Chapter 11

Akarui walked through the gardens in the SuG clan's estate. She was crying, but it didn't matter. She hadn't seen Yuji since he woke up and went off somewhere. She didn't know where. She didn't care.

She felt like part of her was missing...

He had been trying to get close to her, kissing her cheek, her neck, her lips...every place Ruki had kissed before...It cut through her every single time. It made her want to just kill over.

She felt worthless.

She lifted her sleeve and wiped her cheeks just in time for two arms to wrap around her waist. She didn't ask who it was. She already knew.

"Hey." Yuji kissed her cheek.

"Hello." She said in the same sad tone she had used since she left.

"I'm guessing you like the gardens." Yuji muttered softly as his lips played at her neck. "I'll build you one much bigger than this. You can pick every single flower...and...wait..."

He flattened his hand on her stomach, confused.

"What is it?" She looked down at his hand.

"You...no." Yuji pushed away from her, shaking his head. "No. No, you didn't. Did you? He didn't."

Akarui knew certainly who "he" was, but she was still confused on what exactly Ruki had done.

"Yuji, what's the matter?" She reached for him, to steady him as he was shaking.

"Don't touch me!" He felt anger seeping through his voice. "You...I can't believe you. You knew we were going to get married, Akarui. And you still...I'll kill him."

"What are you talking about, Yuji?" Akarui demanded, beginning to get worried.

"You slept with him!" Yuji yelled. "You fucking slept with him, and he got you pregnat!"

Akarui's eyes went wide, and her heart stopped. She reached down, touching her covered stomach softly. It had been a week or so since thier first time...but she felt a little more bloated than usual. She hadn't really been getting sick, except the occasional bout of dizzyness...

Ruki had gotten her pregnat.

She had a part of Ruki inside her.

She couldn't help but smile.

"What are you so happy about?" Yuji demanded, his voice cold and anger coating his every word. "You're pregnat, Akarui! And not with my baby! You've barely let me touch you since you arrived! Why, Akarui? I fell for you, and you did this. How could you?"

She suddenly felt terribly guilty.

"Yuji...I'm sorry." She said sincerly. "I just...I love Ruki. And he's my...my everything. And...I'm just so sorry. I won't say I wished that this would have worked out smoothly, because then I wouldn't have him. But I wouldn't have minded if it did."

He looked away as she reached up and touched his face.

"And I do love you." She whispered. "But not in the way that I love Ruki. You've treated me well."

He nodded slowly. "Right."

He took a deep steadying breath. "I...I should take you back, then."

"What?" Her eyes got brighter and brighter. "Really?"

"Yes." He nodded again. "I'm sorry I took you away from him. It was selfish of me."

"I forgive you." She wrapped her arms around him, squeezing tightly. "Thank you, Yuji. Thank you so much."

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When Yoru's eyes opened, the first thing she saw was Aoi, playing with her fingers as he sat in a chair beside the bed. He looked completely zoned out and tired. She bit her lip, resisting the laugh that bubbled up in her throat. He was so cute.

"Boo!" She yelled.

Aoi jumped, dropping her hand as he looked wide-eyed at her.

"Yoru." He whispered. "You're awake."

She sat up. "So I am."

"You should lay back down and rest." He leaned forward, towards her.

"I do believe I've rested long enough." She smiled. "How long was I out?"

"Two days." He said groggily.

"Aoi..." She raised an eyebrow. "When's the last time you slept?"

"Ummmm...two or three days ago." He shrugged. "No big deal."

"Aw, Aoi!" She pulled him onto the bed and cuddled with him. "If you rest, I rest, deal?"

"Deal." He yawned.

She leaned up and kissed his lips softly. When she pulled away, he was already asleep.

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Akarui ran into the house without even knocking. Yuji was close behind her, set on making sure she got home safely.

"Uruha! Reita! Where are my favorite gay vampires?" She called.

Uruha grimaced as he appeared a few feet in front of her.

"I thought you, like, died or something." He frowned. "I was counting on never seeing you again."

Akarui just beamed, throwing her arms around Uruha and hugging him tightly.

"Uruha! Uru-chan! Uru-chan!" She squeezed hard.

"Hey, what exactly are you doing?" Reita flashed beside where Uruha stood, frozen.

"Reita!" Akarui then threw herself on him, nearly knocking him to the ground. "Noseband man! I missed your sarcastic comments!"

"Ah! Uru! Help!" Reita called.

Akarui laughed, pulling away. "Where's Ruki?"

"He just left about an hour or two ago." Uruha said, still a little freaked. "Should be back soon."

"Yay!" She clapped as Kai and Yugure walked in the room.

"What are you doing here?" Kai asked. "Hey, Yuji."

Yuji waved gloomily back at him.

"He let me come back!" Akarui hugged Kai and Yugure at the same time.

"Why?" Kai looked back at Yuji.

"She's pregnat." Yuji said simply.

Gasps all around the room...

"Is that even possible?" Uruha demanded. "She's human."

"He's vampire." Reita continued.

"Doesn't make sense!" Uruha held his head and then ran out of the room, Reita laughing as he followed him.

"What?" Kai looked wide-eyed at Akarui, who beamed. "Are you sure?"

"Remember, my power is to sense illness, or in this case...new life." Yuji explained, his voice still dark. "She's pregnat. Trust me."

Kai walked up to Akarui and placed a hand on her stomach. Yugure raised an eyebrow as he did this, but didn't exactly mind.

Akarui was practically bouncing with excitement.

"When's Ruki getting back?" She said brightly.

"Soon." Kai's eyes went wide. "Wait...I recognize this...Oh, my God!"

Suddenly, Akarui was being dragged up the steps.

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Ruki ran back to the house, still feeling depressed. He walked up to the door, and then he sensed....her.

He threw the door open to Yuji about to leave.

"Where is she?" Ruki demanded frantically.

"Upstairs." Yuji shrugged. "You can have her. She loves you. Good luck."

And then he was gone.

Ruki raced up the stairs.

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Yoru jumped when the door slammed open, Kai dragging Akarui behind him. Aoi started and went into a protective position before falling back onto the bed when he realized it was Kai.

"Come here." Kai demanded to Akarui, placing one hand on her stomach, one hand on Yoru's.

"What the hell are you doing?" Yoru demanded. "Akarui! You're back!"

"Why yes, I am." Akarui waved brightly. "Hi, Yoru!"

"Holy...mother....of...God!" Kai backhanded Aoi, making him jump awake again.

"Ow! Damn it, Kai!" Aoi swatted uselessly at Kai.

"Next time use protection!" Kai screamed.

"What the...?" Yoru raised an eyebrow.

"Congradulations, Yoru-chan!" Akarui beamed. "It seems we're both pregnat!"

Yoru gasped and Aoi's jaw dropped.

"Crazy human lady - say what?" Yoru asked.

"You're pregnat, Yoru." Kai ran a hand through his hair. "God. Oh, my freaking God! What are we going to do?"

"I...oh...my God." Aoi turned to Yoru. "I'm going to be a daddy."

"And I'm gonna be a mommy!" Yoru threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "I love you!"

"I...wow, love you, too." Aoi laughed breathily.

Just then, Ruki burst through the doorway, breathing heavily. He looked desperately at Akarui as she slowly turned around. She beamed at him as a slow smile came upon his face.

She ran towards him and he took two steps, meeting her halfway. She threw her arms around him and kissed him. He tilted his head, deepening the kiss as he felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders.

"Akarui..." He whispered against her lips.

"Ruki!" She pulled back. "We need to talk~."

"Okay..." He raised an eyebrow.

She winked over her shoulder at the others as her and Ruki walked out.

"I cannot believe you guys." Kai shook his head. "Cannot believe it."

"Just leave, Kai." Aoi said.

"Yeah, go make love to Yugure or something." Yoru suggested.

Kai blushed a little, a small smile appearing and then disappearing in the same second.

"I'm not as careless as you two." He snapped, and then left.

Yoru looked over at Aoi and glomped him.

"Aoi..." She whispered. "We're pregnat."

"Uh-huh." He said as he placed a hand on her already swelling tummy. "You know, it's rare, but vampire pregnancies are different than human ones. Instead of nine months, it's nine weeks."

"Ohmigod." Yoru groaned. "I can just feel the excruciating pain coming on."

"You still have eight and a half weeks." He chuckled against her ear.

"Eight and a half weeks to torchure you." She snickered.

"Can't wait." He leaned down, kissing her softly.

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Akarui wrung her hands, her confidence disappeared.

"Akarui." Ruki waved a hand in front of her face.

He had resisted reading her mind for a while now. He wanted to hear what she had to say. But it was beginning to get pretty tempting.

"Ruki...um..." She shook her head.

It dawned on her that Ruki might not be entirely happy about this. He didn't seem like the family kind of guy. He was the badass. The sexy, amazing, sweet, perverted badass...

And he was sexy.

She banished that thought instantly. One track mind, come on, you can do this.

"Ruki...I...um...I'm..." She studdered.

Finally Ruki gave in.

I can't believe this. She thought. He might not want to keep it...and I want to keep it....

Was it something about a puppy or an animal of some sort? Ruki thought.

And then he heard her next thought.

How the hell am I supposed to tell him I'm pregnat?

His jaw dropped. His heart pounded. She looked up just as he stopped breathing.

"Ruki?" She asked touching his face. "Are you okay?"

He had completly frozen, as his brain tried to process this new information.

"You...you're pregnat?" He whispered, as if for confirmation.

Her eyes dropped, guiltily. "Yes. I'm sorry, I-"

"Akarui, you're pregnat!" Ruki smiled before sweeping her up off her feet into a kiss.

She giggled against his lips as he slowly pulled back.

"You don't mind?" She whispered.

"Of course I don't mind!" Ruki beamed. "I have you. And now I have a baby! I'm happy!"

She laughed as she pressed her lips to his again.

She felt even better when he pushed his tongue past her lips, playing and dancing with her own. She moaned as his hands reached back and unzipped her dress.

Then he froze. He pulled back, and she knew what was coming.

"Can we still...you know...have sex?" He asked.

She burst into laughter. She couldn't help it. He was such a guy.

"Don't laugh at me." He frowned. "It's a serious question."

She held onto him before sobering up. She stood on her tippy toes and whispered in his ear.

"I actually hear it's good for the baby...if you do." She bit at his ear-rings.

"That's all I needed." He said, before pushing her lightly back on the bed.

Playlist:

Cassis (live) - The GazettE

Headache Man - The GazettE

Kugetsue - The GazettE

Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah

Groan and Smile - Head Phones President

Drown You Out - Crossfade

Crazy Angel - Kill Hannah

Password 486 - Younha

Turning Japanese - The Vapors

Monkey Majik - (actually, I forgot who that song was by.)

Until The End - Breaking Benjamin

Ray - The GazettE

The Invisible Wall - The GazettE (times, like, 5)

Aristocrats Symphony - Versailles