Chapter 15
We Have Contact!
His eyes shot open to the darkness. There it was! He felt it again! His happy radiant smile shined through the darkness as he felt the little feet kick and the little bodies roil beneath the skin of her belly for the first time, as she slept curled into him. His wife was asleep, but his babies were wide awake. He giggle quietly as he gently placed his hand on his sleeping wife's belly and felt his children softly kick and move.
"You're going to wake up Mommy, guys." He murmured softly close to her belly then gently kissed it. He would spend the rest of the night with his arms wrapped around his wife and his face snuggled close to her belly as he fell back to sleep.
At 26 weeks they started. The dreaded Braxton Hicks contractions... When it all started, it had both Kuon and Kyoko in a frenzy of panic thinking that their little family was trying to start out early. Needless to say after a panic induced trip to the emergency room and a worried trip to the doctor, they were calmed and educated in the difference between the fake and the real thing. The rest of that day was spent with Kuon finally going to work and Kyoko being treated to a spa day with Saena, Kanae, Chiori, a masseuse and a nice long mineral soak. Not too bad of a day after all.
"So what did the doctor say?" Chiori asked.
"Mmm, I need to cut back and start taking it easy now. He said this is when it starts to get a little dicey with multiples." Kyoko remarked offhandedly as the masseuse worked all of the kinks out of her aching lower back while she lay on her side.
"He's right Sweetie. If you need anything just call me at my office. Okay?" Her mother offered.
"Thank you Okasan." She smiled.
"Mo, this feels really nice." Kanae mumbled sleepily.
"I know, right? It was Kuon's idea." She commented in a voice so relaxed it was almost dreamy.
"What do you have tomorrow if you can't go in to work?" Kanae asked
"Oh, I can still work. I just can't be on my feet a lot." She explained. "So, I'm going to go in and do a few recordings with the band and I have a short photo-shoot after that. I should be all done by 2pm. No big deal."
"Ojou-san, you really need to be more careful from now on. Those three are going to come early anyway and they're already going to be small." Her mother scolded.
"Okasan..." She started, earning a stern look from her mother. "I'll try to cut back a little more." She relented to appease her mother and the other women she was with, not wanting to be scolded more.
"Oh my god! You're as big as a house!" The singer's childish words rang out as the four women stepped out of the spa's doors.
As Kanae turned to lunge at the blond idiot she felt the hand of the oldest of the group stay her actions.
SLAP!
"You arrogant little bastard! Don't you ever talk to my daughter like that again." She growled.
Sho was stunned. He expected as much from the hot headed best friend, but certainly not from her lawyer mother. He watched in stunned silence as the four women gracefully entered their limo and left.
"Thank you Okasan. You really didn't have to do that. Nothing that bubble brain says anymore bothers me." She laughed.
Saena sighed, "Sorry dear. It's just after hearing about all the trouble he's caused you, I really couldn't resist."
Kyoko giggled, "He tends to have that effect on people." Kanae and Chiori agreed.
"You have no idea what that ass put us through when Roxy was in America." Chiori lamented.
"Oh god." Kanae groaned. "I forgot all about that. "He stalked us for the first 6 months trying to get us to tell him where she was."
"Did he now..." Saena stated in a thoughtful tone. Little wheels were turning. Sounds like we need a restraining order. She smirked as devious smile similar to her daughter's Natsu crept across her face.
"Okasan?" Kyoko asked with a shiver, she knew that look. She had been guilty of that look many times.
"Oh, nothing dear. Just thinking about something I want to discuss with your father about that young man." She answered quietly and patted Kyoko's hand.
"I see." Kyoko didn't want to know any more of this, so she let it drop. If Sho wanted to tangle with her parents... so be it.
"Ah.. 14 more weeks to go." Kyoko sighed rubbing her sore back.
"So, that's how much longer Roxy?" Jason asked. "Never thought I would see you like this. Heh, especially with Kuon." He smirked. "Makes me a little jealous. So, how much we got left on the new album?"
"Hmm, I guess this next song will be our last one for a few months. Then we'll do a little promoting and a couple of Music Videos, then we'll include these on the next tour." She said thoughtfully.
"Ooh yeah, it'll be our first world tour." He said excitedly.
She smiled. "6 months and we'll be going."
"Do you know where we'll hit first?"
"Mm, I guess we could start here in Tokyo and Kyoto, then I think maybe Singapore and Thailand." She smirked, "St. Petersburg and Moscow would be interesting." Jason lit up, he always wanted to visit his ancestral home.
"Okay Roxy, turn this way." The photographer ordered. "and look down to the right. Good job, we're done here for the day."
She sighed with relief as Danny offered a hand to help her stand. "Ah, it's getting pretty hard to get up with all these babies in me." They giggled.
"Well, they are worth all the hard work." He praised her.
"Aw Danny, I really haven't done anything except carry them."
"It's a lot more difficult than you're letting on Roxy." He laughed as he helped her into the changing room.
"Thanks Danny." She smiled as she shut the door to change back into her street clothes, a long grey long sleeved, hoody, a nice pair of maternity skinny jeans with a maternity panel and knee high stack-heeled, black boots with rhinestone anklets as decoration.
"You okay Roxy?" He called through the door. He could hear her laughing.
"Yeah, but I think I need a little help putting my boots on." She called out.
Danny opened the door to her trying to put on her boots in a comical position that made her look like a contortionist trying to reach past her swollen belly. "I see..Here." He grabbed a boot and giggled.
