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Well, this was unexpected...

I literally talked about hitting #1 in soulmates tag earlier on when I posted the extra chapter for hitting #1 in the soulmate tag not so long ago.  I didn't even know it was possible to achieve a #1 rank after already hitting it once.  Last time I hit it was March of last year.  I nearly posted this chapter last night, but I decided against it since I had already planned on posting it today anyway.

Want to make any predictions regarding the twins before their birth?

3/9/2022

I made some minor fact changes to reflect future endeavors.

The world became a crazy place a month or two after my ultrasound. Someone had pieced together that the death toll regarding women had skyrocketed over the past year. Which had everyone under the immediate suspicion that the plague-like illness that happened years ago was back once again. True there were some male counterparts who also were listed to have died from unknown illnesses, but the statistical comparison was about one male death for every ten female deaths.

It was determined the last time the plague came around that the one thing that was true regarding the illness is that it was not spread through the air. Outside of that not much had been reported to the public, not to mention there is still no true confirmation that the plague is back.

Despite the death toll and potential fear that didn't affect the number of people who had shown up for the miniconcert that my soulmates had planned out and scheduled about a month ago. Although, they did also decide to change up the concert they had initially planned. Instead of only my soulmates performing it would be everyone under the Big Hit label. I can't help but wonder if that change was the reason the stadium still ended up so packed.

I saw Minghao that night, and he introduced me to his soulmate, Calliope. She was probably about the same age as me and also exceptionally stunning. Her hair a brownish blonde, her eyes an icy blue, and her face was artistically beautiful in its perfect symmetry. Her personality had me completely overlooking the cane she carried with her. I'd never been around anyone that was blind that I could think of, but before I had noticed the cane I was barely aware of it. "I can't help but be relieved that I am able to speak so many Eastern Asian languages, but it is nice to be able to speak my native tongue for a change. I mean Joshua and I sometimes have private conversations in English, but getting a shred of alone time at all isn't easy." She confused me when she said Joshua at first, but then I learned that one of the members of Seventeen's name was also named Joshua. Then she confides in me that out of the thirteen members, six of them are her soulmates.

Before I responded to her I mentally compared that to the fact that when Minghao and I first met he claimed that four members had found their soulmate. Does that mean three members are still without a soulmate? It's curious that most of the members would end up with a soulmate, yet somehow three members would be left without. Then I realized it wasn't really something for me to be nosy about so instead I responded with, "I can definitely empathize with the concept of not easily getting alone time." She swiftly told me how her living situation is exceptionally different than my own, especially when our relationship first started out.

We continued our conversation for a few minutes. I learned some interesting things about her career. "I'm a linguist. Basically means that I study how languages work and function in society. Despite the fact that I studied the science behind language, while living in D.C. I made my living translating for Eastern Asian languages for many political events and such." It also turned out that she was the woman who spearheaded the research regarding the Wernicke's Serum injection. The injection that Jasmine had once told me about that I thought had to be something completely Science Fiction in origin.

"I would love to ask you about it, but I am sure the facts would just go completely over my head. I swear pregnancy hormones have also made me a bit dim-witted." I couldn't help but admit out loud to her.

Calliope chuckled before she jokingly added. "I think I have actually heard that dim-wittedness referred to as 'momnesia' before or simply 'pregnancy brain.'" We both shared a laugh before she smiled softly at me. "I had thought there might be something different about your gait as you walked over here. I didn't want to outwardly make any assumptions, but I have to admit that was my educated guess. How far along are you?"

"Seven and a half months. My soulmates are making the announcement about my pregnancy to the public tonight. It's a good thing this concert center had an underground garage with a door that led directly backstage, otherwise the news would have hit before the event." I looked down at my stomach. "I really have no clue what my feet look like anymore." Then, I winced as I realized that might have been unintentionally insensitive.

She only chuckled in response. "I haven't known what my feet have looked like since I was ten."

I remember that I had almost asked her what happened. Curious about what caused her blindness. Luckily an energetic male voice interrupted those thoughts before I could voice them. "Callie. Callie. Callie."

She giggled as the overenthusiastic young man came closer. His personality reminded me a bit of Hobi's only on a much larger scale. He's quite handsome with a long face, slightly pointed chin, wide set cheekbones, dark naturally half shuttered eyes that slant ever so slightly and tilt downward, and a wide smile. "Daisy I'd like you to meet one of my other soulmates, Soonyoung. Soonyoung, this is Bangtan Sonyeondan's soulmate, Daisy."

I remember that he was easily excitable and exceptionally sweet, but I didn't get much more of an impression of him because soon after that it was time for him, and the other members of Seventeen, to go on stage. He didn't hesitate to escort Calliope away so she could be as close to the stage as possible. I am sure to her it doesn't matter too much where she is backstage, but I am sure she is probably humoring his actions.

The announcement of my pregnancy went off about how we expected. I didn't go on stage, just in case some Army might end up having a negative reaction, and do something outwardly aggressive in response. However, they did share some pictures of the timeline of my pregnancy so they could see for certain it was real. Then they announced their brief hiatus to spend some time with their now growing family. There were a lot of disappointed reactions to that announcement, but when I checked weverse and twitter afterward I also saw a lot of Army supporting their decision to take some time away while the babies were still little.

Now, I'm eight and a half months along and completely utterly miserable. You would think with it being late February and due to the winter weather outside that I would be more comfortable. No, instead I am hot all the time. I may not be able to see my feet, but I can definitely feel how swollen they are, and I am really, exceptionally sick of having to waddle everywhere I go.

I have two weeks left before my due date, but as I sit up in the middle of the night groaning at immediate pain I realize that the babies inside me have grown just as impatient as I have. After the pain subsides I grab my phone and watch the time; that way I can gauge how much time I have between contractions. Five minutes later came paired with an identical crippling pain. I know, at this point, it's already time to call everyone into action. After that pain subsides I turn to smile at Jin's sleeping face a moment before I nudge him awake. "Sweet Jin, it's time."

The next moment he is popping out of bed and running down the hallway, I'm able to hear the echo of him taking a second to knock on every door he passes. Only a few moments later, Hobi comes in and helps me into a sitting position before escorting me to the room I will give birth to our babies in.

Jk rushes into the room blushing after making his planned phone call to Candace. "I think I interrupted something." He admits as his blush grows even deeper. I laugh for a moment before another contraction pulses through me.

Namjoon immediately notices my pain and reaches out his hand so I can grasp his tightly.

Yoongi's eyes widen while he is on the phone with my doctor. "How far apart are the contractions?" He asks.

"Five minutes." I would have waited had they been longer apart. I bitterly add in my head. I know I will be letting loose my sour thoughts before too long, but while I still have my sanity I plan on figuratively biting my tongue as long as possible.

Candace arrives completely disheveled not too long later. I give her an apologetic look, just before another contraction hits me. When it's over I notice a blush starting to fade from her cheeks making me believe that Jk did indeed interrupt something. We had set up a chair beside Joshua's bedroom door, and she was going to sit there just in case Joshua woke up while I was delivering the babies.

Yoongi's phone goes off letting us know that my doctor has arrived with her two nurse assistants. I haven't met them yet, but they have also signed NDAs and are women that my doctor fully trusts so I have no room to complain. We decided against using the security chime if I went into labor in the middle of the night. That way the sound of her arrival was minimized to the room Yoongi was in. Just after is when my water breaks. Good thing the mattress and floor are both lined with a sheet of plastic for easy cleanup.

After that things are pretty much a blur. My soulmates each take turns switching out who is going to hold each of my hands as the contractions hit. I'm dilating rapidly and before I know it my doctor is saying. "Okay I can see one of the baby's heads already crowning. That means I am ready for you to push, Daisy."

Jimin and Tae each squeeze my hand. Their nonverbal way of letting me know that they are there for me. And that I can squeeze their hands as hard as I like to get through it.

The pain is excruciating, but I push through it as I bear down to bring the first one of my twins into the world. A sweet shrill cry enters the room. "Baby girl number one is here." She says as she hands her off to one of the two nurses to be cleaned up, weighed, and measured. "Looks like baby girl number two doesn't want to be separated from her sister for long." So once again I am going through the excruciating pain, and because I know what to expect it ends up hurting just a bit more than the previous baby. It takes next to no time though to hear that second cry enter the room. "There's baby number two." Of course I have to push one more time, but my focus is more on the two babies on the other side of the room from me, and because of that I am barely aware of what is happening.

It's when those two babies are put into my arms that I find myself exceptionally relieved and happy. One has the dark hair that I was expecting due to dominant genes, but her eyes are a lot lighter than I expected. I know babies tend to have blue eyes when they are born, but due to the lightness I can't help but wonder if they might end up being the exact shade of my own blue-green eyes. While both of them have wet caps of hair right now I can tell that the other's hair is quite a bit lighter. She may just end up having the red curly hair like Tae had predicted after all. When she opens her sweet eyes though they are a much darker blue than her sister's, making me think the dominant gene will win, and that she will probably end up with dark eyes.

The doctor smiles down at my family as we try to huddle as close together as possible. "So, what have we decided to name these two beautiful girls?"

I hold up the one I predict will probably have red hair a bit higher in my arms. "This one is Hiseu Keegan. Although she will probably go by Cecelia or C.C. while in this house occasionally."

I smile down at the other one. "This one is Iris. When she is in school though she will probably mostly go by Ailiseu so she fits in with her classmates better."

Yes, we decided to give our babies both English and Korean names. That way none of them would feel left out. Joshua has started working with a tutor, and they decided while he is in school he will be going by Jisoo.

I glance at each of my babies before my soulmates decide they need to hold them. There is no game to determine who goes first, and there is no infighting amongst them about the order. They each take their turn holding a baby close and taking advantage of that sweet baby smell of theirs.

I grin to myself. I don't tell them that I already have suspicions on who their biological fathers might be, but even studying their newborn faces supplies me with hints that assist my own educated hunches. Which makes me think that once they get older it will be exceptionally obvious.

A/N:  Before you ask, yes you will learn the paternity of the twins in the epilogue tomorrow.  Want to make some last minute predictions?

Also, I just noticed that I unintentionally spelled Ailiseu wrong in the image.  Ooops.

By the way there is an Easter egg hidden in this chapter that connects to me personally.  (Not it doesn't have to do with Seventeen, although in a way I guess that is an Easter egg of its own.)

Speaking of Soonyoung, in case you aren't familiar with that birth name in particular.  Soonyoung's stage name is Hoshi.  :)