-- THAT NIGHT AT THE SAFE HOUSE --
Rose sat at the kitchen island sipping her tea and reading over papers from the boss when Bokuto stumbled out of the room he was sharing with Akaashi.
"Rose…" Bokuto spoke quietly for once
The woman turned around and smiled sweetly, "what's wrong?"
"I was just wondering if you had anything… um…" the alpha's cheeks flushed as he eyed him the ground by his feet
Rose stayed quiet and waited for Bokuto to get the words out.
"Anything um… baby sized?"
Rose blinked at Bokuto, that was a rather strange request, "like a stuffed animal? Clothes? What kind of object do you need?"
"I guess like a teddy bear?" Bokuto fidgeted uncomfortably
Rose nodded and walked Bokuto over to a closet at the end of one of the halls. She opened it to expose an assortment of small baby sized objects ranging from clothes to dolls to shoes. Rose picked up a small teddy bear that was roughly the size of a newborn's body and handed it to the alpha.
"May I ask why you need it?" Rose asked genuinely confused
"Akaashi said he wanted something to hold, something that felt like a baby…" Bokuto said blushing
~Ooooh, I get it. His body is almost desperate for a baby, I wonder why…~
"It's uncommon but it's not unheard of for omegas' bodies to really want to get pregnant, and so the urge to hold or "mother" something is very prominent…" Rose explained, "So that's what Akaashi is probably going through…"
"I see…" Bokuto looked at the teddy bear in his hand and blushed again, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Anything…" Rose smiled reassuringly
"Is Akaashi's body TRYING to get pregnant?"
"Yes, extremely so…" Rose said, "Why?"
"His heats are usually pretty mild… like it comes in short waves, about an hour every 5 hours…" Bokuto said, "but this time… it lasted for about 7 hours and he was on another wave in about 2 hours after the first one…"
Rose's eyes widened, "that's intense, but it's not as bad as my subordinate's once was, they went 10 hours with only about 30 minutes in between…"
Bokuto went wide eyed. ~Is that much sex even possible?~
"Yeah, scary right?" Rose giggled, "But he's quite a bit older than Akaashi, I wonder what's making his body react like this… Has he been on suppressants? When omega's forget to take a pill one day or they come off to try to have a baby, the first heat is always really intense…"
"No, he couldn't afford suppressants on top of the other pills his doctor gave him…" Bokuto said
"What pills?" Rose asked, there weren't any pills that omegas had to typically take aside from the suppressants. ~What is this doctor giving him?~
"I dunno, he said it was to help boost his chances of carrying a pup to term since the doctor said he would miscarry when the baby got too big…" came Bokuto's rather confusing response
~That doesn't sound right…~
"What was this doctor's name?" Rose asked
"Arakawa Ryoma…" Bokuto answered
"I'll go take a look at his medical records and see if maybe we can figure out why his heat became suddenly very intense…" Rose reassured, "but for now, go in there and give him the bear, I'm sure he's waiting for you…"
"Thank you…" Bokuto smiled appreciatively and headed back to the room
-- THE NEXT EVENING --
Akaashi emerged from the room and found Rose sitting on the couch watching a documentary on owls.
"E-excuse me…" he spoke with a soft voice
Rose turned and smiled at him, "Don't worry, the other 4 went to have dinner…"
"I see…"
"How are you feeling?" Rose asked, "Hungry? It's about 5… I could make something…"
"No thank you…" Akaashi offered a shy smile, "I actually want to ask you for a favor… if it's not too much trouble…"
"Sure what's up?" Rose smiled
"Do you have a pregnancy test?" Akaashi asked
Rose looked at him with wide eyes. ~This couple is gonna be the end of me.~ She stood up and walked over to a closet and pulled out a box, "Do you really think you are so soon?" She asked
"My heat was considerably shorter this time…" Akaashi blushed
"And from what I heard, it was pretty intense huh?" Rose chuckled
Akaashi nodded and blushed an even deeper shade of red
"Akaashi, since we're on the topic, go and take the test, bring me the result and we'll talk more…" she smiled
Akaashi nodded and went back into the common bathroom to do as he was instructed. It was about 15 minutes before Akaashi came out looking rather lifeless.
"Well…?" Rose asked
"Positive… it says I'm two days pregnant…" Akaashi's voice and face were void of any emotion
Rose had those expensive tests, the kind that said if you were 1-2 days pregnant or 3 days.
"Well, it's to be expec-" Rose started before Akaashi collapsed, "Whoa!" Rose dove and caught the omega before he could get hurt
"Akaashi? Are you alright?" Rose held him close to her
Akaashi buried his face into her shoulder and began crying hard.
"What's wrong sweetheart?" Rose cooed
"It's gonna die!!!" Akaashi just about screamed
"Akaashi, calm down, what are you talking about?" Rose asked rubbing soothing circles in his shoulders
"My… my pup… I-I already love it so much… but…" Akaashi cried even harder, "Dr. Arakawa said that once the baby got too big that my body would just miscarry because I can't carry it!"
"About that…" Rose said, "I went down to the office where the ex-doctor used to work, and I tried to get them to hand over your medical records…"
"Why?"
"I have everyone's records, well, everyone of my case's records…" Rose smiled, "I even have your alpha's medical records…"
Akaashi's tears kept falling as she explained, "So I went to get them but they wouldn't hand them over to me, even though I have access to them they wouldn't give them to me, so when I finally wrestled the nurse out of them I realized why." Rose ran her fingers through the upset omega's hair gently, "Dr. Arakawa was lying to you, and all of his other patients… A couple that was trying to have a baby took him to court after he prescribed abortion pills to them telling them that it would increase fertility…"
Akaashi nodded slowly as his tears stopped.
"Arakawa was found guilty and thrown in prison, which is why your pills were also stopped…" Rose continued, "You've been taking a mixture of abortion and birth control pills, it makes it so you can't get pregnant, even during your heats, it also makes your heats very mild… so what you experienced this time, is what your heats are NORMALLY supposed to be like…"
Akaashi's eyes widened. They're NORMALLY that intense?!
"Dr. Arakawa admitted to being envious of omegas that could get pregnant because he is an omega but his reproductive organs were removed to save his life…" Rose said, "and YOU, Akaashi Keiji, are the most fertile omega I've ever met in my nearly 30 years on this earth…"
"So he lied to me, and told me that I couldn't have pups because he was jealous?!" Akaashi got mad, more so than the omega ever believed that he could.
"Yes." Rose said, "So now I ask, how DID you get pregnant? I thought you and Bokuto were using protection…"
"On the first night…" Akaashi blushed, "It broke…"
"The condom broke?" Rose smirked
"Yeah…" Akaashi blushed even harder
"Well, now that baby is here… I'm sure Bokuto woul-" Rose began
"I can't tell him!!" Akaashi screamed again
"And why not?" Rose cocked an eyebrow at the quiet omega's uncharacteristic outburst
"Koutarou said he didn't want pups!!" Akaashi started crying into Rose's shoulder again
"Do you want this baby?" Rose asked
"But Kouta-"
"Forget Bokuto!" It was Rose's turn to interrupt, "What about you?"
Akaashi stared at her with wide teary eyes, "I… want this baby..."
"Then have it." Was all Rose said before Bokuto came stumbling out of the room
"Keiji are you alright?" He asked still half asleep
"Yes…" he dropped his gaze to the floor, "I'm fine Koutarou…"
"Why are you outside? Is your heat done?" Bokuto asked his mate slowly becoming more coherent
~For a seemingly daft boy, this alpha is very perceptive of his mate…~
"Yes… it's done…" Akaashi blushed. Should I tell him? But what if he hates me? What if he doesn't want the baby? What if-
Akaashi's thoughts were cut off when Bokuto embraced his omega and held him close.
"Kou… tarou?" Akaashi was taken aback by his alpha's sudden show of affection
"Are…" Bokuto sniffed at Akaashi's scent glands, "Are you pregnant Keiji?" He pulled away and looked deep into Akaashi's eyes
"I…" Akaashi couldn't look away, "... yes…"
Bokuto stared at his mate for a moment and then made eye contact with Rose, "Is it safe for him?"
"Yes, in fact, his body was made to carry pups…" Rose smiled. She sat down the alpha and explained everything to him. Rose kept stealing glances at a nervous omega who was eyeing the floor.
"So then, we could keep this pup right?" Bokuto asked
Akaashi's head shot up. ~Does that mean…?~
"Yes, if you want…" Rose smiled, "But I do believe that Akaashi was already planning to keep it…"
Bokuto looked over at Akaashi and he walked over to him taking his hands into his own.
"Koutarou, I really want to keep this baby!" Akaashi practically yelled at the alpha, "I know you said you didn't want pups but please! Can we please keep this one?"
"Keiji, when did I say that I didn't want pups?" Bokuto inquired
"When Rose came to help us in Tokyo…" Akaashi blushed
"I said that I didn't even REALLY want them…" Bokuto smiled and caressed Akaashi's face, "Of course I wanted pups, but I wanted you more than I could ever have wanted pups… and THAT'S what I meant…"
"You mean…" Akaashi started tearing up again
"Yes, I'm very happy…" Bokuto peppered kisses all over his omega's face, "I'm gonna be a dad!"
Rose smiled at the celebration.
"Koutarou, we can't tell anyone yet though…" Akaashi said when his mate finally let go of him
"Why not?"
"Because, my mother always told me that it was bad luck for everyone to know about the baby… but once I'm out of the first trimester, then we can tell everyone…" Akaashi explained
"Oh… okay…" Bokuto smiled, "As long as I can do this…"
Bokuto snaked both hands down from Akaashi's face and placed them on his stomach. He got to his knees and pressed kisses around his mate's belly button. Rose smiled and then laughed upon seeing Akaashi's beet red face buried in his hands.
-- A FEW WEEKS LATER --
Rose was sitting at the kitchen island when Suga appeared from his room.
"Hi Rose!" Suga beamed
"Oh hi Suga!" She smiled turning to face him, "What's up?"
"Well, I kept forgetting to give this to you but Daichi and I wanted to make you a little something as a thank you for taking such good care of us…"
"Oh you didn't have to…" Rose smiled
Suga handed her a small picture frame the magnetic kind. Inside was a copy of the picture from his first ultrasound appointment.
"Oh Suga…" Rose smiled sweetly at the picture
"It's magnetic so you can put it on the fridge or something like that…" Suga blushed
"I think I'll do just that…" rose smiled and walked over to the fridge. She put it up in the top left corner and with a dry erase pen she wrote "Baby Sawamura, 8 weeks" under the frame. Thank goodness her fridge was like a dry erase surface.
"It's perfect!" Rose beamed, "I better get one from every appointment you hear?"
Suga nodded and smiled back at her. They shared a brief hug and sat together on the couch.
"Suga how far along are you now?" Rose asked
"I'm about 11 weeks. I think…" Suga said caressing the small bump in his stomach, "We'll see at my appointment next week…"
"Next week?" Rose said thinking carefully, "I think Iwaizumi's first real scan is next week too…"
At this point it was no secret that pregnant omegas love to talk to each other, and Iwaizumi became particularly close to Suga in recent times. Suddenly Rose's watch beeped.
"Distress, room 3." The feminine robotic voice sounded
"What's that?" Suga asked
"My watch is hooked up to the pheromone sensors in each room remember? It also tells me when an omega is too distressed…" Rose explained as a green light appeared, "the green light means that the omega is just extremely distressed, it turns yellow if the omega isn't calming down, red if the sensors pick up dominating alpha pheromones…"
"Oh…" Suga said watching the light closely
"Alpha Alert, Room 3." The light changed to red and Rose all but flew off the couch and burst into Iwaizumi and Oikawa's room.
As soon as she opened the door Oikawa pounced on her, she got on top of him and pinned him to the ground until he calmed down. She then entered to see Iwaizumi curled into himself around the small bump in his stomach backed into a corner.
"What happened?"
-- 20 MINUTES EARLIER--
"Iwa-chan!" Oikawa called sleepily
"What do you want Shittykawa?!" There he was, throwing up again, morning sickness is so shitty…
"Are you okay…?" He appeared at the bathroom door to see his soon to be mate hunched over the porcelain throne
"Yeah, maybe I just ate something bad…" Iwaizumi said
No, he still hasn't told Oikawa about the baby. When will he? Who knows?
"That can't be, we had the same thing and I feel just fine!" Oikawa knelt next to his court mate and began rubbing his back soothingly. His eyes drifted down and settled on something that shouldn't have been there. ~Is that a bump?~
"Hajime…" Oikawa said cautiously
"Hm?" Iwaizumi gave the short reply trying to fight the wave of nausea crashing over him
Oikawa didn't say anything, he simply placed his hand on Iwaizumi's stomach and felt how firm it was, "You're pregnant…?"
Iwaizumi froze, "No, I'm not!" He swatted Oikawa's hand away from his stomach
"Don't LIE to me Hajime…" Oikawa growled, "What's this then? Are you just getting fat?"
"No…" Iwaizumi couldn't look at the alpha, he knew he shouldn't have hid it, but he was scared! Hell, he was scared now!
"How long have you known?"
Iwaizumi didn't make eye contact
"HOW LONG?!" Oikawa barked at him grabbing him by his biceps
"Almost a month…" Iwaizumi barely squeaked out
"Almost…" Oikawa paused in disbelief, "A MONTH?! Hajime! We LIVE together!! You couldn't have FORGOTTEN to tell me!!" He squeezed his hands in anger
"I'm sorry Tooru…" Iwaizumi whimpered and bared his neck to the alpha, "Please stop… you're scaring me…"
"DID I SAY YOU COULD SPEAK?!" Oikawa barked again as Iwaizumi flinched, "How far along are you?"
"About 7 weeks…" Iwaizumi felt tears prick at the corner of his eyes
"YET YOU STILL COULDN'T THINK OF A TIME TO TELL ME?!" Oikawa slammed Iwaizumi into the nearest wall
"Tooru… I'm sorry…Please… You're hurting me..." Iwaizumi choked out between sobs
~Is he going to hit me…?~
And that's when Rose burst in, it startled Iwaizumi so bad that he backed into the corner of the room and curled around his stomach to protect the little one that was inside.
-- AND BACK TO THE PRESENT --
Rose sighed after hearing the explanation. Iwaizumi was seated next to Suga who held him and let the terrified omega cry into his shoulder, and on his other side was Akaashi who rubbed soothing circles in his back.Oikawa was seated between Daichi and Bokuto. They helped him keep his head clear.
"Oikawa, I understand where you're coming from, but you need to understand where Iwaizumi is coming from as well…" Rose pinched the bridge of her nose, "And Iwaizumi, I told you that you should have told him…"
Oikawa glanced at the sobbing mess of omega on the other couch and then back down. ~I didn't mean too… I'm so sorry Hajime… I really fucked up this time…~
"There's a lot that needs to be said, I want the four of you to head to your rooms… I'll deal with these two…" Rose said and watched as they all dispersed leaving her with the troublesome couple, "Iwaizumi, why don't you start…"
"Tooru…" he sniffled, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you… I just… I just… didn't want you to hate me…"
"I could never hate you Hajime, I'm so happy that we're having a baby… but it would have been nice if you had just told me…" Oikawa sighed, "I'm sorry I scared you, I didn't mean to be so rough with you…"
"I really should have known you wouldn't leave me, even if I wanted you too…" Iwaizumi smiled slightly
"I know that being an omega has really affected you badly, especially since your parents only prepared you to be an alpha, your confidence is already low BECAUSE you're an omega…" Oikawa said, "I can't imagine the kind of blow a pregnancy would do…"
Iwaizumi couldn't look at his mate, he was too ashamed, "But you've always wanted pups, ever since we learned about them in grade school! I should have known better…"
"You should have but none of that happened…" Oikawa stated, "If you wouldn't mind still being my court mate, I'd like to kiss and makeup…"
Iwaizumi smiled and embraced his idiot who snuck his hands down and rubbed the small baby bump, "I love you…"
"I… love you too…" Iwaizumi pressed his face into his alpha's chest along with his tears
Oikawa rubbed his hands down Iwaizumi's shoulders and rubbed his biceps soothingly, "Are they still sore?"
"A little… but I'll be alright…" Iwaizumi pulled away from Oikawa and ran his hands over the sleeves of his sweater where the bruises were already forming.
"Oikawa…" Rose let out a heavy breath
"Hm?" He turned to face her
He suddenly dropped to his knees and bared his neck, "Rose please…"
"I'm sorry, but I need to separate you and Iwaizumi for a little while…" Rose sighed again
~What…?~ Iwaizumi visibly stiffened, "why?"
"He hurt you, I just need to keep you two in separate rooms for a little while to make sure his temper is under control…" Rose said looking regretfully at the omega, "I know that you need his presence, but your health and safety is my priority…"
Iwaizumi looked away and tried to push his tears down. Oikawa looked dazed, he knew that Rose was right, but that doesn't mean he liked it.
"It's not going to be long, and you two can be together throughout the day, as long as someone else is with you…" Rose smiled sympathetically at the couple
They both perked up.
"In other words you two just can't be together, ALONE." Rose said, "I need to evaluate Oikawa's temper again in about a week…"
"Okay…" Iwaizumi didn't like not being able to sleep next to his alpha but he knew it was for the best
"Thank you Rose…" Oikawa pressed his forehead to the floor and let his tears flow
"Alright you two… I will give you…" she paused looking at the clock, "Two hours to be alone… at 4 o'clock I want Iwaizumi in his room and Oikawa I want you sitting out here in the living room alright?"
"Yes Rose…" they both responded as she disappeared down a hallway
Iwaizumi watched her form retreating until he felt Oikawa press his face into his stomach. The confused omega looked down to see his alpha crying.
"I'm so sorry Hajime…" Oikawa sobbed, "I didn't mean to hurt you…"
"It's nothing Shittykawa…" Iwaizumi ran his fingers through soft chocolate locks
"Is the baby okay?"
The question came to Iwaizumi as a surprise.
"I-I think so…" Iwaizumi flushed, "Nothing feels wrong… so I'm assuming he's okay…"
"That's good…" Oikawa wrapped his arms around Iwaizumi's hips and gave him a tight hug, "Is it going to be a boy?"
"I don't know!" Iwaizumi said exasperated, "I haven't even had a proper appointment yet!"
"Then why did you call the baby 'he?'" Oikawa asked moving so he and Iwaizumi sat on the couch with his head in his omega's lap.
"I don't know…" Iwaizumi blushed again, "I just have a feeling…"
"I think it's gonna be a girl…" Oikawa turned his face and placed a light kiss on his omega's belly
"I really don't care, as long as the baby is healthy…" Iwaizumi said smoothing his hand over his small baby bump
"Hi little one…" Oikawa pressed his lips to Iwaizumi's belly, "It's daddy! I can't wait to hold you in my arms, and just love you!"
The alpha practically swooned over the new addition to their crazy family, until it was 4 o'clock. With one last sad kiss Iwaizumi closed the door to their room and Oikawa turned his back and walked to the living room, plopping himself on the couches. This next week is gonna suck…
