Honey, I'm Pregnant
Twenty-seven-year-old Ichijouji-Inoue
Miyako looked at herself in the full-length mirror that covered the back
of the door to the bedroom which her and Ken shared. She looked critically
at her waistline in the mirror, Can't notice it just yet, she thought,
narrowing her eyes slightly, Although there's a slight bulge, she
smiled softly and rested a hand on her abdomen, looking down at it. Well,
little one, what are you going to be? A boy or a girl?
Miyako moved away from the mirror
to sit down on the edge of her bed, tucking her feet underneath her. Her
ears perked up when she heard the front door of the apartment open.
"Miya-chan?" she heard Ken's voice
ask as the door closed behind him.
"In the bedroom, Ken-chan." Miyako
called.
"So, did you see the doctor today,
Miya-chan?" Ken asked, hanging his coat on the back of a chair and wrappign
his arms around her. He kissed her, then drew back, his expression worried,
"Did you find out what was bothering you? Why you're sick in the morning?"
"Yes, I did see the doctor today,
Ken-chan." Miyako replied carefully. She then paused, Now, the hard
part...how to tell him I'm pregnant...
"And?" Ken's eyebrows knit together
in concern, "Are you sick or something?"
"No, I'm not sick." Miyako said.
"Good." Ken sighed, his face visibly
relaxing. He kissed her again, then leaned back on the bed, "God, what
a day."
"Why?" Miyako asked, snuggling close
to him.
"Paperwork. Lots of paperwork." Ken
groaned, "Inspector Matsuda seems to think, that my being the new guy on
the job, I get to sit behind a desk and file report after report on crime."
"Poor baby." Miyako said. Baby....she
thought and drifted off into a world of her own, How amd I gonna tell
him that I'm pregnant?
"..so, is that all right with you?"
Ken was asking her.
"Nani?" Miyako blinked.
"Is it all right with you if we just
go out for supper tonight instead of making it here?" Ken repeated.
"Sure, it's fine with me." Miyako
said, getting up off the bed and pulling Ken with her, "C'mon, we can go
eat at one of Dai-kun's many restaurants."
"I still can't believe that his rame
franchise really paid off." Ken said as he grabbed his coat and followed
Miyako out the door, locking it behind them as they left.
"I know. Remember when we all thought
he was being stupid when he said his greatest wish was to open a ramen
shop?" Miyako giggled as they walked down the stairs of Hikarigaoka.
"And it turned out to be the most
successful restaurant business anywhere." Ken smiled, shaking his head,
"Ah, the irony of it all."
They walked the two blocks it took
them to get to the nearest ramen restaurant and walked in.
"Ken-chan, can I tell you something?"
Miyako asked.
"Of course, Miya-chan." Ken said,
squeezing her hand reassuringly.
"Hey! Ken-kun! Miyako-chan!" a familiar
voice called.
The married couple turned to see
Takaishi Takeru there, with a blonde woman and an equally blond baby.
"Takeru-kun!" Ken said excitedly,
heading over there and pulling Miyako by the hand.
"But Ken-chan..." she protested in
a small voice, I wanted to tell you.
"And who is this?" Ken asked, referring
to the woman.
"Oh, that's right." Takeru leapt
to his feet, "You two have never been introduced, have you?" without waiting
for an answer, he continued, "Cathy-chan, this is Ichijouji Ken and his
wife, Miyako. Ken, Miyako, this is my fiancé, Catherine Ducharme."
"N-nice to meet you." Catherine spoke
with a French accent.
Miyako's golden eyes focused on the
small blond-haired, blue-eyed baby. She picked him up gently, "And who
is this?" she asked softly.
"That is our son," Takeru said proudly,
"Three months old." he smiled at the child.
"He's so adorable." Miyako said in
a hushed voice, cradling the infant close to her.
"His name is Tenshi." Catherine said,
stepping close to Miyako and her child.
"When's the wedding?" Ken asked,
as the four of them sat down, Miyako still holding onto Tenshi.
"In October." Takeru said, "We're
having it in Paris."
"In France?" Miyako's eyes went all
starry, "Oh, how romantic!" she sighed happily as Tenshi gently
tugged on a strand of her lavender hair. "It will be just a perfect wedding,"
she started dreamily, "Paris in the fall..."
"Oh, no." Ken said jokingly, "Miya-chan's
off in one of her romantic daydreams again."
Tenshi cooed and Miyako stopped daydreaming
to look down at him, Oh, you're so tiny and fragile, Chibi-Tenshi,
she smiled wistfully, will you be a good playmate for my child when
he or she is born? I hope so. Miyako smiled and kissed the infant on
the head.
Ken glanced at his wife, holding
the small child on her lap, Miya-chan looks so happy with Tenshi...I
wonder if we'll ever have children of our own one day...
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"Well, that was a great supper."
Ken said as he and Miyako entered their apartment a few hours later.
"And it was great meeting Catherine,
too." Miyako smiled happily, "She's really nice and I can see why Takeru-kun
loves her so much."
"Miya-chan, I was thinking..." Ken
started hesitantly.
"About what?" Miyako asked, wrapping
her arms around his neck.
"What do you think of children?"
Ken asked, wrapping his own arms around Miyako's waist.
"What do I think about children?"
Miyako giggled, then stopped, wide-eyed, is there any way he could've
found out that I'm pregnant? she wondered, "Why?" she asked coyly.
"I was just wondering." Ken said
as he backed towards the doorway to their bedroom.
"Wondering? Really?" Miyako arched
an eyebrow.
