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Chapter XVIII

Riiiiing… Riiiing…

Rei…

Headache. That's what I felt when I tried sitting up to reach out on my ringing cellphone. The call ended even before I could check the name of the caller.

10 missed calls

Who on earth would call me at this hour?

Yuuya is sleeping in my sofa right now. He's the only one doing that. So this is weird. I checked my call logs and found the name of the very least person I could think of.

Aya Hoshino (8 missed calls)

I never bothered to check the other two.

Then suddenly…Riiiing… Riiiing…

The screen flashing her name. Aya Hoshino calling. I must be dreaming. I answered anyway.

I cleared my throat before saying, "Hello." Very good one, Rei. Not cool.

"Uhmmm- I'm sorry for bothering you," The person on the other line said. "But uhmmmm.. Do you know where Yuuya is?"

Yuuya? I looked at the person sleeping on my sofa. So she's been trying to contact me since six in the morning for Yuuya? What did you expect anyway? I asked my inner self. At least she's getting in touch with you. Me trying to look at the brighter side, but yeah, Yuuya. What else?

"It's a bit of an emergency," she continued on the line. "We've been trying to call his cell but he's not picking up. Ran and I are here at the hospital-"

I didn't even let her finish.

Emergency? Hospital?

"What are you doing there?" I know I sounded worried. Panic came rushing over me. Is she safe? Did she got into an accident? She's with Ran, did they got into trouble and somehow needs medical attention? Why is she looking for Yuuya and not me?

"It's Mami."

Right, why else would she look for him? Of course it's Mami. I was somehow relieved that it wasn't about her.

"Yuuya's here with me. Let me know which hospital. I'll drag him there."

"Is Tatsuki-chi with you? I've been trying to get in touch with him as well." I heard Ran on the other line.

"Tell Ran that I have Kuroi here also. I'll drag them both." I told her.

"Thanks Rei. I'll send you the details." Then she dropped.

I know this is not the right time to smile, but she just called me.

Well, emergency, Mami. Right, I have to get Yuuya up.

"Yuuya," I called him as I try to shake him. "Wake up."

"Quit it, Rei." he said groaning and keeping the throw pillow closer to him. Such a child.

"Honda is in the hospital."

"Let her be." He is still sleeping. I stood up and went to get Tatsuki. He was sleeping on the floor, so kick him lightly on the legs. He didn't drink much, unlike Yuuya, so I guess waking him would not be a struggle.

"Hey, Ran's looking for you." I said giving him two light kicks.

"You let me sleep on the floor, and now you're kicking me. Is that how you treat your guests here?" he complained as he sit up rubbing his eyes.

"Get up. We're going to the hospital. We're dragging Yuuya." This time I mean it literally.

Aya…

I sat patiently at the lobby waiting for the boys to come. Ran was left on the room watching over Mami.

She came over last night at Ran's place. It was a surprise. Mami Honda would never ran to her rival. It was her pride, both of their prides that kept them away from being close, Ran and Mami.

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Ran said upon seeing her on her door steps.

"Who's there?" I asked. Ran moved away from the door to allow me see who was knocking at this time.

It was Mami Honda.

"Mami-rin, what are you doing here?" Ikebukoro is at least one hour away via train and seeing The Heiress inside Shibuya at this time is a wonder. Of course her gloomy expression made it more confusing.Then she started crying.

Ran quickly ushered her inside and let her seat at the living room. I got her a glass of water and followed them after."What is really happening?" Ran asked again. "Should we call Nii?"

"No!" Mami immediately objected. "Not him."

"Mami-rin, did you had a fight with Yuuya?"

"I broke up with him." Then she began sobbing again. Covering her face with her hands. I tried yo calm her down by stroking her back.

"What?! Why?! Is he cheating on you?! Let me get him!" Ran has been really quick in concluding."

Don't do that Ran," I stopped her. She did listen anyway. "You better stay here tonight. It would be dangerous for you to go back to Ikebukoro at this time." I told Mami, she just gave me a nod.

"The room of Mami Honda," I heard a person asking for Mami at the information counter. It's them.

"Yuuya!" I called out.

"Aya-chan," they went to my direction ignoring the details given to them by the lady. Rei and Tatsuki follow behind Yuuya. "Where is she? What happened? Is she alright?" Questions. Our typical Second Place.

"Calm down, Yuuya. She's fine already. But you have to talk to her," hope that eased his mind for a while. "She's in the room with Ran." they followed me. Rei was already walking beside me. How did he even?

"You were with her the whole night?" he asked.

"She went to Ran's place. Crying. And you guys?"

"Drinking. Well Yuuya. We just kept him company." I nodded.

We stopped at a door and knocked twice before opening it. Mami was sitting on the bed. Ran was looking out the window. She's mad, I can tell. It seems she just gave The Heiress a long convincing speech, making the other girl guilty for whatever she has done.

"They're here," I announced the arrival of the guys. The two Super Gals looked our way.

Yuuya was fast to go and kneel on the bedside, asking Mami if anything hurts, or whatever the doctor had told her. She didn't respond.

"Why don't you tell him?" Ran said. There she goes again. Forcing people.

"Ran, let's give her time." I said calmly. "This is between her and Yuuya anyway."

"Between us? What does she mean?" Yuuya looked back to Mami asking for clarity of what we were just saying. "Mami?" he called her. She was just looking at her hands on top of her lap. Tightening her grip on the blanket while trying to stop her tears.

"He has the right to know, Mami."

We were all waiting on what she was about to say.

"Let's leave them alone for a moment," Rei said feeling the tension in the room. I nodded at him and signaled Ran and Tatsuki to go outside with us.

Then Mami called out, "Don't. I need them here." She said stopping us from leaving the room.

"You're scaring me," I heard Yuuya. He was just sitting there watching her as she tries to avoid his looks.

I went near her and held her hand. She just needs support. "Thank you, Aya-chan." I smiled at her.

"Go on. He'll eventually know anyway," I tried to encourage her the best way I could. "We're all gonna be there for you." I added. I hoped that would help.

"I'm…" she began. Her other hand is now almost white because of her tightened grip. Yuuya reached out for that hand and held it close. I saw her finally looking at him.

"Whatever you have to say, I'll ve there. I won't leave. I promise," Yuuya said.

That made Mami cry even harder the finally blurting out. "I'm pregnant.

Ran and I knew already, but the guys were shocked. Except Rei, I guess he really mastered wearing that poker face.

"Then why did you broke up with him?" Tatsuki asked breaking the sudden heavy feeling in the room.

"Can you leave us for a while?" Yuuya said finally taking over the situation.

"It's going to be fine," I assured Mami before letting go of her hand, following the rest outside.

I closed the door behind me and let out a sigh.

Yuuya…

I waited until Aya-chan had closed the door before saying anything. I took the nearest chair and placed it beside the bed. She's still sobbing.

"Stop that will you?" I told her. I'm not mad or annoyed of her crying. I just know that stress will not do any good to her condition. She started wiping the tears with her hand. Tsk. I reached out for my pocket to get my handkerchief and wipe those tears away. Mami was never a cry baby.

"Since when did you know?" I asked as I wipe the last tear left from her face.

"A month ago," she said.

"How long was it?"

"Two months." That had released an Oh reaction from me. Two months. I remember. It's not as if that was the first. We were just careless that time.

"Is that why you're trying to pressure me on getting married?"

She nodded. "Then you stopped talking to me. That struck me, that you don't want to be tied down to me."

"What?! NO!" I know I sounded defensive. She got it all wrong. Really, these girls are spending too much time together. "You got it wrong." I reached out to her hand again, placing both of my hands on hers. "I do want to be tied down with you. Heck I want to spent the rest of my days with you. But I don't want to start it with you initiating everything. I want to surprise you, to make you feel special by going down on one knee and ask you formally with you dropping all the hints, because you deserve that treatment. You deserve to be treated like a queen."

Where did those words even came from? I was surprised myself that I was able to say that.

"Really?" she asked, finally looking at me, but still wearing that worried look.

"Really," I sighed." But yeah, given the situation we are right now, it might be good to tie the knot immediately. I mean, I don't want my child to be born out of wedlock. And I really want to take care of you and go through this experience with you." Without warning, she wrapped her arms around my neck. Quite tight, I may say. But that's my Mami. I smiled as I hug her back. "I love you."

Aya…

I can't help but listen at the other side of the door, hoping I'd hear something. I heard Yuuya say I love you. I guess that means they've patch things up.

Then I felt a slight knock on top of my head. It wasn't hurtful, just enough to let me know that someone had called my attention to stop whatever I was doing.

I looked up and saw him looking at me.

"They wouldn't want us to be prying on their business." he said.

I blushed. Why do I keep on blushing? For goodness sake!

I was left outside the room with Rei. Ran had dragged Tatsuki to the cafeteria saying that's she hungry for all the scolding she did on Mami, plus the fact that we hadn't had anything since this morning. I almost forgot about that.

This morning, we found Mami, lying on the kitchen floor holding on her tummy and a small amount of blood on her legs. Ran and I didn't knew yet about the baby. We panicked and quickly rushed her to the hospital. That's when we were told that she's pregnant.

"Do you want to grab something to eat?" he asked. What's with him and food anyway?

"I'm fine," I said. I wanted to wait outside Mami's room. They might need anything that I could be of help.

"They're going to be fine. She's going to be fine. Yuuya's there already," he said. He really knows what's going on inside my head.

"Right," I said then finally sitting down. I know he was looking at me and observing every movement I make. I can feel his stares. Then he suddenly left. Where is he going?

I was left alone.

I'm happy for them. Mami and Yuuya finally settling down. I can imagine their little one running around as Mami calls him or her and Yuuya being the gentle dad, spoiling their kid. I wonder if the baby would be a girl or a boy. I bet he or she will look wonderful given the combined genes of those two. I slightly giggled at the thought. Our Second Place finally starting his own family. It was such a surprise. I bet Miyu would jump into joy once she learned about this.

"Here," a sandwich appeared in front of me. "You're smiling all by yourself. That's not a good sign, you know."

Rei's back, now holding two cups of coffee and sandwiches. So that's where he went.

"Thanks. You shouldn't have bothered," I said but taking the sandwich anyway.

"I don't think Kuroi and Kotobuki would be coming back," he said as he take the seat leaving a space between us, enough for another person to take that spot. "You sure you're not hungry?"

"This is fine," I took a bite of the sandwich he gave me. Chicken? I looked at him.

"I know you don't like that. But that's the only thing they sell there. They're out of tuna."

"No, it's fine. I'm not complaining."

"Your look just now says otherwise." he wrapped the sandwich that he didn't finish and placed it back to the brown bag. Then he also took mine. "Come on. There's a nearby restaurant here."

He grabbed my hand and started dragging me out of the hospital, throwing the paper bag on the trash bin. Such a waste of food.

End of Chapter XVIII

Author's Note : Yehey for Mami and Yuuya! We'll get back to Aya and Rei on the next chapters. Reviews please!