The hospital waiting room was filled with pregnant women in all stages of pregnancy. Yunho sat uncomfortably next to Jaejoong and avoided looking around him. He saw a few of the pregnant mothers smiled and grinned at him. He lowered his gaze and pretended not to notice the whispering and chuckling among the hormone queens. One of the pregnant women came up to Jaejoong and asked innocently,

“Is this your first child?” 

Jaejoong nodded without looking up, her attention was focused on the magazine she had in her hands. The pregnant woman glanced at Yunho, she winked at him and with twinkles in her eyes she said loudly,

“It’s so good to see a responsible father! My friends and I were just talking about how we wish our husbands would come with us! And here you are…so young, but already a good husband. The two of you must be newly wed! You look so young!” 

Yunho twitched in his chair, his face flushing in embarrassment. Jaejoong smiled politely oblivious to the approving looks from the other women as they surveyed Yunho,

“Actually he’s not…” 

Yunho hastily grabbed her hand and announced with a nervous smile,

“It’s our first baby…so we’re a little nervous…especially when a group of pregnant women are staring at us…” 

The group of pregnant mothers laughed and teased Yunho, asking if they could borrow him to be their husband for the day. Yunho smiled awkwardly wondering if it was normal for pregnant women to act so strangely. He definitely did not want to say or do anything to offend them. Jaejoong remained quiet throughout the exchange; she had a sad wistful look in her eyes as she observed the interaction between Yunho and the pregnant women in the waiting room.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Doctor Wang frowned as he checked the beating of Jaejoong’s heart. He motioned for the nurse to do a second reading. The nurse took one of Jaejoong’s hands and pressed her finger over the pulsing vein on Jaejoong’s  wrist. The nurse quickly jotted down her reading and handed it to Dr. Wang. 

“Jaejoong, how are you feeling?” He asked as he scanned over Jaejoong’s previous prenatal visits. The young girl shrugged,

“Fine I guess.” She answered in a tired voice. 

“