Spews of thoughts began through Botan's mind. It was only 3 doses. She could fix this right? She would just take them all. Is that safe? What if she was already pregnant? No no, she couldn't be pregnant. She felt great! Except for the vomiting earlier,...and the tiredness. "Damnit!" she said to herself throwing the last of the pills into her mouth. She turned off the lights and headed into the bedroom where Hiei's red eyes glowed in the darkness. "Did you die in there stupid?" he barked.

"No but I'm gonna" she mumbled climbing under the covers.

"What?"

"Nothing. Nothing" Botan said cuddling into him very slowly and hesitantly "Can you not refuse this. Just for tonight. I've got a lot on my mind. I just want some comfort"

"You wouldn't get it from me" Hiei sneered.

"I get more from you than you think. Please just don't be rude okay. Please" Botan pleaded.

"What's your problem" Hiei asked with less of a harsh tone, actually beginning to become curious about the situation.

"Goodnight Hiei" she whispered, burying herself into his chest

It was already ten in the morning. Botan was always up by 8. He didn't understand why she was still sleeping but it was beginning to get annoying. He shook her gently at first, progressing with force as she refused to awake "Botan!"

"Eughhhh,...Hiei please not now I'm very tired." she pleaded holding onto him tighter.

"It's already ten" he stated to show his annoyance.

"Oh it's barely after 6" she yawned as the bright red numbers of the alarm clock were shoved into her face. "O-,..oh okay"

Hiei got up and headed to the kitchen leaving her to think again. Botan shrugged it off . They were up late last night. That was it! She headed into the kitchen to get something to drink. The familiar aroma of tea leaves filled her nostrils, seeing Hiei pour himself some. The smell seemed to penetrate her to the core. Oh it was so vile. The smell alone was making her so nauseous it was incredible.

"Stupid!" Hiei said snapping his fingers in her face

"WHAT" Botan demanded snapping back into reality.

"You've been staring into space for 5 minutes." Hiei said sipping his tea.

Oh the tea was on his breath now. Not to mention the closer he came to her to talk the stronger the smell prevailed. She was so nauseous she couldn't move.

"Botan!" Hiei called out again to no avail. He stuck his finger tips into his tea cup and splashed her face with the warm liquid.

Oh that was it. It was over. Botan didn't even manage to throw her head into the sink before emptying the contents of her stomach. She was hunched over on the kitchen floor sobbing as she puked onto it.

Hiei jumped backwards "Shit! Botan gross"

"I'm sorry I just I don't-" Botan said before a dry heaving battle began. The sweat came down in beads across her forehead and her complexion paled.

Hiei threw a wet towel at her, covering her face "Clean yourself up" he ordered as Botan wiped off her mouth falling back onto her butt on the cold tile floor panting.

Hiei reached down and picked her up delicately and as motionless as possible "Are you going to do that again?"

Botan shook her head no weakly as she felt herself being placed on the couch. "I'm sorry I just don't feel very well. I think I have the flu" she lied through her teeth.

"Well I don't want it" Hiei said crossing his arms across his chest.

"Can I please have some water?" Botan asked.

"Yeah" Hiei said very plainly as he walked out to the kitchen.

Botan poured herself across the coffee table to get to the phone before Hiei returned. She punched in digits and listened to the ring on the other side "Shizuru? Yes it's Botan. Please come over. No not now, in maybe an hour. Yes it's very important. Thank you. Goodbye" she said as she quickly placed it back on the receiver.

Hiei placed the water on the table "I'll train close"

"What?" Botan said obliviously.

"I'll train close" he repeated trying to remain calm.

"Uhm,...alright?" Botan questioned not sure why he was telling her. He never told her where he was going.

"I mean I'll be close if you need me!" Hiei shouted at her. She was so dense sometimes. He shouldn't even offer any type of assistance to such a stupid creature.

At first Botan recoiled from the shouting but the realization slowly came that Hiei was extending help to her. This was really shocking and so unlike Hiei. "Oh,...thank you Hiei" she whispered.

Hiei nodded silently as he exited the room. She never left his mind as his steps progressed down the streets. She seemed so sick. Botan was never sick, not once the entire time he has known her. It was so strange.

"Shizuru,...I think...I think" Botan stammered.

Shizuru laid her chin in her palm, cigarette hanging from her mouth as she waited for Botan to spit it out. She had been listening to her stammer for over fifteen minutes now. Pressuring her would do no good, clearly she was panicked.

"I think I might be,...pregnant" she finally managed to say.

"To who? You don't even have a boyfriend" Shizuru said. She was slightly shocked at the thought. Botan was the last person she ever expected to have a pregnancy scare. Surely it would've been her first.

"I don't have a boyfriend,...no. It's a uhm,...it's a game...?" Botan answered, slightly questioning herself. She must sound like such a harlot.

"Like a fuck buddy?" Shizuru posed, her cigarette falling from her mouth with shock.

"Well uhm,..well...well... Yes okay! Goodness I know I'm despicable. I'm so ashamed. I just,...I really like him...I thought maybe I could get him to love me if it started out this way. Now he'll call everything off for sure." Tears began to well in Botan's eyes. It hadn't even crossed her mind how she would tell Hiei.

"Who's the guy?" Shizuru asked.

Botan thought a long while before answering, pausing so long it seemed like she would never answer. "Its,...it's Hiei"

Shizuru's cigarette fell from her mouth again "No way! You had sex with-"

"SHHHHH QUIET! I'm not supposed to say anything!" Botan said waving her hands back and forth.

"Are you sure that your pregnant?" Shizuru asked.

"No! I just realized last night I missed 3 doses and now I don't feel well...you put things together!" Botan sighed.

"Well that could be the flu!? You could be fine. I'll just go buy you some tests. It's probably nothing." Shizuru said patting her on the back before grabbing her coat "I'll be back okay?"

"Okay,..." Botan really wanted to be optimistic. She really wanted to not be pregnant. Please god if she ever asked for anything, ever. It would definitely be this.

"Start chugging water. You're gonna be doing a lot of peeing" Shizuru said laughingly before she left the house.

"Why did you get so many?" Botan asked looking at the 9 boxes before her.

"In case you get a false positive ya know. If even one of these is wrong you might not be pregnant!" she said as she began ripping them open. "Okay princess start peein on them and then we lay them on the counter and wait. Shizuru slammed the door shut behind her.

Why was aiming on this little stick so hard? She almost didn't have to go anymore. But finally she managed to get the last stick. She placed them evenly across the counter by the bathroom sink. Botan solemnly opened the door "I'm done,..."

"Alright we'll set the timer and we'll wait. You're not even supposed to look before times up." Shizuru said dragging her into the living room to see Hiei walking through it.

"UH HIEI,...what uhm what are you doing here so early?" Botan asked severely startled.

"I was sparring with Kurama" Hiei said holding up his forearm with a mild cut around it. "It's none of your business." he said heading towards the bathroom to clean it out.

"YOU CANT GO IN THERE!" Botan screamed towards him. Oh yeah way to go Botan that wasn't suspicious at all.

"Why?" Hiei asked not pausing in his steps.

Botan ran in front of the door, blocking it with her whole body. "BECAUSE,...BECAUSE,...Because I threw up all over the place in there. Oh god it's a horrible mess isn't it Shizuru?"

"Oh it's fucking gross" Shizuru said lighting her new cigarette.

Hiei raised an eyebrow towards her "The kitchen was too. I don't care. Move"

Something to deter Hiei. Something to deter Hiei she repeated over and over again in her head. "OH and I got my period in there too. Ugh just blood and vomit and mess. Oh it's gross. Shizuru isn't it so gross?"

"Oh it's fucking gross" Shizuru repeated inhaling on her cigarette trying not to snicker.

Hiei rolled his eyes "Stupid females" he muttered as he walked back outside, shaking his head the whole way.

"Your period?" Shizuru repeated as she began laughing into hysteria.

"Yes well let's just hope for it." Botan said as the timer's shrill cry pulled her out of her embarrassed haze.

Botan nearly fell over herself running into the bathroom. She stared into the tests laid across the counter and tears began to stream down her face.

"Well?" Shizuru said as she walked into the bathroom peering over Botan's shoulders.

"Oh Botan,...it's gonna be okay" she said as she put her hand on her shoulder.

In front of them lay the most positive pregnancy tests Shizuru had ever seen. Not even one of them could be confused for a negative. All 9, almost mocking her with bright pink plus signs.