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Nick's eeling utterly relieved when his father disappeared with the chaffeur. During his father's absence, the pair were as close to each other as possible. in front of the maids, they were courteous but if any of them looked into their faces, they would see immense love and care for each other. as time passed with no sign of Christopher returning, they were clingy and acitng more and more at home. Nick was eager to see what's going on with Aki's pregnancy. he was first to be there to help him up whenever he wanted to get up.

"Aki. do you want to go for a shopping trip?" Nick suggested one afternoon, cuddling in their room behind closed doors, avoiding all maids. "your clothes are all so tight....and we could squeeze it in after your appointment. it's this afternoon right?" he asked, remembering Aki mentioning about it several days ago. He was eager to go to the clinic with Aki, he watned to be part of this, in every aspects possible. He wanted to hear what the doctor asid about his lover and his children's health, evne having a lot of questions himself in how to better take care of Aki.

Through the days without his father, Aki's bruises were healign quick, even his appetite returned and the twins visibly grew more. Nick could swear Aki had grown at least an inch around his waist, making all of his clothes even tighter. He wanted to see if that's normal, and to fill Aki's wardrobe with more fitting clothes so he wouldn't need to worry about hurting his belly whenever he pulled his pants up.