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"Anyway, Mr. Asazuki. I'm sure you'll be glad to know that your little girl is just fine."

Kousuke glared at the doctor, "What the hell did you just call him? My little girl?"

The doctor blinked, "Yes, that is what I said. is there something wrong? Oh, she...she isn't a boy is she...er, it." The doctor flipped through the files he was holding then looked back, more confused than ever, "It says here that it's a girl."

"A girl? You idiot, he's a boy! Just look at him!" Kousuke yelled, and this guy was a doctor?

"Oh..." the doctor trailed off, "You...you don't know?"

Kousuke just stared at the supposed doctor like he had grown a second head, and that head was telling him that Ayumu was a girl. Kousuke turned to Ayumu, who had found staring off into space and ignoring everyone around him a fun hobby. Kousuke cleared his throat, "Ayumu, do you know what the hell this guy is talking about?"

Deciding it was best not to ignore Kousuke, Ayumu turned to his boyfriend, "Ummm...no, not at all." To the doctor, "What do you mean girl? I'm all man."

The doctor stared at Ayumu, "But I just told you a few hours ago; we got your test results back. Mr. Narumi, you're pregnant. I informed you of this already."

"Wh-what the..." Kousuke trailed off. He looked from the doctor to Ayumu and then back again several times, "But how...Ayumu is a boy, how the hell can he be pregnant?"

The doctor sighed, "It's a very rare case, but there have been reports of male pregnancies. There are some differences, but it's all basically the same procedure."

"But...how can he, I mean he doesn't have those parts, where is the baby going to..." Kousuke stopped himself, realizing he didn't want to know those details, "Never mind." Kousuke turned to Ayumu, smiling. At Ayumu's confused expression Kousuke explained, "I've always wanted a kid. When I found out I loved you, it was a little hard to accept that I would never have a child that was really mine, but I was willing to give that up. But now that we're having a baby...it's more than I could have ever asked for." He kissed Ayumu and then pulled away, concerned, "You...you are keeping it, right?"

Ayumu smiled and nodded, "Of course, especially now that I know how much it means to you. I never considered giving it up." He grabbed Kousuke's hand and closed his eyes, "I am tired though."

Kousuke bent down and kissed Ayumu's forehead, "No problem, we'll get out of your hair."

Ayumu opened one eyes, "I don't want you to leave. Stay with me?"

Kousuke grinned and kissed Ayumu's hand, "Alright, but I want to talk with the doctor, figure out everything that needs to be arranged. You know, appointments and stuff like that. I'll come back after I'm done though, okay?"

Ayumu nodded and fell asleep almost instantly. The doctor smiled and turned to Kousuke, "I'm free now if you want to go over everything you'll need to do."

"Yeah, okay." Kousuke turned to his friends, most of who were still in shock about hearing the news, "I'll talk to you guys tomorrow." The four nodded and they all said goodbye to Kousuke and the doctor and then left to go home and think back over the day's events.

The doctor explained all the differences between male and female pregnancies. They weren't anything dramatic, just stuff like Ayumu would most likely get sick at night rather than in the morning like most women. Kousuke listened to him suggest no sex while Ayumu was pregnant, seeing as how it might hurt him. Kousuke finally agreed to lay off and when he was finished gathering all the brochures and information packets that the office had, he went back to Ayumu's room. Ayumu was of course asleep, so Kousuke just crawled into his bed, minding his wounds, and wrapped his arms around his lover.

Ayumu woke up the next morning to find Kousuke nuzzling his head into Ayumu's neck. Ayumu smiled and rolled over so he was facing Kousuke, "Hey, you awake?"

Kousuke opened his eyes and smiled, "Yeah, did you know that you snore? I never realized that before."

Ayumu frowned at the question then grinned, "Maybe I do, but I can't be as loud as you. There are some nights I can't get to sleep because of the racket you make. I think one night you actually woke Rio up."

Kousuke just smirked and got out of bed, standing up and stretching, "Yeah, but you know I make snoring sexy."

Ayumu laughed out loud at this and then winced when his side started to hurt. Kousuke placed a hand on his arm, concerned, but Ayumu just grinned, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Just a little stiff."

Kousuke frowned and looked at Ayumu, "I'm sorry Ayumu, I...I let you down. I promised that I would protect you and look what happened."

Ayumu shook his head and pulled Kousuke to him, "Don't worry about it. Besides we have more important things to concentrate on."

Kousuke nodded, "Alright, the doctor told me everything we needed to know. Nothing to serious except..."

"Except what?" Seeing that his boyfriend was going to remain silent, Ayumu decided to pry, "Kousuke? What did he tell you?"

Kousuke sighed, "He said we couldn't have sex until after the baby was born. That seemed to be the only major downside though. He said that the pregnancy would only last 4-5 months, so you have the upper hand there. Some other good things come out of it, too. Like we already know the baby's sex, and we can even get a DNA test to see who the parents are. Even though we really don't need that, but we just have a lot more options than we would if you were a woman."

Ayumu grinned at how excited Kousuke was, "That's really great, Kousuke. This is a really great suprise. Though one of the high points of being a guy was I could pretty much guarantee that I was never going to get knocked up. But, as long as it's with you...it doesn't matter. I love you, and this baby is just a way of showing the world that."

Kousuke stayed with Ayumu until the brown-haired boy said he was tired again and Kousuke said he was going to go home to talk to the others and explain everything. Ayumu agreed that that was a good idea and they said goodbye. A few minutes after Kousuke left there was a knock on the door and the doctor entered, "Good afternoon, Ayumu. How are you feeling today?"

"Hey Dr. Wilson," Ayumu greeted the other man, "I'm alright. Just a little tired."

Dr. Wilson nodded, "That's to be expected, you've been through a lot. Is your boyfriend still here?"

Ayumu shook his head, "No, he just left. Why, is there something wrong?"

Wilson shook his head, "No, not at all. But I just received a phone call from my friend over in America. I told him about you and he said he would see if he could find out any more information on male pregnancies. It turns out that we can do a procedure to find out the actual date of conception; I figured I would just run it by you and see if you would be interested. There's no danger to you or your daughter and it won't cost anything."

Ayumu smiled, knowing that this news would excite Kousuke, "Absolutely. When can we get it done?"

"Actually anytime is okay. If you're too tired now we can wait until later..."

"No, I'm fine. How long will it take?" Ayumu was actually pretty tired, but he was also excited to see how far him and Kousuke were into the relationship when they conceived.

"It should only take a few minutes, it's a rather simple procedure." Ayumu nodded and climbed into the wheelchair he was offered. 20 minutes later he was back in his room and happy that he could have something to suprise Kousuke with. "I should be able to get the results back to you by the end of the day. I'll drop by before I leave tonight, okay?" Ayumu nodded and after Wilson left,he fell asleep.

Ayumu was awoken by a knock on his door and mumbled, "Come in."

Dr. Wilson entered the room and smiled, "Hello, Ayumu. Did I wake you up?"

Ayumu nodded, "Yeah, but it's okay. Did you get the results?" Ayumu asked, trying not to sound impatient, but doing a poor job of it.

Wilson nodded and smiled. He took a quick look at some papers he was holding and then focused his gaze back on Ayumu, "According to the test results, your daughter was conceived on August 17, 2002."

Ayumu looked confused, "2002? This is 2005, that was over three years ago. How can that be?"

"Didn't Kousuke tell you? Oh, perhaps I forgot to tell him."

"Tell us what?" Ayumu asked, slightly concerned that he had been pregnant for three years.

"With male pregnancies, it can take several years for the male to show any signs of being pregnant. During this time, not even the most sophisticated tests could tell if he was pregnant. Three years actually isn't the longest that I've heard of. There was a report of a man from around here that took five years to show any signs. The only way we knew is because he had only ever been with a man once."

"Wow...that's...wow. I can't believe that I've been pregnant this entire time. But me and Kousuke have had...I mean we've..."

"As far as any studies have shown it's okay for a man to continue his sexual relationship until about five or six months before the expected delivery date. You should be fine. Your baby seems healthy enough; I haven't seen one problem in any test." Wilson tried comforting Ayumu.

Ayumu thought it all through, "Yeah, okay." Ayumu froze and then looked at his doctor, "Wait, what did you say that date was again?"

The doctor looked back through his papers, "I believe it was...yes, August 17, 2002."

"No. It can't be. How could...no, this can't be happening."Ayumu thought.

Wilson noticed Ayumu's lack of energy all of a sudden and just chalked it up to being tired, he had woken him up after all. He looked at his watch and turned back to Ayumu, "I'm going to get out of here, unless you have any more questions?"

Ayumu just shook his head and remained in thought until the doctor left. The door shutting stirred him from his thoughts for a second and he buried his face in his hands, this was not good. He knew that date all too well. August 17, 2002; It was the night Rio had went to the hospital, the night that he had heard that Eyes was dead. It was the first night he had slept with Kanone.