Not Quite as Planned

A Little Too Early

   I've been back home with my parents for 2 weeks now. Everything has been fine for the most part, the only thing wrong is that I've been feeling the worst pains I've ever felt in my entire life the past couple days. For a little over a week I've been getting Braxton Hicks so I haven't really thought much of it, that is until they've only gotten worse and a hell of a lot more frequent.
Hitoshi has been doing his best to keep me calm and to not over analyze it, my mom on the other hand has only been making it worse. I'm still a few weeks away from my induction date, I don't want this to mean that Saeko's coming already but the thoughts been circling my mind a lot. It's scaring the shit out of me.
   Today was no different. I woke up normally, though I didn't really sleep at all. Throughout the day every 30 or so minutes I'd start feeling excruciating pain, it was a little worse and more frequent than it was yesterday.  Yesterday it would happen every hour and last about 15 minutes or something like that. The time it lasts hasn't changed very much but it has gone up a few minutes, Hitoshi's been trying to time and keep track of everything.
Hitoshi's still been going to school so that at least one of us was still caught up so he hasn't been home in a couple hours. My mom and dad have been checking on me frequently but I usually just end up sending them away, the only person I feel like I can tolerate right now is Hitoshi. Every day I've been holding onto one of his hoodies, just to have some sort of feeling that he's around in some way.
   At some point in the last hour I managed to fall asleep, the only reason I know this is because I was woken up by a feeling that something popped and now there's suddenly liquid everywhere. I put two and two together when I felt the worst pain yet. I instantly stared yelling for my mom and dad at the top of my lungs, footsteps instantly running up the stairs and to my room.
"Katsuki? What's wrong?" My mom asked, bursting through the door. I was about to answer but another sharp pain came and all that came out was a gasp as I clutched onto my abdomen. My mom came closer and her eyes widened when she realized what was going on, "Shit, your water broke?? Ok, ok, I'm going to grab your father so he can help you get to the car and I'll go start it. Just hold on a couple minutes Katsuki."
As my mom took off my mind fled to Hitoshi, wishing that he was here so he could hold my hand and tell me that everything would be ok. My dad came into my room a few minutes later, helping me to my feet and then throwing one of my arms around his shoulders as he put an arm around my waist for support. He walked me out to the car and then flew to the passengers seat, my mom taking off the second he was in the car.
   My dad held his hand back so I could hold onto it, I held onto his hand like my life depended on it. "Call Hitoshi, please." I begged. I handed my dad my phone and he was quick to find Hitoshi's number and call him.
"He's going to meet us at the hospital Kat, he's leaving his class and heading over." My dad said, putting me at ease a little.
   The second we got to the hospital my mom rushed inside, coming out with a couple doctors and a wheelchair almost instantly. They quickly got me out of the car and practically ran me into an open room. They had me change into those ugly hospital gowns then got me on the bed, hooking me up to a bunch of shit in the process. "How far along on you Mr. Bakugo?" One of the doctors.
"I-"
"He's 33 weeks." Someone said from the doorway. I looked over and saw Hitoshi, slightly sweaty and out of breath.
"You are?"
"I'm the other dad." Hitoshi replied as he started towards me. Once he was by my side he took my hand and pushed my bangs out of my face, kissing my forehead. "How are you feeling? Everything ok?"
   I nodded and grabbed onto his hand, "I'm scared, it's- it's too early, something might be wrong." I said, tears starting to fall down my face.
   Hitoshi moved his thumb around the back of my hand, "Stay positive Kat, I'm sure everything'll turn out fine." I nodded, attempting to believe him.
The doctor ended up asking Hitoshi a few more questions though I didn't know what, I felt like I was in a daze the entire time. The next few hours or so all I could feel was pain and the feeling of Hitoshi holding my hand. I know my mom told me that Hitoshi's family was here but I was too out of it to answer, I physically couldn't bring myself to say anything.
   I felt a mixture of relief and pure fear when the midwife came into the room, telling me that I needed to start pushing. I wanted to meet Saeko so fucking badly but not right now, it was too soon, but there's nothing I could do about it. I did everything the midwife told me to do and she led me through everything. It hurt like hell but at the same time I somehow felt relaxed, maybe because Hitoshi was with me.
When I could hear Saeko start crying something in me knew that there was in fact something wrong. This got confirmed when doctors rushed over to take her as soon as the umbilical cord was cut. It was pure chaos for a few minutes. I could hear the doctors say that a few of her levels were low which put me in a panic. Hitoshi did his best to keep me calm but it didn't help.
   "W-What's wrong with her?" I asked, sitting up as much as my body would let me.
   One of the doctors turned to me with a soft expression on her face, "There are a few complications since she was born premature, she's stable but we're going to need to keep her in the NICU for a while. I'm sorry."