A/N: So, I know how much you guys hate angst, and I am so sorry that I keep making awful twist and turns in my story . Truly I am. I hate to give Haruna and Aido obstacles in their path to love~ I try to put humor in my story as much as possible, but it's hard to just throw it in with everything that's happening. Hopefully, HOPEFULLY, things will take a turn for the better. Again, I apologize for making you all angsty.

"Decision"

"Can you explain why we're here? I know you're not here for cancer treatment since you're always complaining how you didn't want it," Isley waited with Haruna in the waiting room. He was excited to get a phone call from her; poor guy thought she was asking him to go out on a date when she only meant for him to take her to the doctors.

The entire time, her knee kept bouncing in nervousness. She worried that perhaps the baby wasn't in good condition since she hadn't been taking care of her body too well. Sometimes she would do heavy household chores or use too much strength to put Isley in his place. "Ms. Haruna," the doctor called from the doorway.

When they walked into the room, Isley could see posters of advertisements, all related to the baby topic. "You must be the father, congratulations," Dr. Nakamura shook Isley's hand. The confusion on his face was clear; Haruna felt extremely bad. Dr. Nakamura winked at Haruna, "Your baby will be very beautiful." Even the doctor was checking Isley out.

"Baby?" Isley jolted in disbelief. "You must be joking."

Haruna shook her head. "Ah, so he didn't know about this until now?" Dr. Nakamura gave a reassuring pat on Isley's back, "I hope you support her and the child." A scoff left Isley's lips and Haruna knew she was in deep trouble. For the moment, she was safe. "Please lay down on the table while I get the sonogram ready."

"Isley," her hand reached out for him as he prepared to storm out, "I know you're angry at me for betraying you like this, but you're the only one who can know about my situation."

With the pitiful face she made, how could he say no? He crossed his arms and legs, sitting on a chair while the doctor rubbed some sort of substance over her stomach. With a transducer, he glided it over her belly. On the screen was a black and white picture with something moving so softly.

It was the baby. So small and fragile; Haruna couldn't imagine that a person was growing inside of her. "Is that...?"

"Yes ma'am. From the information you provided me with, I'd say you're at about four months pregnant. For realizing pretty late, the kiddo looks healthy." He printed out pictures of the ultrasound, "Would you like to know the gender-"

"No," she answered rather quickly. "I-I'd like for it to be a surprise." That was a lie. The reason why she didn't want to know was out of fear, fear that she'd get too attached. If she did choose to give him up, she wanted to know nothing about him and have nothing to do with him because it'd hurt too much.

Isley's Mansion

Isley laughed hysterically, "I was played, I was played like a fool!" He snarled at Haruna, "Jeez, you really know how to manipulate men don't you? You got me to substitute for Mr. Blondie - I'm not going to play papa for your brat!" He grabbed a lampshade, throwing it across the room.

Half the furniture in the room fell victim to his hands; Haruna didn't blame him. If he wanted to hit her, she'd let him (except for anywhere near the stomach). "I'm not asking you to play the father role. I just needed you to come with me because I was nervous."

"Well," he threw up his arms, "I should get the 'world's number one friend' award then shouldn't I? Do you know how humiliating it was to sit in that room, watching the woman I love, have a check up on her baby who isn't even mine?" Haruna shuddered. "You really take my feelings as a joke, don't you?"

Haruna was forced to look him in the eye, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." She really screwed up this time, she thought. She was selfish for dragging Isley into her own mess. It was a huge mistake to involve him in her stupid matters. "If you wish, you can hit me, but don't hurt the baby."

"If you want my forgiveness, hand that leech over to the Aido family."

Okay, she knew she was wrong for taking him with her to the hospital, but that didn't call for a consequence so drastic as to give up her baby instantly. He didn't have the right to make that choice, "I can't do that yet. I need to think it over for a while longer."

He slammed the sonogram photos that he'd been crumpling in his hands onto the table, "Look at it," he spoke in a raspy voice, "do you think this kid is going to be happy to have a mother who used to work in a brothel? A mother who can't afford anything he wants? A mother who gave him a life without a father?"

Haruna died a little more with each question. "I'll do my best-"

"You really are selfish then. You're willing to hurt everyone around you for your own comfort," he whispered. "He'll live his whole life in regret... And so will you-"

A loud smack was heard. Isley glared at her, feeling the swelling pain surfacing on his cheek. He didn't care about the baby, he just wanted to get rid of it. That's what his intentions were. However, even if his harsh words were for the wrong reasons, she kept hearing him echo in her head.

Her fingers traced over the outline of her baby in the photo. "You know, I never thought I could love someone who I'd never even met yet. I really do adore him," her smile was met with tears. "I know what my answer is. Give me your phone please."

Haruna's Residence

"You're late - oh my! Was it a date with my son?" Haruna's mother winked, giggling and blushing as her imagination ran wild.

Haruna couldn't believe how easily her mother shipped them. "Mom, Isley and I aren't like that. How many times do I have to tell you this?" If Isley kidnapped her and forced her into marriage, she worried her mother wouldn't care. Hell, her mother would be the one to help carry her body to his house!

"Stingy. I know, what about you girls? Sakura? Cara? Since Haruna won't marry Isley-sama, will one of you marry him?"

The two both raised their hands, glad to offer themselves over in a heartbeat. Yes, they knew he was a vampire, but they never saw his sadistic side. In just a few years, they'd be ripe for him. Haruna wished them the best.

Alone in her bedroom, Haruna lay down on her bed in the dark. "One, two, three... Please be a dream," she opened her eyes, hoping to wake up from this 'nightmare' she was having. It wasn't a dream at all. She didn't want to drift in thought, because when she did, she could only remember the haunting exchange of words she had with Misha on the phone.

Earlier...

"Ah, Haruna," Misha spoke on the other side. She was pleased to know that Haruna had taken her request into consideration as Haruna hadn't thrown her contact information away. "What will your decision be? I'm sure you are wise enough to have made the right choice."

Haruna couldn't believe how easy it was for this girl to snatch away what people loved most to save her own neck. Who knew that a simple 'yes' or 'no' would be able to change her life like this... With both Isley and Misha breathing down her neck, she had no choice but to say the unthinkable.

"I wish you the best of luck, because you'll need it when Aido's father finds out the truth about your disgusting nature and your lies."

There was a sharp pang in Isley's expression before he threw a fist into the brick wall, obliterating it into dust and pebbles. Meanwhile, Misha laughed in disbelief, "You didn't listen to a thing I said, did you? Now you hand over that child or I will-"

"I deserve to be happy, don't I?" An eerie blanket of silence fell over them, "I let so many things get out of my grasp," her words got caught in her throat as she could only see Aido, the first love she ever had and she let it escape without a fight. "This time, I'm going to be selfish and I will be a good mother."

"You little bi-"

Haruna hung up the phone. Ah, she never felt so satisfied before. "I always wanted to shut her up," she sighed in relief. She glanced over at the pureblood, seeing him throwing a fit still. "Isley-"

"You honestly think I'll prance on over and beg for a bone if you call me over?" He felt so betrayed. No matter what he did, he finally understood, there was no way to make her look at him. Only for Aido will she show her smile, the smile Isley yearned for so much that it ached.

If possible, she wished she could make a clone of herself, that way he'd be happy too. "Are you going to stop being my friend now?" He was the only friend she ever had, besides Aido of course. She didn't want to lose someone precious, but if it was too painful for him...

"You're crying for me? How stupid." He wanted to hold her down and hurt her, that's what he wanted to do, to make her cry and have her beg for mercy; he was that type of person. Restraining himself, he used the little bit of patience he had left to tell her to leave, "Go before I bleed you dry."

"You're sad, aren't you? You're like me; you don't know what love is-"

"Tch," he laughed, "don't talk like you know me."

"Aido taught me how." She knew it probably wasn't the best timing to bring up Aido, but she had a feeling that Isley wasn't completely a bad guy; she trusted him, "In the future, I hope you'll let me teach you too."

This human girl, he thought, was impossible. How dare she pity him, a powerful pureblood! "I won't be disappearing out of your life just yet. I plan to watch everything you love crumble away; it'll be entertaining."

Perhaps Haruna was too cool to let it get to her, or maybe she was too dull to realize it was a 'threat,' so she only smiled, "Watch me; I'll prove you wrong."

Present

She was so triumphant hours ago, and now she could only groan in worry. When she acted all cool on the phone, she hadn't even thought about her plan.

Haruna only knew that she would try her best, but what if trying wasn't good enough? She was concerned about money and her child's lifestyle without a father- … "Should I tell Aido?" It was his kid, he had a right to know, but she felt she'd be doing no justice for him by telling him.

He's busy helping the Kurans; Haruna knew how important it was to him to serve them due to his undying love for Kaname. Putting that aside, how was she going to tell her family? Was she supposed to just nonchalantly say, 'Hey, I'm pregnant with Aido's baby-'

"Haruna!" Her heart dropped at the banshee-like scream from her mother, "What is this?" Haruna looked to see her mother holding-... "Don't tell me this is a pregnancy test, and it's positive too!" Haruna winced, already able to feel her mom paddling her on the behind. Instead, her face lit like a ton of fireworks, "Could it be Isley-sama's!? Hallelujah! Praise the lord- what's with the sour face?"

There was no way she could escape this situation. With her best grin, hoping it would calm her mother, she said, "Hey, I'm pregnant with Aido's baby!" She swung a fist in the air, hoping her mother would show some sort of enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, in America, all the citizens were able to hear a faint horrific scream that seemed to come from hundreds of miles from overseas.

It didn't go as well as Haruna expected. "That pretty boy who destroyed everything we had? In your stomach is..."

"Mom, sit down," Haruna urged, seeing her mother swing side to side as if she were able to collapse. "It's not terrible news-"

"Not terrible? He's married to another woman and he tossed you aside like dirt! How is this not terrible?" She panted heavily; she was close to having a heart attack, "There is only one solution. I demand child support!"

This was exactly why Haruna was afraid to tell her family. "I can't do that," she whispered meekly, turning to stone at the glare her mother shot at her. "Aido isn't a bad person, mom. There's a lot of things you still don't know about us; you don't know what really goes on behind the scenes... I don't want to burden him; I can handle this on my own."

If it weren't for the pleading look Haruna had, her mother would've pressed on further with questions as to what she meant. "You really love him don't you?" It'd been such a long time since she saw that glint in her daughter's eyes, how could she dare to take it away from her? "Even though I don't think what you're doing is right... I'll support you all the way."

"Thank you..."

Her mother sighed, congratulating her. "My baby's all grown up. I never thought a day like this would come and even though I dislike that pretty boy, I'm glad he found you. What a disappointment that you don't like Isley-sama though," she uttered the last part. "How long have you been pregnant and is it a girl? Boy?"

Although her mother was quite rash and hot headed, Haruna knew she would pull through in hard times. "Four months and..." Haruna recalled the doctor giving her a piece of note with the gender; he told her if she ever changed her mind, she could just look at it. Reaching into her pocket, she unfolded the piece of paper. "It's a boy," she revealed.

She could picture how he looked already... She prayed he looked more like Aido than she; it would be unfortunate if he took after her, she thought. "A boy," her mother seemed to forget her hatred for Aido already, "Can we name him Isley-"

"No."

"But-"

"No."

Oh, her mother would never get over her 'son' Isley. From here on, Haruna promised that she wouldn't fail as a mother. Even if she was poor and couldn't give him a papa, it would be fine, she believed. Things were finally beginning to look bright.

A/N: Wheee! It's a BOY! So, should he be named after Isley? Ha ha ha; Isley would not like it one bit. Anyway, sorry this chapter was sort of short. I thought it'd be best to end it here. Get ready for the next chapter cos' I'm heading straight into a huge time skip! Ah, my OC Haruna is all independent now *sniff sniff.