"Talk"

'Thought'

"Your WHAT?!?!?!?!"

Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, a young teenage boy with blonde hair, stood at the front open door of his home, and looked at Medaka Kurokami, a young teenage girl with blue hair who was also his childhood friend, with very wide shocked eyes

"Were you not paying attention, Zenkichi-Kun? I just said that I was pregnant, to be exact, I'm one month along."

Medaka tilted her head in confusion, for she clearly did not understand what Hitoyoshi was so upset about.

"B-B-BUT HOW?! I DON'T REMEMBER YOU DATING ANYONE, LET ALONE HAVING SEX!!!"

Zenkichi had a very hard time believing someone like Kurokami would be in any kind of committed relationship; of course it wasn't impossible, and it wasn't his problem if she ever did, but that still didn't mean he could just believe such a thing when he never even met the guy.

"Hm? When did I ever mention that I had sex or had a boyfriend?"

However, Medaka's childhood friend paused in thought when she said something that only confused him even more.

"YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WERE PREGNANT!"

"Yes, but I didn't get pregnant through sex."

"DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW PREGNANCY HAPPENS AND HOW IT WORKS?!"

"I know how it works, but I didn't get pregnant through sex."

"THEN HOW DID YOU EVEN GET PREGNANT?!"

"I don't know."

"..."

"..."

Zenkichi decided to stop yelling and questioning the "HOW?" when he started to get a bad headache from all this confusion and lack of understanding, so instead he looked back at Medaka and asked a different question that was hopefully less stressful.

"Ugh… So what's the plan, I'm assuming you didn't come all the way here to just tell me you're pregnant."

Zenkichi leaned against the doorframe, crossing his arms as he looked already exhausted from just talking about this with his friend, and he would no doubt be even more tired from whatever she might do next that would most likely involve him.

"I wish to ask 3 favors of you and your Mother, if you're willing to listen."

Medaka had already prepared some requests and demands, causing Hitoyoshi to sigh.

"Well, let's hear them then."

Zenkichi then turned away and walked back into his home, gesturing Kurokami to follow him, which she did happily.

"My first favor is having you and your Mother both be involved during my development… I don't want to be alone when dealing with this pregnancy…"

Medaka sat down on the living room couch and made her request, which didn't sound unreasonable coming from her childhood friend.

"I was already planning to support you either way, so you didn't have to ask that from me."

Zenkichi, who was currently making and setting up some tea and cups, even if he was confused and in disbelief about the whole thing, had no intention of abandoning the person that sat before him, even if they were a pain in the butt sometimes; hearing and knowing that made her smile brightly.

"My 2nd favor is having your Mother, Hitoyoshi-Sensei, to be my personal Doctor, both in making sure my baby is healthy and when it's time to give birth."

Medaka made her second request, which caused Hitoyoshi to pause in his pouring and think about it for a moment.

"Well, I can't speak for my Mother, but I am pretty sure she would agree to that, heck, I'm sure she would immediately say yes when you ask her yourself."

Zenkichi couldn't think of a reason as to why his mother would say no to this, in fact he could already imagine how overbearing she might be towards Kurokami; he wasn't sure if he wanted to see that, but said nothing about it and simply started pouring tea for himself and his guest.

"And as for my last favor, I wish for you to be the Father to my child."

What Medaka just said, was enough to make her childhood friend drop both the cups and spill the tea all over the floor.

"M-ME AS THE FATHER?!"

Zenkichi was beyond speechless, for this was the most shocking thing he had ever heard come out of his abnormal friend's mouth.

"I must be clear, I'm not asking you to marry me, though I wouldn't mind that if you wanted to, but I am only offering this position to you because you're the only person I would ever trust with such a role."

From Medaka's words alone, it was clear that she trusted Hitoyoshi so much that she would even ask for his help and offer him the role of "Father"

"However, I am aware that this is a big request that I am asking, so I would understand if you refuse, though I will always welcome you with open arms if you accept."

Medaka spoke nothing but the truth and looked at her childhood friend with serious yet understanding eyes, which made it hard for him to decide; it was even distracting him from cleaning the mess that he had created from the questions he had been given.

"... I think it is too soon to be thinking about that, so let's save that conversation for another day, at least, maybe until the baby is born?"

Zenkichi clearly didn't want to think about this at this point in time, so Kurokami nodded and didn't press him any further on the matter.

"As you wish, Zenkichi-Kun."

Medaka was about to stand up from the couch and help Hitoyoshi clean up the mess.

"Shall I help you with the mess?"

Though Medaka's offer to help was met with refusal, as her childhood friend quickly cleaned everything before she even had a chance to do anything useful.

"No, I think you should focus on resting and not overwhelming yourself, you are pregnant after all, it would be bad if you do too much."

As soon as Zenkichi mentioned this, his abnormal friend couldn't help but go wide-eyed, as if just realizing something that she hadn't thought of before.

"Oh dear, I have not considered that, not being able to help others due to my situation, hmm…"

While Medaka was left in deep thought about her situation, Zenkichi took this opportunity to leave the living room, to dispose of the trash and probably make some more tea; though, as he did so, he couldn't help but frown, as he couldn't stop thinking about the request that Kurokami had made for him.

'Am I even worthy to be her Husband?...'

BTW, it's not some ritual thing or her being taken advantage of or some creature God like character blessing her with a baby, nope, the reasoning she is pregnant is because she is filled with so much love and goodness that there wasn't enough room for her hate and anger, so she needed a way to get rid of most of it, if that makes sense to her~

(Basically 682 is all the negative feeling that Medaka refuses to use, also this takes place during the summer break, or three months before the anime/manga start)