This is the New Year (Larry Mpreg)

Twenty-Eight

"Lou, do you think it would be alright if I, um," Harry starts nervously. "If I came to the appointment with you?" he asks, leaning against the door frame of Louis's bathroom.

Louis pauses in the middle of perfecting his fringe and looks over at Harry with a smile. "You want to go to my appointment with me?" he giggles. Harry just shrugs in reply. "It'll be boring," he warns.

"That's okay," Harry insists, following Louis as he pulls his favorite tee of Harry's over his head, the soft fabric still loose against Louis's round tummy. "I want to be, like, supportive, and stuff," Harry breathes awkwardly.

"You're already extremely supportive, love, but of course you can come," Louis smiles, picking his keys up from the floor and immediately tossing them towards Harry, causing him to stumble back and drop the keys back onto the floor. "Smooth," Louis teases.

"I wasn't prepared for that," Harry scolds his boyfriend, bending over to retrieve the keys.

"You're driving," is all Louis replies as he begins to make his way out of the flat. "C'mon now, love, we're going to be late!" he calls back to Harry as he opens the front door.

Harry rolls his eyes and follows behind him, locking the door behind them like Louis always forgets to do and stepping into Louis's car.

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They make their way into the hospital where Louis's appointment is taking place only 5 minutes late (a new record for Louis). It only takes a few minutes of waiting after checking in for Louis's name to be called back. They're led down a long hallway, and Harry makes a note that it seems to be quite a happy and colorful place for a hospital, but he assumes that's because they're in the prenatal and children's wing of the establishment.

A nurse leads them into Room 28 and does all of the regular things that happen to patients during a doctor's visit. She weighs Louis, checks his blood pressure, and listens to his heart, and so on and so forth. She then kindly tells them that the doctor will be by in a few minutes before exiting quietly. She makes sure to leave Louis a hospital gown to change into, because he's due for an exam this visit.

Louis takes his time changing, because he's done this before, and he knows it'll be a hot minute before his doctor actually comes in because she's busy.

After about 10 minutes of sitting and waiting, Harry feels a pressure in his abdomen and recognizes the feeling. "I'm actually going to go have a wee before she gets here," he says to Louis, standing up.

Louis nods. "Third door on your left," he says, motioning out of the room. Harry nods and follows Louis's finger.

A few minutes later, Louis hears a knock on the door and calls a small "Come in!"

"Hello, Louis," his doctor smiles widely as she walks in, closing the door behind her. She holds her hand out for Louis to shake which Louis accepts politely.

"Hello," he responds.

"So how have you been feeling since our last visit, Louis?"

"Well, my back's been killing me, I pee every 10 minutes, it feels like, I can't walk right because my feet are swollen, and the baby likes to kick me while I'm sleeping," Louis laughs.

"All normal things," the doctor assures Louis with a smile. "Speaking of pee, I'm going to need to collect a urine sample from you today just to check out your protein and sugar levels to make sure everything's all right with that."

"Sounds good," Louis says, taking the familiar cup from the doctor's hands. "Harry just went in there a couple of minutes ago, so I'll just wait for him to get back then."