He is my Hero

Chapter 16: Home and a Surprise...

A/N: The veil. This isn't the exact one, but very similar.

Hiro and I finally returned home, and were welcomed back with a surprise party.

Life was wonderful! I sold another book and Hiro was paid by the government. We were living fabulously wealthy. There was only one thing missing.

It had been three months since Hiro and I returned from our honeymoon, and I was feeling a bit... Nauseated. I was craving only certain things, and was often tired. I figured it was the natural monthly thing, but it never came. It wasn't until one morning that I woke up, and ran to the bathroom. That incident got me thinking... So I took a pregnancy test out from under my sink, and did that. When the time came to check it, I was pleasantly surprised at my answer.

I was singing. That's what put Hiro on alert when he got home.

"Why are you singing?" He asked, suspicion in his tone.

"I don't know." I replied, my voice cheery.

"Okay..." Hiro said confused.

"It's just. You know those weird cravings I've been having? And why I've been so tired lately?" I asked, trying really hard to hide my smile.

"Yeah..." He said slowly.

"Well I kind of have a surprise for you." I replied.

"What?"He asked nervously.

"I'm pregnant." I said. He was quiet a moment, then what I said to him suddenly became crystal clear.

"You're... We're going to be parents?" He asked. I nodded. He jumped up, and hugged me. I was laughing. A real laugh. Hiro and I were finally going to be parents.

We told everyone, and this time they were ecstatic for us.

We scheduled a doctor's appointment to get everything checked out because if this was my third month, then I figured I should be a little bit bigger by now.

But, the doctor's proclaimed the baby and I perfectly healthy. Hiro and I even knew the gender. It was a boy. So if either Hiro or I talked to my stomach, we called him by his name. We called him Tadashi.

It was adorable when Hiro would come home, greet me with a kiss, then get on his knees to kiss my stomach, and greet Tadashi.

As the months went by Hiro and I prepared the second biggest room, (the first being Hiro's and I's), for Tadashi. It was all finished by my eighth month.

As the ninth month drew closer, and closer, so did Hiro's and I's excitement. Although, we were also a bit nervous. I mean, what if something happened? Like last time... That was the only fear we had. Something going wrong... Even if it wasn't as catastrophic as last time, but still. Just something going wrong..