Chapter 2: What a tangle...
Eriol sat back on the chair and tried to relax. Too many things had happened only in one day.
It all started that morning when he woke up and went to the bathroom, only to find a pregnancy test in the garbage can.
It really took him off-guard, that's why he freaked out so much when he saw it. And then, the whole quest trying to find out want it meant when it turned pink. In the end, he didn't have an answer and was still trying to figure out what it meant.
What was left for him to do is confront Tomoyo and ask her, but then again she could get the wrong idea. It's not that he didn't want the baby. He did, eventually he wanted to form a family with her. But so far, they only had a month of marriage.
Eriol took a deep breath and then took a sip at his cup of coffee.
"I think it happened a little too fast. I mean, you only have a month of marriage... I thought you wanted to wait while before having a baby." Syaoran said drinking his tea in front of him.
They were now in a coffee shop taking a break before continuing on their journey to find out what the pink color meant in the pregnancy tests.
"I did... but, let's say it was a very busy month."
"Oohh..." Syaoran cried when he realized what he meant.
"And... we were also busy before we got married."
"Then you should have expected it." Syaoran said taking another sip of his tea.
"I guess... but... what if it's not Tomoyo the one who's pregnant?" Eriol asked thoughtfully.
On that comment, Syaoran chocked on his tea. "Are insinuating that it's probably Sakura?"
"I didn't said any name.... but now that I think about it... it could be her."
"What?! How...?? Why would...?? Why?"
"Oh, come on, don't try to act funny here. Like you two never... you know..."
Syaoran blushed and then turned his head in another direction. "Well, that doesn't mean anything."
"It doesn't mean anything? Li, you do know about the birds and the bees, right?"
"What? Of course I know!!" He cried blushing redder. "But I... use protection, you know... besides, Sakura and I are not even married."
"But you're engaged, you are gonna get married in a month. And, you know those things don't always work."
"What?" Syaoran asked now turning a little pale.
"Don't tell me you didn't know that?" Eriol asked drinking some coffee.
"Yeah, but... I never thought of that... anyway, it doesn't have to be Sakura necessarily. It can be Chiharu!"
"Or Rika..." Eriol added.
"Or Naoko..."
"Or Meilin..."
"Or Yamasaki..." Syaoran said, then he realized what he just said. "You know what I mean, right?"
"Yeah..."
* * *
Sakura let out a long sigh, while she stared at the different kinds of pregnancy tests in the pharmacy.
"Which one do you think it's the best brand?" She asked Tomoyo, who was standing next to her.
"I dunno, just pick anyone. It doesn't really matter we're just trying to confirm what the other one said." She answered taking a box in her hands,
"Yeah, but don't you think we should go to a real doctor?"
Tomoyo rolled the question in her mind before answering. "I suppose, but let's just check on more time with the pregnancy test and then we'll go to the doctor."
"All right."
Both girls walked to the clerk to pay for the pregnancy test, when suddenly, Syaoran and Eriol passed in front of the window. Immediately, Sakura hid the pregnancy test behind her back, while she and Tomoyo waved dumbly at the two men, who waved back with confused looks on their faces and continued walking.
"Phew... that was close..." Tomoyo said wiping sweat from her forehead.
"Yeah..." Sakura added.
"You two are friends of those?" The clerk asked, while she putted the pregnancy test in a paper bag.
"Yeah, the one with black hair is my husband." Tomoyo answered.
"And the other one is my fiancée." Sakura added.
The old lady giggled. "They are really funny. They came in looking for a pregnancy test that turned pink."
At that comment both girls paled a looked like they have just seen a ghost.
"Did they said why were they looking for that?" Sakura asked nervously.
"Hmm... not really. All they asked for was for a pregnancy test that turned pink when it was positive or negative." She answered thoughtfully.
"Oh, no... I'm sure they suspect something." Tomoyo said covering her face with her hands.
"Oh, honey... if you're pregnant you shouldn't be upset. It's great news, specially since you're having a baby with the man you love." The clerk said putting a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
Tomoyo sighed and removed her hands from her face, only to look at Sakura. "Thank you."
"You're welcome! Now that would be $14.95." (A/N: I have no idea how much do pregnancy test cost, so if it's too expensive or to cheep don't blame me!)
Sakura paid the pregnancy test and then took the bag in her hands. "Thank you." She said and walked of with Tomoyo.
"Good luck!" She old women said waving good-bye to them.
And they sure were going to need it.
* * *
Eriol entered his house and when he closed the door he leaned against it. He had a rough day and right now all he wanted to do was sleep. But first he had to talk to Tomoyo.
He yawned loudly as he passed in front of the kitchen to check if she was there. And as he suspected, she was.
She was turned around, not facing him, while she fixed herself a snack. To be more specific, she was eating pickles.
*Typical craving for a pregnant women...* Eriol thought to himself. He still wasn't sure if Tomoyo was pregnant or not, but he was now used to the idea.
He approached her slowly and wrapped his arms around her small waist.
"Hey..." He whispered into her ear and planted a kiss on her neck, which made her shiver.
"Konbanwa." She greeted turning around, but not loosing the embrace and gave him a small peck on the lips. "Where were you all day?"
"I went out with Li and did some shopping." He answered.
That's when she noticed that he had a red paper bag on his hand. "Did bought me something?" She asked playfully with a smile displayed on her lips.
"Actually yes." He said separating from her a little to hand her the bag.
Tomoyo's smile grew wider when she took the bag. She open it impatiently and took out a pair of pink baby's shoes.
Her happy face turned into one of surprise as she looked up to face him. He was serious, but yet again he had a smile on his lips.
"Eriol... I..." She tried to say, but he silent her by putting his finger on her lips.
"Shh... I'm the one who needs to talk right now." He said and then taking a deep breath he started. "Tomoyo, I found the pregnancy test on the garbage can this morning. I have to confess that at first I was shocked.... actually I freaked out. But now I know that nothing can make me happier than having a baby with you."
Tomoyo's eyes filled with tears. She didn't knew Eriol was so sweet sometimes. But then again, her expression changed. "But Eriol, I'm not pregnant."
"What?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "Then who?"
"Uhh... it's... it's Chiharu." She answered.
* * *
"Sakura?" Asked Syaoran when he entered his bedroom and didn't found her in there. He had searched all over his place... well, actually their place. Sakura had moved in with him a couple of months ago, after begging to her dad and specially to Touya to let her live with her boyfriend and now fiancée.
"I'm in the bathroom." Came the reply. "Why? Is something wrong?"
Syaoran walked to the door and leaned his head against it. "No, nothing."
"Are you sure?" She asked while some noises were heard inside.
"Uh, yes I'm sure. What are you doing?" He asked curiously.
"..... I'm.... doing what people do in the bathrooms." She answered nervously.
"Oh... do you need any help?" He asked in a mischievous tone. Somehow he picked that bad habit from Eriol.
"NO! I mean.... I'll be right out." She answered and then the flush from the toilet was heard.
Sakura opened the door and emerge from the bathroom, wearing only a green T-shirt thigh high, that left Syaoran breathless.
Even though he had seen her wearing less clothing, it was the first time he ever saw her wearing his T-shirt.
"Nice shirt you're wearing." He commented jokingly.
Sakura giggled nervously and then laid down on the bed. "Thank you. Ummm.... Syaoran.... I need to ask you a question...."
"Sure, but can you hang on a second, I have to go to the bathroom first." He said, but before he entered Sakura stopped him by grabbing his hand and pulling him to the bed.
"NO! I mean... uhh.... come lie down with me, please? Pretty please?" She asked in girlish style.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, but smile. "Sure... the bathroom can wait."
He slid into the bed next to her and hold her close to his body. He loved to cuddle up with her and just talk.
"Syaoran?"
"Yeah?" He asked closing his eyes and inhaling the smell of her hair.
"What were you doing in the pharmacy?"
He shot his eyes open and got tense as a rock. "I told you that. I was looking for a pregnancy test for my sister..."
Sakura only gave her the 'I-know-you-are-lying' look and sat up on the bed. "Really?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Really? Well... not really." He answered and sighed. "I guess it's no use to lie to you about this. Hiiragizawa found a pregnancy test in his bathroom and he asked me to help him find out if Tomoyo was pregnant or not."
"And did you found out?" She asked immediately looking kind of nervous.
"No. So he decided to confront her and ask her. Do you know anything about this?"
"Well, yes." She answered looking down with her brow furrowed.
"Is Tomoyo pregnant?"
"No..."
"Who is?"
"It's... it's Rika."
* * *
Eriol lazily got up from the couch were he had been lying before and walked to the door. When he heard the doorbell ringing.
It was only 9 am in the morning and he wondered who was there at this time. For a moment he thought that it was Tomoyo who had left something behind, but when he opened the door and saw Li Syaoran standing there, he immediately wash the sleep away and lead him inside.
"So, did you talk to Tomoyo?" Asked Syaoran while they were heading to the living room.
"Yeah and she's not the one who's pregnant." Eriol answered, with a sign of disappointment in his eyes..
"I know. I also talked to Sakura, she told me who was the one that was pregnant."
"Yeah... I wonder how Yamasaki reacted?" Eriol asked while they sat down.
Syaoran froze and stared at him with a confusion. "Yamasaki?"
"Yeah, Yamasaki... the father of the baby..."
"What?!"
"Who else did you thought it was?" Asked Eriol confused.
"I dunno... Terada-sensei?"
"WHAT? Why would Terada-sensei go out with Mihara-san??!"
"Mihara-san? Who said anything about Mihara-san?" Asked now a very confused Syaoran. "It's Sasaki-san the one who's pregnant."
"No, it's Mihara-san! I'm sure of it! Tomoyo told me."
"Well, Sakura told me."
At that point, both man realized something. They both sat on the couch with thoughtful looks on their faces.
"Sakura told you it was Sasaki, right?" Asked Eriol thinking hard.
Syaoran nodded. "And Tomoyo told you it was Chiharu."
"Hai. You know one of them is lying, but the question now is... why?"
"I don't know." Answered Syaoran, when a bright idea popped into his mind. "How about if we ask Yamasaki? If it's Mihara he'll know!"
Well, not really bright. But at that moment, it was worth to try anything out.
* * *
There was no need to say that the moment that Syaoran and Eriol mentioned the word 'pregnancy' to Yamasaki, he paled and to their surprise, he opened his eyes wide.
"WHAT?!" Asked Yamasaki in a high pitch voice.
"Should we take that as you didn't know anything?" Asked Eriol acting normal.
"What?! Of course I didn't knew anything!! I mean... how... why... what?!" Asked Yamasaki still confused by the news and sitting down trying to calm down.
They were all now in Yamasaki's place. After Syaoran and Eriol decided to ask him if he knew something they went to his place. But when the mentioned the problem to him, he just plain freaked out. Typical male reaction you might say,
"I think it's a little obvious on how it happened. But you should know the rest of the answers." Eriol said as he sat down next to him.
"I just... just... I don't understand. Chiharu would have told me anything!!"
"Hey, we are not sure of anything. We were just asking in case you knew anything." Syaoran said
"Well I don't!! Until now, that is..."
"That's obvious. But at least we are sure about something..." Commented Eriol.
"What?"
"One of the girls is pregnant."
* * *
The 23 year old woman, walked nervously around the apartment. Her patience was running out and was worst she was biting her nails. Bad habit that she picked up a few days ago, when the whole thing started.
She tried to relax and laid down on the bed to get some sleep. But she just kept tossing and turning without finding a comfortable position.
She decided to stand up and walk again. At least that kept her a little distract. But as soon as she got up, the phone ran.
"Moshi moshi?" She asked as she picked up the phone.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan! It's Chiharu." Came the reply from the other line.
"Chiharu! Hi..." Sakura greeted, still a little nervous. "How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine. How are you?"
Sakura rolled the question in her mind for a while. It wasn't a difficult question, but at that moment it had a difficult answer. "I'm ok, I guess..."
"That's great! Hey.... umm... do you happen to know anything about pregnancy?"
"What??!" She asked now really nervous.
"You see... one of the guys told Yamasaki that I was pregnant. You can guess how he reacted, but since I'm not pregnant I was wondering if you knew anything about this whole situation."
"One of the guys said that to Yamasaki? He must have freaked out..."
"Actually he did. But I think he's better now."
"That's good to hear. How is he?"
"A little unconscious."
"What?"
"Well, it's just that after I told him that I wasn't pregnant he started telling lies about it so... I kinda smack him on the head. A little too hard I guess." She answered gazing at the unconscious Yamasaki that laid on the floor.
"Oh..."
"So do you know anything?"
"About what?"
"About who's pregnant?"
"Well... uhh..." Answered Sakura, nut sure if she should say anything or not. "Yeah, I do know."
"Well...?"
"It's.... Naoko."
* * *
It was around ten o'clock when Syaoran arrived home that night. He had spent the whole day investigating about this pregnancy situation and still he didn't had the answer the question that had been bugging his mind for the last days. Who was pregnant?
Well, there were a couple of thing that he was sure about. And those were that neither Chiharu, Rika or Naoko were pregnant.
All three woman spoke with Eriol and with him about what was happening and all of the confirmed that they weren't pregnant. Which one left two choices, Sakura or Tomoyo.
Syaoran entered the now dark bedroom and found Sakura already sleeping. She looked so peaceful and beautiful when she was sleeping that sometimes he just couldn't help but to watch her.
But that night, he was also very tired and decided to get some rest as well. He removed his coat and walked toward his dressing, where he pulled out his boxers.
He looked one more time at Sakura before turning on the bathroom light and entered it.
Where he was receive by a not so welcome surprise. In garbage can, there was a pregnancy test that had just turned pink.
"Oh, no..."