Never Give Up
By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.
A/N: Okay, this isn't going to be very long. But, it is good. At least, I think it is…
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Kyo's thought's were interrupted by Kazuma coming into the kitchen; he handed him the phone.
"It's for you."
"Hey, Kyo?" It was Yuki.
"Whadda ya want, ya damn Rat?"
"Miss Honda's just gone into labor, Stupid Cat."
Kyo went white; Kazuma sighed and took the phone from him.
"I'm guessing that Tohru is on her way to the hospital, am I right?" he asked.
"Yes, she's with Hatori right now. How did you know?"
"Kyo looks ready to faint," Kazuma said simply. "We'll meet you there."
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Chapter Thirty: Just Hold On Tight
"Looking like that isn't going to help any, you know."
Kyo just glared and began to walk faster. He and Kazuma had just gotten out of the cab in front of the hospital and were now hurrying towards Labor and Delivery.
"Kyo, just calm down." Kazuma sighed as Kyo sped up, yet again. "Her water hasn't even broken yet!"
Kyo began to sprint; Kazuma sighed before running after him.
"Kyo, slow down, this is a hospital!"
Kyo ignored him.
"She's not alone, Yuki and Shigure are already here!"
Kyo broke into a run.
"They're in the waiting room! Hatori is the only one with Tohru! Kyo! Get back here!"
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"What do you mean, I can't go in?!" Kyo snapped; the woman at the receptionist's desk glared at him.
"You can't go in because you aren't her doctor, and you're not family," she said curtly. "Right now Miss Honda is in the middle of labor, you can see her after the baby is born--"
"I'm the father!" Kyo growled; the woman looked surprised.
"Oh. Then, right this way."
Kyo just nodded and followed her; she stopped Kazuma as he began to follow.
"I'm his father," he said simply.
"Oh, grandparent." The woman nodded and allowed Kazuma through the door; as soon as she had shown them the room that Tohru was staying in, Kyo bolted through the door, just as Hatori was coming out. Just before the door closed again, they could hear Kyo whispering to Tohru.
"How is she?" Kazuma asked as the receptionist left.
"She's doing just fine," Hatori said. "Quite well, actually. Her water just broke a few moments ago. She's eight centimeters dilated. And now that she's been given an epidural, she's been quite calm. She's barely noticed the last contraction."
"Good…" Kazuma glanced towards the door. "No complications?"
"None at all."
"So, how long before…?"
"I'd say maybe another ten minutes before she's fully dilated, maybe fifteen."
"And then?"
"Then she can start pushing." Hatori smiled. "Your son will have a daughter in less than an hour."
"Yes…" Kazuma sighed.
"Everything alright?"
"Yes." Kazuma shook his head. "I just pictured all of this a little differently."
"I understand." Hatori gestured towards the door. "Do you want to see her?"
Kazuma shook his head. "No, I think that I'll leave them alone. It will be their only chance for a while."
"True." Hatori sighed. "Is the apartment finished?"
"Yes, Kyo finished it today. All that's missing is Tohru and their daughter."
"And…" Hatori looked a little uncomfortable. "Is Kyo planning on…proposing?"
"I don't know." Kazuma sighed. "I don't know if he's even told her that he loves her yet."
"It's quite obvious that he does."
"Yes…He wanted the money for the apartment. I had honestly thought that he wanted it for an engagement ring."
"I think we all expected Kyo to have asked Tohru to marry him by now," Hatori said. Kazuma nodded.
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Twenty some odd minutes later…
"Tohru, you have to push now!" Hatori said.
"I…I can't!" Tohru gasped. "I can't do this anymore!"
"Tohru, you can do this! Now push!"
Tohru moaned and gripped Kyo's hand harder. He whispered words of encouragement in her ear as she did as Hatori told her to.
"Good…good. Again," Hatori said; Tohru began to cry.
"I can't! It's too hard!"
"Tohru, you can do it!" Kyo turned her face to look at him and hugged her shoulders tighter; pressing a kiss to her forehead, he said again, "You can do this!"
"Last one, Tohru, I promise," Hatori said.
"I-I…"
"Tohru, you have to push. Now!" Hatori said harshly.
Tohru bit her lip and pushed…
And then she heard it. A sharp cry, tiny but strong.
"Good, Tohru, good." Hatori smiled at her and Kyo kissed her temple as she lay back against the pillows, exhausted.
"Here she is!" the nurse said, and Tohru found herself looking at a tiny baby girl, bloody but beautiful. Her daughter let out another wail as the nurse turned away to clean her up.
Tohru began to cry harder.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Kyo asked, suddenly alarmed.
"She--she's just so beautiful!" Tohru sobbed. Kyo stared at her for a moment before laughing. Tohru began to laugh between her sobs.
Hatori just shook his head.
"What?" Kyo asked as Tohru buried her head in his shoulder and began to shake with her laughing and sobbing; she had given herself the hiccups…
"Just look at yourselves," Hatori said. "You'll see what's so funny."
Kyo stared at him as the Dragon walked out the door.
Look at themselves? Was it so funny that Tohru was shaking from hiccups and that Kyo was hugging her?
Kyo was hugging her… Tohru looked up at Kyo and she knew that she had just realized it too.
"Here's your baby," the nurse said, handing the pink bundle to Tohru.
"Thank you," Tohru whispered.
"We'll give you a minute before we help you clean up, and then everyone can come in, okay?"
"Yeah, okay," Kyo muttered, staring at Tohru and their baby; the nurse just chuckled and left them alone.
"Tohru?" Kyo whispered.
"Hmm?" Tohru didn't look up from the face of the baby.
"I love you."
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Yeah, so, a little longer than I had thought it would be.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Only one more chapter, and then it's done!! I don't know why I'm upset about it, I should be glad that I don't have to write this anymore, ne? Ah well…I'm going to go watch Dei-kun blow stuff up on Shippuuden, that always cheers me up…
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