Lucarly: I failed. I can't keep up. It's not going to be finished before Christmas.
Aki: Boo hoo.
Lucarly: ...I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's.
Miracles - Chapter 4
Yusei's POV
Christmas morning
"Yusei! Yusei! Get up! It's Christmas!" cried the voice of Rua that seemed far away from me.
I cracked my eyes open to see the young boy bounding up and down excitedly at my bedside. I groaned, sitting up and stretching before looking at overly-excited child.
"Alright, I'm up - Is your sister awake?" I asked him sleepily.
"Uh-huh! She is!" said Rua pointing the doorway to which Ruka stood shyly. I smiled a bit upon seeing her.
"Okay, okay...Go on downstairs and grab your stockings. Aki and I will be down in a few..." I said to them, smiling.
Both Rua and Ruka no longer believed in Santa Clause - but Aki and I still filled their stockings, and put Christmas presents under the tree...Purely because it was fun for us all. And anything that could potentially bring a smile to Ruka's face was worth doing...
"Aki, it's morning." I said, reaching over to the other side of the bed and gently brushing her long bangs out of her face. Aki moaned and shifted a bit in place - She never exactly was a morning person.
"Come on Aki..."I said, edging over to her and kissing her on the forehead. Aki sighed and sat up slowly, rubbing her temples.
"Gomen...I'm not feeling well...You go on without me." she said tiredly. I blinked and examined her for a moment, noticing that she definately looked a little green...
"What's wrong?" I asked with concern.
"Just having some nausea..." she said flatly.
"You aren't getting the flu, are you?"
"No."
"Are you sure?" I asked suspiciously. She sounded awfully sure of herself...
"Positive. Just go downstairs with the twins and I'll join you when I feel better..." she said, giving me a weak smile.
I stared at her for a moment before sighing in defeat and giving her a kiss on her cheek.
"Alright, you win. Feel better, okay?" I said, standing up and smiling down at her.
"Mhm." she said, nodding and turning her head to face away from me. I rubbed her back sympathetically for a breif moment before heading downstairs to be greeted by the ever-exuberant Rua.
"Alright! You're finally here Yusei!...Where's Aki?" asked the boy, looking behind me for her.
"She's...not feeling well..." I said to him, my voice trailing off slightly. I felt bad that our first Christmas together as married couple landed her sick in bed...Especially when we had such a pleasant surprise for the twins...
"Hm? Hey, Yusei, is something wrong?" asked Rua, waving his hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Hm? Sumimasen, I was just thinking..." I said, smiling a bit at the younger boy. Rua stared ar me for a moment and then shrugged.
"Can we start opening gifts?" he asked after a moment.
"Sure..."
"Awesome! Come one, me n' Ruka got you and Aki something cool! Oh, but maybe we should wait for Aki to come down..." said Rua, looking slightly disappointed.
"Oh..yeah, we should." I said, touched. I couldn't believe that and Rua and Ruka gone out and bought something for my wife and I...Especially Ruka...
"Well...I got something that's for Ruka too!" said the boy, going over to the tree, pulling out a gift from under it, and handing the gift to the said girl. Ruka look surprised but carefully took the gift from him, staring at it.
"Go on, open it!" said Rua, nudging her. Ruka glanced her brother and blinked before slowly pulling off the ribbon and tearing off the wrapping paper. Underneath it all was a doll, but not just any doll; It was a doll of her favorite duel monster, Kuribon.
Upon examining the gift, Ruka did something that I had not seen her do in a long time - She smiled, and then pulled her brother into a tight hug. Now I really wished Aki was here. She would've been absolutely thrilled to see the scene that was unfolding.
Then, as if on cue, Aki descended from down the staircase - just in time to see the hug between the two siblings.
"What's going on here?..." whispered Aki, sitting beside me.
"I don't know," I answered truthfully ", but I love it."
"I haven't seen her so...happy...for such a long time." she commented, her voice still hushed.
"It's wonderful, isn't it?" putting my arm around her and pulling her closer.
"Mhm." she said, leaning her head on my shoulder.
After a moment, Ruka broke away from Rua and also pulled out a gift from under tree, giving it to him.
"F-for me?" asked Rua, surprised. Ruka nodded.
Rua grinned at her, and quickly tore open the present to find a box full of expensive candies that were shaped like duel monsters - Many of them in Rua's deck.
"Wow! Ruka, this is so cool!" said Rua, now the one to be hugging her.
I smiled and squeezed Aki's hand, thrilled that Ruka was allowing others to make physical contact with her.
"Ah - Aki! Are you feeling better?" asked Rua, noticing her with me after breaking the second hug with his sister.
"Hai." said Aki softly, smiling a bit.
"Great! Now we can give you our present!" said Rua, glancing over at Ruka, who nodded.
"You got us a present?" questioned Aki, looking surprised.
"Of course we did!" said Rua happily, handing us a small box ", be careful, it's fragile."
Aki and I exchanged glances before she opened the box and gasped upon looking at was inside. Aki then delicately pulled out a glass star with a rose engraved on it, smiling.
"It's beautiful..." she said, at a loss for other words.
"H-how did you guys get it?" I asked, as Aki handed the object to me to examine.
Rua blushed.
"Er - Well, I saw in the store awhile back and thought it would perfect for you two...Y'know, since you're married and all...So I came home and told Ruka and we started saving money together..." said Rua, still flustered.
"That's so thoughtful of you two..." said Aki sweetly, which was uncommon for her.
"I-It's nothing! We really wanted to do it for you guys!" said Rua, boy-ishly making up excuses for his and Ruka's act of kindness.
"Well...We have something exciting for you two as well." I said, casting my gaze over at Aki, winking at her.
"Right...I'll go get him..." said Aki, standing up and heading off into the kitchen. Within a few minutes, she came back with a little brown ball of fur in her arms...
Except it moved.
And made noises.
"You got us a puppy!" cried Rua happily as Aki handed the young dog to him.
"Can we trust you to take care of him?" I asked.
"Of course you can!" said Rua, giving the puppy over to Ruka. The puppy then barked and licked Ruka on the face, making her laugh.
Aki and I stared at the girl in pure shock - This was the first time Ruka had laughed since the death of her parents. Even Rua stared at his sister, who seemed completely oblivious as to why everyone had their eyes glued to her.
"Er - Wow..." said Rua, his eyes traveling back over to Aki and I "...Thanks so much for the puppy! It really is an awesome present! I totally wasn't expecting it!"
Aki seemed to flinch upon hearing the word "expecting", but didn't say anything. I stared at her for a moment, baffled by her behavior.
"Aki...Is something wrong?" I asked her concernedly.
The twins stopped playing with the puppy for a brief moment, their eyes, even the puppy's, on her. Aki cast her eyes around the room, examining everyone, before sighing.
"Well...I wasn't going give this to you until our personal gift exchange tonight, Yusei...But...Since I'm cornered, I might as well just give it to you now." said Aki, pulling out a small, velvet box from her back-pocket and handing it to me.
I took the rectangular box into my hands and only stared at it.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Your Christmas gift." she said simply.
I turned me attention back to her gift, and slowly pulled of the top, bringing out a white stick. My eyes played over it for a moment, and I quickly figured out that it was a pregnancy test.
I felt my breath get caught in my throat upon this revelation as I turned the test over to read that it was...
Positive.
I dropped the test in shock, turning my head slowly to look at Aki, who was smiling weakly at me.
In that instant, I pinned Aki to the ground and kissed her deeply - Forgetting that the twins were even there.
"You're pregnant!" I cried to her to happily as I broke the kiss.
"I am." she said, smiling slightly.
"So your illness earlier, that was-"
"-The run-of-the-mill morning sickness, yes." finished Aki for me.
"Uh, you know, we are here." said Rua, waving his hand slightly.
"Oh Rua, let them have their moment..." said Ruka quietly, sending her brother a glare.
Suddenly, the whole room went silent. Ruka had just spoken - For the first time in eight months.
It was a miracle.
The baby was a miracle.
The whole day was a miracle.
Translations
Gomen/Sumimasen - Sorry
Hai - yes
Lucarly: Wow...Long chapter...Full of lots of stuff...Ruka's talking...Yusei knows..Next chapter is Jack's proposal...
Aki: ...Please review.