I sat by Jero's bedside hands folded in front of my face trying to convince myself that my decision was the right one. Jero's face was pale and drawn from the surgery, reminding me of the agony he had experienced at the start of all this. His once large stomach had reduced its size after the surgery, but still protruded some. I sighed holding my head in my hands, the anxiety making it pound. My eyes brightened as I looked up to see Jero awake, his eyes attempting to focus at the wall opposite to him.
"Hey…" was the only thing I could say as I stood up and caressed his cheek with my hand. He looked up at me tired and confused.
"W-why-" he touched his stomach and winced in pain, breaking his sentence. "What did you do, Naruko!!"
I fell back into my chair. Jero had never yelled at me like this before and it was terrifying. Getting energy from his anger he looked around the room. "Where's Tsubame?! What have you done with my babies!? Get this fucking thing off of me!" Jero tore at the IV in his wrist. I leaped up and grabbed his hand before it did any damage. I grabbed his other hand I held him down with all my strength. He struggled under me before succumbing to the exhaustion of surgery. I panted over him and finally collapsed on him from my own exhaustion.
"Naru-chan…where are they?" Jero pleaded his voice pleading and weak. I hugged him tightly.
"Jero…I have to show you something."
I wheeled Jero down the cold, war torn hallway hall. He sat silent, staring at the tile floor, hands wrapped gingerly around his stomach, still screaming with the pain of surgery. Jero lifted his head as I turned to the intensive care unit.
"There they are."
Jero gasped, clasping his hands over his mouth.
"I'm so sorry, Jero. I should've told you what I was doing at the time, but I was scared…I decided to perform the c-section after all." My face fell as I pushed the wheel chair closer to the incubator.
"Naruko, what happened?" Jero's voice faltered as a sob broke through.
The undersized, bruised baby was hooked up to a respirator, and a monitor showing the minute beating of his heart.
"I don't understand it. He's two months premature. The cord was wrapped around his neck, Jero. If he had been delivered like Tsubame, he would have died. The bruising was caused when he took the full blow of the hit. The next 48 hours are critical." I tried to explain it without crying. Tsubame lay wriggling in a basinet of her own, feeling partculary good after her meal of baby formula, I found in the store room.
I kneeled to comfort, Jero who cried softly to himself. "What h-have I done?!" he murmured. I held him tight and rocked him back and forth for a few minutes until he calmed down, his sobs now nothing more than hics and sniffles. "Everything is going to be fine, Jero. I promise!" Jero looked up and nodded snuffling. I smiled, rubbing the tears from his eyes. "I won't let anything happen to any of you, remember?" Jero smiled a beautiful smile. "I know…"
"I love you so much, Jero. Please forgive me."
"I already have. Can I get closer to him, Naru-chan?"
"Sure…"
Jero's eyebrows slanted in worry. "He's so tiny, Naru-chan…but he looks just like you."
My cheeks burned with embarrassment, a trait that I hoped would not be passed on to my son. "He does not. He takes after you, can't you tell? Look at his eyes."
"Yes, but his hair, his skin, even his nose, Naru-chan. It's you!" I rested my head on Jero's shoulder and sighed.
"Jero, we still haven't decided what to name him yet."
"I think I have an idea…"
Name: Umino Tsubame DOB: May26 Time: 2:36 am Weight: 8lbs 2oz
Name: Umino Iruka DOB: May 26 Time: 3:13 am Weight: 4lbs 1oz
Mission Success.
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Hey wait! The story isn't over yet!! I want to thank everyone for reading part one of Yesterday's Parents! Yeah I'm still alive! It's just school and everything….well I digress! Anyways! If I had to pick one I would
have to say that the theme song to part one is Si no te Hubieras ido by Mana. Go ahead and look it up on Youtube! For all of you that are not familiar with Spanish, here are the translated lyrics!
Theme song for Yesterday's Parents
Si no te hubieras ido
Preformed by Mana
Translated lyrics
Strangeness more than ever and I know not what to do
Awakened at dawn and I remember you
I hope to live another day without you
The mirror lies not, it's so different you see
I needed you
People pass and pass
Always the same
The rhythm of life seems wrong
It was so different when you were here
Yes; it was so different when you were here...
Chorus2x
There is nothing harder than to live without you
Suffering in the hopes of seeing you arrive,
The cold body of my question for you, and I know not where you are,
If you had not left I would be so happy
People pass and pass
Always the same
The rhythm of life seems wrong
It was so different when you were here
Yes; it was so different when you were here...
Chorus 2x
There is nothing more difficult than to live without you
Suffering in the hopes of seeing you arrive,
The cold body of my question for you and I know not where you are,
If you had not left I would be so happy….
To hear, just go to YouTube and type in Mana. It should be the first choice you see when it gives you options.
It's a really pretty song! Oh yeah! Ugh! I 'd hate to go back and change it so, last chapter when Jero was holding Tsubame I was planning for him to hum/maybe sing a song to her…yeah! But I forgot! Just pretend it happened OK!! The song would have been Follow me by Beck Mongolian Chop Squad. Look for that on youtube also if you want! Thank you so much for reading and comments are always appreciated….yup! You guys are awesome!!