(01/01) Regrets
TITLE: Regrets
AUTHOR: aishizuki
RATING: G
PAIRING: implied Sho x OC
WORD COUNT: 270 words
GENRE: Slice of Life/Drama
TYPE: Drabble AU
SUMMARY: A very short (okay, some two hundred words) drabble from the perspective of Sho's wife, who remains unnamed -- her name is up to the readers to think up. ;)
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I looked around warily as I waited for the doctor to enter the room. Confused on what to do, I opted to just lean back against the wall.
Then she came in.
"Please lie down on the examination bed," she said in a mysterious tone, which added to my confusion even more. But I did so anyway.
Her hands ghosted over the slight swell of my abdomen, and I remembered what I was here for. I felt my shirt hiking up little by little, and then a cool gel was gently applied. I vaguely wondered what it was for.
Then her voice came again, "Relax, my dear. It's not really a big deal."
I struggled to catch my breath as I allowed myself to relax, as some sort of machine slowly ran up, down, and to the sides of my stomach.
My heart stopped at the moment I heard a faint heartbeat.
"There's your little one now, definitely alive and alert. You're nearly four months along."
I bit back the tears of joy, sadness and regret as I listened to the continuous yet erratic heartbeat of the child that was growing in me.
Joy, because I was finally going to be a mother.
Sadness, because my husband was no longer here with me.
And regret, because Sho would never be able to hear this child's heartbeats... Feel this child's kicks through the swell of my abdomen....
Sho would never be able to see the beauty of the child that we yearned for, and lovingly created together.
And my child would never know just how important Sho was in our lives.
AUTHOR: aishizuki
RATING: G
PAIRING: implied Sho x OC
WORD COUNT: 270 words
GENRE: Slice of Life/Drama
TYPE: Drabble AU
SUMMARY: A very short (okay, some two hundred words) drabble from the perspective of Sho's wife, who remains unnamed -- her name is up to the readers to think up. ;)
- - -
I looked around warily as I waited for the doctor to enter the room. Confused on what to do, I opted to just lean back against the wall.
Then she came in.
"Please lie down on the examination bed," she said in a mysterious tone, which added to my confusion even more. But I did so anyway.
Her hands ghosted over the slight swell of my abdomen, and I remembered what I was here for. I felt my shirt hiking up little by little, and then a cool gel was gently applied. I vaguely wondered what it was for.
Then her voice came again, "Relax, my dear. It's not really a big deal."
I struggled to catch my breath as I allowed myself to relax, as some sort of machine slowly ran up, down, and to the sides of my stomach.
My heart stopped at the moment I heard a faint heartbeat.
"There's your little one now, definitely alive and alert. You're nearly four months along."
I bit back the tears of joy, sadness and regret as I listened to the continuous yet erratic heartbeat of the child that was growing in me.
Joy, because I was finally going to be a mother.
Sadness, because my husband was no longer here with me.
And regret, because Sho would never be able to hear this child's heartbeats... Feel this child's kicks through the swell of my abdomen....
Sho would never be able to see the beauty of the child that we yearned for, and lovingly created together.
And my child would never know just how important Sho was in our lives.