[multichapter] Baby Blue: Part 4: Chapter 16
Title: Baby Blue: Part 4: Chapter 16
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1056
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and only the words are mine.
Summary: All they wanted was each other, just to be together the way they once were. But now that they have it, is that still enough?
1st February 2014
He froze, the seconds ticking past as he struggled to form the thought that was right on the edge of his realisation.
There was a loud tut from behind him, and Ueda pushed past him “Don't just leave your guest in the doorway. Come in, sit down.
He felt when Mayuko walked past him, Ueda taking her hand to lead her into the apartment, and when he finally worked out how to move his limbs to follow, Mayuko was already sitting on the sofa.
“Oolong tea, thank you.” she was saying, and that was just one more thing to confuse him, until Ueda brushed past him and into the kitchen, the sounds of cupboard doors opening. “Guchi?” Mayuko asked, her voice calling his attention back onto her, but his eyes slipped straight from her face to her stomach as his own gave a lurch.
“I don't understand...” he choked out after another long moment of silence, long enough it seemed for Ueda to boil the kettle and pour three cups of tea.
“What's not to understand?” Ueda asked calmly as he brushed past with the cups of tea, and then he took a seat on the beanbag beside the sofa. “Are you going to sit down and talk to her?”
Taguchi nodded, the motion seeming to finally snap him from his daze and he hurried to sit beside Mayuko on the sofa. “Is it...mine?” he had to ask.
“I don't know.” she answered quietly “Not 100%, I've been arguing with myself for months about even involving you at all, but I need to know...”
“How can you not know?” Ueda piped in, his disapproval clear in his tone.
Mayuko turned her attention to Ueda “While I was sleeping with Guchi, there was someone else too...not at first, but for a while I was with them both...and the dates...”
“Then there is a chance that it's mine?”
“It's most likely...the dates they gave me, I couldn't even say for sure that I had slept with him then, but there's a chance, and part of me wants to know for sure...” she replied, her voice almost pleading. “The favour that I need from you...Guchi, will you take a paternity test when the baby is born?”
He didn't know how to answer, he still couldn't get used to the idea that he had possibly fathered a baby, to know for sure would be something different entirely, what would happen then, what if he had?
“Why can't you ask the other guy?” Ueda asked before he got chance to say anything.
Mayuko's expression deflated “I don't want to have anything to do with him if I can help it. If it's his of course I'll tell him, but...things ended badly between us, I don't want to give him any kind of invitation back into my life unless I have to.”
“So you just thought you'd push your way back into Junno's?”
“I'll do it.” Taguchi answered, before either of them got chance to speak again.
“What?” Ueda asked a little angrily. “We're not even going to discuss this?”
“What is there to discuss?” Taguchi asked back “Now that I know there's a chance I can't just ignore it...I need to know too...”
Ueda looked as though he was about to argue, but he let out the breath that he was holding “Yeah I guess you're right...”
“Thank you.” Mayuko said, reminding them both that she was still there. “Thank you so much...I know that this was so sudden and that I have no right to ask you for anything...thank you.”
“So what happens if it's his?” Ueda asked, and Taguchi flinched a little at the idea of it, of voicing it so suddenly.
“Nothing.” Mayuko insisted “I made the decision to keep it by myself, and I can raise it on my own just fine, I don't need any financial support and I swear I won't ask him to have anything to do with it's life. I just want to know...and then I'll stay away from you both...”
“And what if he wants to?” Ueda interrupted. “If it is his child then he has the right to be part of it's life if he wants to right?”
Mayuko turned from him to Ueda to him, her face confused “If that was what he wanted...”
“Well I don't know what I want right now...I mean it might not even come to that, if it's not mine then there's no point in thinking about that kind of thing right?” he answered, scenes of day trips and playing at the park already running around in his mind, a small hand clasped in his own. “When can we do this?”
“I'm due next month...I'm staying in Tokyo with my parents until then, and giving birth in a private hospital, they can get the DNA as soon as the baby is born and run the tests in the hospital, so we could know within a few days of it being born...”
“That would be for the best right?” Ueda asked “I mean it's easier for everyone involved if we just find out as soon as possible right?
“Yeah” Taguchi agreed, “I could come to the hospital when it's born and get it sorted straight away.”
Mayuko nodded “I think that would be best too.”
They finished their tea in relative silence, Mayuko inquiring sporadically about their work, and Taguchi asking what she's been doing in return, and then Mayuko stood to leave.
“Take care of yourself OK?” Taguchi asked as he lead her to the door. “And if you need anything, anything at all, I'm still your friend whether it's mine or not, so you can call OK?”
“Thank you, I should be fine, my parents are helping me out, but it's sweet of you to offer.” she replied, and she slipped her sandals back on at the genkan before pulling Taguchi in for another hug, and then leaving.
“Well...that was...” Taguchi started, rubbing at his head with his hand as he turned back into the apartment, but the rest of his words died on his tongue at the look on Ueda's face. There were silent tears streaming down his cheeks and his expression was a cruel mix of anger and desperation. Without a word Ueda turned and stormed towards the bedroom.
Chapter 15 | Chapter 17
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Sorry for the lack of updates this weekend, hopefully this will make up for it, the next two chapters are written too so hopefully they'll be up in the next few weeks :)
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1056
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and only the words are mine.
Summary: All they wanted was each other, just to be together the way they once were. But now that they have it, is that still enough?
1st February 2014
He froze, the seconds ticking past as he struggled to form the thought that was right on the edge of his realisation.
There was a loud tut from behind him, and Ueda pushed past him “Don't just leave your guest in the doorway. Come in, sit down.
He felt when Mayuko walked past him, Ueda taking her hand to lead her into the apartment, and when he finally worked out how to move his limbs to follow, Mayuko was already sitting on the sofa.
“Oolong tea, thank you.” she was saying, and that was just one more thing to confuse him, until Ueda brushed past him and into the kitchen, the sounds of cupboard doors opening. “Guchi?” Mayuko asked, her voice calling his attention back onto her, but his eyes slipped straight from her face to her stomach as his own gave a lurch.
“I don't understand...” he choked out after another long moment of silence, long enough it seemed for Ueda to boil the kettle and pour three cups of tea.
“What's not to understand?” Ueda asked calmly as he brushed past with the cups of tea, and then he took a seat on the beanbag beside the sofa. “Are you going to sit down and talk to her?”
Taguchi nodded, the motion seeming to finally snap him from his daze and he hurried to sit beside Mayuko on the sofa. “Is it...mine?” he had to ask.
“I don't know.” she answered quietly “Not 100%, I've been arguing with myself for months about even involving you at all, but I need to know...”
“How can you not know?” Ueda piped in, his disapproval clear in his tone.
Mayuko turned her attention to Ueda “While I was sleeping with Guchi, there was someone else too...not at first, but for a while I was with them both...and the dates...”
“Then there is a chance that it's mine?”
“It's most likely...the dates they gave me, I couldn't even say for sure that I had slept with him then, but there's a chance, and part of me wants to know for sure...” she replied, her voice almost pleading. “The favour that I need from you...Guchi, will you take a paternity test when the baby is born?”
He didn't know how to answer, he still couldn't get used to the idea that he had possibly fathered a baby, to know for sure would be something different entirely, what would happen then, what if he had?
“Why can't you ask the other guy?” Ueda asked before he got chance to say anything.
Mayuko's expression deflated “I don't want to have anything to do with him if I can help it. If it's his of course I'll tell him, but...things ended badly between us, I don't want to give him any kind of invitation back into my life unless I have to.”
“So you just thought you'd push your way back into Junno's?”
“I'll do it.” Taguchi answered, before either of them got chance to speak again.
“What?” Ueda asked a little angrily. “We're not even going to discuss this?”
“What is there to discuss?” Taguchi asked back “Now that I know there's a chance I can't just ignore it...I need to know too...”
Ueda looked as though he was about to argue, but he let out the breath that he was holding “Yeah I guess you're right...”
“Thank you.” Mayuko said, reminding them both that she was still there. “Thank you so much...I know that this was so sudden and that I have no right to ask you for anything...thank you.”
“So what happens if it's his?” Ueda asked, and Taguchi flinched a little at the idea of it, of voicing it so suddenly.
“Nothing.” Mayuko insisted “I made the decision to keep it by myself, and I can raise it on my own just fine, I don't need any financial support and I swear I won't ask him to have anything to do with it's life. I just want to know...and then I'll stay away from you both...”
“And what if he wants to?” Ueda interrupted. “If it is his child then he has the right to be part of it's life if he wants to right?”
Mayuko turned from him to Ueda to him, her face confused “If that was what he wanted...”
“Well I don't know what I want right now...I mean it might not even come to that, if it's not mine then there's no point in thinking about that kind of thing right?” he answered, scenes of day trips and playing at the park already running around in his mind, a small hand clasped in his own. “When can we do this?”
“I'm due next month...I'm staying in Tokyo with my parents until then, and giving birth in a private hospital, they can get the DNA as soon as the baby is born and run the tests in the hospital, so we could know within a few days of it being born...”
“That would be for the best right?” Ueda asked “I mean it's easier for everyone involved if we just find out as soon as possible right?
“Yeah” Taguchi agreed, “I could come to the hospital when it's born and get it sorted straight away.”
Mayuko nodded “I think that would be best too.”
They finished their tea in relative silence, Mayuko inquiring sporadically about their work, and Taguchi asking what she's been doing in return, and then Mayuko stood to leave.
“Take care of yourself OK?” Taguchi asked as he lead her to the door. “And if you need anything, anything at all, I'm still your friend whether it's mine or not, so you can call OK?”
“Thank you, I should be fine, my parents are helping me out, but it's sweet of you to offer.” she replied, and she slipped her sandals back on at the genkan before pulling Taguchi in for another hug, and then leaving.
“Well...that was...” Taguchi started, rubbing at his head with his hand as he turned back into the apartment, but the rest of his words died on his tongue at the look on Ueda's face. There were silent tears streaming down his cheeks and his expression was a cruel mix of anger and desperation. Without a word Ueda turned and stormed towards the bedroom.
Chapter 15 | Chapter 17
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Sorry for the lack of updates this weekend, hopefully this will make up for it, the next two chapters are written too so hopefully they'll be up in the next few weeks :)