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Pre-Read by: HinaGuy749 & DeathofHell
Keitaro...I'm Pregnant: On The Way
I can tell the sun is about to rise by seeing the blue overcast outside the window. The sight is calming, reminding me of Shinobu's eyes. Just thinking about it makes me not want to get out of bed. Or is it because I have a sleeping Shinobu around my arm? Anyway, I still can't believe how the time has flown.
It's been five months since Raymond and his friends went back home. The girls got to know him and the others before then, but I'm the only one that still has contact with them. Lately, I been e-mailing Mark about all the new anime shows being played here. He's really excited about of few of the shows I told him about and he has been telling me what's been released in America. Raymond also has been writing to me, but through snail mail. I actually like it since he always sends me pictures of him, Fong Ling, the rest of the Americans and some of us that he didn't get a chance to develop here. The most recent picture he sent is framed and stands on a table next to a picture of Shinobu and I. It's of them and Fong Ling, dressed as the Teen Titans at some comic book convention. I remembered the cartoon they showed me and was surprise how accurate their costumes were, looking very much like them.
Shinobu has been going through a similar experience with her friends. I still remember seeing them graduate, smiling and looking very excited when they got their diploma, but also looking heartbroken and crying together, knowing they'll be going their separate ways. From what I know, Kazuhiro moved in a small apartment outside Tokyo and is currently doing stand-up at a few comedy shows at night. Going against her parents' wishes, Akiko went with him. I swear, those two remind of me Shinobu and I. Hideki has taken over the family dojo since Tsuyoshi wants to do something else with his life, so she hasn't seen him either. As bad as those are, there is a good side. Tsuyoshi secretly took the Toudai entrance exam and passed! He doesn't know what to major in, just taking the general ed courses; but he did make his parents proud. Sachiko also took the Toudai entrance exam, but failed. Since she knows that most of us here go to school there, she has been living with us, staying in Raymond's old room. She is really determined to pass this time, always studying in her room. Since all of us (except for Su) have taken the exam at least twice, she listens to our advice of not over doing it and has taken small breaks between her studies. Shinobu is very happy that one of her friends from high school is staying with us.
Speaking of which, the rest of the residents here have shown a positive reaction towards my relationship with Shinobu. Whenever they see us together, they smile or greet us nicely and walk away. They even helped with the chores that she usually does, giving more time for us. I'm also happy that they haven't beaten me up!
My relationship with Shinobu has been full of changes. For starters, she'll take a few years off before going to cram school to take care of our baby. I know it's a very big deal for her since most of the time we spend together before we went to San Francisco was helping her study. After the incident in the hospital, I changed my major to health care. I don't know what I want to be in that field, but knowing I'm helping save lives is a better feeling then anything I can find at an archeological dig. Seta was upset when I told him, but understood my decision. I'm just glad that I got all of my general ed courses done with so I can concentrate with this. I also got my driver's license and a car. It's not very fancy, just an 87 Nissan Sentra. But it does help us and everyone here a lot.
One of the best changes we have done is that we sleep together. I have no fears since everyone here accepts our relationship. We always alternate rooms every night, but I like Shinobu's room since it doesn't have a hole on the ceiling! I decided that we'd keep both rooms until the baby comes and when that happens, Shinobu will move in with me and the baby will have Shinobu's room. We don't know the gender of our baby, but we really don't want to know. We want to be surprised.
Reminiscing about those times, I feel Shinobu moving her head. I don't need to see that she's still asleep. She always does this when she's about to wake up. Kind of like the problem I have when I'm about to sleep. Checking the clock, it's about her time to wake up. I slowly move in closer and tip my head a bit, just next to hers. I feel her long hair brushing my cheeks before her lips touch mine. I hear her lightly moan, feeling her arms wrapping around me. We do this every morning and this always feels better then the day before. After a good few seconds, I pulling back, seeing her beautiful eyes and cheery smile.
"Good morning Shinobu."
"Good morning to you too." She gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and giggles. I see her about to pull the covers off, knowing that she's going to the kitchen. I hold her tightly and pull her back to me. "Stop Keitaro! I have to cook breakfast!"
"Don't worry. One of the girls is doing that."
"AGAIN?! That's four days in a row! Why are they always doing that?"
"Because I ask them to." There are watery tears in her eyes.
"How come? Don't you like my cooking anymore?"
"I do Shinobu." I hold her a little tighter and kiss her on the cheek. "But I hate being apart from you."
"Awww...you're so sweet," she begins to blush before kissing me back. "So, who's cooking today?"
"Hmmm...I don't know. Could be Su. Could be Naru. Could be Mutsumi. Could be..." Suddenly, we hear an explosion coming from downstairs, causing us to jump back a bit. We stare at each other with a not-so surprised expression.
"Sachiko!" I look down at the sheets, shaking my head before we get out of bed and check up on her. Sachiko is a good cook, coming in second behind Shinobu. But no matter what she cooks, something always explodes! I still like to know how she blew up the toaster. We carefully go down the stairs and straight into the kitchen. I didn't even have to ask what happen, seeing a whole bunch of eggs on the ceiling.
"What in the world did you do to my kitchen now!" Shinobu screams. Sachiko looks very sad.
"I'm sorry Shinobu. I was just cooking some eggs for everybody and the next thing I knew there were flying to the ceiling" Tears began to roll down her face. "This always happens to me! I...I shouldn't cook ever again!" Shinobu calmed herself and went over to comfort her friend.
"It's OK Sachiko. I didn't mean to yell at you. You can still cook, but I want to watch you so I can help you improve you cooking." Sachiko lets out a smile and hugs her.
Once they kick me out of the kitchen and serve breakfast, I go through my daily routine before going to school: brush my teeth, take a shower, get dressed and making sure I have my school work. Since I drive the rest of the girls to Toudai and always have time before they're ready, I'm always bugging Shinobu. Sometimes she minds it, but usually doesn't. Once the rest of the girls are ready to go, I tell Kitsune about her daily duty.
"Alright Kitsune, we're off to school. Please take care of Shinobu for me." I feel bad that I'm treating Shinobu like a baby, but with her due any day now, I don't want anything bad to happen.
"Don't I always?"
"NO!" Shinobu childishly says, sticking out her tongue at her. We all laugh before we wave good-bye.
The drive from the Hinata Sou to Toudai is smooth, but with heavy traffic. I don't mind the traffic, but the girls in the car can get a little annoying. They usually all fight for control of the radio, Su likes to stick her head out the window like a dog, anyone sitting next to Motoko keeps complaining about her practice blade poking them, Naru moves the rear view mirror towards herself to apply a little more make-up and Mutsumi leaves small portions of food on the floor.
When we reach Toudai, the girls wave good-bye and head straight to their first class. I usually have a few hours before my begins, so I head towards the library. I check my e-mail, which I get nothing, and study for a bit. I indulge myself in my paramedic theory book for a few hours when my watch goes off, telling me its time to leave for class. I put my book away and head off.
I have plenty of time to spare when I reach my first class, anatomy. The auditorium is particle empty right now with only a few of my classmates. But soon, there will be over 200 people filling these seats. I put my stuff away and head towards my teacher, Dr. Maeda, sitting at his desk, seeming to be writing something. As I get closer to him, his head pops up, staring at me.
"Oh, hi there Keitaro," He says in his nice soft spoken voice. "Sorry if I scared you. I heard footsteps coming my way. Is there anything you want?" I remember him telling us on the first day that if anyone's cell phone went off, he will stop class and make that person sing in front of us. Now, he isn't the first teacher to tell me this in their classroom, but he is the first to actually enforce it, remembering a girl having to do that the next class day.
"Well sir, my girlfriend..." Dr. Maeda groans with displeasure.
"Oh. That again." He told us after the girl stopped singing, that if we're expecting an emergency call, to tell him before class started. Ever since then, I have been telling him that I'm expecting Shinobu to delivery our baby any time now. "Well, thanks for telling me." He smiles and back to writing. I walk back to my seat when I hear a familiar voice.
"Keitaro!" Tsuyoshi shouts, waving his hand before coming towards me.
"Hey man! What's up?"
"Not much. Did you finish your homework? I couldn't get the last problem."
"I did. Let me take a look at it." We walk over to our usually seats and I check his homework. I can understand why he couldn't get the last problem since it took me half a day to figure it out.
Once I show him how to solve it, we make our usually small talk. I still can't believe how much in common we both are. He's ambitious, a hard worker and a caring person. He's even a great artist, seeing some of his sketches. I suggested to him that he could be a manga artist, but he still isn't sure what he wants to be.
A few hundred more of my classmates enter the auditorium before Dr. Maeda begins his lecture. Ever since the first day I stepped into his classroom, I been fascinated in his teaching. He breaks every little thing down to the smallest detail, but explains it in a way that we all can understand. He also makes the class fun and interesting by putting humor and using a few of us as 'his subjects'. We have talked after class numerous times, trying to soak up every bit of knowledge about the medical field. He has become a mentor to me like Seta was when I was learn about archaeology.
Ten minutes have passed in the class when my cell phone goes off. I feel really embarrass when almost everyone in class cheers, chanting for me to sing.
"Stop that class!" Dr. Meada shouts. "He had permission from me." Now a motion of boos comes out of their mouths. "Keitaro, please take it outside." I nod my head and run out the nearest door. Closing it, I take my cell phone out of my pocket and see that someone from the Hinata Sou is calling me.
"Hello?"
"Keitaro!" I recognize Kitsune's voice yelling over the phone. "Shinobu's water just broke." I nearly drop my phone. Is she really going to deliver the baby?
"What?"
"Her water broke!" I can hear my heart beating faster and feel my throat very dry. "I already called for an ambulance, so just meet us at the hospital."
"What about the others?"
"I'll leave a note telling what happen. Now get to the hospital!" I hang up my cell phone, put it back in my pocket and run back into the classroom. I quickly put away my things when I see Dr. Maeda coming towards me.
"Was that the phone call you been waiting for?" He knows my situation, but the way he says it with a disturbing tone, makes me nervous.
"Hmmm...yes..." His stone cold demeanor changes to a bright and cheery one.
"You don't need to be worried. I won't keep you in class. I have two kids myself and I didn't miss either of their births."
"Births?" Tsuyoshi exclaims, looking at me with confusion. "What does he..." All of a sudden, nothing comes out of his mouth and his eyes begin to get wider. "Wait a minute! Is Shinobu in..."
"Her water just broke," I cut him off.
"My gosh! What are you still doing here?! Go! GO!"
"But I..."
"I'll take the notes and give you the homework later. Now go!" I thank him, grab my things and run out of the classroom again.
I'm out of breath by the time I reach my car. I start it up and drive towards the hospital. I never left school this early before and thought that getting there would be easy. Unfortunately, I'm stuck in traffic due to an accident. I begin to get frustrated, not knowing if she's in labor and already delivering our baby. I play the radio to calm myself, but it doesn't help.
It takes me 45 minutes to reach the hospital. I wait for the elevator, but it's taking its time getting to the floor. I see the door for the stairs and decide to take that. I don't know if that was a good idea since it means I have to climb seven flights of stairs, but I really want to witness this. Out of the door and in the waiting room, I breath heavier as I stagger towards the front desk.
"I'm looking for Shinobu Maehara."
"And you are?" I'm kind of annoyed by her question, but my brain really isn't thinking.
"The father of our baby."
"Oh." She checks her clipboard and scans downwards. "Let's see. Maehara. Maehara. Ha!" She looks back at me with a glowing face. "She's in room 711." I thank her and run towards the room. I open the door to see Kitsune and Dr. Nagura at Shinobu's bedside.
"About time you got here," Kitsune says in a irritate tone.
"Sorry," I say, still catching my breath. "There was an accident and the elevator was taking so long, so I..."
"SHUT UP!" Shinobu yells, scaring the daylights out of me. Dr. Nagura notices how frighten I am and takes me to the other side of the room.
"Don't worry about what she says to you. She's very emotional because she's in labor, though she said she's in mild pain." Shinobu continues screaming, making a fuss in the bed.
"Is she going to deliver soon?" Dr. Nagura shakes her head.
"She's dilated four centimeters, but her contractions are ten minutes apart. To my knowledge, it could take six hours to a full day before she'll delivery." A full day? No wonder she's so emotional. As much as I want to stay away from her furious rage, I feel a sense of responsibly that I have cause her. I walk towards her and pull up a chair along side, taking whatever she may give me like a man.
"You feeling all right Shinobu?" I expected her to be screaming at the top of her lungs, cursing me out. But when she looks at me, she seem happy and calm.
"I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I give a half-heart smile, knowing I'm in for a long day.
The whole time I'm sitting next to Shinobu, I was hoping that the doctor was wrong about the time of delivery. However, when the next few hours past, it seems that the doctor was right. During the time, I no longer had any fears or worries of her going psycho on me, making sure she's very comfortable. The rest of the residents came by, giving their support. Tsuyoshi also came to give his support and hands me my homework and notes as promised. I was surprised that Dr. Nagura let them all stay in the room, but Shinobu wasn't very moody, so I can see why she let them.
We watch the sunset outside the window, when Shinobu starts to moan louder then usually. We're lucky that Dr. Nagura was in the room at the time since she has only been checking up on her every hour or two since I arrived. She checks under Shinobu's gown and looks at all of us.
"She's going into labor. Unless you're her parents or the father of her baby, go to the waiting room." Everyone understands and rushes out. Dr. Nagura looks at me sternly. "Keitaro, help me wheel Shinobu to the delivery room." I nod my head and grab the head of the bed.
Out of the room, we quickly make our way towards the delivery room. I feel my palms sweating, my heart beating faster then ever and the nervousness all over my body, knowing that I'm going to be a father very soon. I look down at Shinobu, seeing the excruciating pain in her face while she screams.
Entering the waiting room, I excepted like a lot of staff to help with this birth. Then again, I except too much and need to stop watching that surgery show, seeing only one nurse. We kart Shinobu to the far side of the room. Once set, I go over to her left side and hold her hand. I can hear Dr. Nagura telling Shinobu to push, hearing her pout.
"That's good Shinobu," Dr. Nagura says. "Now, give me another one." She continues pouting, seeing her tightly shuting her eyes with tears running down.
"You're doing fine Shinobu," I say, hoping to make her feel better.
"OH SHUT UP!" She yells at me. "I HATE YOU!" I know Dr. Nagura told me not to worry about what she says, but that personally hurts. I do my best to ignore it and try to help her through this.
"Oh...I love you too."
"LOVE?! LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME! WHY I WOULD LOVE TO CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD AND THROW IT RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW!!!" I turn to Dr. Nagura, who looks as baffled as I am by that comment.
"Well, that was certainly nice of her to say. Normally, they would want to cut off the unit." I don't even want to imagine that, feeling very weak at the moment.
I regain my composure and concentrate on helping Shinobu. I can hear her screaming and crying louder with each push she does. I shout words of encouragement, knowing that we will soon be a family. Dr. Nagura tells us she can almost see the head. She instructs Shinobu to push with all her might and when she does, something unexpected happens.
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