《Secrets Kept》Is it time yet?

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School life got so busy that the next two weeks went by quickly and that the expectant couple didn't have a chance to plan when they would tell their parents or even Kong's friends.

Arthit's nausea had mostly gone away and he had only had 3 dizzy spells in that time, so he was feeling better. The funny part of all this was that Arthit's friends had reacted very differently to him getting dizzy now that they knew about the babies.

Tutah was attentive, rubbing his back in the hopes that it would help him feel better. It didn't, only Kongpob doing the same ever helped and Arthit didn't know why, but it was sweet of the man to try.

Knott stood there with a panicked expression, clearly not sure now to help or what to do.

Prem was mostly calm, but he stayed well away from Arthit as if what he had could be passed to him.

And Bright, as usual, kept making jokes. Which didn't help in the current situation, but did help Arthit in the long run. The way he was acting was the same as before Arthit had told them all he was a freak of nature and he appreciated it. Even though some of his comments weren't appropriate sometimes. And he usually ended up hit over the head for them.

The couple's next baby appointment was the next day, Saturday. So they were planning to go to their appointment and then go to Kongpob's parent's house to see both sets of parents and Fiat.

They would probably be telling their parents about the new addition to the family this weekend.

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They arrived at the appointment 20 minutes early and, as usual, caused a stir when they sat down after checking in. There were several women and their partners in the waiting room, so many of them were staring. This made Arthit a little nervous, but he was starting to get used to it again. Surprisingly, not everyone was staring; there was another man there, on his own. He was minding his own business, reading one of the magazines. Arthit thought he looked familiar, but couldn't place from where. Instead of trying to figure out how he knew him, he picked up a magazine in front of him to read.

Soon they were called in to the exam room. As Arthit stood up after putting the magazine down, he realized the other man was no longer in the waiting room.

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'Hmm. I guess he left.'

Walking into the exam room, Arthit immediately got on the table.

"Alright. I think you know how this works, so let's get through the questions and then we will see the babies and.. are you ready to hear their heartbeats today?"

Kongpob and Arthit glanced at each other before nodding at the nurse. The nurse quickly ran through the normal questions about how he was feeling.

"The babies should be about the right size for you to feel now. Have you felt any movement yet? The first time is usually just a fluttering or like gas moving around."

Arthit shook his head. "Not so far. But I'm sure it'll be soon. I mean, with our last baby, I felt him moving at 18 weeks. So I would think with two, I should feel them sooner, right?"

The nurse just nodded and went back to the rest of her questions. Several minutes later, they finished the questions.

They got set up with the machine within 5 minutes and before they knew it, the sound of two quick heart beats were echoing around the small room.

Arthit listened to his babies hearts race.

His babies.

Kongpob's babies.

Their two precious little ones.

He looked over at Kongpob and just watched him smile as he listened.

'How did I get so lucky?' was his thought in that moment. Sure, getting pregnant the first time had been rough for him to come to terms with. Plus, being a student and a parent was really hard to do at the same time, but doing all this with a loving partner and two loving parents made it a little easier.

A fluttering in his belly made him look down at it and then glance up when the nurse spoke.

"Did you feel that? It was baby A moving around."

"Really?" Arthit asked, his smile getting wider. It was weird the first time as he didn't know what was happening, but this time it was... astonishing. Amazing. He felt one of his babies move.

He didn't even need to wait for the nurse to nod, because he already knew. He had trying to keep from crying from the moment they first heard their baby's hearts, but it seemed today it wasn't going to work.

Tears fell from his eyes as he looked over at the ultrasound screen at the new additions to his family.

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Their family.

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Walking out of the doctor's office, Arthit looked at the pictures in his hand. They had asked for these pictures so that they could show their parents when they told them about the new addition.

He wasn't paying attention to where he was going so when he hit a hard surface it was a bit of a surprise. He staggered back, trying to stay on his feet, not wanting to fall and hurt the babies. Kongpob's steadying hands helped with that. Before he could look up to see what he had bumped into, he heard Kongpob speak.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Glancing up, he saw the man from earlier standing there looking startled with one hand resting in his abdomen. Arthit still couldn't place where he had seen him before, but clearly Kongpob knew him.

"Umm... Kong, who is this? A friend?" Arthit asked, curiously.

"Yeah, and you should know him, too. He is a freshman of Engineering like me. This is Kasemchai Wang, but we call him Wad." Kong then turned toward the person he has just introduced. "Are you going to answer my question?"

Wad was silent as he looked back and forth between the two in front of him.

"Ummm.. I... I... why are you two here?" He finally asked.

"Maybe we should go some where so we can sit and talk." Arthit suggested after glancing at Kongpob. They could both tell that the man in front of them was very nervous around them.

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After the three men got settled in the cafe that was in the hospital, Wad took out his phone and typed out a message before sending it.

"So I don't want to answer your question until my partner gets here. We agreed to keep us a secret and anything that happens for now, too. So until they get here, would you answer my question, please?" Wad asked setting his phone on the table.

"I guess we can do that. Well, as you have probably heard, P'Arthit and I are dating. We've actually been together for 3 years now. But what no one else knows is that we have a 19 month old son. And before you ask, yes, he is both of ours."

Wad's jaw dropped at this and it took him several minutes to recover. "Wait, so... how? I mean, I know a way, but it's supposed to be extremely rare."

"Yes, it is and if you mean having developed a uterus inside while presenting a male on the outside, then yes, I have that." Arthit admitted.

Before Wad could say anything else, a shadow fell across their table.

"Hi, Arthit. How are you feeling?"

Looking up, Arthit stared at the person for a moment before registering who it was.

Prem.

"Oh, hey, Ai'Prem. I'm feeling alright. What are you doing here?"

"Actually, I'm here because of him. He messaged and told me that someone had caught him at the doctors." Prem said, indicating Wad. Pulling out the empty chair next to Wad, Prem sat down.

"Wait! You?? And him? I didn't remember him before but I do now and you two hated each other. What happened?" Arthit explained, clearly blindsided at this news.

Prem and Wad looked at each other with small smiles.

"We hadn't taken the time to get to know each other then. But after the freshy games, we bumped into each other. Unfortunately, or maybe it was fortunate, we were drunk at the time. I started a fight, but I didn't get far into it when... Wad kissed me. Things went from there and we woke up in my dorm together."

"Wow. So you two are together?" Prem nodded. "But that doesn't answer the question of why N'Wad was at a baby doctor's office... unless..." Arthit paused, his eyes going wide. Wad looked nervously at Prem.

"Yes, that is correct." Prem confirmed after Wad nodded. This caused Wad to look at Prem in confusion. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you.. or we didn't tell you. I am not really sure about a lot of things right now. When you told us about... you, I realized how Wad had to be feeling after finding out about our baby."

"Wad, you... are pregnant?" Kongpob asked.

"Yes, but why are you not asking how it's possible?" Wad asked

A/N: I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, but I hope you liked the new chapter anyway.

It is my Birthday today!! 🥳

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