Come Back to Me
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AN: Sorry for the late update. My computer's been acting screwy lately but everything seems fine now. Other then that I'll be updating during the daytime rather then late at night. Now, on with the fic.
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Chapter 6
What?!
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"How did you manage to convince me to come here?" Ryou asked his best friend as he was pulled into the waiting room of the doctor's office.
"Oh hush." Malik said as he gently pushed Ryou into one of the chairs. "I'll be right back, now, hand me your wallet."
"Why?"
"Why do you think?" Malik gave Ryou a pointed look and held out his hand.
Ryou grumbled under his breath, but got out his wallet and gave it to Malik anyway. 'If it wasn't for the people here as well, I'd throw a major fit.' Ryou thought as Malik walked up to the check-in desk. 'I don't see the point of being here. There's nothing wrong with me. So what if I'm moody all the time. You would be to if someone you loved with all your heart was in a coma.' Ryou continued along this line of thinking as Malik came back and sat next to him. Ryou was so deep in his thoughts that he ignored everyone until the nurse called his name. Even then he was still upset.
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The doctor came into the room a few minutes after the nurse had left.
"Hmm. You've gained a lot of weight since the last time I saw you Ryou." Doctor Johnson said as he went over the form he nurse had filled.
"I have?!" Ryou asked both shocked and confused.
"You mean you haven't noticed?" Dr. Johnson was shocked. "Maybe you can enlighten me Mr. Ishtar."
"Well, for the last three months Ryou has been acting way out of character." Malik started.
"How so?"
"He would go between mild fits of depression to violent fits of aggression."
"Mood swings. What started all this?"
"Ryou's lover was hit by a car and is in a coma. Ryou was at school when it happened."
"The mood swings can be put off as stress and so can the weight gain. Anything else out of the ordinary?"
"Strange eating habits and sudden cravings."
"How so?"
"Just last night we were eating chicken and rice with cream of mushroom soup when he added some cinnamon to it."
"Hey! It tasted good with the cinnamon added to it!" Ryou exclaimed upset that he was, in a way, being ignored.
"Yes, well." Dr. Johnson said as he stood and approached the examination bed. "Ryou could you please hop up onto and lay down on this? I have a suspicion as to why you're like this."
Ryou quietly did as he was told. He held his legs out of the way while Dr. Johnson pulled out the bed extension.
Dr. Johnson rolled Ryou's shirt up just enough to expose his belly. Next he unbuttoned and partially unzipped Ryou's jeans, fully exposing his belly. Gently, Dr. Johnson placed his cool hands on Ryou's abdomen, gently feeling the slight swell there. Noting that the skin there was firm, too firm to be fat. Dr. Johnson sat back down after zipping and buttoning Ryou's jeans, putting the bed extension up and telling Ryou to sit up. [1]
"That helps, but I'm still going to have to do a test to fully confirm my theory. Follow me please Ryou." Dr Johnson stood and left the room with Ryou following.
Stopping at a small storage room, Dr. Johnson got the box he needed, and then led Ryou to a nearby restroom. He handed Ryou the box and told him to follow the instructions. Ryou did as he was told, confused as to why he had to take the odd test meant for women usage, but he took it anyway. Afterward, he showed the results to Dr. Johnson. "Excellent! Now to tell your concerned friend the good news." He threw the test away and led Ryou back to the examination room.
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Ryou sat down next to Malik and waited for Dr. Johnson to tell them what was up. They didn't wait long.
"My theory was right. Mr. Ishtar, your friend is the first male to ever become pregnant."
Ryou and Malik were stunned to silence. Dr. Johnson noticed their shocked expressions and continued, "I'll have to run more tests to make sure everything checks out okay. It would help if I knew who the father is."
Malik snapped out of his shock at that question and answered as best he could, "Ryou's boyfriend is in a coma right now."
"I'm sorry to hear that. What's his name?"
Malik glanced at Ryou, noticing that he was lost in his head, before answering Dr. Johnson, "His name is Bakura Itemari."
At that name, Ryou snapped out of his thoughts with a smile on his face.
"Okay. Now, tell me. When Ryou gets violent, how do you subdue him?"
Malik shrugged and pulled out his tranquillizer gun. "I use this. The formula wears off after an hour or two. Longer if both are used."
"How did you get these?"
"My sister gets them. They're completely safe."
"Well, just to be on the safe side I want you to stop using these darts. Find another way around Ryou's violent outbursts."
"That's ok. Used my last two last week and haven't had time to contact Ishizu."
Ryou snorted, but didn't comment. Instead he changed the subject, "School's going to hide my pregnancy from everyone?"
"I can put an illusion over you, but you'd have to avoid Yugi and Yami at all costs. They'll be able to see through the illusion if you get too close to them. But that can wait until you start showing."
"He already is, but barely. Put the illusion up when he has to go up in cloths size." Dr. Johnson suggested.
Malik nodded.
"I also suggest you both to prepare a room at your home for the baby. And tell your father sometime before the baby's born, please Ryou."
"I'll see what I can do."
"Good. I'll be seeing you two in a month's time. We'll be doing an ultrasound then. Me sure to drink some water before hand." Dr. Johnson said as Ryou put his shoes on and left with Malik.
"Oh and Malik?" Dr. Johnson said as he caught Malik's arm. "Please keep Ryou from stressing as much as you can. And have him exercise please. It'll help. Oh... and one more thing, get a female friend or sister to help with Ryou." With that, Dr. Johnson let go of Malik and left the room.
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The ride back to Ryou's home was spent in silence. Both boys were thinking about what happened at the doctor's. Before leaving, Malik had told Ryou that once they got home they were going to tell Marik about the baby. Then Malik was going to invite Ishzu over for dinner and tell her as well.
Ryou hadn't really responded per say, he just shrugged and kept right on ignoring the world. Malik sighed and stopped trying to talk to his friend, knowing that Ryou had a reason to shut out the world right now.
'A baby's going to be a hard thing to take care of. I just hope Ryou's father will take the news well. I don't know if Ryou's father even knows about Bakura and the magic of the Millennium Items. I'll have to ask Ryou after we tell Marik about the baby.' Malik thought as he drove down the street in his shiny new Cadillac that he got from Ishizu on his last birthday.
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[1] - As far as I know, this kind of examination is done on women and young ladies only. I can't quite remember what it's for though.
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AN: Well? What do you think?