Disclaimer: Don't own Fruits Basket or any of its affiliates.

A/N: Sorry I haven't written in so long! I've been so busy over Christmas break and then with school starting. And this is really last minute didn't have anything else to do stuff. But it's still good, so read and review.

"You can be as involved as you want," said Rika. "I'm going to have it. Obviously. I don't know much about babies. Not that I think you do. Why am I still talking? Look, I came here to tell you I'm pregnant, I'm going back to the city when my visit is up and you have every option."

Hatori continued to stare at her belly, which had been carefully covered with a maternity shirt to make it look smaller.

"Hari?" she asked. "Okay. Then, I'll be going and you just…think." Rika stood up and went to the door. Her hand was on the handle wand she was almost gone, when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Rika," said Hatori. "I want to be involved. And don't go back to the city. That's the entire wrong place for you to be. Stay here. With me."

"What?! Hatori, I'm glad you want to be involved - trust me, I really am - but staying here? My home is in the city; my job is there, I -"
"Get a job here! Please Rika, think about it. You know you've always been welcome on the inside and I won't be missing any baby stuff. And as for your jobs - Rika, you're a waitress. You can't give that up?"

"Well don't say it like that. It puts food on the table you know."

He smiled apologetically. "Please Rika, live here with me."

"In your house?!"

"Well, yeah. I thought that ad been obvious."

"But, you're a boy! You have cooties!" Rika was shocked to feel a tear go down her cheek. Then she thought about why it was there and she realized it was not from Hatori's cooties, or being so happy at how well he was taking this - thought to Rika those were some pretty important factors - she was just too happy for words.

She flung her arms around Hatori, completely forgetting the curse. Before the inevitable poof she felt his hands enclose around her waist. Then he was a sea horse on the floor. "Oh crap," she said. "Sorry Hari." She tenderly picked him up and took him to the bathroom. She put the plug in the bathtub and ran some water. "Now, maybe this is taking too long," she said, a playful smile playing across her lips. "Maybe I should just throw you in the toilet." It was hard to tell since he was a sea horse, but Rika thought she saw him throw her an indignant look before she gently put him in the cold water. She hadn't known if there would be any time to make it warm. She watched as he swam around and showed off a s Rika laughed and shouted out requests, then all of a sudden he stopped. Rika turned around and saw Ayame standing there. Rika knew Hari would never show off like that for any9one but her. (She was the only one that knew that even in his human form he could do a back flip).

"Rika! I wasn't expecting to find you here! What were you two doing so that Hari would turn into a sea horse, hmm?"

"Mind your own business and get out." Rika saw that Hari was sitting in the freezing bath water, shivering now that he was no longer a sea horse.

Ayame left with a slightly putout look and Rika grabbed some towels and threw them at Hatori.

"Hari, I can't leave Shigure's. Yet. There's something I've got to tell Tohru too. This visit was to single-handedly ruin everyone's life as fast as possible."

With one towel around his waist and his wet hair sticking up in all possible directions, Hari said, "You didn't ruin my life Rika. I needed you back here. I didn't realize how much until I saw you today. I love you." Rika was crying again.

"I love you too." Hatori smiled and awkwardly patted her shoulder. Then, holding her hand he gave her a kiss. "Thank you."

"What's holding you two up?" called Ayame, a saucy tone in his voice.

"Be right there Aya!" called Rika. "Let's go before he wets himself with excitement or something.

"Tohru!" called Shigure. "Tohru! I want some sukiyaki! Tohru!"

He finally found her sleeping in bed. Kyo was placing a hot rag on her head and the lights were dimmed. "Shut up," said Kyo irritably. "Tohru's running a fever so you'll funs have to make your own sukiyaki."

Shigure stood there and watched how carefully he was handling the rag and fluffing Tohru's pillows. He thought of a few somethings to say…then a rare and beautiful thing happened. "She works herself too hard," he said. He was mature! Yay! Kyo nodded, apparently unaware of the strange happenings going on right in the very same room. However, Shigure knew his maturity would soon be gone, so he went down to his office before his mouth could run away with him.

A few minutes later, Shigure was feeling a little too grown up. Checking his calendar, he saw that Mii was coming the next day. Suddenly, he got the idea on how to get rid of these maturity blues. He called Aya.