I do not own Furuba's characters, manga distribution, author, or anything but the mangas I buy at the store. Now on with the story!

Hatori sauntered around his house it had been several weeks since the incident at the beach and he was starting to feel fatigued, hungry, and annoyed all at the same time. He knew these were common symptoms of pregnancy but how he was supposed to explain this to anyone else in the Sohma family was beyond him. Another thing that worried him was how was he supposed to show himself when his gut stuck out and when the baby starts to kick, what if someone hugs him? He sat down on the couch and lay his head down on the arm rest his eyes closed. He had just gotten done throwing up and now he was hungry again. He sat up then lay back down due to the fact he was sleepy he felt miserable, he was starving yet he didn't have enough energy to get up; he pushed his hair out of his face a little and he looked at the ceiling. Momiji was at school as was everyone else and Shigure was at work, well he was supposed to be at work as well but he definitely couldn't do it when he was having flu like symptoms even if the flu was not the case. Hatori then thought of what will happen when the baby is born, how will he explain that? How will it be born? Then the question that bothered him most was will I have one baby or two? Hatori looked out the open doors and unto the garden's beautiful landscape, the grass was lovely with the primed flowers that grew so carelessly on fences and the ponds glistened with sunlight that shown on them. Hatori managed to get up and stumble to the kitchen it was stocked luckily. He dug in the pantry and through the refrigerator looking for something; he was craving pickles and marshmallows for some unknown reason but he seemed to eat it, maybe that's why he was throwing up but oh well. He then walked back to the couch and lay down he looked to the couch in the far corner of the room and saw that Shigure should be out of work by now. He truly didn't wish to call Shigure if he could help it, but just as he was closing his eyes the door opened. Hatori looked to the door and saw Shigure walk in smiling ear to ear at him, Hatori just looked away he didn't feel like talking but he did.

"You know you should knock before entering."

"I know but I would come in anyway," said Shigure as he knelt down next to Hatori. "Are you alright?"

"I'm sick," muttered Hatori, which wasn't all exactly a lie he was feeling sick, but if he said he was fine that would've been a lie. "I need some rest."
"Well I suppose I'll stay with you until Momiji comes back," Shigure said looking at the clock, two hours till Momiji came back and Shigure felt obligated to helping Hatori due to all the times Hatori helped him out.

"You don't need to stay," mumbled Hatori dryly.

"Are you thirsty?" asked Shigure looking at him.

"No, not right now."

"Alright if you need something tell me," said Shigure just the out of no where Hatori stood up and rushed to the bathroom. Shigure sweat dropped as he heard him throw up then stop and wash his mouth out.

"Hatori, what's wrong? You've been acting like this ever since we were at the beach five weeks ago."

"I'm sick; my immune system is weak so I've been getting sick lately."

"You're worse than Yuki, you know how sickly he is, and so it can't be that."

"Shigure," said Hatori pleadingly but Shigure wanted to get to the bottom of this mystery.

"Hatori, you can trust me, tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong I just have the flu."

"For a month?" asked Shigure.

Hatori then remembered it was a month since the mating occurred and so he was a month in to his nine month stages. He sighed and moaned and laid his head on the arm rest, Shigure sighed and looked at him sadly.

"Hatori, I'm worried you're my cousin and I want to know what's wrong."

"Shigure, it's too unbelievable for you to comprehend," mutter Hatori as he laid his right hand on his stomach.

"Hatori tell me, we turn into animals what should I not believe?"

"Alright, I turn into a seahorse right?"

"Yes."

"Well during the summer its seahorse mating season. Remember what happened at the beach this summer?"

"Well yes when you disappeared."

"I took part of the mating ritual somehow."

"Really so you got a seahorse pregnant?"

"Not exactly, Shigure."

"Well then what's wrong?"

"It's nothing… Never mind what I was saying it's stupid."

"Hatori," said Shigure in an annoyed serious voice just to be interrupted by Momiji who came running in.

"Hatori-sama, I'm home!" squealed Momiji running in.

Hatori relinquished a sigh of relief for once he was saved by Momiji were as Momiji was usually causing all the chaos. Shigure greeted Momiji and they got into a little conversation giving Hatori enough time to slip off to a different room so he could lie down. A new question arose in his head how will he tell Shigure his current condition? Shigure obviously didn't understand seahorse mating rituals and so couldn't possibly know what was wrong with him. Finally Shigure walked in and looked Hatori over a little bit.

"Hatori tell me what's wrong."

"Shigure," said Hatori in a pleading voice.

"I'm worried. I was worried the day the incident occurred so please tell me."

"You would worry more."

"Hatori," said Shigure in a series adult tone.

"Shigure, I'm… Pregnant," said Hatori awaiting Shigure's horrified expression.

Shigure stood there for a second then started laughing; he knew men couldn't get pregnant. Hatori glared at him from beneath his hair and his sunk lower onto the couch in annoyance.

"I told you, you wouldn't believe it."

"But… But Hatori… Man can't become pregnant!" said Shigure laughing more. Hatori glowered from his position and frowned more.

"Get out…" said Hatori quietly almost like he was hurt.

"You're… Serious about this aren't you?" asked Shigure getting his laughs under control.

"Male seahorses are the ones who hold the young, not the female Shigure…"

"But you can't be pregnant I mean that's… You're not a seahorse now are you?"

"I can still carry the babies in human form."

Shigure was shocked he didn't know what to say his cousin really was pregnant. He didn't know what to do, whether he should let Hatori take care of himself, or Shigure could help Hatori out. Shigure went with option two for obvious reasons.

"Hatori keep off your feet. I'll come back and help you out tomorrow I'll work from house on books if I have to."

"Shigure."

"Now, now calm down. Being upset isn't healthy for you or the baby right now."

"See you tomorrow."

"Alright! Ciao!" With that Shigure was gone. Hatori stood up to go see Momiji and he saw Momiji reading his homework but not doing so well due to he couldn't sit still. Hatori sat down next to him and started to work the algebra problems out with Momiji. Then Hatori thought of something that made him sick to his stomach.

'I wonder if I will have a healthy birth…'

Bonjour it is I again sorry for the long update school sucks! Well i hope to get more written soon so please bear with me I'm haveing some trouble at school so it might be slow updateing. Well till next time this is vamp.

Ciao!