Chapter Thirty One: A Strange Little Country

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We're Having A Baby Arc: 4/4

Song Playing: Girl All The Bad Guys Want

Theme 34: Neutral

"Yes."

"No."

Dr. Hayashi blinked in slight surprise at the contradictory response to his question before he gave a knowing smile. Nodding his head he turned his attention to the machine in front of him, thus causing him to completely miss the glare exchanged between the wedded couple. He let out a little chuckle as he made a few quick notes on his chart. "Ah, yes. I remember back when my wife was pregnant with our first child. We couldn't agree for the longest time on whether or not we should learn the gender of the baby before hand. I wanted to wait until the actual birth but she wanted to know right away. In the end she got what she wanted but she promised that next time..."

Unfortunately for the poor doctor, neither parent was listening to his nostalgic chatter.

"We want to wait until the baby's born so that it's a surprise. Right, Youichi?" The mother to be's eyes narrowed in a rather dangerous fashion.

While her glare worked on any other male, it had no effect on her husband, who merely furrowed his eyebrows in irritation. "Speak for yourself, fucking wife. I want to know now."

"No you don't." Her voice was getting dangerously quiet.

Like wise his lowered in volume but increased in intensity. "Yes I do."

"Why don't we let the doctor decide? After all he understands that the gender shouldn't be reveled until the birth." The brunette suggested, though it sounded a bit more like a threat.

"Hey fucking quack!"

The good doctor looked up only to find two sets of eyes staring at him with an intensity that he wasn't quite comfortable with. "Wha-?"

"Should we wait till the fucking brat's coming out or should we find out now so we can start planning for when it arrives?" The blond made sure that the glint from the small firearm in his pocket caught the doctor's eye.

"I don't-"

"Or should we wait like nature intended?" She sent a small side glare to her husband, which he promptly ignored. "Just because some of us are too impatient to wait a few measly months doesn't mean we have to know now, right?"

He blinked for a moment before he started chuckling to himself. His response was not the answer that they were looking for. "Nope. Nuh-huh. No way no how." Their looks of confusion were lost on him as he focused on writing down a few notes, only to find his pen had run out of ink. Getting up he begun shuffling through drawers. "I know what you're trying to do and I'm not about to get in the middle of this."

Mamori smiled and spoke in a comforting voice. "But we're asking you as our doctor-"

"And I'm telling you as your doctor to figure it out for yourselves." He answered with his back still turned on the couple.

The pregnant woman tried once again to get an answer. "But-"

"Not gonna happen."

This time it was Hiruma who was arguing. "Just give us an answer dammit!"

"No. I'm a neutral zone. I have no opinion on the matter. I am Switzerland." The doctor declared smiling as he finally located a working pen.

She couldn't help but be confused at his statement. "What?"

"Switzerland." He repeated as he continued his earlier task of jotting down notes. "It's a small country in the middle of Germany, Italy, Austria, and France. A strange little place where the cheese has holes."