sugar daddy * baekhyun x chanyeol

Eighteen

The last four weeks had been a battle. Baekhyun had not felt better and was existing on his meagre diet of honey chicken and raspberry danish. Some days he could only manage the chicken, some days the danish. Some days he ate well only to have it come straight back up. Some days he couldn't get it down at all.

As he sat in the waiting room of the ultrasound lab he looked over at Minseok and smiled weakly. "It's going to be fine." Minseok read his mind and squeezed his hand tight. "I'm scared." Baekhyun's bladder was full to bursting again and his hands were shaking. He was sweaty, nauseous and frightened. Minseok just held his hand.

Finally it was time. "Mr Byun..." the technician called for him and he got up with Minseok's help. "Hello again." The technician led them to the room and Baekhyun lay on the bench and rolled his tshirt up.

Minseok eyed his thin flat stomach, his prominent ribs, the sickly pale tone of his skin. He was glad it was him and not Jongdae this time. Minseok was going to ask the doctor a lot more questions about Baekhyun's condition and his health.

"Everything will be fine." Minseok reiterated as he held tight to Baekhyun's hand.

Baekhyun hoped so. He just wanted to see his baby, its heart beating strong, its little arms and legs growing. He'd downloaded a pregnancy week by week app and it amused him to constantly check and remind himself how big the baby was, how developed, what should be happening.

He couldn't wait to get the all clear about the health of the baby. He felt hideous and the doctors last assertion that he would be feeling better by now turned out to be false. He was sure some days he was feeling worse.

The cold gel hit his skin and made him hiss and he held his breath as the wand traced his stomach.

Baekhyun only breathed again when the rapid swoosh sound of the baby's heartbeat filled the room. His baby was alive and its heart was beating. The technician pointed out the baby's heart and clicked a few buttons as she zoomed in on the baby's neck. "By measuring the thickness of the skin here we can look for early signs of any abnormalities." Baekhyun nodded. He had read all about what to expect.

"How does it look?" He asked nervously and she smiled. "The results need to be analysed in our lab but I've done hundreds of these and I can't see anything that should make you worried."

Baekhyun's breath finally became slow and steady. He relaxed and enjoyed seeing his baby on the screen as the technician clicked a few more stills. She printed the results for the doctor and handed Baekhyun two pictures. "One for you and one for Daddy." She smiled brightly as she ushered them from the room.

Baekhyun ran straight to the toilet to relive his bladder and burst into tears. His damn hormones were out of control and he stood in the cubicle for a lot longer than he should have.

"Get your shit together Byun," he said aloud to himself as he washed his hands and splashed cold water on his face. He walked out to find Minseok staring at the pictures of his baby with tears in his eyes. "Getting clucky?" Baekhyun laughed and Minseok nodded. "A little. But your sorry state is enough to put anyone off."

The next day they sat in the doctors office side by side. "Mr Byun. How have you been?" "Honestly? Not good. I know you said the morning sickness should ease off but I think it's getting worse." Baekhyun was having a particularly bad day and hadn't kept anything down. "I'm sorry Mr Byun. Pregnancy is like this. It's not an exact science and everyone is different." Baekhyun sighed. He wondered if he would ever feel well again.

The Doctor opened his email and found the report. "Ah. Here it is. No indications of genetic defects or chromosome abnormalities. At this stage I can assure you your baby is healthy and everything looks normal."

The smile that spread across Baekhyun's face was bright and happy and he turned to Minseok who hugged him.

"I want you to have a blood test..." the doctor printed off a lab referral, "and here is a list of nutritional supplements. I can't really help you any more than that Mr Byun."

"Thank you Doctor." Baekhyun and Minseok got up and walked out.

"Yay! Oh Minseok, I'm so happy, my little bean is strong and healthy even if he is sucking the life out of me!" Baekhyun skipped around Minseok before hugging him again. "And just think! Only six more months of this to go." "Seven," Minseok as Baekhyun's face fell. "No way. Pregnancy is nine months." Minseok laughed as they walked to the car. "Baek pregnancy is forty weeks right?" Baekhyun nodded. It was according to the pregnancy app that had become his lifeline and his favourite thing. "Do the maths. Forty weeks is ten months. Seven to go."

That night as Baekhyun stood side on in the mirror after the shower he gasped in surprise. Maybe it was just exaggerated by how thin the rest of him was but as he stood naked in front of the full length mirror he could see the slight bump under his bellybutton. He ran his hands over the pale skin and despite his nausea and his complete exhaustion he smiled happily.

"Hi little bean. I liked seeing you today." His stomach growled and he grabbed a pair of loose sweat pants to pull on. He wandered out to the kitchen and filled the kettle for tea and opened the fridge. He grabbed at the white box that Yixing had picked up for him only yesterday and he cursed when he found it empty.

Memories of getting up at 3am and shovelling the last two danish down into his ravenous stomach came flooding back. He sighed and tossed the empty box on the counter and stared at the cute flowery logo on the lid.

Surely someone as soft and sweet as Chanyeol couldn't react too bad. He might be upset but hopefully not too angry.

"Do you want to go see Daddy tomorrow?"
Baekhyun murmured as he rubbed his stomach. He picked up the grainy picture from behind the fridge magnet and smiled softly at it. Chanyeol had to know. It was time to go and tell him.