Love Nest
by Cyberchao X

Disclaimer: Oh, right, I actually need to do one of these for this fandom! Katawa Shoujo is property of Four-Leaf Studios.

A/N: Heh. While I did say that this fic would probably never get the "complete" tag, I honestly didn't expect that my next upload would be something other than Butterfly, Agent of Change, or a completely new fic. But I believe the relevant trope here is….

Ripped from the Headlines. Enjoy!

"I just heard maybe the greatest news ever at work today!" Neither Rin nor Hisao had ever seen Emi so excited.

"Surely it can't be the greatest news ever," Hisao said. "Or did every runner who finished ahead of you in Rio somehow get disqualified?"

The fact that Emi didn't even show any hint of pouting about her dismal finish at the Paralympic Games earlier that month should've been all the proof Hisao needed that this was truly major. "I overheard some of the other doctors talking about an experimental procedure that was undertaken in the United States earlier this year…well, I guess when you factor in the length of a pregnancy it was probably actually last year. I pressed them for details—under the pretense of mere curiosity—and confirmed that there is currently a six-month old child in the U.S. with two biological mothers and a biological father! It's just like what you suggested!" This last comment was directed at Rin.

"…What."

"Two mothers. One father. They really did it?" Rin asked.

"They really did! Apparently they took the nucleus of one mother's egg and put it in the other mother's egg, then fertilized it with the father's sperm…ah, but they didn't really describe it quite like that. They said that it had "biological material" from three parents, but only the woman whose nucleus was used was referred to as the "mother"; the other woman was referred to as a "donor". Of course, they mainly use it to help prevent the passing along of deadly inheritable conditions…so I'm not sure we'd get approved. …Hisao, you'd probably understand this better than me; I may work at a hospital, but I never 'got' science quite the way you do."

"This is the first I'm hearing about it." He called up some articles from the internet. "Yeah, it sounds like it's not really a 'three-parent' method; they just call it that because it sounds more sensational. Two parents provide almost all of the genetic material."

"…But the third parent provides a little, right? So if we were to find a way to get this done, it would technically be genetically related to all three of us?" Emi asked hopefully.

"…Yeah. But there's also the little problem of this procedure not actually being legal anywhere in the world; we'd have a better chance finding a place where we could have that three-way marriage. It seems you actually got a little bit of the story muddled; the doctors who performed the procedure were Americans, but they did it in Mexico, not their own country, because the laws were laxer there."

"My condition is genetic. I think. I don't know if it's inheritable, but I've been this way since birth, so I might be able to convince them."

"And if they ask about the 'donor' missing limbs as well?"

"We tell them the truth. That you weren't born that way. That you're my best friend who I met at a school for the disabled and that I'd trust you with my baby over any other."

"And that I met the both of you at that same school and back up her sentiments," Hisao added.

"You're on board, Hisao? But what about the legality issue?"

"Oh, I was just speaking speculatively. Until it's legalized, there's no reason to deviate from the original plan. And on that subject, isn't it about the right time of the month for the two of you to be ovulating?"

"The plan was supposed to be the three of us celebrating my gold medal with some nice unprotected sex."

Hisao kissed her. "We love you anyway. Come on; you must be tired."

"Why? Because I've been on my feet all day?" Emi tried not to laugh.

"…Right. You'd think I'd remember these things by now, but the idea of doctors and nurses having grueling shifts is just too culturally ingrained."

CCX: In other words, I screwed up and decided to lampshade it instead of fixing it. And since I've engaged "aside mode", I'd also like to mention that if you want to know why Emi didn't do so well in Rio…Google is your friend. Here's your hint: Emi would be classified as T44.

"It feels too unnatural. You're trying too hard," Rin said.

"What do you mean, I'm trying too hard?" Hisao asked.

"It's too businesslike. Just because we have a purpose for this sex beyond just having sex doesn't mean you need to act differently."

"Emi, you don't think I'm doing anything wrong, do you?"

Emi moaned. "No…you're wonderful…"

CCX: …Oh who am I kidding. I have to be in a certain frame of mind to write lemons, and I'm not in that frame of mind. And yet, I feel like this chapter would be too short if I don't add something else on…

In an earlier chapter, I said I wasn't sure when the game took place, but figured that since I was setting the story five years after their graduation, the London Paralympics had probably already passed. In reality…well, it's a good thing I was ambiguous about the season, because it turns out the game is set in 2007—which means the first five chapters were set in 2012, probably no more than a couple of months after the London Paralympics…which, er, were still a few months away when I wrote them. Though I suppose that's just as well since it means I don't need to justify not following the same rules then that I Idid now.

This chapter? Taking place firmly in the present with regards to when it was written. I heard about the "three-parent baby" on the news and having just reread this fic, I immediately thought of Rin's comment in chapter 2. I couldn't not update in response to that—and since it's now 9 years since their graduation, they're definitely old enough to be thinking about having kids. …Wait a minute, if the game takes place in 2007, and the majority of the characters were 18 when the story ended, then that means…they're my age. In fact, I recently found canon birthdays for the love interests, and Rin would've been born the same month as me. …Now I'm sad, because I'm still all alone. I'm like the male version of a Christmas Cake.

Um…this is Cyberchao X, signing off.