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Once again, many months pass. Szayel realizes that any time here, it will be time for Grimmjow to deliver the baby. Szayel and Ichigo were trying their best, tending to Grimmjow and all of his needs. Grimmjow was in a extremely bitchy mood, and he demanded food nearly all the time.
Szayel sighed. "Poor Grimmjow, it's almost time."
Ichigo nodded, "Yeah.."
There were times when Grimmjow went through major mood swings. He'll be happy one moment and at the next he'll be crying his eyes out. But then there are times when he's really happy and will want to go on walks, even though most of the time he can't because he's expecting anytime soon. And when you tell him he can't go on walks, he isn't happy anymore. He'll yell at you, then he'll cry and apologize, and then yell at you some more. It really, truly was a horrible thing. It was like having a woman in the house, but Szayel and Ichigo took it like the nice men they are.
"Szayel...?"
Szayel turned his head away from the science book he was reading and looked at Grimmjow.
"Huh? What is it?"
Grimmjow looked away. "It won't hurt, will it..?"
Szayel was confused. "What won't hurt?"
"The baby," Grimmjow mumbled, "it won't hurt?"
Szayel frowned and bookmarked his book. He scooted his chair closer to Grimmjow. Szayel grabbed Grimmjow's hand. "No, it won't. Since the baby can't be delivered normally, like the average female can, it won't hurt nearly as bad as you might think it will. I'll knock you out with anesthesia so that way you won't feel anything while I take the baby out." Szayel paused. "I guarantee you, it won't hurt. You might feel pain afterward, when you wake up, but there are pain killers for that."
Grimmjow nodded and glanced outside the window. "You know, you're the only one who has ever been this nice to me?"
Szayel squeezed Grimmjow's hand. "Oh, Grimmjow," Tears streamed down Szayel's cheeks. He cursed himself for letting the barrier break and let the big, fat drops of water fall free.
Grimmjow noticed this and frowned, lifting his free hand up and wiping the tears off of his face. "Don't cry, please. You shouldn't be the one crying.." he mumbled.
Szayel sobbed, resting his head on Grimmjow's hand. "I just can't stand seeing you like this."
Grimmjow closed his eyes and turned his head again to look outside the window.
It was silent for what seemed like an eternity, to Szayel. He knew that it was his fault for making Grimmjow like this, but he hadn't meant to. He never intended to put this much hurt upon Grimmjow, and himself even, and it made Szayel's blood boil. But, what else could he have done? Aizen would have killed both of them if Szayel rejected the whole experiment entirely, and it was better having them both live. But there was a small chance that Grimmjow could die from this, anyhow, so in a sense it wouldn't have made much a difference, would it?
Szayel shut his eyes tightly and sobbed silently. He won't let Grimmjow die. He'll try every damn thing he can do to make sure the doesn't pass from this horrid world. Szayel wouldn't be able to live without Grimmjow, he realized as of lately, and he was the only close person to the poor guy. Szayel was never this close to someone, either, and he liked this feeling of love that they both shared. Grimmjow hasn't either, so Szayel is sure that he likes that warm feeling as well. Szayel shook his head.
He's not going to die, Szayel thought, he's got a long way to go before he dies. I'm sure he wouldn't want to die like this, either. It seems such a girly way to die, to him. Szayel lifted his head up in confusion when he realized Grimmjow pulled his hand away.
Grimmjow held his stomach, writing in pain. Tears had started to flow from his eyes, and Szayel furrowed his brows. Grimmjow looked over at Szayel, barely mumbling, "I think...it's time.." He paused and screamed in pain. "God damn, it hurts!" He mumbled some more.
Szayel started to panic. I shouldn't be panicking, he thought, I should be helping him. A worried feeling rose in Szayel. He hadn't done this before, so he has every right to panic. However...
"Ichigo!" Szayel hollered. Footsteps echoed from the bottom of the stairs, and Ichigo burst into the room.
"What do you..." he eyes the pain-filled Grimmjow on the bed, and then back at Szayel, who was frantically grabbing his tools. "...need?" Ichigo finally finished, fairly confused. Szayel looked at Ichigo.
"You're my assistant." Szayel sighed.
Ichigo was confused. "Huh?"
"Grimmjow's ready to give birth," Szayel looked at Ichigo once again. "It's not a surgical bed, but is it okay that I use this for the procedure?"
Ichigo nodded slowly, walking over to the bed. Szayel hurried to Grimmjow's side and looked at him.
Szayel sat next to Ichigo and sat down the bag of surgical equipment. He took a deep breath and sighed heavily, "I've never dealt with this before." Szayel shook his head, "I have a general idea of what to do, so I hope that I don't screw up something in the process." Szayel started to take off Grimmjow's shirt. "But, there is a chance of him dying. I'm not an official doctor, but I do know much about general surgery so this knowledge should benefit us well. So," he clapped his hands together to pray, "let's just pray that this will turn out good and that Grimmjow will live."
Ichigo clapped his hands together as well and nodded.
"Amen."
Author's Note: Two chapters in one day! It's a short one, but this is just to get the events of the next chapter into play.
If all of you want, you can leave a review and tell me what you think the gender of the child will be. I'm curious to find out what you guys think~