Chapter 1: ABSOLUTELY POSOTIVE

Shishido, Ryo's pointed face. Morning tennis practice would be starting soon. He lifted his sky blue hat and ruffled his choppy brown hair. His doubles partner, Ohtori, Chotaro, would be late to practice if he didn't hurry up with whatever he was doing in the restroom. Ryo was lucky. Chotaro strolled onto the court with a shy, yet delighted grin on his face. He scanned the courts for his doubles partner. When he spotted Ryo, Chotaro ran over, dropped to his knees, and grabbed Ryo's hand. Ryo stepped back. He looked horrified.

"Ryo-Senpai!"

His eyes sparkled as he beamed up at Ryo.

"I'm having a baby and it's yours!"

Ryo's eyes popped and his whole body went ridged. His mind came to a screeching halt. His jaw worked as he tried to find the right words. All that came out of Ryo's mouth was;

"N-no."

The smile slipped from Chotaro's face.

"Wh- B-but Senpai…"

Ryo stepped back. His legs shook so badly, his knees almost gave way.

"No Chotaro! Just no!"

That morning's practice went miserably. Jiro refused to wake up at all. Yuushi and Gakuto refused to speak to each other. Keigo was just plain PMSing. The silver pair, for obvious reasons, were distracted and unfocussed. Finally, the coach gave them all lectures and dismissed them with the usual.

"You may go."

Afternoon practice went just as poorly, if not worse. Gakuto burst into tears after his practice match. He and Yuushi finally made up on the bench (if you know what I mean). The silver pair had become so awkward that Keigo got fed up and sent them to the club room to "talk it out."

They sat there in silence, both boys staring at his own shoes. Ryo opened and closed his mouth several times.



"Uh… I'm sorry Chotaro… You're my best friend and everything, but-but it just can't happen… It's not possible…"

It took a long time for Chotaro to respond. His copper eyes shimmered as he raised his head.

"Senpai…"

Whenever Chotaro used this word on him, his heart melted.

"When was the last time I lied to you?... Answer me that…"

Ryo couldn't respond. This bluntness cought him off guard.

In no time, August had turned to September. With each passing week, Chotaro's waist line expanded a little. He sat on the bench before morning practice. The air smelled of autumn. Chotaro leaned his head back and shut his eyes as he breathed in the sweet scent of fall. The bench creaked as somebody sat down beside him. Chotaro opened his eyes to find Ryo next to him on the bench. Ryo had finally accepted that Chotaro might be telling the truth.

"Chotaro?"

This was the first thing Ryo had said to his doubles for a month besides 'mff…'

"Yes Senpai?"

Ryo's heart jumped. Again with the Senpai… Chotaro knew how to get to him.

"How…?"

A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO

"Listen up! You've all been given coins. Now pick a partner to flip it."

Chotaro took the coin on his desk and flipped it. Ryo watched bored out of his mind. Chotaro raised his hand.

"What does it mean if you get head?"

Some boys behind Chotaro and Ryo snickered loudly. Chotaro blushed embarrassedly.

"I mean heads!"

The teacher rolled his eyes."



"Wait and see."

Partner two is heads and partner one is heads. Whichever one was flipped, you are the mother. The boys protested loudly. The sexes had been separated. They didn't understand why they, the males, had to be moms. Chotaro, being partner one, blushed a delicate shade of pink. Ryo chuckled.

The coach was out and the sub failed to show. It didn't matter to the team. They were hammered at least most of them. Keigo had smuggled some hard liquor to school. The team had drained it at lunch. Chotaro, being a good boy, didn't drink at all. The only thing he'd ever drank was the "wine" at church. Even that had no alcohol in it. Yuushi was the exact opposite. He had made the largest dent in the booze. Most of the team had left the club room and were out on the courts, most likely staggering around. Chotaro decided to wait. It wasn't safe for a boy like him to be half naked in a room filled with drunken homosexuals. Only after deeming it safe, Chotaro loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt. As he stripped, Chotaro let out a shuddering gasp. A hand came from behind and pushed into the front of his pants. His legs quivered as it stroked him. He felt himself grow hard.

"Chotaro…"

Chotaro let out a soft little moan. He knew it would be Ryo. His words were a little slurred but it was definitely him.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted this…"

Chotaro's breathe quickened. His brain screamed for him to push his doubles partner off. His legs grew week and he slid to the floor. Chotaro closed his eyes and allowed the hands to roam his, now completely exposed, body. He couldn't lie. He had wanted this too.

"S-Senpai…"

"Ryo-Senpai, are you sure you sure your feeling okay?"

Chotaro tried to get close and look into his eyes. He was, however roughly shoved back.

"Meh… Headache…"

Ever since afternoon practice the day before, Chotaro had blushed every time Ryo touched. Ryo had a hangover from the drinking incident. Chemistry was awkward. It was filled with sexual tension. It was especially hard to work because Ryo felt ill and Chotaro was distracted.

"You will each get a different solution. You will each get a set of directions and guess what's in your beaker. Chotaro recognized that Ryo would be incapable at the moment so he attempted to fill in.

"Ryo-Senpai…"



"I know, I know!"

Chotaro read the directions over for the second time.

"Okay…"

Chotaro flicked on the burner.

"Ryo-Senpai…"

Chotaro repeated.

"What?!"

"Y-you really did drink too much yesterday."

"Ssh!"

Ryo put a hand to his head and moaned.

"Oh… Sorry…"

There was a blushy silence.

"Ryo-Senpai, don't you remember anything from yesterday?"

Ryo raised one of his arched eyebrows and looked at Chotaro.

"No, but it's not like anything life altering happened right?"

Chotaro went even pinker and turned away. He jumped as he heard the solution come to a boil.

"Chotaro,"

He jumped again.

"Pass the directions."

"What?! Oh!"

"Never Mind…"

Ryo reached over impatiently for the directions. His arm nudged the beaker. It was just a brush, but just enough to tip it over. The contents splashed over his doubles partner. Chotaro gasped, then coughed. The scolding liquid burned his lap and some of his gut. Chotaro couldn't breathe. The air around him was congested with fumes. He gave a small cry. Ryo pulled him to his feet.

Ryo and Chotaro walked to the nurse together. She gave Chotaro cream to put on his burns. She asked him to see the burn. He replied, giving Ryo a quick glance, that he wasn't comfortable with it. Most of 

the burning was on his lap. He blushed and slipped into her tiny bathroom. Ryo sank down onto the bench like bed nurses offices tend to have. He and the nurse sat in awkward silence for a while. Ryo was just about ready to ask Chotaro what the hell was taking him so frigging long, when a horrible retching noise made them both jump. He ran to the door and banged on it.

"Chotaro! Are you alright?! Answer me Chotaro!"

"Ohtori-Kun!"

The door swung open and Ryo nearly fell in.

"I…"

Chotaro looked a little sheepish.

"I'm sorry… I threw up…"

He glanced at the nurse with shining eyes. Ryo walked straight up to Chotaro and hugged him, stroking his hair. Chotaro, confused, froze.

"Ryo-S-senpai?"

Chotaro had no idea why his partner was engaging in this odd behavior. What he did know was that he liked it.

Chotaro was confused and frightened. He almost always felt noxious and if he wasn't vomiting, he felt like he had to. Chotaro had stomach cramps and, the icing on the cake, mood swings. This continued for a few weeks. Then he became desperate. Chotaro decided that consulting Gakuto was his best option. Gakuto was the king/queen of this sort of thing. His mother worked as a nurse.

"Gakuto…"

"What?!"

"I need to ask you something…"

The hyotei team was in the club room, changing for morning practice.

"If you feel sick all the time, mostly in the morning and um… You have weird moods and… Well… What does it mean…?"

Gakuto froze in the middle of picking up his starters' polo.

"Dunno, tell me more."

"Well uh…"

He never got a chance to elaborate. Gakuto jumped, dropped his polo shirt, and pointed at Chotaro.



"Dude!"

Gakuto was so loud; Chotaro winced and drew back a step.

"That's how my mom was when she had my baby sister! It sounds like your pregnant or something!"

Chotaro's copper eyes grew wide.

"B-but, but, but I'm a-a boy!"

Gakuto rolled his/her eyes, crossed his/her arms, and popped his/her hips.

"Psh, Ohtori-Kun, you are sooo weird!"

Gakuto was making Chotaro feel worse. He spluttered.

"Hey!"

Both boys jumped. Chotaro squeaked and covered his exposed torso with the hyotei starters' jacket. Gakuto yelped and sprang on top of his locker. Blue hair and glasses made Chotaro breath sigh so relief.

"Y-yuushi… You startled me."

Chotaro's stomach squirmed and he shuddered. Now was not the time. Yuushi scowled at his two team mates.

"You guys had better hurry up. Sensei started practice without you and he isn't waiting."

Chotaro could feel the blood drain from his face.

"Gakuto, get down from there and put a shirt on!"

"Oh! Don't be so bossy Yuushi! I know how bitchy you are about me being covered in front of other people!"

"You're the bitchy one!"

"Oh yeah?!"

Chotaro doubled over. He wasn't sure how long he could hold it back.

"Ohtori-Kun? Are you alright?"

Yuushi had finally noticed he was ill.

"I-I think I'm going to be sick…"

Chotaro felt how violently he was shaking. He knew he must look pretty bad.

"Gakuto, you help him out. I'll get Sensei."



Gakuto leapt lightly down from on top of his locker.

"And put some clothes on!"

Yuushi's voice rang from the door.

Chotaro whipped his mouth. He was crouching in the club room stall. He could see the back of Gakuto's tennis shoes in the crack between the door and floor.

"Th-thank you Gakuto…"

"Meh!"

Chotaro saw Gakuto shuffle his/her feet.

"You seem knocked up to me."

Chotaro wretched, then came up to speak.

"B-but…"

"I've got a test or two in my bag. Do ya need one?"

Chotaro new better than to ask Gakuto what on earth he/she was doing with a pregnancy test in his/her tennis bag.

"Yeah… Yeah that would be great Gakuto… Thanks…"

Gakuto's footsteps faded away. Then as he/she began to walk back, they stopped completely.

"Mukahi, Yuushi here told me that Ohtori is under the weather. Where is"

"Gakuto… What-is-that…?"

Yuushi spoke over the coach, something that should never be attempted. His words were short and chopped.

"Jesus Christ Gakuto!"

Chotaro figured that Yuushi must have seen the pregnancy test that Gakuto had been bringing him.

"Not this again!"

There was a loud thunk as Gakuto's foot stamped.

"well YOU don't have to worry about it do you Yuushi?! YOU don't need to check every once and a while! Well I do!"



Chotaro got up and leaned against the door frame. He could now see the whole interaction. It would have been funny if he didn't feel so lousy. Yuushi smacked his forehead, the way he always did when he thought Gakuto was being a moron.

"Gakuto…"

His tone was that of somebody explaining to a small child that one plus one did in fact equal two.

"Let me clear this up for you… Again! You are male… The male of the species do not bear children. The female dose…"

"How can you be so sure mister 'I got a flipping A+ in biology?!'"

"Gakuto, just because I'm pitching and you're catching doesn't give you the ability to-"

"Argh! Prove it Yuushi! Just prove it!"

And Gakuto stamped off leaving Chotaro without the test he/she had offered up.

Yuushi let out a sound that was half way between a moan and a sigh.

"Chotaro?"

"I-I'm here…"

Chotaro flopped down on the bench. Sensei had called his home phone but his parents were both working. He had to stay there. Chotaro closed his eyes and pressed his forehead to his palms. They felt cool and damp. He could hear the steady swish, pop of racquets hitting tennis balls. Chotaro wished he could just curl up and fall asleep. But sadly, it never worked like that with him. He had never been able to sleep well unless he was in his own bed. It felt so much safer. He also liked to have his black cat Snowy in bed with him. It helped, knowing he wasn't alone. Chotaro gave a start. Somebody had wrapped arm around his shoulders. He looked up.

"Ryo-Senpai, you scared me!"

His face grew hot and he tried to hide the blush.

"Shouldn't you be-"

"Yeah…"

Ryo pulled Chotaro in so that his chin rested on top of Chotaro's head. Chotaro squeaked.

"I probably should be drilling but Yuushi has a hangover. You know how he can get."



Chotaro sighed. Yes he did know how nasty those Yuushi hangovers could get. Goose bumps rose up Chotaro's spine as Ryo sort of rubbed his shoulder. He shook himself mentally. This was getting out of hand.

"So… Let me get this straight… Yuushi-Senpai and Gakuto Senpai are fighting because of Gakuto-Senpai's pregnancy test? Wow… Okay… That's just-"

Hyoshi, the team's number one reserve player, fell silent as his upper classman, Yuushi entered the club room. Yuushi glanced over at Gakuto. Gakuto went the same color as his/her hair and turned away, pretending to be interested in his/her shoe laces. The silver pair sat on one of the club room benches. Chotaro's head rested on Ryo's shoulder. He was having another rough morning and was desperate to get the test from Gakuto. However, when he mentioned it to Gakuto, he/she huffed and said something about a tampon before marching off. Chotaro could not have another private word with Gakuto until afternoon practice. While changing after practice, Gakuto handed Chotaro a towel. Chotaro found it oddly nice of him/her until he saw the pregnancy test concealed inside of it. Chotaro changed and headed to the restroom. In no time at all, he was shouting for Gakuto.

"Gakuto!"

"What?! What the hell do you want?!"

Chotaro stammered slightly.

"How h-how do you work this?"

Gakuto huffed and rolled his/her eyes.

"There are directions on the box! Read them!"

And he/she stomped off.

"Gakuto!"

"What?! Jesus Christ! What the hell do you want?!"

Chotaro emerged from the stall, holding a thin white stick.

"What does this mean?..."

Gakuto yanked the test away from him.

"Let me see th- Oh my God!"

Chotaro's brown eyes grew wide.



"What? What is it?"

Gakuto looked up at him. (waaaay up at him XD)

"Chotaro… This means you're pregnant!"

Chotaro squinted.

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely positive! You're going to be a mommy!"

PRESANT DAY

Ryo stared, wild eyes. He trembled and licked his dry lips.

"Wait, hold the phone! We-we did IT?!"

Chotaro nodded.

"Oh my God! I raped you, didn't I?!"

Ryo seemed devastated. Chotaro couldn't get a word in.

"Chotaro! I am so sorry! You're the best friend I've ever had and… I can't believe I raped you, my best friend!"

"Ryo-Senpai!"

The shiver that usually accompanied Chotaro uttering the word 'Senpai.' Slid up Ryo's back. His eyes grew even more wide as he remembered something. A tangle of limbs, silvery grey hair, and a moan into his ear.

'Oh… S-senpai…'

Now he understood why it made him so hot when Chotaro said it. It had been happening at least two months.

"Ryo-Senpai!"

Chotaro took him by the arm. Goose bumps rose when Chotaro's hand came in contact with his skin.

"Don't blame yourself! I…"

Ryo saw a pink ting appear in his doubles partner's cheeks. Chotaro wouldn't look at him.

"I… That is to say… I d-didn't… um… Didn't exactly s-stop you…"



"What?!"

Chotaro pulled away and scooted farther away from Ryo.

"It's nothing… Forget it…"

Ryo had never seen Chotaro so pink.