dragonlady222-Yes… I wonder… cough
Krissy7p-Thanks.
Felicia-Know, there's, you'll, through a. Those are all your spelling errors, missy.
BlackOfDay-O.o. Now I'm really confused. At the end of your fanfic you… but hear you're… never mind! Um…I'll add a description of her to this chapter really quickly!
Anonymous-Aori: Gah gau? He-ah! SnowCreek: Aw… She said thank you!
journey maker-No. And… OH MY GOSH! I completely forgot to put Bakura in this chapter. Stupidstupidstupid!
ketaglass-No actual 'development along those lines.
Chapter 24
Aori examined my bedroom for the millionth time from my bed while I talked to Malik on the phone "No… no I'd never-"
"If you don't want to see me anymore, just tell me"
"Malik, it's not that... it's just… I'm busy with Aori, and I still have makeup work from school too! I don't have time to hang out. You don't either" I pointed out between scribbling answers and keeping Aori from rolling of my bed. She couldn't crawl yet, but she'd discovered her own way of getting around.
She starred at me with lavender eyes, like she was upset that I wouldn't let her fall. I picked her up and ruffled her white hair. She giggled and grabbed one of my fingers with a pale hand before Malik spoke up again.
"Okay, fine. You win. I'll just stay locked up here all alone and do my makeup work. I don't even have my daughter to keep me company"
"Or to distract you with her constant need of diaper changes"
"You'll have to teach me to do that some time"
"Well right now I have to do homework. Bye"
"…bye…"
Malik sounded kind of upset when I hung up on him, but I really didn't have time to talk. Why couldn't I have gotten the work done while I was on bed rest? It would have given me something to do and I could have friends over. I couldn't exactly leave, even though there was a new movie I really wanted to see. Someone had to keep an eye on Aori and it certainly wasn't Malik. It was touching that he wanted to help but he really didn't know how. I'd already shown his ten times how to change a diaper and he still didn't get it.
My father came into the room. He was working at the museum now until was out of collage. I felt kind of guilty, now that the baby was born he had to stay and make sure I did a good job with it, but it wasn't exactly my fault I'd gotten pregnant.
"You know, there's a little secret that makes those problems easier" he said. I looked up at him and grinned.
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"Ryou?" Yugi looked surprised to see me "I thought you had to study"
"Father helped me get done faster"
"What about Aori?"
"He's looking after her. He said when I was a baby he and mom got a babysitter for me from time to time so they could still have a life, and he didn't see why I couldn't do that"
"Where's Malik?"
"I-" Cringed. How could I have forgotten to call and tell him I could hang out "Um… I think he's still got some work too"
The others just brushed it off. Yugi didn't look to convinced.
Anzu went to purchase tickets for the movie they'd agreed to see. Joey and Tristan went to get snacks. Yugi stayed with me "You didn't call him on purpose, I'm guessing"
"No I… I kind of just forgot. I've really been busy lately. I mean, with Aori depriving me of sleep it's-"
"You don't love him either?"
"I guess" I muttered "I thought I did but…"
"But you were really just excited that you weren't fighting anymore"
"Just like Marik said"
"Huh?"
"Nothing!" I said quickly. Marik and I were the only ones who knew about that conversation. Bakura had been asleep up till the point when he'd been asked out, and neither of us had given any of the details of the visit to Malik. Marik had been completely silent, and I'd only mentioned the rejection.
"It's kind of weird" Yugi said "Not having you break down in tears over everything"
I felt my cheeks burn "Th-that's-"
"And I forgot what you looked like with a flat stomach"
"Yugi!" oh my god…
"Hey-is that Malik?"
"Very funny"
"No, really" He pointed to a man in line a few people behind Joey for snacks
"No… I mean, he has the right coloring for the hair and skin. Heck, he even has the right clothes, but Malik's hair is longer. I mean, that guys hair is more like, Joey's length"
"You know the length of Joey's hair?" Yugi sounded like he was about to burst in a laughing fit.
"Well, He's practically right behind Joey" I tried to defend myself "So it's easier to make a comparison that way. Oh, and Malik doesn't wear a head… band…" I trailed off staring into the mans lavender eyes. He certainly did look a lot like Malik, but he was a lot more like… "Marik"
"Huh?"
"That's Marik. I've seen him with a headband before. I know that's him. He must have cut his hair"
"How can he do that if Malik's hair is still long?"
"I don't know?" I swallowed. Stupid female behavior. I didn't even have pregnancy to blame this on anymore, but Marik looked kind of cute now, not as much of a psycho "I'm sure he has an explanation though. He usually does when you talk to him. He also makes a point to tease you without worrying about taking it to far" I added bitterly "That's what I really hate about him"
"Well, It sounds like he's at least calmed down a bit since Battle City"
"And therapy" I said dryly "Darn, I was hoping to enjoy my free time. I hope he isn't seeing the same movie as us"
Joey came back over looking happy. Tristan was holding more popcorn that I'd have thought humanly possible. I held some of it for him "Ryou, aren't you supposed to be careful how much you hold? I thought it's bad for the baby" Joey said sincerely.
Anzu came up with the tickets and slugged him. Honestly, I think she just looks for excuses to hit him "You mean the one that was already born?"
I was freaking out "I-I don't still look fat do I? Ah! I shouldn't have eaten all that junk food! I don't want popcorn anymore"
Yugi did laugh this time "You look fine, don't worry!"
"No, I'm fat! That's why Joey thought I was still pregnant!"
"Joey's just forgetful" Anzu assured me "Now come on, the movie starts in two minutes"
As we all headed into the theatre I looked back. I couldn't see Marik anywhere. Silently, I prayed that he wasn't going home to tell Malik I had gone out with everyone. I wasn't ready to tell Malik I didn't feel that way yet.
Where he really was turned out to be worse. The theatre was crowded by the time we got there. The only place left for us to all sit together was right next to him. I sighed and volunteered to be the unlucky one who got stuck sitting with him. It was a chance to beg him not to rat me out.
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SnowCreek: Bleh. My computer's all funny. I had to go a whole week without internet! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! And to make it worse, My computer wouldn't let me log into fanfic so I had to go to the library!
That reminds me. I know I aid I'd post Where do Babies Come Frome next, but that was like… almost 20 chapters ago, so I'm holding another voting thing. The two reasons are: 1) You're opinion may have changed in the past couple months and 2) Now that someone else is finally doing a Malik mpreg, and I mean one that's only Malik, not where he was kind of a side character like in NMTH, I don't think it's as urgent that, though he still seems kinda neglected (Wait, was that story discontinued? Eh, I'm to lazy to check. I can handle a few spelling/grammar errors, like, a little more than what I do, but the huge amount of them in that story kinda drove me away). Here are all the options I'm willing to do right now
Where do Babies Come From-There should be a summary for this earlier in the story. This is an angst/romance
Curse-Also already has a summary. angst/romance
Dragon Child-Already has a summary… humor
Crash-This one already has a summary too. Actually, I might not do regardless of votes. angst/romance
Soul Candy-In a magic accident Kaiba is forced to share his body with an artificially created and somewhat rude female soul, and in a domino effect finds himself pregnant with Yami's child. angst/humor
Name in prending-I haven't come up with a name for this yet, but I'm considering Unprepared for. I also probably won't do this one even if it gets all the votes. This is an idea I'm considering for a possible sequel to NMTH. angst