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CHAPTER 2: OH, C'MON! SPIT IT OUT, MISAKI!

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A week after I visited a doctor, everything was fine like it was before. Except that I easily got tired now, dizziness were manageable but the nausea & vomiting were unavoidable. Plus, the thought of telling Usui made me sweat in colds. I think he was still clueless but he knew something was up. He watched me more intently these past days as if trying to pry me open.

One night, I was awoken by an odd tugging in my gut.

Oh, dear, I gritted my teeth.

I carefully removed Usui's arm around me. He was in a deep sleep that it didn't woke him.

Nausea at night was more common to me than morning sickness. It was a good thing, since Usui was asleep, he wouldn't ask any questions.

I sat on the cold tile floor of the bathroom, a little weak from forcing the food out of my stomach.

Damn it! I have to endure 2 months of these! I thought to myself. Then hesitantly, I put my hands on my abdomen & closed my eyes. Please, baby... it felt so weird. Don't make your mom suffer like this, I begged.

'Misa-chaaaan, Misa-chan!' Usui chanted as he tickled my ear with his finger.

'What do you want?' I irritably swatted his hand away from my ear.

'Time for breakfast, Misa-chaaaan!' he sang.

Urrgghh! I spent half of the night in the bathroom, you know! I wanted to shout it to his face, but of course, there's no way I could do that.

'Arrghh!' I angrily sat up & shoved the blanket off me.

'What's with the attitude, Misa-chan?' he frowned.

'I still want to sleep!' I pouted.

'Don't you want to go to work today? Want me to stay with you?' he smirked.

He mentioned 'work' & my brain started to work right. 'No! I'm going, alright!' I stood up to fixed the bed.

Usui chuckled, 'Come on, don't bother fixing that, the food's waiting.'

As soon as I smell the sautee eggs, I felt like someone punched my stomach. Sour taste dominated my mouth.

'Urrghh!' I ran for the sink. I think I heard Usui say something but I couldn't catch it. I removed the strainer with trembling hands & vomited a fountain of yellowish acid.

Usui concernly rubbed my back. He didn't say anything.

Shit!

I breathed heavily. Usui turned on the faucet & let the water ran to remove the nasty yellowish liquid in the sink.

I splashed my face with cool water & washed my mouth while Usui stared at me confusedly.

'What's going on, Misaki?' he asked me with creased forehead. He handed me a clean towel which I used to wipe my face. 'Are you sick? How do you feel?'

Before I answered, I held my breath & reached for the platter of the eggs. I immediately opened the fridge & tossed the disgusting thing inside. This made Usui tilt his head in more confusion

I exhaled. I gripped the edge of the table tightly, trying to steady my breathing. Usui stood beside me looking as if he'd just been kicked in the gut.

'Misaki,' he said quietly, demanding my attention, face full of worries.

Oh no, here it comes.

'I'm fine,' I said, a little too sharp.

'No, you're not!' I flinched at his sudden raised voice. I bit my lip. It was the first time I heard him raise his voice at me. I felt a stinging sensation behind my eyes.

H exhaled sharply, 'Don't mess with me, Misaki. I know you too well.' he struggled to control his voice.

'You've been vomiting the hell out of you these past days & don't you dare lie to me about that damn ice cream!' he almost yelled the words out to me. 'Will you please tell me what's going on?' he pleaded in a more mellow voice. He moved nearer to me & slowly turned me to face him.

I'm not ready for this! I screamed mentally.

'Look at me & tell me what's wrong,' he said in an irresistible voice. He held my chin so I had no choice but to look up to him.

'Usui...' then it surprised me that I started crying; my eyes overflowed with tears. Even I noticed the weird mood swings of a pregnant woman!

His face was a mix of worries, concern, frustration & anger.

I didn't want to see his face like this. I didn't plan to tell him in a situation like this. I didn't want him yelling at me or forcing me say it. I wanted to tell him when I'm ready because I want him to be happy.

'I-I'm sorry,' he sighed as he hugged me tightly. 'I shouldn't have yelled at you,' he said sincerely. 'I'm sorry.. sshh shh.' he shushed, rubbing my back.

'I won't force you to tell me what's wrong anymore. But remember that we're always together in this, okay?' He kissed my forehead & wiped my tears.

'Don't go to work anymore, just rest. I'll be back by noon.' he said as he made his way to get ready for work & left me.

Usui found me on the couch, sleeping, when he arrived that noon. He sat beside me. I felt him touch my forehead & cheek.

I opened my eyes. He smiled at me, 'How are you?'

'I'm completely fine, Usui. Please stop worrying about me.' I lazily answered. I sat up, cross-legged on the couch.

He stood up, clearly not satisfied with my answer, 'Okay, that's good.'

Hey, what do you want me to answer you? I wanted to snap at him. I'm totally fine...No, not totally, but yeah, I'm fine! But that's not the point! Oh, somebody help me! What am I going to do? I should have told him already! Darn it! Why are so afraid of telling him? Why can't you just spit it out? I had a fierce battle with myself again.

'Are you going to out later?'

'No, I'm staying here. I need to take care of my sick wife, right?' He patted my head then gently combed my hair with his fingers.

I'm not sick, you idiot! I glared on the floor.

I looked up to him. 'Would you mind taking a walk with me later?' I smiled as sweet as I could.

He answered back with a dazzling smile, 'Of course not, where do you want to go?'

'Nothing in particular, just wanted to take a walk around.'

'Okay then, later when the weather cools down a bit.'

We took a stroll in the mall. I was glad that it was weekday, less people were in the mall. I suddenly got excited at the sight of baby stuffs. I so wanted to buy some, but I held myself.

We went to the bookstore but we didn't buy anything. After some time of walking around, I got tired again. I pulled Usui to the food stalls & made him buy me some vanilla ice cream. We ate on one of the tables scattered around the area. I enjoyed eating the vanilla ice cream. I think I developed some kind of obsession for vanilla-flavored ice cream even before I knew I'm an expectant mom. Whatever! I love vanilla ice cream!

'You're eating that again,' Usui commented. I laughed; I think I heard that before.

'But it's my favorite!' I pouted, recalling my memory of him in the past.

'But you might get stomach ache again. I swear I'll bring you to the hospital this time if that happens.' he warned.

I rolled my eyes at him. Next time that it would happen, you'll know why, idiot!

After eating 2 cones of ice creams, I yawned.

Usui pinched my chin, 'Tired already? You're not the demon prez I used to know,' he chuckled. 'The prez I knew was stronger than a horse.'

Well, try carrying a growing baby inside you, let see if you don't get tired! I stuck my tongue at him.

'I just feel so lazy & sleepy today.' I simply answered. 'Come on, let's go somewhere else.' I stood up & grabbed his hand.

The sun was setting when we arrived in the park. Everything looked orange & yellow.

The park was almost empty. There were only two little kids playing in the sand box & us, sitting on the bench across the children.

I rested my head on Usui's shoulder. I took a deep breath, a really deep breath. My heart started to double its pace but I tried to ignore it.

'Usui,' I made it sound like I just got the idea.

'Hmm?'

'Did you ever think about having a child?'

I guess I took him by surprise because he didn't answer for a while, which made me more nervous.

'Of course I did. That's the reason why I married you, because you're the woman in the universe that I want to be my child's mom,' he said, nothing but honesty in his voice.

I smiled contentedly.

'Why do you ask? Want us to make our baby tonight?' he said seductively. He snaked his hand around my waist & pulled me closer to him.

I blushed. 'S-shut up, pervert!' I elbowed his ribs.

He laughed.

'But what's wrong? It's not like were still high schoolers, right? We're already married,' he added quietly.

I snapped my head up, 'Hey! I didn't say it's wrong,' as soon as I said it, I regretted it.

'Ahh, so it's okay for us to...' he smiled alluringly while leaning closer to my face. I was blushing furiously.

'S-stop it, Usui!' I pushed his chest away from me. The stupid dimwit just laughed but didn't move an inch from me.

'Usui!' I whispered. 'There are kids in here!' I reminded him.

He chuckled & properly sat again but he kept his hands around me.

'So if that kids weren't there, it would be alright with Misa-chan to do it right here, right now?' he teased.

'Don't be ridiculous!' I fumed.

He laughed & before I could say anything, he stood up.

'Well! Let's go home, prez. It's getting dark,' he stretched & started to walk away.

Wait! I haven't said anything yet!

On impulse, I seized his hand.

'Wait,'

He looked at me curiously.

'Uhm...I don't want to go home yet.' I lied, even though I'm itching to lay down on our soft bed & sleep.

He squatted in front of me, making him lower than the bench that he looked up to me.

'Why?' he asked, seeing the looks on my face. He held both of my hands.

'I-I have something to tell you,' I stuttered.

'About what?'

'You asked me wha-what's wrong with me this m-morning, right?'

He rubbed my knuckles with his thumbs, 'If it makes you uneasy, you don't have to force yourself to tell me, okay?' he said quietly.

I took a deep breath & closed my eyes. I let it out slowly & snapped my eyes open. I touched his soft, blonde hair on the side of his face. I focused my eyes on it as I spoke.

'No, I-I really have to tell you this or I might go crazy!'

He chuckled. 'I don't want to an insane person as a wife, so spit it out, Misaki.'

I continued touching his cheek & tried to ignore what he said.

'Uhmm,' I bit my lip.

'Are you dying of some kind of terrible disease, that you can't even say it out loud?' he joked.

'No, you dope! I'm not sick, okay? I'm in a perfect health condition,' I pinched his ear.

He winced, 'Then what is it?'

I averted my eyes to my shoes, dropping my hand to my lap while my right hand was still in his grip.

'Usui...' I gathered up all the courage I could summon in my chest.

'I-I'm...I'm pregnant,' I finally managed to blurt it out.

Usui was dead silent. I was afraid to see the reaction on his face. I didn't dare to move. I could feel my hands sweating, my heart pounding so hard, my chest hurts.

'Is that all?' he said at last after a couple of seconds of deafening silence between us.

'What else is there to say?' I mumbled, still avoiding his eyes.

He squeeze my hand once. He sat down beside me & cupped my face.

'When did you learn you're pregnant? Why didn't you tell me right away?' Ahh, I knew it, he'd bombarded me with questions.

When I finally looked up to him, I saw sparkles in his eyes. He smiled at me... a smile I never seen on his face before.

'Are you really?' he asked yet another question before I could even answer his previous questions. Grin spreading across his mouth.

'Really?' he prompted, like he couldn't believe his damn ears.

I nodded; I can't help but allow myself to smile as I saw Usui's grinning face.

'How many months?' he asked.

'The doctor said I'm in my 6th week.'

'When did you go to the doctor?'

'Last Monday, when I went to Tokyo, I actually went there to see a doctor,' I explained.

Seeing his reactions to the news, I felt my burden had been lifted off my shoulders. I sighed in relief.

Usui continued to ask me various questions & I answered him truthfully.

'Why didn't you tell me earlier?' he asked again, a slight frown crease his forehead.

'Well...I didn't know how to tell you, I was so nervous,' I said.

He chuckled. 'Why would you be nervous?'

'I-I don't know, maybe because I thought you didn't like to have a child or at least not now'

'Silly Misaki,' he simply said, smiling widely. 'That's the reason we're here, to have a family…our family,' he tucked my hair behind my ear.

I smiled, 'Yeah,' I mumbled sleepily. Now that I didn't have any problem to worry, exhaustion took over my mind & body.

Usui sighed, 'I should have known,' he muttered.

'Hmm?'

'The tiredness, the weird appetite & the vomitting, sorry, I didn't realize the obvious signs,' he said.

'S' okay. Uhhm, can we go home now?'

Usui stood up & chuckled, 'Yeah, come on.' & he held my hand like he'd never let go.

Before going in the building, I made him buy three liters of ice cream in the nearby convenience store.

It was 1:45 in the morning. As usual, the nausea woke me up & I barely made it to bathroom this time. I kicked the blanket off me along with Usui's arm. He woke up & blinked his eyes.

'Misaki?' he called drowsily.

He followed me in the bathroom. I could feel his tension as he saw me threw up everything inside my stomach.

I coughed up the last of my dinner. My throat ached & my eyes were streaming with tears. My neck was sticky with sweat.

I huffed & panted for air. Usui stood beside me & started rubbing my back as I bent over the toilet bowl.

'Do you feel better now?' he asked anxiously.

I nodded as I flushed the bowl. I weakly sat on the cold tile floor.

He handed me a glass of water & touched my forehead. I gratefully drank the water. It soothed my aching throat.

'Are you really fine now?' he asked again.

'Yeah,' I mumbled as I put my spinning head between my knees. Usui sat in front of me.

I looked at him, his face was full of worry & anxiety, he looked funny.

I laughed, 'What's with that look? You looked like you just swallowed a rock!' I felt much better now, my dizziness stopped & my stomach stayed still at last.

He didn't change his expression, 'Are you sure you're alright?'

'I'm fine, Usui!' I softly clapped my hands on his cheeks. 'Besides, I'm used to it. It's normal, don't worry about it.' I explained.

He sighed & held my hands, 'You're so cold,' he noticed.

'Am I?'

'Yeah, your hands are freezing. Come on, I'll make you something to drink,' he pulled me up from the floor & dragged me to the kitchen.

Minna, haroo! Genki da yo? Yey! My classes are OVER! But sad to say, I still have my summer practicum in a travel agency so that's means, I'm busier now _ Anyway, I hope you like this chapter (please tell me you like it! T_T it would be the best news I could ever hear for this summer, hahaha!)

Oh wait, I don't have any experience being pregnant whatsoever, so I asked my aunts about it but it vary in experiences depending on the individuals, so I guess let's just leave it that way XD

Yosh! Minna, please continue to support me, arigatou! May you have a sizzling, hot summer wherever you are, hehe :)

Till next chapter, ja~!