A/N: AH. Don't kill me, I was buried in my homework! I swear it's not my fault! I still am, but this is a quick update as an apology gift to you all! D: I FEEL SO BAD GAH.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN GH.

Mai's POV:

"Bou-san!" I yelled, angered. He was holding back laughter, and that was clear as day. He was shaking, quivering and averting my eyes.

"I-I'm sorry!" He managed to say, before bursting out laughing. I sighed and glared at him with my eyes narrowed, my hair and clothes dripping wet. Thank god I wasn't wearing white!

"You should've just told her, Bou-san." Gene chuckled, also wet. Apparently, it was raining outside, but Bou-san decided to keep that information to himself.

"Sleep with one eye open." I warned, pointing a threatening finger at him. Grinning playfully, he nodded, before gathering up the equipment and motioning for us to follow him back into the safe haven of indoors.

"FINALLY." I all but screamed, before shoving him out of the way and racing up the steep incline. The grassy mounds were slick with rain, which was coming down fast and hard. It was becoming increasingly painful to feel each droplet splatter against my skin, and I blamed Bou-san for it.

"Hurry, Mai. Inside." Gene instruct, his brotherly worry creeping into his voice. I nodded, shivering involuntarily. Grabbing the railing, I bounced up the stairs and through the door, where the others were seemingly waiting for us. Ayako stepped forward, the motherly concern shining in her eyes, and handed me a towel. I nodded my thanks and smiled at her, before drying myself off.

"Which one of you idiots is going to tell me why you were outside?" Naru asked, yelling at the other two. "It's bad enough you two took the equipment outside, but you dragged out Mai with you!"

"I'm sorry!" Bou-san whined, crossing his arms across his chest. I glared at him and so did most of the others.

"Sorry doesn't cut it, you owe my ice-cream!" I declared, grinning for ear-to-ear. Bou-san nodded, seeming relieved to be off the hook. Everybody else went back to whatever they'd been doing beforehand.

"Mai, Emiko. Come here for a second." Naru instructed. I walked over, grabbing my sister's hand when our paths entwined. Offering her a soothing smile, I returned my attention to Naru.

"Can you two walk through the house and see if you find anything? Scream if anything happens." He asked, pointing towards the non-lit hallways. With or without lights, the looming banisters and curving stairs were uninviting.

"Fine..." I answered, trying to sound neutral. Inside, though, I was panicking. Thoroughly. I didn't want to investigate the house. I didn't want to possibly run into Seika again. I didn't want to have to put up with Dante, if we crossed paths. But most of all, I didn't want to let down my sister. Again.

That's when Ayako's scream pierced the air. Startled, I stood still for a couple seconds, before realization set in and sent me running. Blindly running the direction that the scream seemed to come from, I found myself in front of the bathroom. Ayako was, true to her scream, in the bathroom...on the floor bawling her eyes out.

"Ayako, what the hell?" I asked, alarmed. She turned to me, her eyes bloodstained already.

"I-I'm pregnant." She whispered brokenly.

A/N: Muwhahaha. You all probably are freaking out, but I'll leave you and your thoughts alone and wait for a review or two about how short and horrible this was, among other reasons for you all to hate me. :) *runs off*

I'll try and get a longer update in sooner D: But if you guys want more of my work, I have some of my original stuff posted on my dA: BrokenCrescendo. Feel free to check it out!