Summary: In a world where despair never happened, Mondo Oowada and Kiyotaka Ishimaru have been dating since they were freshmen in high school. Now that they're seniors, they've started taking things a little more seriously… and then they trip and fall into something they never expected. Lots of trans characters, but mainly featuring trans guys Mondo and Daiya and trans girls Chihiro, Mukuro, and Junko. Daiya is a year older than Mondo and is still alive. The kids still go to school together. Featuring the cast of DR1 since I haven't been able to see or play the others yet. Mondo and the rest of the kids are 18 or 17 depending on their birthday.

Chapter One

It really wasn't very surprising that Chihiro was the one to figure it out first.

She had always been more intuitive to these things than others. Chihiro knew the ins and outs of Mondo Oowada better than Mondo himself did. His frequent trips to the bathroom weren't going unnoticed, and neither were the bags under his eyes. At first, she wondered if it was just Daiya keeping him up late to help with woodworking, but she knew the brothers better than that. Daiya wouldn't do something if he thought it would impede his brother's education.

And then, in the middle of third period, Mondo passed out right at his desk. As in, legitimately lost consciousness and slumped over in his chair. Which made Leon scream, and got everyone's attention.

To be fair, he only passed out for a few minutes, five at the most, and when he woke up he was able to get up and walk to the nurse's office mostly unassisted. Chihiro and Kiyotaka went with him anyway, though; they were worried, and Chihiro was Mondo's right hand girl. She was second only to Kiyotaka himself in his mind. Mondo groaned and grumbled the whole way there about how he "wasn't sick" and "didn't need their help," but neither Chihiro nor Kiyotaka relented.

Something was seriously wrong, and Chihiro had a tiny little feeling that she knew what it was about.

She listened intently when Mondo described what was going on, in his own words, to the school's nurse. He was required to, after all, as it was the school's policy to document every change in a student's health, especially when it happened at school. He explained that yes, he had been getting sick off and on during the day, no he didn't have a fever, yes he did have some migraines, no he'd never been seriously ill before, no he had no history of seizures or blackouts, and yes he was still on testosterone once a week. The only thing he said that didn't directly relate to what the nurse asked him was that he had been tired, sore, and achy recently, and he whispered something in her ear that Chihiro didn't catch.

Kiyotaka was listening, too, but he was more interested in making sure Mondo was actually okay in the moment rather than putting the pieces together. That wasn't to say that he was being neglectful; Chihiro was sure that he simply didn't think about it right at that time. Which was understandable. He had just watched his normally invincible boyfriend pass out with no warning.

When the nurse left the room to call Daiya, Chihiro walked up to Mondo and put a hand on his well-muscled shoulder. He turned to face her, blue-violet eyes narrowed and trying desperately not to look worried. Kiyotaka was, by now, sitting on his other side, leg bouncing with nervous energy.

"Mondo, Taka," Chihiro said, keeping her voice calm and steady. "Be honest with me, please. Are you two sexually active?"

Kiyotaka gave a loud yelp, and Mondo doubled over as he sputtered in shock. "Are we what?" Mondo finally managed to ask after a few moments of this. "Chi, listen, I dunno what you've got in your head but -"

"I need you to be honest with me," Chihiro repeated, her tone serious. "Please, just answer the question."

"That is very personal, Chihiro," Kiyotaka said after struggling to find his words. "And I do not think it is necessary right at this moment to be discussing our sex lives!"

"So you do have sex lives then?" Chihiro asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kiyotaka's face went red. "That - that is not what I meant!"

Mondo rolled his eyes and gave a heavy sigh. "Y'know what? Fuck it, fine. I'd rather you play doctor than the school nurse, so, yeah, Taka and I've been doin' it."

Had it not been for his own sense of personal restraint, Kiyotaka would have screamed. Thankfully, he didn't; instead, he just gave a muffled yelp. "M-Mondo!"

"What? There ain't no reason she shouldn't know," Mondo said gruffly. "I mean, she's like our sister. She woulda' figured it out anyway."

"To be honest, I already had my suspicions," Chihiro shrugged. "Remember when Mondo said in the group chat that his hips were sore, and tried to cover it up by saying he'd been working out? I'm well aware that you don't do any exercises that would make your hips sore. Except one, that is."

"Can we please move on?" Kiyotaka asked. "We have established that we are, indeed, sexually active. Now, what was the point of your question, Chihiro?"

"There are more questions," Chihiro replied. "First, when did you start, and second, are either of you using birth control?"

"Uh… like, six months ago. Over the summer," Mondo replied dismissively. "Never been on the pill, but we use condoms every time."

"Both of you, or just one?" Chihiro asked for clarification.

"Eh, sometimes both, sometimes just Taka," Mondo muttered. "Again, what's the point of this?"

"I'm getting there, be patient." Chihiro glanced over at the door to the nurse's office, and then looked back at her friends. "Mondo, when was the last time you had a period?"

Mondo paused. "Well, uh… see I… before the T, I was pretty regular, but after it, I'm all over the place. Sometimes I'll skip like, four months. Last time I had it though was like, two months ago, but ever since then it's been… weird? I dunno how to describe it. Spotty?"

Kiyotaka looked at him confused. "You haven't told me any of this."

"Well, I didn't think it was important," Mondo shrugged. "Still doesn't answer my question though. Where're you goin' with this, Chi?"

"Is there a chance, any chance at all, that you might be pregnant?" Chihiro finally asked.

For a moment, Mondo considered her words. Then, he paused as his eyes slowly widened. "I - uh - um - I uh - I dunno, I…" He put a hand on his forehead. "I don't think so? I mean, we're pretty safe… I know condoms break sometimes but I didn't think ours ever did?"

"They can still fail," Chihiro told him. "Mondo, listen. I'm going to give you some yen, it should be enough to buy a test. Don't tell anyone, and wait until tomorrow to take it. While Daiya's at work, I'll come over and pick up Taka on the way there. Once we get there, you can take it." She took her wallet out from her jacket pocket and began rifling through it for the aforementioned yen, while Mondo's face paled and Kiyotaka continued to stare at her blankly.

"Wait, how come you gotta be there? And you don't haf'ta give me money, Chi, I can -" Mondo started to say, before Chihiro shushed him.

"If - and I'm saying if - you are pregnant, we should all be there for you," Chihiro said simply. "We don't want you to ever have to face anything alone again. Okay?"

Mondo's face and eyes softened a bit. "Chi, that was years ago. I'm not gonna try hurtin' myself again."

"I know, but…" Chihiro trailed off, her eyes wandering towards the window.

"At the very least," Kiyotaka finally spoke. "I need to be there for you. I - I hope that you are not expecting, but in the case that you are… we'll talk about it."

Mondo chewed on his lip, then sighed as he accepted Chihiro's yen.

"Alright, fine. I guess we're doin' this."

The next day came way too fast. Mondo walked down to the corner store and grabbed a test after Daiya left to head to the shop. He got a relatively cheap one, because he really didn't want to use all of Chihiro's money, and also because he figured it'd work just as fine as any other.

When he made his way back to the house, all he could do was wait.

His dogs - Chuck Jr., his Maltese and Amadeus, a pit bull - seemed to crowd him the whole time he was home. It was a Saturday, and usually he'd be taking them out for their afternoon walk by this time, but for once in his life his mind was focused on everything and anything except the dogs.

When he heard his doorbell ring, Mondo practically jumped out of his skin and ran to the door, throwing it open with unnecessary force. Chihiro stood on his stoop, with Kiyotaka at her side. He looked like an absolute wreck, like he'd been crying all night. Which, to be honest, he probably had been. Mondo ushered them both inside and, after they'd been thoroughly greeted by the dogs, he headed back to his bedroom to grab the test.

"I guess I'll… uh… take this thing now, then," Mondo said softly, turning the box in his hands. Chihiro nodded, and Kiyotaka did too, albeit more slowly and delayed than Chihiro's. "Hey, c'mon, don't look like that. 'S not the end of the world, even if… I mean, I'm prob'ly not anyways. The worst that'll come out of it is some wasted yen."

Chihiro gave Mondo a nervous smile. She knew he was trying to keep the best scenario in his head, but that didn't stop the reality of the situation from seeping through as he stepped into the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind him.

"So… if I am correct, in five minutes, we will know if Mondo is… if we will be… parents?" Kiyotaka finally asked Chihiro. She nodded. "Five minutes… I never thought five minutes could change one's life." He bit down hard on his lip. "I… I should have been more careful. When Mondo suggested we become intimate, I thought it might be a good thing. I thought I had taken all of the necessary precautions…"

"Sometimes, life just goes this way," Chihiro told him wisely. "It doesn't mean that you did anything wrong. The universe has ways of making things happen, I suppose."

Mondo stepped out of the bathroom about a minute later, holding the test in one hand. He walked silently to the living room, setting it face-down on the coffee table before sitting down on the couch. Kiyotaka and Chihiro followed him, each sitting on either side of him. Mondo's eyes were fixed firmly on his watch.

"I took it at… 12:43 PM," Mondo said. "Should be ready at 12:48."

Carefully, Chihiro reached out to rub Mondo's arm. "Hey, it's going to be alright, like you said. It isn't the end of the world. We'll be here for you, and we'll know what's going on soon enough."

"Y'know, I never thought about havin' kids," Mondo said, a breathy laugh in his voice. "I mean, I thought it might be cool but - I just - I'm eighteen, with a part time job. Taka's got no money…"

"We will figure this out together," Kiyotaka assured him, taking one of his hands in his own. "I swear on it. We will do what is best. Remember what you said? The three of us are a team, nobody can beat us. And certainly not a hypothetical fetus."

Mondo gave a soft grunt of acceptance, then looked down at his watch again. "Shit. 12:48." He looked at the test on the coffee table. "Fuck. I - I don't wanna look at it. God, I'm a pussy, aren't I?"

"No, you aren't," Chihiro told him firmly. "Do you want me to take a look?"

Mondo nodded slowly, and Chihiro picked up the test, taking a deep breath before turning it over in her hands to read what it said.

"Well?" Kiyotaka said after a few moments of her silence.

Chihiro looked at Mondo and Kiyotaka. "Take a look." She held out her hand.

Positive.

This time, it was Kiyotaka who passed out.