Chapter Eleven
"I am so proud of you" said Aomine admiringly to the blonde sitting on the bench next to him.
"Proud of me? For what?" asked Kise, looking slightly puzzled.
"Everything. Being with me and having our baby. What you are doing is so brave and I'm just…so proud." Aomine's words were filled with nothing but admiration and love. "You're doing this incredible thing and I admire you so much for it. Kise there are no words to describe how happy you make me. Just when I think it's not possible, I find myself falling in love with you more and more every day." With a huge smile on his face Aomine shrugged his shoulders and said matter-of-factly, "I love you Kise. I love you so much".
Kise didn't know what to say. His hormones however had plenty to say on the matter, as he felt his cheeks become redder and his tear ducts begin to fill up. "I love you too Aominecchi," he replied, finally finding his voice. Aomine pulled Kise closer towards him and after gently rubbing away the tears trickling down his cheeks, he placed a soft kiss on the blonde's lips. When they parted Aomine looked at Kise with a cheeky glint in his eye. He let out an exaggerated sigh and wrapped his arms around the blonde's shoulders, causing Kise to lean into him. "However I can't let you take all the credit. I mean, if it wasn't for me none of this would've happened". Aomine grinned like an idiot as Kise scoffed and said,
"you're right...if it wasn't for you, your stamina and your extremely fertile sperm…I wouldn't know the inside of my toilet as well as I do now nor would I know what it's like to lose complete control over my own tears and the colour of my cheeks. So all credit really does belong to you".
"Aww baby, I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean it" replied Aomine as he pretended to pout, causing Kise to start laughing. "Yeah I know" he said as he ruffled the top of Aomine's head, "baka Aominecchi".
After their laughter had died down Kise let out a long sigh and said, "you know, despite the fact that getting pregnant wasn't exactly on my list of things-to-do-before-I'm-30, I can't imagine it being any other way. Today just made the whole thing seem more…real. Like it was meant to happen. I can't really describe it, but I can't imagine us not having this baby. I'm probably not making any sense".
"No, I know exactly what you mean," replied Aomine as he placed a kiss on the top of Kise's head. With Aomine's arms wrapped around Kise and with Kise's head resting on Aomine's shoulder, the pair sat in silence and watched the sky begin to darken above them. The silence was broken a few minutes later by a low rumble coming from Kise's stomach causing them both to sit up and start laughing. Aomine leaned forward so his head was level with what the pair had affectionately nicknamed The Bump and placed one hand on top of the curve.
"Aww are you two hungry?" he asked, gently rubbing Kise's swell. The blonde smiled, completely melting in to Aomine's touch whilst running his fingers through the bluenette's hair.
"I think we are" he replied.
"So what does The Bump fancy to eat then?" Aomine asked Kise's abdomen.
"Hmmm, I think The Bump wants a bacon double cheeseburger with fries and a strawberry milkshake".
"Sounds heavenly. So… Rosie's?" asked Aomine to which Kise responded with a nod, "if it's ok with daddy of course?"
"Rosie's it is then" smiled Aomine, giving The Bump a quick kiss before standing up and wrapping his arm around Kise, leading all three of them towards Liberty Walk.
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"Daiki! Buttercup!" beamed an ecstatic looking Rosie from behind the counter, "take a seat I'll be right with ya!"
"Cheers Rosie!" winked Aomine as he and Kise headed towards a booth tucked in the corner. Rosie's was an American diner situated right in the middle of Tokyo's gay district and owned by 47 year old American, Rosie McFall, who had moved to Japan 10 years ago and spoke fluent Japanese. With her shock of red curls and outgoing personality, Rosie was an extremely well loved and respected member of the community who, over the years, had helped many individuals, including Kise, 'come out of the closet' and be proud of who they were.
Kise sat down opposite Aomine and quietly looked around the almost empty diner.
"It's quiet today."
"They're probably getting ready for tonight," chuckled Aomine.
"Ha probably. What is it again? Best Chest night at Utopia?"
"Yep, the one night in Tokyo where every gay guy within a 10 mile radius goes to take his kit off in hope of winning ¥10,000 and a good shag."
"Well why the hell aren't you there then?" asked Rosie sarcastically as she placed the usual drink order of coke for Aomine and black coffee for Kise on the table in front of them.
"Excuse me! I am in a committed relationship thankyou!" declared Aomine, as he pointed towards the grinning blonde opposite him. "Besides" he continued, "we don't go to establishments such as this Utopia! We are far far too young…right Kise?"
"Oh….of course. Far too young" agreed Kise with a look of feigned innocence spread across his face.
"Oh cut the crap" teased Rosie, "you've been going to 'establishments such as Utopia' since you discovered the fake I.D. and if that wasn't enough you then went along and corrupted poor Buttercup here" she said, pointing to Kise who was trying his best not to laugh.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Aomine replied as he picked his bottle up off the table and took a long deliberate sip. Rosie scoffed before saying, "so is it the usual boys?" to which they both replied with a nod.
"Err Rosie?"
"Yes Buttercup?" answered Rosie without looking up from her notepad as she jotted down their usual order.
"Would it be ok if I got a glass of water instead? Coffee doesn't really agree with me these days."
"oh...of course."
"Thanks" replied a grateful Kise as a confused looking Rosie removed the rejected cup of coffee from under his nose and left to prepare their food. Kise had read in the folder that Dr Tanaka had given him that coffee was one of the big no no's of what you can and can't eat or drink when you're pregnant. In a way he was glad that he could no longer stand the taste of his favourite beverage as he couldn't possibly imagine the horror of having to go cold turkey for the next seven months. However, the lingering coffee fumes were starting to make him feel queasy, causing him to close his eyes and place both hands on his abdomen.
"Are you ok?" asked a slightly worried looking Aomine.
"Yeah I'm fine" smiled Kise, reassuringly. "I'm just going to go to the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute."
"Ok" said Aomine as he watched Kise shuffle out of the booth and head towards the toilets at the far end of the diner. The exchange between the two boys along with the pale pallor of Kise's cheeks and the one hand covering his stomach had not gone unnoticed by Rosie and the minute the blonde was out of sight she quickly made her way over to their booth, put the glass of water on the table and sat down opposite Aomine.
"What's wrong with him?" she asked.
"Who?"
"Who do you think? The pretty blonde that's just gone into the toilet looking like crap, that's who!"
"There's nothing wrong with him, he's fine" replied Aomine, trying to keep his voice calm.
"And the coffee? Huh? I've been serving that kid black coffee since the first time he stepped foot in here two years ago!"
"It's just temporary."
"Temporary? Don't give me that shit Daiki, I wasn't born yesterday. Is he sick? I heard he collapsed last week, is everything ok?"
"Everything's fine Rosie" assured Aomine who was desperately trying to change the subject, "we've just had to make a few adjustments that's all". However Rosie did not look convinced.
"A few adjustments? What does that even-" Rosie stopped short and Aomine watched as she finally figured it out. "Holy shit. You knocked up Buttercup!"
"Shhhh, keep your voice down!" whispered Aomine, checking to see if anyone had heard.
"So it's true?"
Aomine considered his answer and after realising that there was no point in denying it he answered with, "yes."
Rosie sat back, all fight gone out of her as she let the news sink in.
"Holy shit."
"Yeah that was pretty much our reaction" said Aomine at an attempt to lighten the mood. Once the initial shock had worn off, Rosie sat up and smacked Aomine around the back of the head.
"You fucking idiot! What have I always told you Aomine Daiki! No glove…"
"…no love. I know." Aomine finished. "Believe me no one swears by that mantra more than I do. It was one night Rose. Just one night…"
"That's all it takes" said Rosie, the fire completely vanishing from her voice as she watched the 17 year old boy in front of her with what seemed like the weight of the world on his shoulders . The last thing the kid needed was a lecture; no doubt he had already been given a few of those already.
"How far along is he?" she asked softly.
"Almost 10 weeks".
"Does his dad know?"
"Yeah. He was disappointed at first. But now I think he's looking forward to being a grandpa."
"And what about you? Are you looking forward to being a papa?"
A warm smile appeared on Aomine's face, "at first I wasn't too sure but now that Kise has decided that this is what he wants…I guess I am. I'm just scared you know? I don't want anything to happen to them."
"Of course you don't" said Rosie, leaning across the table and tightly squeezing Aomine's hand.
"What about your mum?" she asked.
"That ship hasn't exactly sailed just yet" replied Aomine.
"She doesn't know?"
Aomine shook his head. "No one does. Except you, the guys at Kaijou, Kagami, Tetsu and Hiroshi-san. Guess the right time just hasn't presented itself yet" he said as he took a sip of his coke.
"Well when is the right time? When he's given birth?"
"Yeah I know. It's just… he's been so sick recently and there's the whole thing with school tomorrow…I just don't want to add any unnecessary stress before I have to."
The sound of the toilet door opening caused them both to look up and watch as a slightly pale blonde made his way towards them. When he approached, Rosie stood up and gave him his seat back.
"Thanks Rosie" said Kise as he picked up the glass of water and started to drink.
"Anytime sweetheart" she said, placing a kind hand on his shoulder and after one last look at Aomine she headed back to her usual spot behind the counter.
"How are you feeling?" asked Aomine as he leant over to gently stroke one of Kise's slightly pasty cheeks. The blonde smiled.
"Better" he replied as Aomine leant across the table and gently kissed the blonde's lips. Ten minutes later the food arrived. "Err Rosie? This isn't what I ordered" said Kise as he looked down at the tuna salad and small portion of fries Rosie had put in front of him.
"I know it isn't. But I thought you'd both appreciate something a little lighter," Rosie said as she winked at the boys before turning to serve the four drag queens that had just walked in.
"You told her" stated Kise.
"She figured it out," replied Aomine as he prepared to dig into his BBQ pork sandwich, "in fact I'm surprised she didn't figure it out sooner."
Kise laughed in agreement as he picked up his fork and started to munch on his salad.
One hour later and after promising Rosie that they'd call if they needed anything, the pair were heading back to Kise's. The blonde felt much better by the time they got home but he was exhausted, so they decided to spend the rest of the evening cuddled up on the couch, watching re-runs of The Big Bang Theory. By the time the first episode had ended, Kise was fast asleep.
It was half past eight when Hiroshi got home from work. Kise lifted his head up from Aomine's lap when he heard his dad walk into the living room.
"Hey boys"
"Hi dad. How was work?" asked Kise.
"Oh not too bad, not too bad. So how did the appointment go?"
Hiroshi was devastated that he'd missed his son's first prenatal appointment but the pair made sure to fill him in on every detail. By the time they had gone through the pregnancy folders it was half nine and Kise looked like he was about to pass out, so after a loving kiss from Aomine (one for him and one for The Bump), the blonde bid them all a goodnight and went to bed.
"So what time is the appointment with the head teacher tomorrow?" Aomine asked Hiroshi as he got ready to leave.
"10 o'clock" he replied. "Hopefully it won't be too difficult".
The pair stood in silence for a moment, a quiet understanding passing between them both. They knew how difficult and crucial tomorrow would be. Kise had made it clear that he didn't want to drop out of school and would only be home-schooled when he was (in his words) ready to drop. However, both Aomine and Hiroshi were worried about what would happen if Kise was allowed to continue at Kaijou. His uniform would hide his bump for the time being but in a few weeks there would be no denying that Kise was pregnant. Aomine was worried about what the stares and the gossip would do to Kise and their unborn baby. He wasn't worried about Kasamatsu and the others; he knew that they would look out for Kise no matter what. It was everyone else he was concerned about. Especially since he wouldn't be there to protect them. If it was up to him, he would keep Kise locked away for the next seven months up until the baby was born. However if he thought pre-pregnancy Kise was stubborn enough then a hormonal nine week pregnant Kise was beyond negotiating with. So Aomine had no choice but to support his decision.
"I'll be leaving then Hiroshi-san" bowed Aomine once he'd zipped up his hoodie.
"Good night Aomine-kun" Hiroshi bowed back and with that Aomine left.
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When Aomine walked through the front door he was surprised to find the house silent and in complete darkness. "Mum? Haruko?" When neither his mum nor his sister replied, Aomine made his way into the living room where he could just make out a figure sitting in one of the armchairs. "Mum? What are you doing sitting in the dark?" he asked as he switched on the light. It was his mum sat in the armchair but there was definitely something wrong. The atmosphere in the room was far too tense for his liking and it was a good minute before his mother looked him in the eye and said,
"We need to talk."
A/N
Hello everyone! Had a busy week this week so it took me a little longer to write this chapter. I hope you all like it! As you can probably tell there is angst and drama around the corner along with a guest star from a certain feisty female with hair the colour of bubblegum ;)
ellecasszio- Thankyou darling! I'm glad you're enjoying it! :D
Blank Angel- I'm glad you enjoyed it! And no sex while pregnant is a total urban myth darling : ) The baby is protected so it won't get hurt : ) Being pregnant can heighten a person's sex drive which im sure is a fact that Aomine is thrilled with ; )
sssuzuki- Thankyou so much! Im thrilled that someone who isn't really into mpreg is actually enjoying the story! Certainly one of the highest compliments an author can get : ) I hope this chapter was long enough for you! : D
Angel yao- I've done the same thing! It's soooo annoying! Awww thanks for your words of encouragement as always!
beliefinflower-Im glad you liked Tanaka! Hope Rosie was to your liking too! I like coming up with new characters. I try to find someone everyone will like : )
Stay tuned everyone! The support from everyone has completely blown me away!
Love you all more and more everyday ; )
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