Author's Note: So, Im getting really sad. Im getting no reviews for this story.. :.. i could really use them.. they give me motivation to continue the story.. so please review!!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kodocha!
Summary: It's been a couple weeks since Akito returned from America. But now, there's a problem: Sana is pregnant. And they're only 15!! What will they do now?? This story is based off of the manga more than the anime, because I like the manga better. Lol. Hope you enjoy. Please review. Tell me if you like!
Chapter 5: Joys of Pregnancy
"Thoughts"
"Talking"
With a painful headache, Akito was sitting on the couch watching tv with his family. Finally, he's been able to take a moment and relax. The past couple months have been taking it's toll on him. After all, taking care of a pregnant Sana Kurata was no picnic. Her morning sickness had died down, but now there were more issues to continue. She wouldn't stop eating, and her mood was always on a roller coaster. Akito had lately been thinking "it's no fun for the father either." And all his father would do, is laugh. Lately, Sana and Akito had been on good terms with their friends. After all of the awkward feelings, everyone started to talk again. So, they would try to comfort her, and stuff, but it just wasn't enough. She wanted Akito more than anything. So, poor Akito was left to handle Sana, alone. "Gee, 4 months to go. Too long. Sigh." (Yep, Sana is five months now.) He was about to dose off to sleep when he heard the phone ring. "Akito, can you answer that?" Natsumi called from the kitchen. "Hello?"
"Akito! Come to my house, please? I wanna talk to you!" Akito put the phone away from his ear and smacked his face. "Ugh, here we go." He put the phone back onto his ear. "What do you need, Sana?"
"Just come over! Right now! Oh, and buy some ice cream on the way. I just ran out." Akito sighed again, and looked at the clock. 10:30 pm. "But, I wanna go to bed now." "Fine, I'll be there in a few minutes." He hung up the phone, put on his jacket, and headed for the door. Natsumi watched him and said "Where are you going? It's getting late." He just said one word "Sana." and kept walking. Natsumi just giggled. It was funny to watch Akito act like this. Awhile ago, he wouldn't do this. Akito walked to the market and bought Oreo flavored ice cream, paid for it, and walked to Sana's house. When he got there, he rang the bell to the house, so they would open the gate. Rei looked at the screen, and saw Akito at the gate. "Oh, thank goodness." He quickly opened the gate, and let Akito inside. He just stared "Boy, am I glad to see you." Apparently, Akito hadn't been the only person having to be at Sana's hand and foot. Akito walked up to her room, and heard screaming. Akito took a deep breath and let it out. He walked in the door. There was Misako and Sana, both with their hammers. Whatever Misako had said really pissed Sana off. She turned her head and saw Akito. "Oh, Akito! Hi!" Her mood had completely changed, giving Misako a chance to escape. This continued to surprise Akito. "Ooh ice cream! Yay!" She grabbed the bag from his hands, pulled out a spoon, and started to eat it. But, before she did, she looked at it. "Oreo?" Her eyes started to change back to anger. "You got me oreo?" Akito just nodded. "Uh, yeah. It looked good to me." Sana shook her head "no." "Akito, I wanted cookie dough. Why didn't you get me cookie dough?"
"Because you didn't tell me you wanted cookie dough."
"Yes, I did!"
"Uh, no you didn't. You said on the phone "Just come over! Right now! Oh, and buy some ice cream on the way."so that's what I did. I got your precious ice cream." Akito was getting slightly irritated, and was having trouble hiding it."
"But, Akito. You should at least know me by now to know my favorite ice cream flavor." Sana's voice was rising.
"I would, if you wouldn't change your favorite flavor every day. Monday you wanted vanilla, Tuesday you wanted chunky monkey, how am I supposed to know what your favorite flavor if you constantly change it!"
"Akito, stop yelling at me! It's not nice!" Akito had had enough.
"I'm yelling? You're the one making a big deal out of ice cream. And maybe, if you had your emotions in check, we wouldn't be having this problem, now would we? And to answer all these questions people keep asking at school, the baby, IT'S A GIRL!! OKAY? IT DEFINITELY EXPLAINS WHY YOU'RE SUCH A WRECK!!" Akito stopped as he heard Sana sniffle. "Oh no. What did I just say?" He walked up to her, but it was no use. Little did he know, Sana had her little hammer in her hand ready to strike. She looked at him, tears streaming down her face, and she put all of her power in to the hammer as she whacked him on the head. Akito was on the ground holding his head in pain. He already had a headache, not he had more pain added to it. If only he had kept his mouth shut.
"You think I like this? You think it's all my fault? Well, I have news for you, mister! It's not all my fault, you know? If were gonna talk blame, I blame you! It's all your fault I'm like this!!" And she continued to cry. Those last few words, "It's all your fault" really hit Akito hard. He muttered "I'm sorry." And ran out the door. Sana just continued to cry. "I can't believe I just said that to him." She walked out of her room, and he was nowhere to be seen. "Mama, did Akito leave." Misako nodded. And Sana just ran out of the house to find Akito.
Akito kept running til he found a familiar spot. He sat down on a familiar bench at that familiar spot. It was the spot where Sana pretended to be his mother. She held his head in her lap, and said "Akito, you're my baby. I gave birth to you because I wanted you to live. So, live for me, live for my sake. Live with all my love, Akito." He remembered those words become so comforting to him. And it wasn't too long after that he started to like her. Then, he started to remember what she said to him 5 minutes ago. "It's all your fault I'm like this" kept repeating in his head. It reminded him of when his sister used to blame him for everything. She would always say "Everything is your fault! You killed Mom!" Akito cringed at those memories. He felt horrible for what he said to Sana. Really, it was his fault, his fault that she was pregnant. He laid down on the bench, wishing Sana's lap was under his head. "Akito?" He sat up to see Sana standing in front of him. "Sana." She walked up to the bench, and sat beside his head. She then took his head, and placed it on her lap. Akito closed his eyes as she started to pet his head. "I'm sorry, Akito. I'm so sorry." She kept whispering "I'm sorry" to him, but really he felt that he should be apologizing. He placed one hand on her stomach and said "I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have went off on you like that. I know it's not your fault." All of a sudden, Sana thought of something. "Akito, you won't be mad if the baby really is a girl, will you?" Akito opened his eyes and looked up at her. "Not at all." Sana smiled. "Good." She placed her hand on top of his. All of a sudden, they felt a rumble under Akito's hand. Sana giggled. "I guess the baby's awake now." Akito smiled. He just couldn't stop smiling lately. He felt like the luckiest 16 year old alive. Akito sat up and stood up. "I think we better go home now. We do have school tomorrow." Sana nodded and managed to stand up, with the help of Akito of course. Akito knelt down in front of her again. "And you.." He poked her stomach "Go back to sleep. Let your mother rest." Sana started to laugh, as Akito stood back up. "Well good night, Akito."
"Good night." He started to walk away, but Sana grabbed onto his hand, and spun him around. He was shocked, as she pressed her lips to his. Akito returned the kiss and pulled Sana closer to him. Sana pulled away and said "I love you." and started to walk away. He quietly whispered back "I love you too." And they walked back home for the night.
Couple days had passed since that incedent. Sana still had her moments, but this time, Akito would keep his mouth shut and listen to her every command. And he learned to always ask Sana what flavor ice cream she wanted before buying it. Today, Sana was having another ultrasound. Ever since the time with Akito's birthday, he was always going with her to any doctor's appointment or ultrasound she had. And this whole experience never ceased to amaze him. Watching the child grow and seeing it on the screens of the ultrasounds constantly brought out new feelings in him. Feelings that he had never felt before. They were the feelings of a Father.
They were back in the ultrasound room, watching the screen, and up came the baby. Akito would always watch the screen with amazement all over his face. The technician looked at them and said "Would you like to finally know the gender?" Sana got really excited. "Yes! Please!" The technician looked at the screen very carefully, and then she nodded. "Yep, you're definitely having a girl!" Sana's smile got bigger. "Really? That's so cool!! What do you think, Akito?" Akito just continued to stare at the screen. "As I feared?" He joked in his head. "Guess I'm gonna have to put up with another Sana." That thought made him chuckle. Sana looked up at him. "What are you laughing about." Akito just shook his head. "Nothing." They got the pictures, and started to go back home, but first they had to stop somewhere to eat. As always, Sana was getting hungry. And the special food today was.. Sushi. Akito's favorite. "Finally, you want normal food, Sana." She stuck her tongue out at him before digging into the sushi. As they ate, Sana continued to talk. "Oh, this is so exciting. A little girl? What fun! I just can't wait to start buying her cute little outfits, and.. Ooh! We've got to think of her name now too!" Akito just nodded. Inside, he was excited too. He had a feeling it was a girl, and started to like the idea of a daughter. As odd as it seemed, he hoped she would be just like Sana. But he knew he would later regret it. One Sana is enough. Now, he was imagining Sana and their daughter, a Sana look alike, around the age of five, dancing around and making up weird songs. That thought made him laugh. Sana had been talking away, when she saw him burst out laughing. She got confused. "Akito, why are you laughing? Something I said?" She was still getting used to hearing a mere chuckle come out of him. So, him burst out laughing really amazed her. Akito controlled his laughter, and just shook his head again. "I'm just wondering how the hell I'm gonna put up with two Sanas." Akito quickly snapped his hand to his mouth. "Oh no. I shouldn't have said that." He had forgotten for a moment that Sana's mood was unpredictable. He was just hoping to God, she wouldn't take that comment seriously. He closed his eyes as he waited for the whack from her hammer, or yelling, or crying. He opened his eyes, and saw that Sana was trying to hold back a laugh. "Huh? Uh, Sana? You okay?" Sana couldn't hold back. She started laughing. "I'm sorry, Akito. It's just that when you said that, I started imagining some funny things." And she went back to laughing. "Oh, like what?"
"I'll just leave that to your imagination." She smirked. Soon after, Akito paid for the meal, and they were walking back to Sana's house. "Um, Akito?"
"Yeah?" They were walking past a grocery store. "Think we can buy some ice cream from here?" Akito nearly fell from where he stood. "Sana, you just ate."
"Please, Akito? Our daughter is hungry." She had that innocent smile. And everytime, she wanted food, she would say "I'm eating for two" or "The baby is hungry, not me." Akito sighed again and walked into the store. They went to the freezer section, and Sana looked at all the flavors of ice cream. "So, what kind do you want?" Sana searched up and down for the perfcect flavor, and she found it. "Oreo!" Akito fell, literally. From where he stood, he fell onto the floor.
-giggle- This chapter was kinda fun to write. We had a little humor. Next chapter will be up soon. And we've got a couple chapters left and the baby will be in the story, so stay tuned! Oh, and please please PLEASE send me reviews!!
