ok, Here it is the First 2 Chapters of Becoming an Adult's sequel.
i don't own gravitation
if you haven't read Becoming an Adult you probably should this will make more sense if you do.
Chapter 1: blond bounds, terrible two, and Allergies
Shuichi got better with the medications. He didn't fall into the holes of sorrow and pity. He didn't have his mega happy weeks any more through either. He was just stable, and that worked for him, he still felt every one of his emotions just at a normal level. There where still nights where he would wake up crying for Yuki.
As Laylee got bigger Shuichi could see that his fears of her looking like Yuki had been slightly misplaced. She had his hair and one of his eyes, but other then that she seemed more like himself then Yuki. She was small, not a shocking thing, and she had a chubbiness to her face the Shuichi had had until late in high school.
Shuichi watched as Laylee sat on the floor in the kids section of the book store with a copy of No Matter Where you are. She was chewing on her hand and looking at he pictures. She would giggle and clap when Tohma would come and turn the page for her.
Shuichi shook his head. The older man mad him nervous, but so far he'd nothing but watch, with small interactions like the turning of pages. Ryuichi had been even more critical of his 'friends' sudden appearance. But, so far both had seen nothing to worry them. Slowly but surely Tohma Seguchi was become a normal part of Laylee's life.
Shuichi was pulled out if his musing by Laylee crawling off trying to take the book with her. He smiled at that, she loved that book. He couldn't blame her either, it was her book. Yuki had written it for her. Shuichi watched as she made her way over to Tohma, she grabbed onto his pants leg. His eyes widened when he realized what she was about to do. He quickly grabbed the camera from behind the counter. He got it on just in time, Laylee pulled herself into a standing position against Tohma's leg. He snapped the picture.
Tohma looked at the girl confused for a moment. He glanced at Shuichi who had a camera in hand, before he slowly bent down and picked up the girl. She grasped his shirt and leaned her head against his shoulder with a yawn. Shuichi's smile lessened a little as he looked at Laylee's pink and blond hair against Tohma's blond hair. In his mind the blond hair was darker, and piercing gold eyes where looking at him with love.
"...Shindou-san?" Tohma's voice asking something snapped Shuichi out of his day dream.
"Yes?" He asked losing his small as his eyes took in the bleach blond hair and gray eyes looking at him with concern.
"I said I am sorry...I had no right..." Tohma looked deep into his eyes, he took a deep breath, "I had no right to threaten you, it was foolish and cruel of me to do. I know that Mika would have loved her the minute I brought her home, but it wouldn't be right giving my wife happiness, only for your sadness." Shuichi looked at the man in front for him.
"I can't forgive you" Shuichi said softly looking at him. Tohma looked down he hadn't expected to be forgiven, but to hear the younger man say it hurt.
"But, I can see that Laylee has formed an attachment to you. It would only hurt her for you to disappear suddenly." Shuichi said studying the man in front of him. Tohma looked up at him with wide eyes.
Tohma opened her mouth to say something but, Shuichi put a finger to his own lips. He raised an eyebrow at the former singer. Who in turn pointed to the now sleeping Laylee in Tohma's arms. Tohma stared at the girl in shock, it felt nice to hold a child. He didn't know what he expected but, he had never thought a child in his arms would feel like this, like he was holding hope or love itself in his arms.
"She does that to people" Shuichi said see the look in his face.
"What?" Tohma asked softly with a raised eyebrow
"Changes them." He said softly before putting the camera back under the counter. Tohma just stared down at the little girl in his arms, and he found he had to agree with Shuichi. a year ago, if someone had asked him if Shindou-san and Ryuichi would be capable of taking care of an infant he would have said no. But, now he could see that this little girl had changed both the God and Prince of Pop. Now she was changing him.
After that day, their seemed to be a connection between the two blonds. Now instead of only Shuichi being able to calm the girl, or hold her for more then 10 minutes without screams, Tohma became a calming voice, and in his arms was safe. Laylee even at one point lunged out of Shuichi's arms for Tohma.
The two men still didn't like each other, but Laylee had made a bond between them. Sora jokingly called it the blond bond. Shuichi had laughed with her. In years to come Tohma would use the excuse of "Blond Time" when he would take Laylee out, for ice cream or on shopping trips, and a few other thing he would never admit to any one.
Sakito being a family doctor, became Laylee's primary doctor. She was please with Laylee's development. The only thing that was of note, was Laylee's size, she was small for her age. While being a premie said that was to be expected, she was worried that the girl might be stunted in later years. She told shuichi he should expect all the normal things of a kid this age, there was also another problem. Laylee's blood work up had showed something strange. They weren't sure what it was, because of that Sakito didn't feel like it was a good idea to give her vaccinations. They didn't know how it would react to what ever this was in her blood work.
Boy, had she been right. By the time Laylee was two Shuichi was doing almost nothing but chasing after the girl or cleaning up after her. She drew on the walls of just about every where. She would throw temper tantrums when she was told no. The only time things ever seemed to calm down was when either Ryuichi or Tohma was around. Ryuichi noticed just how warn out Shuichi was looking and asked about it on many visits he made to the Shindou-Uesugi residence.
Shuichi finally told him, about the tantrums. Ryuichi looked confused, as he watched Laylee on the playground. The girl was always sweet and clingy, whenever he was around. They played with their stuffed bunnies, when Tohma was around he would sit and read to her. Why was it that once they where gone, she was a nightmare for Shuichi? After that meeting Ryuichi had started researching, the best he could find were cases where the child knew another parent was missing, in cases where parents got divorced, or one died. The child would throw a tantrum whenever the other parent wasn't there to do what they normally would.
The problem with this of course was that laylee had never known Yuki. So, she wouldn't know what he would have done if she did something wrong. Ryuichi told Shuichi about this, it wasn't really a surprise to Shuichi. He reminded Ryuichi that Laylee's first word was Dada. But, it still didn't explain her fits. Shuichi said something to Sakito when he saw her for Laylee's next checkup. She explained that Yuki was a key part of her life even thought he's never been in it. She longed for the other parent without knowing it. She also informed him that she wanted to do an allergy test to check if they could give her vaccinations.
It had been two painful days in the hospital, and much screaming from Laylee. Shuichi couldn't blame her either. The test they were doing looking like they where painful, at least when they got a reaction. Laylee had clung to Tohma when he came to visit. He read her 'No Matter Where You Are'. She would hold onto him and cry as they ran some of the tests. By the end of it all it turned out she was allergic to peanuts, and mercury.
Which to Sakito meant no vaccinations for Laylee.
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Chapter 2: Cats out of the Bag
Everything went smoothly over the next few years. Shuichi worked at the book store, Ryuichi found an apartment nearby. And Tohma well he was with them almost every weekend, leading to many questions from Ryuichi and Sora about what his wife must think he is doing.
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Now, Laylee was 4 years old. Shuichi smiled as he watched her sit in Tohma's lap, hugging her stuffed bunny, as he read her a picture book version of Alice in Wonderland. He smiled as she chewed on the ears of the bunny. he was pulled from his thoughts by someone wrapping on the window. He looked up to see Machi the baker, he was holding something. Shuichi went outside looking at him.
"Have you seen this?" he asked handing Shuichi a magazine. He unfolded it and almost dropped it, the over in bold print read, 'MAN GIVES BIRTH TO HEALTHY BABY GIRL' in smaller print it went on to say it was a secret from the last 4 years.
"Oh no" Shuichi said flipping it open, to the article. He read through it fast, they hadn't mentioned any names besides Dr. Sakito who refused to comment. He rushed back into the store.
"Laylee honey can you go play with Mr. Machi for a minute I need to talk to Uncle Tohma" Shuichi said picking Laylee off of Tohma's lap.
"But, Mama" she whined
"Not right now honey. Now go" Shuichi said watching as she slipped out the door.
"Shuichi what is wrong?" Tohma asked looking at him, the former j-pop prince never wanted to just talk to him.
"Did you know about this?" he asked sharply thrusting the magazine at him. Tohma took it and shook his head as he started to read.
"I will take care of this. Do not worry I will not let the media get to her at such a young age" Tohma said, pulling out his cell phone.
After spending all after noon on the phone, all gag orders where in place. No one was to print names or pictures involving the male pregnancy or his daughter. Of course they took this was the confirmation of the story. Shuichi refused to sell any of the magazines in the store, and Sora couldn't blame him. Every one pulled extra keeping an eye on Laylee watching for any one that looked like they didn't belong. But, like everything else even Laylee had a price to some people.
Most of the neighborhood that the bookstore was in knew that Shuichi was Laylee's mother not her father. But, out of respect for privacy they didn't say anything. They liked having the little girl and Shuichi around. One though while he liked the girl could honestly due without the bookstore being in business. After all how bad could a few people wanting to talk to or run some tests on the girl be. He figured that with the stress of that Shuichi would quit and then the Yukimora's would sell. It was simple business, really.
Of course no magazine would take the information, researchers and scientists, even a few churches, they were paying top dollar for the information. And Shuichi's world turned into a nightmare, enough so that he had packed his and Laylee's bags convinced they would go back to Tokyo. Come the next morning though he would just curl up and cry. Laylee started to damper, she could feel all the stress of the adults around her. Tohma stepped in again making it perfectly clear that if anyone touched her he would destroy them completely. Of course there where still the few crazies that tried it. There was one nut job that had cut off a chunk of Laylee's hair for DNA.
The church nuts where the worst though, screaming that she was the embodiment of the devil, and she would bring the end of the world to them. They sheltered Laylee from these group often times Ryuichi would stay and read Alice in Wonderland to her. She would hide in that world, where rabbits wore waistcoats and flowers talked.
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Yuki looked at the magazine that he had bought. It talked about a man who had had a baby 4 years ago. He had wanted to call the magazine and demand all the details they had. But that was the last thing he needed, was for the press to think he was involved.
He did go to Kyoto and see Dr. Sakito.
She seemed startled when she saw him, like she was seeing a ghost. After shaking out of her stupor she greeted him asking what she could do for him. Once they where in her office, he put the magazine down on her desk. She looked at it and then him.
"What do you want?" she asked looking at him with hard eyes. He stared back with just as hard eyes.
"I want my family" he said simply.
"I can't tell you much. I agreed to his confidentiality." She said sitting down and motioning for him to do the same.
"What can you tell me?" he asked watching her closely.
"She's healthy...she has your eyes...one of them at least. He's happy, and doing well" she said softly watching him. He looked down, he was right, it was a girl.
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ok there's the newest chapter, this story will probably go a little slower on the updates then the last one.
Also go to my profile and vote on what laylee's passion should be i'll be doing the two highest