nameless-heart – Thank you very much! :D

Nira Rose – Precisely, Ryo and I kind of had to beat that into him.

TOD ZUYO – He should be okay now, it was just the initial denial. I think Ryo made his point that he does not appreciate him asking for proof.

Don't own Yugioh. Never will. Bite me.

Bakura sat in a corner of the couch, facing the front door. His kitten, Tsumi, sat on his lap. He stroked her absentmindedly, waiting for Ryo to come home.

"What've I done, Tsumi?" he asked the small cat curled in his lap. Ryo had taken their only car so there was no way he could follow him. He thought it best to let Ryo blow off some steam anyway, as he knew how scary Ryo could be when angry firsthand. He was beginning to worry, though. It had been hours. Ryo had stormed out around noon, but a quick glance out the window told Bakura the sun was setting.

The phone rang next to Bakura, making him jump out of his skin, disturbing Tsumi. He grabbed at the phone, almost dropping it in his haste, hoping it was Ryo.

"Hel—"

"You're a fuck, you know that?"

Bakura mentally cringed. "Hi, Pharaoh."

"Will you please explain to me why Ryo is over here crying and complaining about what a dick you are?"

"Did Ryo actually say that?" asked Bakura, slightly hurt.

"Along with many other choice insults, several of which I'm convinced he was making up on the spot."

"Damn. Could I talk to him?"

"I don't think that's a good idea," said Yami. "He didn't want me to chew you out, but he's really furious with you. It took us hours to stop his ranting and calm him down. Yugi just took him up to our room. We told him he can stay here tonight; he doesn't want to be around you right now."

"Oh."

Yami sighed on the other end. "I suppose I should've warned you, but I doubt you'd have been more careful if I had. From now till the baby's born, Ryo's gonna have mood swings. Lucky you, you made him mad during a bad one. I'd be a little more considerate around him from now on."

"Right. Got it. Sorry. Tell Ryo, I'm really sorry."

"I will. And just so you know, Ryo is definitely pregnant. Your child is developing well and it's healthy. And those home pregnancy tests rarely work correctly anyway." With that, Yami hung up.

Bakura hung up the phone and scratched Tsumi behind the ears. "Am I a fuck, Tsumi?"

Tsumi gave an affirmative mew. "Gee, thanks," said Bakura, but he was smiling.

"Fluffy!"

Bakura yelped as he was tackled to the ground by Marik.

Malik smirked as he leaned against the door frame. "Where have you been? We haven't seen or heard from you in, like, a month. We thought you were dead."

Bakura wrestled with Marik, trying to get out from under him. "Ryo and I have had a rather large family issue the past month but as he's not speaking to me at this time I thought—get off me, Marik!—I'd take you up on your offer to stay over."

Malik pulled Marik off Bakura. "That offer is a month and a half old, but I suppose we could find room for you." He grinned.

"Won't Ryo be pissed that you're not with him?" asked Marik with a smile.

Bakura shrugged. "He's already so mad at me he went to sleep at the Pharaoh's, so what's stopping me from staying with my friends?"

"Absolutely nothing!" said Malik, grabbing Bakura's hand and pulling him inside.

"Let the Saw marathon begin!" shouted Marik.

"Hang on, I'm curious," said Malik, flopping down on the couch. "What is this 'family matter' that was so urgent? Seeing as neither you nor Ry rely on anyone but each other."

"Remember how I said that Ryo was really sick?" asked Bakura.

Malik nodded. Marik was searching the cabinet for the Saw movies.

"There's a new one on the way," said Bakura, unable to keep himself from smiling.

"Oh? More details, please," said Marik, smirking.

Bakura looked between the two. "It was morning sickness. Ryo and I had sex in the Shadow Realm and the Shadow Magic fucked around with stuff. To make a long story short, Ryo is pregnant, five weeks along."

"But you're not mature enough to be a dad," said Marik.

Malik whacked him on the back of the head. "Shut up, Marik. Ignore him."

Bakura shrugged. "I usually do."

"Congratulations," said Malik with a grin. "You excited?"

Bakura grinned. "I didn't think I was, but now that I have to say it, yeah, I am."

"Then I wish you the best. You'll need it," Malik said.

"Now we must watch Saw!" said Marik, holding up the box set.

"I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him," Ryo muttered as he punched the pillow in Yugi's guest room rather violently.

"Feel better?" asked Yugi as Ryo threw himself facedown on the object he had just been abusing.

"No," replied Ryo, his voice muffled by the pillow.

"Come on, it's not that bad," said Yugi, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder, which had begun to shake. "So Bakura did something stupid and rude without thinking. What else is new?"

Ryo looked up from the pillow. His eyes were bright with tears. "It's just…I love kids. I've always wanted to be a parent. To make up where my dad failed, I guess. It was just another thing I gave up when I got together with Bakura. Now that it can happen, I…I'm so happy. But—But I can hardly eat anything without feeling sick, I'm constantly tired and achy, I get cramps that hurt so bad I want to curl up and die, and overall am not having a very fun time, and on top of all of that Bakura is acting like he doesn't want or care about his daughter and now I'm crying and I don't know why!"

"That would be mood swings, although judging by that list I wouldn't be surprised even if you didn't have them."

Both boys jumped; they hadn't heard Yami come in the room. Yami sat on the bed and wrapped an arm around Ryo's shoulders. "Mood swings are irritating for everyone in the vicinity, but morning sickness is the real bitch. But don't worry, now that you're over a month along it should gradually stop. The mood swings will be around until the baby's born, unfortunately."

"How do you know so much about pregnancy?" asked Yugi.

"Tch, Yugi, I lived in a palace with Ra knows how many personal servants, most of which female. You think I haven't observed several pregnancies? Please."

"But in case you haven't noticed, I'm not a girl," said Ryo. "How do you know I won't veer away in a completely opposite direction?" Some fear had crept into his voice.

"Because way back when, we fucked around with Shadow magic a lot more than we do now." Yami smiled. "I saw a few of those too."

"Oh. Okay…"

"Don't worry about it, Ryo," reassured Yami. "Bakura says he's sorry for upsetting you. And if he doesn't come to his senses about this, I'll personally flay him for you."

Ryo couldn't help but laugh.

Don't own Saw either. I totally forgot that I gave Bakura Tsumi in my Christmas special that I still haven't uploaded. Ryo gave him a black and white kitten who acts like Bakura in cat form for Christmas. Her name means Sin. Bakura named her.

Ryo is still five weeks along.