White Pearl

Jazmin still lived with Marissa and Yixing, though she had agreed to be with Jongin. In order to not rush her, he had begun courting her by visiting at their home, though he had been working on and almost finished the home he had been working on. She sat in the window, reading a book she had gotten from town while she waited, not sure what to expect for today.

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Yixing carried in two buckets of water to be boiled, since Marissa had asked for them, and set them down by the fireplace. He saw her leaning over the fire, concern on his face. "Marissa?"

She looked up as he came in and stood, walking over to get the bags from him. "She'll like these," She said to him, setting them on the table. She looked at him, not really sure what to say. She'd mostly stepped back, and let him take the lead on things. "Was there something you wanted to do?"

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He nodded and obliged, picking up the bucket. "I'll go refill these," He smiled and kissed her cheek. He looked out the window and saw Jongin's horse. "Jongin must be here, I'll grab more water in case he decides to stay for dinner again."

Marissa nodded a little, "Hm, alright I've already got the mean sitting in the sauce we made last night," she smiled a little, "and I'll make sure to make extra rice," walking over to the chair she sat down slowly then closed her eyes as the pain came again making her whimpered softly.

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He smiled a little then kissed her cheek affectionately, "and I brought these for you," he said pulling out a medium sized back full of fabric that he knew she would absolutely love.

She froze at the kiss, she still wasn't used to it when he did that. But she gasped and smiled widely at the fabrics, looking at the rolls. It was a beautiful green color, and she knew she could make something really nice out of it. "I love it," She murmured, looking at the fabric again. "I really love it. Also, I have the chair that you asked for, it's finished." She said, pointing to the corner at the arm chair she had made for his house. "I'm still working on the curtains."

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He nodded and watched her in concern. "Do you want me to send for the midwife?" He asked softly, watching her face change.

"I don't know if its that serious," she told him softly as she closed her eyes and whimpered softly. "But if you think it's necessary,"

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He smiled a little, "I got them for a good deal too!" he told her smiling.

She smiled a little and looked at the fabric. "I wonder what I could make with it? It's such a nice fabric, I want to use it for something special."

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He nodded a little. "It's serious," He said, walking toward the door, and sending the boy that worked the fields with him into town. "We dont know what it could be, especially with the baby due soon."

Marissa whimpered as she rubbed her stomach then laid her head back closing her eyes, "Yixing," she murmured as she looked over her shoulder.

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He smiled a little,"I'm sure whatever you make will be beautiful," he said to her

He came back over and sat by her, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm here, don't worry."

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She went over to her table where the curtains sat. "I'm still working on your curtains," She said to him, sitting down at the table and spreading out the fabric. "They should be done soon," She said, looking at what still needed to be done.

She leaned into him closing her eyes, "I didn't know it'd start off so painful," she whispered."They said it wouldn't be so bad at first," she winced.

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He smiled,"Don't worry about it, take your time I'm in no rush for them,"

She looked at the fabric he had brought her and smiled. "You know, I could make a dress with this," She said, spreading it out. "Id have left over, I could make you something too."

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He sighed. "I wish it weren't, but if you wouldn't want to have more children because of the pain, I would be fine with it. Your health is most important to me."

She nodded a little. "That would look nice," She said, standing up and holding up the fabric. "I could take your measurments now, since I already know my own."

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He nodded a little and lifted her into his arms, carrying her to their room. Seeing her like this made him really sad, but he knew everything would be alright. "Do you need anything?"

She smiled a little and pulled out her tapes and strings, walking over to start with his arms. "Matching outfits is very couple-y, don't you think?" She teased him gently, wrapping the tape around his shoulders.

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He nodded and went over to the pail, pouring some for her and bring it to her on the bed. "Just promise me, you'll stay healthy." He said softly. "You are my entire world, and I need you."

She nodded. "You are... We should go see what's going on, the baby is due any day now."

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"I'm not going anywhere." He said softly, kissing her face. He heard the door open and the boy come in with the midwife. "In here," He called, asking what he should do to help.

She whimpered then squeezed his hand as she closed her eyes, "I think my waters just broke," she gasped as she looked down then looked up at him ,"Is it supposed to go this quickly?"

The midwife smiled,"You'll be blessed with a quick labor hopefully, consider yourself lucky," she said to her as she set up everything the moved over to her placing wool sheets under her for absorbency. "When you feel a lot of pressure - we'll know it's time,"

Jazmin set down her tapes and went out towards the main room, walking over and seeing the midwife. "Oh, she is in labor. I'll run and get the infants clothes we've made. Jongin, there are blankets in the cupboard over there."

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Yixing sat by her, dead scared but excited. He was excited to meet their child, but eh was worried. "I'm right here, is there anything you need?"