You're all going to hate me after this chapter. Please regard me kindly.
On the way home, Ayase thought of nothing but a certain Eiji Kanda. Ayumu didn't interrupt the other boy's thoughts, and was careful to let him know that he could hear them either. He had tried to respect Ayase's privacy and block him out entirely, but the emotion behind the thoughts was so strong that the thoughts were projecting themselves at him. He other boy was confused by his own feelings, but Ayumu understood them; Ayase had found his Mate. He sighed mentally, knowing that Ayase would have a tough time, not only falling for a man, but also for someone so much older than themselves.
As they were headed up the driveway back to the Trivial Property, the door burst open and Ayumu's father came running out of the house, carrying a groaning Jirou. Ren and Ryuu, the latter of whom had Suzu in his arms, and was clutching her a bit tighter than seemed necessary. Kunimitsu spotted them and called out ahead of them as he carefully placed Jirou in the car, "Atobe-san is going into labour! Shusuke is calling Atobe. I'm taking these four to Dr. Hatchett's." And with that, they were all loaded up into the car and gone. Ayumu had never seen his father drive so fast.
"Come on, come on, come on," Shusuke repeated as the phone continued to ring. Atobe had not picked up on his cellphone, and so Shusuke had called his work, and was now waiting for the lazy secretary to patch him through to Atobe's line.
"Atobe Keigo's office, Ore-sama speaking," Atobe said, and barely managed to finish his greeting when Shusuke erupted at him.
"Atobe-san, you need to get to Dr. Hatchett's house!" Shusuke said, frantically, "It's Jirou!"
"Jirou?! What is--" Shusuke didn't need to say anything as in a split second it hit Atobe like a brick wall thrown at him by a baby Superman. "...It's... too early for that."
"Trust me," Shusuke sighed, "Babies don't care if it's 'time' or not." His voice quieted a bit. "He needs you though. Atobe, you're right about it being to early; he could..."
"Ore-sama knows." There was a slight pause. "Thank you, Shusuke. You've been very kind to him. Even after I..."
"Your sins are not his, and I don't blame you any longer for what you did to Kunimitsu. We were young, and it was competition. Now go to Jirou."
"... Right." And then the other line went dead as Atobe hung up the phone.
Ayumu said a goodbye to Ayase, worried about Jirou-oji-san, and then resolved that he needed to go see his sempai more than he needed to worry about the new baby coming along. It wasn't like he could help with that anyway. So, he headed upstairs to his and Sora's room, intent on seeing how the sick boy was fairing since he had left. And to apologize for leaving in the first place.
He felt terrible, not only about leaving his sempai in his time of need, but for enjoying himself. He should not have been out enjoying himself with Ayase even if the other boy had honestly seemed to need him (after all, who else's could Ayase properly communicate with?) and even if Noboru-sempai had said that he should go. That was no excuse. Ayumu began taking the steps two at a time.
"Sempai!" Ayumu shouted as he burst through the door the scent of his mate filling his nose and making him act what he might consider later to be a bit foolish. Sora, still flushed with a slight fever, looked up to see Ayumu's smiling face, and was confused. Excited to see his boyfriend happy, but confused.
"Ayumu, wha--" He was cut off as Ayumu covered his lips with his own. Sora moaned slightly into his boyfriend's mouth, feeling more than a bit aroused by this new side Ayumu was portraying. Still, some part of him was still practical. "Ayumu, you can't be kissing mew now, you could get yourself sick."
"If I'm going to get sick, I've already gotten it," Ayumu said, kissing Sora again. Sora tried and failed to resist the freshman's charms. Soon, they were kissing heatedly. Sora knew he had to stop, he knew that he had to, but---
He pulled Ayumu onto the bed with him.
Atobe entered Dr. Hatchett's house without knocking. He knew by now (not that he cared at the moment) that knocking in this situation was about as useful as hitting his head against a brick wall and hoping that it somehow made a coconut fall down. Okay, so maybe he wasn't in the right frame of mind to be making analogies. So what.
He headed down the hallway to where he saw his other children waiting outside of what he knew to be the birthing room. Little Suzu came running to him, but he only gave her a quick hug before telling her that he had to check on her mama. She seemed to be worried about Jirou, but Atobe knew that she didn't really understand what was going on. Or how dire the situation really was. At that moment Ryuu came over and gently extracted the young girl from her father's arms. Atobe nodded his thanks to his oldest son and headed into the birthing room.
Jirou's breathing was erratic, but he settled down slightly the moment he felt his husband's presence in the room. "K-Kei...go..."
Atobe was immediately at his side. "Yes, Only One? I'm here." Jirou held Atobe's hand so tightly that it hurt, but Atobe said nothing of it.
"Kei...go, I'm... Scared," Jirou gasped, a look of pain coming across his face as another contraction hit.
"I know, Ji-chan," Atobe said and hesitated slightly before quietly adding, "So am I."
Dr. Hatchett looked at the two seriously. "It's time."
"We can't do this," Sora whispered, winded and flushed for a reason other than his sickness. "You're too young, Ayumu."
"No, I'm not," Ayumu answered breathily, "I've... grown at the rate of a bird all of my life. Physically, I am a child... But mentally, I am older... Even than you." He closed his eyes as a wave of pleasure rolled over him, caused by Sora accidentally brushing a hand against his crotch.
Ayumu's moan spurred Sora's own passion and he felt it increasingly hard to fight his own need. "... Damn it."
He hoped Ayumu wouldn't regret this in the morning.
Atobe smiled down at his tired out love, and at the little one that Jirou held in his arms. "Are you ready to let the children in?"
"Yes," Jirou said, his voice hoarse from screaming. He was infinitely glad that the room they were in was soundproofed. Atobe smiled at him and opened the door for their children to enter.
Suzu bounded up to the bed immediately, and Atobe was forced to keep her from hurting Jirou or the baby by holding her back. He then informed her that 'Mama' had a 'very bad ouchy' and that she had to be careful. The little four-year-old nodded. Ouchys, she understood.
Ren and Ryuu, on the other hand, approached the bed slowly, looking excited, anxious and... afraid. Atobe was confused by seeing this in them, as it was a feeling that he felt had no place here, not now that they knew that both Jirou and the baby (though grantedly quite small) were alright. Jirou, however, seemed to not see this in them and becked them closer with a smile. "Come on," he sad, and they complied, "Come meet your new baby sister."
"N-no..." Ren said, taking a step backwards, a hand covering his mouth and tears springing to his eyes. "No..." He was trembling and shaking his head in disbelief. "Oh, God, no..." Tears pouring from his eyes, the younger of the two twins turned on his heels and ran from the room.
Ryuu, meanwhile, was stand in shock until finally everything hit him at once and he sank to the ground, taking his head into his hands as dispair washed over him in abundance. "Oh God..."
Please don't hate me. Please just keep in mind that the series isn't over yet. Also, the lemon will once again not be included in this story. If enough people ask for it, I will write it and post it on my other account as a one shot. Alright, sorry again.