Our Eternal Love (Junjou Romantica One-shots)

Chapter 23: he's what?! (chapter 4)

Pairing: Usagi x Misaki
Warning! Contains MPREG (birth of a child in this situation)!
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An exhausted looking Misaki dragged himself trough the front door of the penthouse he now called his home, sloppily dragging his school bag behind him, which seemed to have increased tens of thousands of times in weight since morning. It was a hot day outside today, and that did absolutely nothing to help the sweat trails running down Misaki's spine, making the shirt he was wearing stick annoyingly to his damp torso.

Luckily, the apartment had a well functioning air condition, which cooled Misaki's body temperature down drastically after a moment of standing still. He'd been on the move for the entirety of the day, running from school to work, from work to the grocery store, and from the store to the apartment building. Even though Nowaki had told him exercise is good for a waiting parent, he wasn't exactly dancing around.

Misaki set his bag down next to the coffee table in the living area before sitting down at the couch himself. He placed a gentle hand atop of his already huge stomach, which was covered by a oversized t-shirt. Very much oversized, as it was one of Usagi-sans few t-shirts that he owned (but never actually used in any occasions). He gave it a few strokes before attempting to get comfortable for a possible nap. Usagi-san wouldn't be home in another couple hours, as he was in a conference of some kind (which he had seemed very reluctant to go to in the morning), so he'd have time to organize everything later.

As he was just about to close his eyes for some well deserved sleep, he felt the baby kick, and rather hard. They'd usually been just soft touches here and there, but this one was much more forceful. He softly stroked and petted his stomach, in an attempt to calm his unborn child down. It seemed to work temporarily, to which Misaki gave a sigh of relief as he continued settling down comfortably. This time he actually got to fall asleep.

Misaki dreamt apprehensive dreams during his nap. Very many black moments with several cuts and jumps and anxious moments, everything resolving around Misaki's pregnancy in one way or another. Something about stillborn and miscarriage.

Misaki woke up with a start. He was drenched in sweat again. He took a quick glance at the kitchen clock. 4:15. Usagi-san came home at 5. As his mind cleared out of the fuzzy drowsiness of the dreamworld, Misaki became aware of the present. He soon felt intense dampness in his lower region, but this was not sweat. It was more like he'd wet himself in his sleep. Had his dreams been so bad?

Suddenly, a strong bolt of pain in the form of electricity racked his body. Everything went fuzzy again whilst he clenched his teeth tightly, holding his aching stomach, as to help himself ride the pain out. Soon, it washed over him completely, leaving a shivering Misaki. He took in sharp, quick breaths to regain focus as he opened his eyes, a few tears sliding down from the corners of them.

-"W-what the hell was that??"

Misaki cussed to himself as he slowly sat upright, but not a second later falling straight back down as another wave of pain hit him, this time slightly stronger. Misaki gave out a soft yet well audible whimper. This was nothing like the slight cramps he'd experienced before.

It took him a good while to finally get a grip on what was going on. At the sudden realization, his eyes widened drastically and his mouth opened and closed without emitting any kind of sound.

"I'm going into labour?!"

He looked at the clock once more. 4:30. Half an hour...

But with the next pain bolt, Misaki understood he could not wait half an hour! He fumbled with his bag on the floor, heatedly looking for his cellphone. Once he found it, he speed-scrolled trough his contact list, looking for Usagi-san's name.

The phone rang for a good 30 seconds before Akihiko's concerned voice rang in Misaki's ears.

-"Misaki? What is it? Is everything alright?"

Misaki had trouble forming words as the ongoing contraction shook his fragile body wildly.

-"U-Usagi-san... H-help... B-baby..."

After the three words he miraculously choked out, the pain got more intense and Misaki couldn't help the loud screech the left his throat.

-"I'm coming to pick you up! Stay where you are!"

The line beeped. Usagi-san had hung up.
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Opposite to Misaki, it only took a few seconds for Akihiki to understand the situation. He'd left the conference just to answer his Misaki, and he was glad he did. Aikawa was standing at the door waiting for him to return. He quickly explained he had a situation going on with Misaki, while he was practically out the door already. Aikawa tried her best to reason with the author, but to no avail.

In no time, Akihiko was sitting in his red sportscar, starting the engine and cruising down the streets towards the apartment building. He couldn't have given less crap about the speed limits right now.

As he finally got to his penthouse, he made his way in quicker than ever. Inside, he found his lover curled up in a tight ball, letting out moans of extreme discomfort. Akihiko rushed over to him, wrapping him up in his arms. He went to grab the overnight-bag they kept in one of the drawers at the front door, then headed out, with Misaki tightly wrapping his arms around his neck.
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During the whole birth process, Misaki was screaming loudly as the doctors instructed him on what to do. It broke Akihiko's heart to view the boy in this state, yet alone not being able to do anything but give his lover reassuring squeezes of his sweaty hand. Even though Misaki had already squeezed most of the life out of it by now.

When the doctor after several painful hours informed Misaki was finally crowning, Akihiko couldn't help but let out a shaky sigh. Soon this would be over. The reliefe was not as visible in Misaki's features as his face was still crinkled into an expression of pure pain and discomfort.
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The labour took approximately 9 and a half long and dreadful hours. Misaki was completely and utterly exhausted afterwards, and passed out very quickly. But not before seeing his crying, healthy baby boy. He was wrapped in a greenblue towel-like cloth and wearing a white little hat. His face consisted of a small, pea-like nose, pluff, crunched up cheeks, a small mouth and eyes which would reveal to be purplish blue in color. Misaki took one last glance up at Usagi-san, whose eyes were fixated on the little bundle in one of the nurses arms, as if not believing what he was seeing. He then gave a small smile before feeling sleep overcoming his body, forcing his eyelids shut.
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Welp, here it is. The last chapter of this little adventure. I did get a request to write about when they have the child at home, so I'm planning to do that one some day in the future. But I really hope you liked it! Sorry I didn't write certain parts more detailed than what I did, I am in no means an expert at these kinds of stories, so I felt like my knowledge is not good enough for me to start extending that part of the story to infinite limits just yet. But hopefully it is good enough!

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