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In her entire lifetime, both human and non-human, Delirium could not recall ever feeling this nervous. Not even on her wedding day had she felt this nervous, she'd simply felt happy and joyful. It was only later that she had felt vengeful and hurt and everything went inside-out wrongways round until she was no longer herself and had become something else entirely. But today, today of all days she felt nervous.

It was not a feeling that she had recognised at first; the fluttering feeling in her stomach, the faint tightness in her chest and the unending worry that she had felt since it had really, really dawned on her that she was carrying a life inside her. It wasn't as if today was special or different, she was just going to have a picture taken of the bump that was all. She was just going to listen to the bunsquid, just to hear it- oh barnabas, she felt sick.

Biting on her fingernails, Delirium looked up at the approaching footsteps and made a face at Asher. Why couldn't Asher have his stomach scanned instead? That would be nice and then she wouldn't have to worry so much.

"i FEEL sQUirmy, bad squiRMY not goOD squirmY squishy." Delirium told him promptly, rubbing her hands and bitten nails over her stomach.

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While he did avoid a completely blank expression to washing over his face (only because he'd promised), Asher paled slightly, looking thoroughly panicked. He'd made no promises in regards to that.

"Them?" he echoed, ignoring the screen and concentrating on Chase now. The screen still looked like a jumble to him, but facial features, he could read. "How many of them are stuffed up there?!"

"Unless one's hiding in the shadow of these, only the two," Chase assured, sending the pictures to be printed before he wheeled back over to Delirium to keep feeling around slightly. "It's looking pretty good as of right now," he advised. "I mean, clearly I'm concerned about you and...well, doubly so, now. Can you tell me how you've been feeling, Delirium? Over the past few weeks."

"TwiNS, oh LiKe Desire aND Despair. TwO Asher, tWO bunsquids inSide me. doN'T paniC aSher, ChaseY saiD iT LOOKs pretty good." Delirium said rubbing Asher's arm with a smile. His poor human heart would kill him at this rate and then she'd be very annoyed with him. Delirium lifted her hands so Chase could poke and prod as much as he wanted. "dO You mEAN HEadwiSE or BODYwise?"

Delirium thought about the question, reaching up for her own hair so she could play with it.

"oKAY HEADwise, well different really bUT OkaY AND dOCTor sWEETS taLks to me anD he's reALLY nice. And bODYwise, i'VE Not eatEN things i'm NOT SUPPOsed to and i've bEEN DoiNG The PANTY thinG anD THe exerCise. SLeeping is HARD buT thAT'S BecaUSE i caN'T get coMFY. oR THen bUNsquid-they mOVe or kick and i wakE up or nEED to pEE." Delirium said not knowing if she'd answered the question or not. "but i'M MOstLY PeacHY kEen. ASheR Does a vERY GOOD jOB OF bEing an OVER ProtecTive bUBBLe."

Only the two. Yeah, well, that was easy for him to say, wasn't it? Not that Asher was the one in the room with any right to complain. That right kind of belonged to Del. She was the one who had to carry them, after all.

"I think it's a bit late for that." He was beyond panicked, he just put on a good front and kept himself together. The act would be as good as dropped the second he found himself alone.

Chase glanced to Delirium before his eyes skirted to Asher, eyeing him with a bit of worry in his eyes. "Have you considered going with Delirium to some of her sessions with Dr. Sweets?" he asked, still gathering as many pictures as he could to make sure the babies were really healthy (and trying to calm the voice in his head going 'twins? christ's sake').

"oKay thEN pAnic LateR anD thEN AFTERwards whEN your sisTER isn'T LookiNG, i'LL givE YOU A huG. aND YOU can wrAP Me uP in AS mUCH COttoN woOL and bUBBLE WRaP as yoU Can find," Delirium said to Asher, wondering if she could show Chase her underwear yet. "They're private. They're for me and Doctor Sweets."

Her voice was almost sharp and serious. "okiES? miNE and i'M not shaRing."

"You heard the lady," Asher said with a pointed nod down at Del. "They're private. Serious tone and all."

Sessions or no sessions, Asher had no doubts that Sweets was already analyzing every fucking thing he said or did, probably right down to how he blew his nose. It was the down side of having a live in shrink.

"Then I suggest," Chase said, a bit heavier, "that you have your own private sessions with him because this isn't exactly any kind of routine for you, I'm imagining. And that comes as head of the Psych department and not Delirium's GP."

"oH-oH doES GP sTAND FOr GRANDPa bECAUse i ALREady HAve oNE OF THem and hE MOCKS AND sCOrNS me. WeLL he givES Me LOOKs, i doN'T LiKE THE Looks thEY ReminD me of White things." Delirium rambled away quite happily, she wanted to look at the picture and she wanted to know things. She didn't care if Asher freaked, she thought that was what human fathers were supposed to do and occasionaly and very humourously pass out. "arE THey hEALTHY? bOY or giRLs oR Both oR in BETWeen? AnD SHouLD i bE Doing soMEThing ELse for thEM BecauSE THerE ARe tWO of them anD ONLY onE OF me."

"Because the kid who's more than twenty times my junior, never been anything but human and probably didn't leave any kids of his own back home... he gets it." There was nothing in his tone that made it sound like he was buying what this guy was selling.

"Look, if Del gets something out of seeing him, more power to her, really, but I'm not her."

Chase shrugged idly as he set the pictures to print. "Your loss," he offered, without much attachment to the idea. He pushed the chair over to find the pictures and to extend them to both Asher and Delirium. "Everything looks healthy, which means I want you to keep on with what you're doing. No lapsing now, okay? And GP is just a general practitioner," he clarified.

There was, however, one more look given to Asher. "Do you want to know the sex of the babies, before I tell?"

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Delirium took the picture eagerly, looking at the blurry grainy blob and trying to distinguish her bunsqu-her children, her beautiful children, in the image.

"Okay Chasey, I Promise With Capitals." Delirium said, touching the photograph fondly before she looked up. "i WaNt TO knOW, i wAnT to KNOW. tHAT's not faiR to KEEP SecRETS."

"Um... Yeah, okay." He'd just found out there were two of them in there, finding out what they were had to be relatively stress free in comparison. Asher hoped the surprises were over with now, and if there really was a third hiding somewhere, he didn't want to know till the delivery date.

"Well, unless the scan is being deceptive, and it has been known to happen," he started off with his warning, shooting the both of them a look, hoping they wouldn't take his word as law and run with it, "you're looking at having one boy and one girl. I'll know better and more sure as they grow."

"LiKE Desire aND Despair, excEPT Desire isn'T REALLY EiTHER SEX its bOTH and NeiTHER. A bOY ANd a giRL, ASher you're GOinG TO be a DADDy." Delirium said with a smile, looking at the picture fondly. Pulling her top down, she swung her legs over the side so she could hug Chase quite happily. "thANK YOU Chase. tWO HeALTHY babiES. i'M... delighted."