(A/N): I made the mistake and left chapter 8 on the title of the last chapter. It should have been chapter 9. Sorry!!!!! Anyways, well, Shuichi is in his eighth month of pregnancy. Wow, I am so close to birth!!!!!!! AHH!! I am so excited. Well, I'm pretty much dead to what I want to do until then, so just bear with me. The song in this fic is Anti-Nostalgic.

Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.

Warnings: None in this chapter, I guess.

Chapter 10:

Month Eight: Time Won't Speed Up!!!!!

"Shuichi, you can't rush it! You have another two months to go!"

"Well, how would you like it if you had a demon inside you boxing with your pancreas?!!!!"

Yuki ran his hand through his hair for about the millionth time. Since the start of Shuichi's eighth month of pregnancy things started getting rocky. The two were always arguing, Shuichi was never happy, and Yuki couldn't take it anymore. Shuichi had him up at late hours of the night asking for strange foods that they didn't have, he was always crying every time Yuki barely raised his voice, and Yuki's nerves were beginning to break. He tried all he could not to yell at Shuichi, because he knew that wouldn't solve anything, it wasn't his lover's fault that he was so emotional, but he couldn't stand it anymore. He hadn't slept well in a month, he hadn't had sex in 6 months, he hadn't drank a beer in God knows how long, he hadn't smoked a cigarette all that day, and he was about to fall into a complete breakdown. It was pure love that kept him with the brat...it had to be.

"Shuichi, I can't help it that she takes after you, you just have to relax and teach yourself to think passed it."

"Think passed it? What the hell?!! You want to trade positions with me, Mr. I-don't-have-a-demon-in-my-belly-that's-boxing-with-my-pancreas!!"

Yuki grinded his teeth together and bit back a bitter remark to Shuichi's comment.

"Shuichi, I know you are probably miserable, but there is nothing I can do. What do you want me to do, walk on water? Turn that water I walk on into wine? Magically make the baby stop wrestling with your internal organs? I can't do that, Shuichi. I'm not a miracle-worker."

Shuichi stood from the spot on the couch he was at and walked to Yuki, who was leaning on the threshold of the entrance into the living room.

"I'm not asking you to pull a star from the sky, Yuki. I'm asking you to at least try to understand what I'm going through right now. But, obviously that's something that you are incapable of doing!"

Shuichi stomped (rather wobbled, and ridiculously at that) to the exit, slipped on his shoes (flip-flops really, because his ankles were swollen), and walked out, leaving Yuki in a stupor. Shuichi walked out on him? He ran to the window to make sure pigs weren't flying. When he saw that they weren't, he looked down and watched Shuichi leave until he was completely out of sight. Figuring that this was time enough, he slipped on his own shoes and followed after his pregnant lover, just to make sure he'd be safe.

Shuichi tapped himself on the stomach and said in a firm, but soothing kind of voice, the voice only a mother could have, for the baby to settle down. He found it amazing that babies could respond, even while still in the womb. He could feel the reaction from the baby, and she settled down almost immediatly. He figured she must be getting ready to sleep. He decided to sing her a soft song.

Toumei ga yozora somete
Hitori aruku itsumo no kaerimichi
Kuchizusamu konna kimochi
Nemuru kimi ni todoketai na OH... UM...
Nanika ni obieteru jibun ga chotto iya ni naru
Tsugeru omoi torinokoshita hibi ni...
Dokoka ni wasureteru kokoro ga chotto itakunaru
Toki wo tsunagu hoshi no yoru ni kimi wo sagashiteru
Toozakaru kumo ni nosete
Boku no kimochi tachidomaru kaerimichi
Kimi wa mou yume no tsuzuki
Todoku hazu mo nai koto da to wakatteiru
Namida ga koboreteru egao ga chotto hoshikunaru
kimi no soba ni ireru dake de boku wa...
Dareka ga toikakeru rikutsu ga motto hoshikunaru
kieru kage ni mabushisugita hibi wo utsushiteru
Nanika ni obieteru jibun ga chotto iya ni naru
Tsugeru omoi torinokoshita hibi ni...
Dokoka ni wasureteru kokoro ga chotto itakunaru
Toki wo tsunagu hoshi no yoru ni kimi wo sagashiteru

He felt the rustling inside of him die down, and he knew his baby must be asleep. He was beginning to feel guilty for yelling at Yuki. He knew that all his lover was trying to do was help, but his impatience got the better of him. He didn't know what to do. He was almost scared to go back and apologize.

"Oi, Shuichi, what are you doing out here? Going for a joy walk?"

Shuichi looked up to see his best friend Hiro walking towards him. It was then he realized that his feet led him into the park. He sank himself down into the picnic table that was nearest him and put his head in his hands in misery.

"Hiro, things are going down-hill. I feel awful."

"What do you mean?"

"Yuki and I do nothing but fight now, and I don't make it any easier because I am never satisfied with anything. I can't sleep, I eat all the time, and I am always so moody... It's a suprise he doesn't leave me after I just walked out a little while ago."

Shuichi felt Hiro place an arm around his shoulders and give them a reassuring squeeze. He looked up to see his best friend smiling at him with ease.

"Shu, you have been through so much shit for these past seven months... Don't you think it is time to stop worrying and let things go back to the way they were?"

Shuichi looked at Hiro in amazement and contemplation. What his best friend told him seemed so complex..yet, so simple he wondered why he never tried it before. Then a dark cloud passed over..

"Hiro... This change...it's what's making Yuki and I so hard with each other. I'm afraid that if we go back, it will be another change that will end up worse..."

"There you go worrying again. Do you want your baby coming out to a dysfunctional family? If not out of love for Yuki, out of love for the baby, Shuichi, you just need time to relax. You need to do more talking your feelings out, rather than fight. You both need to talk to your baby, so that she will know you, trust you, and obey you better. You understand?"

Shuichi nodded and looked at the ground. In his heart he forgave Yuki, he forgave him before he even stepped out the apartment door, but he didn't know how quickly Yuki would forgive him. Hiro said his goodbyes to Shuichi and left him sitting there in thought. Shortly after, Yuki arrived.

"Yuki..." Shuichi said, looking up and watching his lover walk in front of him.

Yuki looked at his surroundings for a while, not speaking, then reached his hand out to Shuichi. Shuichi took it and felt himself being pulled up to his feet gently. Again, for what seemed like hours, Yuki stayed silent, but this time he was eyeing Shuichi over. His ran smoothly up and down his lovers body, more in a contemplative rather than sexual way. When he reached Shuichi's eyes, he stopped.

"Shuichi, I know we have a long way to go. Pregnancy isn't even the beginning. I don't know how to raise a child, I never did. I'm not a father figure, I can't even make a good boyfriend to you."

Shuichi stayed silent as he stared into his lover's emotion-filled eyes. There were too many things swimming around in his lover's soul, and it was starting to blind him. He felt the tears coming.

"I'm going to need a lot of patience and a lot of practice if we are going to get through this, Shuichi. We are both new to this, and we are both new to following our hearts. It's going to take time for us to make it. There's going to be some trials and tribulations, just as this is, but I want to make it through with you."

Shuichi's tears flowed freely down his cheeks. He just couldn't find the words to say back to his lover. Nothing would come out right.

"Shuichi, you mean more to me than the air I breathe. I don't want to lose you now, over something that is supposed to be good..something that is supposed to be half of you and half of me."

He held Shuichi's hands tight in his own and looked into his tearfilled eyes.

"So, I'll say it now and mean it forever, Shuichi, I'm sorry, I love you, and never give up on us."

He pulled Shuichi gently and the two walked home, the world a little bit brighter.

A/N: Ah, this chapter probably sucked, don't hate me! I'm so lost at what I want done!! This is pretty much a filler, I guess. Anyways, I will update as soon as possible. PLEASE REVIEW!