The KOTLC Family

Litz

Linh POV:

"Linh, Linhhh." Linh awoke with a start, and the first thing she saw was a beautiful pair of teal eyes, belonging to her husband-Fitz.

Fitz gently brushed one of Linh's bangs away from her eyes and said, "Linh, I'm so sorry to wake you up, but it's almost lunchtime. Biana wants to know what to make for you."

Linh sat up immediately and tried to apologise, but was overwhelmed by a huge wave of nausea. She pushed past Fitz and scrambled to the nearest bathroom and hurled the contents of her stomach into it.

WHAT. WAS. HAPPENING? Wiping her mouth, Linh screamed silently inside her head. Yesterday she was perfectly fine during the sleepover, but now she threw up?? Was it because of the sugar rush? She flushed the toilet multiple times, trying to remove all evidence.

Linh then staggered out of the bathroom but lost her balance, swayed and fell right into Fitz's arms.

"Linh? Are you feeling alright? You're really pale! I'm going to hail Elwin right now." Fitz's voice was infused with concern, and he looped his arms around Linh's waist, carrying her up bridal-style. Linh wanted to assure him that she was fine, but felt too drained.

"Hi Linh, you're awake! What do you want to eat-" Biana was saying, then stopped short when she saw Linh in Fitz's arms, panting heavily.

Linh caught her quizzical look, and explained weakly, "I...threw up in the bathroom. But I really don't know why..."

Tam jumped back, "Are you sick? You need to go to the Healing Centre!" He whipped out his Imparter.

Fitz and Tam then gathered together and yelled Elwin's name. They were only on the first syllable when Biana stopped them.

"Wait, I think I know." She put a comforting arm around Linh, and whispered, "It's okay, Linh, follow me." 

Linh was confused, but leapt out of Fitz's arms and went to the bathroom after Biana nevertheless. After making sure that the door was shut properly, Biana rummaged in her bag and took out a little strip.

"Here, Linh. This is a pregnancy test strip. So basically you lick this little square over here, and wait for 5 to 10 minutes, then the strip would either flash green or red." Biana handed the strip to Linh.

Linh looked down, "But...why would I be pregnant? Fitz and I didn't..." She blushed.

Biana assured Linh, "Just try it out, Linh. It's gonna be fine. If you're pregnant, which you might be, we can go find Elwin and do some checks on your baby. If you're not, then it's probably just something you ate, then you can drink some elixirs and get some rest. I'll wait outside the door." 

Tentatively, Linh gave the square the world's tiniest lick, and waited for the results. And waited. And waited.

After about 10 minutes, but seemed like 10 hours to Linh, the colour on the strip began to show, little by little. 

Linh closed her eyes, not daring to look at it.

An eternity passed, and Linh finally drew up the courage and opened her eyes.

The strip was bright green. Although Linh didn't know what the colours meant, she could already guess.

Linh, who was only twenty, was pregnant. (ik the math is not working out, but Linh is much younger than the others in my story)