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The drive to the doctors after the dramatic reunion was much more than Wally could handle. Kuki was so excited about her rekindled relationship that she missed three stop signs.
'Oh Wally you have no idea how excited I am! Maybe when the baby is ready for its Omiyamairi we can go to Japan and see my Granny! OOOH we can probably go back for a few other ceremonies!'
'Wait? Whats an Omi-hari and why do we have to do all of this in Japan?'
'Its Omiyamairi, and it's a rite of passage for newborns. When the baby is a month old, you take it to a Shinto and the priest says a prayer for the baby. It's kinda like a baptism only we get small gifts out of it.'
'So basically you want to travel across the globe with a newborn for a baptism?'
'I did it, my sister did, and both my parents had one when they were born Japan why can't our baby?'
'Well what if I wanted to go to Australia so we can meet my grandparents instead of going to Japan?'
'We can but this is a right of passage.'
'So is Yowie hunting!' Wally exclaimed as Kuki took her eyes of the road staring at Wally a bit confused. 'Every year my family and I go Yowie hunting on August 16th. The very day my great great great grandfather, Ignatius Beetles claimed he spotted a Yowie but the cruddy bugger got away. To prove a point he waited an entire year and took his sons Yowie hunting,'
'Why a year?'
'Eh something about weather patterns. Long story short that's what started the Beetles family tradition of going Yowie hunting. Its pretty great actually, we go to the family land, say hi to my grandparents, grab a few hunting gear and go to the wild until we get hungry and eat.'
'Wally, are you telling me that an ancient tradition that has been passed down from my ancestors is less important because your lunatic grandfather saw bigfoot.'
'No but the baby will be older on August 16th so logically why can't he see his Aussie family first then meet your Granny?'
'He?'
'... or she.'
'We could do both?' Kuki suggested.
'That sound expensive.'
'Yeah but it's something to think about. We'll be out of school, the baby will be a little older and we can meet my family in Japan and stay with them until mid July or early August and go big foot hunting with yours.'
'We'll talk about it with our moms later.'
Wally wanted to take the baby to see it's family more than anything, but Japan was scary for him. He's never been to a country where he didn't speak the language and didn't understand the customs. He couldn't even read Japanese! How was he going to get by if he went? It's not forever, but still! Australian however? He loves it and he wants his new family to love it as much as he does! Wally looks over and Kuki and wonders if Kuki wanted to go to Japan as much as he wanted the baby to meet his family. Maybe she wants the baby to have a special ceremony not because Kuki is Japanese, but because it's a part of her that she wants to share with her child. Just like how Wally wants their child to love Australia as much as he does.
'You know…' Wally began. 'If we have to do only one trip, we can try Japan first and maybe Australia when its older… you know to save money in the meantime.'
Kuki smiled as she attempted to park, 'I'd love that.'
They walked into Dr. Marshal's office and Kuki noticed that Wally was clutching a small piece of paper in his pocket. Whenever he had a list of questions, he often wrote them down so he wouldn't forget. Kuki held his slightly shaking hand to calm him down, Wally hated asking questions as much as he hated asking for help. If anything he liked to be as self sufficient as he possibly can. Wally and Kuki walked in on Dr. Marshall under a pile of files as tall as he was. He looked up and smiled and said, 'Oh good, my favorite couple.' They both smiled back after he greeted them. They can genuinely say they like their doctor. He was a nice guy who didn't give them backhanded comments about being young parents like some of the older nurses do or give Wally a fake smile when he talks about his plans about going to Harvard. Nope, when he took Wally in his office for words of encouragement and gave him a medical book, it actually made him slightly more confident in his abilities.
'How can I help you guys?'
'We just have a lot of questions about life in general and you were in the same boat so if it's cool we'd like your advice.' Wally said as he glanced at his paper.'
'Absolutely. What's on your mind?'
'We really want to continue our education.' Kuki said.
'And…' Wally said with his stomach boiling with anxiety. 'I want to go to Harvard and become a doctor.'
Dr. Marshall smiled as if to say, 'good for you! You can do it!'
'But the thing is… we don't know how to plan for college and a baby.' He continued. 'How did you do it.'
'Well If I'm going to be one hundred percent honest, if I were you I wouldn't look into Harvard for an undergrad. But, you could go to an accredited university and get your undergrad in any field that's not just pre med. So you could be an english major and still be able to apply for med school. After that then I would recommend Harvard. What my wife and I did was use loans to get a cheap little apartment. Now at days university's offers family housing so you could look into that.'
'Family housing?'
'Yep. my alma mater, UCLA, recently started student housing for married students with children-'
'Alright Kuki let's do it then!' Wally said happily.
'Wait, what?'
'Apply to UCLA as a married couple.'
'Are you serious?!'
'Do you wanna get married or not?'
'NO! Not if this is your idea of proposing!' Kuki said as she stood up. 'I'll wait for you in the car.'
Wally stared at Kuki blankly while Dr. Marshall shook his head in disbelief. 'Wallabee…' He said. 'Do you know how I managed to stay happily married for twenty years?' Wally shook his head 'no'.
'I know when to shut up.'
'What all I said was let's get married for student house-ohhhhh now I know whee I fucked up.'
'Yeah you kinda did.'
'Did you and your wife get married right away?'
'Well… we did but I wouldn't encourage it.'
'But you're still married.'
'True, but we were barely eighteen and we thought we were adults and could handle it. It was hard at times but it was meant to be for us.'
Wally took the doctor's words into consideration. He should have never suggested getting married like it was a business transaction. He could only imagine what it must be like in Kuki's shoes. Maybe she was feeling insecure or anxious because she probably doesn't know if he's staying in the relationship for her or for the baby. He hasn't even verbally said 'I love you' yet. Why is it taking him so long to say 'I love you'? Wally clearly loves her. He can't even imagine his life without her. She is the most compassionate person he ever met in his life and she has faith in him. Even when he does not have any in himself. Honestly, whenever he is with Kuki, everything just makes sense. She's not even just a girlfriend to him, she is a lot of things. She is his partner in crime, his confidant, and best friend… maybe Kuki is also more than that.
'Dr. Marshall?' Wally asked.
'Yes?'
'Can you give me more information about UCLA? Maybe even let me borrow a few more books?'