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Hello, I am back with chapter 10! I told you I was going to try my best to keep up with this fic from now on. Special thanks time! Hgu for reviewing, RSK1066 for the follow, antoniquedarling for the follow, EzraTheBlue for the review, and kyuumihaira for the review!

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Ikkaku kept his word and looked after the lieutenant without complaint and Captain Zaraki didn't question it as long as someone was looking after her while he was away. Yumichika tried his best to relax after Ikkaku left for the night, but he just couldn't shake the feeling that he could quite possibly be pregnant. The lozenge was supposed to lose potency the farther into the week since it was ingested, but nevertheless, it was still active regardless of what day it was. The fifth seat didn't even have a clue as to when he would know if he were pregnant or not.

That, in a nutshell, was the main reason for his panic. If he could know one way or the other then maybe he could decide what action needed to be taken. Unfortunately, even with all the technology available there was still no way to determine if he was pregnant until the little egg either implanted or didn't and that would take days. Yumichika lets out a nervous sigh as he sinks down farther into the tub. If he was pregnant what would happen? Should he tell Ikkaku that he may be pregnant and go ahead and face the wrath of his partner or just wait it out. It seemed foolish to worry Ikkaku with such things considering he may not even be pregnant, but then again if he was pregnant and the third seat had no idea…wouldn't that be even more foolish?

Tears stream down the dark haired shinigami's face as his mind feels ripped apart by the two choices, but his mind wasn't nearly as upset as his heart was. He was so conflicted with what he wanted that he didn't really know how to feel. He wanted to be pregnant because that is what he had wanted for a little over a year, but he knew now that this isn't the way he wanted it to happen. He didn't want Ikkaku to leave him or worse not trust him ever again.

Yumichika slips down underneath the water allowing the warmth to envelope his entire body. What would be going on nine months from now? Would he and Ikkaku have a happy family together or would he be alone as a single parent? Better yet, what would be happening a few weeks from now? Would he be pregnant? Would he truly be happy about it if he was? Could he be happy without Ikkaku by his side?

The fifth seat emerges from the water with his dark locks dripping from the bath water. He lets out another sigh as he stands up from the tub to dry himself off. He would just have to cross any of those bridges when he came to them and hope for the best. After he dried off and changed into his pajamas he decides he might as well try and get some sleep. His dreams make him restless though and when Ikkaku returns later in the evening he doesn't stop the third seat from making love to him again before they both drift off into sleep.

The next day, Yumichika finds time to slip away from Ikkaku and squad duty and makes his way to Squad Ten where he barges into the office and makes his way immediately to Rangiku's desk. He slams his hands down on the flat surface as he looks into her blue eyes, "I need to talk to you now!"

She flinches at his sudden appearance and drops the magazine she had been flipping through, "What's going on?"

The two suddenly hear the Tenth Captain's throat clear and they turn to look at the shorter shinigami. Yumichika's face tints red as he realizes how rude he had been by just barging in and not even knocking, "I apologize, Captain Hitsugaya. I should have knocked first, but I desperately need to borrow your lieutenant for a few minutes. If that's okay?"

The white haired captain places his pen down on the desk top and crosses his arms over his chest, "Well, I don't see why not." He gives his lieutenant a scowl, "She hasn't done any work today whatsoever so I can't see why a few more minutes of nothing would hurt."

An offended expression appears on the blonde's face and she stands up and flips her hair over her shoulder, "Captain, how could you say that?!" Her offended expression quickly transforms into a pout, "I made coffee this morning."

Toshiro rolls his eyes and picks his pen up again, "Well, pardon my earlier statement. You made coffee and then filed your nails and looked through a magazine. What a stressful life you must lead." He looks away from his lazy lieutenant and stares at the eleventh squad member, "You may borrow her for a few minutes and while you're at it try to convince her to do a little work."

Yumichika nods, "Yes, Captain. Thank you, sir."

The fifth seat then grabs Rangiku's hand and rushes her out of the Tenth Squad office and out into the sunlight, "Yumichika, what in the world is going on? Why are you acting so spastic?"

Yumichika doesn't release her hand until they're partially hidden behind a bush and before he speaks he looks around and tries to sense if anyone else is around, "I really messed up yesterday and now I…I don't know what to do!"

The tenth lieutenant's first facial expression is one of confusion, but it quickly morphs into a terrified look of realization as she grabs Yumichika by the shoulders in tight grip, "You didn't! Yumichika Ayasegawa, please tell me you didn't have sex with Ikkaku yesterday?!"

Yumichika's violet eyes widen as he looks around again to make sure no one could hear them, "Shhhh! I'd rather the whole Seireitei didn't know my personal business!" He looks down at the ground as his cheeks turn pink from shame and embarrassment, but he eventually nods his head, "But…yes, we did have sex yesterday."

Rangiku releases her hold on the fifth seat's shoulders and paces a few steps behind the bush they were hidden behind, "Oh my Gods, Yumichika! You only had a few hours left! How could you do that! Have you gone insane? Did you have a stroke? Doing drugs or something? What?!"

The eleventh squad member squats to the ground and covers his face with his hands, "I didn't intend for that to happen, but…" He looks up at Rangiku with a sad look on his face, "But, I was so tired of fighting and I didn't want Ikkaku to be mad at me any more. We were only supposed to kiss a little bit, but I guess we were so amped up from not being together for so long that it just happened."

She lowers herself down to the ground as well to be able to look Yumichika in the eye as they were speaking, "Okay, listen…don't freak out."

He gives her an incredulous look as his butt finally meets the ground and he sits as a defeated sigh escapes his lips, "How can I not freak out?!" He looks around again in his paranoia that someone could be listening, "What if I'm…pregnant?"

Rangiku also lets out a sigh as she shakes her head, "There is that possibility, but you may not be. Didn't you say that the lozenge's potency wore off a little more each day?"

Yumichika nods, "Yes, that's what Captain Ukitake told everyone when they were curious about it and Captain Kurotsuchi confirmed that for the Head Captain when it all started happening."

"Okay." She grabs his hands in hers and squeezes them lightly, "I know it's easier said than done, but there is no need to freak out just yet when you may not even be pregnant."

The fifth seat swallows down the nausea he feels creeping up his throat at the thought of what would happen if he was pregnant, "B-but what if I am?"

She gives her friend a small smile and tries her best to sound positive, "I know Ikkaku loves you. He may not always say or do the right things and he may not think things through before he makes a fool of himself, but he does love you. If you are pregnant, I know he will come to understand. He's going to be shocked and upset since you didn't tell him about all this before it happened, but I don't think he's the type of guy to run from his responsibilities."

Yumichika trains his watery eyes on her face and as much as he didn't want to start crying again he finds that he can't stop the tears from spilling down his cheeks, "What if he never trusts me again and…and accepts our child, but…but decides he doesn't need me anymore? What if he leaves the relationship?"

Rangiku looks down in an attempt to escape Yumichika's worried gaze, "If you are pregnant you will just have to explain to him why you did what you did and if he's still set on leaving then…then as much I know you would hate that you will just have to move on." She looks up at his wet face again and frowns, "You managed to survive without him for years before you met and you can do it again."

The blonde's words didn't do anything to calm the fifth seat's nerves and he shakes his head, "But, this isn't what I wanted. I wanted us to be a happy little family and take photos together and be happy. I never wanted things to be this way."

Rangiku tries to smile as she stands up and offers her hand to him, "He may surprise you, sweetie." Yumichika eventually places his hand in hers and she helps up to a standing position again, "He does love you. He loves you more than he lets on to the rest of us."

Yumichika nods as he brushes his backside off with his hands, "But, you'll be there to help me no matter what?"

She gives him an understanding smile and wraps her arms around him, "You know I will, sweetie. I'll even babysit for you."

He lets out a soft chuckle as he returns the hug, "Thank you, Rangiku."

"Any time." She releases her embrace and begins walking in the opposite direction of the Squad Ten office.

Yumichika gives her a confused look, "Shouldn't you get back to work?"

"Oh, I will, but first I have to get the Captain some candy so he won't be so mad at me." She smiles as she begins walking again, "If he's distracted with candy then I can finish looking at my magazine in peace."

Yumichika can't help the smile that forms on his face as he watches his busty friend walk away. He did find some solace in the fact that whatever happened he would have a friend to help him through it…even if that friend wasn't Ikkaku.

Six Weeks Later

Yumichika had been waking up with a sour stomach the last few days and as much as he wanted to contribute the queasy feeling to something he'd eaten, he was very fearful that he was indeed pregnant. He hadn't actually thrown up yet, but he had started becoming extremely tired about two weeks ago and it seemed that no matter how much he slept it never did any good. He found himself falling asleep over his paperwork and even once while looking after Yachiru. He was also very bloated and tried his hardest not to pass gas in front of anyone, but that was becoming more and more difficult to do as the weeks went on.

He was still in denial though and refused to go the Fourth Squad or the Twelfth Squad to find out if he actually was pregnant and his days were spent trying to keep Ikkaku from noticing the subtle changes he was going through. That is until this morning.

This morning a wave of nausea hit him with such force that for a moment he was afraid he wouldn't make it to the bathroom before he spewed his dinner all over the bedroom floor. He did manage to make it to the toilet…barely and it seemed as if the vomiting would never end. When he was finally able to lift his face from the toilet, he turns to see Ikkaku standing in the doorway, "Babe, what the fuck did ya eat last night? Are ya okay?"

Yumichika stands beside the toilet trembling from the force of his morning sickness and only stares at his lover for a long time. When he doesn't respond to Ikkaku's question, the third seat makes his way into the bathroom to stand next to him, "Are ya gonna be okay, babe? Ya don't look so good and yer white a sheep."

The bald shinigami brings his hand up to feel his lover's forehead, but Yumichika barely registered the touch as a feeling of dread flows through him. He finally pushes Ikkaku's hand away and tries to act unconcerned with the morning's events, "It's nothing, Ikkaku. I just ate too much last night. I'll be fine."

Ikkaku watches as his lover walks to the sink and begins rinsing his mouth out with water, "Are ya sure? You've been sleeping a lot lately and you've been…kinda…grumpy."

Yumichika directs a hateful glare at his lover before wiping his mouth on a towel, "I'm fine. I just haven't been sleeping well at night and it's making me tired during the day."

The third seat gives his lover a skeptical look, but shrugs his shoulders, "If you say so, babe." He moves to stand behind the smaller man and begins massaging his lover's shoulders, "Since we're awake and have night shift squad duty do ya wanna go get breakfast with me?"

As much as the fifth seat didn't feel like eating anything, he finds himself nodding his head, "Okay, just let me freshen up a bit." Ikkaku nods as he leaves the bathroom. Yumichika braces himself against the sink and lets out a sigh. How was ever going to tell Ikkaku he was pregnant?

Yumichika gets his food first and finds an empty table in the Squad Eleven mess hall and he waits for Ikkaku to join him. He looks at his food and feels his stomach churning just from the smell of the eggs and bacon wafting off his plate. He groans when he spots Ikkaku coming his way with a tray full of pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, and hash browns all smothered with syrup and grease. The fifth seat swallows down his nausea and tries his best to smile as his lover takes his seat, "Ikkaku, how in Soul Society do you expect to eat all that? Didn't you go a little overboard?"

"Pshh, nah!" The third seat begins shoveling the syrup-laden pancakes into his mouth and Yumichika once again swallows the sick feeling down and looks away from his lover, but the smells of all the food in the mess hall weren't as easy to ignore.

He hadn't even touched his own food, but he found he just couldn't take the torture any longer and stands up, "I'm done."

Ikkaku halts in his eating just as he's about to shove three strips of bacon into his mouth at once and gives his lover a very puzzled expression, "What do ya mean yer done? Ya didn't eat anything."

Yumichika can feel the acid creeping up his throat and places a hand over his mouth, "I guess my stomach just isn't over being sick from this morning yet." He tries his best to give his bald lover a convincing smile, "But, finish yours and I'll be outside waiting for you."

Ikkaku gives the smaller man another bewildered look as he finally shoved the bacon into his mouth, "Why ya gotta wait outside. Ya know ya can wait in here even if yer not eatin'?"

The raven haired shinigami can feel himself getting light headed and he knew any minute the rest of last night's dinner would be erupting from his mouth if he didn't get out of the smelly mess hall, "I…I'm cold in here. I'm just going to wait in the sunshine for you."

Ikkaku shrugs and nods as he continues shoveling food into his mouth and Yumichika hastily makes his way outside leaving his tray on the table. He knew Ikkaku would clean his tray as well when he was done with his own food. As soon as the fifth seat makes his way outside, he finds a clump of bushes and expels the rest of last night's meal into the foliage. He was really glad that Ikkaku didn't see that.

He straightens himself up and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand and looks around to make sure no one saw him puking in the bushes and lets out another sigh. He was most definitely pregnant. As much as he wanted to deny it he just couldn't pretend like he didn't know anymore, but he couldn't go to Squad Four before talking to Ikkaku about it all.

He begins to feel nauseated again, but this time it's not from morning sickness, but from the fear of coming clean to Ikkaku. He lets out a groan as tries to remember Rangiku's schedule. He was definitely going to need a friend therapy session soon. He places a hand on his abdomen and can't help but feel a little excitement mixed with all the anxiety he was experiencing. The revelation that he was pregnant was bittersweet. Very very bittersweet and he found it a tough flavor to swallow.

TBC…

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