What He Left Behind

What He Left Behind Chapter 6-Twins

Minato's Pov

10/17 afternoon

Everyone gasped behind me; even I did when the doctor said I was having twins. TWINS?! How…what? My mind couldn't wrap itself around this new fact. I thought I was only having one kid, not two! Is fate toying with me!?

The doctor thought this was funny and said,

"Many have that same reaction, Minato. You're not the first." said Gino as laughed. The twins were moving inside me, trying not to be seen on the screen. It was then Junpei spoke up,

"Can ya tell the genders? C'mon, are they girls or not!? Spill the beans already!" I looked behind me, everyone was eager to know really quick, the bet fueled even more now. I felt nervous. I hoped this end up like the bet at the beach trip; that was annoying being dragged around by Junpei. Akihiko lost the bet and had to take us all out for ramen in December.

"Yes, I believe so. Hold on a second then. I'll try to get a good look at them." he said, returning to look at the monitor and moved the thing on my stomach around. The gel didn't feel so cold anymore. He hummed for a while, leaving us all wondering if he really could tell the genders.

"Sorry, I can't tell the genders, the babies are being unreasonable. Shy ones they are." he said, reaching over to turn off the machine. I could hear everyone sigh in disappointment, they really wanted to know the genders, it seemed.

I cleaned myself up as he handed me some pills. I froze, "I…are these…these can't be…no, they look just like…" I felt uneasy taking pills that were the same color as the ones Takaya had handed him. Akihiko put his hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me as he spoke to the doctor. Sighing felt good, I could feel all the worry leaving me.

…This was going to get harder, wasn't it? Twins…Hamuko and I are fraternal twins, she was born before me. She hugged me tightly, "Don't worry, nii-san. It'll be okay, it will be okay." she kissed my forehead and wiped my tears away that I hadn't even noticed at all. Everyone gave me signs of encouragement as we left the hospital and went to the mall to relax. Everyone seemed to be very talkative about the twins, but I frowned…

I was going to get so fat, won't I? I glared at my bump, "No more ice cream for you two, you'll grow up fat, damnit!" I continued to yell at the kids inside, but my cravings grew a lot worse, as if to toy with my feelings.

They now wanted chocolate, "Damnit, what have I been telling you two?! I said no more junk food!"

I was so into the argument that I didn't notice everyone staring at me. Suddenly, I felt very awkward and shut up, but not before Akihiko looked at me with his eyebrow raised upward. Junpei snickered while everyone else smiled at me. I couldn't help but smile back at them.