Chapter Seven:

Pitter-patter

This was the second time that she had woken up in Toshi's bed, but this time when she came out of the fog. The man was still in bed with her, the young woman's heart jumped into her throat. She became acutely aware of the man behind her, how shallow his breathing was against her neck. She inwardly cursed herself, hoping that he didn't choke on her ridiculous amount of hair in his sleep. One of his arms flung loosely over her waist the palm of his hand planted against her stomach.

Fable swallowed thickly, this was so intimate almost to intimate. She allowed her eyes to close once more weighting out her options. One, she could untangle herself from the man, or two she could just lie here until he wakes up from his slumber. Fable craned her neck to sneak a peek from Toshi, only to find that he was indeed awake.

"Morning Fable," his deep voice was thick with sleep, blue eyes peering down at her.

"Morning" the young woman squeaked, before shiftily turning her face away from him. Feeling mortified from being caught sneaking a peek at the older man, "did you sleep well?"

"Best sleep I had in ages" he hummed leaning into her, "what about you, Fable"

"Uh…" Fable's face grew warm feeling his hand move from her stomach and rest it on her hip, "it was nice"

"That's wonderful to hear" Toshi hummed once more shifting slightly, before rolling onto his back, "I have no plans for today…is it alright if I spend it with you?"

"Oh!" Fable nodded glancing over at the man as her stomach tingled slightly, he wanted to spend the day with her!

"H-here" Fable held out an envelope with both hand as she held her head down, "I-I was going to give you this when I moved out but…uh…that isn't going to happen". The woman avoided looking into the older man's eyes. Toshi took the envelope and carefully opened it, money, his eyes flickered over to her before handing it back to her.

"I can't take this from you without feeling guilt" he placed his hands on his lap, "I don't need compensation from you"

"But…" she blinked a few times "it's for all the food, utilities, and me living here rent free!" the envelope had contained the deposit she had gotten back from Ito-san and a little bonus since he kicked her out unjustly, plus some money she placed in there from each pay check. "It'll cover all my expenses up until now…hopefully"

"Fable, you really don't have to do that" the man smiled at her "you don't have to pay me a cent". How could he say that! Surely an assistant job didn't pay that well…even if you're All Might's assistant.

"Toshi, don't be silly" Fable pucker her lips into a small pout, "if I'm living here now, I want to help out…somehow"

"Well" Toshi looked down at his clasped hands, "I really don't want to put any pressure on you" he stopped the pout on his lover's face, so cute, "and stress…"

"Toshi I'm pregnant! Not a flipping proline doll" Fable shook her head "I'm not even heavily pregnant yet" the woman's cheeks puffed out slightly.

"Uh…fine" Toshi scratched the back of his head, Fable grinned with triumph, "we can split the bills then" this still didn't sit well with him, since his name was on the lease of the apartment.

"Great" Fable grinned happily and handed him back the envelope, "then take this as…kind like my deposit for living here" the woman chirped happily.

"Again, I have to refuse your offer" he placed his hand on his on the back of hers "how about we start savings account for the little one instead"

Fable opened her mouth slightly before closing it once more. Her heart fluttered a bit, he was already thinking about their child's future. He's going to make such a good father! Father fought the urge to hide her face behind her hands, smiling she nodded.

"So…with you living here," the older man started, rubbing his thumb over the back of Fable's hand, "maybe you should move some of your things out of storage"

"Hmm" Fable looked around the painfully bare apartment, "Oh…sure…" she didn't want to take over his living space. After all, this was his bachelor pad originally, she didn't want to over saturate his place with 'Fable'. Maybe she could take out a few pictures, that's about it…she might have to sell most of her possessions then.

"Great, we have more than enough time…with it being summer vacation and all" the older man chuckled softly.

"Oh! Okay" Fable nodded once more, it completely slipped her mind with everything that had been happening for the last couple of months. Her eyebrows furrowed together, that means he might actually have time to come to the appointment with her! Like a real couple, Fable's cheeks flushed slightly. "Toshi…would you like to come to my first appointment?" she watched the man jumped slightly, with his eyes widening, "I know I should have asked before" Fable rubbed the back of her head.

"Of…of course…I'll love too" his hands shook slightly as his heart thumped inside of his chest "b-but why now"

"I know…I should have asked you before" her eyes moved to the side "but I didn't want to get in the way of you working…god, I hope you didn't think I didn't want you there"

"Fable, I would miss numerous days of work for this child of ours" the blonde man declared. Fable's began to race and hammer against her ribcage.

"But…you work for All Might…" the young woman bit the inside of her cheek

"All Might will understand" he insisted with a curt nod, "trust me"

"Miller-san, the doctor may see you now" the nursed called out in the waiting room causing the young woman to jump slightly. Toshi stood up and held his hand out for Fable who took it. The nurse eyed the pair before leading them to an empty room. It was a bit chilly in here due to the air conditioner, even though outside was blazing hot due to it being the beginning of August. Toshi helped her up on to the bed in the room while he took residence in one of the two empty chairs in the room.

"Do you think we'll know the gender today?" he glanced around the white room.

"Uh…no" She kicked the legs slightly against the bed, "I think it might be too early for that" she laid back on the medical bed. It didn't take long for the doctor to enter the room, it was an older lady with warm welcoming features.

"Why hello Miller-san, Yagi-san, my name is Dr. Hayhashi" she shook bother of their hands "and I have the pleasure of helping the two of you through this journey". Smoothing out her lab coat before taking a seat at the desk, after logging in she pulled up Fable's file, "it says here that you found out about your pregnancy roughly a month after convincing, is that correct?"

"Y-yes" the dark-skinned woman nodded placing her hands in her lap and straighten her back.

"Okay…I see…for me to calculate the most likely due date, I'll need to ask you for when was your last menstrual cycle" she continued to type on the computer.

"It comes about every two months…not exactly regular" Fable's face bloom with heat, since Toshi was in the room. They never talked about that, hell why would he even needed to know before this happened.

"Hmm…I see" Dr. Hayashi fixed her glasses, "that makes this…a bit more complicated then…but not un-doable" she smiled over at the young woman, "are you, first-time parents?"

"Y-yes, this is our first" Toshi answered his cheeks held a bit of tinting, the older woman hummed and continued to type.

"Any medical history, in your families" she looked up at them both, Toshi shook his head. His family was pretty healthy from what he knows.

"Twins," Fable said "we…have a history of twins in my family…my mom didn't have any…but my aunts and grandma tends to have them" she drummed her fingers against the bed.

"So, you'll have a higher possibility for twins then" Dr. Hayashi hummed softly crossing her legs, "any pets?"

"We have a cat…and planning on getting a couple of fish" Fable spoke up looking at the doctor.

"Who's on litter duty?" the doctor leaned back into her chair and pushing her glasses back up her nose.,
"Uh…a mixture of both of us" Toshi's eyebrows furrowed together, "is that okay?"

"Yes, I'm not saying to get rid of your cat…" she tilted her head slightly "I just want Yagi-san to be on litter duty for now until the child is born, a cat's feces could be harmful to a pregnant woman and her unborn child's health". Toshi's eyes widen slightly before nodding, from all his research that never showed up.

"Well that's enough, for now, to end out the session would you like an ultra sound" Dr. Hayashi finishes up her notes.

"YES!" both the expecting parents exclaimed happily with sparkles in their eyes. Dr. Hayashi chuckles softly before shifting Fable into position.

"We're just going to do the external one today, okay dear," Hayashi said as she rolled up Fable's shirt, "Have you done one of these before?"

"Uh…yes back at home when they were trying to figure out my irregular cycle" Fable answered staring up at the ceiling.

"Ah" Hayashi nodded squeezing some gel onto Fable's bare stomach, causing her so shiver slightly, "have you two been sexually active since the pregnancy?"

This caused the already silent room to become rather uncomfortable for the two excepting parents. Fable's stomach dropped, the woman knew that she wanted to be intimate with the older man again. But, there is the problem that he doesn't want the same thing after all maybe there weren't any sexual feelings on his part. Yes, he said he wanted to be with her, but he never said he wanted to be with her sexually.

"I'll take your silence as a no then" the doctor turned on the machine, "it's perfectly fine to have intercourse during a pregnancy, the human body evolved so that it is possible"

"Oh" was all she got out of Toshi, Fable didn't even say a word. The doctor continued to hum as she pressed the rounded object in her hand onto the younger woman's stomach.

"That little blob there is your baby" Hayashi traced the outline of their child on the screen, "I don't see any signs of a twin…but that doesn't mean there isn't one-" Fable drowned out her doctor, her eyes widen as tears prickled up at sight of her child.

"It's so small" Toshi whispered softly, he was also tearing up as well.

"From what I can tell, you're a little more than ten weeks along" Hayashi studied the small life on the screen "with my educational guest…your due date will be in March…beginning to the middle"

"A march baby" Fable hummed softly, her heart fluttered once more, they have such a long time to see this little guy.