For the upcoming week, they came over for a few hours for me to have some soup, then I would go to work. My boss and such didn't mind, since they were all thrilled with it all. The doctor's appointment went well, the baby was healthy and developing well. By the time I was three months, I started showing. After a quick doctor's appointment, Kyo and I drove over to Shigure's house.
"WELCOME DEAR FLOWER!" Shigure rushed out and hugged me. I smiled.
"Glad to be here, Shigure." I said. Hatori's car pulled up shortly behind us.
"Andrea! Kyo!" Momiji exclaimed. Momiji jumped toward me but Kyo shoved him away. "Kyooo! Why'd you do that?"
"Because she's pregnant you idiot! You don't go catapulting yourself into a pregnant woman!" Kyo exclaimed.
"Sissy?" Kisa called, hiding behind Hiro.
"Kisa?" I smiled, looking over at her. She smiled and dragged Hiro over, giving me a hug.
"Can… Can I…" She stuttered. I smiled and nodded and she grinned. She put her ear to my stomach and a hand near my belly button.
Hatori walked over and hovered over my right shoulder, smiling at me and Kisa. Kyo looked at us too, sticking close to me, an arm around my shoulders as he kissed my cheek.
"Oh hark and truth be told, a Sohma is to be born!" Ayame exclaimed. He rushed over, and Kisa stayed by my side in front of Hatori. I smiled once at Hatori before turning to Ayame, who gave me a hug and rested his eyes down on my stomach joyfully with Shigure.
"Come, Shigure, we must prepare those snacks!" Ayame said, and they rushed off. Hatori shortly followed behind them.
"Um... Um… Um… Hello." Ritsu said. Kyo was getting irritated.
"Hi Ritsu, how are you?" I asked, getting closer and giving him a hug.
"I'm… I'm fine."
"That's good." I said. He starred at my stomach. "If you want, then you can."
He nodded shyly and put his hand out before resting it on my stomach. I smiled at him as he blushed, starring down at his hand before quickly pulling away. I smiled.
"Where's… everyone else?" I asked, holding Kyo's hand on my left and Kisa's on my right. She dragged Hiro with her, who muttered a small hello.
"Inside." Ritsu said. He began leading us in, Momiji by Kyo and we entered. Yuki walked out of the kitchen.
"Oh! Miss Koenig." Yuki said.
"I think you're forgetting something you rat. She's married to me now." Kyo said. I gave a nervous smile as he put an arm around me.
"I really pity how anyone could possibly love such a stupid creature as you." Yuki snapped, the lid to the tray he had shifting.
"That's it, now you're in for it!" Kyo shouted. I sighed and Yuki put the tray down in the dining room.
"You really are an idiot." He said.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Kyo shouted, lifting up a fist. I squeezed his hand tightly and he put it down with a wince, turning to look at me.
"I don't think the baby would want to get used to your voice when it shouts." I warned. Kyo sighed and dropped it. Yuki smiled and Kyo stomped off, Hiro following him shortly.
"Well either way, it's nice to see you again." Yuki said a smile on his face. I returned the smile and gave him a hug, and then he ushered me into the living room and sitting me on a couch. "May I?"
I nodded as Kisa sat next to me. Yuki got down on one knee and put a hand on my stomach, blushing to be a full shade of red as he did this.
"I'm sorry; this is a little bit new for me. I've never really been this close or friendly with a pregnant woman." Yuki said, nervously chuckling.
"I'm not that pregnant." I said. "I can still fit in my jeans… that are bigger than my average ones."
Yuki and I laughed and Yuki sat down next to Kisa, and the two of us got into conversation, being interjected to be reunited with other Sohma's. Soon, a creak came from the stares, and we all hushed. Akito came in silently. Yuki put Kisa on his lap and Akito came over in front of me. I met him… once before, but it was just a quick encounter before the wedding. He was ill, so he had to sit in the back silently with Hatori during the wedding too.
I stood up and smiled at him. He looked down at me, a small smile on his face.
"It's… nice to see you again." He said coolly, taking me into a light hug. "Please sit. I know you're not far along but your feet need to be preserved for when you need them later on. May I?"
I smiled and nodded. He sat next to me and put a hand on my stomach. I nervously smiled at him. He smiled at me before looking at everyone else.
"I hope the baby remains healthy to your benefit. Please let me know if you need anything and I'll send Kureno or Hatori over." He said.
"Thank you, though I hardly believe I'll need too much. Kyo has stocked up on what I'll need in advance." I said. He smiled and everyone lightly chatted.
"I'll let you alone as to not wear you out. Have a nice time here." He said. I smiled and he gave me a quick hug before walking over to Hatori and then silently leaving.
"Andrea." Hatori walked over to me an hour later. Kyo was next to me with Kisa on his lap. Yuki sat next to him, talking with Hatsuharu and Rin who sat next to us in a chair, Rin in Hatsuharu's lap.
"Yes, Hatori?" I questioned, looking up at him. He pulled up a chair to sit in so he wasn't hovering overhead.
"Your next appointment. I was wondering if you would go into the main hospital wing of the Sohma house." He said. "It'll be in a month from now."
"Sure, sure." I said. "No problem."
"I made a small appointment calendar, to show you what would be done around that time." He said, handing me a little booklet. I turned the pages, looking at each thing.
"Oooh, Kyo, we get to find out if it's a boy or girl in a few months." I said excitedly. He looked over at me and smiled. I went back to the booklet, feeling many eyes on me, especially Hatori and Kyo's. I stopped on the last page. I brushed my hand over it.
"…six months…" I whispered. "….and we'll be parents."
"Right." Kyo said. "Parents."
"Hey Hatori? As an opinion… or recommendation…" I began. "When should there be a baby shower?"
"Anywhere from five to seven months along is the best choice." Hatori said. "That way you know the sex of the baby, and you'll still be able to get around decently well."
"I see." I said. "Kyo? Should we use our room temporarily for the baby to sleep, or should we use the guest room?"
"I don't care where. Isn't there a bigger apartment with another room or something?" Kyo asked.
"I got the biggest one." I said. "I want a cat."
"That's random." Kyo said, chuckling.
"It'd probably be best to get one after the baby is born, that way you won't have to worry about getting a reaction to it over the pregnancy and then having to get rid of it." Hatori said.
"Good point. I'll wait a while if I have to then." I said.
After our get together, I said good bye to everyone and promised to call them up or have Hatori keep in touch with them to keep them posted and updated on how everything is going.
Kyo and I waved and I gave one last hug to Kisa before getting into his car and we drove back home.
We got home and I instantly went for the kitchen, grabbing some brownies I made a few days ago. I munched down on a couple and Kyo joined me on the couch as we watched a movie, his arm around me. I rested my head on his shoulder and he kissed it.
"I love you." He whispered.
"Love you too." I said.
Then came Christmas. Yuki and Kyo waved good bye to everyone as we left for our two weeks. When we made it to the US, my mom hugged me and looked down at my barely protruding 4 month stomach.
"Ah! I'm so excited." She said. I smiled.
"Hey… mom?" I asked, in the car.
"Yeah sweetie?"
"What should we do after the baby?" I asked.
"What do you mean?"
"How are all of you going to see it?"
"We'll think of something when that comes." I sighed and looked down. "I don't want to keep taking plane rides."
"It'll be fine." Kyo said from my other side. He held my hand. I smiled but looked down.
"Hey. Why don't you and his family just move back? You were only staying there for college." Dad said.
"Really? That's it?" Kyo asked.
"Yeah. That was the original plan. Then all of these wonderful things happened. Not before a few… mishaps of course." I said. Kyo kissed me quick on the lips and I leaned my head on him.
"Though I'm sure my family wouldn't mind. The Sohma family is kind of… huge though." Kyo said.
"I know." My uncle said.
"What?"
"There's that one apartment area that's not being used any more. That can be your place."
"That means I'll have to teach everyone more English." I said. "Though how are we going to tell everyone? I mean.. There's Akito, and I doubt everyone will be like 'okay!' and jump on a plane to live in America just because I want both of our families to be together."
"You'll be surprised." Kyo said. I ignored the comment.
Christmas and New Years was especially enjoyable this year. Kyo and I weren't just boyfriend and girlfriend getting engaged. We were a married couple having a baby in six months. Kyo decided to joke around and reenact his proposal, but with a different gift. A necklace.
"Andrea, my love! Be my baby momma!"
"Kyo… if you keep doing this I'll have to kill you." I said, tears forming in my eyes. I took the necklace and he put it on. I smiled and we kissed. He sat next to me afterwards. I didn't know much of what to give him, so I gave him paint finish for his guitar I gave him last year.
"Oh sweet!" He grinned and kissed me. He had me wait before he came back in with the guitar.
"I used this for my other gigs." He said.
"That reminds me, you never talk much about it. How's that other job going?" I asked.
"Oh, fine." He said. "Way too boring for me though."
Nothing interesting really occurred after that. Kisa spent a few days over, and Yuki came over for dinner every once and a while, but otherwise nothing new happened. Then I hit the day between five and six months.
Kyo grinned ear to ear as I hobbled through the gates of the main house, a large stomach to behold to everyone. Kyo smiled with his arm around my shoulders.
"Andrea!" Momiji shouted. I turned.
"Momiji! How are you? I heard you're on student council?" I greeted. Yuki had mentioned it one of the times he came over. Since then, I barely saw sight of Momiji.
"Yeah, it keeps me real busy though, so I barely have enough time to see you, even when I'm not busy; you're normally at work or something by then." He said. I smiled as he gaped at my stomach. "Wow… you got big."
"Yes, I did. I'm just going to get bigger too." I said slight disappointment in my tone. Momiji looked concerned for a moment before smiling.
"Well come on! Hatori's expecting you guys. He seems pretty happy today, too. What's the big occasion today?" Momiji asked, pulling me there by the hand, Kyo following at my side.
"Today is when we find out if it's a boy or girl." I said happily.
"I'm not sure if I want to know." Kyo said.
"You're going to have to know. Who's going to bring in the baby furniture and such like that? I used to walk just fine and now I'm an overstuffed penguin!" I said. Kyo smiled innocently and kissed me quick as Momiji watched with a little blush.
"So Momiji how is your first year of real college?" I asked.
"Oh, it's real fun. It's what makes me happy that I'm one year behind you guys, even though I'm at a different school." He said. I smiled.
"Yeah, Kyo got peeved when he found out I went to Tokyo U with Yuki, not to mention all of these other things he found out that he didn't exactly be too thrilled about." I said. Kyo looked to the side and scoffed. Momiji and I laughed as we walked in to see Hatori setting up the machine. Hatsuharu was sitting in his normal doctor's chair, lounging on it.
"Hatsuharu? What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came to say hi. I haven't seen you guys since the party. Kisa's stories never do justice either." Hatsuharu said. "You've gotten big."
"Unfortunately." I said. Hatori smirked and motioned to lie down. Kyo glared at Hatsuharu and stood in front of him.
"What? I'm not going to be perverted and stare at a pregnant stomach. I'll let you be the sicko who does that." Hatsuharu said.
"Oh you shut up!" Kyo said.
Hatori put the gel on my stomach and put the scan thing on there. I looked over at the screen and Kyo joined me to look over.
"Do you two want to know or…" Hatori began. I looked at Kyo and he shrugged.
"We want to know." I said. There was a short pause before he smiled.
"Girl." He said. I grinned, unable to get rid of it, since I tried. My face felt like it was going to tear if I smiled any wider.
"A girl." I whispered, happily. Momiji, who was standing by my head, smiled.
"A little Andrea." He said.
"When the hell did you get in here?" Kyo asked.
"I've been in here." Momiji said. I smiled.
"We're going to be in for hell if she's anything like I was." I said.
"What do you mean?" Kyo asked.
"I was a good baby, but I was a little spoiled, so I talked back and stuff like that. I had a really bad attitude. I still do, but not as bad." I said.
"Seriously?" Hatsuharu asked.
"Yeah. You could… compare it to black Haru. Let's just put it that way." I said.
"Oh damn." Kyo said. Haru smiled.
When the appointment was finished, my belly was wiped clean of the gel and I put my shirt back down and Hatori helped me down.
"Are you going to want more help for the next few months?" Hatori asked. "I could get some people to help you."
"No, no. I'm staying in work and class until I pop." I said. "It's February after all."
After I was measured, Kyo and I hopped into the car and we went off and hung out at home until Kyo's gig came up. I got front row and smiled as he went through his songs.
"This next song is dedicated to my hot and sexy woman… don't bother getting up babe." He said. "She's pregnant, and we discovered it's a girl today… so this is based upon that."
I put my hands on my stomach before listening to him sing and play. Kenzi and Hiroshi grinned down at me, and when the song was over, Kenzi jumped down and hugged me tightly around my neck. Hiroshi followed suit and hugged me gently. Kyo made sure to take the longest, as he dove in and crashed his lips onto mine. He hugged me and whispered an "I love you" before getting back up and they continued. I smiled, ignoring glances from his fan girls.
"What a whore... I bet she's not even out of high school, look how far along she is…" A group of snobs whispered. I let my mind take a break as I turned to look at them.
"Wake up call, I'm twenty-two, I'm the same age as Kyo, I'm his wife of almost six months and I'm a senior in college. How's that for calling me a whore?" I snapped. They shut up and I turned back at him.
After going through and alerting my parents and friends that it was a girl, Kisa started spending more time over, and Yuki helped Kyo make room in the spare bedroom. That's when we asked everyone about moving to America.
"Sure." Yuki said. "Japan is boring anyways. It went the same way for everyone else in the family.
"What about Akito?" I asked.
"Akito wishes to go too." Hatori said. Akito was resting in the car. "Hospitals are a little bit better over in America anyways."
"What about you guys and work?" I questioned.
"Get me a hospital." Hatori said. I checked him off.
"A place for my shop?" Ayame questioned. I smiled and checked that off. I had the perfect place.
"Schools? What about going to school?" Momiji asked. I paused.
"If you want, you can finish off your college then come." I said. Momiji and Hatsuharu nodded. Rin went with Hatsuharu.
"What about somewhere to take care of things? I did laundry and stuff." Kagura asked.
"Yeahp."
"How do I publish my books?" Shigure asked.
"There's online publishers and then I can cook you up with a real editor and stuff." I said. When everyone was situated, we decided to go the day that the baby and I were released from the hospital. I smiled.
I had no worries.
Then came time for the baby shower... wait… baby shower?
A knock came to the door and I got up. Kisa helped me over.
"Want me to get I- okay you're already there." Kyo said, poking his head out. I opened the door to jump to see many women from my side of the family I grinned and hugged them all, myself in tears. I missed the normal hugs. Seven months pregnant really kind of sucks.
"Well we now know where you've been living." My mom said. "I like it. Hey Kyo" Kyo grinned and poked his head out with Yuki.
"Hey Mrs. K!" Kyo greeted.
"Hello Mrs. Koenig." Yuki said.
"Who's this?" April asked.
"This is little Kisa. She's clung to me since I… helped her out. She's a cousin." I said. They all met little shy Kisa and then the party began.
They began doing that clothespin thing, as we did several different games. This included that toilet paper game, the baby drawings guessing stuff in a diaper, and how many of those freaky things are in that giant jar. It was loads of fun, and Kisa was able to help so many times. She was really fond of my family.
"So... have you found out what you were going to do about visiting and such?" my mom asked.
"Oh yes! We're planning on heading off shortly after we're released from the hospital." I said. I smiled as my family started freaking out.
"What about his family seeing her?" Clarissa asked.
"Oh, I asked them about it, they said they'd move to America." I said. "And those in college will move after."
"That's nice. When are they moving?" My mom asked.
"Well I actually called up Uncle Simon on the phone and he said that he'd use that one place over by the community college and build a new Sohma house." I said. "So as soon as that's done and over, then it'll be fine. I contacted Hatori and he got the plans from Akito so everything they need is in ship shape."
We continued to talk and all that stuff, when Kyo came in and handed me soup. I looked at it before up at him.
"Hatori said that if you wanted to keep that morning sickness off you had to have at least two bowls of soup a day." He said. "I didn't know how long you girls were going to keep talking with your baby shower so I went ahead and made the soup. Hiroshi and the guys aren't coming over because you guys are having this so you'll have to deal with my cooking." He seemed monotonously embarrassed, but I smiled and he set up a tray nearby and put the soup on it.
"Uh... yeah…" He said, still monotone. I grinned and forced myself to stand up before hugging him as much as I was able to. Everyone looked on as I kissed him on my tip toes. He smiled down at me before poking me in the forehead, causing me to fall back into the chair. "You know, you could've just said thanks instead of straining yourself in the process. You're pregnant. You're lucky I let you leave the bedroom, nevertheless work."
With that he left as I watched him and the women around me gushed into fits of giggles and little comments and questions. They seemed pretty thrilled at how much Kyo cared about me. I guess I should be proud but I'm so used to it. The only time it really surprised me is that one time in the rain when he wouldn't listen to me at Kazuo's. I really did start to feel a little something for him definitely then. I guess… it was his kindheartedness that made me fall in love with him in the first place.
"Hello… Andrea! Earth to Andrea wake up." My mom said.
"Oh, sorry."
"What were you thinking about?" My cousin asked slyly. I looked to the doorway and saw Kyo working on something.
"It's more like whom…" Kristine joked. Clarissa giggled.
"Shut up, shut up!" I said, jokingly.
The only people that really came was my mom, my two aunts, two cousins, then April, Kristine, and Clarissa. My mom and one of my aunts shared a bed, then my other aunt and cousin. Then there was a smaller bed for my final cousin. April and Kristine each took a couch, and Clarissa took a recliner.
