Everything was going great so far. The day of the art competition was nearing. Akami was working hard to try and get her art on paper. But that wasn't going so well. And neither was her home life really.
Ayumi glares were intense. Akami tried to ignore them most of the time. Her mother was acting strange, and her father… was always strange.
The other day they were eating and her mother pushed a pile dangos away saying they smell terrible. She always loved dangos. She seemed to be getting sick, since she was found throwing up a couple times at night.
That pressure didn't help. But the hosts, with Akami's three loyal friends were very helpful. They did whatever it took to get Akami on the right track. No matter what got her down. And Akami felt so grateful to have such amazing friends.
Akami was now found in the 5th Music Room with Mai, Mitsuki, Kimiko, and Haruhi.
"So have you gotten your ideas straight?" Mai asked. Akami sighed.
"No. I cant figure it out. I thought it would be easy, but I cant find out what art truly is."
"Then don't think about it," Mitsuki said. The others gave her a weird look. "What?"
"What do you mean Mitsu?" Kimiko asked.
"I mean stop thinking about what it is. Let it come to you. It may be tomorrow, or maybe in a couple days. But it will come, you just have to let it," she explained.
"Mitsu, I think that was the smartest thing you've ever said," Haruhi stated bluntly, of course. Mitsuki then imitated Tamaki's EMO corner routine. The girls laughed at their friends humor.
"I wonder what the others are doing," Mai wondered aloud, which got the other girls thinking as well.
In the 3rd Music Room:
"HARUHIIIIII! WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUU!"
Back at the 5th Art Room:
The girls shrugged.
Soon they started getting ready to go.
"Remember Akami get some sleep. Tomorrow you have to be ready for the test in Math. The principal said if you don't pass it, you cant compete in the art competition." Haruhi said.
"Ok!" Akami then ran out of the school to get home, and back to her room of wonder art. But that wasn't happening.
When she got home she found her mother on the sofa, with her father, sister, and a doctor.
"What's going on?" She asked running to them. Panic in her eyes. Her father was too shocked to speak, so was her mother. Ayumi turned to her younger sister, for once not glaring.
"Mom is pregnant."
The doctor stood tall.
"She's weak. She may not make it through. But the baby should be fine." He said, some pity in his voice. Her mother, Natsumi, sat up. Her husband, Kyon, by her side. Through all the years, they were still very much in love.
"I'll go through with the pregnancy." She said. Ayumi seemed to have gotten angry.
"Why? Why do you want to risk your life, for one that hasn't even been born!" She yelled. Akami was taken off guard. But her mother still had a warmth in her eyes, and she still seemed so elegant.
"Because I want to meet this new life. Or at least let it live, even I cant. That how life works, one dies, another lives," she said quietly, rubbing her stomach.
Ayumi was furious. She left the room and went back to hers. Akami still didn't know what to say, and found the air growing thick. She quietly left the room in order for the adults to talk.
When she got to her room she sat down on her bed and Milky immediately jumped in her arms. It was like he knew when she needed him. He purred as she pet him behind the ear.
"Milky. Mom is pregnant…" Milky purred, as if understanding. "But she may not survive."
Now Milky's eyes were staring up at her, he then cuddled into her stayed there, purring against her. It felt relaxing. And somehow she fell asleep.