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Part 34: In Which Helen Receives Her Gift...and Something More

"Mmm...." Rolling over this morning proves difficult as I find Max is wrapped tightly around my body. Last night was the best night of my life. Honestly. Truly. I don't remember when we feel asleep, but I know our kisses lasted hours after we finished. "Max...we gotta get up."

"I know..." He tiredly says as he pushes his face into my back a bit more.

"Come on...it's already 9:00. We don't know when the baby will arrive." He leaves a kiss on my spine and slowly starts moving. "You should call Iggy and make sure he's doing good with Luna. I know you called yesterday- but I'm sure he wants the reassurance that your actually coming home and not MIA."

"I will...I'll leave a message. It's already 8 at night over there."

"Yes, I know. Alright! I'm gonna go shower and get dressed." Getting up, I grab my jeans and my green sweater- along with undergarments- and head to the bathroom. I make haste. I'm not risking missing this moment of meeting my baby for the first time. I'm beyond elated! I am a bit nervous though. Babies shouldn't be on planes until they're at least 4-8 weeks old. My baby's only 9 days... oh God, I hope they'll be okay. It's an 18 hour flight if the weather's good. A baby on a plane for 18 hours at only 9 days old could cause so many issues. But what am I going to do? Stay in Japan for another few weeks until the immune system is built up? Certainly not. I'll run out of funds and a place to stay.

Getting out of the water, I get dressed, brush my teeth, and put part of my hair in a top knot. Opening the bathroom door- Max is dressed and sipping coffee. He must've went down and got food for us. Going over to the table, I join him after kissing his head and I take a cup of coffee to drink.

"Looks good." I say.

"Tastes good. That's one thing I will say- I haven't disliked anything I've eaten while on this trip." I agree. The food is absolutely amazing. Such rich flavors and filling portions. I would love to live here.

"I wish our restaurants at home had this great of tasting food." I eat some eggs and fresh vegetables and a rice ball that's filled with fish. On the tv, there's an odd game show-kind of like Wipeout- only the people are running up very soapy, slippery stairs in these tight rubber suits to see who can get to the top. "Their idea for entertainment is also very well done."

"Haha, I agree." We continue our breakfast and make conversation and around 10:30 there's a knock at the door. My eyes widen and I race to get it. Opening it up, there's a man in a hospital uniform and another one as well. The one has a box and in his hand and the other a baby carrier.

"Sharpe San?"

"Hai!" The one with the box, hands it to Max and then pulls out a Manila envelop. They walk away and I pick up the carrier that has a blanket over top of it. Bringing it inside the room, I set it on the bed and Max sets the box on the chair. "I'm so nervous."

"It's okay he or she will love you." I nod and pull the blanket up and over the hood of the carrier and my eyes widen. "Oh...shit..."

"Holy Mary Mother of God..."

"This...this must...this can't be right..." Max says and I look at him. This can't be right.

"I'm supposed to get a baby...not....not babies. Plural...uh...what?" Inside the carrier are two of the tiniest, sweetest, sleepiest babies I have ever seen. They're snuggled up next to each other, as close as one could possibly get. Both dressed in very simple white onesies with tiny little white cotton hats and teeny tiny little booties and mittens. I sink a bit. They are so precious. But there must've been a mistake. There's no way, they were not supposed to give me twins. "Max...what's in the box?"

I ask, never taking my eyes off the tiny light brown babies that are sleeping so soundly. He opens it up and slowly empties it.

"It looks like a bunch of formula, diapers, two bottles, some infant medicine, a thermometer, and a...black lucky cat thing that moves its paw when in sunlight." He looks back at me. Taking the Manila envelope he opens it up and takes out the contents. "It's from Hiro-