Stitching A Broken Heart

Chapter 4

After buying supplies from the village, Macaque went back to the house and began fixing up the home, starting with the holes in the floor along with replacing any other old rotting floor boards, then he began dusting off the cobwebs and dust on the ceiling and walls, and finally removing any walls that had mold on it and placing new ones in their place. As Macaque finished he began to feel dizzy and collapses to his knees while clutching his head and stomach "w-what?" He said clutching his head, suddenly he felt his stomach churn and he threw up on the floor, when he finished he looks down at the content on the floor and his dizzy spells was gone 'What is happening, that's the fourth time this happened this week' Macaque thought clutching his stomach

"Maybe it's time for me to take a break" Macaque said slowly standing up and heading outside, once outside he slowly sat down onto the steps breathing in the fresh air, he then takes out a bottle gourd filled with water he bought from the village and takes a drink from the gourd, when he finished he placed the cork on the gourd and placed it on the floor as he looked up at the sky enjoying the peacefulness around him. After what felt like five minutes have passed he stands up and went back inside the house "time to get back to work" he said grabbing a broom and began sweeping the debris and dirt that didn't stick onto the floor

Macaque wiped the sweat off from his brow as he swept the last pile of dust and dirt out the house "how many rooms does this place have?" Macaque said surprised by how many rooms there were in the house, he then noticed a door and walked towards it, he opens the door and saw the room had small cabinets lined up across the right side of the wall, shelves that hold clay jars, a bouquet of lavender that hung upside down by the window and a desk in the middle of the room with a book on top of it. Macaque walked up to the desk and picked up the book blowing the dust off it and saw that it was a doctors journal, as he flips the pages of the journal he saw every page had notes about illnesses, what they can do, and how to cure them. He also sees drawing of flowers, spices, herbs, teas, and ingredients for medicine 'Whoever lived here before must have been a doctor' Macaque thought turning the pages, suddenly the words started to get all fuzzy 'Huh...why are the words getting hard to-' His thoughts were cut off when his legs felt weak and his world went dark just as he collapsed to the ground

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"......."

"M.....e!"

"Ma...ue!"

"Macaque!"

Macaque slowly woke up with a splitting headache and his vision was fussy "what?" Macaque said in confusion, soon his vision cleared and he saw Princess Iron Fan standing over him with a look of worry and relief when she saw her little brother open his eye "Jiějiě?" Macaque said "oh thank the gods!" Iron Fan said pulling Macaque into a hug "what happened?" Macaque asked in confusion "I should be asking you that, when I came to check on you, only to find you on the floor unconscious!" Iron Fan said gently sitting the shadow demon up, Macaque rubbed his head to ease the headache "I don't know what happened, one minute I was cleaning up and then I felt dizzy and, must've passed out" Macaque said trying to figure out why he had passed out all of a sudden, then he felt like new weight on his lap and looks down to see Red Boy looking up at him with teary eyes "Shū" Red Boy said clutching his uncle tightly "oh Red Boy, I'm so sorry I scared you, I'm so so sorry" Macaque said hugging the demonic one year old

Iron Fan took a moment to think "what happened before you passed out?" Iron Fan asked in concern "well, I felt dizzy, and lightheaded, and...I threw up a while ago" Macaque said gently petting Red Boys hair. Princess Iron Fan placed a hand under her chin as she thinks over at the symptoms Macaque displayed, then her eyes widened a bit from the thought that appeared from her mind 'No it couldn't be....could it?' She thought "what is it?" Macaque asked when he saw her eyes widened "nothing just...these symptoms, sound just like the symptoms I had....when I was pregnant with Red Boy" Iron Fan said. Macaque eyes widened at that "w-what...but...I-I can't be...am I?" Macaque said in shock "there is only one way to find out" Iron Fan said, then summons a small bag into her hand "come" she said pulling Macaque up to his feet and leading him outside into the courtyard

She then takes out her fan and with a wave of her fan a powerful strong gust of wind appeared chopping down the overgrown grass, she then walked up to a small patch of dirt and stabbed the end of her fan to the ground making a small hole "what are you doing?" Macaque asked as Iron Fan puts her fan away "we are going to do a test" Iron Fan said kneeling down to the ground Macaque sitting down on the ground as well. She opens the bag, pulls out a small seed and placed it in the hole, the then pulls out a small needle and looks at Macaque "give me your hand" Iron Fan said, Macaque was shocked by this "what?" He said in confusion "you have to trust me" Iron Fan said, Macaque looked at her and sighed "okay" he said giving her his hand, Iron Fan then stabbed the needle into Macaques finger getting a little wince from the shadow monkey and held the bleeding finger over the hole. Just as three drops of blood landed onto the seed, she let go of Macaques hand and buried the hole, she then saw the gourd bottle and poured the water onto the small patch of dirt "now we wait" Iron Fan said staring intensely at the patch along with Macaque and Red Boy

Two minutes later a small sprout popped out of the ground and began to grow taller and taller as Macaque and Red Boy stared at it in awe, then a bud began to form on the top of the plant and it bloomed into a beautiful Chrysanthemum with the inside pedals a bright red color and the outside pedals a orange color. Macaque stared at the flower in shock knowing that the flower blooming with his blood could only mean one thing

He's pregnant

Iron Fan stared at the flower in shock, then felt the bubbling rage returning tenfold 'Curse you Sun Wukong!!' She thought gritting her teeth. Her rage came to a halt when she saw Macaque crying his face covering his mouth "Xiăo dìdì" Iron Fan said reaching out to her little brother but stopped when he removed his hand and saw a smile on his face "a mother....I'm going to be a mother Jiějiě" Macaque said smiling at his big sister his tail wagging and tears running down his face, Iron Fan smiled back and pulled her little brother into a hug careful not to squish the flower or her son "and you are going to be a great mother" Iron Fan said gently hugging Macaque