Chapter 38: The Children

Out of the blue, Ryohei pounced at Yamato, pinning him down on the couch, and blocking him from moving violently.

"Let me go!" Yamato tried pushing Ryohei away. It was suffocating enough to share the tight atmosphere with Ryohei, and Ryohei added on the provocation. "You're hurting me!"

"I won't! Tell me everything you know! You have been keeping all these secrets, right?" Ryohei sounded fierce, yet he was shaking. He could not really hold his disappointment. "You guys were making me as a fool..."

"I beg you, please get up from me!" Yamato grappled to free himself. "Please, I don't want to get hurt!"

"But you guys are hurting me too!" Ryohei grasped on Yamato's collar, "The first one I really want to punch is you!"

"I'm pregnant!"

That last line petrified Ryohei the most. He stared blankly at the gasping Yamato before slowly rose and gave space for Yamato to get up. Yamato patted his stomach, relieving himself from Ryohei's sudden attack.

"You're... pregnant?" Ryohei was in denial. "So it means you're an Omega too?"

Yamato's eyes became teary. "It's my very first pregnancy despite my age. I was so shocked too - I never thought I could conceive."

"Wait, wait!" Ryohei scratched his forehead, "I know you're a gay, but I don't know you're an Omega. You didn't smell- Does that mean you've mated with an Alpha?"

Yamato took a cushion and covered his stomach with it, noticing it lured Ryohei to stared at his stomach frequently. "I was even divorced, Ryohei. My husband left me because he has fallen in love with another Omega. However, there were times he would visit me and this," he pointed at his stomach, "is his child. His actual child."

There was an anger slipping in Yamato's every words. He was purely incensed by Ryohei's stupidity.

"Yuki has never conceived while he was with Kawanishi," Yamato continued, arms propping his chin, "It could be his womb developed because of Kawanishi, but still he never conceived Kawanishi's seed. Even during they actively had sex, Yuki never forgot protection. He knew he would not conceive, but he never wanted to let any of Kawanishi's sperms penetrated his ovum."

"How did you know all these?" Ryohei furrowed at Yamato's calmness. "The detail is so precise, as if you were there as Manager or Yuki."

Yamato leant his back into the sofa. "I was Kawanishi's first wife. I got married to him right after I finished medical school. He supported my studies in medical financially, hence to repay him, I agreed to marry him. However, he lost interest in me, so he divorced me and got married to Hayato."

The silenced Ryohei paused Yamato to proceed. He might be too astonished by the divulgence he has just received.

"So, you basically knew all those three before this?

There were sparks of fury in Ryohei. Yamato instantly responded, "Yes, I did. But I don't know you were in relationship with Yuki."

Ryohei stared at the considering Yamato intensely.

"Frankly, I was so jealous of everyone Kawanishi has gotten into. They have stolen Kawanishi from me. Kawanishi even divorced me to be with Hayato. I was so contented when I heard he was about to divorce him too."

The air felt tighter than before. Ryohei controlled his breath from choking him. Yamato pursed his lips in contemplation.

"Due to massive frustration, I decided to move out of our house. I used my research to get out of Kawanishi's range, but I never imagined I would come across you guys," Yamato lowered his face, possibly because of embarrassment, "I nearly planned on corrupting Yuki because I knew he was the second man my ex husband chased after, but seeing you guys flustered me. I decided to support you instead."

Apart of Ryohei crushed listening to Yamato's description. So their relationship was really something to these three people. "Do you aware who was harassing Yuki during our vacation at the countryside last time? He said it was Manager. Was it true?"

"Yuki did tell me, but I can't approve that because I don't live with Kawanishi anymore. You can confirm it with Hayato instead." A long sigh escaped from Yamato. "But, according to Yuki, he is really traumatized by Kawanishi's whispers. When he was still a male prostitute, Kawanishi whispered at him a lot. It might sound funny, but it was true. That was what frightened him the most because it was how Kawanishi initiated his sexual desire."

Ryohei crossed his arms in confusion, "Then, how did you smell Yuki on me? Was it because you could recognize his smell?"

"Nope, I never met Yuki in person," Yamato seemed panting. "I only heard about him from Hayato, because Hayato always accused me sending Yuki to Kawanishi to get revenge. I happened to detect the smell - it wasn't a perfume though. When you brought him to the house after you had your holiday, I immediately recognized it as your partner's."

Ryohei combed his fringe backward. He really wanted to shout his lung out. "Yuki... never cheats on me. He.... carried our children..."

Yamato rose and drew closer to Ryohei. "That was what infuriates me up till today. Why the heck did you leave Yuki struggling alone in the operation theater? Why the hell did you hope for Kawanishi to accompany him instead of you? Why the fuck did you believe Kawanishi too easily? He was so full of himself!" Yamato grasped his shirt over his belly, "I'm the one carrying his child, not Yuki!"

If only Ryohei could veil his foolishness for a moment. If only Ryohei could revert to that time. If only Ryohei believed in Yuki instead of Kawanishi... Everything was due to his unconfident self reflecting. Kawanishi practically provided both Yuki and him the essentials in their lives respectively, and just because of that, he trusted Kawanishi.

"Why... Why did I do all those?" Huge regret filled in Ryohei's inside. Each pump of his heart distributed regret to his entire body. Each air he breathed in contained regret. Each saliva he gulped in was ingested with regret. Unbounded.

"For now," Yamato patted Ryohei on the shoulder, "None of us is able to do anything. Right after you left, Yuki fell into coma. We had to do C-section to bring the babies out. Nevertheless, we couldn't do anything unless Yuki miraculously woke up from the coma."

"What?!"

Yamato evaded Ryohei's sharp glare at him. "I'm telling the truth. Your sons are in the NICU. They're under surveillance. Yuki's in coma. The three of them are so pitiful to be abandoned by you!" He pointed directly at Ryohei's eyes. "If you don't believe me, I'll run a DNA test between your sons and you. I'll prove to you they're yours, not Kawanishi's!"