Ahhhhh I'm on a role, guys!
So I got the name peanut from my sister. When she was pregnant with my niece, she couldn't come up with a name until after she was born. She we all just called her peanut since in the first ultrasound it just looked like a little peanut. I was really hoping the name would stick even after she was born, but unfortunately it did not
My sixteen-week ultrasound was just a shocking as the nine week one. This time, Axel was there with me along with Sora and Riku who had just recently started dating. Baby Peanut was no longer a little snowman. You could actually tell it was a baby, now. The image was mind-blowing.
"Have you felt him kick, yet? My dad asked, pulling me out of my thoughts.
I shook my head quickly, a little upset that the ultrasound part was over and I could no longer see my little boy.
Dad wrote down some things on a piece of paper before standing. "You should be feeling it pretty soon," he muttered. "How's the morning sickness.
"Horrible," I scoffed.
Sora chimed in at this point. "I can hear him, every morning. Roxas is my new alarm clock."
I made a face at my brother as I wiped the goo off my stomach. Pulling Axel's shirt back down, I laid a hand on my extended belly. There was no hiding it. Not a chance. Everyone in the school knew I was pregnant. They also added that up with the fact I was wearing Axel's shirts, determining that he was the father.
"Mid-terms are coming up soon," dad mentioned and groaned at the reminder. "Don't let it stress you out too much. It's bad for baby," he finished writing and handed me a slip of paper. "This is a prescription for some anti-nausea medication. It should help with the morning sickness. Lord knows your mother could have used this when he was pregnant," with that, he walked out of the room and down the hall.
I made to climb off the bed, reaching for my stuff, but Axel stopped me. He pressed his hands to either side of my belly with a determined expression. "Axel?"
"Shhh!" he lowered his head and pressed an ear to the side of my stomach. I watched the corners of his lips tug up in a small smile and his eyes slipped close. "I can hear it, his heart beat."
I returned the smile and ran a hand through his wild, flaming hair. "You know, I read online that around sixteen weeks is when he can start hearing noises from the outside," I mentioned quietly. Sora perked up when he heard. "I wonder if he can you talk."
Axel looked up at me before pulling away from my belly a little bit. He placed a hand on either side as if he was trying to hold our baby from in the womb. I watched him swallow before speaking. "Hi, baby."
Riku chuckled at the sight but Sora quickly sent him a glare telling him to shut up.
Axel placed his forehead to rest just above my naval and I laid my hands over his. "I love you so much," it was so quite that I doubt Riku and Sora could hear it. But it was loud and clear for me. The way Axel spoke, I wasn't sure if he was talking to me or peanut or both and the thought brought a flush to my cheeks.
I love you too. The thought happened before I could stop it and I decided that this close bonding moment needed to stop. "Alright, time to go, I'm very hungry," I forced a nervous laugh as I stood up and stepped away from Axel.
"I can take you to the café across the street— "
"No, no! That's okay, really. I'll just get Sora to take me," I didn't let the redhead finish. I swiftly grabbed onto Sora's wrist and paced out of the hospital as fast as I could. I could faintly hear my brother calling back, telling Riku he'd text him later, but the blood rushing in my ears blocked out most sound.
I finally slowed down my walking as we got closer to the car. "What the hell was that all about?" the brunette asked as we both climbed into the vehicle.
I simply shook my head and slapped both hands on my face. "It's nothing, Sor. Come on let's just get my medicine and go home."
"But what about the café?"
I sighed and leaned my head against the window, enjoying the cool feeling against my flushed cheek. "I'm not hungry anymore."
A couple days had passed since the ultrasound and I still couldn't get Axel out of my head. In a poor attempt at distraction, I completely immersed myself in studying for my exams. I ignored the incredible pain in my back and feet, knowing that if I let it bother me I'd just text Axel and tell him to come over to give me a massage. And as amazing at that sounded, I didn't want to face the redhead. I hadn't even talked to him at all since then.
A quick pinch of pain came from my abdomen, breaking my thought process. I laid a hand on the top of my belly, curiously, before feeling it again. Thanking whatever higher being there was that my dad was home today, I let panic take over. "Dad!" I shouted, rushing out of my room and to the balcony where I looked down to see my father on the living room couch.
He looked up at me and shrugged in questioning, never being one to want to yell.
I sighed and made my way down the stairs to stand in front of him. "I think something is wrong. It hurts," I couldn't take my eyes from my stomach as I drowned in worry. Dad sat up slowly, setting down his book, and placed a hand on the left side of my extended middle. I winced feeling the pinch again.
Is he okay? Am I having a miscarriage? What the hell is going on? My mind flooded with every worst possible scenario I had read in my books and online articles.
Dad chuckled and pressed his hand down a little firmer. "Roxas, he's fine and so are you. Come here," he pulled one of my hands from my side and set it right where his ways. "Just wait," it took a few moments but eventually the pinch happened again. Only this time I felt something completely different along with it. A small thump came from my stomach and hit the palm of my hand, making me gasp. I looked up, meeting my dad's eyes before breaking out in a huge grin.
"He's kicking!" I exclaimed with a small laugh. "Dad, he's kicking!"
"What's going on?" Sora and mom walked towards us, both with hands full of grocery bags.
I laughed again and walked to Sora. Forcing his hands to let go of the bags I pulled his palm my stomach just as dad had done to me. After a few seconds of silence, I watched as blue eyes widened. "Oh my god," he breathed. "That's so cool! Mama come here!"
I did the same thing to mom but by then, peanut had stopped his kicking. "I don't feel anything," he frowned, moving both hands around my stomach in a search to find his grandson.
I concentrated on trying to feel the pinch again but it never came. "Maybe he went to sleep?"
Mom straightened his back and put his hands on his hips. "Well tell him to wake up! I want to feel, too!"
"Cloud, you're being childish," Dad spoke up from the couch, not looking up from his book that he had started reading again.
"I am not," mom grumbled, going into the kitchen to unload the groceries, Sora following close behind.
I've got to tell Axel.
