Chapter 8: Shocking News
During the next days and weeks, Haruka recovered from the wounds that had been inflicted on her when she had driven her car against the wall, much to Michirus delight. The fact that the aqua haired girl had been planning to see a doctor totally had slipped both women's mind…until Michiru realized one morning that she hadn't had her period last month.
"Love?" Harukas deep, husky voice tore Michiru out of her thoughts, and she looked at the blonde. "Yes?" "You alright? You seemed…pretty far away now." Haruka spoke while she sat upright, ignoring the small ache in her ribs. "Yeah…yeah, I'm okay." Michiru smiled at her lover, who smiled back. After the aqua haired girl had forgiven Haruka about the rape that hadn't been her fault at all, the invisible bond they had shared from the beginning on had formed between them again. Although Haruka and Michiru now where a happy couple again, Michiru still wasn't able to kiss her lover – or show any other physical way of affection than holding her hands and stroking her face. "Haruka…?" the aqua haired girl now spoke. "Yes, sweetie?" Haruka asked gently, smiling. Michiru took in a deep breath. "My period hasn't come yet." She then softly spoke. Haruka raised her eyebrows. "When was it supposed to come?" she then asked. "Ten days ago." Michiru replied, and her lover paled. "Do you think you are….pregnant?" The last word came out so soft that it was almost inaudible, and Michirus answer wasn't much louder either. "I don't know. Oh God, Haruka, what if…" "Shht." Haruka gently put her arms around her lover, who stiffened for a moment, but then relaxed again. "You should go and see a doctor." The blonde recommended while she ran one hand through the aqua colored locks. Michiru nodded before she spoke on: "And if I'm really pregnant? What will we do, then?" "We'll think about that as soon as you know more." Haruka promised before she let go of her girlfriend and laid back in her bed. Michiru gave her a small smile and rose from the chair. "I'll let you have your rest now and go to the doctor. I'll come back as soon as I know more, okay?" Haruka nodded, already halfway in dreamland. Michiru stroke her cheek once more before she left.
The doctor looked at Michiru, smiling, while the aqua haired girl was staring at the pregnancy test, waiting for it to show the result. She knew that, if the small stripe turned pink, she was pregnant, and that if turned blue, she wasn't. Michiru held her breath when slowly color appeared on the stripe. She nearly fainted when she saw that it was pink.
"Congratulations, Miss Kaioh. You are pregnant." The doctor smiled at her, but his smile vanished when he saw the expression of pure horror on his patient's face. "Miss Kaioh?" he spoke, a worried tone in his voice. The elderly man was shocked when Michiru suddenly started to cry. "No…oh God, no…" the aqua haired girl whispered while her shoulders shook and sobs racked her body. The doctor, who wasn't used to crying women, gave her a helpless look. "Miss Kaioh…" he spoke once more, as if the constant repeating of Michirus last name would make things better. All of a sudden, Michiru jumped up from the chair. "I have to go to Haruka." She blurted out. Before the doctor could react, Michiru had grabbed the pregnancy test and ran out of the room.
Haruka laid in her hospital bed, her eyes closed, dozing a little. Her lids opened pretty fast when the door flew open and a crying Michiru came storming in. "Michiru!" Haruka sat up in her bed, not caring about the facts that her blanket fell to the floor and that her still not completely healed ribs protested with a sharp sting of pain. They protested even more when Michiru flung herself into the arms of her lover. Haruka stifled a painful groan, since she didn't want to upset her girlfriend even more, and gently put both arms around her. "Michi, love, what happened?" "I am." Michiru sobbed. Haruka frowned. "You are what?" "Pregnant!" Michiru cried out, looking up at the blonde with an expression of deep pain in her eyes. Harukas eyes went wide. "Pregnant?" she repeated, shocked. Michiru just sobbed and buried her face in Harukas chest, who held her tight. "Pregnant." The blonde now mumbled, her shock slowly fading away, leaving two feelings behind: love for Michiru, and deep hate for the two men who had done this to her lover. "You have to abort it." The blonde finally spoke. Michiru looked up at her again, shocked. "No way!" she protested. "I'm not going to murder the baby!" Haruka frowned. "It's not even a baby yet! Just a cell." She protested, but Michiru shook her head. "No. I won't abort it." "But Michiru…." Haruka started, only to receive a death glare from her lover. It reminded her painfully of the time when Michiru had blamed her for the rape, and she fell silent. "Haruka." Michiru now softly spoke, avoiding her lovers eyes. "Please, understand…I can't abort the baby. I just can't. It's…a part of me." "But it's the child of a rapist." Haruka replied, feeling Michiru stiffen at the last word. "Do you think I don't know that?" the aqua haired girl snapped. "Sorry." Haruka apologized before letting out a sigh. "But Michiru…do you think that you'll be able to love the baby?" Michiru let out a small sigh and closed her eyes. "I don't know, Haruka. Honestly, I don't. But…if not…I'll make sure that the baby will find a home with people who will love it." Haruka closed her eyes for a second before she spoke: "Okay. If you want to keep the baby so badly…I'll support you in every way I can." "Thanks." Michiru whispered, leaning against her lover's chest once more. "You have no idea how much this means to me, Haruka." Haruka held her tight and stroke her back, but inside, she was wondering if she had made the right decision.