A/N: Hello my lovely readers! Just a quick note before you proceed into the story. I just felt like sharing this with you. It usually doesn't take very long for me to finish a one-shot of this length. But it has taken me the longest time ever to finish this particular one. Those who have been following my SHINee Pregnancy series (Lord bless you! You a real one! You inspire me to write every single day) know that I didn't take too long to update between each one. But it took more than a year and a half for this one. I think? I went through multiple reading blocks, writing blocks, doubting myself and my work and many personal problems in this time. But I don't want to live a life regretting that I'm not doing what I love. So, here I am. I hope you enjoy the story~

 

You put on your plastic gloves and started mixing the kimchi. You smiled. Your husband, and his brothers were going to love it. You knew it. The kimchi looked and smelled amazing. You were silently praising yourself when you heard your husband call for you.

 

"Baby! Where is my red sweater?" Jinki shouted from your bedroom.

 

"Which one? You have three!" You shouted back.

 

"The one which Minho gave me for my birthday two years back!" the answer came.

 

"Second shelf. To your left." You shouted after two seconds.

 

"Which cupboard!?" He shouted.

 

You rolled your eyes, giggling.

 

"I don't know. Maybe the one with my clothes in it? Use your head Lee Jinki!" You shouted.

 

You heard him laughing and rolled your eyes again. You winced as the muscles in your neck protested your hand and shoulder movements. You rolled it around, trying to relax the tense muscles. Ever since SHINee's world trip got announced, there was a constant coldness in the pit of your stomach. You were fine with him staying away for a few days when he was touring with the boys. But this time he would be away for a whole month and he was leaving the very next day. 

 

He was packing his luggage and you were helping him out. Your body hurt at several places because of all the extra work at home and at the hospital where you worked but it was fine. You couldn't just throw all the work on him and sit on your bum. You knew how much the boys loved your kimchi so you were making a big batch for them. You smiled despite the pain. Anything for them.

 

You felt warm hands wrap around your waist and smiled.

 

"Hello Doctor!" He said.

 

"Hello husband!" You greeted back, smiling.

 

"Done packing?" You asked.

 

"No." He said.

 

"NO!!? Lee Jinki! You need to start by 11 tomorrow! It's 7 right now. How can you not...."

 

"I am hungry!" He whined.

 

You giggled, as he pressed a kiss to your cheek. 

 

"That smells fantastic. Is that for dinner?" He asked.

 

"Unless you're gonna eat for 30 people... NO! That's for you and the boys for the next month. Dinner is almost ready. Just a few minutes." You said, looking at the spicy meat ramen cooking in the pot.

 

"I want dessert first." He whispered into your ear, making you gasp.

 

"D..Dessert? I didn't make any." You said.

 

He chuckled, his warm breath tickling your ear.

 

"My dessert is right in my arms." He said.

 

You held back a smile.

 

"Dinner first, old man." You said, sounding strict.

 

"No! Dessert first!" He said.

 

"Dinner." You said.

 

"Dessert." He argued.

 

"D.I.N.N.E.R" you said.

 

"D.E.S.S.E.R.T" He said.

 

"Dinner and that's final." You said.

 

"Fine. No dessert for you for the next two months then. I am gonna go pack my stuff now." He said and started walking away

 

You didn't stop him.

 

He walked a few steps before walking back.

 

"You're not going to stop me?" He asked, glaring.

 

"Why would I? If that's what my lovely old man wants..." You said, an innocent smile plastered on your face, as you removed your gloves.

 

He glared at you strongly for the next two seconds before smirking. You raised your eyebrow questioningly. He quickly threw you over his shoulder, making you yelp. You hit his back with your fists, protesting his actions.

 

"Put me down! Yahhhhh! This is domestic violence! You screamed.

 

"I'll show you domestic violence." He said, as he closed the door to your bedroom and threw you on bed, making you giggle.

 

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~A few hours later~

 

You snuggled closer to your husband under the blankets, making him chuckle.

 

"What?" You asked.

 

"We are already hugging. How much closer do you wanna get?" He teased.

 

"I am cold tho." You complained, pouting, shivering against the chill.

 

He turned down the ac and pulled you closer, tucking your head under his chin.

 

"How about now?" He asked.

 

"I'll be hot in a minute. But I prefer this." You said, smiling and hugging your man's bare torso.

 

"Y/N" he called, making you look up.

 

"I love you so much." He said, caressing your cheek with his thumb, smiling.

 

Blood rushed to your cheeks, as you hid your face in his bare chest, making him laugh. His chest vibrated with his deep laughter and you smiled.

 

"Why do you always blush so much when I say I love you after we made love?" He asked in a teasing tone.

 

"Shut up." You said.

 

"Please never change Lee Y/N." He said, pressing a kiss to your head.

 

"Chances are low. You know how lazy I am." You said, making him chuckle.

 

Your smile dropped as your eyes caught his almost packed bags by the dressing table. You held him tighter, scared he would disappear the next second. You were strong all this time. You were genuinely happy for SHINee and you knew that Jinki hated seeing you cry. But you could feel your strong stand crumbling very quickly.

 

"Jinki..." You called.

 

"Hmm..." He replied, his fingers brushing through your hair.

 

Your vision became blurry with tears as you cleared your throat to talk.

 

"Y..You... You take care of yourself. Aaraseo?" You choked.

 

His fingers stilled in your hair and you felt him move up. He sat back against the headboard, pulling you into his lap. He held your face in his warm hands, wiping your tears away.

 

"Y/N... Please don't cry." He pleaded.

 

"I... I am sorry." You said, trying to control yourself, but more tears followed.

 

He hugged you close and you sobbed into his neck. He just held you close. He knew from experience that his warm presence was enough to make you feel better. Your sobs died down into hiccups soon enough. He pulled back and pushed your hair away from your face, smiling.

 

"Are we done sobbing?" He asked.

 

"For now." You answered.

 

He chuckled as he pressed his lips to your forehead.

 

"Y/N... If you don't stay strong... If you become weak, then I will fall. I won't be able to handle things with ease like I usually can." He said, pulling back, concern written in his eyes.

 

You hang your head in shame. 

 

"I... I am sorry. I know that. I need you to know all this... All my sobbing... It's not like your Shawol. It's as your dumb wife, who just can't figure how she’s going to live for the next whole month. This isn't even about me! I don't even care about that! I just can't figure out how you're going to live all by yourself for a whole month. Who's going to take care of you? I know I am being irrational and selfish and..." Your rant was stopped by his giggles.

 

"Lee Y/N! Stop calling yourself selfish! I know you're worried as my wife and to be honest... I love that you worry about me. Who else would worry about me like this? I know you are both my wife and my Shawol. But I very much prefer you as my wife. I have seen you way too much as a Shawol." He said.

 

You giggled at his words. 

 

"I am going to divorce your if you get injured Lee Jinki!" You said, becoming serious again.

 

He smiled and kissed the rest of your tears away.

 

"I won't give you that chance. Now stop with these tears. I am still here and I am hungry. For dinner this time. Kekekekekekekekekekeke! I am so funny! I can't..." He giggled at himself.

 

You looked at him with a straight face.

 

"Boi... if you don't stop talking..." You said, making him laugh loudly.

 

"Mianhae. But really... Let's go eat. You've worked so hard. I am going to feed you first before eating. Come on. Come on." He said, gently helping you off the bed.

 

You had dinner together and once you settled down in bed again, you smiled as Jinki adjusted the blankets carefully around you. 

 

"Good night Dubu." You said, hugging him, closing your eyes.

 

"Nah! We are not sleeping. Not tonight. I am leaving tomorrow. We will be up all night. Talking. No ma'am. No sleeping." He said, shaking his head.

 

You giggled, nodding.

 

"Alright! Alright! No sleeping." You agreed.

 

The night melted, but you knew your little talks would never ever end. You talked, smiled, laughed, kissed and held each other close all night. You didn't realize when you fell asleep in his arms, your exhaustion finally taking over. 

 

He pressed a soft kiss to your forehead, smiling. 

 

"I am so sorry I am leaving like this baby. I don't have the heart to wake you up." he whispered, as he got up to get ready.

 

"Stay safe Lee Y/N. I love you. I promise I will be back in perfect health." He whispered. He kissed your cheek, wore his backpack and walked to the door reluctantly, pulling his suitcase behind him. He left silently, closing the door behind him.

 

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# Two weeks later

 

You stared at the two bright pink lines on the pregnancy test in your hand. 

 

Positive.

 

You glanced down at three tests on the sink, which showed the same result. You gulped down the tears of excitement from coming up. You knew you had to confirm it. You were a woman of science after all. 

 

As if fate was reading your mind, your inbox pinged, indicating a new mail. You clicked on the small mail icon and sure enough, it was your test results. Your eyes fell on your bedside table. You smiled and took the picture frame from it. It was a picture of you and Jinki, where Jinki was hugging you from behind and both of you had sappy grins on your faces. Minho had captured that moment. You hugged it close, a tear slipping out of your eye. 

 

You sat down, ready to face whatever the report said; but somehow you knew exactly what it was going to say.

 

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"OH.MY.GOD!!! YES! She is gonna be so SURPRISED!!!! We get it already! Stop it Yeongam!" Kibum said, half laughing and half groaning.

 

"NO I WON'T!!!" Jinki shouted, completely unlike himself, making his brothers laugh at his excitement. 

 

They had finished their tour 10 days early and were back on their homeland. Jinki was beyond excited. He was happy that in less than 60 minutes, he would get to see his wife again. Though he had enjoyed touring the United States, Europe, and South America with his boys as Onew of SHINee a lot, he had missed his wife, his family and his country a lot. They had never stayed apart for so long before, and he was ready to smother her with his hugs and kisses and more once he saw her. He giggled thinking of her again.

 

"I don't think she's going to be as excited as you Hyung!" Taemin teased, as Minho and Jonghyun chuckled. 

 

"You're right, Taeminnie! She's going to become emotional and chances are she's going to cry as she gets excited. I'm a little worried about how to deal with that to be honest." He agreed. 

 

"Please manage to keep her alive Hyung! Don't kill her in your... You know… excitement, to see her. I like that one. So keep her!" Kibum teased. 

 

Jinki rolled his eyes.

 

"You're the one to talk! You're just jealous and mad at yourself for calling and telling MingYu that we are home! Your wife knows already and you're mad at yourself that you can't surprise her anymore!" He said, smirking.

 

"Shut up! I was just excited and didn't think." Kibum said, pouting sadly.

 

"What is your plan though? You can't just walk in like 'Hi baby! I'm home!' right?" Jonghyun said.

 

"I've got a few." Jinki said, smiling. 

 

He lied. He only had one plan in mind. 

 

He had been thinking a lot about his career, and his personal life recently and he had reached a decision. He needs to become a father as soon as possible and he would start working on that as soon as he got back home. 

 

The only plan was to know Y/N's thoughts on pregnancy and parenthood.

 

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You walked out of the elevator, stretching your tired muscles. You looked at the exit of your hospital and almost cried in relief. You had just ended your 48 hour shift at the hospital, and you had already told your chief that you wouldn’t come in for the next two days. In your present condition, it wasn’t good for you to be working such long hours without resting. Your chief was a nice man though. You knew that if he was aware of your pregnancy, he would change your schedules, so you didn’t get such long shifts anymore. You frowned, sighing. You had not told anyone yet. You wanted your husband to be the first person to know. He wouldn’t be home for another 10 days. Ever since you found out that you were pregnant, the wait for Jinki had gotten even more painful and excruciating. 

 

You sighed again, sadly.

 

“I wonder what’s bothering my lovely wife, that she walks with a sad frown! Is it my absence I wonder?” You heard and froze mid-step.

 

Tears pooled in your eyes as your heart started beating rapidly at the oh-so-familiar and sweet voice of your husband. You were scared to lift your head and look up. What if your tired mind was now playing games? What if it was just a hallucination? What if he wasn’t really there?

 

You lift your eyes up, and there he was. Standing about three feet from you, leaning against the exit. Your happy laugh came out as a sob as you ran to hug him tightly. His arms wrapped around you like the warmest sunshine after a horrible, cold storm and you smiled through your tears. You were home. 

 

“My baby! My beautiful beautiful baby! I missed you so much! Yah! Did you stop eating? Why do you feel so light? I am not home and this woman-” He talked and  you only paid half attention to his words. You were busy absorbing his warmth.

 

“I.. I missed you so much! Please don’t leave me like this again.” You whispered.

 

Jinki stopped talking, and pulled away from you. He gently wiped your tears away with his thumbs. You noticed tears slipping down his cheeks and wiped them away. 

 

“I won’t ever leave you Lee Y/N! Now let’s go home! I’m starving and you stink!” he said, making laugh and smack his shoulder.

 

He pulled you close, pressing his lips to your forehead, before you walked out, hands intertwined.

 

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You had just finished eating takeout pizza for dinner, and were cuddling on the couch. You were feeling more comfortable than you had ever felt in months, and your eyes were becoming heavy with sleep. You were just about to fall asleep in Jinki’s arms, when you heard him call out.

 

“Hmmm…” you responded sleepily.

 

“Baby open your eyes…”

 

You opened your eyes and adjusted yourself so that you weren’t lying on his shoulder.

 

“What is it Jinki? I was almost asleep!” you complained.

 

“Sorry baby! But I have a surprise for you! Now close your eyes. Palli!” he said, smiling.

 

Your eyes widened, but he looked at you challengingly. You giggled and closed your eyes obediently. You felt him taking your right hand and soon you felt the cool touch of velvet on it.

 

“Open your eyes, Y/N.” he whispered.

 

You opened your eyes and gasped. Inside a small velvet box was the most beautiful charm you had ever seen. Inside a thin circle of platinum studded diamonds, was an infinity symbol. 

 

"Turn it around." Jinki whispered.

 

You took it out of the box with shaky hands and turned it around. Tears slipped out of your eyes, as you covered your mouth with your hand, smiling. On the back of the infinity symbol, Jinki and your names were engraved. You threw your arms around him, sobbing. He held you, shocked.

 

"Baby… why are-" he started but you interrupted him.

 

"We don't deserve you at all! I love you so much Jinki! I don't know what I did to deserve you and I certainly don't know why you love me like you do, but thank you so much for everything. Thank you for choosing me of all the women in this world. You could have chosen literally anyone! But you chose ME! Oh I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you more than anything!" You said and pressed feverish kisses over his face.

 

"Y/N! Baby… baby stop!" He said, holding your face.

 

"I don't know why you're suddenly talking this way. I don't know what's gotten into you. But let me tell you that I consider myself the luckiest man on this planet! The fact that I can call you mine is something I thank the Lord for every single day. You are the best thing that ever happened to me, my love. And I will spend the rest of my life doing my best to love you, cherish you and take care of you the best way I can! I love you so much! Don't you ever say that you don't deserve me! That's complete nonsense, you understand?" He said.

 

You nodded, kissing him. He kissed you back softly at first before deepening the kiss, caressing your neck. Pulling back, he took the necklace from you, smiling.

 

"I'm pretty sure we're gonna get distracted now so before that…" he said, clasping the necklace around your neck. 

 

You were about to kiss him again, but something glittery caught your eye. You pulled away and looked at the velvet box again. Peeking from under the red velvet, was something pearl aqua and glittery.

 

"What's this?" You asked.

 

"Oh! I completely forgot about that!" Jinki said, looking aghast, taking the box from you. He took off the top half of the box and at the bottom was a small glass bottle with a blue moonstone topper. The bottle was filled with sand.

 

"Sand?" You asked.

 

"Not just any sand baby girl! It's the sand from the beach where I proposed to you to marry me! So it's very very very special!" Jinki answered with a proud bunny smile.

 

"WHAT!!?" you squealed.

 

"Yeah!" He said, giggling.

 

"Oh my God! Really?" You asked.

 

"Yes baby! Really really!" He said, caressing your cheek.

 

You looked at the bottle of sand and then at your husband. You set it on the small table beside the couch safely. You threw your arms around your husband's neck, saying, "You better be ready to stay up all night sir!" he laughed, as he picked you up, kissing you.

 

"You were sleeping just a few minutes back Mrs.Lee!" He teased you. 

 

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" You said, an innocent look on your face.

 

"Of course you don't! Come on! Let's get to work!" He said.

 

"Bro! Don't!" You said, snorting.

 

"Don't bro me missy!" He complained, closing the door to your bedroom with his leg.

 

He laid you down on the bed and you could tell that he was being very gentle. You smiled. It was time.

 

"Jinki… Before anything… Even I have a surprise for you!" You said, getting up, suddenly feeling nervous.

 

He smiled wide, and pinched your cheeks, making you smile.

 

"Really? Give it to me then!" He said.

 

You got off the bed and went to your wardrobe, getting the small gift box from inside the locker. You walked to the bed again. You gave it to Jinki and sat down next to him.

 

"I hope you will accept it with love like I did." You said, twiddling your thumbs.

 

"Meoya!?" He said, pulling the ribbon off the wrapping. He carefully took the wrapping off the box, and opened it. The smile on his face was soon replaced with a surprised look.

 

"Socks? Seriously Y/N!? You got me socks!? I swear just because I lost my socks that one-" he started.

 

"Just finish looking through the box you big cute idiot!" You said, laughing.

 

"Oh! Okay." He said, taking the first pair of socks out of the box. 

 

On the socks, his name was embroidered in pearl aqua. He smiled at the little bunny next to his name. He pulled out another set of socks. On these was your name. 

 

"I don't understand. You got us matching-" he stopped midway, looking into the box.

 

He pulled out the last set of socks.

 

A pair of socks for a newborn baby.

 

He looked at you, with many questions in his eyes, and they were already filled with tears. You nodded, your own eyes filling up with tears.

 

"Chukhayae Jinki-ssi. You're going to become an Appa in 7 and a half months." You said, taking both his hands into your own.

 

"Oh God!" He whispered, as he pulled you into a tight hug. You hugged him back, happy that you finally told him. He pulled back, tears slipping down his face.

 

"When!? When did you know?" He asked.

 

"It's been 12 days! Remember we made love before you left?" You said.

 

His expression changed as he recalled the incident and his mouth formed a cute 'O' realising they hadn't taken protection when they had then. His face broke into a blinding smile as he took your face into his big hands and pressed kisses all over.

 

You giggled under his loving ministrations, hugging him. He pulled back, kissing you. You felt his warm hand on your lower belly and smiled into the kiss. 

 

"I love you so much baby. Thank you so much for this! I love you both so much" He said, as he pulled back.

 

"I love you Jinki! And I have one more surprise for you!" You said.

 

"My heart can't handle any more surprises!" He said, laughing.

 

You reached for your bedside table and got an envelope. You gave it to him, gently urging him to open it. He opened it and looked through the report, his eyes and his smile becoming wider by the second.

 

"TWINS!!?? I AM HAVING TWINS!!" He shouted.

 

"Sshhh! It's not confirmed yet! It says there is a high chance that it could be twins, based on my scan!" You said, laughing.

 

"I am going to be a father to twins! I can't believe it!" Jinki said, before standing up, and pulling you with him.

 

He started twirling you around, humming a random tune and you danced along with him, laughing. You were the happiest you ever remembered being. And you knew that this was just the beginning.