The next week went by fast.
I was as bus as ever at the hospital with nurses and other doctors being out sick with the flu.
I came home one day after work.
Kunihiko was working on his laptop talking on the phone and the boys were already in bed.
"Yes…Call them tomorrow and schedule a meeting with them." He looked up and saw me. "Let me call you back…"he said hanging up the phone. "Anne?"
"Hmm." I said sitting my stuff down.
"Are you ok?" He said walking over to me.
"Yea, but I think I might have caught the flu that is going around." I said trying to focus.
My head was spinning and all I wanted to do was to sleep.
"Come on." He said walking with me to the bedroom.
"What?" I said following him.
"Lay down." He said as I sat down.
He got down on his knees and started taking my socks off.
He helped me into my pajamas and I went to sleep.
I woke up the next morning to see that Kuni was gone.
I looked over at the clock and it said it was already 10 am.
I got up as fast as I could…I regretted that.
The minute I got up the room started spinning.
I lay back down on the bed as Kunihiko came into the room.
"How are you feeling?"
"Well, I will be feeling better once the room stops spinning."
He walked over with a glass of water and put a hand on my forehead.
"You're still a little warm…here." He said handing me the glass. "Do you think you can eat?"
"Yea, what are you making?"
"I was going to make pancakes for the boys since it is the weekend."
At that moment my phone started to ring.
"Aikawa…ok, I'm on my way." I said hanging up.
"You have to go to work?"
"Yea, I am the only available doctor for nuero."
"No you're not. You are sick Anne."
"I will be fine Kuni." I said sitting up.
"Really?! How are you going to get there if you can't even stand up?" he said getting a little upset.
"I will find a way. I am the only person left to help this patient." I said able to stand up and get my clothes.
"What about your own health? You can't put yours at risk."
"I have to get ready." I said going into the bathroom.
Kunihiko followed me in there.
"You can't go sick Anne…"
"I will be fine, now I am sure the boys are getting hungry." I said getting in the shower.
"You are still as stubborn as you were when you were a kid." He said leaving the bathroom.
I managed to make to make it halfway through my shift before I was sent home.
I opened the door and the boys were sitting on the sofa with Kuni watching a movie.
"Your home early, did they send you home?" Kunihiko said looking at me.
I just nodded.
"Anne?" he walked over to me just as I was about to collapse.
"MOM!" The boys yelled.
"I'm fine, just really tired." I said standing with Kunihiko's help.
"Come on, let's get you to bed." He said picking me up like a princess and carrying me into the bedroom.
"Thank you." I said closing my eyes as he laid me down.
"You fever is gone." He said putting a hand on my forehead.
"Good. That means that I am getting better." I said.
"'Getting' being the operative word. You are not better yet." He said covering me with a blanket. "Get some rest." He said kissing my forehead before turning out the lights and leaving.
I woke up and looked at the clock.
It was 9 pm.
I looked over and saw that Kunihiko wasn't in bed. Instead there was a tray with warm soup on it.
I could hear him playing with the boys.
I looked over at the soup and ate it. However after I finished I ran to the bathroom as it came right back up.
"I thought I was getting better." I said to myself standing up.
"You ok?" I looked in the mirror and saw Kuni standing in the doorway.
"Yea." I said brushing my teeth.
"Is that why I just heard you getting sick?" he said walking over to me leaning against the wall looking at me.
I just looked back to the sick and finished brushing my teeth.
"They boys want to come say goodnight."
"They can."
"I told them that you were still sleeping so they went ahead and went to bed."
"Ok." I said rinsing my toothbrush walking out into the bedroom and getting changed.
"I'm going to go do dishes, call me if you need me." He said taking the tray and leaving.
I finished changing and went back to bed.
I woke up the next morning feeling a lot better.
I went out into the kitchen and Kuni was making breakfast.
"Morning." I said sitting on the bar stool.
"Good morning. You seem to be feeling better."
"I am. What are you making?" I asked.
"Bacon, do you want any?" he asked putting the plate down in front of me.
One look at the bacon and smell, I ran over to the sink and threw up.
"Anne?" Kunihiko said turning the stove off walking over to me.
"Sorry." I said looking at him.
"I thought you were feeling better?"
"I am, just the smell of…" I stopped.
"What?"
"The smell of the bacon."
"The smell of the bacon?" he said looking confused. "That hasn't happened since you were pregnant with the boys." He said looking at me.
I just stood there looking at him.
"Are you?" he asked.
"I don't know…it's a possibility." I said sitting down.