A/N: Hi all!!

Because writing this slut is fun for me! XDXD!

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Moonlight filtered in through the curtains as a young woman tossed in her and her husband's bed. Blinking open her eyes for the hundredth time that night, she glanced at the clock. The numbers read two thirty four A.M. Sighing, she flipped onto her back and gazed at the ceiling.
"What is wrong?" the soft voice of her husband inquired as he touched her shoulder. Her constant moving around and the silent musings he knew she was having were also keeping him up this night.
"Nothing," the woman replied folding her hands across her chest.
"Please," he began, "Please do not lie to me. I know you far to well for petty lies Tsukiko."
The lady sighed and after a moment spoke, "How would you feel if there was someone else?"
"You mean," Ryuu'chi chose his next words carefully, "Someone other than Takemaru?"
"Yes."
"I-"
"I'm just curious," she cut her husband off, "Of what you would think of that."
"You'd have three men then?"
A horrible feeling began to settle itself in the pit of Ryuu'chi's stomach, and he held onto the sheets to keep from reaching out to her.
"It's just a thought that came to me and I wanted to know your thoughts."
"Well," and he sighed as he expertly masked his true feelings, "If you want someone else, I suppose I'd have to get used to that. However, it is not me you should worry about."
Tsukiko shrugged, "Oh, alright."
More moments of silence passed as Tsukiko rolled on her side facing her husband. Reaching forward her arms wrapped around him and the man mentally struggled not to relax in her hold. The woman rested her head upon his chest, a hand going to touch his face.
"Is that what has been keeping you awake?"
"No," she replied so softly that the man barely heard her.
"If not that, may I ask what you've been tossing and turning about?"
She sighed as her hand left his face. It trailed down his arm until it gently grasped his wrist. Picking up his hand from where it had been laying she gingerly brought it over to rest on her stomach.
At this action the man raised his head to peer down at her, "What, what is it Tsukiko?"
She said nothing, her dark eyes meeting his own in the moonlight. It was this light that she saw first the flicker of confusion, then realization and finally understanding cross his face. He gasped, then gently pressed on her ever so slightly swollen abdomen.
"What?" he whispered in disbelief, "When? Does Takemaru know? Is this what you meant by someone else?"
At that last query Tsukiko chuckled, "Yes, Takemaru does not know and I'm about two months along."

"You're going to have a baby?"

Tsukiko chuckled as she lightly hit his arm, "Yeah, it looks that way. I thought about getting rid of it at first but I couldn't do it."

It was then Ryuu'chi looked at her fully. He traced his hand over the slight roundness of her stomach and looked in her eyes. Even in the moonlight, something did seem different about her. Why hadn't he placed it before?

"I'll take care of it. I'll take care of you."

The young woman smiled as she moved onto her back, "Thank you, but don't stress over this. I've been to the doctor's office and everything is going well so far."

"Good," he said after a moment, "So, why have you not told Takemaru?"

The woman shrugged, "I don't know. I guess I just haven't had time."

'Nor the desire.' she thought. Telling Ryuu'chi was hard enough for her. She did not know just how to tell him the news until they had been lying in bed.

'Perhaps the same will work on Takemaru.' she thought as sleep finally came to her troubled mind.

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"I said no," she snapped pulling away from her lover. She was feeling annoyed, nauseated and tired. The last thing she wanted to do was mess around.

It was the next evening, and Tsukiko was over at Takemaru's apartment. She had asked if she could spend the night and of course he had said yes.

'He thought he'd get it.' she thought as she turned her back on him. Lying on her side she studied the paint on the wall biting her lip.

"Alright," the man spoke his gruff voice near her ear, "What's with you? we haven't done it in like-"

"Many weeks," she finished for him in a bored tone. Truth was, she was trying to remember when the last time was.

"Right," he continued a frustrated tone to his voice, "What's with you? I remember the times when you couldn't keep your hands-"

He was cut off as she flipped onto her other side, facing Takemaru. The man lay on the bed, propping his head up on his hand as he stared down at her.

"How would you feel if there was someone else?" she inquired in the same way as she had to her husband Ryuu'chi the night before.

"There won't be," he stated matter-of-factly.

"How would you feel if there was someone else?" she repeated the question as Takemaru narrowed his eyes.

"You mean," he began, "Someone other than Ryuu'chi?"

"Yes."

"You're a whore," he snapped his dark eyes quickly giving her the look of rage, "So, who is he? Who have ya gone and done this time?"

"I didn't do anyone."

"What the hell are you talking about then? Two men aren't enough for you?" he shouted, sitting up in bed as Tsukiko continued to lie upon it.

"You want screwed all the time?"

"No, if you would just-"

She gave a surprised cry her sentence being cut off as he forcefully grabbed her shoulders, crashing his mouth against her own. His arms wrapped themselves around her neck as the passionate kiss continued.

"Damn you," he growled as she gazed up at him with a shocked expression, "Don't let there be someone else."

She inwardly winced at that. He had never used that tone of voice in the time she had known him. It almost sounded pleading with her, desperate even for her not to find someone else. Reaching up she placed a manicured hand along side his face.

"Takemaru-"

"Don't," he whispered as he gripped her shoulders. They never had a moment like this, but she supposed she had never asked a question like this before.

"Get off me," she said however he did not move just fixed her with an icy glare. Tsukiko always marveled at how one moment he could look at her with such desperate love and tenderness and then the next is staring at her with an icy cold, calculating calmness.

Taking one of her hands she tried to push it off her shoulder but this action yielded no result. He sat straddling her upper legs and pinning down her shoulders. She knew struggling would be futile so instead she allowed her hands to move across his muscular shoulders and back. She touched his face with her hand, lifting her head so as the woman could kiss him. At first he resisted her attempt until she bit gently down on his lip. The young woman smiled as his lips parted and she could deepen the kiss.

It was her that pulled back as she whispered, "Takemaru, I'm pregnant."

He blinked in surprise as he inquired, "What? What did you say?"

She knew he hadn't heard her as she restated, "I'm pregnant."

He kissed her forehead, "No problem. How much do you need?"

"Need, for what?" she asked before it dawned on her.

"I'm not getting an abortion."

"Why not?" he inquired as he got off and lay beside her. She took this opportunity to roll over and face him.

"Because," she said, "I want it."

Takemaru seemed to consider this statement for a moment as he placed his arms around her frame. She kissed his neck before working her way up to his mouth.

"This baby better have been what you were talking about when you asked me how I'd feel if there were someone else," he griped.

"Yes," she replied as she smiled, "That was what I meant."

"Good," he retorted as his hands found his way beneath her clothes. As he massaged her breasts she couldn't help but grin down at him. It was true she hadn't been in the mood for sex however as he kept on rubbing her along with sucking her neck she was certainly in the mood now as she gave a low moan.

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'It must be the hormones.' Tsukiko thought as she caught her grinning reflection in the mirror that was above her bathroom sink. She was in a great mood this autumn morning as she sauntered happily outside. Going down the steps of her back porch she beamed as she saw the man working in the lush garden.

"Good morning," she cheerfully said as she hurried over to him. Blue eyes met dark brown as he turned his head in order to look at her.

"Good morning Tsukiko," he said before turning back to the bushes he had been working on, "How are you today?"

"I'm well," she replied as she sat on the grass, "How about you?"

"Doing well," he said as he dusted off his hands before going and sitting beside her on the soft ground, "How was your weekend?"

Tsukiko gave a smile as she turned to face him, "It was very interesting to say the least. What about yours?"

The man shrugged, "The same, work and schooling. I was able to go out with friends on Saturday for a drink."

"That's nice," the woman said as she moved closer to him. Placing an arm around his shoulder the man quickly glanced around to make sure they had complete privacy. Satisfied that they were indeed alone he softly kissed her cheek.

"I thought of you," he said as she let him kiss her mouth.

"As did I," she breathed running a hand through his dark hair.

"Taiyou," she began as she pulled back her expression becoming thoughtful, "How would you feel if there was someone else?"

The man regarded her with an arched eyebrow, "What?"

"How would you feel if there was someone else?" she repeated stroking the side of his face.

"You mean," he began slowly, "Someone other than Takemaru and Ryuu'chi?"

--End Of, "Someone Else."--