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Enough was enough! Masamune couldn't take it anymore.

It had been about a month since Rika had gotten sick and the sickness wasn't showing any signs of going away. She hadn't been in school either, but mostly due to illness and the fact that she had gotten a tutor to help with school work. She is basically homeschooled now which brought Masamune's hope of her coming back lower.

He visited her every other day. He didn't really like being at the Manor, but he had a good feeling that almost everyone did. Almost. He couldn't shake the feeling that there was something fishy going on. Not with Sanada, but with Rika's friend Ken. He knew that they were childhood friends so Rika probably knew him better than he did, but there was something about him that made him feel uneasy and it wasn't because he was jealous of the relationship they had.

Ken-kun had come over to the manor on some days that Masamune was there, claiming he wanted to cheer Rika up. While Rika thought it was sweet and seemed happy her eyes were still dull. Whenever Masamune saw Ken's eyes, they were bright and shiny as ever while his were diming every second he was there. Sometimes Ken would be there longer than he was and his eyes were still bright, just as bright as Sanada's. Like the manor wasn't effecting him at all.

Masamune told this to Rika and she scolded him for it. She said that she knew him almost all her life and he would never be anything like Sanada. He apologized for saying it, but he wasn't sorry he felt that way, not that he told Rika that part. Right now he had more important things to say. Which was why he was at the manor again.

"You're going to the doctor." He declared.

"Huh?" She looked up from her keyboard.

"Rika I can't take seeing you so sick. Go to the doctor and find out what's wrong."

"Masa-kun, I know you're worried, but I'll be fine." She said calmly.

"Don't pull that c***!" He yelled causing her to jump a little. He didn't want to scare her, but sometimes you need a firm hand in order to get things done. "Just go to the doctor and find out what's going on! You have everyone worried, including me and your dad! So just go before I have to drag you there myself!" He yelled with a few tears in his eyes.

"…Alright I'll talk to my dad and set an appointment." She gave in. Masamune gave her a hug with his face buried in her shoulder.

"…Thank you."

She went to the doctor the next day for blood work. She told him that it would take a few days to get the results back, so really all they had to do was wait for a letter.

A few days later, Masamune was home from school and his mother was home on the phone. A very rare sight.

"Oh, Masamune. It's for you." She gestured to the phone. He took it from her and she walked out the door. No surprise there.

"Hello?"

"Masa-kun?" He heard a destressed sniffy Rika on the other line.

"Rika, what's going on? You got the results back?" He asked why else would she be upset.

"Yeah, but I need to talk to you, right now."

"Okay I'll be over in a bit."

"NO! No! Can I come over? Please?!" She begged.

"Yeah sure." They said their goodbyes and he began to get comfortable. He knew he needed to prepare himself for the worst, because he knew just from the desperation in her voice, it wasn't good.

A while later, the doorbell rang and he knew right to answer it. He opened the door to see Rika in a light blue blouse, a black skirt and was struggling to keep herself together.

He brought inside and took her to his room. They both sat in silence, until Rika spoke up.

"Masa-kun,…maybe you would be better off with someone else." She said.

"Huh?!" He was very confused. What exactly was she trying to do?

"You want to break up?"

"No! I don't want to, but you may want to after you find out." She said.

"Find out what?" Silence.

"Rika?"

"…"

"Tell me Rika."

"…"

"Rika, I promise I won't get mad. Whatever happens, I promise that I won't yell, shout or scream. I'll be right here for you." He reassured her.

"…I'm pregnant."

"…What?" Rika was in tears, but she said it again.

"…I'm pregnant."

Masamune could hear his own heart pounding in his ears. He felt like his whole body was made out of lead and stone. He didn't know how to react. He knew that it was his, because Rika wasn't the type to cheat.

"…How far are you?" He asked.

"A little over a month. I took the letter before my parents could see, so they don't know." She sniffled as she pulled out the letter that she got in the mail and passed it to him.

He took the letter and read it through at least three times to make sure that Rika didn't misread it, but the words stayed exactly the same. Rika was a month pregnant with his baby.

He almost forgot how to breathe. He didn't know what to do. Then he saw Rika just about to break down and realized that he was being an idiot and he was an idiot this whole time. He was the one who did this to her and here he was trying to figure out what he was going to do when his girlfriend was probably going to be even more effected than him.

He did what could do right now. He took her in his arms and just let her cry. Her breath was shaky and he could feel her heartbeat pounding and all he could do was hold her close and rub her back until she calmed down.

"I'm not giving it up." She declared.

"…And I'm not giving you. I'll be right behind you. Every step of the way. I promise." He hugged her as tightly as he could.

Though while the teenagers decided to keep the baby, there was still a matter of telling their parents. They'd figured that it would be easier, well, not that easy, to tell Rika parents first considering that the chances of them being home together were greater than Masamune's.

It was Sunday which meant that neither of the teens had lessons. Both were in the room with Rika's parents, Sanada giving the kids a mean look and Hiroshi sipping his coffee.

"Um guys." Rika spoke up.

"Yes Rika?" Hiroshi answered.

"Masamune and I have something to tell you, but I don't how you're going to take it." She started to tremble, tightening her fists and looked like she was just about to cry.

"Rika, sometimes the best way to get things off your chest, is to rip the off quickly like a bandage. So just tell us." He encouraged her.

"…I'm pregnant." The room went completely silent making Hiroshi's cup of coffee shattering sound like the loudest thing in the world.

"Rika, this is no time for games!" Her mother scolded raising her voice.

"It's no joke Onodera-san. She's a month pregnant with my child!" Masamune defended her while Rika fished out the letter from the doctor. She handed it to her mother and the more she read the letter the more furious she became. She crumpled up the letter and threw it to the ground as Rika started apologizing and crying. Sanada stood up from her seat, snarling.

"You…you…S***!" Masamune saw her raise her hand above her head and made her way towards Rika.

SLAP!

Masamune fell to the ground in front of Rika with a red hand print forming on his face. He could feel Rika's and Hiroshi's hands on him asking if he was okay. He was just about to answer as he was sitting up and nursing his wounded cheek when Rika was suddenly pulled away by Sanada.

"Let's go."

"What? Mother?" The boys quickly followed them out.

The woman looked at her daughter, her black hair fell out of the bun, "We are getting rid of it!"

"What?!" Rika and Masamune said at once.

"Sanada!" Exclaimed Hiroshi in deep surprise.

"We are getting rid of that…. That… B*** before the name of Onodera is tarnished!"

Hearing that, Rika jerked her arm back and backed away from her mother towards her boyfriend who wrapped his arms around him, "No! I'm not killing my baby!"

"You will get rid of it! This is an order from your mother!"

Hiroshi had enough and stood in front of his wife.

"Saga, go to Rika's and take Rika there. I'll talk to you two later and I'll send a maid up for some ice."

The two quickly went up to the second floor with Rika leading the way. The two finally made their way into Rika's room where the two were a mess. They could hear the adults yelling and arguing, but it was pretty muffled so they couldn't really make out what they were saying. About two minutes after they got in a maid came knocking at the door with an ice pack.

Rika began to gently apply the ice to the bruised cheek and gave it an occasional gentle rub to help blood flow. While Masamune was being treated he took a good look at Rika's room since it was the first time seeing it. Sanada practically forbad him from entering the room since Rika would have tutors over and was told to not disturb.

He saw bookshelves filled with literature books, way more than he had at his place, along with window seat/nook. He spotted a desk with a couple of scattered papers, and a few open books. The room was bigger than his, but not by much.

"Does this hurt?" Rika asked as she rubbed his cheek.

"No. It doesn't." It really didn't. It actually really felt nice, having someone care for him like this. Then the most unexpected thing happened, Rika kissed his bruised cheek without hesitation. This caused Masamune the blush a bit, which rarely happens.

'Since when was she this brave around me?'

The two eventually got bored, since it seemed like adults were still fighting so the kept each other entertained. Rika began to teach and read English to Masamune. She started off with the basic alphabet then moved on to grammar. She tried going as slow as she possibly could just as her afternoon tutor would do with her. She even offered to teach him some French if things went well.

About an hour later Hiroshi finally came up.

"Kids? Are you willing to talk?" He asked in a calm voice.

"Sure." They closed their books as Hiroshi let himself in.

It wasn't pretty, Hiroshi made it very clear that he was very disappointed of what happened. Rika was already shaking and he wasn't yelling. Her father was the only one in her life that truly cared for her at the manor. Masamune knew that so he held her close to send his message that he was there for her. Then Hiroshi claimed that he was going to support them not only because he loved his daughter, but also because he was in a similar situation once.

"What do you plan to do now?" He asked.

"We were planning to tell Masa-kun's parents. It's just a matter of catching them." Rika explained.

"Alright I'll talk to Sanada and we'll go over with you to discuss it." Hiroshi said as he got up and left the room.

The two went back to their private tutoring and this time Masamune and Rika were on her bed, with a warm blanket covering their legs, Rika sitting right in between Masamune's legs, leaning on him, his head on her shoulder and his arms wrapped around her waist as she read to him in English. He didn't understand, but he really just wanted to sit with her, just like that.

"Masa-kun, I want to tell Ken-kun." Rika said in her native tongue.

"Huh? Why?"

"I know you don't really like him, but he's my best friend I can tell him anything and everything. Please, you can even come with me. I want you to come to with me." She gave him her best puppy dog eyes that were becoming more real in their situation.

It was hard to resist her the more he was with her, so he said yes and she invited Ken-kun over that day to talk. It took a while for him to get there, but when he did, they decided to go to the music room.

"So what do you want to talk about Rika-chan?" He asked.

"Ken-kun…I-…I'm…" She tried, but it was also as if she was running out of sound on the last word.

"You're what?"

She took a big deep breath, "…I'm pregnant."

Masamune the saw something change. It was in Ken's eyes. For the first time he saw them lose their glint.

"…You s***." He said like he said it for years.

"Huh?" Rika was confused.

"You went ahead and got pregnant, by someone who isn't your finance."

"But I made it very clear that I didn't love you like that. You really want to be in a loveless marriage?" Rika asked.

"I'd figured that, I would accept it, for now. But now you owe me Rika."

"I'll just say that we couldn't wait till we were married, so you got pregnant and if the little b*** turns out nothing like me then we'll just say you were raped, but I couldn't care." He explained his plan as he put his arm around her neck and he grabbed her hand to bring them closer.

Masamune was just about to pull Rika away and make sure that the he would knock out teeth. No one insulted his family! But Rika beat him to it when she slapped him so hard he fell to the floor.

"Don't you dare insult my baby! It has more innocence than you ever did or you ever will. When you confessed to me, I thought it was very sweet, but I was in love with someone else. You said you understood and I was so happy that we could remain friends even though my mother obviously wanted you in this family and loved you more than me. But that's all over!" She yelled at him when he hit the floor.

"That's true. Your mother even told me that she wished she could have me as a child rather than you. Of course what do you expect from a toy that their own mother didn't love or care if she aborted it." He told her. Masamune and Rika was searing with rage.

"Get out!" Masamune ordered.

"Fine, but," He got up and kissed Rika quickly and whispered in her ear. "You'll come around. I'll make you say you love me, be prepared Miss Denial." And he walked out.

Rika went weak in the knees. She was shaking and sobbing loudly, but she didn't care if the whole manor heard her. Masamune got in front of and hugged her while she clung to his shirt. He didn't care about his shirt or if someone saw. Rika was vulnerable and she needed him now more than ever.