Takashi looked stonily at his father and his father averted his eyes and cleared his throat.

'Sorry,' then he lifted his gaze, 'this does not mean I accept your actions but I should have dealt with the problem as a father, not an investor. I will help with the medical bills and you can move back into the house, it was wrong of me to kick you out.'

'Thank you for the apology and for the help, but I am happy where I live,' Takashi's eyes softened, thinking about his new life with Haruhi, 'it's nice to know I'm welcome with my family.'

Satoshi yelled in triumph and flew down the stairs, crushing his brother in a hug, 'let me see where you live!' he nuzzled his brother, whose expression was blank as usual, he patted his younger brother's head, wondering where he got so much energy at three a.m.

Sumi linked her arm with her husband, giving him a grateful look.

'You're going to have to behave yourself from now on,' she rapped him on the head gently then turned to her eldest son, 'would you like something to eat, drink, rest?'

'No thank you, mother,' he pried Satoshi off of him and hugged his mother gently, 'it's late, I have to go back to the hospital.'

'Very well, you shouldn't let her wake up alone,' Sumi nodded, 'but make sure to visit, I missed you.'

'Me too~,' Satoshi attached himself to his brother's arm again, 'bring Haruhi-chan next time you visit.'

'Yes, we want to meet your cute little fiancée,' Sumi grinned, but gave him a look that said 'I should have met her already.'

Takashi nodded then, after saying his goodbyes, went to visit Haruhi. A nurse tried to block his way but when she recognised him from earlier she squealed and ran away, clipboard above her head. He walked in daze towards her room then sat in the chair next to her bed, satisfied she was peacefully sleeping and snoring cutely. He leant his head on her pillow and fell asleep with the image of her sleeping face embedded in his mind.

~.~.~.~

Haruhi rubbed her eyes, something scratched her skin and she lifted her hand in front of her face. The ring glittered in the growing light, a pink diamond nestled between two small diamonds. It was eye catching, but not gaudy. Haruhi's heart fluttered but, being the unromantic person she is, dismissed it as the start of heartburn.

Takashi woke up at the movement of Haruhi sitting up, she smiled at him. He forgot his tiredness when he saw she was admiring the ring.

'Feeling?' he placed a hand on her head, checking for any fever. (A/N: don't ask me how fever is related to anything)

'Mm, fine but I don't actually remember much, it was a haemorrhage right?' her hand moved to her stomach instinctively.

'They're fine,' he insisted, placing his hand over hers.

'Can I still have my lessons?' Haruhi looked at him worriedly.

'If you're careful,' he warned, Haruhi nodded happily then leant on Takashi's shoulder, feeling drained from the medication.

'What happened last night exactly, did I just go to sleep?' Haruhi asked, Takashi made a 'mming' noise. Then, as usual, the hosts entered. Perfect timing.

'There's our favourite crazy girl,' the twins grinned like Cheshire cats, 'what have you been doing to her Mori-senpai.'

'Oh dear god, how badly did I embarrass myself?' Haruhi looked desperately around the room.

'I'd say eight out of ten on the embarrassment scale,' the twins laughed at Haruhi's expression. Huni patted her on the arm comfortingly until Tamaki shoved him out of the way to give her a hug. Haruhi sighed and let the idiot nuzzle her face.

Takashi tried not to feel jealous but wasn't succeeding so won Haruhi's attention with a few words, 'my parents would like to meet you,' everyone turned to look at him.

'You're dad's talking to you again? That's great!' Huni grinned and spun around with Usa-chan.

'R-really?' Haruhi looked nervous; his father had kicked him out because of her so she obviously wasn't very high on Akira Morinozuka's favourite people list.

'You went to them to help with the medical bill, am I correct,' Kyouya was leaning against the wall, sipping from a mug of coffee. Takashi nodded.

'Geez, I'm causing you even more trouble,' Haruhi sighed and flopped onto her pillow, rubbing her eyes.

'If Takashi hadn't gone to talk to them last night he wouldn't have resolved the problem with his dad, don't feel like you've burdened anyone,' Huni went back to his place with a comforting hand on her arm.

Haruhi stayed where she was, probably drifting to sleep, 'mm,' she mumbled before falling asleep completely.

'Come on, let's leave everyone,' Kyouya signalled everyone to leave, looking forward to getting back to his bed, they wouldn't argue with Kyouya, let alone a tired Kyouya but it didn't stop the twins from complaining.

'We wanted to ask about the wedding,' the whined, 'we want to design Haruhi's dress,' the pouted.

'Later,' Kyouya turned and gave them a murderous look. The twins nodded and seemed to shrink in size.

During the course of that day Satoshi came to visit then Ranka came to visit during the afternoon. He nearly passed out when he heard she was in hospital, then he did pass out when he found out she was engaged. After over an hour of animated talking a wedding planning he left to go to work.

The wedding was going to be held just after the twins were born and Haruhi had recovered. According to Ranka, that is.

'Your parents really want to meet me?' Haruhi had a small frown on her face and ate her strawberries and soy sauce for comfort.

'Nn,' Takashi nodded. He decided not to mention it was more his mother and brother than mother and father.

'Don't they hate me?'

'My brother likes you but my parents haven't met you,'

'When do they want to meet me?'

'Not now,' he tried to calm her.

'Mm, ok,' the frown didn't move and she sucked on the spoon, pondering.

'Relax,'

'I want to go home and work though, I feel absolutely fine,' Haruhi crossed her arms and huffed. A nurse had come to tell them she would have to stay in one more night before she could go home 'just in case'.

Takashi placed a hand on her head and ruffled her hair, looking at her softly, he gently pushed her down onto the pillow and kissed her forehead, 'rest.'

'You missed,' Haruhi stated.

'Hm?'

'The kiss,'

This time Takashi leant in a kissed her on the lips, gently at first but then more deeply. Warmth gathered in his heart.

'Much better,' Haruhi sighed and grinned into his lips.

~.~.~.~

New Year came and the hosts pampered her all day, much to her annoyance. She spent most of the time sitting on the sofa in her apartment with her friends attempting to do household chores and failing. Later on in the evening, they went to some 'commoner festival' with Haruhi atop Takashi's shoulders wearing a red kimono with a cherry blossom pattern around the hem. It was comfortable and Haruhi had to admit she was pleased when the twins had presented it to her.

The month of January drew to a close and Haruhi's stomach started to swell more, to the point where she complained of back pain almost every morning. Because the high school term times were different to the college, whenever Satoshi was free and Takashi had classes he would come over to help. Or, as Takashi silently put it, being his usual nosy self.

Satoshi also told his brother that their mother was getting impatient to meet 'this darling Haruhi girl' so Takashi set about telling (for the second time) his extremely hormonal pregnant girlfriend that she would have to meet with his bi-polar parents. Sumi's bubbly attitude and shocking bluntness mixed with Akira's almost icy glare and silent attitude.

Short and absolutely rubbish but hey, after the pregnancy is over I might do one-shots or something about as the child/children grow up... if they survive :)