My Sweet Child

Chapter Two

Trauma and Brother

"Shizuo, if this becomes anymore serious you might even have to start taking medicine. I know it's hard but you have to at least try, alright." Shinra warned.

"Yeah...sorry…" Shizuo answered weakly, staring down at his now swollen abdomen.

It had been about 15 weeks since the brunette had found out he was pregnant with his archenemy Orihara Izaya's kids, and thing were looking bad. In the first few weeks Shizuo had been physically feeble for a while but mentally he had been fairly stable. However after the mood swings had started during the 10th week dealing with Shizuo had become extremely difficult as to the brunette developing a serious trauma for the flea. In fact by the time the swelling of his stomach had started in the 12th week Shizuo's trauma had become so serious that even mentioning Izaya's name made the brunette unconsciously start to tremble and sweat. Due to that reason, just in case Shizuo suddenly had an attack somewhere, Shinra made the brunette move around in a wheelchair inside and outside the house.

[How's Shizuo? Has it gotten any better?] Celty typed showing her PDA to Shinra as he came out the now brunette's room.

"He's stable for the moment but it seems like it's gotten worse." Shinra said feebly answering the female Dullahan next to him. "If he continues to be like this it maybe even cause a miscarriage…"

[WHAT! Then what do we do!?] Celty panicked.

"We could leave him alone for a bit but there's a huge risk if it doesn't work…" Shinra sighed slumping down on the sofa.

[Then what do we do!?] Celty flashed shaking Shinra by the collar.

"We'll you could start by calming down Celty." Shinra choked.

[Ah, sorry about that…] Celty typed as she let go of Shinra.

"I'm fine. Now let's think of a plan to help Shizuo now shall we." Shinra said comforting Celty.

"Hah…I've become an idiot because of that flea haven't I..." Shizuo chuckled feebly as he looked down gently at his abdomen.

"Damn I can't believe that I've become like this." The brunette cried silently as large water spouts trickled down his cheeks.

Shizuo was about to break down again, when his phone which he had been ignoring for nearly a month started to vibrate. He was going to ignore it as usual but as he saw the photo of Kasuka appear on the screen the brunette quickly picked up the phone and laughed as he heard the quiet voice of his brother on the other side of the phone.

"Hello…? Nii-san?"

The confused voice of Kasuka ringed in the brunette's ears and as Kasuka repeated his sentence, the once depressed Shizuo even started to chuckle as he answered the phone.

"What's up Kasuka." Shizuo chuckled

"Nii-san? Are you sick or something? You sound awful." Kasuka worryingly asked.

"I'm fine, I've just been under the weather lately." Shizuo assured grinning happily.

"Really, it has been getting a lot hotter lately." Kasuka sighed. "Are you going to be alright?"

"Yeah, don't worry about me and make sure you don't get sick alright." Shizuo chuckled.

"…Nii-san…" Kasuka said a bit annoyed.

"Umm…what is it? Shizuo teased smirking a little as he heard Kasuka's annoyed voice.

"…I have a day off tomorrow, so I'll come to visit you." Kasuka sighed heavily as a few screams of his fans were heard by Shizuo.

"Alright, I'll be waiting." Shizuo chuckled for the last time as the other brunette hung up.

Shizuo was up on the moon and so excited about Kasuka coming that he even forgot his own trauma and headed to the living room to tell the Dullahan and her partner the news.

"Shinra, Celty! Kasuka's coming to visit tomorrow." Shizuo shouted as he burst into the room.

"Eh! What! Shizuo you're alright!" Shinra spluttered nearly dropping the teacup he'd been drinking out of.

"What do you mean? I've never been better." Shizuo said beaming at his two confused friends.

"No…nothing, it's absolutely nothing." Shinra stuttered as he starting to realize what had happened.

[Seems like we don't have to do anything.] Celty showed Shinra happily as they both chuckled at the excited brunette.

"Yeah, seems like it." Shinra chuckled.

"Hey, Shinra, could you help me a bit?" Shizuo asked taking out a large pot from the kitchen cupboard.

"Yeah, what do you want me to do?" Shinra asked walking over to the brunette.

"Well later I need a haircut, since I can't let Kasuka see me like this." Shizuo laughed as he lifted his long brown bangs.

"Alright, I'll help cut it later. But what should I do know." Shinra said taking the heavy pot from the brunette.

"Well, first could you get me that curry powder over there." Shizuo asked pointing to the small yellow box on the shelf.

"Sure." Shinra laughed doing as the brunette told him.

[Can I help too?] Celty showed the brunette.

"Sure. You can help me chop the vegetables." Shizuo smiled taking out the vegetables from the fridge.

The three of them spent the rest of the day peacefully for once, as the brunette's head was so filled with the thoughts of his brother, it left no room for even the name of the flea called Orihara Izaya.

The next day, early in the morning Shizuo woke to the sound of the doorbell and a loud knock that followed.

"Who is it?" Shizuo answered sleepily, slowly pushing his wheelchair to the door.

"It's me Nii-san." Kasuka answered behind the door.

Kasuka! Shizuo thought, waking up the instant he'd heard his brother's voice. The brunette stared down at his unbelievably large stomach and quickly covered it with a large blanket before, he put on a huge smile as he opened the door to the other brunette.

"Welcome." He chuckled.

Kasuka as he didn't think it was necessary to speak just nodded to Shizuo as his cat Yuigadokusonmaru jumped into Shizuo's lap.

"Been a while Yui." Shizuo chuckled patting the kitten gently as he led Kasuka into the apartment.

"…Nii-san, why are you in a wheelchair…?" Kasuka asked suddenly as Yui jumped back into his arms.

"Ah, this…don't worry this is just a temporary thing." Shizuo smiled not noticing that the cat had pulled off the blanket that had been covering his swollen abdomen.

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