The Zen'in Clan

Chapter Thirty-Three: Megumi's Reaction.

Hiiii! I'll try my best to update more. I'm also working on two other stories as well. This is a week time skip. Happy reading!😊
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I was currently with Gojo, helping Megumi with his domain expansion. I wanted him to perfect it since he's the only first year that could do it. Actually it was me helping Megumi while Gojo was flirting on the phone. "Get off the phone Gojo!" I yelled getting irritated. He normally doesn't irritate me and I normally tease him but my hormones were changing and today, everything irritated the hell out of me. Toji didn't know that I was doing this because he would flip out if he did. But I was bored staying home while he checked on my jobs every day. He's taken care of Naoki a lot. I barely hold him or feed him. He strictly puts me on bed rest like I've had surgery. "What's gotten into you Takahashi?" Gojo asked once he got off the phone. "Nothing." I lied. "If you say so." "Will you shut up already? You're so irritating." I snapped. Gojo's blindfold was off and he just stared at me blankly, stunned. I shielded my eyes from the sun, watching Megumi. He was irritating me too. "No no you're doing it all wrong. Do it like I told you Fushiguro!" I fussed. He was getting nervous and I could tell. "Why are you getting nervous? It's just us three. Come on you need to focus!" I snapped my fingers in his face. "Y/N calm down you're being too harsh. He's just a kid and maybe he should take a break." "You know what maybe you should go back to flirting with your girlfriend, if you're going to be useless and annoy me." I barked. "I didn't say stop Fushiguro!" "Y/N what's gotten into you? You're never like this." Gojo asked concerned. "Nothing. The heat's getting to me and y'all are being really fuckin annoying god!" "Yeah no he's taking a break. And maybe you should rest to. Get some water." "What're you my father now, Satoru?" I asked. Neither one of them knew that I'm pregnant so Gojo was saying it out of genuine concern and not because of the baby. "He's right Ms. Takahashi." "Shut up Megumi!" I snapped. I was really overworking myself, trying to help Megumi. I slouched over, panting. "Y/N are you okay?" Gojo rushed over to me. He caught me and touched my forehead. "Oh my god you're burning up." Shit not again. My eyes got blurry as his voice faded away. When I finally opened my eyes, I was met with bright lights. I looked around. I was on Ieri's table. I sat up. "You're awake!" Gojo and Megumi rushed to me. "I passed out again didn't I?" I asked. "Again? Y/N did this happen before? Does he know about this? Is everything okay?" Gojo's questions fell on me. "You should tell them." Ieri said. I sighed. "I-I'm pregnant." I stuttered. I never really thought about how I'd tell Megumi. "You're what? Really?" Gojo asked and I nodded. "I'm going to be a big brother?" Megumi asked me. "Yes. I didn't know how to tell you." Megumi hugged me tightly. "I-I thought I was going to lose you too." His voice was trembling as his body was shaking. It was really surprising. I hugged him back. I started to rub his back. "You're not going to lose me." I assured him. "So that's why you're so moody." Gojo chuckled. "Sorry about that." I apologized. The door burst open and Toji rushed in. Megumi was no longer hugging me. "I came as fast as I could. Are you okay?!" Toji panicked. "She's fine. She over exerted herself and she's dehydrated." Ieri spoke. I stared at Toji blankly. "I-I called him. I was so scared that you were dying so I panicked when I called him." Megumi confessed. Toji sighed after he hugged me. "This is why I want you in bed. It's not good for you or the baby. What were you even doing?" "Helping Megumi with his domain as I promised." "Are you insane?! I told you that I'll take care of things. If you'd listen to me, this wouldn't have happened!" Toji barked. Gojo jumped up. "Back off Fushiguro. You yelling at her isn't making it any better." Gojo snapped. "Stay out of this Satoru!" "You don't know what it's like to be in bed all day and do nothing! You won't let me hold our son because he's too heavy. You won't let me feed or bath him. I cannot go outside or do anything. I feel like I'm trapped in prison." I explained. "Because Naoki is too heavy and it's too dangerous for you to go outside knowing that there are curses that I can't see! I just want you both safe and healthy. Is that too much to ask? Huh? Clearly it is because you went behind my back to practice a domain expansion when I specifically told you nothing work related. And now you end up here with a dumb look on your face. To have my son calling me completely scared shitless because you suddenly fuckin pass out and he doesn't know why, is heartbreaking. And you know he lost his mother due to a sickness after he was born. Yet you still do the complete opposite on what we agreed on. How selfish can you get?" "Fushiguro!" Ieri scolded. Gojo punched Toji in his mouth. "Stop!" I begged as tears rolled down my face. Toji held his mouth. "I'm not going to fight back Satoru. And I won't argue with you Takahashi. Since you won't listen to me, I won't say anything. Do whatever you want." He opened the door and walked out, slamming the door behind him. "I'm sorry this is my all fault. I'll go talk to him." Megumi offered. "No don't...he's completely right. I'm...I'm sorry for scaring you after knowing what happened to your mom. It's just..." I sighed. "It's just that I've been doing so well that I was confident that I can help you successfully perfect your domain." "Y/N you should've told me you were pregnant. I would've made you rest more and I do all the work." "See that's what I didn't want Gojo. I don't want to feel helpless just cause I'm pregnant." I bent over as sharp pains went in my stomach. "Ow!" I screamed. "Are you okay? Ieri what's wrong with her?" Gojo asked. "All of this negative energy is stressing her out. And being put on bed rest so early in her pregnancy before her final trimester is probably stressing her out too. And if she keeps being stressed, she'll miscarry. She can do normal things but can't over do it. Here." She written something and handed it to Gojo. "Give this note to Fushiguro so he knows that under doctor's orders she can have some freedom." Ieri explained. Gojo nodded. Megumi and Gojo both helped me off the table. I placed my weight on both of them as they escorted me out. "I'm sorry." I apologized to them both. "It's okay." They said in unison. They helped me into Gojo's car. They got in and he drove me home. The ride was silent. He pulled up and parked. Gojo got out and effortlessly scooped me out of the car and walked. Megumi opened the front door with the spare key we gave him. Gojo walked in and placed me on the couch. He took my shoes off. "Call me for anything Y/N." I nodded. I heard footsteps coming downstairs. Shinosuke was holding Naoki. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "He called me after Megumi called him. He asked me to watch Naoki." He explained. "I need to get going. Take it easy Y/N." Gojo said as he handed me Ieri's note. He left out. "I'm staying here." Megumi announced. Naoki was asleep in Shinosuke's arms. Another pair of footsteps came downstairs. "Could you two give us a minute?" Toji's husky voice asked. They nodded and walked off. "If you're here to make me feel like even more shit, please leave." "No." Toji exhaled deeply. "I'm sorry for yelling at you and hurting you. When Megumi called me, he was panicking so bad. 'S-Something's wrong with Ms. Takahashi. Gojo, he said-he said that she was burning up and then she passed out! We took her to Ieri' were his exact words. 'I don't think she'll make it. Her body's so pale and fragile. I'm going to lose her the same way I lost my mom' he said shortly after. I immediately knew this was normal but still. He didn't know that you're pregnant and this happened before. He was hysterical and crying. And it scared me. Because what if he's right? What if you were falling ill just like my wife except it's while you're pregnant? Him telling me you were pale and fragile instilled another round of fear in me. The possibility of losing you both at the same time scared the hell out of me. I calmed him down before hanging up. I called Shinosuke to come over so Naoki wouldn't see you in whatever state you were in. I drove as fast as I could hoping and praying that you two were going to be okay. When Ieri told me what happened I was relieved, hurt and angry all at once. Relieved because both of you were okay. Angry and hurt because we agreed you'd let me do everything and you decided to go outside alone to help with his domain expansion which caused a lot of tension on your body. I didn't mean to hurt you and I'm sorry I called you selfish. I don't know what it's like to be on bed rest. I didn't try to understand from your point of view. I'm so scared of anything bad happening to you. What if you're outside and you run into a curse and while exercising it, you hurt yourself during the process? What if someone hits your stomach? What if both jobs stress you out and you...and you miscarry? Y/N I love you and will protect you the best way I can. I want you to have a happy and healthy pregnancy. A complete opposite of your dream. And that boy loves you. You're like a second mother to him. You grew on him. You two are close now Y/N. He's going to worry about you too." Toji spoke. I looked to see Toji was sitting on the table in front of me. His head was down low. He looked up at me. Tears were streaming down his face and he sniffed. "We can't lose you too." My heart shattered. I felt so guilty for sneaking out the moment he left. I got up and wrapped him in my arms. He hugged my waist tightly. "I'm so sorry for putting you both through that. I was being selfish and it's not worth it if I'm hurting the both of you." "Please don't apologize. You didn't do anything wrong." I stroked his hair. "I'm not leaving either of you. I'm right here. And I'll always be here." I cooed. I wiped Toji's tears and he kissed the palm of my hand. "I'll ease up on you and give you anything you want. And if you're going outside, please be with a sorcerer. I don't care if it's Satoru." I nodded in agreement as I kissed him. "I'm gonna go talk to Megumi." I said as I walked upstairs. I knocked on the door. "It's open." I walked inside. He was lying in bed, with his divine dogs. Kind of reminded me of my dream. Except Toji isn't the bad guy, I am. I got in bed and pulled him into a hug. "I'm so incredibly sorry that I scared you. I should've told you sooner that I'm pregnant and sometimes I faint and run a fever. I had no intentions of hurting you and your father. He told me everything. If I could turn back time and tell myself to stay in bed, I would if it meant I wouldn't hurt you. And I never really thought you'd care about me, let alone this much. And I thank you for that. I didn't mean to trigger those memories of your mom and scare you so much. I'm healthy. The baby's healthy. I just can't overdo things." I apologized. Megumi wiped his eyes. "I didn't realize how much I looked at you as a second mother until I thought I lost you. I thought your dream of me being close to you was far fetched back then because I didn't know you. But I can't imagine not having you around anymore. And the possibility that I did lose you really scared me. I wasn't sure why I deserved it. To lose a mother twice." I pulled away and looked at him. "No don't ever think that. You didn't do anything wrong to deserve to lose your mother. And I'm not going anywhere either." Megumi was looking down. "Look at me. I am right here. Nothing, and I mean nothing will take me away from you, your father, your brother, your unborn sibling, Shinosuke or Hoshiyomi." I assured him. I said something that similar in my dream too. He looked at me and nodded. I smiled and hugged him tightly once more.
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