"Jero…You have to wake up…"
Jero stirred "Okay, Naru-chan…I'll get breakfast…" Jero yawned groggily. Naruko chuckled softly.
"No Jero…we're still at the hospital. You fell asleep. On me. Jero, did you get any sleep while I was away?"
Jero rubbed his tired eyes with the outsides of his hands. "Yes, but not a lot. The babies move and kick constantly at night." He leaned back against the wall, making room for his bulging stomach. Sighing he rubbed the side of his belly that could no longer be contained by the shirt of his black op uniform. He guessed the illusion broke while he slept and Naruko must have removed his grey ANBU vest to make room for his stomach.
Sitting next to him, Naruko looked over at Jero and pushed a few stray bang hairs from his face. She smiled. "Your hair grew longer, Jero."
Jero surprisingly blushed as Naruko placed her hand right over where the children laid, low in his belly. "That's not the only thing that grew," Jero groaned.
"I think you look adorable."Naruko snuck her hand up his shirt and massaged the tight muscles of his extremely firm abdomen. She giggled when she saw his belly button.
He failed to contain his laughter. "Thanks…Stop it! That tickles like crazy! Let's go home."
"What were you doing here with a transformation jutsu on? When I saw you like that, I thought…" Naruko couldn't finish her sentence. She stood and looked for a way to help Jero up. "I had been feeling really bad contractions earlier. I was trying to get to the Hospital when the village was attacked." Jero grunted attempting to stand with Naruko's help, but losing his balance and sliding down again. "A group of academy students found me and helped me send the falcons to warn everybody."
"Contractions?" Naruko frowned with worry. "Jero, you're not due to deliver for another two months. The babies need the extra month to grow." They attempted and failed once more.
"I don't see how? I don't think I could get any bigger, Naru-chan." Jero grunted gaining his balance. Naruko nodded in agreement. Jero seemed at his limit. She was wondering if he would agree to a prescription of two months of bed rest.
Naruko pulled Jero up by his hand until he stood next to her. "I wouldn't worry Naru-chan. It was probably just a false alar-," Jero's legs buckled under him. Naruko was barely able to slow his descent.
"Jero! Jero, what's wrong? Jero, honey, please look at me! Are you okay!?" Naruko questioned in a shaky voice as she held each of Jero's hands in hers. Jero squeezed her hands until they were white, trembling uncontrollably. Naruko crouched lower to see his face, as it was obscured by his hair.
Jero threw his head into the air revealing his face, twisted in agony. He finally let out the sharp scream he had been trying to suppress the whole time. Naruko's eyes were wide in shock. She had never heard Jero yell like that before. Suddenly the sound of water splashing on to the tile floor could be heard over Jero's cries.
Jero's hands dropped to the floor. He attempted to catch his breath, panting as though he had run ten miles. A pinkish puddle of water crawled quickly from under him. He looked up at Naruko, terrified.
Naruko glanced down the hallway. Summoning all the chakra she could gather, she lifted Jero in her arms and carefully made her way to the nearest room. She laid him down cautiously, for she thought she could feel his body tensing with the oncoming pain of another contraction. She was right, because no sooner had she put him down, he clutched his stomach and cried out once more, rocking from side to side. His head slammed onto the pillow as he tried to catch his breath once more. Naruko blushed as she removed his clothes to get a better look. She gasped at what she saw.
"Naruko…whats-whats wrong?" Jero asked between breaths grasping his stomach.
"Jero. I know I never prepared you for this, but in a few minutes I'm going to ask you to push. The pressure the babies put on your pelvis was too great. They tore a canal and you seem to be dilated at 8 cm. Just push when I say so, okay. I know you can do this Jero."
Jero nodded unsurely. A natural child birth? He stared up at the ceiling scared out of his mind. Tears started to form on the corners of his eye lids. What if I can't do it?
Naruko suddenly appeared in his view and rubbed his flushed and sweating face and neck with a damp rag. "Don't worry, Jero. Everything's going to be fine. I promise you guys." She stated placing her other hand on Jero's aching stomach. Jero smiled, the cold rag soothing him, knowing no matter what happened Naruko would be there to help him see it through.