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"That's the last of it," I sighed, flopping on the king sized bed. "I think."

"Ah," came Takeshi's response.

We'd spent the last two and a half days moving in and getting settled in our new condo. Moving was exhausting, especially with the Host Club "helping" out. Their definition of help was causing more trouble than necessary. I was glad when we were finally finished and Haruhi, Kyoya, and Lily drug Tamaki and the twins away. Honey had moved in with us because we were all going to be attending Ouran University together.

"I'm beat," I told him. "And I still have to cook supper. Now I wish I would've let you talk me into hiring a chef."

He laid down beside me. "Take out," he suggested as I snuggled closer.

"We've ate nothing but take out since we've been married," I whined. We'd only been married for about two weeks. "I wanted to make something here and eat together. I think Honey would like it too."

"We don't have groceries."

I sighed. "I know. Tomorrow night though," I said. "I shall cook in our new kitchen, in our new house, with much glee and gusto before burning everything."

Takeshi smiled. "You're a good cook," he said kissing my head.

"There's a bakery slash sub shop down the street. We could go down there and grab a bite to eat," I suggested. "Then Honey can buy a few cakes to tide him over until we go shopping tomorrow. We start school soon so we should go buy our books and stuff tomorrow then too."

"Ah."

I grinned and kissed him lightly. "I love you," I said, bouncing up. "I'm going to let Honey know to get ready to go."

"Ah."

I walked down the hall to Honey's room. The condo had three bedrooms. Takeshi and I got the master of course since there were two of us in one room. Honey took the next biggest one and the last one we just used as a junk slash office room.

"Honey?" I said, pushing open the door. Honey had decorated his room in his usual fashion. Full of cute and soft things. He had a few trophies on a shelf and his clothing laid out, still waiting to be put away.

"Hi Tai-chan!" he greeted me with a grin. At the moment, the little Lolita was in the middle of a growth spurt. He was already as tall as I was and still growing. It seemed like every few weeks he was having to get new clothing because he out grew his. He was finally shopping in the mens' department.

"We're gonna go out for dinner so get ready. There's a little place down the street. They have cake."

"Yay!" he said excitedly. "Let's go."

As the weeks progressed and we started going to college at Ouran University, it seemed that everything was going to be calm and perfect. I missed Karsyn and Marx but talked to them as often as I could but time differences and hectic schedules prevented us from talking too much. Christmas was a month and a half away and we were making plans to go to America to see our friends.

I was at home alone, working on some homework, when, once again, I was hit with a wave of nausea. I ran to the bathroom and emptied the contents of my stomach. I stood, flushing the toilet. This wasn't the first time I'd randomly gotten sick. I hadn't said anything about it to Takeshi because I didn't want him to worry but I had a sinking suspicion that it wasn't stress causing the sickness.

I brushed my teeth, contemplating the situation that I'd found myself in. With my best friend thousands of miles away, I didn't know what to do. I supposed the logical choice was to go to the hospital but I didn't want Kyoya's nosy ass in my business.

"At home test it is," I said quietly.

Grabbing my bag and shoes, I headed out, going down the street to the convenience store. I paid for what I needed and quickly went home. The time between taking the test and waiting for the results were the most agonizing moments of my life. I didn't know what to expect.

A little blue positive sign came up and my world crashed. My throat swelled closed and tears stung my eyes. Normal people would be excited about being pregnant but my family didn't exactly have a trace record of being great parents. Marriages didn't work out so well either but I took a chance on Takeshi. Kids were a whole different ball game because it wasn't just me.

I left the bathroom and went and laid in bed for a while and somehow drifted to sleep. I woke a couple hours later to my phone ringing.

"Huh?" I answered, rubbing my eyes.

"We're going to be late for dinner," Takeshi said. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I fell asleep so I haven't even started dinner yet."

"Do you feel okay?" he asked, knowing it was unusual for me to just randomly fall asleep. I hadn't done that since I'd gotten over my pneumonia.

"Yeah. Homework is boring," I said. It wasn't a lie but that wasn't what caused me to fall asleep. "How late will you be?"

"Thirty minutes to an hour."

"I'll have supper waiting for you. I love you. See you soon."

"I love you too."

I hung up. Knowing how Takeshi and Honey were, thirty minutes to an hour actually meant forty-five minutes. That gave me plenty of time to make something really good and devise a plan to spill the news to them.

By the time they came home I was feeling righteous but the second I looked at them, all my courage made a mad dash out the window.

"Hey baby," I said, kissing Takeshi.

"Yay!" Honey cheered. "Tai-chan made dinner! Did you make cake?"

"Of course but you have to eat dinner first," I told him. He was now taller than me, almost five foot ten. His shoulders had broadened and his voice had deepened too. He was still pretty cutesy with a baby face but he at least looked his age now. Just because he looked more like an adult didn't mean he acted like one. He still loved cake and slept with Usa-chan.

As we ate, I kept as casual as I could, occasionally joining in on the boys' conversation but I knew they sensed that my mind was somewhere else. After dinner, they helped me clean up. At some point, Honey skipped out, which wasn't anything new. Takeshi helped me finish and then he sat down to do some of his homework.

I walked down the hall, intent on changing for bed and laying down to relax while rethinking my plan of attack. Honey left the bathroom and looked at me.

"Tailyr," Honey said in a small voice. Oh lord, did he just call me by my name? He had something in his hand. "What's this?" He held it out to me.

I took it, my fingers shaking. It was the pregnancy test. I could've swore I'd thrown it away. Guess not. The boy knew damn well what it was though. I looked at him, my eyes large.

"Is is yours? Is it true?" he asked.

"Honey, you can't say anything to Takeshi," I said in a fast whisper. "Please."

"Tai-chan, you have to tell him."

"I'm going to but … I just … I don't know how. I mean … Honey, I'm scared. I don't know if I'm ready for this."

"It'll be okay," he promised brightly, hugging me. "Takeshi will help you and so will I. Everything will be fine."

"But," I objected quietly.

"But nothing Tai-chan," he said looking at me seriously.

"What's wrong?" came Takeshi's voice.

I spun around, hiding the little stick behind my back. Takeshi looked down at me worriedly. For a moment, I wondered why I was so scared. I loved this man and he loved me. Then I remembered that we were barely nineteen and only been married about five months.

"Tai-chan has to tell you something!" Honey announced, nudging me forward.

"Hm?" he raised an eyebrow at me.

My heart plummeted but continued pounding in my feet. My hand were sweating. "Um," I choked. "Takeshi … I … I'm …" I couldn't look in the face any long so I opted to staring at the space between our feet. "Takeshi, I'm pregnant."

There was a silence and I quit breathing for a moment. Then, Takeshi hugged me, tilting my face up to his. He planted a kiss on my lips, a huge grin forming on his face. I must have looked confused.

"I'm excited," he said. "Don't be scared."

"But," I objected. "I …"

He stroked my cheek. "It'll be okay. You're not alone."

A wave of relief washed over me. It was one thing for Honey to say it but something else completely for my husband to tell me that. He's right. He's not leaving me. I have him and Honey, Karsyn, Marx, and the rest of the Host Club. I'm not alone. I hugged him, burying my face in his chest, kicking myself for being such an idiot.

"Does this mean I have to move out?" Honey asked.

I turned to look at him, very confused. "Why would you think that?"

"So you'll have more room for the new baby and I won't be in the way," he said in a tiny voice, looking down.

"Honey, we have an extra room. There's plenty of room for you and the new baby," I said hugging him. "You don't have to leave. Besides, I think the baby will like having you around. You'll be Uncle Honey."

"But I'm its cousin," he smiled.

"You might as well be Takeshi's brother. You can decide what the baby calls you okay?"

"Okay! Wait until everyone else finds out! They'll be so excited."

I smiled. Later, after everything calmed and we prepared for bed, I laid on my back, staring up at the ceiling, contemplating my future. Takeshi crawled into the spot beside me. His hand rubbed my still flat stomach. I blushed a little, a smile creeping across my face.

"Are you scared at all, Takeshi?" I asked, taking a hold of his hand and intertwining my fingers with his.

"A little," he answered, still staring at my stomach. "But … I'm happy."

I looked up at him. His dark eyes, as always, were thoughtful and gentle. He kissed the middle of my forehead.

"I'm happy it's ours. I'm happy that we're going to have a family," he explained, grinning. "I love you."

"I love you too."

Karsyn took the news like a champ and informed me I wasn't allowed to give birth until she got there after she finished school. Which wouldn't be hard since I wasn't due until July. Marx, being the brother he was, gave Takeshi a list of threats should he fail in anyway to be the world's greatest father and most supportive husband in the history of the universe.

I was starting to show big time by the time I hit my five month mark. Takeshi and I were going to the hospital for a check up that would hopefully explain why I was so huge. We were also going to find out the sex of the baby.

"Morinozuka?" the nurse called.

We went back to the ultrasound room. I laid on the bed and Takeshi sat on the chair next to me. The doctor entered the room. His name was Takeda. He was an older man with half greyed hair and soft brown eyes. According to Kyoya, he was the nations best baby doctor. He was a very nice man.

"How are you?" he asked, sitting down next to the machine.

"Fat," I told him flatly.

Dr. Takeda chuckled. "Yes, you've gained a fair amount of weight I'd say. Let's see if we can't figure out why."

He started the ultrasound. The goo was cold and gave me goosebumps. The room filled with the sound of an echo-y heartbeat.

"Ah ha," the doctor said. "Just as I suspected. You, are pregnant with identical twins." He turned the screen toward Takeshi and I. "See? This is the head and this sitting next to it, is a rump."

"There's two," I breathed.

"There sure is. I had suspected twins from your first visit but, there's a phenomenon called the vanishing twin in which, one twin is absorbed by the other. I didn't want to say anything until this point because that means, it's passed the risk stage. You're having twins. Would you like to know the sex?"

"Yes."

He moved the device around. "Looks like you're having twin boys. Congratulations."

After we finished, Takeshi and I headed home. My mind was racing with the thought of having not one but two babies at once. Now I was twice as worried about it. Takeshi put his hand on my knee. I looked up at him.

"It's okay," he said softly. "We can do this."

I smiled a little at my husband's encouragement. "Are you sure? One baby is hard enough but two? That's double the trouble."

"There's two of us."

"You've officially been around me too much. You're starting to get a little sarcastic," I told him, giving him a flat look.

He smirked.

At the condo, the entire host club was waiting. They even had Marx and Karsyn on Skype. What a support system. It was roughly ten o'clock at night in America. They'd stayed up late to hear the news.

"So?" Hikaru asked.

"Is it a boy or girl?" Kaoru questioned.

"We need know so we can start on the room!" they said.

"Two boys," I said.

"What?" Marx cried.

"You're having twins?" Lily asked, grinning. "Identical or faternal?"

"Identical."

"Oh boy," Karsyn sighed.

"You're having your own personal Hikaru and Kaoru?" Tamaki wailed hysterically.

"NO!" Marx objected frantically.

"Tamaki!" Haruhi scolded.

"We are not having Devil Twins!" I objected.

The twins took major offense to this. Everyone hung around for a while. Marx and Karsyn had to sign off a few minutes after I gave the update. They had school the next morning. Everyone physically present stayed until dinner before drifting out. Afterword, we made dinner. Actually, we ordered take out because no one actually wanted to cook.

"Are you sure there's going to be room for me?" Honey asked, taking a bite of sweet biscuit. "Because you're having two babies?"

"Yes," I told him firmly.

"Ah," Takeshi agreed.

"They're going to be small enough for a while and we'll leave before we kick you out," I told him. "It's just going to be louder than we thought."

Honey smiled. "Hika-chan and Kao-chan are really excited about the babies too. They're really happy you're having twins."

"We'll have to supervise the twins when they're around the babies," I commented. "They'll be bad influences."

Takeshi chuckled.

Two months later, the twins had finally finished painting and decorating the nursery. They helped pick out all the furniture and handmade all of the bedding. Takeshi was putting the cribs together. I sat on the floor reading the instructions out loud to him.

"Connect that to the railing," I told him, rubbing my belly. It was big and swollen. Karsyn was going to be in a few days and we wanted to get everything ready before then so we'd have plenty of time before the babies came. Marx and his parents were going to fly in a week.

He did. "There's still another one," he mumbled, sounding a bit dejected.

"It'll be okay. You'll already know how to do it. Everything has to be doubled. Bottles. Diaper changes. Bath time. All of it," I sighed, thinking hard about it. It stressed me out a lot and with me having developed high blood pressure, which was normal for pregnant women. Since I was a naturally easily stressed person, the looming knowledge that I was having twins was making it worse.

He turned and smiled at me. "It'll be okay," his words echoed mine. He kissed my head. "We can do this." He rubbed my belly with his left hand, his gold wedding band on his finger. I took it with my left hand.

"I love you."

"I love you too," he said, giving me a kiss. He went back to work. Eventually, we finished the furniture and made the beds just like the twins instructed.

We sat int the middle of the now completed nursery. I sucked in a big breath through my nose.

"You did good baby," I said, patting his leg. "You worked hard."

"Anything for our babies," he said, cuddling up behind me and kissing my head.

"Tai-chan!" Honey said bouncing in the room. "Wow! This is awesome! The babies' will love this!"

I smiled. "Glad you think so Honey."

"You have the luckiest boys in the whole wide world!" Honey said.

"I liked to think so," I said, rubbing my stomach. I felt a kick and grinned. "Takeshi! Honey! Put your hands here!"

I moved them around to my side. He kicked again. "Did you feel it?" I asked, a grin plastered across my face.

"Is that the baby kicking?" Honey asked, his large brown eyes the size of softballs.

"Yep. They're moving around. They think they're ready to come out now but unfortunately, they have to wait it out at least another month before it'll be safe."

"Wow," Honey gasped. "You're going to be parents soon!"

A month later, I couldn't wait for the boys to get there.

"Being pregnant sucks," I whined. "My feet swell. My back hurts and I'm sick of being kicked in the kidneys and I'm sure Takeshi's tired of the weird cravings."

Karsyn chuckled. She had come down the second she finished high school. She had every intention of staying for good. Marx and his parents on the other hand, were only going to be down until a few days after the babies were born.

At the moment, it was me,an Karsyn at my condo hanging out while the men and boys did whatever. Something about a tournament.

"You're eight months pregnant, Tailyr," she said. "You'll be in labor any day now."

"I know," I sighed.

"Are you excited?" Karsyn asked.

"Mostly scared," I admitted. Only Karsyn, Marx, and Takeshi knew how totally terrified I was. Everyone thought I was reasonably scared for a first time parent. I was way beyond that point. I was nearly to the point of panic attacks at just the thought.

She rolled her eyes. "You'll be fine."

Suddenly, my stomach muscles contracted painfully, taking my breath away. I put my hands on my swollen abdomen.

"Tailyr?" Karsyn questioned, worriedly.

"It's okay," I said, gritting my teeth as a another wave of pain hit. I felt like I'd peed my pants. "Karsyn, I think my water just broke."

That sent Karsyn into a Tamaki worthy fit. "Oh my god," she was hyperventilating looking in every direction. "Oh my GOD! What do we do?"

"First, don't panic," I told her, doing my best to be soothing and calm. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

"But! But! But!" she stammered. "You're having a baby! Two! Two babies!"

"I'm aware, Kar," I said, easing her toward the door.

"A month early!"

"They're twins. This is expected," I explained calmly. I opened the closet door. "Grab that backpack, Karsyn." I slid on flip flops since I couldn't put on actual shoes. "Now, first, we need to start heading to the hospital. Call my husband, your fiance, my family, and the Host Club. They can meet us there."

Giving her simple tasks calmed her from her anxiety attack. We got to the hospital without either of us dying from panic and fear. Takeshi was waiting by the door with his cousin.

"You ready for this baby?" I asked as orderlies wheeled me in a wheelchair. I took his hand.

He nodded, planting a kiss on my cheek.

"See you when we get out," I told Karsyn. She smiled and waved.

Twenty hours later, Takeshi and I were the proud parents of twin baby boys. Both healthy at five pounds each with fully developed lungs and everything else. They had Takeshi's looks but my bright blue eyes. We agreed on the names Sosuke and Sasuke.

"They're beautiful," Karsyn said, holding Sasuke. She and Kyoya were cooing over him.

"You did good, kiddo," Marx's father Mike said, kissing my head. "Proud of you."

I grinned. "Thank you."

That night after everyone had gone home, it was just Takeshi and I alone with the babies. He was cuddled up next to me, holding Sosuke. I held Sasuke, laying my head against his chest. I smiled at our sleeping children.

"Still scared?" Takeshi asked.

"A little," I told him. I reached over and stroked Sosuke's cheek. "I'm afraid that I'll mess up or that … I'll be like my parents."

"You won't." He kissed my head. "You'll be wonderful."

I smiled up at him. "As long as you're here to help, I think I'll be able to handle it," I said. "But … what if they say they don't want me as their mom? What if I hurt them somehow?"

"Kids will get mad," he said. "We aren't perfect but … as long as we do our best, they'll know. If we upset them, we'll make it right. We'll do the best we can."

I kissed him. He was right. We'd do it together and raise our boys the best we could. As long as we tried, we could successfully become the parents we wanted to be. It would be up and down and it wouldn't always be easy but, we'd manage.

Well guys. I know that it's been a while since anything OBTOMS related has been posted so I present to you this!

And, to spoil the gushy moment some heartbreaking news. Don't worry, it's not the end of the OBTOMS Empire. I, BlackRoseKai, am going to college this fall and sadly, Karson27 is staying here at home to finish high school at which point she'll be going to college far away from me!

I know! SADNESS! Anyway, between a huge slump in my life and my new job at a local factory, I haven't posted much. I think I have an idea of what I want Marx's chapter to be like but I'm going to work very closely with Karson27 to write her chapter and make it just as epic. There is one thing I definitely want to put in hers. Hopefully, this will get her going on her chapter.

Thank you for all your support guys! If anyone here is interested, I have posted a story for Uncharted called Uncharted:Natalie's Adventure. Stop by and read. Thank you! Your reviews, as always are appreciated!