Home is Where the Heart is

Slowly Healing [Semi-Canon]

Part 4 of 5 [because on ao3 and fanfiction I did a stupid]
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"I'm due , I hit full term this week." For once he was standing up and pacing the width of the room, both annoyed and confused about his predicament. He had hit forty weeks exactly the night before, and as far as he had known that meant that the baby should have come out by now, at least in his mind.

"I know, I understand that, but I don't see what's got you so aggravated. Babies are almost never on time, either early or late for whatever reason." Pausing in his steps, he pressed his knuckles into his lower spine, unknowing whether the aches came from his pacing around or the heaviness of his child.

"Well nobody told me that! I was here thinking that forty weeks was the maximum." Hearing an annoyed groan from the bed, he sent a glare to his boyfriend who sat on the edge of the mattress.

"Yu Kanda please come sit down before you either induce yourself or get a muscle cramp and fall on your ass. Forty weeks is the estimate, most babies are born either a few days before or after their due date, and most of the time it's the baby's choice." He had half a mind to ignore the scolding tone the other used while speaking to him, but Allen did make a point sadly. If he fell he'd risk hurting the baby, and that was the last thing he wanted to do. Taking slow steps to the side of the bed, he sat beside the shorter, having half a mind to lay back and stare at the ceiling.

"How do you know? What if something happened." He felt more than saw Allen stand from the bed, watching as the uniform jacket was stripped off and replaced with a button up and vest. He'd never understand how those were considered casual clothes, but it really didn't matter.

"I know from experience, and so do you. Isobel and Ryuuji were both a few days late when they were born, and they were perfectly fine. The only reason you didn't realize it was because you didn't keep track the first time around. Ami and Kyō were three weeks early, a bit dangerous but everything turned out fine in the end other than my being bedridden for a few weeks." He barely saw the other shiver, most likely at the memory, and for a brief moment he forgot why the other was stuck in bed so long. "On that point, I really hope that you don't tear, even if you heal quickly after it, it is not nice. I love Kyō, I swear I do, but I hope I never have another baby with that big of a head."

"So you're saying that I could possibly carry her for much longer than expected?" He felt the bed move again as he was joined again, he was a little glad that he had calmed down this much.

"Until week forty-two, if you don't go into labor before then you'll be induced by a nurse or be operated on to get the baby out. I remember having asked a similar question the first time around out of fear. Worst case scenario would've been an operation for me since I'm a parasite type, but it may be the go-to in other situations. I wouldn't know, I never got that far." He took another glance over at Allen, seeing the hair ribbon held in hand as if the twenty-nine year old had been distracted in the middle of doing something, which wasn't entirely untrue. "But either way I doubt she'll wait that long to come out. You've just got to wait a bit longer to meet her, try letting her come out when she wants to instead of stressing so much." He was silent for another few moments, taking in the information as best as he could before he relaxed. Glancing again from the ribbon to the loose white hair, he barely noticed when the red strip of fabric was handed to him.