Chapter 4: Six Months and Startling Truths

Princess Sango

Tohru sighed as everyone left, after they had finished helping cleaning up. Tohru looked at all the gifts but then turned to Shigure, "Do you know where Yuki is?"

"Oh, Yuki might have went to bed or something, he was very tired," Shigure answered, looking at all the baby clothes and toys that now littered the floor. "It's best to leave him alone right now."

Meanwhile…

Yuki looked at the ceiling from his bed. Akito's words pierced his heart, and he had been hurt so bad, and this was just one more blow. Closing his eyes he felt tears that he didn't want to fall, and sighing he whispered, "What can I do?"

He knew he had to just deal with it, and obey her orders and then sighed, "I can't do anything, Tohru, please forgive me." He drifted off to sleep before anymore thought went into his mind.

Yuki's dream…

He saw Tohru's happy face change to sad as he walked away from her. He knew what he had done, he'd abandoned her, and then there was also the fact that his curse wanted him to kill the child, his child. Yuki couldn't bare that, so he backed away and allowed events to take place.

With Tohru…

Tohru sighed as she looked at Shigure, "I'm going to rest up too."

"Okay my sweet flower, please be careful up the stairs," came his sugar-coated voice.

"I will!" she laughed it off and then went up the stairs to her room but let her eyes wander to Yuki's room before we went to her room to rest.

3 months later…

Tohru sighed as she looked at her stomach, she and Yuki were out in his secret base and she watched him pull weeds. "Yuki, what'll happen after this baby is born?"

"Um, I didn't get that far yet in our plans, let's just take it a day at a time," Yuki answered before looking away, he knew there was no future for them, Akito was making sure of it. He stopped by a couple of times a week and reminded him constantly. Now there was only four months left, and he wasn't thrilled at all. What he had to do was leave her; he wasn't sure how to break the news to her.

"I'm getting quite dizzy from being out in the sun; I'll see you for dinner then?" Tohru asked, standing up and readying to leave.

"Um, yes I'll be back in time for dinner, do you need me to walk back with you?" asked Yuki.

"No, I'll be fine; it's only a short walk. See you at dinner!" Tohru answered, stopping to kiss his cheek and then backed away and made her way back to the house. Placing a hand on his cheek where her sweet lips once were. He knew he couldn't change anything, and with each passing day, he wished the days would be longer, and Akito would die, and that Kyo would come back to life so his life could be more peaceful with Tohru. Even though he knew none of this would happen.

3 more months later….

Tohru sighed, it was her last full month and she was going to have a baby. Hatori was coming over to look at her. Shigure was always here and so was Akito and Ayame. The baby was going to be a girl, and she was delighted, but she noticed the changes in Yuki. He was getting depressed with each passing month, his eyes were hallow. She kept asking him what's wrong but Yuki pushed her away.

Tohru got desperate and asked Shigure what was wrong but he only shrugged and told her that he didn't know. So she stayed clear of him, and then Tohru sighed when she heard a knock on the door and Hatori came inside. "Hi Hatori-san," came Tohru's soft voice.

Hatori smiled and sat down at the edge of her bed, "You're going to have a baby soon, how do you feel?"

"I feel great, but I wish Yuki was as happy as I was about it," Tohru added sadly.

"Well I told you this was to be expected," Hatori answered, not sounding surprised at all about the news. "Does he talk to you anymore?"

"Just barely," Tohru admitted, "Sometimes, I can't take it."

Hatori sighed and gently took her hand, "You'll pull through Tohru-chan, and you'll pull through."

Tohru blushed and pulled her hands away before a small tiger leapt onto the bed. "Kisa-chan, why are you in tiger form?"

Shigure came in and sighed, "She transformed because she bumped into the paper boy. I guess she didn't see him."

Tohru started to stroke Kisa's hair but soon a poof was heard and she transformed back. Kisa shyly looked for her clothes and Shigure threw them to her and she quickly pulled on her dress before proceeding with her underwear. Sitting back down on the bed she sighed, "Sissy are you okay?"

"I'm fine Kisa-chan," Tohru answered before looking away form her and back to Hatori, "So Yuki might leave me once this baby is born?"

Hatori sighed, "Most likely, yes."

Tohru blinked back the oncoming tears, before she burst out crying and apologizing to everyone for doing so. No one blamed Tohru, no one blamed Yuki, and not one person blamed anyone.

TBC…