A/N: Another drabble-y oneshot-ish Kenshiro thing. I hope you like! This is AU by the way, just like Four. I kind of consider this a sister drabble to Four.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach. I make no profit from this.
"What does it say?" Kensei leaned on the bathroom door as he asked the question for the third time.
"I can't go with you talking to me!" Mashiro yelped from inside the bathroom. "Stop talking to me!" Something thumped against the door, and then clattered to the floor inside the bathroom.
Kensei gritted his teeth with just the slightest of annoyances. He wanted to know. He needed to know, he had to know. "Mashiro-" He began slowly.
"SH!" Mashiro growled. Kensei shut up this time and leaned against the wall.
If she was pregnant... was he ready? They'd agreed they were going to have kids, but was he prepared for a little, tiny, helpless person that needed him? Sure, Mashiro would be a great Mom. She understood kids better than she understood him half the time. Lisa's baby had taken to her like a butterfly to a flower.
But Kensei and kids were a different story. He had trouble understanding the younger ones, both what they said and what they wanted, and for that matter, a lot of kids were terrified of him. Mashiro had insisted that wouldn't be the case with their babies, that if the kids grew up with Kensei around they'd know he was harmless. Still, that fact bothered Kensei. Kids didn't like him. So did that mean he was going to be a bad father?
The toilet flushed and the water ran inside the bathroom. "It's got two minutes before it says." Mashiro peeked out of the bathroom. "Are you excited?" She smiled at him, despite her earlier anger when he wouldn't be quiet.
Kensei didn't say anything, he just grabbed her and held her close. He buried his face in her hair, smiling ever so slightly when she cuddled up to him.
A timer went off, and Mashiro squirmed. "Let me see it!"
"Alright." Kensei let her go over to it first, and as she picked up the pregnancy test, she blinked. Somehow, she managed to keep a poker face as she held it up to him.
At first Kensei thought maybe she hadn't read the instructions and needed him to decipher it. But then, her mask broke and she grinned at him. The little pink plus on the pregnancy test told the rest of the story.
Kensei hugged her close again, kissing her forehead.
"Congrats, Mashiro." He whispered into her hair.
Mashiro swatted his arm. "Congrats to us, stupid Kensei." She then grinned up at him.
It was then that Kensei knew, no matter what, he was ready. This baby was his, and Mashiro's, and theirs. He could handle it.
He kissed her softly to remind himself of that.
A/N: This feels pointless to me somehow... But what did you think?