Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ A Presence Felt ( Chapter 28 )
Caro: I know. We'll I should be on aim tonight, but rather late.
Gralnak: Me too. That shower…poor Ryou…Beware of Anzus!
Tiamat: I'll fit them in somewhere.
Falling Leaves: I'm sorry for the delay. I came up with other ideas I wanted to do. The baby shower should be early next week or Sunday.
AMT: I know. Poor Ryou.
Ssjgoddesschico: I also have this at www.adultfanfiction.net. If mm.org messes up, you can review there, too, but I only do responses for mmorg.
Goldaries: Thanks. I was too lazy to look it up.
Angel black: I know. I was trying to parody the birth videos, but I took out the disclaimer for that. Oopsies.
Leilarose: I couldn't come up with too much, but I tried.
A Presence Felt
Ryou held onto Bakura for hours after he ran back from school. In fact, he even fell asleep on her shoulder. Ryou grabbed the bag of chips again and turned down the volume a little on the television. She put a handful of chips into her mouth and watched the commercial.
// In today's fast-paced economy, there's so many responsibilities: work, a career, financial obligations. There's no more time for the simple things in life….family, friends. //
Images of a happy family flashed on the screen. A father playing with his children on the lawn, a birthday party for a child, and a mother holding her baby were the images that filled the screen. Ryou watched the images on the screen. His father never played with him. Steven did celebrate his birthday until recently, but it never involved members of his family. She watched the mother holding her baby and Ryou looked down at her belly where the faint movement happened again. Ryou rubbed the area where the movement happened and the baby immediately extended its back to her hand. Ryou could feel the tiny back press through the belly and she began to cry.
// At Nation Health Insurance, we can protect the ones you love. The greatest asset in life…is peace of mind.//
Ryou put another chip into her mouth. "That is so beautiful!" Ryou sobbed into the bag of chips. Bakura remained asleep beside her. Ryou changed the channel.
// And now we return to…Somewhere Out There….//
A man and the woman appeared on the screen in a cheesy-looking soap opera.
// Why are you doing to me, Sam? You know damn well this baby is yours! //
The man was silent.
//Does this mean you are leaving me? How can you leave me like this?// The woman began to cry. //How can I raise my son alone?//
// I don't know, Melissa.// The man grabbed the woman's shoulders. //I love you, baby, but if I stay here, it may jeopardize our son. And I don't want to do that.//
The woman and Ryou broke out into inconsolable sobs. Ryou put down the chips and nudged Bakura.
"Bakura, wake up. Please? Tenshi, wake up." Ryou whimpered as Bakura opened his eyes.
Bakura rubbed his eyes to see Ryou's face red and wet. "Ryou?"
She wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, yami!"
Bakura looked over and saw the woman crying on the television. He grabbed the controller. "No more television for you today." He clicked off the television. "What is wrong with you today?"
"That commercial……was so……beautiful!"
"Commercial?"
"For health insurance! My mother used to hold me like that! Now she's gone!" Bakura sat completely confused as Ryou cried at the commercial.
Bakura rubbed her hair. "Ryou, I know you are all emotional now. It's normal…apparently. But you are going to be a great mom!"
"I hope so," Ryou sniffed. "I want to be a good parent."
"You already are, Ryou." Bakura kissed her on the lips as she continued to sniffle. Bakura's hand caressed her cheek and her neck. Ryou was still as soft as she used to be. The only thing that had changed her was the pregnancy, but even then, Bakura still loved her. Ryou brought her hands underneath Bakura's shirt rubbing against the skin. Bakura moaned into the kiss as his breathing began to stagger.
"Ryou…You are so beautiful."
Ryou moved to Bakura's ear and began to playfully lick the earlobe. Bakura kissed down her shoulder to the top of her soft chest.
"You know, yami….this is …..how it all….started."
Bakura kept his lips on her skin. "You weren't complaining, Ryou."
The yami's hands went to her belly as he kissed her. His eyes opened wide when he felt a tiny object move towards his gentle caress.
He pulled back. "It seems that one of them wants the attention, too."
"I noticed that. Wherever I rub on that side, I feel one of the babies just move to my hand."
"What's this?" Bakura said rubbing up and down feeling tiny bumps.
Ryou shifted. "It's pressing against my hip. It almost feels like it's stretching."
"It feels like a back."
Ryou stopped shifting. "Ok, it stopped."
"Can you feel it move yet?"
"Sometimes I can, especially when the baby stretches. I made an appointment for tomorrow for my ultrasound. The doctor called me up and told me to go just in case."
Bakura leaned down and pressed his head against her belly. "You've made me so happy, Ryou."
Ryou smiled. "Me, too, yami. I called for the Lamaze classes today. We start tonight."
Bakura gripped onto Ryou and the inactive baby jumped.
"Yami, don't do that! You're scaring the baby!"
"Is it going to be like that birthing video?"
Ryou shrugged. "She said all we are going to do tonight is practice breathing and holding a baby. I signed you and I and Marik came come, too, when he wants."
Bakura giggled. "Mr. Happy Pickle? Who knows if he'll want to come, but I'll go with you."
Ryou hugged Bakura when Malik ran in through the door. "Ryou! Bakura? You alright?"
Ryou nodded. "Why shouldn't we be?"
"I saw Bakura run from class." Marik approached Bakura. "Are you alright?"
"I never want to see that again."
"The teacher was very concerned about you, Bakura."
Bakura sat up. "How can he show that in school?"
Malik shrugged. "I don't know. He's the teacher. It beats listening to him talk about something we already know."
"I am never going to school again. Ever." Bakura went to the kitchen to begin dinner. Malik sat beside Ryou and hugged her. "How is the most prettiest pregnant woman in the world?" Malik put his ear to Ryou's belly. "How my little nieces or nephews doing?"
The babies jumped in response. "That's good. Behave for mommy." Malik went to help with dinner when Marik came in with a heavy sigh and collapsed beside Ryou.
"Marik?"
"Ryou."
"What's wrong?"
"Long day."
Ryou grabbed his hand. "Tell me about it."
Marik sighed again. "I had this kid in the place screaming today. That caused another kid to scream. Then we had a fight today in the place. When I tried to break it up, the crowd ran to the exits. The store was left a wreck. I spent the entire afternoon cleaning up the place."
"That's terrible."
"The boss kept yelling at everyone, so all day I've had yelling and screaming in my ear. This doesn't include people bitching because of prices and how they hate the place and…." Marik trailed off into whimpers.
Ryou put his head against her chest. "It's going to be ok, Marik. You're home now. No one is going to yell at you here."
Marik sniffled. "I guess I've been worried about you and the babies."
"We'll be fine, Marik." Ryou took his hand and placed it against the side and a little back found its way to his caress. "You feel that, Marik? That could be your baby. It's all going to be alright. This is why you are doing this, Marik."
Marik stopped crying and continued to hold onto Ryou. "This has got to be the most strangest feeling."
"What?"
"I know that even if it is not mine, I will do everything I can for this baby."
"Well, tonight, Bakura and I have Lamaze classes. Do you want to come? Malik cam make brownies and cookies while we're gone."
The tears left Marik's face. "Really?"
Ryou nodded as Bakura called them out to dinner.
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Bakura and Ryou went to the Lamaze class. Marik wanted to go since Malik promised to bake and when they came home they would have snacks. Ryou entered the room with the two men behind her and looked at the room of ten pregnant women. Bakura and Marik put down their coats.
The teacher came into the room and Bakura sat with Ryou on the floor. Marik sat in the corner gripping the Millenium Rod, his eyes intent on Ryou.
"I want to say welcome to our new comers, Bakura and Ryou. They will be joining us for the next few weeks. Bakura, say something about yourself and Ryou."
Bakura uneasily looked around the room. He never enjoyed people staring at him. "We are expecting twins. That's all I have to say."
"Very….thorough…..Ok, Ladies. Sit in front of your partners."
Ryou sat in front of Bakura and leaned back into him. "This is comfortable, yami. Maybe we should sleep like this tonight."
Bakura felt a small kick on his stomach. "Yes, Ryou. Ouch. This kid is kicking me!"
"Mr. Bakura, do we have a problem?"
"My baby is kicking me!"
"That's normal, Mr. Bakura. Ok, ladies, breathe in deeply….deeply..hold it."
Ryou and Bakura breathed in deeply. Bakura inhaled the sweet scent of Ryou's perfume and hugged her tightly.
"What do these breathing exercises do?" Ryou asked.
"It helps reduce the pain a little and it helps manage your breathing during labor. It makes the birth easier on you and your baby. We can manage the pain by taking deep breaths."
"How can pain be managed by breathing? It never helped me," Bakura commented.
"Yami, behave yourself or no cookies tonight!"
Bakura whined, "But I love Malik's cookies!"
Ryou rolled his eyes. Marik stood up. "Those cookies are mine, Bakura!"
Ryou looked back at Marik. "Marik, please! Bakura, don't cause a scene!"
The teacher gave all the new parents plastic dolls and taught the new parents how to hold the babies. Bakura was completely inept.
"This is complicated," he whined.
Ryou turned to him and taught Bakura how to support the baby's head. Bakura looked at Ryou in shock. "How do you know how to do this? You've never done this before."
Ryou shrugged. "I don't know, yami. Call it instinct."
Marik went to Bakura. Marik held the baby under its arms at a distance. Ryou showed him how to cradle the baby.
When the teacher finished, she grabbed the dolls.
Bakura went to Ryou. "Sorry, Ryou. I guess today was a long day."
Ryou hugged him tightly. "I understand, yami."
Bakura held Ryou against him and when he did, he struck a look at Marik. "Ryou, go grab our coats for a minute." Ryou went over to grab their coats when Bakura walked over to Marik.
"Do you detect anything…..odd?"
"Odd? Are you referring to the way you are acting? I've never seen you so moody before."
"I guess I'm just tense, but there's something not right around here."
Marik looked at Ryou who started talking to another woman and touching her belly.
"What isn't right?" Marik asked gripping his Millenium Rod tighter.
"I'm detecting a presence from the Shadow Realm….."Bakura said nervously.
Marik narrowed his eyes and grabbed the Millenium Rod tighter. "Where is the source? Anything from the Shadow realm can't be good."
Bakura looked at Ryou. "The source of the Shadow Realm is….Ryou."
Next Chappie: Bakura senses the Shadow realm more as Ryou grows and has his ultrasound. The gender of the babies next chappie!