Kousei

By princessofplanets

E-mail: princessofplanets@hotmail.com

Parts: 2 / ?

The other people stared in shock, barely listening as the woman who must have been the babysitter came into the front room and apologized for the mess in the hallway.

"You came home early, and I had to give her a bath before I could clean up," the black teenager explained with a smile, though a slightly worried expression flitted behind it. Alex waved it off.

"Don't worry about it. Now, how much do you think is fair?" she inquired. The girl shrugged.

"Does ten and a half pounds sound fair?" she asked hesitantly. Alex blinked, then turned to Yukito and murmured something to him quickly in Japanese.

"It's about 1,920 yen," he converted quickly in English.

"That sounds fair," the blonde agreed, reaching into her pocket for the money. She shifted the young girl now in her arms carefully as she dug the money out of her pocket.

"Uh, Alex? Since when do you have a kid?" Draco asked hesitantly.

"When did you get married? Where's your husband? Which one of these two is your husband?" Touya rolled his eyes and grabbed Yukito, pulling him into a passionate kiss.

"OUT! GO TO YOUR ROOM!" Alex shrieked at the two, neither of which was paying attention to her. Finally she sighed and started shoving them toward the bedroom. "And you two had better keep quiet in there, I have guests!" She hissed quietly to them. "Does that answer your question?" she asked Ron exasperatedly. She muttered to herself, "WHY do those guys have to do that in my house?"

Touya's head popped out of his room. "It's OUR house too, you know!"

The blonde threw a pillow at his head, which disappeared back into the dark room. "WHY IS IT THAT YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME UNLESS I DON'T MEAN YOU TO?!" she wailed.

"Alex, back to the original question. Where is your husband?!" Ron demanded.

"Well, uh…you guys must be really hungry. Would you like something to eat?" Alex asked nervously.

"We just ate, Alex," Hermione reminded her sternly.

"Heh, heh…. Imagine that." Alex fidgeted with her hands. "How about you all have a seat?"

The other people followed Alex as she led them to the living room. They all sat down.

"Well, I don't know how to say this. I don't have a husband," Alex said in a rushed tone.

"Oh, so you're divorced? I'm so sorry!" Hermione gushed.

"HECK NO, SHE HASN'T EVEN HAD A BOYFRIEND YET!" Touya shouted through the closed door.

"JUST SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO… to…." It suddenly dawned on her what they were doing in there. "Uh, TO WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING BACK THERE THAT I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT!" Everyone else in the room gaped. She paced for a moment before calling out, "TOYA! Could you PLEASE take Aya and John to a movie?" her voice was strained.

There was a long silence and some muffled arguing before Yukito called back, "We'll be just a minute while we get dressed, Seika." Alex choked and flushed before tightening her grip on her daughter. I can't BELIEVE I depend on these guys. If Aya ever walks in on them messing around, I swear… They may be my closest friends since I went to Japan, but if that happens then they are my punching bags.

Touya and Yukito left the room. "You OWE us big," the brown haired man growled at her as they left, each of them holding one of the children.

"Alex, you just come in at the WORST times, don't you?" Draco asked dryly once the couple left. "I feel sorry for those two, I mean, you interrupted MY shower with Harry – " Harry blushed a beet red and hit his boyfriend, who ignored him, " – and THEY have to LIVE with you!"

Ron let out a frustrated sigh. "BACK to the topic at hand PLEASE?! Who's the damn father of the kid?"

Alex tensed. "I… I don't know."

"HOW THE HELL CAN YOU NOT KNOW?!" Draco demanded.

"Sheesh, did you sleep with that many guys?!" Harry asked bluntly. Alex's smile tightened.

"Not exactly."

"So how come you don't know him?!" Ron insisted.

"You don't just have a kid without knowing who the father is!" Hermione shrieked. "Believe me, it's quite obvious!"

"Not if you were raped." Silence fell over the room, and the previously frustrated faces melted into concern and horror.

"My God," Hermione breathed softly. Ron sat in shock.

"When did this happen?"

"Why didn't you tell us?!" Draco interrogated.

Alex inhaled deeply. "I was raped on the way over to Japan, during the twenty-four-hour layover in New York."

"But… But…" Hermione stuttered. "Why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you get an abortion?!"

"You forget, 'Mione, this was right after I murdered Voldemort. I was already REALLY depressed because of that. I believe in peace, and yet I had killed someone. I couldn't have handled having another death on my hands at that time, especially someone who had never done anything to me. Aya couldn't help that her father was a rapist."

"But WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!?!?!" Ron demanded.

"It was summer; I didn't know where you were. Not to mention I didn't have an owl, and the whole reason I was leaving was to start over. Not to sound mean to you guys. I still cared for you all deeply, but I had to get out." She laughed slightly here. "Besides, the Japanese take to a pregnant fifteen year old a lot better than the British."

Just then, the door flew open. "HEEELLLOOOO!!!" caroled a high-pitched voice. "I'myournewneighborwhat'syournamemineisSerenaMillerwellitwasnicetomeetyoubye!!" Just as suddenly, the blonde whirlwind flew out the door. The group of people left in the wake of the storm stared in confusion at the open door, which was swinging slightly from the wind of the girl's passing.

"Wha…what was that?" asked Harry slowly.

"I don't know. I didn't understand what she said." Just then, Touya and Yukito came in, Touya carrying a sleeping Aya and Yukito carrying John.

"You know, you guys are so cute! You two should get married and have kids!" Alex exclaimed.

"You do know that one's illegal and the other is physically impossible, right?" Touya asked sarcastically.

Alex blinked in surprise. "Having kids is illegal? Uh oh, I should hide Aya."

Touya groaned and changed the subject. "Did you just meet that girl, Serena Miller? She lives right next door. Isn't that nice? Now you don't have to interrupt us all the time to watch Aya-chan. Both the kids fell asleep before we got to the theater, and we couldn't find any good make-out or action movies, so we came home. Here." He handed the children to their respective mothers, and dragged Yukito back into the bedroom. From inside the room they heard, "You know, Toya, maybe we should have kids…" followed by a thunk.

"…I'm confused," Draco complained.

"You're not the only one," said Alex.