Chapter Forty-Two

16 Weeks:

They were still reeling from the news clearly depicted on the ultrasound. Kyoko felt faint and Kuon was beaming like a supernova.

"It's actually very common Mr. and Mrs. Hizuri, to miss something like this in the beginning of the pregnancy." Dr. Kealoha informed them as he measured each of the infants on the screen. "As you see here." He paused and pointed. "You have a set of identical male twins and a fraternal female on this side." He made a little circle around each infant in red on the paused screen and printed the photo out. "Congratulations. Now, I will recommend that you take it easy and keep taking your prenatal vitamins. Your diet and weight gain looks good and make sure to get plenty of rest." He instructed. "I will see you back here in 4 weeks." He smiled as he handed them the photos he had printed out and left the room.

Kuon picked her up after she cleaned the gel off her belly and straightened her clothes and spun her around, showering her with kisses. Kuon chuckled lightheartedly and kissed her again before setting her back down. "I love you."

Kyoko was in a daze before he told her he loved her and the news of the precious cargo she carried finally sunk in. "Kuon... There's three." She whispered breathlessly. "There's three. What do we do?" She worried her lower lip and felt a bit woozy.

He stroked her cheek gently and stared into her eyes with sincerity. "I guess we just have to buy three of everything." His playfulness pulled her out of her worried state and she swatted him on the chest.

She rolled her eyes at him. "Let's go home. We still have Maria-chan and Takarada-san coming in for dinner."

Mark had finally finished. All he had left on Kyoko's schedule were her two modeling shoots for Lilium, her interview and finally, her two songs for the movie soundtrack and she would be done until at least three months after she gave birth. He flopped onto his sofa after she shot her an email with all of the details. Yes, the next two weeks would be a bit busy, but after that his only job would be to keep her in the public eye. He didn't want her dropping off into the ether while she was pregnant, it would be career suicide.

Sadly as soon as his eyes shut for a little nap his phone began to buzz again. He sat up and grabbed it quickly off the coffee table, saw the caller ID and sighed.

"This is Mark, what did you need Kuu?" He sighed, trying to keep the irritation out of his voice.

"You know why I called Mark... Why are you keeping her so busy? You know she needs rest." Kuu scolded.

"Kuu, I'm only doing what she has asked and it's no more than what she can handle. Besides, it's only for two more weeks and then a few interviews here and there to keep her in the public eye. You know a year away can be detrimental to her career." Mark explained and warned.

Kuu sighed. "Yeah, I know." Of course he knew. Julie had given him an earful over it only moments ago. The only reason he was able to scold Mark at the moment was because she was in a dressing room trying on a few things. "Just make sure she doesn't overdo it." Kuu reminded him.

"Got it Boss. Oh, has she interviewed those nannies on the list I sent her yet?" Mark asked as an afterthought.

"Yeah... We have a couple of appointments for that tomorrow after the interview." Kuu told him.

"Very well. Just let me know if there's anything else you need and I'll take care of it." They ended the call with Kuu hiding the phone call from Julie and Mark flopping back on the sofa to return to his long needed nap.

Kuu and Julie sat in joyous shock at the new development. Kuu chuckled. "When it rains it pours." He commented happily as he looked at the new ultrasound of his three grandchildren. This type of pregnancy was exceedingly rare for their kind; needless to say, Kyoko was going to be fawned over and pampered to the point of frustration by anyone that recognized her as a pack member or, an alpha.

Julie looked over at her new daughter in law and smiled brightly. "Kyoko... What are you doing?" She asked as she watched the girl prepared the evening meal. Julie's voice had a tinge of sickeningly sweetness to it. Kuu looked up a bit worried and got the hint. He motioned to Kuon and the men took over forcing her to sit next to Julie at the counter.

"But... I just wanted to cook tonight." Kyoko whined a bit, feeling a little put out.

Kuon leaned over the counter and kissed her forehead. "No Dear. It's too much cooking. Dad and I will take care of it." He assured her and gave her a look that kept her in her seat.

Kyoko sighed in resignation. "Fine... But you have to let me at least help next time."

Kuon nodded. "Alright, next time." He agreed.

"Kyoko, have you looked through those nanny candidates?" Julie asked to occupy Kyoko while the men prepared dinner.

"Yeah, we're interviewing two tomorrow if you want to sit in." Kyoko told her with a tone that told Julie that she wasn't happy about it.

"Perfect, we can go shopping for the babies after." Julie told her excitedly. Kuu and Kuon sighed in relief. Julie and Kyoko had each other for shopping buddies for tomorrow after her work and the nanny interviews.

"Onee-sama!" Maria squealed as she flung her small body into Kyoko's arms and hugged tightly, then quickly pulled away. "Sorry! I almost squished the baby!" Maria apologized in a panic.

Kyoko giggled. "It's okay Maria-chan. They're safe. You didn't hurt them." Kyoko told her with a gentle smile.

"Them?" Maria and Lory asked together.

Kuon laughed. Kyoko nodded. "Yep. Two boys and a girl." Kyoko answered.

"We just found out this morning. We initially thought it was just two, but the ultrasound picked up an identical boy that had been hiding." Kuon added with pride.

Lory was flabbergasted. "Well, you two certainly don't do anything by halves. Do you?... By the way, I'm very upset with both of you." Lory groused.

Kyoko looked at the floor a bit ashamed, she knew what was coming. Kuon just rolled his eyes.

"How could you two just run away and get married without letting anyone know? And you young lady..." He pointed at Kyoko. "You have a graduation that is in order." He smiled gently and pulled the shocked young woman in for a hug. "I am so proud of you."

Kyoko looked up at him and smiled beautifully.

"Have you told your brothers yet? About the babies, I mean." Lory reminded her.

Kyoko's eyes went wide. She had completely forgotten to tell them. She had been so completely swamped with her schedule and everything else, she had forgotten to tell five of the most important men in her life aside from Kuon and Kuu. She gasped at the error and quickly left for the bedroom she shared with Kuon. "Sorry... I'll be right back." She called back to excuse herself, leaving the others to laugh and catch up while she called her 'brothers' to tell them the news.