Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ It Started With Snow ❯ Jou's 8th month ( Chapter 27 )

It Started With Snow

Warnings: Mpreg, yaoi, and possibly language.

Notes: I'm going to wait till next chapter to answer the thank you's, so don't think I forgot you!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

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~Previous Chapter~

"Thanks. Seto, what are your dreams about?" he asked after several minutes of silence.

"Nothing important. Just relax. Someday I'll tell you." He yawned.

Jou finished his drink, and then cuddled up to the blue-eyed teen. "I'm sorry for everything." He whispered as sleep came to claim him again.

"It's okay, Love. Just relax. I'm not going to let you have any more bad dreams tonight. I'm right here with you." He held Jou's hand comfortingly as he watched his angel fall asleep again.

~Chapter 18~

It was a few days after Jou's nightmares had occurred. So far, they hadn't returned, and the blonde seemed to forget he even had them. Jou was sitting on the couch looking through a book of baby names. Some of them just were not going to work out at all, and he was being cautious of the initials his twins would have. His kids would not have the initials KKK.

Seto was going to name one of the babies and Jou could take the other. It seemed fair. They'd also been talking about what they hoped the babies would look like. So far, it was agreed that they didn't want them having Seto's temperament. Jou wanted one of the twins to have his husband's blue eyes. He knew that Seto didn't care, as long as both were healthy.

Getting a kick from the twins, Jou realized he'd been sitting in the living room for almost three hours thinking and missed lunch. Heaving himself to his feet, Jou made his way slowly into the kitchen. Usually, Seto would be pestering him about eating something until he finally did, but his Dragon was with Mokuba getting some final things for the twins.

Right in the middle of making his peanut butter and olive sandwich, the phone rang. Shooting it a death-glare, Jou put down the olive jar, and waddled to the phone. Picking it up, he answered, "Hello?" Genuinely curious as to whom was calling.

"Oh hi, Jou!" A trouble voice responded, trying to sound happy. "Is Kaiba there?"

"No. He's out with Mokuba trying to get last minute things for the babies. What's wrong?" Jou asked. Yugi wasn't one to call unless something was wrong. He usually left that to his dark.

Yugi sighed, "Good. Would it be okay if I came over? I kind of just need to talk."

It sounded pretty important, whatever it was. Looking sadly at his sandwich, Jou agreed. "Okay. I'll be waiting, just come in when you get here. I'm not as fast as I use to be."

"Thanks Jounouchi, I really owe you one." Yugi hung up the phone, and started for his friend's mansion.

Jou returned to the counter and quickly finished constructing his sandwich, after adding some cheese and ketchup. As he finished the last few bites, he could hear small feet at the front door. Getting up and retrieving two sodas from the refrigerator, he opened one for himself, and put the other out for Yugi.

Hearing the footsteps coming closer, Jou stared at the entranceway to the kitchen. Yugi poked his head in hesitantly, hoping to see his best friend in there. "Hi Yug. Pull up a seat."

The small duelist took a stool, and opened the can. "Thanks Jou." He said somewhat distracted.

Jou watched Yugi for a minute. Deciding that his little friend wasn't going to lead this conversation, he started pressing him. "What's on your mind?"

The small duelist started to fiddle with his pop-top. "Nothing's wrong…I just…had some questions." Looking uncomfortable, he asked, "Do you mind if we'd go to the living room, or maybe your bedroom?"

"No…"Jou said slowly, becoming more suspicious of his friend. "Why?"

Yugi was looking around paranoid. "I…just don't want to be overheard."

Jou got up slowly and led Yugi up to his and Seto's room. Yugi just stood inside the door, not really wanting to touch anything he shouldn't. Jou sat on the edge of the bed before lying back against the headrest and folding his hands over his stomach. "You can sit on the bed. It's not going to bite you."

Yugi sat down gingerly and looked at Jou. It was obvious that whatever he had to say, it was making him uncomfortable. "Jou…" he began.

"Yug, just say it. We've been friends for too long. You can ask or say whatever it is." Jou smiled, trying to ease his friend's discomfort.

"What's it like?" he asked, those few words seemed to take everything the tri-haired teen had to ask.

Feeling he knew where this was going, Jou asked, "What's what like?"

"You know…carrying them?"

Holding his head, Jou remembered this conversation with Mokuba a few months ago. However, he had a feeling that Yugi wouldn't be satisfied with a quick answer. "Well, it was okay at first. It didn't hurt too much." Jou thought back. "It felt odd when they started moving. It felt like I had little fish in there." He said, remembering. "Now they're just really heavy and I don't feel like doing too much."

"Did it hurt? When they moved?" Yugi asked, loosening up a little.

"No. Not until about the fourth month. Then it hurt because they kicked my bladder, stomach…you know." Jou sat awaiting Yugi's next question.

Apparently a question had entered Yugi's mind, because he turned bright red. "Do you have problems…going to the bathroom?"

Jou started to chuckle, then it boiled over into full out laughter. Seeing Yugi's eyes fill with shame, he choked out through the giggles, "It's a good question. Just caught me by surprise." Collecting himself, the blonde continued, "Not really going, just getting there and getting settled. Sometimes, depending where I am, it's kind of close quarters."

Yugi was silent for several minutes and Jou decided to pose his own question. "Why do have all the questions? It's not like you're pregnant."

"I'm just curious…" Lied Yugi pathetically. Ignoring the question, he pressed on, "How long does it take you to get out of bed in the morning?"

Seeing that his friend wasn't in a hurry to tell him why all the questions, Jou answered, "Depends. If Seto's here, he helps pull me up. If he's not, I can and have been, here all morning trying. It's getting worse now with them taking up every available inch, but I'm dealing with it."

"Yugi, this would be so much easier if I knew why you wanted to know." Jou asked, holding Yugi's violet gaze with his own amber one.

Whispering, Yugi admitted, "I want to have the surgery."

If Jou hadn't been lying down, he'd probably have fallen over. He couldn't believe that his best friend had just said what he did. "Yugi…why?"

"I want to give Yami something he's wanted for a long time…"

Giving the small duelist a glare, Jou asked, "Something Yami wants, or something you want?"

"Well, I want to do it. You got me thinking about it. The first time you let me feel them was special. I wanted to have that feeling with one of my own. I know Yami's not exactly sold on the idea yet, that's why I don't want to be overheard. He's already told me that I'm too small to carry one, but I know he's wrong." Yugi said, his confidence wavering again. "I kind of wanted to just get the surgery, then just surprise him with it one night. How long was it till you started showing?"

Jou motioned for Yugi to come lay beside him. As his friend did, Jou put an arm around him, and took one of Yugi's small hands in his, placing it on his belly. He'd been watching Yugi and figured he wanted to, but was too shy to ask. "Yugi, you are definitely not too small. As for just surprising Yami, I think maybe you should tell him you want the surgery. I'm certain he'd be more willing to let you do it as long as you told him first."

"Yeah…I guess." Yugi looked a little down, that wasn't the answer he wanted to hear, but it made sense. "Hey, you never did answer. How long did it take you to start showing?"

Jou thought back and tried to remember the first time he noticed anything changing, or the first time Seto had commented on it. "I think I remember noticing it about my third month. I thought it was too early, but I guess with two in there…" he trailed.

Yugi processed that information, and then asked one more question. "Jou…do you still have sex?" The smaller duelist flushed an unhealthy shade of red from asking such an awkward question.

A deep blush tinged Jou's cheeks. "Well, I think. I haven't felt like it, and Seto really hasn't ask…" Jou stopped mid sentence and held his breath. He let it out in a whoosh of pain. "Damn it…" he gasped.

Yugi jumped up, ready to help his best friend. "Jou, are you okay? Are they coming?" he asked, panicking slightly.

Jou grunted, "Yeah, I'm fine. They've been doing that…" he took several deep breaths before finishing, "A lot more lately. It's not frequent, but it hurts like hell."

"What was that?" Yugi asked, still concerned.

Jou shifted position a little. "I guess it's a contraction. None of them have been regular or anything, so I guess it's just stronger, because everything's stretched so much." He looked at his friend, "Hey, Yug, you mind helping?"

"What do you need Jou?" The tri-haired teen asked, ready for anything.

"If you don't mind, or feel weird about it, would you rub my stomach for me? Sometimes Seto does it and they settle down."

Yugi looked at the blonde nervously. "You sure? I'm not going to hurt them or anything?" Seeing Jou nod his head no, he lifted Jou's shirt and started to rub gently. "How's that?" he asked several minutes later?

"Great." Jou moaned softly, enjoying Yugi's soft hands caressing him. In truth, it did feel good. The twins were calm, as if Seto was there. Jou thought to himself, "These little guys must really like Yugi. I guess that's a good sign if he might be their godfather."

Yugi looked at his watch. It was nearly six. "Look, Jou, I'm sorry for bothering you with all the questions. It's just, you're really the only person that is going through this."

Jou put his hand up, stopping Yugi. "It's okay, bud. I didn't mind." He said, struggling to get up from the bed to see his friend out.

"Jou, stop. I can get out myself. Take it easy, I'd like to see them stay there a little longer." Catching his potentially double meaning, he blushed again.

Laughing, Jou waved his hand and told Yugi to get home before Yami started sending things to the Shadows trying to find him. Laying back against the pillows, Jou closed his eyes for just a minute, and ended up falling into a dead sleep.

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