Past and Present

Chapter 16- Twins

Around three months have passed and Xingchen's stomach was getting bigger by the day. He liked holding it and resting his hands on the bump, so did Xue Yang.
Song Lan forgave Xue Yang and they were almost like brothers now. Same with a-Qing, who got along with the two all the time.
"A-Yang, come here," Xingchen said softly.
"Yes?" Xue Yang trotted over and smiled, "Do you need something?"
"Can you help me change? I can't really do it with the bump," Xingchen said pouting.
"Of course!" Xue Yang exclaimed. He helped Xingchen get out of his clothes and began changing him, carefully of the bump.
"Xue Yang, how do you think the baby will look like?" Xingchen asked, while Xue Yang changed him.
"I think they'll have my eyes, but I hope they have yours," Xue Yang said, "your eyes were really beautiful."
"They were just brown," Xingchen mumbled.
"Brown eyes are beautiful, mine are too scary," Xue Yang chuckled.
"No they're not, they look better than mine," Xingchen argued.
"No, yours are better and that's final," Xue Yang said, grabbing Xingchen's chin, "am I clear?"
"Y-yes," Xingchen nodded timidly and Xue Yang nodded in approval.
"Good," he finished changing the man and they went to the kitchen.
"Xingchen, don't you have a meeting with the healer today?" Song Lan asked.
"Right! I do," Xingchen exclaimed, "I almost forgot about that."
"Let's go after we eat," Xue Yang suggested.
"Okay," Xingchen nodded. They quickly ate and Xue Yang and Xingchen went to town to the healer they went to last time.
The found the small house and walked in, "Excuse me?" Xue Yang said.
"Oh it's you," the man said, "come on in." The couple walked in and Xingchen laid down on the bed that was nearby, "You came for a quick check right?"
"Yes sir," Xingchen said.
"Good," the man checked the way Xingchen looked, "Master Xiao, you seem to be very healthy. I assume you have been taking care of yourself."
"Yes," Xingchen nodded.
"Good, now let me check the baby," the man placed a hand on Xingchen's stomach and his brows furrowed. He put a bit of pressure on the bump and his eyes widened, "Master Xiao, you are pregnant with twins."
"What?!" Xingchen yelled. Xue Yang simply held onto the bed and wavered, he held his head and shook it a bit.
"Twins?" He whispered, "YueHua, you're having twins."
"Are you sure? I don't want to get excited all for nothing," Xingchen said.
"I am positive," the man said.
"I'm having twins," Xingchen repeated softly, then smiled widely, "I'm having twins Xue Yang!"
Without answering Xue Yang hugged him tightly, "You're having twins." Xingchen hugged him back with a wide smile and chuckled through the tears of blood falling from his eyes.
"Uh Master Xiao, are you alright?" The healer asked.
"Me? Yes I'm doing great, I'm only crying blood because I lost my eyes," Xingchen explained.
    "Oh! I apologize," the healer bowed, "I did not know."
    "It's fine, and you don't have to bow. You have been taking care of us and the babies for a while now," Xingchen said sweetly.
    "Thank you," the man said smiling. "Now back to business, you will have to eat more than ever now that you have two babies. You will need to sleep well and not stay up too long.
   "Try to not do anything dangerous such as fighting. But if it is necessary then go ahead, but once you are six months in you must not."
   "Alright," Xingchen said nodding.
   "And like I said before, no alcohol," the healer said.
    "Understood," Xingchen said.
    "I think that is it, you won't need to see me until you are ready to deliver which should be in around six months," the man said.
    "Will he be able to get pregnant again after this?" Xue Yang asked.
    "If my research is correct, yes," the doctor said.
    "Alright, thank you," Xue Yang said bowing. He helped Xingchen up and they walked back to Coffin Town, hand in hand, with wide smiles on their faces.
     "So how's the baby?" A-Qing asked once they arrived.
    "Babies," the couple said.
    "Huh? What do you mean?" She asked.
      Song Lan came running, "Babies?"
    "Yes," Xue Yang said nodded, "YueHua is pregnant with twins."
    A-Qing covered her mouth in shock, and Song Lan laughed, "I knew it!"
   "Are you really?" A-Qing asked.
    "Yes," Xingchen nodded. The girl ran to him and hugged him tightly, carefully of the bump.
    She pressed a soft kiss on the bump and giggled, "Can I be the aunt?"
    "Of course, you're like our sister," Xingchen said sweetly.
    "Yay!" She hugged him tighter and smiled when he hugged her back gently.
    They separated and Xue Yang immediately hugged his lover, picking him up carefully. Xingchen gasped and held onto his shoulders, "Xue Yang! You agreed to not pick me up!"
    "I'm sorry, I got excited," Xue Yang put him down and pouted.
    "Stop doing that, you look like a child," Song Lan said.
    "Shut up," Xue Yang glared at the man before turning to his lover with a smile, "YueHua, you should rest."
    "But I'm not tired," Xingchen said.
    "You need to rest, you have two babies right now and I don't any of you getting hurt," Xue Yang explained, "now come on." He took Xingchen's hand and led him to their room where they both laid down.
     Xue Yang was hugging Xingchen from behind and was rubbing his thumb on the bump. He hid his face in Xingchen's neck and pressed soft kisses on the skin, "I love you," he whispered with each kiss.
   Xingchen giggled, "I love you too." They stayed like that until Xingchen fell asleep in Xue Yang's arms.
The man played with Xingchen's hair and started braiding it. He did this for a couple of minutes before also sleeping, his face in Xingchen's neck and his arms around the man's waist.