Mystery Lover Ch. 16

16 ~ 1st check up

"You actually will adopt someone else's child, Taemin?" Erika asked.

Even after hearing him say that and repeating what he just said back to her, she still couldn't believe it. Taemin leaned up from the bed and stared at the shocked Erika. He placed his hands on her cheek caressing it. He looked deep into her eyes seeing all of the pain that she been through. "I will, Rika. I stand by my saying, when the child is born I will adopt it and raise it as my own."

She grabbed his hand and placed it down wrapping it with her other hand. "But what about your career, what about everything that you have built up to do this?"

Taemin thought about all that when he answered her grandmother with a yes to marrying Erika. He already knew that this was going to be a tough journey for him but he honestly couldn't think of any other person who wanted to go through it with. "When I said yes to your grandmother, I've already made that decision to accept you and your child. Hell, I was mad at first but seeing you again is all I ever wanted. I miss the times that we spent together. I miss your craziness that you are. It hurts me that you had to go through so much just to get back to me and I wish I could have reached out a lot more but here we are Erika. A promise that I made to your grandmother brought us back together and right now, I'm happy that it did."

As Taemin confessed how he felt, the only thing that Erika could do was cry. She just cried and cried and cried some more. Taemin reached out to move his hands up to her face and wipe away the fallen tears. The both of them just looking into each other eyes until Taemin reached out and wrapped his arms around Erika. He gripped her tightly holding on to her like this was the last time he would ever see her again. "No matter, Erika, stay with me, we can do this together," he told her. 

Erika just nodded her head as Taemin held her nothing wanting this feeling to ever go away. She reached up her arms and closed them around Taemin as well, feeling the same way. 

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It was later on that day when Taemin and Erika were sitting downstairs watching TV in the living room. He was sitting up and she was leaning on him until her lovely friend decided it was time to force her up and she quickly left the room.  Taemin sat up on the couch and watch her leave coming back minutes later as she went to the kitchen to get a bottle of water. 

She took a sip and lean over the counter cradling her stomach. "I don't know how much more I can deal with this," she groaned. 

Taemin hopped off of the couch and walked over to where Erika was. He leans on the counter in front of her and smiles. "Maybe we need to set up a doctor visit to see what they can help with that because I don't think those pills are going to help you forever."

Erika nods her head as she leaves the kitchen and goes to her coat's pocket. "The old woman at the hospital give me the number to her daughter's office her in Seoul. Let me call her and see if she can help me out." 

Erika retrieves her phone as well and starts to dial the number on the piece of paper. It rings a couple of times until someone finally answers. "Thank you for calling, Doctor's Song OB/GYN clinic, how may I help you?"

"Hi, my name is Erika Lee, and I was wondering if I could schedule an appointment to be seen."

"Sure, are you pregnant or just a normal female visit."

"I'm pregnant," she answered. 

"Great, congratulations, do you know how far along you are at this time?"

"I know that I'm in my first trimester but not actually sure which month I'm in," she stated. 

"That's fine, we can clarify that for you," the rep follow up saying. "So when did you want to come in?"

Erika turns to Taemin and mumbles the question to him. He pulls out his phone and looks at his schedule to see when he was free. The earliest that he had available was not until next week and the way that Erika was feeling now, she needed to be seen like today. 

"Hello, are you still there?" the rep asked. 

"Oh, I'm sorry, what is the earliest you have available?" Erika questioned. 

"Well, since your term needs to be confirmed, we can schedule either later on today or tomorrow if that's fine for you," she implied. 

"Um, tomorrow is fine, could it be early morning?" She hoped for. 

"Let's see, let's see, ah..we do have an early morning around 8 am, is that okay?"

"That's fine, I'll take it."

"Okay, Ms. Erika Lee, I'll write you in for tomorrow at 8 am, okay? See you then." 

Erika thanked the woman and hung up the phone from her. "I was able to do tomorrow at 8 am," she said to Taemin. 

Taemin looked down at his phone to see his schedule. He didn't have anything to do in the morning but booked for the rest of the day. "Well, just leave early tomorrow so we can beat the traffic to get to your appointment." 

Erika nods slowly as she placed her hand on her stomach. She could feel the queasy feeling coming back but it was not as bad as it was before, maybe the baby was settling for the time being.  She then looks up to Taemin and smiles, "I'm hungry."

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THE NEXT DAY....

Taemin and Erika got up the next day around 6:30 am, so Taemin could take her to her doctor's appointment. Before they left Taemin called his manager to tell him that he would drive himself to his schedule that was marked for later on in the day. At the same time, his manager also wanted to know if his family business was taken care of. 

Taemin honestly wanted to tell him the truth, which was actually the truth. He did take care of family business and was still taking care of family business. "Yeah, I am but everything should be straightened out before my schedule today."

"Fine, fine but don't scare me like that again," He said.

Taemin confirmed to his manager that it wouldn't happen again but then it hit him. How actually did Erika get his number when he had changed it so many times. He hung up from his manager just as Erika was coming down the stairs. She was wrapping a scarf around her neck to keep warm. "Rika, question, how did you get my number?"

She turned around to stare at him as she put her shoes on. "What do you mean?"

"I had changed my number from the number that you used to have before and it's been changed so many times since then," he wondered. 

Erika smiles at his question since it dawned on her that he was just now asking her that. She pulls up her hair putting it under a hat before answering his question. "You would be surprised what your fans would do," she said. 

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"If I was you, I would change cell phone companies." She smiled

Taemin stared down at his phone scratching his head. He then tapped on the screen sending a message to his manager before looking up to see Erika laughing at him. "That's not funny, Rika."

"I know isn't but you should see your face right now," she laughed. 

He steps up putting his shoes on and opening the door. "Let's go we don't want to be late." Now he was annoyed. 

Erika wrapped her arm around Taemin pulling him closer to her. "I'm sorry but it was the only way to contact you, but for once they helped me find you."

Taemin relaxed his arm as he closed the door. "I guess," he said, sighing.

Erika reaches up touching the top of Taemin's nose. "Oppa~ are you mad at me?" She pouted. 

The only time that Erika calls Taemin, "oppa," is when she wants something or trying to act cute. He looks down at her and smiles. "I'm not mad, I'm just mad that companies would allow fans to do this." 

Erika understood how he felt and just wrapped her arms around him. "Well, I'm not a fan but I needed to get in contact with you since you had changed your number. So that was the only thing I could think of, it worked but I'll never do it again."

She crosses her heart and acts like she throwing away the key. Taemin just laughs at her antics as they make their way down to his car located in the garage.

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They arrived at the medical offices, just in time for it to open for the day, so they were the only people there waiting. Erika walked up to the front desk and smiled at the rep in front of her. "Hi, I'm Erika Lee, here for an appointment."

The rep smiled as she charted down the information before handing Erika a clipboard to fill out. "What you don't fill out, just take it with you."

Erika thanked the rep and sat back down next to Taemin to fill the paperwork. She looked down at the form and read everything first before writing down her information. As she got down to the marital status she turned to Taemin. "What should I put?"

It wasn't a stupid answer, it was just the fact that well, you know your married in secret to a KPOP artist who's fans would rip you to strands if they found out. "Skip that for now and we talk to the doctor," Taemin mumbles under his mask.  

Rika nods as she goes back filling out the rest of the form. Just as she does, a nurse came out calling her name to come to the back. They both get up and head to the back area. Erika's weight and height was checked out before she had to see the doctor. Afterward, they were brought into a room to wait for the doctor. Taemin sat next to her holding her hand. He could feel her body shaking from being nervous. 

He removed the mask from his face to smile at her as he cuffed her hand. The wait was long until the doctor knocked on the door and walked inside. "Hello, Ms. Lee?"

Erika shakes her hand confirming. "Hello, I'm Dr. Song, so it shows that you're in your first trimester, right?"

Erika nods her head. "Well, there won't be much to see but we can check to see how everything is going so far, okay?" 

Erika nods her heads once again to confirm. "I going to check your cervix right now." 

The doctor washes her hands and comes back to press on Erika's stomach. Erika winced in pain from the pressure but it wasn't enough to cause a big deal. The doctor's smiles as she walks away to wash her hands. "Everything looks good, I do show that you didn't a martial status, who's he?" She asked. 

Taemin slowly takes off his mask revealing his face. "That's the problem we have," he started saying. 

The doctor was taken back almost falling down from her stool. "You're Taemin from SHINee," she blurted out before covering her mouth. She cleared her throat looking down at Erika then back to Taemin. 

"The thing is our marriage is a secret and no one knows, not even my company. Is it possible if that not added on the paperwork for her protection?" He asked the doctor. 

The doctor smiled before writing something down before looking up at the couple. "Here's my card, if you ever need anything or need to make an appointment, contact me first, okay."

Erika turns to look at Taemin with a smile. He grabs her hand holding it tightly being happy with the outcome. "Okay, now that we have that out of the way, Mrs. Lee, I just wanted to let you know that you are about two months so far with your pregnancy. I will set up an appointment to see you in a month from now. But if you every need anything don't hesitate to call me, okay?"

Erika slowly starts to get up from the seat nodding her head to the doctor. "Thank you, my grandmother's friend referred me to you."

The doctor turned back around," Who was your grandmother?" She questioned. 

"Her name is Lee Soo Young," Erika answered. 

Dr. Song smiled as she started to remember,"your grandmother was the one that told me to go to school to become what I am now," she explained. Shaking her head she laughed. "Small world." 

Before closing the door behind her. Taemin turned his attention to Erika who was rolling down her shirt. She was two months allow and so she would be able to hide the pregnancy for a while before he needed to say anything but now they were at peace for the moment. Erika could turn around to see Taemin staring off into space. She leans forward looking at him in the eye. "Earth to Taemin, are you there?"

Taemin blinks a couple of times before staring back at Erika. "I'm here, what's wrong?" 

"Nothing, you were just gone for a moment. Even the doctor came back and handed me a prescription for my nausea and you still didn't move." 

Feeling embarrassed, Taemin rubs the back of his head. "Sorry about that, are you ready?"

Slipping on her coat she nods her head. "I am but I'm hungry through."

Taemin laughs as he wraps his arms around Erika, "Why doesn't that surprise me."

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