I start being mean in this chapter...slightly less humor, slightly more seriousness...still, I hope you all like it~! Some of you may have noticed Izaya is super OOC by this point, but he's pregnant so please do not bug me about it. EVERYONE acts differently when they're pregnant. And it's weird for them to be happy and snuggly...but everyone deserves that ne~?
Izaya stared at the ceiling trying to chase the spots with his eyes. He knew something was wrong, but so far his blood pressure had been stable. Other than his back hurting all the time, his feet swelling, his legs cramping, and his abdomen ballooning outwards he was fine. He was still moody of course, but it was more often than not a swing into a fit of tears usually ending only if Shizuo cuddled him a good ten minutes. How embarrassing that one of these 'fits' had happened in front of Shiki of all people.
"What are you two up two, hmm?" He asked patting the swell lightly and he felt a strong kick from one of them. Oh man, he hurt right now. The vision change only happened moments ago. He knew the babies were both awake –and playing football with his internal organs again- when he'd heard a loud CRACK and his vision swam…or was it swimming before that? Things were a tad hazy right now. He couldn't breathe very well either right now, it hurt too much. He'd been short on breath for a few days now, but this was worse. This hurt to inhale.
"Ahh, you two, please stop…" He whimpered weakly, but he felt another kick and sighed. He didn't dare get up yet though, he couldn't really see yet, let alone breathe. He'd been doing housework when this…whatever it was had happened.
"Ugh…Shizu-chan, hurry home," He mumbled making another attempt at reaching the cell phone just out of reach. He couldn't move to reach it, it hurt too much.
"Definitely not little fleas" He mumbled lightly, but he smiled. At least he knew how to keep his children from breaking every bone in their bodies. Shizuo had learned older, but if they did have their father's strength they could deal with it better, and younger.
"Please Shizu…get home…" He whimpered before a second gut-wrenching kick made him black out.
Izaya wasn't really aware of what was happening.
"Shin…ra?" He mumbled and Shinra smiled.
"Ah, you're awake. Don't talk, and try not to move" The doctor spoke softly and Izaya noticed Shizuo pacing franticly in the room too. Izaya being awake didn't seem to calm him down any, though Celty was clearly trying.
"This is all my fault," He whined, his voice shaky and Izaya smiled weakly at him, motioning him to come over. Shizuo moved there as though magnetised and Izaya gave his hand a light squeeze.
"Is not plebeian," He whispered and Shizuo smiled at him, kissing his hand.
"Izaya-san's right you know, you couldn't have known Shizuo-san. Either way, he'll be okay," Shinra said.
"What happened….anyways Shinra…san?" Izaya breathed out and Shinra frowned.
"One of them broke your rib. They kicked at the wrong angle and that was it. It happens occasionally, and since their a little higher up then a woman's twins would be, they managed to hit one….twice it seemed." Izaya managed to nod.
"I'm putting you on bed-rest temporarily. I don't want you up unless it's an emergency, if Shizuo is home he can carry you for things like the toilet, but you are not to move otherwise, got it?" Izaya frowned at that.
"How am I…supposed to…work?" He panted. It was really hard getting sentences out right now.
"Think of it as time off Izaya-san. You can't meet with clients, you can't move around for information, none of it. You can email them to tell them as such, but that's all, okay?" Izaya frowned.
"I'll enforce it when I'm here Shinra-san," Shizuo promised making Izaya pout at him.
"Aw, fine…" He grumbled finally and both Shizuo and Shinra seemed to relax a little at that.
Bed rest was boring as hell. Izaya stared at the ceiling, thinking nothing again until finally he sat up slowly, one hand touching his taped ribs then slowly moving over the swell of his large abdomen.
"Ah, why'd you two monsters break my rib anyways~" He mumbled, but his tone was still happy. He couldn't hate these two, not for anything at all. Shizuo wasn't home and he knew he was supposed to be in bed, but he was so BORED. Just checking his emails couldn't hurt right?
"Nope~" He decided. He felt fine at any rate; his ribs were just barely tender. He stayed sitting a moment before standing slowly. Too fast and he got remarkably dizzy. He shuffled oh-so-slowly to his computer and checked things out. He fired off emails, he even collected information, oh yes he was a bad boy! If Shizuo caught him he would be in trouble, but that excited him. He smirked finishing with the last one, rubbing his head a little. He attributed the slight headache to nothing more than that though and stood again slowly, frowning.
He shuffled back to bed, his vision swimming again, but it wasn't from pain. He lay down gratefully but it didn't go away for quite some time. He felt nauseated though even when Shizuo came home and made a mental note not to get up at ALL tomorrow.
Tomorrow it seemed though, had other plans for him and he didn't just get up. He RAN to the bathroom.
"Fuck…" He mumbled rinsing his mouth out again. This wasn't like morning sickness at all.
"Izaya? What's wrong, what happened?" Shizuo had been right behind him when he got up so suddenly. Izaya slowly sank to the floor, both breathless and very dizzy. Shizuo helped him down, visibly alarmed by this turn of events. His head hurt still too and he groaned.
"Call Shinra, please," He whimpered and he knew he must have sounded pathetic but Shizuo kissed his head before calling him.
Shinra was less concerned than Shizuo clearly thought he should be.
"It probably isn't anything, he may just have the flu –no that won't harm the twins," He assured Shizuo before going into the bedroom to look after Izaya.
"Okay, tell me everything," He said sitting with his usual smile.
"My head is pounding…please something…?" He whimpered and Shinra frowned now.
"A dull ache? Like a migraine?" He asked and Izaya whimpered, nodded.
"How long?"
"Mid-afternoon yesterday," He mumbled and Shinra nodded then took Izaya's blood pressure.
"Any changes in vision?"
"Blurry," Izaya managed to mumble and Shinra was growing more concerned by the minute.
"One sixty over one-oh-five," He frowned and wrote it down.
"What's wrong with him Shinra?" Shizuo asked, clearly frantic now.
"I need a urine sample Izaya, can you give one right now?" Shinra ignored the blonde entirely and Izaya nodded.
"Need help," He murmured and Shizuo lifted him gently, taking the cup from Shinra.
Once Izaya was back in bed, the sample secure he pulled a stick out and dipped it in then frowned readily.
"You are on bed rest now for the rest of your pregnancy Izaya-san, you seem to have Preeclampsia," He said and Shizuo looked confused at the frightened look that flitted across Izaya's perfect features.
"Wait, what's pre-eh…pre-ehh…" Izaya managed to giggle a little but the pain from his still healing ribs cut it off.
"Preeclampsia, it's related to being pregnant. Symptoms include swelling of the face or hands, protein in urine, high blood pressure, vision change, headaches, back pain, nausea and vomiting, racing pulse, Hyperreflexia and abdominal and shoulder pain. He has high blood pressure, headaches, change in vision and protein in his urine at a level of plus two. He needs to stay in bed, no stress, no sex, no nothing until we can deliver the babies," Shinra explained and Shizuo nodded.
"So, for it to go away, the babies have to be delivered?" He asked and Izaya smiled weakly at him.
"Yes. Looks like they're coming earlier than I expected. I want to deliver in the twenty-eighth week. That gives them the best chance without putting Izaya's life in danger too,"
"But that's three months early!" Izaya protested and Shinra frowned. Shizuo just seemed confused.
"Wait, this doesn't just make him uncomfortable?"
"No Shizuo. If his blood pressure goes too high he could stroke or have a heart attack or an aneurism. We need to find the best time to get them out before your life is in danger too Izaya, more so than it already is,"
"It's too soon, they'll be too early,"
"They will not, they have a 90% chance at that point in the game!" Shinra argued. And Izaya frowned, tears forming in his eyes.
"90% isn't good enough Shinra! At that point their lungs haven't fully developed, they'll have health issues later in life and they'll be in NICU for months!" He said, and he was not going to do such a thing to his children.
"Alright, compromise. We go as long as we can until the danger is too great. As soon as your blood pressure looks like you could stroke, then we deliver, until then they stay put until week 34. Then everything is developed right?" Shizuo suggested and they both looked at him. Shinra sighed softly but he nodded.
"I guess I can agree to that, but if he enters Eclampsia, or looks like he'll stroke, they come out when I say they come out, got it?" Shinra said and finally Izaya nodded.
"Fine."
"Good. You're twenty-one weeks now Izaya…if you do as I say and stay in bed you might get the other thirteen weeks you want. But too much moving around and it turns into eight or nine weeks more instead. Please, for your own sake, for the sake of your children, listen to me for once!" Shinra said, and his expression was one of such worry that even Shizuo gulped. Izaya sniffled and nodded, tears running freely down his cheeks. Shizuo kissed his head lightly and took his hand and Izaya squeezed it gratefully.
Seliphra: Iza-chan can't be with us in the post-script today since he's on bed rest.
Izaya: What are you talking about, the postscript isn't even part of the story...
Seliphra: Damn it...
Shizuo: Wow...we're almost done, aren't we?
Seliphra: ...Yes. REVIEW LOVELIES~! I love reviews as they give me a reason to post the next chapter and write new stories~~! Also, grats to Sakura Explosion who was reviewer number100, please pm me with what you'd like for your one-shot! If we make it to 200 before the story ends the prize becomes valid again, but I doubt we will .