Squall stepped back in the infirmary to check on Selphie who, was awake, for the time being, sitting up.
"Hey sweetheart. " Squall said as he walked over to her and stood next to the side of the bed, stroking her back gently.
Selphie smiled and leaned against Squall's side, wrapping an arm around his waist and sighed happily.
"What else does she have to do before you can be discharged?"
"She says that now its just paperwork. No telling how long that's going to take." Selphie giggled and laid back on the bed slowly.
Squall chuckled and glanced towards the doctor who looked into the room then started towards it.
"Oh Selphie, youre awake!"
The doctor came into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. She rested a hand on Selphie's covered leg.
"Which do you want first? The good news or the bad news?"
Squall narrowed his eyes and deepened his voice but did not raise his volume.
"What bad news?" His voice seemed to change from that of human to something akin to a quiet rumble from the mouth of a lion.
Selphie smacked Squall on the side of the leg harder than she had intended to but judging by the look of utter fear on the doctor's face, she had to put a stop to it somehow.
"Baby.." Selphie's voice seem to chance similarly to Squall, with a more feminine, motherly warning tone to it.
Squall turned to Selphie and opened his mouth to speak but thought better of it and sighed, placing a hand on his hip.
"Go ahead doctor." Selphie glanced up at Squall with a -if-you-speak-ill-rip-your-face-off look.
Squall smirked but said nothing as the doctor nervously began speaking.
"Well...the bad news is that youre going to have to stay longer than we originally anticipated."
"What?" Selphie smacked her forehead with her palm amd flopped back down on the bed heavily.
Squall looked to the doctor and then to Selphie thinking about speaking but decided against and folded his arms over his chest.
Selphie sat up in the bed and rubbed her face, irritation evident on her face.
"What's the good news then?"
"You're having twins!"
"Excuse me?" Squall eyes widened and he blink rapidly leaning forward.
"Yeeeaaahhh...I will be going now..." The doctor quickly began to attempt to scramble out the room. Selphie, despite her condition, still was a SeeD, and with quickness, developed from years of training, she grabbed the doctor by the back of her lab coat and spun her around to face her.
"You better be joking!" Selphie screamed in the woman's face.
"Selphie, calm down!" Squall roared but Selphie did not move.
"Fuck you Squall."
"I think that's what got you this way to begin with.." The doctor muttered under her breath.
Squall pressed her fingers to his forehead hard enough to leave marks, due to frustration, then turned and punched the cement wall about an arm's length away from him.
"GODDAMNIT!" Squall yell in frustration, causing the entire infirmary to rattle, causing both Selphie and the doctor to look at him, both their eyes wide in fear. Squall had never had an outburst like that in all the years that Selphie had known him. Squall leaned his forehead against the same wall he had just so recently punched. He hand was most likely bleeding and at the very least, his wrist was sprained, but he didn't care. He was at his wits end, but Squall, being Squall, put his entire heart into whatever he did, whether it be work or love and despite the current situation, this was no different.
Squall began to massage his temples firmly to ease the oncoming migraine that he could feel coming on. Sighing he looked towards the two women that now stood frozen in fear. Squall began to speak slowly and with a lower tone of voice that meant "shut the fuck up and listen"
Squall's fingers were still on his temples and he closed his eyes.
"Now that everyone is listening..." Squall turned to look at the doctor and opened his eyes slowly.
"Are you 100 percent certain, that she is pregnant with twins? All the tests came back the with the same results?"
The doctor positioned her gaze anywhere except for in Squall's direction.
"Y-yeah. I-I c-can r-run the t-tests again i-i you w-want me t-to." The doctor replied, trembling as she spoke.
"Yes, please?"
The doctor quickly walked to the front of the infirmary and began typing on the terminal.
Squall turned to Selphie, rubbing his temples slowly in circles.
"Are you okay now?" He asked as he approached her.
Selphie looked up at Squall with tears streaming down her face.
"Im sorry Squall...im so sorry...you should just go...Im such a horrible person. " Selphie continued to cry harder, her whole body trembling as her tears flowed down her face. Squall attempted to place his arms around her to comfort her but she shoved hin away hard, causing his back to hit against the same way he had just punched a few minutes earlier.
"Just stop it Squall!" She screamed in his face, with tears continuing to flow.
"Selphie, calm down damnit!"
"I will not calm down! Look what the fuck you did to me!"
Squall raised his eyebrow but did not back down.
"What I did to you?! We both made the decision that we'd have unprotected sex, knowing what could happen! Did we not!?"
"Fuck you Squall! And you know what!? You're right! We did agree to it, but you know what!? Youre not the one that has to deal with the morning sickness and the mood swings and backaches and the headaches" Selphie screamed in Squall's face, nose to nose as she counted on her fingers, the symptoms of pregnancy.
"Not to mention the most obvious one! Oh yeah, you're not the one that has to carry, not one but two babies inside of you!"
"Selphie-"
"Shut up Squall! I dont want to hear it! Just leave me...the fuck alone!"
Squall looked at Selphie as she gave him the middle finger and walked back in her room, slamming the door behind her.
Squall looked at the now closed door and listened to Selphie sobbing and placed his hand on the door, before sighing and turning around, coming face to face with the doctor.
"Im so sorry Squall, sometimes it seems like the woman goes insane but its never lasted for more than a few hours. If you like you can sit in the waiting room and sleep and Ill wake you up in a few hours?"
"Okay." Squall walked towards the waiting room and sat down, closing his eyes.
End Chapter 13