A/N: Arigatou SOOOOOOO much, for those who reviewed this new effort! I'm gonna have LOTSA fun writing this! Yipee! What happens when Shuichi gets moodier than he usually is? Read next chapter to find out!
DarkSlayerAngel: Thank you for finding this and reviewing it so quickly and being my first reviewer. YEAH! ::claps hands::
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blackrosebunny451: Thank you! Come here I'll tell you a secret.... My favorite line is "You want me to what?!" -Shuichi Shindou
Little Fox Kit: Guess, you'll just have to wait and see.
Stage 2
Shuichi Shindou sat in a circle of his friends and well wishers. He should have been happy, had not a magnum been pointed at his head. "What's this about you being 'pregnant'?" K cocked the trigger. "Is this some sort of bad joke?" Shuichi smiled. "I only wish it were...." He put a hand to his expanding abdomen. K bent down and poked the mound with his index finger. "Could be a bouncing ball..." "It's not!" The vocalist insisted, insulted. Yuki snorted. This was so stupid it was beyond belief. How so many others could be tricked by that brat is was beyond... "Aniki!" Tatsuha grabbed hold of him. "Congratulations!" "What're you doing here?" "I came as soon as I heard the wonderful news!" He looked at the pink-haired sprite. "Oh, joy, Shuichi!" He grabbed hold of the older boy's hands. "This makes me an uncle!" "Yeah... I guess so, Tatsuha..."
"He's in a little bit of shock still." Hiroshi Nakano said from behind the jubilant new uncle.
Tatsuha turned and grinned. "Yes, I suppose something like this would be unexpected..." He looked from his brother to Shuichi. "Were you to even trying?" (LOL)
Yuki almost choked on the beer he'd been drinking and poor Shuichi turned as red as a tomato.
"Well-I-uh..." He wrung his hands. "That is...."
"Oh, for Kami's sake!" The novelist sputtered. "How many times do I have to tell you idiots!? He's NOT PREGNANT!"
"How do you know for sure?" Hiro asked, leaning against the couch.
"What?"
"How do you know for sure Shuichi's not pregnant...?"
"Hiro..." Shuichi blushed.
"I mean, you didn't actually see the test. Shuichi and I did."
"And for all I know..." He took a drag of his cigarette. "You could both be lying through you're teeth."
"I didn't just throw up for know reason, Yuki...." Shuichi whined.
"Like hell you didn't! Damn brat!"
The vocalist's lip began to quiver. "Does...does this mean you don't love me, Yuki?" "What do you think?" It quivered some more. "I-I just thought now that we have the baby..." "WE DO NOT HAVE A BABY!" He began to snivel. "You don't love me.... And you don't love our baby! Waaaaaaaah!" Yuki went into shock, Shuichi's tears didn't pour out in rivulets this time, but in giant flood gates. "WAAAAAAAH!" "Oh, my...." Noriko Ukai exclaimed, walking into the room. "I've never seen so many tears. Yuki, tell him you're sorry, you bastard!" Pink-haired rock star continued to cry. "How can he not love me!?" He turned to Ryuichi who put his arms around the younger man. "I LOVE HIM SOOOOO! I'D DO ANYTHING FOR HIM! HOW CAN HE NOT LOVE ME! WAAAAAAAH!"
"There, there, Shuichi...." The older rock star patted his head. "It's all right."
"Oh, Ryu-chan! AND NOW HE SAYS HE DOESN'T LOVE OUR BABY! WAAAAAAH!"
Yuki was getting more than annoyed by this time. Shuichi's incessant crying was giving him a massive headache.
"YOU DON'T HAVE A BABY! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO-!"
WHACK!
"Quiet, you insensitive jerk!" Noriko-chan hissed, going over to comfort Shu-chan with Ryu-chan.
"Calm down, Shuichi...." She shot a deadly look at the novelist. "Men are just big dumb idiots!"
"Hey!" This came from the rest of the male population in the room.
"Oh! I mean, except you guys."
"This is stupid...." Yuki muttered walking away.
"Why is it stupid for poor Shu-chan to be pregnant, huh? Can you tell me that?" She was in his face.
"He's not-"
"And don't you DARE tell me that he isn't! It's your fault!"
"What?!" He almost swallowed his burning cigarette.
"Yeah, Aniki, you should be ashamed of yourself!" his younger brother put his two cents in.
Mika just rolled her eyes at this whole scene. She, like her brother, found this ridiculous and wasn't about to fall for the boy's trap! "Stupid..." she muttered. She listened a little more to the three, her idiot younger brother raving about how an excellent "mommy'" Shuichi would be. "Are you listing to yourself, Tatsuha?" "Huh?" "I said, are you listening to yourself?" Blank look. "Shuichi's a guy. He can't possibly have a baby." "But pregnancy tests don't lie, Mika-san..." Shuichi spoke up timidly. "Well, it obviously was! Idiots!" She stalked out of the apartment leaving Yuki alone to fight the "baby brigade".
"I agree with, Mika-san..." Fujisaki spoke up. (couldn't leave him out, could we?) "It seems very impossible for a man to give life. I just don't believe Shuichi is what he says he is..."
"WHAT'RE YOU SAYING, FUJISAKI!? SAY IT TO MY FACE!" The pink-haired vocalist screamed out of anger, his emotions going haywire.
Fujisaki moved backwards, hiding behind Sakano-san. "Oh my, oh my, oh my..." One thought he would faint dead away.
Just then the door opened: "Why hello, everyone!"
Yuki groaned; he knew that voice. The last person he needed here to encourage this lunacy. He turned to face his brother-in-law. Tohma Seguchi was all smiles, his hat tipped back on his head, feather-boaed jacket cloaking the rest of his body. "Seguchi. What're you doing here?" "The same as everyone else, I believe, Eiri-san. I'm here to bring congratulations to the expectant mother." He smiled again. Yuki rolled his eyes. "Not you too, Seguchi?"
"Of course! Why would I not attend such a joyous event?"
You weren't invited. Neither were the others, but they still came, ne, Eiri-san? Tohma passed a gift to him "To you're future, Eiri-san." Wine. "He's not pregnant..." But Tohma, strangely, wasn't listening. "No more time for talk, I must congratulate, Shindou-san." Yuki gritted his teeth in annoyance. This was becoming REALLY moronic, REALLY fast!
Tohma traveled over to Shuichi and proffered his second gift. (Strange how Tohma's being so nice, isn't it?) "For me?" the rock star asked. The president nodded. "And for your child." "Oh, goody!" He tore into the box. "Baby shower present!" He stopped melancholy. "And I haven't even had one yet..." He lowered his head. "Well, throw you one, Shu-chan!" Ryuichi exclaimed, wrapping his arms around the other man's neck. "Really?!" "Of course! Ryuichi always has time for his BEST friend Shu-chan!" "Yay!" "And I'll help too!" Tatsuha added in. Yuki rolled his eyes and groaned inwardly. Just what he didn't need; more Shuichi encouragement from the "idiot brigade"....
"And we'll have it right now!" Ryuichi announced, propping his hands on his hips.
"Right, now! REALLY!?"
"Really!" He grabbed Noriko's hand. "C'mon, Nori-chan! We have to get the supplies—and presents!"
Yuki groaned once more. Just great.
"Congratulations to the both of you!" Tohma announced. "I hope you'll be very happy!"
"Oh, we will! Right, Yuki?!"
"He. Is. Not. Pregnant."
"YUKI!" Shuichi hollered. "How can you say that after you made love to me so many times!"
The novelist thought he would die right then and there.
Tohma perked his ears. "Really, Eiri-san? That's most interesting. How many times in a week would you say?" (LOL)
Yuki turned red.
"Not me." He said, blowing off Shuichi's statement.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT YOU!? YUKI, YOU BASTARD! OF COURSE IT WAS YOU! WHO ELSE COULD IT HAVE BEEN, YOU ASS?!"
Tohma's eyebrows arched in amusement. "Hmmm."
"YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! YOU SO SUCK, YUKI!" He was jumping up and down on the sofa when Hiro and Tatsuha grabbed him. "Calm down Shuichi," The raven-haired man chided. "My brother's an ass. Don't let him get to you." He put a hand to the older boy's stomach. "Think about the baby." "Tatsuha's right, Shuichi... You wouldn't want to harm your child, would you?" Shuichi's eyes got sad. "N-no..." He sat down and placed a hand where the younger Uesugi's had been. "I'm so sorry, baby! Mommy's sorry." Yuki rolled his eyes and murmured as he took a drag of his cigarette, "This is dumb. So dumb."
"WHY IS IT DUMB?!" Shuichi began to yell again, arms flailing. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE HAPPY FOR US!?" His anger segued into tears. "WAAAAAAAH! I'M SORRY, BABY! YOUR DADDY DOESN'T LOVE YOU!"
"Why do I have feeling this is gonna be a LOOOOOONG nine months....." Tatsuha murmured.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU IDIOTS?! HE'S. NOT. PREGNANT!"
Noriko and Ryuichi then returned from there, shopping spree. "Well, that was fast!" Hiro announced. "All one stop shopping." "Yeah!" Ryu-chan grinned. "You should see all the wonderful things me and Nori-chan got!" He began to dig into the bag excitedly. "Look, Shuichi!" He pulled out a lovely frilly dress. "This is if it's a girl!" He beamed. "Isn't it cute!?" "Ryu picked it out all by himself. Without ANY help from me." Noriko added, taking out the shower supplies. Ryuichi gave it to Shuichi, the pregnant boy noticing for the first time that Kumagorou was not in sight. "Ryuichi?" "Yes, Shu-chan, na no da!" "Where's Kumagorou?"
The older rock star grinned conspiratorially. "That's the best part!" He ran over to a bag and pulled out something wrapping in a white gauzy fabric, a ribbon tied at the top. "Here! Open it, Shuichi!"
Shuichi tore into like he had Tohma's (present which had been a package of baby booties) and brought out.... "Kumagorou!?" His eyes widened. "Ryuichi...I couldn't!" "Of, you can! It's for Shu-chan's baby girl or boy! It's Ryuichi's present for her or him!" The younger vocalist's eyes began to tear. "Thank you, Ryu-chan... Thank you, so much. This'll mean so much to my baby..." "You're' not pregnant, baka..." Yuki growled under his breath. "You're welcome, Shu-chan." He grinned happily. "Don't forget me!" Noriko intoned. "Oh, right!" Shuichi sat up grinning, tugging on the frilly dress Ryu had given for him for his baby.
"This is from me!" Noriko placed the bag in his lap. "In case it's a boy."
"Thank you, Noriko-chan!"
He tore into the present as well, bringing out an outfit that had kawaii puppy dogs with Pocky sticks in their mouths. "Ooooh, Noriko-chan!" "Yes?" "I love it! He'll look so cute! And so will she!" He went out to hug Ryu and Nori. "Thank you both so much! This is great!"
Everyone was happy, everyone was smiling. Even K. "Well, it seems like you're not faking... Congrats, Shuichi!" "Thanks, K" Everyone except a certain golden eyed, blonde-haired novelist who kept insisting, "He is not pregnant." But no one seemed to notice him that much. All was surrounded around Shuichi, who was bubbly—and to Noriko well-honed woman's eye looked like he had a beautiful glow around him....
TBC...
Next Chapter: Stage 3: Cravings
A/N: And to think that's only stage two, and we're still in the 2nd month. Let's skip forward a few shall we? Do you like it? Want more? If so... Review onegai!