Elegi Of Rose

Epilouge

Two years later....

"Babe!" Roy heard his wife's voice from upstairs. He ignored it, suspecting she'd make excuses so she didn't have to make the bed. "Babe!"

Oh, oh, her voice was getting louder-and nearer.

He loved his wife like hell, but sometimes she just hit a special nerve especially when he was trying to review reports and busy talking business. "Roy!" Being married to Ayu for more than two years now told him he'd be in trouble if she called him by his name the second time.

"Coming..." he uttered, sighing as he stood up from his chair. For the past months, his patience was a little bit longer because he was trying to understand her condition and he was starting to wonder if he could stretch it just a bit more. His office door burst open and his wife walked in, glaring at him.

He acted like he never heard her. "Babe, you're glaring at me like a tiger. It's not good for pregnant women to always be so negative."

He saw her squint her eyes at him, "I called you like three times already."

"I didn't hear," he lied. He also learned from her that white lies weren't that bad. Well, sometimes. "Why? What's wrong?"

He noticed that her face was a little different, like she was in pain. "My water just broke," she said, and he knew she was just trying to be calm, and she was doing a good job at it. He, on the other hand, couldn't. He jumped and ran towards her, his hands held out as if she'd fall over any time soon.

It seemed that all those days of training on how to help your wife undergo labor suddenly flew out the window. "What do we do? I thought you're not due until next week!" He looked down at the big bulge in front of his wife. Their child's in there and was about ready to come out.

"Oh, okay, so you want to wait until next week?" she asked sarcastically, breathing through her teeth. "You better get me to the hospital now or I swear I'm gonna kill you."

He panicked and almost ran to the door when he remembered he had to bring his wife. He turned around and walked back towards her and did the only thing that was in his mind. He swept her off her feet and carried her out the door and to the car.

"The bag, where's the bag?" she asked.

"It's already in the car," he answered.

"Then let's go!" she screamed once again.

"Don't yell, okay?" he tried to tell her gently as he strapped the seatbelt over her.

"Oh God, it hurts. I hate you for this..."

"What?" he asked incredulously.

"I'm divorcing you if you don't get me to the hospital now!"

"Okay!" he shut the door and circled around the car. "God!" he muttered before opening the driver's side.

If he knew it would be this difficult, he would not have agreed to have a baby. They were doing great for the past two years. They could have always borrowed Ren who was now around four and already a pain in the ass and Rin would have just said yes.

He drove as fast as he could. He cringed every time he heard his wife whimper in pain. He couldn't stand to see her that way, and when he saw a tear roll down her cheek, he almost cursed.

His greatest weakness was her tears. Just like that day in the airport when she was signing those divorce papers, just like that night when she told him about her past, and that day when he found her on that island after being stuck there for half a day.

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He knew his wife was strong and that was why her tears affected him greatly. She would not shed those precious liquid if she could help it.

*****

They reached the hospital in no time and Roy completely ignored the guard's shouts about his car which he left in the driveway. He just threw his keys at the guy and ran with the wheelchair that a nurse was pushing, carrying his wife. "It's gonna be alright, babe. I'm here."

"You better," Ayu said in between breaths. "Oh God, this is your entire fault."

Roy ignored his wife's last remark, too busy worrying about the pain she was going through--and about to go through. "Do an epidural," he ordered at the doctor.

"No epidural. I can do this without that," Ayu disagreed stubbornly.

"You're in pain," he turned to the doctor who looked confused. "Do it."

"But-" the doctor started.

"Don't listen to him!" Ayu breathed out, grunting in pain. Roy hated seeing and hearing her that way.

"Dr. Peterson will be here any moment. You two can talk to her about it," the doctor finally found his voice.

"I'm not going through an epidural and that's it!"

Roy tried to keep his cool. He brushed his hand through his dark brown hair in frustration. "You're impossible," he muttered under his breath.

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"Nothing," he answered. "I said we'll do whatever you want."

*****

Ayu wasn't fully dilated yet, so they still had to wait for a few more hours, which was difficult for Roy. He couldn't stay still, but he held her hand whenever she suffered a contraction.

"I bet it's a boy," he tried to distract her by engaging into a conversation. They chose not to be told about the baby's sex so they would have a big surprise.

"I want a girl," Ayu smiled faintly for the first time.

Roy knew having two Ayu would be difficult to deal with, but it would be worth it. Anything Ayu gave him would be as full of life as she was and he wouldn't complain about that despite what he had been telling her. Though his practical mind told him she'd be perfectly fine, he couldn't help but pray despite himself for her to be okay. He couldn't lose her now when everything in his life was in balance because of her.

If he looked back now, he couldn't imagine being back on those days of being by himself. Those days when she left after he gave her the divorce papers were mostly spent in frustrations. And that day when she returned them into pieces made into a collage of a tent was the most gratifying of all. He never thought that his then transient wife would have wanted to be with him and as always, she surprised him by declaring something he had been longing for. Yes, those days he thought he liked-being by himself-was peace and quiet, but when he took Ayu for his wife, he had something else. He had what they called life.

*****

Hours later, Jean Roy Punda greeted the world with a sharp cry. His little face was more than enough to ease both his parent's pain-Ayu's labor ones and Roy's stinging hand his wife had been gripping through the process.

Roy cradled his son with an overwhelming heart and took him close to his wife for her to see. He couldn't help the pooling of tears in his eyes as he looked at mother and son. He kissed his wife's flushed cheek and said, "You did great, babe. I'm so proud of you and I love you. Thank you. You lost the bet though. I told you it is going to be a boy," he grinned.

"Yeah," she nodded, looking at their son with love in her eyes, and when she looked up to him, that loving look turned to something different and intense but pretty much the same. "And I love you too," she whispered.

That moment, Roy's chest wanted to burst. They might not have the baby girl she wanted, but they have a son who would love her as much as he loved her. He would have to teach his son how to deal with his mother though, he laughed silently.

That very same moment, in his mind, as he looked at the two most important persons in his life, he was thinking that adding one more wouldn't hurt. But of course, he would have to talk to his wife about it.