Chapter 9 – Surprise

The new school year started. Izumi's students instantly liked her; being associated with the famous Host Club did nothing to hurt her popularity. Takashi and Mitskuni were taking turns driving to school now that they had their licenses (they still have chauffeurs, but wanted to learn since they drove so much in America).

Haruhi was spending the night with Izumi since most of the guys were at Tamaki's.

As they were finishing dinner, Izumi asked, "So how is it being married, Haruhi?"

"Umm, it's interesting. I feel like I get less work done."

"Well that's good! Remember, it's all about experiences right," Izumi teased. "How's your dad? Is he lonely?"

"He says he's not, but I think he is sometimes. But we have dinner together as a huge family most weekends."

"So Tamaki's mom and grandmother are doing well together then?"

"Yeah. It's nice for Tamaki, he's always wanted it. He even had a kotatsu custom made to accommodate everyone."

"That sounds like him…so what do you want for desert? I can make crepes if you want…"

"Oh that sounds good, I'll help you."

The girls chatted while cooking. Haruhi was adjusting to having servants much in the same way Izumi had to when she moved in with Takashi, who still, hasn't explained the house. But both of the girls just assumed it was yet another house that the rich people owned.

"Haruhi, I'm ready for the hazelnut spread…"

Haruhi opened the jar, "urk."

"What?" Izumi turned at the sound that Haruhi made… and watched her wretch into the sink.

"Haruhi!" Izumi ran, rubbing Haruhi's back. (she turned off the stove in case you were wondering)

"Was it the dinner? Do you need water?"

Haruhi nodded, and just hung onto the edge of the sink as she slowly eased herself down. Izumi returned with water.

"Do you want a bath? We have spare toothbrushes so you don't have to use yours. Are you okay? Was there something you're allergic to in the food?"

"I don't think it was the food."

[silence]

"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE PREGNANT!"

"WHAT!"

"IF IT'S NOT THE FOOD…."

[silence]

"OH MY GOD, YOU HAD SEX!"

Both their eyes went wide, both completely embarrassed by what Izumi said.

"OH MY GOD YOU'RE PREGNANT! HARUHI ARE YOU PREGNANT?"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

[silence]

"Okay, we can be calm… we can get a test… I don't have a car, but I can ask someone to take us to the drug store…" Izumi turned to see Haruhi on the floor still, wide eyed, either in terror or disbelief, she couldn't tell.

"Haruhi, did you have sex?" Haruhi looked at her.

"Okay… Haruhi, are you on the pill?"

"Pill?"

"I'll take that as a no… but I'm going to assume you had sex since you're not denying it." Haruhi's head hung. "Honey, it's nothing to be embarrassed about. Almost everyone has sex the first night. I'm taking it this wasn't a planned pregnancy though…When was your last period?"

"Last month, mine is due soon… can we get a test, just before we get carried away. Maybe it's something I ate…" Izumi helped Haruhi up off the floor.

"If it was the food, then I would probably be sick to… but I thought it was morning sickness… it's night time right now…"

Izumi called a servant to take them to the store and Izumi bought three different types of tests for Haruhi. They all said that the morning urine was the best and that it was best to wait until the next period was actually late, but Izumi convinced Haruhi to take the test now.

The first test came up positive. The second test, taken first thing in the morning, was positive as well. And the third test, taken in the afternoon, was positive.

"Maybe you should tell Tamaki?" Izumi looked at Haruhi, "Haruhi, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just shocked. I mean, we just got married, I just started university…"

"Are you upset?" Izumi was choosing her words carefully. She wanted to know if Haruhi wanted an abortion, or if she even knew that was an option since she didn't seem to know about the pill.

"No, just shocked. I'm happy, but this was very unexpected. I wonder how my dad will feel?"

"haha, probably mortified that he's going to be a grandfather at such a young age."

"Probably… and I should probably tell Tamaki. Do you mind not saying anything, even to Mori-sempai, until after it's medically confirmed?"

"Sure."

-.-.-

Haruhi told Tamaki that she was pregnant after they got home from their sleepovers, and Izumi kept her promise of not saying anything to Takashi. She even made the servants promise not to say anything to him either (they helped clean the vomit and drive them to the drug store). Haruhi's first appointment was after her period was due, and the ob-gyn confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. They advised them both to not mention it until after the end of the first trimester as the chance for miscarriage was high.

So at the end of June, they gathered everyone together for Sunday brunch under the guise of celebrating summer break.

"We're pregnant!" Tamaki blurted out rather unceremoniously. (He was too excited to hold it in and instead of a speech.)

There was mixed reactions: squeal of delight, choking on food, mouth hung open, too shocked to speak, etc. And of course, Takashi, Kyoya, and Izumi seem unphased. Haruhi, incredibly embarrassed, hung her head – unsure of what to do to the various reponses.

"I'm going to be a grandmother!"

"If I'm a grandfather, Ranka, what are you," Tamaki's father joked.

"We have an heir," rejoiced Tamaki's grandmother.

"Only if it's a boy," corrected Ranka.

Hikaru and Kaoru were shocked at the fact that Tamaki and Haruhi had sex…and normally, would have joked Tamaki about this, if it weren't for the adults that were present.

"We've been beat," Reiko said flatly and Mitskuni patted her hand.

"Izumi, not that I'm surprised by Mori's reaction, but I thought you'd be a little bit more excited," Kyoya adjusted his glasses, "I mean, I'm assuming girls get excited about this…"

Izumi looked at Haruhi, unsure if she told Tamaki or not, or if they could deduce that Izumi knew previously.

"Umm, she was with me when I found out," Haruhi smiled.

"WHAT?"

"And you didn't say anything to Takashi," Kaoru asked surprised.

"Umm, no. I promised I wouldn't say anything until Haruhi said it was okay," Izumi looked to Takashi apologetically. He answered her by kissing her gently on the forehead.

"I'm glad you were with her when she found out. I can't imagine processing that type of information alone," Tamaki hugged Haruhi, so proud already of his unborn child.

The group continued talking, some making comments about how round Haruhi's face was getting. The twins offered their mother's assistance in making maternity clothes to which Ranka added Mei would probably want to assist. The grandparents and great-grandmother immediately took off into the mansion trying to decide which room would be the nursery and discussed whether or not twins ran in either of their families. With the grown-ups gone, the twins started…

"So you really are a nasty pervert," teased Hikaru.

Tamaki's face went bright red. "Don't you have any tact! Haruhi is right here!"

"It's not like they don't know how a baby is made Tamaki, it's all right. Izumi was much worse," Haruhi sighed. Everyone turned to Izumi, who blushed. "And how is she worse," Kaoru stared inquisitively at her.

Takashi, jokingly, leaned in and stared back at Kaoru, "what are you trying to say?" he smiled.

"Oooh, don't upset Takashi," Mitksuni joked.

"He's much more sensitive about Izumi than Mitskuni," Reiko added and they all laughed.

"So really, how are you worse" Kyoya added, not allowing the subject to be dropped.

"Oh it's all girl talk…and seeing as how you're not girls, we can't talk," she winked at Haruhi. "Tamaki, don't you know you're supposed to have her lie down and raise her feet so she doesn't swell and get that pregnancy arthritis?"

Tamaki's face dropped and he looked over at Haruhi, imagining her invalid from pregnancy. "My darling," tears streamed as he picked her up and rushed her to the couch, calling servants to fan her and provide her whatever she wished without her having to move.

"Izumi, you are devious," Reiko said.

"Please refrain from giving Tamaki any pregnancy books, he'll over react, Haruhi will stress… it can't be good for the baby."

"Kyoya, do you honestly think I would need to get him anything?" Izumi nodded toward the stack of pregnancy and fatherhood books growing on the side table. Tamaki was diligently looking up pregnancy arthritis, calling out instructions to the household staff.

-.-.-

News spread quickly about their pregnancy. The household staff was very excited, especially Shima, who thinks of Tamaki like her own "special" grandson. She was instrumental in keeping Tamaki inline and helping Haruhi with her morning sickness.

Of course, Haruhi was concerned with how this would affect her studies, but the chairman assured her that her scholarship was safe and that they can put her academic career on hold for a year…or two. He was the Chairman of all of Ouran after all.

-.-.-

Izumi hung up the phone and turned to see Takashi standing in the doorway. "Lucas?"

"Yeah. The tour is almost done and the new season will be starting soon."

"You miss him don't you?"

"A bit. It's just, I guess I'm a little home sick, which is kind of weird because I don't really have a home."

Takashi wrapped his arms around her, "Izumi…"

"My home is with you, wherever you are." He kissed her forehead. "It's just weird to think how far apart Lucas and I ended up." He kissed her brow. "I never imagined that my path in life would lead me here." He kissed her nose. "With you." They kissed, passionately.

"I love you, Izumi."

"I love you, Takashi."

They kissed again, more intensely than before. Her tongue, searching his mouth. He grabbed her by the waist and lifted her, instinctively, her legs wrapped around his waist as he walked her toward the bed. Her hands slipped inside his keiko-gi feeling his muscled chest. Their kiss broke as he laid her down on the bed. He was on all fours, with her under him. She was ready and he drunk in her lustful state, her heavy breathing, her rubbing her legs together aching for him. Her eyes, partly open, overcome by her desire to have him. He loved seeing her like this. It made him feel powerful. He never imagined he would have someone who would want him as much as he desired her.

She loosened the ties and began working on the hakama. Takashi sat up, disrobed, being careful with his uniform. Izumi, on the other than, tossed her clothes on the floor. Her arm covered her breasts as she threw her bra in the pile.

"Don't hide," he commanded softly, never quite understanding where her shyness came from. She was beautiful and he couldn't understand why she was so self-conscious. When she didn't move her arm, he moved it for her, kissing the exposed flesh as he did so.

She moaned as his small kisses became deeper. His tongue, lapping her flesh. Her nipple between his teeth, until finally, her breast was in his mouth as he sucked deeply. He could smell her – wet already, her thighs pressing into his sides.

He began moving his kisses down her stomach, her hands raked though his hair, grabbing as much as she could trying to fight the urge to push his head further down. He massaged her breast in response as he painfully slowly made his way down. He kissed the top of her pubic hair when she moaned out his name.

"Takashi…ugh… please…"

"Please what" his deep voice penetrated her…

"Ta..ugh…" he moved just a tiny bit lower, his other hand, slowly moving up her thigh.

"TAKASHI!" They bolted upright, eyes wide.

"Satoshi!" they both said and Izumi ran into the bathroom.

"Taka!"

-.-.-

Takashi returned to the bedroom in a hastily tied yukata. He found Izumi still in the bathroom. "I'm sorry. I forgot Satoshi was still here when I saw you."

Izumi laughed. "It's okay, I finished without you," she winked at him. Although he didn't understand her self-consciousness, he was even more flummoxed by her open sexuality with him, but he found it a turn on.

"Is that why you're still in the bath," he asked, hoping to continue where they left off.

"Sorry love," she stood, her naked wet body before him giving him an instant erection. "I'm fully satisfied." He wrapped her towel around her and helped her out of the tub.

"Why torture me then?" He pulled her against him, so she could feel what his yukata hid.

"Because you left me, you deserve punishment," she teased. "Now go bathe. You stink after your practice. The stink was forgivable before, but not now." Takashi growled into her neck causing her to laugh. She pressed into him and stroked his erection with a finger. "Divine punishment," she said and licked his lips before leaving him.