[FIC] Dear Marianne 2/?
Title: Dear Marianne
Fandom: Hetalia
Characters/Pairing: Fem!France, England, Spain and Germany. FrUk
Rating: G (Maybe T later on?)
Chapter: 2/?
Summary: Who knew having a baby would be so hard?
Notes: Written for aftermath...athon prompt: femfrance having pregnancy troubles (trouble getting pregnant or trouble during pregnancy, physical and/or emotional, up to you) and arthur being with her every step of the way.
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"You have a B-12 deficiency." Ludwig says eyes glancing at Marianne's file.
"What does that mean?" Arthur asks, because he full well knows Marianne is far too nervous to actually say something. Arthur can tell this by the neatly manicured nails digging into his hand.
“Vitamin B-12, is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. A deficiency in B-12 is left untreated can cause permanent damage to nervous tissue as a long term effect. And in women who are pregnant it may increase the risk of miscarriage and preterm birth or may cause neural tube (what would become the babies spine) defects in the unborn baby. In your case it was aborting the baby to keep you alive.”
“So I can have babies?” Marianne asks.
Arthur watches Ludwig roll his eyes.
“Yes you can have children, now I need you take a supplement to keep your body healthy and as soon as you suspect that you are pregnant come in and we'll start you on some shots to keep you and the baby healthy."
Marianne is practically grinning ear to ear at this point and Arthur vaguely wonders if she even registered the fact that she'd have to get constant needles.
He soon forgets because as soon as Ludwig leaves the room Marianne is all over him. Her hands were pulling on the buttons of his dress shirt.
"Let's make a baby now Arthur," she whispers seductively.
Arthur would love to say yes, but they are in a hospital room and he doesn't enjoy public sex nearly as much as she does.
"Uh...car?" Is really all he can say between kisses.
Her only response is tugging him by the length of his tie back to the car where she makes him feel like a horny teenager again.
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It is amazing how easy they fall back into the usual routine.
And now Marianne with added vigour to the fact that she can have children insists on trying to make one chance she can get.
Arthur doesn't mind, he just hopes he doesn't run out of sperm. If that's logically possible...
By the fourth month of trying Marianne started tracking her cycles. Arthur only suggested it because he couldn't stand seeing her pout at her period. Or that one pregnancy test.
Or that desperate look in her eye when she sees young children at the supermarket.
So he just lets her have him whenever she damn well wants because he can't say no to those beautiful blue eyes. This is also the reason why he will be soon embarrassed in front of a friend.
They were at some charity fashion show, where Marianne's students in her clothing design class got to show off some of their design projects. Arthur happened to be standing with Antonio (who was the Spanish teacher at the school Marianne taught at and Antonio happened to be one of Arthur and Marianne's mutual friends.)
When she showed up out of nowhere mid-show stating, "Arthur my oven is ready let's go!"
Antonio laughed, Arthur blushed and Marianne pushed him all the way to the girl’s washroom where she insisted upon that they had sex. Not the most romantic place, but certainly one of the most thrilling due to the fact they could have been caught.
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It would be sometime later (after the miss period that they tried not to get their hopes up) where Marianne was pretty much projectile vomiting. Initially they thought it was due to the stress in marking and Christmas and well other things that had come their way.
But after a week of Arthur having to hold her hair out of the way while she lost everything she ate the past day he finally suggested seeing the doctor.
And after what seemed like hours of waiting and what was only a few minutes of testing they were ushered off wait for an ultrasound.
“What if I have a tumour on my stomach and that’s why I can’t keep food down?” Marianne asks. She is visibly shaking so he takes her hands in his and rubs it gently. Arthur can tell she's trying not to get her hopes up so she's making up random stories for her sickness. At least this one seems more logical than the alien parasite.
Arthur would like to quell her fears, but he is not a doctor Ludwig is and thankfully entered the room.
Ludwig calmly talks them through the process of what he’s doing. And they watch as the blank screen that they are to watch lights up. And on it they see two tiny life forms appear.
And Ludwig actually smiles, “Congratulations, you’re having twins.”
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I apologise this isn't the most eventful chapter, but I promise it gets better! I plan on writing her whole pregnancy and birth. And maybe a little epilogue. B-12 deficiency is the reason why my friend actually had three miscarriages before she had her daughter, I kinda felt like the information needed to be passed on.