Tea was now 36 weeks pregnant, which is about eight and a half months along. Her stomach seemed almost too big for her little body to handle.
Anywhere she went she wobbled her way there, ending every journey tired and out of breath, not to mention the fact that her rib cage was constantly aching from this kid.
The doctors said that all of this was perfectly normal, Tea begged to differ.
Lying on the couch one day, balancing a large bowl of grapes on her stomach as she watched the television, she came up with this notion.
"In hell, all woman are eternally pregnant, while never having a place to sit down, chasing a giant bowl of ice cream that would be forever just short of their grasp." She told Seto as he too took a few grapes into his hands.
"Yep, and all the men have to deal with the crazy women, that's our hell right?" He asked, making a joke toward Tea.
She sneered, and continued watching what was on TV, She at this point was truly miserable.
The nights were rough as she tossed and turned, getting even less sleep then she'd gotten the night before. At least fifteen times a night she would waddle her way to the restroom to relieve her blatter and waddle her way back to try and get to sleep, fighting off heat flashes and the urge for pickles and ice cream.
Seto tried his best to support her, and she tried her best to keep her hormones under control. This morning however was very different than any other.
Seto rushed around the house fumbling with his briefcase trying his best to prepare for a very important meeting that he was already about to be late for.
While Tea sat at the dining room Tea, the stress around her just made her even more stressed out as she looked across the table at an untouched plate full of breakfast food that shed taken the time to make this morning for her man.
Sadly enough, he didn't have the time to even touch it due to the fact the Tea had accidently turned the alarm off, and hed slept in for over an hour.
Theyd never had any big fights before, usually just little fits where they nag and bicker at each other.
But with this fight, even Mokuba was afraid as he watched it play out from the staircase.
"You know I can hardly walk as it is! And I get up to make this big breakfast so you'll have a full stomach as this stupid meeting and you won't even fucking eat it!" Tea yelled at Seto.
"Yeah, well maybe I would've eaten your fucking breakfast if you hadn't of turned the damn alarm clock off! Now I hardly have to get to the meeting!" Seto yelled back as he stole a quick glance at his watch, immediately looking away and rolling his eyes.
"You wouldn't have eaten it anyways! You don't care!" Tea yelled, her hormones completely controlling her every word.
"Whatever Tea! If you think that I don't care about you then pack your shit and leave!" He put up his walls and bore his stone cold eyes straight into Tea "I have a meeting to go to." He bitterly spit out as he rushed out of the door.
In the heat of her anger she jumped up from her spot at the table and tried her best to get up the staircase. Pushing Mokuba out of the way, she flung the door open to her and Setos room and stormed in, making a bee line straight for the closet.
Laying down all of her suitcases, she began piling clothes in them, not even caring to fold them. She moved quickly as angrily, stripping the room of all of her belongings.
"Tea don't do this." Mokuba pleaded as he followed her into the bathroom and watched as she gathered her toothbrush and hair supplies.
"Where will you go" He asked, attempting to stop her for just a moment and get her into her right mind.
"Anywhere but here! Im done!" She huffed as tears began to build up at the corners of her eyes, she held them back with all of the strength that she could.
As she filled her arms up with all of her toiletries she rushed to the sink to pick up her tooth brush, but as she reached out for it, a jolt of pain shot through her stomach. Dropping everything, she grasped her swollen belly as she looked down at her pants which were now soaked, as if she'd just peed herself.
She took short labored breaths as shock set into her system, Wide eyed, she helplessly looked toward Mokuba.
"I think.." Another shooting pain. "Ahh, I think im in labor!" She squealed as her knees almost buckled.
"But! But your not even nine months yet, how are you in labor!" Mokuba asked, not knowing exactly what to do.
"I don't know, but its happening, and we have to go now!" She yelled.
Quickly Mokuba grabbed her hand and walked her to the bed, where she took a seat. He ran into the closet, fumbling with the pre packed baby bag, running out of the closet he picked up one of the smaller suit cases and zipped it up.
"Stay here! Im going to get Roland!" Mokuba panicked, The young boy ran down the stairs as he flipped his cellphone opened and called Roland, who had luckily enough, stayed in the mansion today to be on guard
When the two boys finally met up, both of them darted up the stairs to Tea, who was hanging for dear life onto a bed post. Cradling her stomach as yet another wave of pain overtook her.
They stood there for a moment, in shock that all of this was happening, until they were brought back to reality by a crazed Tea.
"Come on! This baby is coming!" She yelled at them.
With great effort, the two got her to the fastest car in the Kaiba's garage, Roland rushed to the driver's seat, and left with haste, none of the three could even think straight under so much pressure. But soon enough, they did make it to the hospital.
Once admitted, much stress was taken off of all of them as they rested into seats surrounding Teas Hospital bed,
The rest was short lived though as they realized they still had so many calls to make, Seto of course being the first.
"Oh big brother, please answer.." He worried aloud as he stuck the phone to his ear. Roland was flying through calls, to Joey, Yugi, Then Tristan. Telling them to get to the hospital as quickly as possible.
For Mokuba however, Anxiety took his senses as the phone continuously rang.
"This is Seto Kaiba, Leave a message and Ill get back to you." The voicemail spoke into the young boys ear.
"C'mon Seto!" Mokuba gritted his teeth at his own cellphone.
He called at least ten time, none of them showing any sign that his brother would pick up.
As the raven haired boy was about to head back to the room to tell everyone the bad news, his phone rang.
Without even looking at who it was Mokuba picked it up "Seto!" Mokuba yelled.
"Yes Mokuba, its Seto, Im in a meeting that will change the future of my company and you don't seem to accept that this is important as I keep having to mute my damn cellphone! Now that we finally took a short break due to MY disruption, what can I do for you?" Seto rambled short temperedly.
"Teas in labor Seto!" Mokuba yelled into his phone.
Obviously baffled by this statement, the phone line went silent for a moment.
"I- Ill be right there!" Seto stuttered into the phone, the line soon went dead, a sure sign that he was on his way.
Mokuba smiled and let out a long sigh as all of the stress practically melted away.
"Hes on his way." Mokuba smiled.
"Guys! Hes on his way!" Mokuba yelled as he ran back into the room.
Surprised to already see Yugi, Joey, and Tristan sitting at Teas bedside.
"He better get here quick, this baby wants out." The doctor warned, your already six centimeters, only four more to go, and with the looks of it you'll be fully dilated in no time." He explained.
The doctor, of course being The family doctor. Hed been with not only the Kaiba brothers their entire lives, but had been a huge support for Tea since theyd first met.
"Just stay in there a little bit longer baby. Please!" Tea cried out, not wanting the father of her child to miss the birth.
"I just wish we hadn't of fought earlier. This day was supposed to be perfect." Tea sadly admitted.
"Its just been awful so far, and now he might not even get to see his little girl being born." Tea let tears fall down her face, as she felt a warm hand on her own.
"He'll get here Tea." Yugi spoke softly.
A yell of pain was what he got in return, as another contraction started. Joey came in closer to her making weird breathing noises.
"Just repeat afta me Tea. Dis always works in da movies. Hee hoo hee, hee hee hoo hee" He breathed into her face.
She was desperate to get rid of the pain as she began doing as Joey did. After a moment she just felt stupid.
"This is NOT making it go away!" She cried.
And just when she began feeling like everything was hopeless, in walked her knight in shining armor.
"Mokuba im so sorry I yelled at you." He quickly apologized to Mokuba as he ran to his girlfriend's side.
"And im so sorry, for everything Tea." He whispered into her ear.
"Its okay, Im just glad you're here, it feels so much better now that your heee-EEEERRRRREEEE." Another contraction.
"Ssshhh" Seto softly whispered as he massaged her stomach.
Minutes later, the doctor came into the room. "Oh hey Daddy. You're here, good! Now if my hypothesis is correct then this turkey should be about ready to come out of that oven!" The doctor happily joked.
"And what do you know, I must do my job well. Ten centimeters, Are you ready to push Tea Sweetie?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, get it out!" She yelled.
"Alright, on three. One. Two. Three puuussshhh!" The doctor said. Seto had taken a seat on her bed and was now holding her back up, helping her push.
"Ugh, I cant do it." Tea cried, out of breath.
"One more good push Tea, she almost here." The doctor said seriously.
"One. Two. Three."
Tea pushed with all the strength she had left, pain jolted through her entire body and everything became a blur for a moment, but she kept on.
"She crowning Tea! Your almost done!" The doctor yelled excitedly.
And with one final push, she could finally rest, as she heard the first cries of her newborn baby girl.
Seto and Tea embraced one another, not even realizing that Joey had blacked out, and was now out cold on the floor, Yugi and Tristan trying to get him into a seat.
"Would you like to cut the umbilical cord Dad?" The Doctor asked
"Yeah." Seto said, almost in tears himself.
Cutting the umbilical cord he watched the nurses clean her off and wrap her in a blanket.
One the wait was over, he took hold of his newborn baby girl and walked over to his fiancé, taking a seat next to her.
They both held the child, already loving it so much.
"The name of this little girl is?" The doctor asked, hand over a birth certificate for Seto to sign.
"Ashton Grace Kaiba." He said as he wrote it down.
"Our little Ashton." Tea said smiling down at her sleeping baby.
Tears fell from Setos eyes as he watched his little girl squirm around in Teas arms.
"Shes so beautiful." He whispered, drying his eyes.
Tea gleamed at Seto as she proudly raised a closed fist to him, he too raised a fist as he smirked at her.
They shared a celebratory knuckle bump between the two of them, Yugi laughing at the gesture, before leaving along with Tristan, and a now awake and disgruntled Joey, giving the couple some time alone with their new child.