Rhyme & Reason Ch. 3

A/N: This is not my story but it belongs to my friend Sumi-chan so Gomen sumi-chan if this sucks butt my third person way of story telling pretty much stinks. I'm good with first person though.1

A little over a week would pass and Marluxia was starting to get the ever common your glowing comment. Not that it annoyed him considering his skin was just bordering the pale mark. This whole your skin is glowing thing was starting to get to him. He gently placed a hand against his ever, and always growing abdomen where his two little miracles lay happily either asleep or just quietly floating in their little water beds. 2

A small smile crossed the assassin's lips as he looked at his stomach with his sapphire blue orbs. "are you two sleep or just squirming around?" He asked smiling and moved a piece of his hair behind his ear. 3

He soon looked up hearing footsteps and soon saw sandy blond hair. Next thing he knew he was being held in a friendly embrace by the musician of their Organization. "Hello there Demyx." Marluxia said smiling. 4

"Hey there how are ya holding up? what's with the-5

"Say it and you'll be on the floor out cold." Marluxia warned not in the mood to hear another. Why does your skin look like its glowing, or did you get a tan, and the occasional cat call or whistle from hearts knew where.6

"Sheesh someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Demyx said and decided not to finish his sentence and rubbed his best friends stomach. "Your tummy is getting to be really cute." Demyx said smiling. 7

Marluxia smiled a bit and put a hand on his back. "I think I'm starting to look like a damn blimp. Starting to feel like one to." Marlxia said sighing some and rubbed his stomach. "You can feel them squirming in there." He said.8

"Oh yeah?" Demyx asked keeping his hand on his friends stomach. "Yeah I do feel it a little bit. I think they're asleep." Demyx said as Marluxia chuckled. "I think they are to." He said reached back running his hands through his fluffy pink hair.9

"When are you gonna see Vexy?" Demyx asked. Marluxia sighed some and looked up a bit. 10

That's right, he was due to see his lover soon for his fifteenth week check up soon. For some odd reason he didn't want to go. Lousy as he had been feeling as of late. The hormones were just starting to level out, the headaches although he pretty much chalked that up to the fact that his eyes were such a light color, that the light, or what little light poured into the castle tended to give him migraines. What was it that they called those? Meh never mind that. The morning sickness? Gone. For the time being. 11

He had a little over a week until it would end officially. That much he was happy for. No more throwing up meals. Amen to that. The swelling? He could do without. Ah here's a new one, nosebleeds...Vexen had told him he would probably be getting them around this point, and knowing Marluxia and his inability to believe things until he saw it got quite a surprise when he happened to sneeze while having his morning shower and low and behold, his hand was covered in blood.12

Hearts was he cursing this pregnancy. But if it meant his two little miracles were going to arrive into the world safely so be it. 13

"Yes...I do actually. And I know I should go because he'll only nag me about it later. Or when I go next week to get an ultrasound done. I've just been feeling like hell lately to do much of anything. Even going on missions, seems like a drag." Marluxia said and hugged his friend. 14

"Poor Marly, hope you feel better soon." Demyx said and hugged his friend and rubbed his friend's stomach again. "You two be good for your mommy." He said and left.15

Marluxia sighed some contemplating on whether or not to go see his lover. It was at that point that a craving for something salty hit him.He began to wonder if there were still any pickles left in the kitchen and promptly headed to the kitchen. Once the oh so green and crispy salty treat was found he began delving into the vinegary salty goodness that was the pickles. 16

Soon realizing he had eaten half the jar he placed it back in the fridge, now fully able to process the matter at hand. To see Vexen or not to see Vexen. That was the question. 17

In the end he decided that with all the thinking he had been doing and time he had spent strolling about the castle, he had become to tired to see anyone. So portaling up to the room. Another thing he knew he wasn't supposed to be doing, walked to the bed and slowly sat down patting his round baby bump, lay down and slowly went to sleep.18

A few days would later pass and Marluxia was thinking only one thing. Being pregnant is a pain in the royal rear. though the benefit was he got to go through hours of pain while his twins ripped his inside apart trying to get out of his body. Wait...that scared him. Meh ok maybe they wouldn't rip his insides to shreds trying to get out, but giving birth still made him sick to his stomach.19

Speaking of which the other was currently running at a speed even most pregnant woman would be jealous of silently cursing the fact that everything but his bladder was getting bigger. And he had, had enough liquid that even a cow couldn't hold, so yes he was in a hurry. 20

Why didn't he portal to the bathroom? Well running seemed to keep the I have to go thought from his head so he ran, and ran quickly passing by Vexen whom went to say something and saw the assassin head into the bathroom and slam the door shut and was left standing there with his mouth open. 21

Gotta go, gottta go, gotta go Marluxia's mind screamed. Just as the pink haired assassin was lifting the seat he soon felt a bit of a warming sensation and then...splat followed by a few rather loud choice words. 22

Vexen was outside the bathroom overhearing the little fit his lover was having and darn near wanted to laugh himself. But for the sake of his lover he kept his face straight and held his arm out a cloak hanging from his hand as Marluxia's hand reached out and grabbed it, shuffling noises being heard before Marluxia came out a rather noticeable red line on his cheeks. 23

"You know there was a bathroom built near our room right?" Vexen asked immediately regretting that statement when Marluxia summoned his scythe. 24

After the little incident with the bathroom a now bandaged, and wounded Vexen was down in his lab with his still less than pleased lover who was laying on the examination table shivering some when gel was placed on his stomach. 25

"Vexen that's cold...couldn't you at least warm it up first?"" Marluxia asked.26

Vexen raised an eyebrow at that and shook his head. "That statement can go in so many wrong directions its not even funny." He added before running the transceiver over his lover's gelled stomach hearing two little quick heartbeats as he smiled pointing things out to his lover. 27

"Can you tell what they are?" Marluxia asked watching his lover show him the ultrasound images. 28

"Only one, seeing as how her sibling currently has his or her butt facing us." He said. 29

"Her?...so we have a a little girl?" Marluxia asked tears coming to his eyes. 30

"Yes...one girl and a butt." He said chuckling.