Keeping Façades (4/4)
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"Lu Han, will you buy me bubble tea?" Miyoung pleads, trying to pull on some aegyo to her husband while they are watching the evening news. Lu Han has managed to convince her to stop watching Kim Soohyun for a while and get in the latest headlines.
"Bubble tea? Are you sure? You don't like bubble tea."
"But I like it now. Please? Bbuing bbuing~" Miyoung fists her hands and rubs them on her cheeks while pouting.
Lu Han makes a face and acts as if he's vomiting. "Don't do that again, please? Lord."
"Yah!"
"Okay, I'll buy you bubble tea. What flavor do you like?"
Miyoung blinks at him dumbly. "Flavor?"
Lu Han sighs, "see? You don't even know. I'll be back in a few." He pecks her forehead before grabbing a coat and his car keys and Miyoung tells him to take care and he's gone.
Lu Han hears the familiar bells as he enters the door of his favorite bubble tea shop. Their favorite bubble tea shop. He hasn't been in here ever since they broke up and found other shops that offer bubble tea whenever he has the urge to drink one. He only goes here tonight because it's near his house and he wants to get back to Miyoung as soon as possible.
He lines up at the cashier, deciding to order two taro bubble teas for him and Miyoung, blueberry and cheese waffle and chocolate belgian waffle. When the staff hands him his orders he immediately heads to the the exit.
"Lu Han hyung?"
Lu Han looks to his left and there he sees the man he doesn't want to see right now, or ever. Sehun is sitting at a table, wearing a black leather jacket on top of his white shirt, his hair now dyed hazelnut brown and his eyes still as piercing as before. He has his hands around his bubble tea cup and he looks like the man Lu Han fell in love with four years ago. He still looks handsome and the epitome of perfection.
But one thing Lu Han notices has changed. His heart. His heart doesn't beat for Sehun anymore.
"Hyung, would you like to sit for a moment?"
Lu Han shrugs and takes a seat in front of him. He places the paper bags on top of the table. "How are you, Sehun?"
"I'm okay. How about you?'
"Never better. I see you changed your hair."
Sehun runs his fingers through his hair, a gesture Lu Han found sexy before, but not anymore. "I dyed it when we broke up."
"Ah. Still with Jongin?"
"Yes. Still married to Miyoung?"
Lu Han smirks. "Happily married."
Sehun chuckles without humor. "How is she?"
"Oh, she's good. Pregnancy is doing her well."
The younger raises an eyebrow. "She's pregnant?"
Lu Han nods, "18 weeks now."
Sehun narrows his eyes, hands fisting. "We broke up 18 weeks ago, hyung."
"Really? I didn't know. What a coincidence."
"Ha!" Sehun crosses his arms over his chest. "Did she throw herself at you like I always thought she would after she knew we broke up? You knocked her up like that?"
"Don't say such things like that to my wife!"
"Huh. You refer to her as your wife now, I see. Such change."
"Sehun..."
"I can't believe you gave in to her just because she threw herself to you. What a slut."
"Fuck you, Oh Sehun. Stop talking about her like that. And for all I know, I threw myself at her."
Sehun laughs. "Don't kid yourself. You're gay."
Lu Han just shrugs and gathers the bags, preparing to leave.
"Is she good, hyung? Is it nice to top after being a bottom for so long?" Sehun asks with a teasing smile and Lu Han glares at him.
"I hope you'll go to hell, Oh."
"I'll drag you with me, hyung. Don't worry."
"You are such a jerk. I don't know what I saw in you anymore," Lu Han says.
"Miyoung really fucks up with your head big time, Lu Han hyung. I salute her."
"You know what? Miyoung may have fuck up with my head, but you did too. You made me realize things."
"Like what?"
"That I may be in love with her more than I was in love with you. Good night, Oh Sehun."
~~
"You're back!" Miyoung lightens up upon seeing Lu Han enters their living room, but then she pouts when he sits beside her and hands him the brown paper bag. "What took you so long? You said you'll be back in a few. An hour wasn't certainly a few."
"Stop being so whiny and try the bubble tea I bought for you. I also included waffles," Lu Han says, getting one cup for himself.
"What's the flavor of the bubble tea?" Miyoung asks as she inserts the straw on top of the cup.
"Both are taro. It's my favorite so I thought you will like it, too."
She tries a sip and smiles," it's good!"
"I know right? It's the best!" Lu Han exclaimed, grinning at the fact that she likes his favorite drink. He urges her to eat the waffles as well, but when she realized that hers is chocolate, she crinkles her nose and tells him to switch.
"I don't like chocolates right now."
"Fine," Lu Han grumbles as he hands her his blueberry and cheese waffle. "I really like that though."
"We can share..."
"Of course!"
As they continue eating, they focus on the TV screen to watch some drama (because she flips the channel after he left to go out).
"Hey, what took you so long anyway?" Miyoung asks after she puts the empty cup on the center table.
"Well, I saw Sehun at the shop."
"Oh. Did you guys talk?"
"Yeah, we did."
"Okay. So...?"
Lu Han chuckles and holds her hand. "You don't have to worry about anything, Myeong. We just talked. He asked about you and I told him you were good and that you are pregnant."
"Ah," Miyoung nods, visibly relaxing.
"You know," Lu Han smiles, putting his own empty cup of bubble tea on the table beside Miyoung's. "We got into a heated conversation. He may have said a few bad things about me and you but he also made me realize something."
Miyoung blinks up at his serious face. "What is it?"
Lu Han breathes out, eyes locking on hers. "As ironic as it may seem, he made me realize that I'm in love with you. I'm sorry I took so long."
She feels her heart stopping for a beat, and then it becomes erratic she thinks it's bursting out of her chest. She just stares at him, words leaving her and tears starts to pour out of her eyes. Lu Han is quick to brush them away with his thumbs, kissing her forehead lightly.
"I'm in love with you, Miyoung," he says again, loud and clear and sincere and Miyoung couldn't get any happier upon hearing those words from him. She feels euphoric. She feels complete.
~~
Five months later, Miyoung is cuddled beside Lu Han in the master's bedroom with her husband sleeping soundly beside her, an arm wrap around her waist even though her large stomach seems to be a barrier between them. She stares at his sleeping face, eyes close tightly with his pretty and long eyelashes resting on top of his cheeks. She taps his cute button-like nose gently before going to his lips, ribbon-shaped and pinkish red in color. His lips look so soft to touch, and Miyoung knows it is. She brushes her thumb over his lower lip, tracing the scar on half of it. It's his one visible imperfection that makes him even more perfect in her eyes. Miyoung giggles at the soft snores he releases from his slightly parted mouth. He must have been very tired, sleeping as soon as his head hit the pillow (but not after kissing her breathless of course). Miyoung's absence at work is stressful for him, giving him more work to do because he oversees half of the work Miyoung does along with his own projects.
Miyoung is happy that they get to sleep together now. They started using the master's bedroom five months ago, and arranges Lu Han's old bedroom for the twins' nursery and Miyoung's for additional guestroom. They transferred all the belongings in the master's bedroom which is quite spacious than their old rooms.
They are more than ready for the twins. They already threw a baby shower party which their friends, along with Baekhyun and Sunny with their little baby girl, attended. They have picked a name for their twins too, which Miyoung really enjoyed a lot.
"I don't understand why the twins get to have your name and I only have one?" Lu Han complained over his laptop, his reading glasses perched on top of his nose and Miyoung thinks he looks really smart and attractive.
"Well, we can't name them the same thing, right?"
"Younghan and Younghee. Ugh, can't we name Younghee as Hanyoung instead? Ugh."
"No, Han. That's ridiculous."
"You're unfair! Only our baby boy gets to have my name? Not fair at all."
"Well, what do you want us to name them, then? Hem and Haw?"
"Pfft. Fine. Younghan and Younghee, then."
Any day now, the twins will see the world. Miyoung is due to give birth to them by this month and Lu Han has all the necessities prepared. He is more than excited to see the little ones.
Miyoung rubs her tummy and kisses Lu Han on the lips before putting her arm over his waist. She closes her eyes and waits for sleep to take her in.
She is on the verge of sleeping when she feels a sudden jolt in her tummy, and she gasps. It hurts, and the second time she feels it she let out a blood curling scream, effectively waking Lu Han up.
"What is it? Miyoung?!"
"Lu Han! It hurts! Ah!" She grabs her stomach as she uncontrollably arches her back, hand gripping on Lu Han's arm.
"Shit, shit! You're water broke holy shit!"He reaches for his phone and calls someone who thankfully answers it in one ring. "Yoona! Miyoung's water broke! I'm bringing her to the hospital now. Prepare everything." He hangs up and puts on Miyoung's robe on her before carrying her up and out of the bedroom.
"LU HAN!"
"Oh fuck. Shh, baby calm down. We're going to the hospital now, baby. Remember the breathing exercise Dr. Kim thought you. Do it, okay?"He says as calm as possible as he runs downstairs with his car keys, phone and wallet tucked in his pockets, but deep inside he is bursting with nervousness and sweats are rolling down the side of his neck.
"FUCk THE BREATHING EXERCISE EVERYTHING HURTS!"Miyoung screams again as they exit the house, and Lu Han winces because Miyoung is cursing and she never curses. It must have been really painful. Lu Han quickly opens the car and straps her in before running to the driver's seat. He gets in and revs up the engine as the gate automatically opens for them.
"AHHH!"
"Baby, Chill---"
"DON'T TELL ME TO FUCKING CHILL YOU BASTARD I SWEAR TO GOD YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR LITTLE THING INSIDE ME ANYMORE IT HURTS!!"
"Oh my God," he mutters as they drive out into the Seoul night with his gentle and lovely wife cursing the hell out of him.
"FUCK YOU LU HAN I'M GOING TO SUE YOU I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR THING ONCE I'M DONE WITH THIS HELL AHHHH!"
"Breathe, baby. Breathe in, breathe out," he says, cursing inside his head because fuck five minutes away from the hospital means five minutes of hearing her cursing and threatening to cut the most important part of his anatomy.
"LU HAN DRIVE FASTER YOU FUCKER OR YOUR TWINS WILL BE BORN INSIDE YOUR FUCKING AUDI!"
"We're on 60mph, baby---"
"DON'T CALL ME BABY YOU SPAWN OF SATAN I SWEAR YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH ME EVER AGAIN!"
Lu Han is more than thankful when they reach the front of the hospital, a stretcher and a few nurses ready to take Miyoung in. Once she's on it, they roll them away, Lu Han following beside them and still receiving curses and threats from his gasping wife that makes the hospital staffs snicker at them.
They have an agreement a few months ago that Lu Han will be at the delivery room with Miyoung to support her. He is not quite sure if that agreement is still valid. So when they reach the room, he hesitates by the door, hearing Miyoung's screams and idly wonders why her voice hasn't gone hoarse yet.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING THERE YOU IDIOT COME HERE WITH ME!"
Lu Han stumbles inside, glaring at a nurse who laughs at him. He positions himself by Miyoung's head and holds her hands. He kisses her quick on the lips. "It's going to be fine, Miyoung. I'm here for you."
"You better be here for me, you fucker. It's your sperms that caused me to be here." Miyoung says tiredly.
"Wow, is this really Mrs. Lu speaking? Where did your angel go, Mr. Lu?" It is the first time Lu Han sees Dr. Kim in the room, and he is smirking at him before putting on his face mask.
"Don't even ask me," he replies.
An hour into the labor, and maybe a thousand more curses from Miyoung all directed to Lu Han and his thing, Dr. Kim asks her to push as hard as she can.
"I can see the child, Miyoung. Push some more."
"I.. I can't anymore," she pants.
"Come on, Myeong. You can do it."
"I'm tired, Han. Why don't you replace me here?"
Lu Han sighs and kisses her quick to shut her up.
"On three, Miyoung," Dr. Kim says. "One... Two... Three!"
"Hnnnnnnnnnng~"
"Breathe, Miyoung. The head is out. Now push!"
"Hnnnnnnnnnng~!"
"Okay, one more time. Push!"
Lu Han's wrists are bruised and blue from Miyoung's hold but he doesn't mind. What she's experiencing is a hundred more times painful than this. "Lu Haaaaaaaaan!"
And then a cry is heard in the room. Lu Han looks up from Miyoung's face to see a baby girl covered in blood in Dr. Kim's arms. She is crying and he hands her to a nurse who wraps her with a tiny blanket. The nurse walks to Lu Han and hands the baby with a smile.
Lu Han gasps as he holds onto her, tears threatening to fall. "Younghee," he whispers, smiling at the beautiful creature in his arms. "She's so beautiful."
"Lu Han... Let me... Let me see her. Younghee~" Miyoung says, voice hoarse now. He poises to give his baby girl to her mother when the doctor stops him.
"No. Not yet, Mr. Lu." He signals a nurse to get Younghee back, and Lu Han almost didn't want to give her to the stranger. She's his baby.
"We still got one more, Mrs. Lu," Dr. Kim says. "Your baby boy is still inside your womb."
"But I can't do it anymore. Lu Han~ can we do this tomorrow?"
A few nurses laugh at how cute she looks despite being tired and Lu Han shakes his head, kissing her forehead.
"One last time, baby. You need to let out our Younghan now."
"So tired..."
"We're almost finished," Lu Han promises.
"Okay, Mrs. Lu. On three again. One, two, and three!"
She lets out another groan, this time it's longer, and to Dr. Kim's surprise, the baby boy is out, crying his first cry for the world to hear and Lu Han smiles down at Miyoung.
"You did it, Miyoung. Younghee and Younghan are out. You're so great."
"I want to see..."
"You can see them later," Lu Han assures, seeing a how she is already falling asleep. "I love you, Miyoung." He presses his lips on hers.
"I love you, too."
Miyoung closes her eyes and is instantly unconscious. Meanwhile the nurse hands Lu Han his baby boy, and he smiles and coos at him. "Younghan-ah~ baba is here. Baba loves you."
"Sir, we have to bring the twins to the nursery now."
"Oh, okay." He kisses the baby lightly on his small head before giving him to the nurse. He then faces Dr. Kim who is currently removing his surgical gloves. "Thank you, Dr. Kim."
The doctor smiles, "it's always a pleasure, Mr. Lu. Mrs. Lu will be transferred to her private room and you can visit the twins later once your wife is settled."
Lu Han nods, feeling the exhaustion clouding on him. He is tired, but happy tired, if there's such thing. He feels like he wants to succumb to sleep beside his wife and he knows that when he wakes up everything will be fine and two beautiful young ones await him. He has never felt so complete in his entire life.
~~~
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--potatochin ♥
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"Lu Han, will you buy me bubble tea?" Miyoung pleads, trying to pull on some aegyo to her husband while they are watching the evening news. Lu Han has managed to convince her to stop watching Kim Soohyun for a while and get in the latest headlines.
"Bubble tea? Are you sure? You don't like bubble tea."
"But I like it now. Please? Bbuing bbuing~" Miyoung fists her hands and rubs them on her cheeks while pouting.
Lu Han makes a face and acts as if he's vomiting. "Don't do that again, please? Lord."
"Yah!"
"Okay, I'll buy you bubble tea. What flavor do you like?"
Miyoung blinks at him dumbly. "Flavor?"
Lu Han sighs, "see? You don't even know. I'll be back in a few." He pecks her forehead before grabbing a coat and his car keys and Miyoung tells him to take care and he's gone.
Lu Han hears the familiar bells as he enters the door of his favorite bubble tea shop. Their favorite bubble tea shop. He hasn't been in here ever since they broke up and found other shops that offer bubble tea whenever he has the urge to drink one. He only goes here tonight because it's near his house and he wants to get back to Miyoung as soon as possible.
He lines up at the cashier, deciding to order two taro bubble teas for him and Miyoung, blueberry and cheese waffle and chocolate belgian waffle. When the staff hands him his orders he immediately heads to the the exit.
"Lu Han hyung?"
Lu Han looks to his left and there he sees the man he doesn't want to see right now, or ever. Sehun is sitting at a table, wearing a black leather jacket on top of his white shirt, his hair now dyed hazelnut brown and his eyes still as piercing as before. He has his hands around his bubble tea cup and he looks like the man Lu Han fell in love with four years ago. He still looks handsome and the epitome of perfection.
But one thing Lu Han notices has changed. His heart. His heart doesn't beat for Sehun anymore.
"Hyung, would you like to sit for a moment?"
Lu Han shrugs and takes a seat in front of him. He places the paper bags on top of the table. "How are you, Sehun?"
"I'm okay. How about you?'
"Never better. I see you changed your hair."
Sehun runs his fingers through his hair, a gesture Lu Han found sexy before, but not anymore. "I dyed it when we broke up."
"Ah. Still with Jongin?"
"Yes. Still married to Miyoung?"
Lu Han smirks. "Happily married."
Sehun chuckles without humor. "How is she?"
"Oh, she's good. Pregnancy is doing her well."
The younger raises an eyebrow. "She's pregnant?"
Lu Han nods, "18 weeks now."
Sehun narrows his eyes, hands fisting. "We broke up 18 weeks ago, hyung."
"Really? I didn't know. What a coincidence."
"Ha!" Sehun crosses his arms over his chest. "Did she throw herself at you like I always thought she would after she knew we broke up? You knocked her up like that?"
"Don't say such things like that to my wife!"
"Huh. You refer to her as your wife now, I see. Such change."
"Sehun..."
"I can't believe you gave in to her just because she threw herself to you. What a slut."
"Fuck you, Oh Sehun. Stop talking about her like that. And for all I know, I threw myself at her."
Sehun laughs. "Don't kid yourself. You're gay."
Lu Han just shrugs and gathers the bags, preparing to leave.
"Is she good, hyung? Is it nice to top after being a bottom for so long?" Sehun asks with a teasing smile and Lu Han glares at him.
"I hope you'll go to hell, Oh."
"I'll drag you with me, hyung. Don't worry."
"You are such a jerk. I don't know what I saw in you anymore," Lu Han says.
"Miyoung really fucks up with your head big time, Lu Han hyung. I salute her."
"You know what? Miyoung may have fuck up with my head, but you did too. You made me realize things."
"Like what?"
"That I may be in love with her more than I was in love with you. Good night, Oh Sehun."
~~
"You're back!" Miyoung lightens up upon seeing Lu Han enters their living room, but then she pouts when he sits beside her and hands him the brown paper bag. "What took you so long? You said you'll be back in a few. An hour wasn't certainly a few."
"Stop being so whiny and try the bubble tea I bought for you. I also included waffles," Lu Han says, getting one cup for himself.
"What's the flavor of the bubble tea?" Miyoung asks as she inserts the straw on top of the cup.
"Both are taro. It's my favorite so I thought you will like it, too."
She tries a sip and smiles," it's good!"
"I know right? It's the best!" Lu Han exclaimed, grinning at the fact that she likes his favorite drink. He urges her to eat the waffles as well, but when she realized that hers is chocolate, she crinkles her nose and tells him to switch.
"I don't like chocolates right now."
"Fine," Lu Han grumbles as he hands her his blueberry and cheese waffle. "I really like that though."
"We can share..."
"Of course!"
As they continue eating, they focus on the TV screen to watch some drama (because she flips the channel after he left to go out).
"Hey, what took you so long anyway?" Miyoung asks after she puts the empty cup on the center table.
"Well, I saw Sehun at the shop."
"Oh. Did you guys talk?"
"Yeah, we did."
"Okay. So...?"
Lu Han chuckles and holds her hand. "You don't have to worry about anything, Myeong. We just talked. He asked about you and I told him you were good and that you are pregnant."
"Ah," Miyoung nods, visibly relaxing.
"You know," Lu Han smiles, putting his own empty cup of bubble tea on the table beside Miyoung's. "We got into a heated conversation. He may have said a few bad things about me and you but he also made me realize something."
Miyoung blinks up at his serious face. "What is it?"
Lu Han breathes out, eyes locking on hers. "As ironic as it may seem, he made me realize that I'm in love with you. I'm sorry I took so long."
She feels her heart stopping for a beat, and then it becomes erratic she thinks it's bursting out of her chest. She just stares at him, words leaving her and tears starts to pour out of her eyes. Lu Han is quick to brush them away with his thumbs, kissing her forehead lightly.
"I'm in love with you, Miyoung," he says again, loud and clear and sincere and Miyoung couldn't get any happier upon hearing those words from him. She feels euphoric. She feels complete.
~~
Five months later, Miyoung is cuddled beside Lu Han in the master's bedroom with her husband sleeping soundly beside her, an arm wrap around her waist even though her large stomach seems to be a barrier between them. She stares at his sleeping face, eyes close tightly with his pretty and long eyelashes resting on top of his cheeks. She taps his cute button-like nose gently before going to his lips, ribbon-shaped and pinkish red in color. His lips look so soft to touch, and Miyoung knows it is. She brushes her thumb over his lower lip, tracing the scar on half of it. It's his one visible imperfection that makes him even more perfect in her eyes. Miyoung giggles at the soft snores he releases from his slightly parted mouth. He must have been very tired, sleeping as soon as his head hit the pillow (but not after kissing her breathless of course). Miyoung's absence at work is stressful for him, giving him more work to do because he oversees half of the work Miyoung does along with his own projects.
Miyoung is happy that they get to sleep together now. They started using the master's bedroom five months ago, and arranges Lu Han's old bedroom for the twins' nursery and Miyoung's for additional guestroom. They transferred all the belongings in the master's bedroom which is quite spacious than their old rooms.
They are more than ready for the twins. They already threw a baby shower party which their friends, along with Baekhyun and Sunny with their little baby girl, attended. They have picked a name for their twins too, which Miyoung really enjoyed a lot.
"I don't understand why the twins get to have your name and I only have one?" Lu Han complained over his laptop, his reading glasses perched on top of his nose and Miyoung thinks he looks really smart and attractive.
"Well, we can't name them the same thing, right?"
"Younghan and Younghee. Ugh, can't we name Younghee as Hanyoung instead? Ugh."
"No, Han. That's ridiculous."
"You're unfair! Only our baby boy gets to have my name? Not fair at all."
"Well, what do you want us to name them, then? Hem and Haw?"
"Pfft. Fine. Younghan and Younghee, then."
Any day now, the twins will see the world. Miyoung is due to give birth to them by this month and Lu Han has all the necessities prepared. He is more than excited to see the little ones.
Miyoung rubs her tummy and kisses Lu Han on the lips before putting her arm over his waist. She closes her eyes and waits for sleep to take her in.
She is on the verge of sleeping when she feels a sudden jolt in her tummy, and she gasps. It hurts, and the second time she feels it she let out a blood curling scream, effectively waking Lu Han up.
"What is it? Miyoung?!"
"Lu Han! It hurts! Ah!" She grabs her stomach as she uncontrollably arches her back, hand gripping on Lu Han's arm.
"Shit, shit! You're water broke holy shit!"He reaches for his phone and calls someone who thankfully answers it in one ring. "Yoona! Miyoung's water broke! I'm bringing her to the hospital now. Prepare everything." He hangs up and puts on Miyoung's robe on her before carrying her up and out of the bedroom.
"LU HAN!"
"Oh fuck. Shh, baby calm down. We're going to the hospital now, baby. Remember the breathing exercise Dr. Kim thought you. Do it, okay?"He says as calm as possible as he runs downstairs with his car keys, phone and wallet tucked in his pockets, but deep inside he is bursting with nervousness and sweats are rolling down the side of his neck.
"FUCk THE BREATHING EXERCISE EVERYTHING HURTS!"Miyoung screams again as they exit the house, and Lu Han winces because Miyoung is cursing and she never curses. It must have been really painful. Lu Han quickly opens the car and straps her in before running to the driver's seat. He gets in and revs up the engine as the gate automatically opens for them.
"AHHH!"
"Baby, Chill---"
"DON'T TELL ME TO FUCKING CHILL YOU BASTARD I SWEAR TO GOD YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR LITTLE THING INSIDE ME ANYMORE IT HURTS!!"
"Oh my God," he mutters as they drive out into the Seoul night with his gentle and lovely wife cursing the hell out of him.
"FUCK YOU LU HAN I'M GOING TO SUE YOU I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR THING ONCE I'M DONE WITH THIS HELL AHHHH!"
"Breathe, baby. Breathe in, breathe out," he says, cursing inside his head because fuck five minutes away from the hospital means five minutes of hearing her cursing and threatening to cut the most important part of his anatomy.
"LU HAN DRIVE FASTER YOU FUCKER OR YOUR TWINS WILL BE BORN INSIDE YOUR FUCKING AUDI!"
"We're on 60mph, baby---"
"DON'T CALL ME BABY YOU SPAWN OF SATAN I SWEAR YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH ME EVER AGAIN!"
Lu Han is more than thankful when they reach the front of the hospital, a stretcher and a few nurses ready to take Miyoung in. Once she's on it, they roll them away, Lu Han following beside them and still receiving curses and threats from his gasping wife that makes the hospital staffs snicker at them.
They have an agreement a few months ago that Lu Han will be at the delivery room with Miyoung to support her. He is not quite sure if that agreement is still valid. So when they reach the room, he hesitates by the door, hearing Miyoung's screams and idly wonders why her voice hasn't gone hoarse yet.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING THERE YOU IDIOT COME HERE WITH ME!"
Lu Han stumbles inside, glaring at a nurse who laughs at him. He positions himself by Miyoung's head and holds her hands. He kisses her quick on the lips. "It's going to be fine, Miyoung. I'm here for you."
"You better be here for me, you fucker. It's your sperms that caused me to be here." Miyoung says tiredly.
"Wow, is this really Mrs. Lu speaking? Where did your angel go, Mr. Lu?" It is the first time Lu Han sees Dr. Kim in the room, and he is smirking at him before putting on his face mask.
"Don't even ask me," he replies.
An hour into the labor, and maybe a thousand more curses from Miyoung all directed to Lu Han and his thing, Dr. Kim asks her to push as hard as she can.
"I can see the child, Miyoung. Push some more."
"I.. I can't anymore," she pants.
"Come on, Myeong. You can do it."
"I'm tired, Han. Why don't you replace me here?"
Lu Han sighs and kisses her quick to shut her up.
"On three, Miyoung," Dr. Kim says. "One... Two... Three!"
"Hnnnnnnnnnng~"
"Breathe, Miyoung. The head is out. Now push!"
"Hnnnnnnnnnng~!"
"Okay, one more time. Push!"
Lu Han's wrists are bruised and blue from Miyoung's hold but he doesn't mind. What she's experiencing is a hundred more times painful than this. "Lu Haaaaaaaaan!"
And then a cry is heard in the room. Lu Han looks up from Miyoung's face to see a baby girl covered in blood in Dr. Kim's arms. She is crying and he hands her to a nurse who wraps her with a tiny blanket. The nurse walks to Lu Han and hands the baby with a smile.
Lu Han gasps as he holds onto her, tears threatening to fall. "Younghee," he whispers, smiling at the beautiful creature in his arms. "She's so beautiful."
"Lu Han... Let me... Let me see her. Younghee~" Miyoung says, voice hoarse now. He poises to give his baby girl to her mother when the doctor stops him.
"No. Not yet, Mr. Lu." He signals a nurse to get Younghee back, and Lu Han almost didn't want to give her to the stranger. She's his baby.
"We still got one more, Mrs. Lu," Dr. Kim says. "Your baby boy is still inside your womb."
"But I can't do it anymore. Lu Han~ can we do this tomorrow?"
A few nurses laugh at how cute she looks despite being tired and Lu Han shakes his head, kissing her forehead.
"One last time, baby. You need to let out our Younghan now."
"So tired..."
"We're almost finished," Lu Han promises.
"Okay, Mrs. Lu. On three again. One, two, and three!"
She lets out another groan, this time it's longer, and to Dr. Kim's surprise, the baby boy is out, crying his first cry for the world to hear and Lu Han smiles down at Miyoung.
"You did it, Miyoung. Younghee and Younghan are out. You're so great."
"I want to see..."
"You can see them later," Lu Han assures, seeing a how she is already falling asleep. "I love you, Miyoung." He presses his lips on hers.
"I love you, too."
Miyoung closes her eyes and is instantly unconscious. Meanwhile the nurse hands Lu Han his baby boy, and he smiles and coos at him. "Younghan-ah~ baba is here. Baba loves you."
"Sir, we have to bring the twins to the nursery now."
"Oh, okay." He kisses the baby lightly on his small head before giving him to the nurse. He then faces Dr. Kim who is currently removing his surgical gloves. "Thank you, Dr. Kim."
The doctor smiles, "it's always a pleasure, Mr. Lu. Mrs. Lu will be transferred to her private room and you can visit the twins later once your wife is settled."
Lu Han nods, feeling the exhaustion clouding on him. He is tired, but happy tired, if there's such thing. He feels like he wants to succumb to sleep beside his wife and he knows that when he wakes up everything will be fine and two beautiful young ones await him. He has never felt so complete in his entire life.
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--potatochin ♥
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