Haruna knew her baby would be fine. She knew he would be. She trusted Tajima-sensei to keep him safe, but even that knowledge didn't help as she waited for the surgery to be finished. They'd been told it wouldn't take more than a few hours, but to Haruna it felt like days. Every moment her baby was in there something could go wrong.

"Hey," She looked up at her husband, who wrapped an arm around her. "Come on, don't cry. Haru-chan's strong, he'll get through this." Haruna didn't answer, simply leaning into her husband and sniffling. Ryounosuke rubbed her arm, silently reassuring her that everything would work out fine.

The two sat in silence, holding onto one another, for the remainder of the wait. Neither had anything to say, and were more than comfortable with the silence between them. When Tajima-sensei finally came out for them, he smiled. "Everything perfectly fine. The operation went smoothly, and once the nurses get Haruichi-kun settled into his room, you both may go see him. We will want to keep him overnight, but he should be alright to head home in the morning. I'll be in when he wakes up to go over a few things with all of you."

Thanking him, the parents headed towards the specified room number, waiting outside until the nurses waved them in. Ryounosuke let Haruna take the seat next to their youngest son's head while he dragged the other near the wall over. The pink haired woman stroked the teenagers pink locks, her hand traveling down his cheek before she laid it gently over his heart.

The steady beating had her shoulders slumping forward in relief, having needed to see for herself that he was alive and well. "He's alright," Ryounosuke whispered into her ear, his hand sliding over hers. "He's alright." Moving his hand to his son's shoulder, he smiled. "You did a good job Haruichi. Now come on and wake up so your mother can stop worrying."

Haruna lightly smacked his arm. "I'm his mother, it's my job to worry."

The male grinned. "Of course honey, whatever you say." He kissed her cheek, earning a small smile. "There's that beautiful smile."

Haruna flushed, smacking him again. "Charmer."

"Only for you." Ryounosuke wrapped his arms around her and nuzzled into her neck. "I love you Haruna."

The female smiled softly and brought her free hand up to his head. "I love you too darling."

Propping his chin on her shoulder, Ryounosuke sighed heavily. "It's still not fair."

Humming in question at the sudden change of topic, Haruna moved her hand from Haruichi's heart to his hand, grasping it lightly.

"Both Ryousuke and Haruichi look like you. It's not fair."

"They may look like me, but inside, Haruichi is all you."

"Really? I think he's more like you."

Laughing softly, Haruna shook her head. "Ryousuke takes after me more than Haruichi does."

"Mmm. That's true." Staring at his youngest, he lowered his voice. "Should we tell Ryousuke?"

Haruna bit her lip. "I think we should, but I don't want to worry him. And his finals are coming up soon – I don't want to distract him."

"After finals then?"

"What if he gets angry we didn't tell him sooner? You know how he worried about Haru-chan."

"When do you want to tell him then?"

She shook her head. "I don't know. There just doesn't seem to be a good time."

Ryounosuke kissed her cheek again. "We'll let Haruichi tell him if he wants to. We can always say he didn't want us saying anything." Haruna laughed at his cheeky smile. Her attention went to the bed when she felt Haruichi's hand twitch, a groan escaping his lips. "I think he's waking up," Ryounosuke loudly whispered, earning another playful smack in the arm from his wife.

Sitting back into his own chair, Ryounosuke patted the teen's leg. "How are you feeling?"

Squeezing his eyes shut, Haruichi moaned a little. "Tired….Sore."

"That's normal sweetheart," Haruna said, leaning down to kiss his forehead. "It'll go away eventually." She looked to her husband who stood up, pointing towards the door. She nodded. "Do you want help sitting up?"

"Mmm…yes please." Grabbing the small remote near the bed, Haruna pressed the button for the bed to rise, stopping so her son was still reclining a bit. When he was sitting up, the pink haired teen sluggishly reached up, pulling on the hospital gown lightly and glancing down. "Looks funny."

"Maybe so, but it's there to help you." She smoothed part of his bangs back, smiling. "Your father went to get Tajima-sensei. He's going to let you know how to take care of it so it doesn't break, alright?"

"M'kay. Okaa-san?"

"Yes Haru-chan?"

"When we go home, can I have some of yours and Tou-san's special shortcake?"

Haruna chuckled softly, leaning forward and pressing another kiss to Haruichi's head. "Of course sweetheart. Do you want anything else?"

"…Can I also have some ice cream? And can we watch Totaro?"

"We'll watch it when your father gets home from work tomorrow, alright?"

"Not tonight?"

"Sorry baby, but you have to stay here tonight. I'll be back to bring you home tomorrow though, alright?" Haruichi pouted but nodded, slowly putting his arms around his mother when she hugged him. It hurt to move, but the hug was nice.

Haruna looked up when Ryounosuke asked, "Still doing alright?"

"Okaa-san promised ice cream and Totaro…and shortcake."

"That sounds like fun. Do you feel up to talking with the doctor?" Haruichi nodded, smiling a little when the older male ruffled his hair.

"How are you feeling Haruichi-kun?"

"I'm ok. A little tired and my chest hurts."

"That's perfectly normal. We can give you some pain medication to help with it when you leave, but it should go away after a few days. With that, you should be up and moving normally in a few days, but I don't want you to do any extensive exercise or heavy lifting for at least a month. I don't want you tearing open the stitches and potentially breaking the ICD. That means no baseball for the next month, alright?"

"But once the month's up I can play?"

"Yes, but you have to be very careful. Try not to get hit while you play, or slide really hard – actually, no sliding head first at all – or you could break it. I don't know how much you practice, but try to take it easy for a while, and if you feel tired or dizzy I want you to go lay down. The most important thing I want you to remember is that you'll need to come back every three months or so. We'll check to make sure it's still functioning properly. Other than that, you should be able to live your life mostly the same."

"Will I always have to have this?" Haruichi gestured towards his chest.

"I'm afraid so. This disease isn't something that goes away. It's going to stay with you, and that device will help you to live a fairly normal life." Tajima-sensei looked around at the three in the room. "Are there any other questions?" The Kominato's shook their heads. "Alright, well I won't overwhelm you with information about this. Feel free to call me if you have any more questions about this, alright?"

When he left, Haruna turned back to her baby. "Do you need anything?"

Haruichi nodded. "Just two things."

"What are those?"

"Something to eat."

"I think we can do that. What about the second thing?"

He raised his arms slightly. "Hug." The parents smiled and leaned down, hugging their youngest.

Yup, here's the second chapter. Just so you know, the 3rd chapter is basically all Haruna and Ryounosuke. It's rather fun to write them really. Hopefully after than Haruichi will start being in this some more, but we'll see. Let me know what you thought!