This Is Us - Chapter 82: Chapter 82

*Matty POV*
"Look at you two, looking all well rested and shit. You guys actually look like human beings now. Your overgrown stubble was scaring me,"
I comment as I leaned against the bathroom doorway for support while watching my husbands shave for the first time in three weeks. I never grow facial hair due to my messed up hormones but of course, they do and sometimes I'm kind of jealous of them for it. Luca giggles as he pats his face dry and Thomas rolls his eyes while he makes the last swipe of his razer.
"What? You didn't like my facial hair? I thought it was pretty sexy," Luca asks and I grunt in response.
"You're right but you're sexy enough as it is and I don't want other people getting ideas. It's bad enough that the public thinks they can steal you away from me," I crossed my arms in my defense with a slight pout and he turns around, gently reaching out his hand to me and I grab hold of it.
"I always wonder what I would look like with a full grown beard, but then Jaydean refuses to kiss me because it's too scratchy so I always end up shaving it," Thomas adds as he scratches his chin. Luca pulls me up to the vanity and carefully lifts me up to place me on the counter like I'm a delicate rag doll.
"I think you would both look sexy as hell with full-grown beards and all but I couldn't join you," I shrug opening my legs just wide enough to surround both of their waists.
"I think someones a little jealous," Thomas smirks, but quickly shake my head.
"No, I'm not. Why would I be? That's stupid," I shrug and Luca carefully runs the pad of his thumb over my upper lip.
"Mhm, do you think he would still look this cute with a handlebar mustache? Cause I don't think so," Luca looks at Thomas to confirm and I could feel my cheeks getting warm.
"Me neither, I think he's absolutely beautiful just the way he is," Thomas adds with his own large hand gently caressing my cheek.
"I couldn't agree more," Luca sighs and I could nearly feel his breath against my lips and my heart speeding up a bit as his lips touch mine. A long, carefully guided kiss that wasn't rushed or half-assed. He pulls away and lets Thomas kiss me next. His kiss holding a sweet compassionate side which I always loved about him.
He pulls away and rests his head on Luca's shoulder as their different color eyes stare me down and I felt like the center of attention.
"What?" I asked, suddenly embarrassed until Thomas gently rakes his fingers through my messy hair.
"Nothing, you just gave us a really awful scare kitten, we were so worried about you," Thomas reminds me while Luca toys with my hands, pulling them up to his soft plush lips and kissing each of them.
"I missed you so much hon. For a second there I thought I would never see you again," Luca whimpers a bit with his bottom lip trembling and I slowly touched my forehead to both of their connected shoulders, their heads nuzzling mine as we huddled in an unspoken silence.
"God, I love you guys so much," I sighed into their chests and turned my head to Thomas, meeting his softened gaze.
"I love you, even if you're a pain in the ass sometimes," He chuckles as he gently kisses my forehead and Luca traces a line down the back of my neck.
"I love you, even when it doesn't seem like it sometimes," He says and I turned to him, letting him cup my cheek and kiss the top of my head. The door to my hospital room slowly opens and I wrap my arms around their necks, kissing each of their cheeks before slowly slipping off the vanity. Careful not to stretch my new stitches.
"Matthias Jackson? I'm here with your discharge papers," The android nurse says and I sign the tablet allowing me the freedom to go home and be with my five little ones for the first time in a week.
"Alright boys, let's go home, we've got diapers to change and babies to feed,"
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I walk into the front door of our borrowed home to the precious sounds of four wailing babies, six tired adult cousins, and my daughter on some kind of sugar high as she ran up to the door at full speed to greet me.
"Mommy you're back! I thought you were gone forever!" She screamed and before Luca and Thomas could stop her she slammed her little body against mine. Her head hitting my stitches and sending me into a wave of pain and agony. So much pain that it felt like the world was spinning and Luca quickly wrapped his arm around me while Thomas pulled Jaydean away.
"Nugget, remember what we said about mommy being really sick? We have to be very gentle with him okay?" Thomas scolded her but I just pushed him aside as I sat on a small wooden bench next to the door and grabbed my first baby girl, snatching her up in my arms. The position was a lot less painful as I rocked her with my legs instead of my body and clutched her close to my chest.
"Mommy, I missed you so much," Jayde cried as she wrapped her arms around my neck and I covered her in little baby kisses.
"I missed you too sweetheart. Were you a good girl for your daddies? Did you help watch the babies?" I asked her and she mumbled an 'mhm'. Too occupied with loving me to really say much. We sat like that for a few minutes, while Luca and Thomas went to go check on the babies and calm them down. My cousins tiredly saying their goodbyes as they left and I didn't blame them.
I let Jayde crawl off my lap as I walked over to the living room where all four of my precious babies were kicking in little bouncers, rocking themselves up and down. I gasped when I saw just how big they were, their little arms, legs, and torso's nearly doubling in size as I got down on my knees in front of my first baby, Nakoa.
Koa looked up at me and gave a wide smile that I heard about from Thomas as he reached his hand out to touch my face. I grasped his little fist and kissed it before toying with his eccentric ultra soft baby curls which I adored.
"Hey Koa, did you miss me?" I asked and he kicked his little feet before settling down again. I gave him one final kiss before moving onto his sister Novalee.
My darling baby girl sucked on her thumb as she stayed in a deep sleep and I kissed the bottoms of her little feet, not wanting to wake her up.
Rumi was next and I giggled as the little one has somehow found a way to squirm out of the buckle on his bouncer and starts going while with his kicks when I got there. I was forced to catch him before he bounded himself into oblivion as I buckled him back up again.
"Good morning troublemaker, you are too damn much Mr. Roo. Just remember mommy's back and I've got my eyes on you," I tell him, making the gesture to my eyes and poking his little chest before picking up the blanket he kicked to the floor and tucking him in again.
I shuffled on my knees as I met Mika-Ji's bouncer. He was still a lot smaller than the rest of his siblings and I had a feeling he would probably stay that way for the rest of his life.
"Aish Mika-Ji, are they feeding you enough? You're still so tiny," I whispered to him and he opened his big eyes that were once a light blue now turned a dark shade of gray. His little head turning to the sound of my voice before he spit out his pacifier and started to scream.
"Okay okay you win," I muttered as I quickly worked to get him out of the bouncer before he disturbed the others. Pressing his tiny body to my shoulder as Thomas helped me back up so I could rest on the couch beside them.
"It looks like we already have a momma's boy, he's been inconsolable all week without you and barely ate," Thomas informed me and I quickly unbuttoned the top of my shirt so I could feed him myself.
"Oh Mika-Ji, you're supposed to be the wise one, I know you missed me but you have to eat baby," I scolded him once he quieted after quickly latching onto my chest. I looked into his restless little eyes as I played with his soft mohawk of hair that he was born with. I giggled a bit at the new noises he was making as he cooed now while feeding.
Jaydean curled up on my lap while I laid down with Mika-Ji and sighed.
"My baby siblings and I missed you Mommy. Daddy tried but it wasn't the same without you," Jayde mentioned and Thomas leaned over the back of the couch, gently kissing my cheek.
"Well I'm glad I get a participation trophy," Thomas muttered, making me laugh.
"What about me? You didn't miss me too?" Luca asked with his hands on his hips and Jaydean poked her head up.
"Of course I missed you Papa, just not as much as I missed mommy is all." She said with such brutal honesty that he clutched his chest.
"You know, I'll let this one go but I'll never forget it," Luca whispered and our daughter smirked before retreating back to my lap where she got all cozy. I switched Mika-Ji to the other side and continued to feed him until he looked like he was half asleep and his tummy was full.
Luca crashed beside Jaydean, snuggling her while also resting on my lap meanwhile, Thomas snuck up behind me and started massaging my shoulders.
"Now, our family is finally complete," He whispered as I looked down at all five of my children and my second husband knowing nothing he's ever said before could ever be more true.