remember we said no physical violence, what we need to do is take them down into of the Mafia rooms, and leave them with me for a few hours, really break them."
"Enough!" Ane-san interrupted, "One – you two better be glad your children are
asleep, two Dazai you are far too close to your due date to be getting this worked up. Take a deep breath, both of you. Then go and pick them up, and remember any petty revenge will need to be served away from your children and not to the other children."
They nodded and left, taking one of Chuuya's cars. When they got to the school, Dazai stopped to through up in some bushes before they made their way up to the main entrance, the teacher meeting them halfway.
"Thank you for coming so quickly," she smiled, "I just have a question before you go
in, something Fabian said had me a bit concerned. He caught the underside of his forearm when he fell, it bled quite a bit but he was more excited that he could have a mark to match his Dada. Now I know you're covered in quite a few marks Dazai but,"
"Oh it's this he's on about," Chuuya slipped off his jacket showing a set of three long marks on the underside of his forearm, "someone" he glared at Dazai, "did it when
he was in labour; the painkillers don't work on him. They've all been fascinated with the marks on both of us, we uhh didn't make the best choices as teenagers and my line of work can get a bit violent, so we've tried to make it seem like it's something normal, obviously we'll explain tidy when they're old enough, but it worked for when they asked."
"Oh that's fine then, but obviously I couldn't let that slide in case it was something
more serious. Now, the child who called them names before is the one who led a small group against them today. The assistants are currently going over kind hands, and the impacts of bullying and I've called the parents to come in early. If their children do not start behaving after half term, they will not be allowed back in January."
"Oh, I didn't realise it was that serious," Chuuya replied, "Dazai are you okay?"
Dazai had been awfully quiet, taking deep breaths and was rubbing his stomach like it hurt,
"Trying not to be sick,"
"Let's get Eulalia and Fabian, I'm sorry for having to call you in, how long have you got left?"
"Two days" Chuuya replied, "well if they're on time, our last babies were two weeks late, but Eulalia and Fabian were two weeks early."
They reached the school entrance, Eulalia and Fabian running out to meet them, "Mama! Dada!" they wrapped their arms around them for a cwtch. They had cuts on both knees, and marks on their lower arms, nothing that wouldn't quickly heal but a lot for two five-year olds.
They got home quickly, Ane-san having found some chocolates and had them ready
for Eulalia and Fabian (for being so brave.) The quadruplets were still asleep, so Eulalia and Fabian settled on the settee with Ane-san, whilst Dazai disappeared off to the bathroom again, Chuuya sorting drinks for them and checking their first aid kit. He had brought the drinks in Dazai came back into the living room, stopping to lean on the door frame. The kids were entranced by the show on the TV and were paying no attention to Dazai and Chuuya
"You okay?" Chuuya asked, concerned
"Fi-ne, the babies are kicking a lot today and I've been sick so much I think I've pulled
something," he ran his hand around his bump, trying to soothe the ache. Chuuya made his way to Dazai pulling him close, one hand on his bump,
"You're burning up Dazai,"
"Don't be silly, I've been hotter than this when I've been in heat, it's fine,"
"It's really not Dazai, when did you last eat and keep it down?"
"When you left for work, I think, wait no I had breakfast"
"Not today, you were asleep, wait, you haven't eaten in over twenty-four hours?!
That's it, we are going to the hospital, now."
"We can't leave Eulalia and Fabian when they're hurt,"
"Ane-san is here, they'll be happy and spoilt,"
Dazai opened his mouth to object, but ended up burying his head in Chuuya's shoulder to muffle the scream of pain, as the aches from being sick too much turned into a contraction. Chuuya stroked Dazai's back to help calm him,
"That hurt," Dazai whined, "I think my water broke a bit too,"
"Yep it did,"
"I'm going to be sick," Dazai pushed Chuuya off him, grabbing one of the bowls they'd left on the floor,
"Everything okay?" Ane-san asked
"The babies are on their way," Chuuya replied
"You better get going then"
"You two be good for Ane-san and make sure your brothers and sisters are too,"
Chuuya told Eulalia and Fabian "and remember Mama will be fine, and we'll both be back home to see you soon, but it may take a few days, especially as Mama has this bug okay?"
They nodded, coming over to give Dazai and Chuuya a cwtch before settling back on the settee, Ane-san came to the garage door to see them off, Dazai clutching his bowl.
"Keep me updated, I can stay as long as you need me to, so don't worry if you end
up in a bit longer, I don't think Dazai has the same germs as the kids had,"
"Thank you" Chuuya replied, before hurrying Dazai to the car, the sooner they were
in the hospital the happier he'd be – Dazai was getting hotter and hotter, and his eyes were starting to become unfocused.