Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Journey Home ❯ Is that good or bad? ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or the characters, though I certainly wish Shigure was all mine! ::gets a dreamy look on her face:: Oh, uhm, they belong to Natsuki Takaya.

A/N: I got this chapter done pretty fast, go me! Heheh. Once again I'm bad at naming it though. Oh well. I have no idea how long a pregnancy test takes, so I'm using my fiction license (which I'll probably be using from time to time). Wherever you see "him" or "he" capitalized and/or in italics, that's in place of the father's name. I will try to get updates done ASAP, though they might not all be up as fast as this one since I do have 13 credit hours including Physics and Calculus. @_@ Thanks so much to shadowcat15 for the review, seeing that someone actually read my little story was what really motivated me to get this next chapter up. Also thanks to Duo, ES, and Rico for encouragement and such. ::hugs::

Warning: There may be OOC moments (or the whole thing, or something... yeah) so if that bothers you, this might not be the story for you. (Hey, this is fiction, it's my world and I can do what I want with it!) Also if premarital sex and/or unwed pregnancy bother you, this probably isn't the story for you.

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"The Journey Home"

Chapter 2: Is that good or bad?

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Shigure's thoughts were scattered as he went to the phone, dialed the number, and waited for Hatori to pick up. 'I hope Tohru will be ok... maybe she's not pregnant, she could be wrong, but would that make her happy or sad... whoever's responsible had better be responsible... what about Akito, no don't think about that right now... how long has she not been a virgin...' this brought the image of Tohru in some rather delicate situations flooding into Shigure's mind. 'No, no, that's bad, don't think about that ever or you really will be a sick bastard' he told himself. He could appreciate how beautiful and cute Tohru was, but he'd never really looked at her in that way. Yuki and Kyo couldn't see that his jokes were never serious and Tohru... well, Tohru never got them anyway.

"Moshi moshi" came a voice over the phone.

Shigure didn't bother with 'Hello,' he went straight to "Do you have some free time today?"

"For you, Gure, I always have free time" the voice replied, sweet as honey.

Shigure was startled for a moment and then replied "Ayame, put Hatori on." There was a pause and Shigure heard Aya say dejectedly "Something's wrong with Gure, he won't play with me." Shigure could almost hear Hatori gathering his patience.

"Where'd you strain yourself this time? Heh." it was Hatori's voice now. 'How did I ever mistake Aya for Hatori?' Shigure thought to himself, 'wait... what did Hatori just say?'

"Hatori was that a joke? I'm so proud!" Shigure said with tears in his eyes.

"Call it evil influences" Hatori replied while looking at Ayame.

"Do you have any free time today? Tohru's... she needs to see you." Shigure was starting to get worried, the way Tohru had looked when she'd shown up this morning... it was uncharacteristic of her to seem so depressed.

"Ayame's here for lunch and is just leaving," Hatori said, putting emphasis on 'just leaving'. "After that I'm free until three."

"Perfect, she'll be right there." Shigure said and hung up the phone.

He went back to sit across from Tohru and noticed as he did that she was looking much better now. Her color was back, she didn't look like she was about to cry, and she wasn't staring off in space. "You're looking better. Hatori can see you today, so you should leave soon." Shigure said and smiled at her.

"Did you tell him? ... Uhm, will you come with me?" She asked. She wasn't afraid of Hatori, but the thought of going to the Main House alone, of maybe encountering Akito, was still a little scary.

"No, and yes of course." Shigure answered. He was actually rather glad she'd asked him to go along. If she were to encounter anyone else while at the Main House it would be better if he were with her.

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Tohru looked around Hatori's office and tried not to be nervous. 'What if the test was wrong and I'm not pregnant? Would I be relieved or sad?' She thought she knew the answer, but she wasn't ready to admit....

"What seems to be the problem?" Hatori asked, bringing Tohru out of her thoughts.

She looked at Hatori and said plainly "Pregnancy."

Hatori was very practical. Tohru had lived for almost all of high school in a house with three males, two of whom were probably in love with her and the other was Shigure. Yes, Hatori had been prepared that she might one day ask for birth control or a pregnancy test (though he had hoped the former). He was a professional. He was calm. Yet the real thing was never as you imagined. Seeing her sitting there he couldn't help the sudden urge to punch whoever had done this to her. 'Don't be stupid,' he thought to himself, 'it takes two and no matter how much she still looks like a girl, she's a grown woman.' Then it registered that she was holding Shigure's hand.

"Shigure," Hatori said in a tone that left no mistake about what he was thinking.

Shigure held his hands up in defense. "It wasn't me, she asked me to come along." He had been planning to wait outside but she had grabbed his hand. He had been surprised and had acquiesced to her unspoken plea. It was unlike Tohru to lean on another for support, but he figured given the circumstances... well he didn't know the specifics, but whatever they were this was definitely different than anything she'd gone through before.

Hatori looked relieved. "I'll need to draw some blood," he said "and then the test will take about an hour."

*~* An hour later.... *~*

When Hatori got back to his office with the results of the pregnancy test he was glad to see that Tohru looked calm. He also noticed that Shigure wasn't there. "Would you like me to wait until Shigure gets back?" Hatori asked.

"No, he's waiting for me outside." Since crying herself to sleep earlier Tohru had been feeling progressively better. She decided that whatever the results were, they were her results. 'It' had been her decision, she didn't regret it, and she had known what could happen. She even admitted to herself that she wanted his baby and some part of her had hoped for this.

Unsure of how she would react, Hatori was a little nervous. He had given results of pregnancy tests before, even once to Kana, but this was the first time he didn't know how the woman would react. "Tohru..." he started, and she held her breath. "It's positive."

Hatori saw the relief and joy on her face and couldn't help but smile. She smiled back. "I'm glad to see you're happy. I can give you a check-up now, but you'll need to see an OB/GYN. I can recommend a good one. Do you know how long...?"

"Six weeks," she answered. Tohru had been in shock this morning, but with Shigure's help she had come back to herself. Though she was unsure how he even felt about her, she was going to have a baby and that became most important. She thought she was probably going to raise the child alone, and she was scared, but it wasn't an insurmountable task. Her mother had done it, and Tohru would do her best to be as good a mother to her child. Even if she didn't have him, she had a family of friends and she wouldn't give up! 'I've lived in a tent and held my "castle" together though a storm,' she thought to herself and laughed just a little, 'I'll be ok!'

"Have you talked to the father?" Hatori asked softly.

"Not since... but that's ok, I'll be fine." Tohru answered, blushing slightly.

"So he hasn't asked you to marry him? Is he a Sohma?" Hatori didn't like asking such questions, but he couldn't help his own curiosity and he knew that if he didn't get the information from her Shigure would have less gentle methods. 'Speak of the devil,' Hatori thought as Shigure entered the room.

"Is it alright if I come in? It's cold outside." Shigure said. He noticed that Tohru looked happy, which was good, but he wasn't sure if that meant a positive or a negative. He looked at Hatori who nodded yes.

"You can come in Shigure," she said and then turned back to Hatori. "He hasn't asked me to marry him, and yes he's a Sohma," she repeated the questions for Shigure's sake. Tohru knew that they both wanted to know who the father was, which was only natural, but she wasn't prepared to tell them. Not until she told him.

'What the heck, it's been quite a day,' Hatori thought and then said "Forgive me if I'm assuming too much, but... Yuki or Kyo?"

Tohru blushed. "I-I suppose it's pretty obvious that it'd be one of them. I don't know what I'm going to say to Him." Tears started to gather in her eyes, "I don't even know if He wants children. The other already knows that I don't love him that way (and he doesn't love me that way), but I'm afraid it might still hurt him. I need to talk to them both and then I can tell you. Please don't tell either of them, I want them to hear it from me."

"Of course," Hatori and Shigure said in unison. "As your doctor, I can't tell anyone," Hatori added, "and also as a friend, I wouldn't."

"I'll do my best, but you might want to tell Aya soon. Together we can keep a secret, but separately..." Shigure said and winked. Tohru laughed, knowing he was joking. "Do tell those young fools before I burst with curiosity and have to do some digging on my own."

"I thought curiosity was a cat thing?" Hatori said blandly.

"Yes, well. Two jokes in one day? My, my, aren't we lively!" Shigure teased.

And that's chapter two! I could have written a little more for this chapter, but I'm trying to keep the chapters about 1,500 words or thereabouts and it seemed I'd come to a good breaking point. Plus I'm tired and nervous about getting my first Calc test back tomorrow. Eek!

Yes, I know, I still haven't said who the father is. Gomen nasai! (Is that correct Japanese?) Please don't hate me, but I'm not planning to reveal it until chapter 4 or 5. Why? Because I love the torture of suspense! MWA-HAHAHAHAHA! Ok, it could also have something to do with the fact that the story's almost writing itself and I'm not quite sure where it's going.

I like the way one author put it, I hope s/he doesn't mind if I quote "if you've come this far you've obviously read, so please review". I will add, though, please be kind since this is my first fan fiction and I'm very sensitive. Bad reviews... "I don't know if I could take that kind of rejection!" (Toy Story... never mind, I'm crazy.) I proofread it myself, which is hard to do, so there's probably still some errors (though I hope not so many that it's hard to read). Please let me know of any glaring errors and I'll fix 'em.