-- TWO WEEKS LATER --

"Keiji…" Bokuto spoke with a deadly serious tone, "I really want you to schedule an appointment..,"

"Koutarou, if I go to an appointment, everyone will know!" He tried to reason with his alpha but he was losing

"You're almost 2 months pregnant! I really want you to make sure that the baby is okay!"

"I'm sure he's fine!" Akaashi said

"But what if he's not?!" Bokuto finally snapped, "What if something is wrong with him now and when you finally go to the doctor it's too late!? Did you forget? It's possible that the drugs are still in your system Akaashi!"

"I know…" Akaashi curled into himself. ~But that's why no one can know…~

"I understand you're scared… but I'd rather be sure!" Bokuto grabbed his mate in a hug

"I already love him so much, I don't want to risk anything!" Akaashi cried into his alpha's chest

"By not going to the doctor you're taking a huge risk…" Bokuto said knowing that nothing was going to get through to Akaashi

"Every time my mom or her sisters got pregnant and they told people before the first trimester, they miscarried!" Akaashi said, "I don't want that chance!"

"Just go to the doctor and tell everyone that you caught a small cold and are going for a checkup!" Bokuto suggested

Akaashi sat in silence for a while, thinking the idea over. After what seemed like an eternity to Bokuto, Akaashi finally said, "Okay… I'll go…"

"Thank you…" Bokuto squeezed Akaashi in a tight hug

Akaashi pulled away from the hug and walked outside to find Rose. Said woman was sitting in the living room and was watching as 8 people we gathered around a small table playing a game of cards. Akaashi recognized 6 of the 8, he had never seen the two new faces before.

"Ah! Akaashi! This is Matsukawa Issei and his mate Hanamaki Takahiro!" Rose gestured to the two Akaashi had never met before, "They are also moving in, starting this week!"

"Hello…" Akaashi nodded a greeting at them, "I am Akaashi Keiji…"

"And I am Bokuto Koutarou, his mate…" Bokuto appeared behind Akaashi

Akaashi pinched the bridge of his nose, he wasn't sure what it was but damn, Bokuto was irritating the shit out of him today, "Rose can I talk to you…"

"Sure…" Rose stood up and walked over to him

Bokuto kissed Akaashi's cheek quickly before he went to sit down and watch the others play their game. Rose and Akaashi walked into his room and sat on the bed.

"So what's on your mind?" Rose asked

"Koutarou wants me to go to a doctor's appointment…" Akaashi blushed, "could you help me schedule one? I am going to tell everyone that I caught a cold when I go so just… can you help me please?"

"Of course!" Rose smiled, "Well, Iwaizumi and Suga have appointments next week Saturday so how about I schedule yours for Friday?"

"That should work, thanks Rose…" Akaashi felt relieved somehow

"You're about how far along Akaashi?

"Like two months ish?" He responded

"Yeah it's a good idea to go now, baby would be big enough for doctors to see if baby wasn't developing right or something like that…" Rose said, "I'll schedule you in with the same Doctor Suga goes to…"

"Okay thanks…" Akaashi smiled. I better not tell Koutarou that I'm actually kind of excited to see the baby…

"Akaashi…" Rose said interrupting his thought, "I figured I should tell you this, but Suga suspects you're pregnant…"

"What?! Why?! How?!" Akaashi started panicking

"Calm down…" Rose said, "It's just that you're already showing about as much as Iwaizumi is…"

"What do I do?" Akaashi had never felt more scared in his life

"Nothing, I'll hold them off as long as I can…" Rose said, "But I would seriously ask the doctor about that because Akaashi…?"

He made eye contact with her.

"I think it's possible you're pregnant with multiples…" Rose said

Akaashi didn't say anything. He COULDN'T say anything. One baby was enough to think about already!

"And I think it's because your body was so desperate to have a baby that it conceived more than one baby…" Rose said, "But don't worry… you have friends here to help you through this…"

"More than one? Like twins? Triplets?!" Akaashi was freaking out. His hand instinctively covered his stomach

"No! No! Not triplets, you'd be a LOT bigger by now if you were having triplets…" Rose said, "So maybe twins?"

"I can't afford two!" Akaashi only felt safe enough to break down like this in front of two people, Rose and Bokuto.

"That's why I'M here…" Rose patted his back, "You and everyone else here are being supported by me… the company funds me a lot of money, PER omega I take as a charge…"

"So you…"

"Akaashi… you are financially safe with me, I could have 20 omegas pregnant with triplets and it'd still be fine…" Rose reassured

"Okay…" Akaashi sighed, "Thank you…"

"No problem…" Rose smiled, "All I ask is that once you're ready to tell people that you're pregnant, I can one of your sonograms on the fridge…"

"Of course!" Akaashi smiled, "Even though I'm not ready yet, but I'll be giving you a copy every time I get one…"

"Good!" Rose smiled

"AKAASHI!!!" Bokuto burst into the room

Rose jumped about ten feet in the air, wide eyed she turned to Bokuto. Akaashi pinched the bridge of his nose.

"What is it…?" He sighed

"Suga knows…" Bokuto said

Akaashi looked up wide eyed, "what?"

"He just came up to me and asked me if you were pregnant and so I played it off like, 'Nah there's no way he'd be pregnant, he can't be, Doc said so…' and he was all like, 'I know he's pregnant, you should really tell him that he can trust us with these things…'" Bokuto was breathing heavy

Akaashi sat there in a daze. ~What am I supposed to do…?~

"Akaashi…?" Bokuto kneeled in front of his mate and took ahold of his hands, "Keiji…?"

Rose walked over and closed the door before coming back to the couple.

"Rose said… that we might be having twins…" Akaashi said

"Really?!" Bokuto looked back at her and she nodded

"And now Suga knows…" Akaashi continued talking to himself more than to anyone else

"It'll be alright Keiji…" Bokuto gripped his mate's hands tighter

Bokuto didn't dare reach out to touch Akaashi's growing stomach. He knew that would only trigger him more.

Knock Knock

Rose walked over and buzzed the intercom, "name?"

"It's Suga…" the voice said

Rose looked over at Akaashi before he nodded. Rose let Suga in the room and he sat next to Akaashi.

"Suga…" Rose started, "Akaashi's been trying to keep his pregnancy a secret…"

"Oh my god!" Suga said, "I'm so sorry!"

Suga turned to give Akaashi a hug but retreated as Bokuto visibly tensed seeing Suga about to touch his distressed mate.

"I didn't know…" Suga said regretfully, "Well I won't tell anyone else, not even Daichi…"

"Thanks…" Akaashi said rather void of emotion

"I didn't mention it to anyone other than Rose so I'm probably the only one who noticed…" Suga reassured, "Your secret is safe with me…"

"It's just that… in my family, it's bad luck to tell people you're pregnant before you're done with the first trimester…" Akaashi explained, "Anyone in my family who did, miscarried…"

"I'm so sorry Akaashi…" Suga said, "Well maybe it's different this time since you didn't TELL me, I figured it out…"

Akaashi perked up a little, "I hope so…"

"I'm really sorry again Akaashi…" Suga said

"It's alright, you didn't know and you were worried about me…" Akaashi sighed, "Thanks Suga…"

"Of course! You're my friend!" Suga smiled

Akaashi went to give Suga a hug when Bokuto growled.

"Koutarou!" Akaashi scolded his alpha flicking him in the forehead

Bokuto rubbed the spot and whimpered a little. Once again Akaashi went to hug Suga but again Bokuto growled.

"It's okay Akaashi…" Suga smiled, "Sorry Bokuto…"

Suga stood from the bed and Bokuto whimpered again.

"Nah I'm sorry Suga, I don't know what's going on… I swear I didn't mean to growl at you…" Bokuto said embarrassedly

"It's your inner alpha…" Suga smiled understandingly, "You're just trying to protect your pup…"

"Thanks Suga…" Bokuto smiled as the said omega left the room

"Alright, so keep me updated on anything that happens okay?" Rose smiled

The couple nodded and Rose left them alone. Bokuto climbed onto the bed and pushed Akaashi down.

"K-Koutarou w-what are you d-doing?!" Akaashi blushed

Bokuto lightly pressed his lips against Akaashi's. It wasn't a lustful kiss, it was full of love. Akaashi's eyes filled with tears as he gladly reciprocated the kiss. Bokuto made sure to pour his whole soul into this one kiss, his love for Akaashi, his love for the little one, or little ONES growing inside of Akaashi. Through the kiss he told Akaashi everything he couldn't put into words and Akaashi accepted every bit of it.

-- The Next Week --

"Koutarou I'm scared…" Akaashi clung to his alpha

Bokuto smiled and rubbed Akaashi's back, "You'll be fine… we just need to make sure that they are okay as well…"

"Do you really think we're having twins?" Akaashi asked for the umpteenth time

"That's the only explanation I can think of to explain how big you're getting…" Bokuto reached down between them and rubbed soothing circles into Akaashi's little baby bump

Akaashi nodded and started pinching his nose.

"What are you doing?" Bokuto asked

"If I tell everyone that I'm sick and that's why I'm going to the doctor, I need to look it…" Akaashi said as he began rubbing at the outer corners of his eyes.

When he was finished he did look sick, nose red, eyes slightly swollen. It was so convincing that everyone told Akaashi to feel better soon when they left. Even Suga texted Akaashi asking if he was really sick or if he was covering for his pregnancy. When they got to the doctor's office they were escorted to a room right away.

"Hello Akaashi…" Dr. Yoshio smiled as he entered the room

"That was fast…" Akaashi said

"That's because Rose scheduled your appointment…" the beta male responded, "you were barely penciled in today, but because all of Petal's charges take priority I had to take you in as soon as you got here…"

"I see…" Akaashi said

"Okay so do you know how we check baby when it's this early in the pregnancy?" Dr. Yoshio asked

"The wand?"

"Yes, so if your alpha feels comfortable with that he may stay in the room but if not, I need him to leave to prevent any problems…" Dr. Yoshio said turning to Bokuto

"I was told about the procedure, it's okay…" Bokuto said grabbing Akaashi's hand

"Alright then, let's check on baby…" he smiled

After Akaashi was set up Dr. Yoshio made an "oh" sound.

"What's wrong?" Bokuto asked

"It seems Rose was right…" the man smiled, "one… and two…"

He pointed at two bubbles on the screen. Akaashi stared at the the screen, "Twins?"

"Yes, and they are both developing at a good rate, both are healthy…" Dr. Yoshio smiled, "Congratulations…"

"Thank you…" Akaashi said still in a daze. He and Bokuto were having twins. It was official.

Akaashi barely remembers anything after that. But once he got home everyone was worried.

"How are you feeling Akaashi?" Iwaizumi asked

"Fine… why?" He responded

"You went to the doctor? You looked super sick…"

Akaashi's eyes widened, "I took some cold medicine before I left so it kicked in at the doctor's office. He said I just have a cold, so I need to rest…"

"Well I'm glad you're feeling better…" Iwaizumi raised an eyebrow

Akaashi nodded and then went off into his room with Bokuto following close behind. His head was spinning and he almost told everyone. It's been a long day and he needed a nap. ~Maybe I should just tell everyone… keeping it a secret is exhausting...~