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She sat up. “Damnit-“
“Rei?” He held her under the shade. He was here. He would never not be here and she loved him for it.
When she could breathe again, “What’s wrong?”
She wheezed. “Damn baby put the heels to me.”
A pause. Tai chuckled. “Guess she’s a fighter.”
Her body broke into cold sweat. “You think it’s a girl?”
“Call it a hunch.”
You’re wrong. Just this one time. If you’re right-please. We’re such hopeless things, it’s cruel to-
His hands in her hair. She trembled, eyes fluttering. …Right.
He would still be here when she woke up.