So, here's chapter two! Thanks for all the reviews so far, you guys! Yeah, I know - it's kinda totally obvious who the father is.:P So, this chapter is about the baby's daddy's reaction and someone finds out who the father is! Will they tell Kuwabara? Oooh! Enjoy!:P Oh, can anyone guess what movie Shizuru's watching?:P

Hiei crossed his arms over his chest, leaning up against a tree. He was looking at her with that stupid little smug look on his face. She really wanted to punch him or kick him right in his baby maker.

"So, what do you want me to do about it?"

"Well, I just thought you'd want to know since it is yours."

Hiei faltered, his smirk on his face vanishing. He took a step away from the tree, his eyes on her.

"What?" He sounded shock. "It's mine?"

"Yeah, it is."

"No." He said harshly. "You're lying."

"Why would I, of all people, lie about something like this?"

He was quiet for a moment, lost in his thoughts. His eyes glazed over as he looked up at the sky. The tension between them waned and Shizuru began to relax. The breeze chilled her and she crossed her arms over her chest in an attempt to keep warm. She mentally cursed herself for not bringing a jacket.

"I'm going to my doctor tomorrow," She said, jerking him away from his trance. "To see if I really am –"

"So, you don't know if you actually are?"

"Well, I took a test about an hour ago, but I just wanted to make sure." She shrugged. "To double check."

"Shizuru!"

She turned to see Kuwabara, Yusuke and Botan running towards her. When her back was turned, Hiei disappeared back into the shadows. Shizuru turned back to say something to Hiei but quickly closed her mouth upon not seeing him.

"Sis, why'd you run off like that?" Kuwabara asked when they were closer.

"I just . . . needed to think, get some fresh air." She lied.

"Are you okay?" Botan asked looking at Shizuru with big worried eyes.

Shizuru forced a smile, putting her hands on Botan's shoulders.

"I am fine, really." She let out a small laugh. "I'm okay, I just need to think things over."

"Are you gonna keep it?" Kuwabara asked as they began walking home.

Yusuke elbowed his ox-like friend in the side while Botan glared at him. Shizuru just shrugged, it was a simple innocent question even if it did sound stupid coming from her brother.

"I don't know, Kazuma. This all might be a fluke, we'll know tomorrow for certain when I come home from the clinic."

Shizuru sighed, looking up at her doctor from her spot on the examination table. The thin sheet of paper underneath her crackled and ripped whenever she moved.

"Am I really?"

"Yes, you are. Four weeks pregnant, I'm sure." Her doctor replied, smiling at her through pink-rimmed glasses. "Do you plan on keeping it?"

"I don't know." She really didn't.

She knew she wasn't ready for a baby; she had to watch over Kuwabara. She didn't want to get up in the middle of the night and take care of a screaming, crying baby. She didn't want to change diapers or get a second job to support them. She didn't want to get another apartment, one with a room for the baby. Most of all, she didn't want to support the baby and herself and her brother by herself. She didn't want to be alone.

She would not let Kuwabara drop out of school and get a job – he was finally getting good grades. He had so much potential and she knew he was going to go on and do great things. She didn't want to mess up her brother's future by having the baby.

"Well, you still have to decide whether or not to terminate the pregnancy." Her doctor said softly. "But if you're against that kind of thing, there's always adoption."

Shizuru sighed and stood up, thanking her doctor. She left the clinic and shoved her hands in her pockets, walking off to get some tea. Her fingers twitched, her hand shook. She was craving a cigarette but she knew she couldn't have one.

Hiei sat perched atop a building, watching the clinic he had seen Shizuru go in a half hour ago.

Him, a father! He grimaced. He couldn't fathom having children, and with her no less. He groaned at the thought.

What they had done was a whim, extremely spontaneous. He thought back to that night, remembering her hands on him, whispering his name in his ear, moaning.

He grabbed his head, digging his nails into his scalp. This was driving him absolutely mad! He wanted to just disappear, leave her to fend for herself . . . But he couldn't. Something was holding him back. Something inside him made him stay, made him wonder about her, made him want to protect her. He saw her then, coming out of the clinic. Something fluttered inside him when he saw her. He wanted to rip it out and destroy it. He flitted from building to building, following her. He jumped from the roof of a store just as she was walking by, landing next to her. He walked with her, falling into step with her. She walked on, not noticing him. He cleared his throat to get her attention and still nothing, not even a blink.

"So, what is it?" He asked after a few excruciatingly painful silent minutes.

"'Can't tell yet." She said, matter-of-factly. "I'm only four weeks."

"What're you going to do?"

"I don't know." She was quiet for a moment. He could see something flash in her eyes. "I was thinking of having an abortion."

Hiei stopped and grabbed her wrist tightly, spinning her around.

"You will not do something so repulsive as that to my child!" He said in a low voice. He didn't want anyone to hear, it was none of their business.

Shizuru yanked her wrist free and backhanded him. Hiei took a step back, stumbling in temporary shock. He put a hand to his reddening cheek.

"Let me tell you something, Hiei!" She said, pointing at him. "What I do with my body is my choice!"

She jabbed him in the nose, looking down at him.

"And don't make any snide comments about my body and my choice and what happened between us!"

"I should have a say in this!" He said, smacking her hand away. "It's my child, too!"

Shizuru stood, stunned, as she stared at Hiei. Did he . . . did he actually care? He turned away, blushing slightly. Shizuru sighed then smiled.

"Let's go back to the apartment and talk." She said. "My brother won't be home for hours."

He stood there for a moment, watching her walk away. She stood at the corner of the street, looking both ways before crossing. He started running, trying to catch up with her. He ran into the middle of the street, just barely dodging a car that sped by. Finally he caught up with her. He tried to act as if nothing was wrong, as if he didn't just run after her and almost get hit by a car.

"Here comes Kurama." Shizuru said softly.

Hiei looked up to see Kurama walking towards them. He hadn't seen Hiei yet. He flitted off, leaving Shizuru to deal with Kurama. He smiled upon seeing her and waved.

"Hello, Shizuru." He said, greeting her in that soft calm voice of his. "How are you?"

"I'm all right," She shrugged. "I found out I'm pregnant."

Kurama was taken aback, his hands up as if he were trying to protect himself from her. He searched her face, hoping to find some sort of trace of a joke.

"Pardon?" He said after a moment. "Did you say you're -?"

"Yeah, like four weeks. I was just walking home from the clinic."

"Does your brother know?"

"Yeah, he does. I don't know if he's happy about it or what. It's kind of hard to tell with him when stuff like this happens."

"If you don't mind me asking, who is the father?"

Shizuru kept her neutral indifferent look on her face, thinking hard about whether or not to lie to Kurama. She hoped that he wouldn't catch her in her lie then tell everyone else.

"A guy I met."

It wasn't really a lie. She just didn't tell him the name of the 'guy'. Kurama nodded, seeming to believe it. Her lips felt dry; she needed to get home. He was probably already there, waiting impatiently. He'd probably give her shit for it when she arrived.

"Does he know?"

Shizuru nodded, forcing a smile. Kurama smiled widely then hugged her. What was with the hugs? Why did people keep hugging her? She hugged him back, patting him on the shoulder. He pulled away, still smiling at her.

"If you ever need anything," He said. "You know I'm here."

"Thanks, Kurama."

He nodded a good by then continued to walk on. She ran a hand through her hair, puffing her cheeks out as she sighed. She looked at her watch. Damn it, her brother would be home in forty-five minutes and she was about thirty minutes away from home. She began running home, hoping that Hiei was still there.

Hiei sat out on the balcony of Shizuru's window, thinking. Abortion? No. Never. He wouldn't allow her to . . . but she did have a point; it was her body and her choice. He sighed, thinking about what the child would be like. He smiled at the thought of a little Hiei running around. Would it be like him or would it be like her? Or, worse, would it turn out like that stupid oaf she had to call a brother?

He shuddered at the thought; he hoped it wouldn't be like Kuwabara. With that face and that strange obsession with cats. He pushed that disturbing thought away, stretching out his legs and crossing his ankles. He reached his arms up then put them behind his head as he leaned back against the building.

He looked out at the trees and stores and park that Shizuru saw every time she looked out her window. It was a beautiful sight, especially with the sun shining like it was. Even the birds singing made it beautiful and enjoyable. Where were these horrible thoughts coming from? He hated the sound of birds chirping and the hot sun. Absolutely hated it . . . God, Shizuru's gorgeous.

He jerked, startled at the sudden thought. Where did that come from? It had popped into his mind out of nowhere. Did he really think she was gorgeous? She smoked, she never spoke . . . she was related to Kuwabara. He grabbed his head again. He could hear her voice, her laugh.

'Maybe you love her.'

"Shut up." He said out loud at the thought. "I do not."

'Then why are you acting this way?'

"I'm only worried about her, she's going to have my child."

'You can't get her out of your head. Admit it, you love her.'

"I do not!" He shouted, causing people who were walking by to look up at him.

He groaned and punched at the ground like a four-year would when throwing a temper tantrum. He stopped and stood when he heard the front door to the apartment unlock. Kuwabara's cat was staring at him through the window. Hiei glared at the cat, which just stretched and put his paw on the window.

"Git." He kicked at the window to startle the cat, but it just sat there, watching him. "Get out of here, shoo."

To Hiei's horror, it just started meowing – howling, actually. Hiei's eye started twitching as the cat continued to howl to be let out. He wanted to strangle it, anything to make it stop making that horrid noise. The bedroom door opened and Hiei's eyes jumped from the cat to Shizuru, who walked in, looking at the cat.

"How did you get in here?" She asked it, picking it up.

Her voice sounded muffled through the glass. She stood, petting the cat. Hiei wondered if she could see him.

"Look at me, look at me!" He mind shouted. "Look at me, woman!"

As if she had read his mind, she looked up and smiled when she saw him. He stepped back, his eyes wide. She let the cat down then opened the window and stuck her head out.

"What're you doing, you stalker?" She joked.

"I wasn't, I was just –" He was stammering. "I was waiting."

She moved out of the way and he jumped in through the window, tripping over the windowsill and falling on top of her. He gasped and even blushed at being so close to her.

Shizuru's face flushed. He was so close, so close. She could feel his breath on her face. At any moment, she felt that he would kiss her. But he didn't. He just jumped up, smoothing out his clothes. He reached a hand out to help her up, stuttering.

"S-sorry, I tr-tripped."

"It's okay." She cleared her throat. "Are you hungry?"

Before he could say anything, she had left the room. He shook his head, cursing himself under his breath.

"Get a hold of yourself, Hiei!" He muttered through clenched teeth.

He left her room, closing the door behind him. She was in the kitchen, making tea. The television was on, some channel that showed old music videos. Hiei stood in front of the TV, watching as some music video for a song called 'Let's Stay Together' by a man named 'Al Green' played.

"Oh, lord." He mumbled.

Shizuru walked out of the kitchen, holding a cup of tea in her hands. She sat down on the couch, unbeknownst to Hiei. He heard the couch squeak then turned to see her sitting there. She held the cup of tea in one hand and the remote in the other.

"Could you move?" She asked. "You don't make a very good window."

She patted the spot on the couch next to her, indicating she wanted him to sit down next to her. Cautiously, he sat down next to her. He watched her flip through the channels, a bored expression on her face. She stopped on a channel, where some black man quoted a passage from the bible in some messy apartment.

" . . . And I will lay my vengeance on thee!" The man said, raising a gun and shooting another man.

Hiei flinched at the sound of gunshots but Shizuru just smirked at the television. She set the remote down and leaned back into the couch, sighing audibly.

"Do you really plan on having a . . . you know?" Hiei asked.

She sighed again, closing her eyes. A soft smile crept along her face as if she were thinking about something truly wonderful.

"I would never be able to bring myself to do something like that," She said quietly, almost a whisper.

She opened her eyes and her smile disappeared. She took a sip of her tea then set it down on the coffee table. She leaned back into the couch again, her hands in her lap.

"I was thinking adoption."

"Adoption?"

"Yeah, I really don't think I can take care of another baby; Kazuma's already too much." She laughed at her own joke.

"He's old enough to take care of himself. Make him get a job."

"No. He'd want to drop out of school and get a full time job to take care of the baby and me. Something about that honor code of his."

"Let him get a job after school or the weekends."

"I don't know . . ." She sighed. "I just don't feel that's fair to him."

They were quiet; Hiei watched her as she watched the movie. His hand hovered over hers in an attempt to hold it. He took his hand back and set it back in his lap, contemplating whether or not to do it. He did this movement a few more time until Shizuru sighed, not taking her eyes off the TV.

"Hiei, if you're gonna hold my hand – don't be a pussy and just do it. I'm sick of seeing you do that in the corner of my eye."

"Fine!" He snapped, grabbing her hand in his.

Her hand felt so soft in his. He loosened his grip then slowly, slowly entwined his fingers with hers. She gave his hand a little squeeze then smiled at him. Hiei blushed and smiled back, rubbing her the back of her hand with his thumb. They scooted closer to each other so their thighs touched. Hiei let go of her hand then cupped her face in his hands.

Shizuru gasped, her eyes closing half way as he slowly pulled her face closer to his. Their faces were half an inch away from each other when there was a knock on the door. The two jumped away from each other, looking at the door.

The knocking came again, louder this time. Hiei blushed, wanting to kill the person on the other side of the door. Shizuru got up and answered the door, revealing a smiling Yusuke.

"Hey, is Kuwabara here?"

"No, he's not."

She cleared her throat. She liked Yusuke, he was practically another younger brother to her, but at that moment she wanted him gone. Yusuke glanced in and saw Hiei on the couch.

"Hey, Hiei!" He waved.

"I didn't do anything!" Hiei shouted.

Yusuke gave Hiei a weird look then looked at Shizuru, who held her head in her hand. She sighed, putting her hand on the door.

"I'll tell Kazuma you stopped by, Yusuke. See you later."

Yusuke stuck his foot out, stopping her from closing the door. Yusuke quirked an eyebrow and smirked, putting his hands on his hips.

"Hey, Shizuru . . . What's Hiei doing here anyway?"

She groaned and moved out of the way, gesturing for Yusuke to come in.

"Come in, Yusuke. We'll tell you everything."

"Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do!" Yusuke jokingly chided in his best Desi Arnese impression as he walked in.

Shizuru groaned, closing the door behind him. She grabbed her mug off the coffee table then went into the kitchen, avoiding eye contact with Hiei.

Yusuke flopped down next to Hiei, throwing his arms over the back of the couch.

"So, did you hear that Shizuru's might be pregnant?" Yusuke asked Hiei, sounding like a gossiping girl

"Yes, she's exactly four weeks." Hiei stated flatly.

"Hiei!" Shizuru shouted from the kitchen.

Hiei jumped at the sound of Shizuru's voice. Yusuke looked at the kitchen then at Hiei. He licked his lips, his eyes sparkling as if he had just discovered something juicy.

"Hey, Shizuru!" He called to the kitchen. "How'd Hiei know how far along you are?"

"I'm sitting right here, Detective." Hiei hissed.

Shizuru stood in the entranceway of the kitchen, a new hot cup of tea in her nervously shaking hands. She could tell by the tone in Yusuke's voice that he knew something was up and he wasn't going to drop it until he found out what it was. He was like that – persistent little son of a bitch.

"I saw him when I was walking home from the clinic. He wanted to know so I told him."

"So, why's he here now? You just invite him in for a cup a coffee?"

"Yeah, I did. So what?"

Yusuke looked at Hiei, who squirmed a little. Yusuke could tell that Hiei was uncomfortable.

"Hiei hates coffee . . ." Yusuke said softly, looking at Shizuru. "What's going on here, Shizuru?"

"You have to promise not to tell my brother!" She warned. "I don't want him to know yet."

"Don't worry, he's too busy trying to find your baby's daddy to care about anything else."

"Yusuke . . ." She said softly, closing her eyes.

He could be so dense sometimes. Hiei hung his head, looking down at his hands.

"I'm the father."

So, Yusuke knows! Oh, no! Is he going to tell Kuwabara? What'll Kuwabara do when he finds out? What'll the baby look like? Find out in the next chapter, yo!:P Oh, also - feel free to make your own little joke about Kuwabara's search for Yukina's brother and the father of Shizuru's unborn baby being the same person. I really couldn't think of any! :P