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Here is Chapter 2.

Haru crept up to the house, and went to crouch under a window, only to find Kagura there, much to his surprise.

"Ssh", said Haru when Kagura was about to open her mouth, "I'm sneaking up on Rin."

"Ssh", Kagura replied, "I'm sneaking up on Kyo-kun."

"Oh, he's visiting today...?"

"Yes, he and Tohru-chan are here together. But for some reason, he still gets wary when I come around, so I'm going to surprise him..."

Haru stood. "Ah. I don't have anything to worry about, then."

"...what are you talking about?"

"If Tohru's around...then Rin will definitely have tried to make a getaway by now."

"Oh, but didn't you say that those two are friends?"

"...yes. That's how Rin bonds. If she runs away from you, then you know you mean a lot to her. I guess I'll have to come back later..."

...

Haru found Rin in the bathroom later.

"What are you doing?"

She jumped. Clearly, this was not an activity she wanted him to walk in on. She tried to block off his view of the sink with her body and knock the things she was hiding into the trashcan. "It's none of your business..."

"Don't be like that, Rin. Does it have something to do with the third person in the room?"

"It has nothing to do with that!!" she cried angrily. Haru caught a glimpse of what was behind her and grabbed it.

He had it just long enough to see what it was before she snatched it away from him again.

"A pregnancy test...?" He looked at her quizzically.

Rin threw it in the trash. "It's not like it means anything." Now that the cat was out of the bag, she wasn't so determined to hide what was behind her.

"Six pregnancy tests...?"

All were positive.

Rin looked uncomfortable.

"...I was making sure."

"These six say...it's definitely the case."

"Now, do you mind...? I actually need to use the bathroom."

She kicked him out.

Later, Haru spoke to Kazuma.

"...she's really not taking this well, is she?" asked Haru.

"It's understandable. She says she's all right, but I hear her in the bathroom every day with morning sickness. A pregnancy can be a dangerous thing for her, on account of her medical history. I'll try my best to make sure she remains healthy enough to stay out of hospitals, but I'll need help from you as well, Hatsuharu."

"You don't have anything to worry about, Shihan. I'll try to help Rin in every way I can."

"I know you'll try...but I do hope you'll come to fully realize what this means, Hatsuharu. This child will be born to a young woman who's not even married--not even living--with its father, who's even younger."

"Well...I'm not going to lie and make it sound like I'm more mature and responsible than I really am. The fact that she got pregnant like this is proof that I'm irresponsible. We...were careless. No. Not Rin. Me. I was the careless one. I was only thinking of myself. I...should have maybe considered more the consequences of what we were doing. I...can see how Rin would be in denial. I mean, I...I can't even believe this has happened. I guess I won't fully believe it until she starts showing. I haven't decided what to do yet, but...I want it to have both its mother and its father. Together."

"Don't rush into any hasty decisions. You'll have a while to think about what you want to do. If you and Isuzu come to an agreement, I'll see if it can be arranged."

"...now may not be the best time to talk to Rin about having a baby", Haru replied.

"I...didn't necessarily mean right now."

"...I heard that Kyo and Tohru came over earlier", said Haru after a pause, "They don't know anything, do they?"

"I've already told you, Hatsuharu. Isuzu didn't want anyone to know, and I respected her wishes. The only one I told was you, for obvious reasons. It's not my place to tell."

"Well...we won't be able to hide it forever...I just don't want Rin to get stressed any sooner than necessary."

"I don't think they're the ones stressing her out..."

...

Haru gave Rin a quick kiss. "Bye. I'll be back tomorrow."

"...okay."

Haru walked away, and Rin went back inside. Haru looked back at her over his shoulder, worried.

That was really bizarre. When I uploaded this, that last little paragraph got cut out. But I added it back in.