Are you serious?" asked Yoh.
"Yes, it's most defiantly her." replied Horo.
"Wow she is nice looking." he whimpered.
"This is Kalia. She's a good friend of mine; we've known each other for a long time. And she brought someone for you Horohoro." announced Anna. Ren walked through the door behind Kalia.
"Ren!" yelled Horohoro as he was jumping over the back of the couch. He ran over to Ren and hugged him.
"Get off." demanded Ren.
"Bu-but... Where were you Ren-san?"
"He was with me." announced Kalia.
"Oh, and what was he doing there?" questioned Horohoro.
"He was spending some quality time with me." she replied cruelly. Horohoro's eyes widened and tears began to fill his eyes. He looked at Ren.
"Is she telling the truth?" he asked, on the verge of crying. He nodded. The tears began to flow down his cheeks and he ran off into his room. Yoh glared at Ren.
"Look is this going to turn into some battle scene or something? I mean that guy was weird... What a little faggot... If he's got a problem he should go crying about it he should solve it, geez." complained Kalia.
"Yoh go talk to him" suggested Anna.
"Okay." replied Yoh and went upstairs to talk to Horohoro. He wondered why that girl was so mean and why Ren had to leave Horohoro like that.
"Horo, are you alright?" wondered Yoh, as Horo was whipping the tears from his eyes.
"How could he do that to me?" demanded Horo. "How could he leave me for that bitch?" tears began to slide down his cheeks. Yoh leaned forward and whipped the tears off Horo's face.
"He doesn't have to stay with her... I mean, you weren't gay when you first slept with him, were you?"
"No, but... I did what I did, and now there's no turning back. I slept with Ren, and I love him, and if that makes me a fag then so be it. But the thing that upsets me the most is that he said he loved me too. Once you make a love confession like that to a guy then you can't really turn around and sleep with girl, can you?"
"Well I know that I love Anna and I would never turn around and sleep with a guy."
"Do you think that there's a way he can come back to me?"
"If he truly loves you, then by all means."
"Thanks Yoh, I'm going to go downstairs and talk to him now, I think there must be a way to get him back."
"Good idea, no problem Horo." The two of them walked downstairs together, and Horohoro went into the living room where Ren was watching TV. Yoh watched from another room.
"Ren, I need to talk to you for a minute." began Horo calmly.
"What?" snapped Ren.
"Do you love her?"
"No."
"Did you love me?"
"I don't know, stop asking me stupid questions."
"Please, I want you back."
"Why?"
"Because I love you."
"Go love someone else."
"But I can never love someone as much as I love you. I love you more then oxygen, then water, then life."
"You can't love someone that much, it's impossible."
"No it isn't."
"Fuck off Horo, leave me alone." Horohoro stared at Ren, heartbroken. His eyes widened and tears began to fill and empty down his cheeks. Ren adverted his eyes to the TV but even so he couldn't help but think of Horo. He turned to face him and softly whipped the tears from his eyes.
"Ren-san..."
"Shh..." whispered Ren, putting this index finger to Horo's lips. Suddenly he moved close and gently pressed his lips to Horo's. They shared a soft, but loving kiss and then Horo buried his head in Ren's chest and began to cry. Ren looked puzzled.
"I want you to stay with my forever." whimpered Horo, and then he continued sobbing.
"Alright, alright, I'll stay with you forever. Now haven't I given you what you wanted? Why are you still crying? Are you unhappy still? What more do you want?"
"I'm happy!" yelled Horo, tears still resting in his eyes and down his cheeks.
"Good."
Just then Anna and Kalia walked into the living room. Horo looked at Kalia like things were going to get real bad real fast. She turned to them and smiled.
"Finally! Now my stupid gay brother doesn't have to mooch off his little sister any longer! What a relief!"
"Sister?" yelled Horo. "You didn't tell me..."
"Yes, she's my sister." announced Ren, a little late.
"You mean this was all for nothing?" demanded Yoh, who had just emerged from the next room.
"Apparently so." replied Kalia. "I just came over to talk to Anna about her baby and I thought I'd deliver my heartbroken brother while I was at it. The whole reason he was over at my place was because he didn't want to come out of the closet and he heard that Yoh and Anna found out about you two, that's all. Now I think he's realized that it doesn't matter who he sleeps with as long as it's someone he loves." Ren blushed at her explaining this.
'It's okay Ren-chan, I didn't want anyone to find out either, but I feel better that everyone knows now." confessed Horo.
"I'm leaving now, I'll see you all again soon." stated Kalia. They all said their goodbyes and she left. That night Ren and Horohoro made up, and made up all night.
It had been three months since Anna had gotten pregnant and she was really starting to show. Most of her clothes didn't fit her and she had taken to wearing Yoh's clothes. By then she had stopped getting morning sickness, but had started getting more and more cravings. She felt fat, really fat, but Yoh didn't think she was. He kept telling her that she looked beautiful, no matter how bad she really did look. Anna and Yoh were sitting down at the table eating breakfast when the phone rang. Yoh jumped up to answer it.
"Hello? Yes... Hi mom... Things are good... That's good... She's fine... You what? Dinner tonight? You want me and Anna to come? But... Alright, listen mom, we've got big news, be prepared. Grandma and Grandpa are going to be there too? Perfect... Now I can't tell you the news now... Yes it's good news... Okay dinner at six... Look mom I have to go I'm eating breakfast. Okay... Love you too.. .Bye." he hung up.
"Dinner tonight?" inquired Anna.
"Well this is a good opportunity to tell them, plus we need to have the wedding soon." replied Yoh.
"I hope this goes over well, I don't want your parents to be mad at us."
"I really don't think they'll be mad. At first I thought they would but now that I think about it they really want a grandchild so I think it's going to be okay. You have a doctor's appointment today, right?"
"Yea, are you coming?"
"Of cores, I wanna see the baby on the ultra-sound." As Yoh spoke Anna giggled. Horohoro walked in.
"Will you be able to tell if it's a boy or girl at this appointment?" he wondered.
"Yes, we will be able to, that should be interesting... Yoh what do you want to name the baby if it's a girl?"
"Sakura..." he replied quickly, he had already thought about it.
"Why Sakura?" demanded Horo.
"Because that's where Anna and I first met, under a cherry blossom tree."
"Aww that's so sweet of you to remember that Yoh!" exclaimed Anna, throwing her arms around his neck. Yoh grinned.
"What about if it's a boy?" she whispered.
"Yoh JR?"
"No! Most defiantly not. How about Ringo?"
"Ringo? Why the heck would you want to name our son Apple, Anna?"
"I think it's cute, do you know better?"
"Well since it'll be your offspring, I'm thinking more along the lines of Yukio."
"That's cruel..."
"When's the baby due?"
"April."
"How about Haru?"
"That's cute... But, that's IF we have a boy, we'll find out today."
Soon it was time to go to Anna's appointment, and Yoh was both nervous and excited. It was a cold January day, and they were glad to get inside the clinic. When they got into the doctor's office they got a weird and excited look for the doctor.
"You sure you're only three months pregnant?" she questioned.
"Unless someone raped me prior to the point I concaved, and then whipped me memory clean, yes I'm sure." snapped Anna. The doctor looked at her strangely. Then he asked her to lie down on the bed and he lifted up her shirt. He put some jelly-like stuff on her belly and grabbed a machine that looked like an iron.
"This is an ultra-sound machine." he explained. "You will be able to see the baby on that screen." he pointed to a small screen next to the bed. "I think you're in for a surprise." He put the machine to her stomach. On the screen it showed not one, not two but three babies, sort of. Two of them appeared normal but one was pushed above the other two into her ribcage. There was a little girl and two boys, and it was one of the boys being crushed. Yoh and Anna shared gaping reactions as they watched the screen. The boy next to the girl moved and it looked like he punched her, and she moved over a little.
"So that's why it sometimes hurts... The little bastards are fighting!" announced Anna.
"T-three... Sakura, Haru... And...?" studded Yoh.
"Toshi..." replied Anna. Yoh walked over to the screen and pointed at the girl. "Sakura." Then he pointed at the boy next to her, "Haru." Finally he pointed at the third fetus and said "Toshi." Anna smiled.
"I'm sorry to shock the two of you like this, you seem fairly young." apologized the doctor.
"It's okay... I just don't know how my mom is going to take this now." replied Yoh, and Anna laughed.
"Don't laugh we have to tell them tonight, remember?"
"Oh yea... Umm... Can we cancel dinner?"
"No. We have to go, we can't hide from them forever." They finished their appointment and got told some information, which Yoh wasn't really paying attention to. He was busy thinking about how they were going to raise three kids, and he was curious why the doctor asked them to come back for another appointment so soon,. He wondered if it had anything to do with Toshi, about him being crushed up to Anna's ribcage. When they walked out Yoh grabbed Anna's hand and held it tight. As soon as they walked in the door Horohoro came running.
"How'd it go?" he demanded.
"Three." muttered Yoh.
"Three? Three what?"
"Babies." answered Anna.
"Holy shit."
"I know, we're shocked too, we don't know what to do. How are we going to afford to raise three kids?" wondered Anna. Their conversation continued.
As soon as they walked into the door for dinner Yoh's mother took one look at Anna and knew something was up. Anna got all flustered and embarrassed when they began to stare at her, and Yoh knew he had to tel them soon. Everyone was sitting together in the living room when Yoh cleared his throat.
"Everyone, I have an announcement to make. Anna and I are going to be having three new people living in our home."
"Who?" asked Yoh's mother.
Yoh put his hand to Anna's stomach and felt the baby on the right. "Sakura." he moved it to the left, "Haru," he moved his hand up, "and Toshi"
"Ohmigod!" exclaimed Yoh's mother. "When did you find out?"
"Awhile ago." replied Anna.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?"
"We didn't feel we were ready to..." responded Yoh.
"We're going to have to get you lots of presents! And have the wedding sooner and make them clothes... I'm so happy that I'm going to be a grandmother!" said Yoh's mom enthusiastically.
"I am delighted to hear the news as well, I get to be a great grandmother." commented Yoh's grandmother.
"Do you guys need anything?" wondered Yoh's father.
"Well, we need a lot of things. Baby furniture, clothing, bottles, food, diapers, and so on, but I'm not due until April." Anna answered sincerely.
"We'll buy you some things." announced Yoh's grandfather. Yoh thanked them all for their kindness and support many times throughout the evening, for he was glad they were not upset with him, but why should they? They're wedding was re-scheduled for February fourteenth- Valentine's Day.