Hi there! I don't have a clear plot for this story, but this idea just came into my mind out of the blue. Hope you enjoy and please review! :D

Chapter 1

Everyone was waiting in front of the infirmary. Just the three of us. Kenji, Yamato and me. The bell has rung so the recess time is already over.

I have to admit that we are very daring to skip our class. Sensei must be having a fit now.

But nothing is more important than Asami's well-being. I'm not really sure whether I can call her my friend but still, she is the only one who gave me this key-chain accessory…

"Kami-sama… (God)" I squeeze tighter onto the soft doll, "Please, please don't let anything bad happened to her…"

"It's adorable. Did Asami give this to you?"

With that ever-so-bright grin on his face, Yamato held out his hand for the doll. I hide it behind my back.

"Kurosawa, mind your own business," I looked away.

"Yamato! What happened to Asami?"

Heading towards us was someone that I wouldn't expect to come.

That worried expression on her pretty face makes her look almost unrecognizable. She has always looked so confident. Her tough attitude is what I like about her, and the absence of it makes me miss it more.

Yamato was surprised to see her there too. "Aiko, Asami-"

"Asami-chan fainted in the gym!" Kenji exclaimed aloud, "She had been running on the treadmill since this morning, Muto-san!"

"And you didn't do anything to stop her? What kind of boyfriend are you?" Aiko snapped back.

"I already told her she already looks perfect the way she is! She's beautiful now! She doesn't have to do anything else!"

Aiko glares bitterly at Kenji, "What's the use of telling me that now? If she's in bad shape, I'm going to break your bones and mince you into pieces-"

"Guys!" Yamato interrupts, "There's no use fighting over it. Let's just wait for Asami to come out. It's just gym. She's going to be fine."

"Tachibana is so quiet. Aren't you worried about Asami too?" Aiko's fierce eyes burn in my direction.

"Damn worried," Yamato gives a tiny smile and pointed, "You see that doll? Mei has been cuddling it since forever."

"Cuddling?" I grimace. Is that intentional, or his vocabulary is really that bad? Stupid Yamato.

"Hmm," Aiko leans closer at the doll in my hand, "Didn't Asami give you that? That's an improvement, Tachibana."

"Improvement? What do you mean?" I ask with caution.

Aiko shrugs her shoulders, "Nothing. You're less introverted than usual. That's good."

"All thanks to me," Yamato smiles, "Right, Mei?"

I glower at him. Wrong.

"How could you still be smiling when Asami-chan's in pain, Yamato?" Kenji's tears keep spurting out his eyes, "Asami-chan! Please come out now!"

"Look!" Yamato pointed at the door, "She's there!"

"Asami-chan!"

As expected, Kenji is the first one to receive her with open arms. He hugs her like a big bear and squeezes her real tight. It is uncertain whether Asami has hurt herself in the gym. If she is in pain, she doesn't show it.

When Asami comes out from the door, her face looks very bright and cheerful. She looks like she has just descended from the heaven. I could see that strange glint of happiness in her eyes.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Asami-chan! Talk to me! I need to hear your voice!" Kenji shakes her shoulders.

"Kenji, everyone," Asami looks blankly at us, "Are you guys waiting for me? I'm sorry for making you all worried."

"Yeah, you shouldn't do that to us," Aiko forcefully pulls her away from Kenji, "Just break up with him, Asami. I know someone who can take care of you better than that useless-"

"Muto-san! There's no one who loves her more than I do! I'm going to take a better care of Asami-chan! If I break my promise, I… I-I… I'm going to be impotent for the rest of my life!"

"You shouldn't say that, Kenji! I don't want our baby to be the only child!"

Our jaws drop. Did Asami just say… Baby?

Kenji is staring at Asami, dumbfound. She merely giggles at him.

It is so clear now; the reason for her to look so happy. That bright glow on her face looks rather so real it can be unreal. Is having a child really a blissful thing?

Only mothers know the answer. Asami is a mother now, and it's a fact that I can't just accept right away...