Wow… long times no update. Sorry, been kind of busy with the Harry Potter story too, hopefully you guys would like it as much as you liked this one. Very sorry I left so many of you waiting for the suspense to end, hopefully this would satisfy you.
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Syaoran's fingers ran into something wet from the waist down and a feeling of fear he had never thought he'd experience washed over him.
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Chapter 10: Your eyes, my eyes
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Syaoran picked up Sakura's unconscious body, his heart beating a hundred times per minute. He didn't understand why he was so afraid, it's not like she was his life, right?
Yea, only the mother bearing the heirs to your company, nothing much, his inner voice chided him. But… he felt something more to that, that she wasn't "only" bearing his children, she's the mother to his children, their children. The sudden thought of losing either of them brought a pang of pain in his heart.
His ears caught the distant wailing of a nearing ambulance, and not even missing a beat, started to speed walk towards the door, ever careful of the woman in his arms.
"Sakura baby, wake up, come on." He whispered desperately by her face. "Move god damn it!" He roared people from the party crowding around him. His anger got more fuelled as he saw paparazzi and cars starting to go up their drive way. His death glares and promising painful torture when he got back made almost everyone clear instantly; he could see medics pulling up with a stretcher.
"Syao…Syaoran…" Sakura's voice moaned from inside his arms. Immediately, he dropped his voice,
"Sakura? Baby, wake up, everything's alright." Syaoran assured her, relief washing over him seeing her emerald eyes, but pained to see it stained with tears.
"It hurts Xiao Lang, oh god, what about the twins?" Sakura sobbed painfully, her hands gripping his tux tightly. Syaoran's throat tightened,
"It'll be alright, I promise." He said in a strained voice, using all his will to maintain his voice strong, to not let the cracking show. I promise.
Gwen watched distastefully as Syaoran carried the bitch into the ambulance. She hoped she lost those babies, her lips curved into a smile, if she lost her babies then god was on their side.
Syaoran accompanied Sakura up until he had to lay her down onto the stretcher. He gripped her hand tightly, making sure she was able to see him.
"Syaoran, don't leave me, please?" Sakura whispered hoarsely, her voice betraying her vulnerable state. Syaoran gave her a shaky smile,
"Never." He said softly, he climbed into the ambulance with her, frowning when he watched a group of medics surround her, attaching pads and monitors onto her. His house faded away with all its astonished guests, but he didn't care. He watched for a solid 10 minutes as the ambulance rushed past traffic.
"Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" he finally spat, Sakura's breathing was getting laboured, her head matted with sweat, wincing every so often.
"We are still checking, Li-san." A feminine voice said from beside him. Syaoran caught a wisp of red hair before his mind recognized the face in front of him.
"Kaho?" Syaoran asked in a perplexed voice, surprised to find the female doctor aboard the ambulance. Kaho gave him a rushed smile, all the while bustling around with equipments Syaoran wished was never there. "What are you-?"
"I got an emergency call from the hospital." She interrupted him, "they felt it was best as I am Sakura's private doctor." And at that point, her face fell, "I can see why."
Syaoran's heart tripled their rate, if it was possible. He did not like how the doctor's face fell, and his facial expression mirror exactly how he was feeling.
"Sakura will be fine." Syaoran said sternly in a hard voice, stating the fact loud and clear. He received a sharp squeeze from the small hand around his, and immediately revert his attention to the young woman on the stretcher, her face contorted in pain, her emerald eyes reflecting with tears.
"Syaoran… Syaoran it hurts." Sakura whimpered, tears rolling down her eyes. Her contractions were now barely a minute apart. Syaoran wiped off strands of matted amber hair off her forehead, landing a soft kiss at the same time.
"It's ok, it's ok, and it'll be all right…" Syaoran murmured the words most likely to calm him down more than her. Sakura's breathing became more and more laboured, her brows squeezing in pain. She let out a small scream. "Sakura,"
"Xiao Lang! Oh Lord Xiao Lang my water broke!" Sakura cried out. The medics including Kaho reverted mode, they were now bustling faster and quicker than ever. "Xiao Lang I'm scared. They're too early, what if, what if something happens?" Sakura cried, sniffing tears, sharp intakes by her breath from pain.
"Everything will be fine. I-I promise." Syaoran said in a panicky voice. "Are we fucking there yet?" He roared, not caring if the whole car flinched at his vulgar language. Almost abruptly, the ambulance lurched to a stop and seconds later, the back door flung opened by the two drivers at the front.
"Li-san you have to move! We need to get your Sakura-san into the hospital!" Kaho's urgent voice sounded in Syaoran's ears. Snapping out of his frenzy, he practically flew out of the ambulance, hot on the trail of Sakura's wheeling bed, her whimpers of pain caught clearly by his ears, his face and hands felt clammy and cold with sweat.
"Excuse me, you cannot go in there." A nurse said, as Syaoran watched the wheeler go further and further away. His eyes burned with angry flames,
"I will go in there and you won't stop me." He said in an ice cold voice, he pushed the nurse away, storming after the same path he watched Sakura go to, and soon painful cries met with him, and he felt the same fear wash through him again. He heard indistinct voices drifting from a closed door to his right,
"Oh no, there are traces of blood…" He didn't wait any longer, he burst through the door.
"No, Please, I need him in here!" Sakura cried out, her tears escaping her eyes. Syaoran ignored the on call doctor's disapproving look or the small smile on Kaho's face as he took three big steps and positioned himself next to Sakura, his hands automatically looking for hers.
"Syaoran, what's happening? The twins, what's going on?" Sakura's scared voice floated to him, her pale face contrasting to her puffy red eyes. Syaoran swallowed hard,
"I don't know Sakura…" he whispered, I don't know. He heard Kaho give a short gasp, before ordering the nearest nurse,
"Get blankets, a pair of scissors and towels, they're coming."
Syaoran felt himself go tense. No, not now, it's too early.
"Syaoran?" he felt Sakura's hand squeeze him, he calmed himself before looking at Sakura, forcing out a gentle voice,
"Sakura, the babies are coming, it's ok, and they'll both be fine. But they need you to stay calm alright? Just do what they tell you to, everything will be fine." Syaoran soothed her, his heart pounding. Sakura nodded through her pain, taking deep and long breaths.
"Ok Sakura, we need you to take a deep breath, and push when we say, alright?" Kaho instructed her. Sakura nodded, she took a deep calming breath before…
Syaoran groaned, his hand growing numb from the past few minutes. He swore his hand had grown cold, his circulation having stopped in Sakura's death grip.
"Sakura… you're hand…" he gave another wince, feeling another squeeze. Sakura didn't answer him but narrowed her eyes, sending him a glare that would put his to shame,
"You think you're in pain? You don't know anything about pain! Oh next time you're having the babies!" She screamed, giving another push, "Li Xiao Lang I will kill you!" At that one moment, he swore to himself to never, ever get anyone pregnant again.
"We see the head!" Kaho exclaimed, "Come on Sakura! Let's bring the strong baby boy into the world ne?" The statement seemed to bring renewed strength to Sakura, and taking a deep long breath, pushed hard, her face turning read, her whimpers of pain turning into painful screams.
"We got him!" the doctors exclaimed. Sakura felt them draw him out and she fell back down, sweat matting her hair to her forehead. The pain subsided a little bit, her mind whirring with the past events.
"Wonderful!" Kaho beamed as a group of nurses started to wrap a warm towel around the newborn, "Excellent Sakura, you're first baby boy is just find, now, let's bring the sister or brother into the world." Sakura flashed Kaho a brief smile, preparing herself for another few minutes of pain.
Five minutes later, a Li girl was born, her shrill cries erupting as soon as being cut from the umbilical cord. Two nurses carried the two babies to the new mother and father, and as soon as Sakura laid her eyes on her two babies, burst into tears, hiding her face in Syaoran's chest. Syaoran himself felt a small tear gather in the corner of his eyes, yet nothing could beat the pride that burst from his heart the moment the two babies were shown to him. They were beautiful, wonderful, perfect.
"Syaoran, our babies, they're our babies." Sakura sobbed, her face slightly pale, but her eyes gleaming with pride. Small fuzzes of hair gathered on top of their heads, they were both coloured brown, so they couldn't see if they had inherited which parent's hair, but as the babies opened their eyes for a quick yawn, both parents were shocked at their findings.
The baby boy had inherited her mother's innocent, emerald eyes, the same almond shape, the same shine, the same glitter.
The girl got her father's fiery amber, the same amber that shone with fire, courage, authority, pride.
"They're beautiful." Syaoran finally said, Sakura nodded as the doctors wheeled her out of the room.
"Li-san, Sakura will need to be cleaned up, you are asked to wait outside please." Kaho said to him in a final sort of voice. Syaoran didn't have the strength to argue, both physically and emotionally drained, he watched them wheel Sakura away, who looked so tired she could fall asleep right there. He stumbled out of the corridor, and collapsed onto a nearby chair, rubbing his temple.
Tonight he was made father of two, two beautiful wonderful perfect twin boy and girl, and he couldn't be any more proud. But as his mind flashed back to the beautiful eyes they had inherited from both of them, his heart had a tugging feeling, he was nearing his 31st birthday, and his mind gave another flash of a document he signed barely 2 years ago.
"You will have the right to get a divorce once you've reached your 31st birthday"
Was he able to leave Sakura now though? Was he able to split up his two children, when he had been there where they were brought into the world? He knew he needed his son to pass on his legacy, his company, but how could he live, everyday when his son had the eyes of the woman he had grown to protect.
The woman he had grown to care for…
The very woman his feelings now started to grow beyond strict business?
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A/N: extremely short chapter, I'm sorry for such a long wait, things pop up, terribly sorry.