Chapter 11- Get Better Soon?
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN YUGIOH! If I did I wouldn't need to bother with these Disclaimers, now would I?
ON WITH THE FANFIC!
It'd been a 2 and a half months since Seto got his male body back. He had been dragged by Shizuka, Mokuba and Jounouchi- who he still called Bonkotsu- everywhere he'd gone "as a girl" so he would remember. He had recovered many memories, but denied this fact and told them every single time, 'I didn't remember anything because there wasn't anything to remember.' He didn't want to think he really did all those things with that idiot that he'd ignored and taunted for so long.
He woke up one day, feeling a horrible knot in his stomach. He had a horrible headache as well. Knowing the two symptoms well he deduced it was just another mind scrambling migraine he'd have to deal with. He went to the bathroom to take a shower. He stepped in the shower and let the warm water rain over his head in hopes to get rid of the pressure he was feeling above his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and shook away the sleepiness in his head.
He opened his eyes and felt a pang of remembrance. He looked at the bathtub. He remembered. He felt like he was in front of it. He was completely naked and had his hands over his chest like some girl would to hide her chest. He saw him. He saw Jounouchi already in the tub. If it was him, he would have smacked the living day lights out of the Bonkotsu, but for some reason he got in with him instead. He sat down on the blonde's lap. He straddled the blonde's hips no less!
The brunet heard Jounouchi moan. A shudder crept up his spine at the noise. He felt the blonde's lips on his shoulder and felt himself being pulled closer to the other. He snapped back to being in the shower. The water being on so long it had turned cold for a moment long enough to snap him back to reality. He let the cold water run over his body for the moment until the water turned warm again.
Seto felt like his stomach was being pulled apart. He keeled over feeling his stomach was in a worse state than before. He quickly turned the shower off and grabbed a towel to put around his waist. He ran over to the sink just in time for last night's dinner to come back up. He felt horrible. He hadn't thrown up in such a long time. His throat was like sandpaper and his nostrils flared from the horrible smell of bile. He turned the faucet to let the water run to get rid of the horrible sight left in the sink and to wash his mouth.
He turned away from the sink as he let it run and slumped to the floor. He felt awful. He decided to just skip school today. He didn't feel like going. He wasn't up for seeing Jounouchi today. He just wanted a break from him. He held his knees to his chest and put his head down. He didn't feel like getting up yet. He didn't care if he was naked with a towel around his waist. It was his house and he could do whatever he wanted.
He closed his eyes and thought about what he was going to do today. What was he going to do at Kaiba Corp today? Was someone going to piss him off to the point he would fire them? Would he see Jounouchi's golden hair and goofy smile that pissed him off so much, but had another effect on him he couldn't quite pinpoint? He didn't know. And not knowing killed him inside.
"You know," A voice said, the owner lying in front of him, "You should probably put some clothes on before you catch a cold."
Seto jumped at the voice. He glared at the blonde laying in front of him. "What are you doing in here, Bonkotsu?" The brunet asked vehemently.
Jounouchi smiled his idiotic smile, "I just wanted to see you. I've told you before and so many times that I love you. Though, you're too stubborn to realize you love me too. And like I just said you should probably put some clothes on."
"Why should I listen to you?" Seto asked just to be stubborn.
Jounouchi laughed, "Alright, don't put clothes on. I don't care. Besides," Jounouchi got to a crouching position and closed the distance between him and Seto, "I got a view of your naked body. I never knew you were so big, but I guess that's why you had such big boobs when you became a girl."
Seto tried hard to cover the blush he felt plastered to his face. He pushed the blonde away causing the blonde to stumble and fall on his butt. The brunet stood up, "How did you get in here anyway?"
Jounouchi stood up as well and dusted off the imaginary dust on his clothes. He scratched the back of his head and said, "Well, the security here lets me in whenever I want and since you were in the shower you couldn't object. I remembered where your room was and heard the sink running when I came into your room. I thought you'd hear me when I entered the room, but you had your head down. Are you feeling okay?"
"Of course I am," Seto said even though he was still suffering from the pains of a migraine, "Just get out before I kill you. And shouldn't you be at school?"
"I want to ask you the same thing," Jounouchi then remembered something and said, "Hey; do you still have that scar on your back?"
Seto's eyes widened, but the action went unnoticed by the blonde. "How do you know about my scar," he asked as he unconsciously felt at the old scar.
"You told me you got it the day your dad died. The day of the accident," Jounouchi said as he stepped closer.
Seto gave him a serious look, "Who told you? Was it Mokuba?"
"No, you told me almost three months ago," Jounouchi said as he put his arms around the brunet.
Seto flinched at the touch. Seto hadn't realized how cold his body was. He was still in just a towel. Jounouchi's arms and hands were so warm and muscular that he felt like he could just melt in them. Wait, what was he thinking! How could he even think of letting the Bonkotsu hold him while he was naked? He pushed the blonde away- losing the warmth Jounouchi had given his body. He stormed out of the bathroom and quickly put on some clothes before Jounouchi could even leave the bathroom.
Jounouchi pointed a finger at Seto and said, "Admit it! You liked it when I was hugging you!"
"I didn't and I won't," Seto said, "Now if you don't leave I'll have to defenestrate you."
"Whoa, what do you want those for?" Jounouchi asked.
Seto slapped a hand to his face. He knew the idiot could be dumb, but he didn't know he was that dumb. He then said, "No, you're thinking of castration which is the process of removing the male reproductive organs. Defenestration is much more kid friendly. It's the act of throwing someone out the window."
"Well I still don't want you to do it to me," Jounouchi said, then smirked, "I'd rather you throw me on the bed."
"God, you're such a pervert," Seto said, "Is sex all you think about?"
"Of course not," Jounouchi said, "But now-a-days the only thing I want is you. You don't seem like yourself today. Are you okay?"
"Of course," Seto said.
"Liar," Jounouchi said, "You wouldn't say 'Of course' if you were really okay. Tell me what happened. Did you throw up? Is that why the sink was running?"
Seto sighed, not feeling like fighting with the idiot so early and while he felt bad, "Yes, I threw up. It's just another migraine. Now get out of here before I defenestrate you!"
Jounouchi's face turned very serious. He moved so quickly that Seto didn't even realize what had happened until he was pinned to his bed by the blonde. Seto blinked at him, realizing what had just taken place. The brunet was about to say something when the blonde cut him off with a quick kiss.
Seto pushed him away and sat up, "Stop doing that! Dang it Jounouchi, don't you understand I want nothing to do with you? Why can't you just leave me alone?"
"I already told you," Jounouchi said as he hovered over Seto, "I love you. Don't you remember how much we loved each other? You were so much more care free and honest with yourself. I just want us to be together again. I want to be able to hug you every day and kiss you and tell you that I love you. I can't leave you alone… not anymore."
Seto looked away, "Leave…"
Jounouchi looked a bit shocked, "But why?"
"JUST LEAVE! I don't want to see you anymore!"
"I'm not going to-."
Suddenly Seto grabbed Jounouchi, dragged him down the hall to the stairs and threw Jounouchi down them, "Now get OUT!"
Seto was having a lot of pains recently. He had back aches, which he thought were from a worn out mattress. It was plausible since he hadn't had a new mattress in over a year. A week ago, when a fellow CEO had smacked Seto in the chest as a sign of his "friendship" it had hurt Seto a lot more than it should have. He was constantly throwing up and once ended up puking in a vase down stairs, which was later thrown away.
He didn't know why he was feeling such symptoms, but he thought it was probably a bad cold or the flu. It had to be something of that nature. Though he didn't understand how he was gaining weight. He had put on a business suit he had recently bought and it took him a while to button the pants and zip the fly up. It had fit him fine a few weeks ago so how did it not fit him now? He hadn't been eating different- at least not of his knowledge.
Mokuba had realized his brother's symptoms and begged him to see their doctor about it. Seto was always stubborn and never liked doctors so his answer was always no. He hated them because he didn't like how they leisurely asked their patients to unclothe in front of them. After much time and many horrible pukes and migraines day after day, he decided to give into his brother's pleas and called his doctor.
Their doctor was there in a matter of minutes. It wasn't often that Seto was sick, less often that he'd actually admit to needing a doctor, and even less often that he'd let one see him. The doctor couldn't find exactly what was wrong with him though. "Whatever you have sure is a difficult one," Dr. Keiko said.
"Can you just tell me what I have and tell me how to get rid of it?" Seto asked a bit irritated that he was forced to take off his shirt.
"Well, that's just it," Dr. Keiko said as she put her stethoscope around her neck, "I can't think of anything it could be. Do you think I could take a blood and urine sample for the lab?"
"Ugh, that's just gross," Seto said as he felt his stomach tie itself in a knot, "Don't you get tired of working with other people's blood and urine every day?"
"Well, it's not the prettiest sight in the world, but once everything is over and done with, the people are so thankful," the doctor said as she took a blood sample.
After Seto had given her a urine sample, she left for the lab. She said it would take 24 hours at the most and that she would call him on his phone with the news. Seto sighed. He knew it wasn't going to be anything but a waste of money to have called the woman.
The next day he went to school like he planned. He had thrown up before getting there, but he had regained composure before getting to school. It was homeroom and Seto could feel Jounouchi's eyes on his back. He hated it, especially since he still felt bad from throwing up his breakfast in the school's bathroom. That place was gross enough without his help. During their lunch break Seto had gotten a phone call. Seto picked it up, "Hello?"
It was his doctor, "Hello Mr. Seto Kaiba, I have some news for you about the results."
Seto could've sworn he heard a bit of nervousness in the woman's voice. He wondered why. What did she have to worry about? So he asked, "Could you hurry? I'm hungry right now and the stupid school is only giving me half an hour. School lunches are repulsive."
The woman swallowed, "Well, I went over everything twice, making sure I didn't make any mistakes, because what I came up with just didn't make any sense. At first I thought it was impossible for the results I gathered to be correct so I went over it over and over again and right now there is no doubt about the outcome of this."
"So, then what happened?" Seto asked, "Spit it out."
"You're pregnant," She said quickly and a bit unsure of what she had just said.
Seto's eyes widened. He was… what? That was impossible. Men can't get pregnant and, more importantly, they can't give birth. How could he have gotten pregnant? Then he remembered. He remembered that vision- that memory- he had gotten about him and Jounouchi in the bathtub. Could it really be true? Could he really be pregnant with Jounouchi's child? He shook his head and said, "There's no way in hell that can be right."
"That's what I thought at first," She said, "I think you should get an Ultrasound just in case. Do you have any idea who the father is?"
"No, I don't," he said sarcastically, "I've slept with a couple of men so I'm not sure."
The woman rolled her eyes, "Okay, I get it. I think it would be a good idea for the father to go with you to the Ultrasound. After the Ultrasound- if it turns out you do have a baby- the two of you can decide whether or not to keep the child."
"Goddammit," Seto said, "Look, I am mad at him right now and don't want to see him."
"It's probably just your baby messing with your emotions," she said, "It's very common for mothers to have mood swings while pregnant with their child."
"There's no way I'm really," Seto made sure no one was in hearing distance before he finished his statement, "pregnant."
"Just go to the Ultrasound with the father," Keiko said, "After you've done so, tell me the results and I'll help you along the way. The Ultrasound Technician will be able to tell your baby's gender and how far along you are."
Seto sighed, "Fine, I'll tell the father to come over to my house after school and tell him there. When he wakes up from fainting we'll take off to get the Ultrasound. Does that plan fit okay with you?"
"Alright, I'll schedule you in for 4:30," she said, writing it down, "Is that good?"
"That should be good," Seto said, "I sure hope it's not what you think it is."
"Let's hope so."
Seto hung up, sighed and wondered when would be the best time to tell Jounouchi to go to his house. Then it hit him. He could tell him during art class. The bell rung and students began filling the halls, rushing through them to get back to class.
In art class, they were told they would have to pair up depending on what numbers they drew from a hat. Seto cursed in his head. He might not be able to tell Jounouchi during this class after all. When Jounouchi drew his number, he had gotten a 6. It was now Seto's turn to draw and it reminded him of duels where the draw meant do or die. He pulled out his number. It was 6? No, wait… he was holding it upside down. He had drawn 9.
They all partnered up when Jounouchi called out, "Teacher, no one else got 6."
Their teacher looked at the blonde, "Are you sure?" Jounouchi nodded, "Oh that's right. Hariyama is out sick today. Looks like you'll have to pair up three ways."
The girl Seto had been paired up with raised her hand and said in a monotone voice, "Teacher, I don't feel good. Can I go to the nurse?"
"Certainly," the teacher wrote up a pass for the girl, "That means that you can pair up with Kaiba, Jounouchi."
Jounouchi sat down where the girl had previously been. The teacher then said they'd be drawing portraits of their partner. They had one hour so it wasn't going to be easy. As the students got busy, Seto thought out exactly what he was going to say to the blonde. It didn't take him long to figure everything out. After five minutes of silence, Seto then said, "I need to tell you something."
Jounouchi looked a little stunned, almost dropping his drawing pencil, at the fact Seto actually wanted to talk to him, "Uh, okay; what do you have to tell me?"
"I can't tell you here," Seto whispered as he began drawing, "I don't want anyone to overhear and you might faint from the news."
Jou's eyebrow rose, "You want me to come over tonight?"
"Not tonight," Jou looked a bit sad at this statement, "After school; I need you to come with me somewhere after I've explained everything. I don't know if you'll believe me since I barely believed it myself."
"Don't worry, I'll believe you. You're a pretty honest guy so I don't have anything to be skeptical about."
After they finished their drawings, they turned them in and left when they heard the bell ring. Just as Seto took out his cell phone to call his driver, Jounouchi said, "Don't waste your time. You're in a hurry, right? Let's just take my bike." He held out motorcycle keys, "It'll be a lot faster."
Seto shook his head, "There is no way in hell I'm riding as a passenger on a motorcycle with you. Especially not when there are so many students around. They'll start rumors and you know how this school loves rumors. They'll think we're together."
"I've told you before that I want to be with you so I don't really care. And it's too bad for you that we're not in hell," the blonde grabbed the brunet's hand and raced over to his bike, "Here, wear my helmet and nobody will see it's you."
Seto hesitated for a second before taking the helmet and slipping it on. Jounouchi got on his motorcycle and turned it on. The motor ran crisp and clear as if it was a brand new top notch motorcycle. It clearly wasn't in the eyes of Seto. It was over a decade old yet it looked like it was only bought last year for the first time. Seto got on reluctantly. "Hold onto me, Seto. It might be a bit rough."
Seto put his arms around Jounouchi's waist just before the blonde drove out of the school's boundaries. He was going fairly fast, but somehow not over the speed limit. At least that's what Seto thought since he saw they passed three cop cars and none of them had stopped them or put their sirens on for them to stop. It was… actually nice. Seto felt very comfortable on the motorcycle for some reason and his arms around the blonde's waist seemed right for some reason.
They came to a stop at a stop light. Jounouchi cursed. "What is it?" Seto asked.
"Just keep your head down," Jounouchi said, "If they see you, they'll get you involved."
"They," Seto asked, "What do you mean?"
"Just do it," Jounouchi hissed in a harsh whisper.
Reluctantly, Seto put his head down on Jounouchi's back. Seconds after he had done so, they had rested next to a big truck. The window was rolled down, "Well, well, well, if it ain't Jounouchi Katsuya. It's been forever since I've seen ya, hasn't it? What've you been up to?"
"Hey Kaori," Jounouchi said, a serious look on his face not even glancing at the teen in the truck.
Kaori was 18 years old. He had long dirty blonde hair that was shaggy and looked like it hadn't been washed in at least a week or two. He had stubble on his chin and a cigarette hanging from his mouth. "What's up wit' ya, Jou? You used to be the roughest and toughest of the group. Then you go and turn on us, leaving half of us injured and broken. You even killed Mashiro."
"Mashiro had it coming. He was a thug that killed every day just so he could get a smoke. We're better off without him," Jounouchi looked down, "Besides, if I hadn't then I would've been the one six feet underground."
"You've changed, Jounouchi. And not even for the better," Kaori looked over to Seto, "Who's your friend? Wearing the same uniform as you, is she?"
Seto felt like shoving the dirty blonde's cancer stick down his esophagus so he could watch him choke. This man had to be trashed if he had mistaken 6"1 Seto Kaiba, who was in a male school uniform no less, as a girl. Seto would have said something had it not been for Jounouchi zooming down the road. The light must have changed. That or Jounouchi didn't even want to say a word about the brunet that served as his passenger at the moment.
Thankfully, Jounouchi was quick on a motorcycle and took a shortcut through an alleyway too narrow for Kaori's big truck. They soon made it to the Kaiba Mansion and went to the couch in the living room next to the kitchen. Jounouchi exhaled then said, "So what is the big secret you needed to tell me?"
"You know how you've been trying to convince me that I had become a girl for the past month?" Jounouchi nodded. "Well, I'm starting to remember everything."
"Really?" Jounouchi's face lit up, "That's great!"
"That's not what I brought you here for," Seto said, "For the past couple of weeks I've been feeling bad and I finally gave in to going to the doctor yesterday. She went over everything and she said there was only one explanation for what's been going on."
"You're dying?" Jounouchi said with a look of worry and sadness on his face.
Seto shook his head, "No, I'm not dying."
A sigh of relief from Jounouchi, "So then what is it?"
Seto took Jounouchi's hand and laid it on his stomach, "She said she thinks I'm pregnant."
"As long as you won't die from your disease-," Jounouchi stopped in realization of Seto's statement, "You… you're pregnant?"
Seto sighed. "Unfortunately, yes I am. I had to tell you because she wants me to get an Ultrasound just to be sure and if I am then to see what gender it is and how far along I am. I've never slept with anyone other than you so, unless I somehow figured out how to impregnate myself, you're the father."
"I'm a father?" Jounouchi squeaked. He put his face in his hand letting it travel upwards until it brushed through his hair, "This isn't good. I'm happy that you've remembered, but I didn't want to get you pregnant when we're so young. That's what killed my parents' relationship and separated me and Shizuka. I don't want our child to have to go through what I did."
"Right now it's a fifty or sixty percent chance it's actually a baby," Seto said, "I was thinking I'd just… you know, just nip it in the bud… before it got any worse. If I go through with it I'll end up getting huge and I don't know how everyone, including myself, will take it."
There was a long silence. Neither knew what to say. Jounouchi swallowed, "Well, you said you needed to get an Ultrasound, right? You should probably schedule one. I have to go with you, right?"
Seto nodded, "I already scheduled one. My doctor made it for 4:30 today. We should probably get going."
They stood up, went outside and got on Jounouchi's motorcycle. When they finally made it to the hospital, they waited to be called in. Jounouchi fidgeted while Seto read the magazines left out. They waited 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to the two teens. They entered the dimly lit room. The woman working the Ultrasound smiled at them. "You must be Kaiba, Seto. Please lay down here," She motioned towards the bed next to her that looked like an ordinary table-bed seen at a regular doctor's office.
Seto laid on it while Jounouchi stood next to it. The technician took out Seto's files. "I get male patients all the time for various reasons. Never in my life have I heard of a real pregnant man," She turned the machine on, "Now let's take a look. Unbutton your pants and pull up your shirt."
Seto did as he was told. When the gel was squeezed onto his abdomen he let out a gasp. She chuckled, "Sorry about that. Almost everyone has the same reaction to this stuff."
She placed the transducer on Seto's lower stomach and moved it around. She checked the screen and sure enough there it was. A small baby was inside. Jounouchi snorted a small laugh, "That thing looks more like a Seahorse with arms and legs than a baby."
Smack! Jounouchi got it right upside the head from Seto, "Shut up! That thing is our unborn child."
Jounouchi put a hand to his throbbing head, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, baby's already messing with mommy's emotions."
Another smack, "And daddy better shut up if he doesn't want to be on the receiving end of baby's screwing around anymore."
"Please stop it you two," the woman said as she wiped the microphone looking instrument of the gel, "Would you like to know the sex?"
"Yes."
"No."
The two answers had been said in unison. Seto and Jounouchi looked at each other. "I want it to be a surprise," Jounouchi said.
"Well, I want to be ready for a boy or a girl when the damn thing comes," Seto said.
"Please you two, stop fighting," the woman said, "It isn't good for you two to be fighting all the time especially with a baby coming."
"I don't even know if I want the baby," Seto admitted.
"You're still very early on in the pregnancy- maybe 10 weeks along. You'll have to go through two more weeks of pains so try and hide it if you plan on going to school. An abortion is best early on, but I must tell you I am very against abortion. All children should be allowed to live. They're a gift from god."
Jounouchi then remembered, "She's right, Seto. You don't have to worry about money and I'm sure we'd be good parents. We had to raise our little siblings since our parents did lousy jobs. And don't you remember the movie, Juno? The baby is living, breathing and its heart is pounding. And it has fingernails."
Seto groaned as he wiped off the gel on his abdomen, "Do NOT remind me of that."
"Please Seto," Jounouchi said, "I think a kid would be great."
Seto sighed, "Fine, but don't think just because I'm pregnant with your child that it means I'm going to marry you."
Jounouchi shrugged, "I was hoping you'd marry me, baby or not."
After Seto had properly cleaned up, the Ultrasound technician said, "I believe the two of you should work on your relationship. I don't know what attraction happened between you boys that caused this phenomenon, but it didn't last long."
Seto rolled his eyes. Jounouchi then said, "I think the duration of the pregnancy will be enough."
As Seto and Jounouchi left to get on Jounouchi's motorcycle, Seto suddenly said, "Do you have any idea what you want to name the child?"
Jounouchi got on his bike first, "I don't know. Thankfully next week is the start of summer vacation and we have until January to think everything over…. I wonder how we're going to break the news to Mokuba and Shizuka."
"Don't even remind me," Seto said as he got on behind Jounouchi, "I just want to go home and sleep."
Jounouchi chuckled, "Well wait until we get home. If you fall asleep on the motorcycle you may not wake up afterwards. That wouldn't be good."
"Let's go home," Seto said.
Jounouchi nodded and drove out of the parking lot. Home, Jounouchi thought, he's letting me call his place home.
OMG! I can't believe it's taken me OVER TWO MONTHS to get this out. I am so sorry. I didn't mean for it to happen, but at least you have more of Seta Kairi to come. I suck at endings, but it might come soon. Now it's time for you guys to help me. I don't know whether or not to make the baby a boy or a girl or a name for it. I need you guys to help.