Will it be okay this time?
WAKE YOUR DREAMS
Will it be okay this time?
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At the hospital cafeteria,
Kiyoko and Shizuka were having their lunch.
"Aren't you having too much? It's a bit too much than usual." Shizuka asked as she saw Kiyoko bringing another heap of rice on her plate.
Kiyoko carefully put the plate and sat down.
"Umm…Well I am hungry!" She said.
Kiyoko brought the soup filled spoon to her mouth and savored it.
"When did you guys leave for home that night?" Kiyoko asked.
"Not long after you were dragged home by your husband. Did you two stop your fighting?"
"Yes…" Kiyoko said with a smile. She gobbled some more rice.
"We should meet up another day. Next month?" Shizuka asked.
"Ok! Let's do that."
"Eat slowly. You idiot…!" Shizuka yelped at Kiyoko.
"Nah…! There is a conference after the lunch…." Kiyoko slurped the broth from the bowl and then continued. "Dr. Nohara asked me to join her."
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At home on a Sunday morning
After having put the laundry in the washing machine, Kiyoko opened the bathroom cabinet to find the washing powder.
"I can't find it…It was here." Kiyoko mumbled while she looked for the washing powder. Her eyes happened to struck at the menstrual pads kept on the lower section of the cabinet.
'Did I have periods this month?'
No!
Kiyoko quickly rushed to the bedroom. She picked up her phone to check on the app. She momentarily froze upon discovering that she was almost three weeks late on her periods.
She was never that late on her periods. One week was understandable. Kiyoko often had one-week late periods during her teenage years.
But it was almost three weeks late.
Maybe…?
Kiyoko felt her heart beating faster against her chest. She touched her flat stomach.
"Am I?" Kiyoko mumbled with a smile.
'I need to check…' Kiyoko hastily changed her dress.
"Are you going somewhere?" Zehan who just came from throwing the garbage said when he saw Kiyoko getting ready.
"Umm…I am going to the pharmacy at the first floor."
"Are you sick? Let me go and get the medicines."
"It's okay… I can go on my own."
"Stay over and rest. Where are you feeling ill? Stomach ache? I think we have those medicines at home."
"I don't need those. I will be back in a jiffy. I am not feeling ill."
"Then why are you going…?"
Kiyoko signed and then said," Actually, I have to buy a test kit…Pregnancy test kit." She blushed slightly.
Zehan was surprised too. After a brief moment he said," We should go over for the checkup."
"No! Let me check first…"
"Stay over. I will go and buy it." Zehan said and rushed out. A tinge of excitement overpowered his actions.
"Did you take your wallet?"
"Oh…" Zehan hastily took his money bag before he rushed towards the front door.
Within ten minutes, Zehan came back.
"Do you know how to use it…?" Zehan asked while handing over the kit to Kiyoko.
"I have searched on the Google."
"Okay…"
Kiyoko entered the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
Eight minutes.
Zehan gave a light knock on the door.
"Kiyoko…"
The door opened with a slight creek.
Kiyoko stepped out and lunged forward and hugged Zehan.
"I am pregnant." She said.
Zehan wrapped his arms around Kiyoko and hugged her back tightly.
"Will it be okay this time?" Kiyoko asked.
"Of course it will be. Don't worry too much. We can do it!" Zehan said and kissed Kiyoko on her forehead.
Kiyoko smiled and showed the two lines on the test kit.
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END OF CHAPTER 43