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K helped Yuki into the doctor's office. He knew the author didn't need any help... He'd been told on many occasions, but it was comforting to be with Yuki at least a little. The past several months had been packed. He drove Michael to school every morning, went to work with Bad Luck, and did various television shows, small concerts, and even one or two charity donations. He'd pick up Michael from school, and they'd go back to the apartment with Yuki,

of his feet.

"You told me not to make us late." K remained standing, resting one hand on the back of Yuki's chair.

Yuki smiled up at him, "And you did a good job."

He raised a hand, taking K's from the back of his chair. "Thank you for coming."

K laced their fingers, "No problem. I'm glad Mikey's at Kyo's... It makes this a lot easier."

Nodding, Yuki smiled again. "They really are best friends, aren't they?"

Michael and Kyo had become best friends easily, and played together often. 'Almost joined at the hip' and 'Two peas in a pod' were often said about them.

"Seems like it." K smiled back, giving Yuki's hand a light squeeze.

Yuki returned the squeeze, looking around the doctor's office. He'd come here once every three weeks. But this week he'd felt a little uneasy so had decided to arrange a visit a week early.

He had noticed that Dr. Hamazaki always had the same secretary and that the pictures on the wall changed every time he was there. Last time it was a sailboat. Now it was of a jungle.

K pulled his hand away as the door opened and Hamazaki himself leaned out, called Yuki's name, and waited patiently.

Yuki stood up slowly, and started walking toward the door.

K followed him, slipping his arm around Yuki's waist to "help". A cold glare followed them all until the door swung shut.

"Hello Hamazaki." said Yuki, sitting down on the sanitized-sheet covered bed, "How's the wife?"

"Still with me, surprisingly." Hamazaki smiled, going through hospital procedures. "And how's Michael?" He directed this question towards both K and Yuki.

"He's fine. Keeps getting taller, child genius…the usual…" Yuki said with a smile. "Has a cute little friend he always wants to be around…"

Hamazaki grinned, "I'm glad he's making friends. Now... you've been eating regularly?"

With a tiny moment to think, Yuki answered, "Eating anything that doesn't make me throw up."

Seeing the doctor's look he added, "Yes. Everything from vegetables to meat. Unless it makes me sick."

Glancing at K to make sure Yuki's report was accurate, Hamazaki nodded. "Good... and exercising?"

"I try and walk every day. But lately I've been getting feet and leg cramps, so I go every other day." Yuki answered, watching the doctor scribble down notes.

K moved around Hamazaki, glancing over his shoulder. He smirked. "Nice picture..."

Hamazaki actually blushed, "It's not a picture... it's a template."

"K!"

"What?" K smiled innocently.

Yuki glared at him. "Stop pestering the doctor that's going to deliver your next child!"

"Am I pestering you?" K looked at Hamazaki pointedly.

"P... pestering me?" Hamazaki swallowed, "Not pestering..."

Yuki growled. "Stop scaring my doctor!"

K sighed, moving back towards the bed. "Jeeze... It was just a bit of fun..."

"Right... Fun." Hamazaki cleared his throat, finishing his template.

"Anyway…" Yuki said, looking back at Hamazaki, "I think I'm starting to get past the morning sickness, and I'm not as tired anymore."

Hamazaki nodded, "Have you felt it move yet?"

"Nope. Not yet." Yuki said, shaking his head, "But when can I get another ultrasound?"

"Next week, if you'd like to make an appointment."

"All right. Next week on…" Yuki thought for a moment, "Thursday…?"

He looked toward K to confirm that would be a good day.

K nodded, "I'll see if Mikey can go with Kyo."

Yuki smiled up at him before turning back to Hamazaki and saying "Thursday at 1:00 would be good."

Hamazaki nodded, scribbling something at the bottom of his paper. "If you could tell Sakura when you leave, we can pick this up on Thursday. You haven't been drinking or smoking, have you?"

Yuki sighed. He hadn't had a cigarette in several months. "No."

He had to admit, the lack of nicotine was starting to bug him less. "I went on the gum and patch…and haven't been smoking at all…or drinking…"

"Good..." Hamazaki smiled, "Well... I think that's everything. Until Thursday?"

"Thursday." Yuki said, getting up off the bed. It was nice that his visits were always short and to the point.

K opened the door as Hamazaki turned away, letting Yuki out first.

Yuki walked toward the secretary's desk, ready to make his appointment for his ultrasound. "Excuse me…"

Sakura looked up, smiling like she had every time Yuki came to make an appointment. Her smile faltered, however, when she spotted K. It was down for less then a second before she was beaming with newfound force. "Ready to make your next appointment?"

"Well, it's a bit of a different one this time." Yuki said, a bit unsure of whether or not to tell her, "I want to schedule an ultrasound for Thursday please."

"An ultrasound?" Her eyebrows rose. "Why? If it's not too much to ask..."

Yuki coughed lightly into his hand. "Well, you see…" he swallowed. Dear god he hoped this girl wouldn't leak this to the press, "I'm actually pregnant…"

Sakura's eyes bugged comically, and K had to hurry to stifle his snort.

Yuki tried to smile, but it kept fading away to somewhat of a sigh. He resisted the need to kick K, scratching the back of his head instead.

Sakura recovered quickly, "When would you like to make the appointment?"

With a wry smile, Yuki told her, "Thursday, at one o'clock."

She took down the note. "We'll see you then, Yuki-san."

"Thank you." Said Yuki before turning towards K, "Lets go home now."

K nodded, "Do you want to stop for lunch or something?"

The sudden prospect of food made Yuki's face light up. "Sure. How about that sushi place down the street?"

"Alright." K smiled, taking Yuki's hand and leading him towards the door. "I'll pay."

Yuki closed his fingers over K's, walking with him. As soon as they were outside the door, Yuki yanked down K's hand enough that he was low enough for him to steal a kiss.

The American grinned against Yuki's lips, returning the kiss wholeheartedly.

Struggling not to smile himself, Yuki placed a hand on the back of K's neck.

K wrapped an arm around Yuki's waist, pulling him closer.

"Mikey, Mikey! Isn't that your daddy?"

"It is! It's Mommy Yuki and Daddy!"

Yuki almost jumped out of his skin as he realized who that was. He broke the kiss a second later, looking behind them.

K let Yuki pull away, catching Michael as he ran towards him. "Mikey! How was your day?"

Kyo tugged at Yuki's shirt, staring up at him. "Why were you kissing Mikey's daddy?"

Looking down into two huge dark brown eyes, Yuki fumbled with his words. "Well…you see…"

"Me and Kyo got to go play on the playground at our school! Kyo's sister was just taking us back home!" chattered Michael happily, tugging on his father's hair as he liked to do.

K grinned, "Really? Where is she?"

Kyo stared up at Yuki still. "See what?"

"KYOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Kyo's face lit up as he turned around. "Gumi!"

A young woman, about eighteen or so, stormed up to him. She had the same fire bright hair as he did and eyes a shade or two lighter.

"Don't 'Gumi' me mister! You know you were supposed to stay in the play ground with me!" she scolded, glaring down at him.

"But we saw Mikey's daddy…"

"From three blocks away?"

K picked Michael up on his shoulder with one arm. "You must be Kyo's sister... I'm Michael's father."

"My name is Megumi, sir. I'm sorry about this. My brother sometimes leads Mikey into trouble." She said, sticking her hand out for K to shake. At the same time she glared down at Kyo.

K took her hand, shaking it. "You can call me K."

Kyo pouted. "I do not! Mikey leads too!"

Yuki looked relieved that the question about him and K kissing had been averted.

"Anyway, I don't think we've met. I've been at a boarding school for the past few months but transferred to a public high school a week ago," Megumi continued, "I'm Kyonkichi's sister and I was watching them but they wandered off."

"Don't call me that, Gumi!" Kyo yelled, poking his sister hard in the side.

Laughing softly, K set Michael down. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Megumi."

"A pleasure to meet you both, K." She said, looking at Yuki, "And you must be the 'Mommy Yuki' that Mikey has been telling me about."

Yuki nodded slowly. He had by now accepted his role in Michael's life as 'Mommy Yuki' and hoped to stay that way. He didn't know exactly how they'd hide his and K's relationship forever, but…

"So can I call you Yuki?" asked Megumi, smiling at the author.

With another nod, Yuki smiled back at her.

K glanced at Yuki, "Would you like to come to lunch with us? We were headed toward the sushi place down the road..."

Megumi's eyes lit up. "Sushi? That's my favorite food! Of course we'll join you!" she said, placing her hand on Kyo's shoulder.

Kyo bounced, "YAY! Sushi!"

Yuki smiled at the two, motioning toward the car. "Okay, then everyone get in!"

He hoped there was enough room.

"We're having sushi for lunch, Daddy?" asked Michael happily.

K nodded, smiling down at his son. "Yep. We can try to make some next week, if you want."

Large brown eyes rounded in awe. "Can I help?"

"Yeah! Daddy, Mommy Yuki, we should have a sushi party!" said Michael, thrilled at his own idea.

"It's up to Yuki. It's his kitchen."

Kyo turned pleading puppy eyes to Yuki, "Please, Yuki-san, sir?"

Before answering, Yuki said, "It's our kitchen and I'd be happy to have a sushi party and I'd like all of you to be there."

K smiled, "If it's alright with your parents, Megumi, Kyo... We can have a sushi party next week on Friday."

Megumi smiled at K, her eyes shining. It wasn't hard to tell that she loved sushi. "Well actually, Kyo and I live alone. Our parents died a year ago."

Yuki looked at the girl quickly. "But what about those people we saw Kyo with before? I thought they were your mother and father."

Shaking her head, Megumi continued, "Kyo was living with our distant relatives since the accident. I needed some time to think so I stayed at my boarding school. Now, with our parent's insurance money, we have an apartment we live in."

K unlocked the car, brow furrowing slightly. Could he imagine leaving Michael without any kind of parent? No, he decided. He couldn't. "If you ever need a place to stay, I'm sure you can stay with us."

Kyo's face lit up, "Really? That would be so cool!"

Smiling, Megumi opened one of the passenger doors. "Thank you for the offer."

Michael jumped into the back, sitting in the middle. "Yeah! Can we have a sleep over for my birthday, Daddy? Like the one Kyo had?"

"We'll see, Mikey."

Smile not fading a bit, Michael pulled Kyo into the seat by him.

"So I take it you two both like sushi?" Yuki asked as he slid into the passenger seat.

Megumi grinned. "I've always loved sushi!"

K moved around to the driver's side, opening the door and climbing in. "What kind is your favorite?"

Kyo buckled up, "The raw kind!"

Megumi chuckled at her little brother. She reached behind Michael to pinch his cheek. "You're sooooo cute, Kyonkichi!"

Kyo scowled at her, batting her hand away from his face. "Don't call me that, i Megumi /i !"

"Oh, you think using my full name will make me mad?" she cooed, pinching his cheek again, "You really are adorable!"

Yuki listened to the two of them, a little smile on his face. This is how Michael and the baby would act someday…

"Gumi..." Kyo whined, trying to scoot away from her. "Stop it!"

K's lips quirked, and he started the car.

"Awww…Kyo's sooooo cute!"

"Mikey!" Kyo pouted, crossing his arms.

Both Michael and Megumi reached over and pinched both sides of his cheeks. "Isn't he cute when he pouts?" Megumi crooned.

Yuki tried his best to hold in his laughter.

Kyo squirmed in hopes of escaping their hands. "Stop!"

K had no such qualms, laughing as he backed out of the parking space.

"But you're just tooooooo cute!" said Michael, "You're so cute I want to glomp you aaaaaaaall the time!"

Michael proved his point by leaning in his seat and hugging the orange haired boy.

Kyo's face flamed, but he hugged Michael back.

Yuki couldn't take it anymore. He started laughing, wiping at his eyes as he did. These boys were so cute together!

Michael giggled before letting Kyo go, but not before giving him another cheek-pinch. As Yuki started laughing, Michael leaned forward, saying, "Hey, we made Mommy Yuki laugh!"

K glanced at Yuki, smiling. He didn't laugh much, but when he did...

Kyo's face was as red as his hair, and he rubbed his cheeks. "Ow..."

"Heeeeey! You're cheeks are all red! I didn't think me and Megumi pinched that hard!" said Michael worriedly, leaning closer to Kyo.

Megumi smirked knowingly.

Finally stopping laughing, Yuki clutched his stomach. He was almost sure that all of his laughing fits would shake the baby too much. He wiped the last of the tears from his eyes as he smiled at the little scene in the back seat.

Kyo mumbled something, trying to hide the redness of his cheeks with his hands.

Michael poked one of Kyo's cheeks. "Whoa…it's all hot! Do you have a fever, Kyo?"

Kyo shook his head, "I'm okay! Really!"

Staring at him for a moment, Michael's lower lip went out a little. "Are you sure?"

The small, redheaded boy nodded fervently, wishing the burn in his cheeks would disappear.

"Well…okay then…" Michael said reluctantly, leaning back and watching Kyo in the corner of his eye.

Yuki glanced over at K, a smile on his face.

K smiled back, parking at the sushi place a moment later. "Does everyone know what they want to get?"

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"YAY! That was yummy!" said Michael cheerfully as they came out of the restaurant.

Kyo nodded, scooting away from Megumi, who was trying to brush a bit of rice out of his hair. "Yeah! Thank you, Mikey's daddy!"

K smiled, "No problem."

Megumi frowned as she pulled a little clump of rice out of her hair. "You eat like a wild animal Kyonkichi!" she said, giving Kyo a noogie.

Yuki smiled at them. They were the classic big sister/little brother duo. Amusing to watch.

"Gumi!" Kyo scowled, sidestepping away from her. "I'm not the one that can't use chopsticks!"

"I can use chopsticks! I just couldn't hold them with all the rice flying everywhere!" Megumi scoffed, pulling her little brother into a hug.

Michael watched them, a big grin on his face. He enjoyed watching them fight, but unfortunately for Kyo, Megumi won most of the time.

"Nuh uh! You can't use them at home! We had to go buy force!"

An amused smile found it's way onto the adults faces.

"Did you mean forks, Kyonkichi?" Megumi teased, pulling on his cheek again.

Kyo wrinkled his nose, "That's what I said! Force!"

K coughed suspiciously. They were cute, in the siblings kind of way.

Giggling, Michael tugged on the redhead's other cheek. "Forks! They're called forks, Kyo!"

Somehow it reminded Yuki of the short amount of time in his youth that he spent with his brother. Tatsuha'd had a bit of a lisp in his younger years, though he'd never admit it…

Kyo scowled, "I said that!"

"Nope! You said force! It's really forks." Megumi corrected him, letting go of his cheek.

"She's right, Kyonkichi." Said Michael, giggling and running to hide behind his Daddy.

"Hey!" Kyo pouted, trotting to catch up to Yuki. "Yuki-san, sir?"

Yuki smiled down at the little boy. "Yeah?"

"Why were you kissing Mikey's daddy earlier?"

Yuki's expression changed from a smile to surprised. He'd already forgotten about that from earlier…

But it was clear that the brown-eyed boy wasn't going to give up on the subject. Yuki glanced over at K.

K shrugged slightly, keeping Michael in a constant stream of conversation

"Yuki-san?"

Yuki sighed, though he wasn't sure if it was relief or what…

Yuki started slowly, "Well you see, I love Mikey's daddy. I wanted to show him that I did, so I kissed him."

"Really?" Kyo blinked, reaching up to take Yuki's hand. "Should I kiss Gumi like that? Because she's my sister, and I love her?"

Yuki sighed again, this time was different though. He supposed he didn't know as much about kids as he thought he did.

"Well, no not really. It's not a brother and sister kind of love." Yuki added, trying to pick his words carefully, "It's more of a kind of love Mommies and Daddies have…but a little different…"

"Different how, Yuki-san?"

Yuki groaned inwardly. "Well, usually Mommies are women, and Daddies are men…but in this case, the mommy is a man. That's me."

"Are you really gonna be a mommy?"

"Yes, I am. I'm going to have a baby." Yuki said, smiling down at the little boy and squeezing his hand.

"Really?" Kyo beamed. "That's so cool!"

Yuki patted the little boy's head. "Yeah…it is cool."

He looked over at K, giving him a warm smile.

K smiled back, leaning down a bit as Michael tugged on his hair.

"I want long hair like yours daddy!" chattered Michael, reaching up on his toes to tug on his Daddy's hair, "And I want to be tall like you too!"

K picked up Michael, swinging him onto his shoulders. "I'm sure you will be, one day. You're my son, after all."

Yuki coughed into his hand roughly, somehow it sounded like the word 'ego'.

Megumi giggled next to him.

Raising a brow, K turned to look at his lover, forcing the smile off his face. "Are you saying Mikey isn't going to be tall?"

"Oh noooo! He's going to be tall, of course! He's your son, after all!" Yuki said, a mischievous smile on his face.

K rolled his eyes, "You're just jealous of my superior height, admit it."

Yuki stuck his tongue out at him. "Two inches is not superior."

Megumi watched them, a smile on her face. They made a wonderful family…

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Anndy's Rant corner…..

Uke:3 I have usurper her of her rant…..for now…. XD Anyway, isn't it surprising that this whole chapter revolved around K and Yuki for once? I hope the lovely little sex scene ( sideways! O-o ) from the last chapter satisfied lemon cravings x – x because I don't think we'll have another…. Unless we get inspiration and a good reason… O-o

( Perhaps Bad Luck, Aku-chan…we'll see:3 )

( oh dear I'm being flicked…so long…I rant next chapter! )

Gah! Stupid Uke! Stole MOST of my ranting space! Dammit! Guess what? These keyboards suck major ass. The arrow keys DON'T WORK! GAH! ( dies ) It's really, really annoying! I rely on those keys because they're faster then the mouse and I don't have to delete everything to fix ONE mistake! Stupid school keyboards. These things suck. Majorly. ( restarts rant… )

ANYHOO, on a different note… I yelled today. A lot. It had absolutely nothing to do with Torture, so I won't go into it, but it's inspired this lovely rant, because I'm just a bit pissed off. Best friends are the spawn of Satan. But… if I'm going into religion, my 'religion' doesn't support Satan, as it doesn't believe Satan exists. I won't go into it, as my hands rather hurt now and this has gotten a bit long…

Till next time! – Seme

( interruption by Uke )

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter…I think the next one will be loads better…Plus I hope you liked Kyo and Megumi: ) They're lots of fun: ) They're OC, so don't touch: P

Sorry about the long wait! ; - ; The floppy messed up and we lost most of the chapter. Luckily we could access it at one computer and were able to fix it up. So here you are. Have fun. :3

So yeah…review: )