Hey, what is up guys? How are y'all doing'? Good? Great? Cool! Well , time to try out somethin' new here. Yes, it's not an MFB fanfic for once, yay! :D Yeah, I decided to write up something different. In fact from the Free! Anime (and most notably, my OTP: RinHaru! MakoHaru fans, please don't kill me, lol)

This fanfic may contain the following: MPreg, Some suggestive themes, and occasional profanity. This is rated T+ (almost at the M rating, due to sensitive topics that will be involved here.) If you're not comfortable with the idea of reading this, I'd suggest you leave immediately. Otherwise, tune in and enjoy this 4-chapter series here.

Without further ado, everyone! ^^

" Oi, Haru, my love! Breakfast is ready and your usual favorite, Mackerel!" A masculine voice calls over his spouse.

"Eh...coming, Rin." Another masculine voice weakly responds.

It was a typical chilly morning in the month of November, and a raven-tressed young man of the age of 22 slowly walked his way to the dining room, with his messy locks, a pale-looking complexed face, and a groggy impression that he just left. Haruka Matsuoka, formerly Haruka Nanase, was normally a morning's person who'd do all the cooking and housework, but it's just one of those days that are his off-days. This time, it was his husband, Rin who decided to accommodate for him and do the cooking for the both of them.

Rin and Haru were happily married for about what, a couple of years now? So far, the young yet merry couple have been into a stable relationship, both physically and emotionally, not to mention financially. The maroon-haired Samezuka Academy former student currently works part-time as a Metro Police with his close friend, Sousuke Yamazaki. As for Haruka, he usually stays at home and does some serious housekeeping, with the occasional hobby of swimming, freestyle of course. It has been a while since the last few tournaments he's participated with Rin, that was, years before they've settled in together and got married. Ever since the marriage, Rin has thought about having a child or two at some point in their lives. But Haru, on the other hand, had self-doubts of raising a family and whether or not they're financially stable enough to afford one or at least provide child care.

Recently the couple has had intimate moments with each other, especially from the one night back in late October. The same evening when Rin returned home from his trip to Australia to meet up with his homestay parents, Russell and Lori. Ever since then, the 22-year-old Japanese male had kept in touch with his Australian folks as well as his other friends whom he encountered before. Back to the point here, Haru has been slowly getting symptoms that are most common with a thing called "Morning sickness," such as fatigue, nausea, dizziness, and occasional vomiting. These symptoms have been ongoing for the past two weeks, and the Japanese ravenette doesn't know why this was happening to him.

During breakfast, Rin went ahead and ate on what's left on the table. However, Haru was reluctant to touch anything from his plate. Despite the fact that Mackerel, his common favorite food was made, the 22-year-old ravenette didn't felt the need to eat it and rather felt nauseous. His spouse Rin had noticed his actions as well.

"Haru? What's wrong? It's almost a couple of weeks, and you haven't touched a thing...not even Mackerel?" Rin questions his spouse.

"Nothing is wrong. It's just that...I'm not hungry right now..." The ravenette softly responds.

"Really?" The maroon-haired man raised an eyebrow, " that's the nth time you've said something like that...must be that flu again, huh?"

"Well, yeah...I don't even know why it's still there..." Haru sighed.

"Hey, don't worry bout it. How about you rest up for the day..." Rin suggests. His spouse nodded before getting up and slowly walking back to the master bedroom. His tired cerulean eyes did give it away that Haru has been tired, with his body overcome with fatigue. Maybe it's because he may have encountered a rare and unknown illness. Maybe it's cancer. Or just one of those prolonged cases of flu due to a low immune system. Nonetheless, it wasn't something that the ravenette should be too worried about, or so he thinks.

"Ngh, again?!" Haru wildly thought as he ran his way to the bathroom, vomiting of the remains of what he ate for breakfast. The ravenette then shivered and panted heavily, which caught Rin's attention. The maroon-haired husband of his went beside him and rubbed the back of his poor, suffering man, comforting him. Today marks another day of Haru's morning sickness episodes. And ever since day one, it has progressively gone worse and worse, which made Rin feel more and more suspicious.

While Haru was resting up yet again in the bedroom, Rin felt worried and decided to call his close pal, Sousuke. Perhaps he has an idea of what could be going on and why Haru was still feeling the way he was for the past two weeks. Sousuke is currently living with Makoto upon their marriage for at least six months now, and yes, they've been thinking about starting a family of their own as well.

"What? You mean Nanase has been bedridden for a good two weeks?!" That was Sousuke Yamazaki on the phone with Rin.

"Yeah and we even went to the doctor's office recently only to find out that he's just stuck with the "flu," but I doubt it." The Maroon-haired man responds, sighing.

"Hmmm...maybe it's possible that he could be...uh, you know...p-"

"Oh, I think you're onto something, Sousuke! But, how's that possible? I mean, Haru's a guy and wouldn't that be impossible?"

"He's probably a rare case. Oh, and Makoto said he'd visit him later today, just letting you know."

"Okay...well, see ya man."

"Yeah, ciao!"

Haru? Are you in there?" A familiar masculine voice was heard outside of the door, followed by a gentle knock.

It has been a few hours since Haru decided to take a long nap, isolating himself from life for a little while. Apparently his childhood friend, Makoto Tachibana was awaiting a request to enter the Matsuoka-Nanase household along with Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryugazaki. The 22-year-old brunette thought it was a good idea to pay a little visit to his best friend, especially the fact that he was worried about his well-being at the moment. Normally, Haru doesn't respond and get to the front door just like old times so Makoto usually enters in anyway, that is, because the front door's always unlocked and anyone could enter.

Of course, the ravenette was too lethargic to answer so Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei decided to enter the household anyway. they've even brought some care packages filled with flowers, chocolates, and some soothing Sencha Green Tea. Makoto was the first to open Haru's bedroom door, smiling brightly that his close friend is just resting up like he needed to.

"Haru? You awake there? Nagisa, Rei and I decided to pay a little visit...you know, just to check up on ya and such," the brunette gently speaks.

"Hey Haru-Chan, I hope you like the chocolates that Rei-Chan and I carefully picked out!" The cheery blond young man known as Nagisa added.

"Shhhh, quiet down Nagisa. Haruka is taking a nap here and you don't wanna disturb-oh?" Rei suddenly stopped talking when he noticed cerulean eyes slowly fluttering from being shut for an hour.

"Mmmmm...Makoto?" Haru murmured. He even noticed another couple,"Nagisa and Rei, you guys too? Also, I've noticed you've given me a few things alongside, thanks."

"No need to thank us, it's just a little favor. Anyways, you seem to be acting a bit strange for a little while now. Any idea why is that?" Makoto wondered.

The ravenette shrugged in uncertainty," I don't know...but I've always thought it was just a flu."

"Just a flu huh? Hmmmm...well, is it possible...that you may be...well...how should I put this...expecting?" The brunette continues to ask.

"What, why would you say that? That sort of thing is impossible for men!" Haru exclaims, thinking his friend is crazy. He suddenly thought to himself Then again, what if it's just an extremely rare phenomenon and I'm one of those guys?!

"I'll tell you what, we'll go shopping tomorrow and take a pregnancy test to determine if that's the case." The 22-year-old brunette suggests.

"Sounds good, I guess..." Haru replies.

The following day, Makoto is in the shopping center with Haru, as promised yesterday just to buy the pregnancy test kit. The 22-year-old brunette thought it'd be a great idea for Haru to actually find out if he's pregnant or not. Of course, the result will come out as a major surprise towards his close friends, family members, and most importantly his spouse Rin. The ravenette wasn't sure how his husband would react to hearing the news that he's actually carrying his child. Either way, it wasn't something to be worried about, especially the fact that Rin has become more supportive towards him.

"Makoto...I want you to promise me one thing," Haru speaks up.

"Promise me what? I'd do anything for you, my friend." Makoto wonders

"Please accompany me when I tell Rin...I just...need someone with me at the moment, you know?"

"Definitely Haru and I know he'd appreciate my visit as well."

"Thanks, Makoto."

Within an hour later, both of the young men walked back to the Matsuoka-Nanase household, immediately finding Rin, who came home from his daily deputy shift. Perfect timing indeed because now Rin will finally hear the news that's about to be revealed sometime soon. After all, he deserves to know what's up with his husband and whether it was a pregnancy or not.

"Rin, there you are!" Makoto exclaims.

"Rin, honey...you don't mind if Makoto and I have some private time in the bathroom...it's really important," Haru asks his husband.

"If that's the case, sure...maybe you'll find out..." Rin replies, caressing his husband's cheek before the ravenette went ahead to the bathroom with his best friend.

"Well, this is it Haru and don't worry, I'll be right here." The brunette gently assures Haru with a warm smile.

"I know..." Haru replies, closing his eyes before taking the test. A moment later, he looks intently and a small gasp was heard. Cerulean eyes began to widen as the 22-year-old ravenette found out the results and believed it was something that run needed to know.

"I guess now's our cue to tell Rin, right?" Makoto blurts out.

"Right..."

The bathroom door was quickly opened, catching Rin's attention from the bedroom. His crimson eyes suddenly points at Haru, who seemed to be in a low-key positive mood, followed by Makoto's bright smile. The maroon-haired young man suddenly has a good feeling of what happened and is all ears.

"Rin..." Haru starts and raised the pregnancy test bar,"I'm pregnant."

Rin's crimson eyes widened in surprise and then suddenly into joy. His smile began to widen as he immediately embraced Haru, feeling overwhelmed with joy. Although it was such a rare case, the 22-year-old maroon-haired man was overly thrilled for the fact that he'll be a father within 9 months. He could hardly believe that his own husband is carrying their child. Whether it'll be a sweet little boy or a precious beautiful girl, this couple will anticipate the start of parenthood.

"Haru...I'm so happy right now...we're going to be parents soon," Rin whispered, with a few tears reluctently falling from his eyes after kissing Haru's soft cheeks. Makoto watched the happy couple sharing a tender kiss, smiling brightly as his close friends are expecting a new bundle of joy. The brunette haired man knew that he'd be telling the big news to some of his fiends like Nagisa, Rei, and Gou, or maybe Rin will cover all of that. Either way, this was the moment of joy and excitement as a new couple will get that bun in the oven in the nick of time.

Rin bends down to half of Haru's level and kisses his 4-week pregnant abdomen,"I love you, Haru..."

"I love you too, Rin..."

"~And thus starts the adventure of Haru's first pregnancy~"

End of chapter 1

Hey what's up everyone, Angel here and yes this is the first chapter of Sickness to Surprise. Now how this'll work is that each chapter covers about 1 trimester of Haru's pregnancy (though one of them will be split into 2 parts or 2 separate chapters since a lot usually happens every 3 months of a pregnancy. Basically a bit of fillers will be added.) Also, I've already decided on what their first child's gender is going to be, so no need to suggest me that, though you can express your wishes in the reviews on what you think the baby's gender might be (it's a 50/50 chance)

Also, if you think one or more of the characters seem to be OOC, let me know in advance (this is my first Free! fanfic I've ever worked on after all.) And yes, the next chapter will cover the following: Haru's strange cravings, Matsuoka's first ultrasound visit, and some shopping with friends (for clothes and other necessities) plus more where that came from.

Well, read and review folks! ^^