In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

A very loud clap of thunder suddenly sounded outside.

A strong beam of light shone through the transparent window, casting the shadow of Gen Chiya completely onto Toka's entire body.

"Sorry, I saw light coming from under your door and knew you weren't asleep yet, I just couldn't help myself..."

The moment she walked over.

I can't help it... I can't help what?

Yuan Qianye subconsciously took a step back, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

There's no particular reason, it's just that Shika is just too... too charming.

She wore a tight-fitting tank top and super short hot pants that were barely the length of her hand. This was her private attire when she slept, exposing her delicate skin to the fullest extent.

At most, he would occasionally run into her in the hallway when he went to the bathroom late at night.

At that time, Shika would realize something and shyly return to her room quickly, so as not to create unnecessary awkwardness between the two of them.

But now, she's even coming directly to her own room.

What is she thinking? What is she planning to do?!

"...I'm so scared, I can only talk to you about it."

As she spoke, Shihua took another step forward with a worried expression, and the distance between the two of them closed once again.

Someone could even begin to smell the subtle, sweet fragrance emanating from her that could easily stir up emotions.

The heart began to beat rapidly at an abnormal rate.

Classic scenes from A Certain Scientific Railgun flashed into my mind.

It was a stormy night, and the female protagonist, facing the bewildered male protagonist, took off her dress right in front of him, under his close gaze...

Surely Shika wouldn't ask herself to measure her body dimensions, would she?

"What are you afraid of?"

Yuan Qianye appeared calm, but that was only on the surface.

His breathing gradually became heavy.

There's now a little deer named "Restlessness" on his chest, excitedly and vigorously stomping on the floor tiles named "Reason," and his way of thinking is clearly beginning to be affected.

Even so, he still managed to look slightly up at the ceiling while speaking, trying his best not to look directly at the girl in front of him.

He didn't know anyone else.

But at least for him, that half-revealed, half-concealed feeling is all too easy to hit his emotional sweet spot!

"You...you'll understand once you see this."

"?"

Shihua slowly raised one hand.

Yuan Qianye then noticed her left hand, which had been slightly clenched.

It wasn't an unconscious clenching due to emotions, but rather that there was something genuinely clutched in my palm.

Seeing Shihua's earnest yet flustered and bewildered expression.

Yuan Qianye took the crumpled paper from her palm.

Seeing her nod, he slowly peeled back the paper to reveal what was inside.

It was a small, long, strip-shaped plastic product, smooth to the touch, and almost weightless in the hand.

Yuan Qianye held the little thing in his hand, slowly turned it over to look at the back, and in that instant, his pupils suddenly dilated!

The answer was revealed: it was a pregnancy test.

The two bright red vertical bars are clearly visible through the transparent monitor window on the front!

parallel bars.

This condition undoubtedly indicates pregnancy.

Runko's mom is pregnant?!

"This...this!"

Looking at the bewildered expression on Yuan Qianye's face as he briefly lost the ability to speak.

Tokayana nodded slowly.

"I found this in the trash can in the bathroom."

"!!!"

Yuan Qianye's pupils—this time it's a magnitude 10 earthquake that could shatter the heavens and the earth!

He flung the object in his hand away as if he had been electrocuted.

They even wished they could throw their own hands out with it!

Shihua glared at him angrily, then turned around and used a piece of paper as a barrier to pick up the pregnancy test again.

Yuan Qianye pulled out several wet wipes from the wet wipe box on the table and vigorously wiped his hands.

But he also knew the importance and urgency of the matter, and quickly asked,

When did you find this?

Shihua sat down on the edge of the bed with her head down.

"Just now, I went to the bathroom and my mom came out. I noticed that she looked a little off, so I rummaged through the trash can and found this."

After wiping his hands, Yuan Qianye threw the wet wipes into the trash can, then took a few more tissues to pad his hands. He took the things from Shihua's hands, wrapped them in several more layers of tissues, and then placed them on the table.

After listening to Shihua's words, he was somewhat confused.

"You noticed your mother's expression was off, so you went to rummage through the trash can... Is there any causal relationship between these two things?"

Shihua looked up at him, appearing somewhat displeased.

"Haven't you noticed that Mom hasn't seemed uncomfortable like usual these past few days? She occasionally frowns and clutches her back suddenly, and we haven't opened any new sanitary napkins in the past few days either."

"..."

What decent man would care about this kind of thing with his own mother?

Ultimately, however, it did seem to be a sign of a lack of care for family members, so Yuan Qianye had no response.

He sat down next to Shihua and remained silent for a while as a sign of reflection.

"...So that means Mom is pregnant."

"Ah."

"..."

"..."

"...If I remember correctly, my mother is thirty-four years old this year."

"Ah."

"They're relatively young, and their age isn't particularly dangerous."

From a scientific point of view... theoretically speaking!

The optimal age for women to give birth is between 23 and 30 years old.

Thirty-four years old, although he is already past that age range.

However, given the current trend of late marriage and childbearing in Japan, this seems to be considered quite normal.

Shihua looked over with a deep gaze: "What do you want to say?"

"No, I just think... we don't need to care so much. If our parents want it this way, we just need to support them."

"..."

Shihua didn't speak, looked away, and appeared worried and disappointed again.

When she did that, Yuan Qianye felt a sudden panic and wanted to comfort her, but because of their relationship, he didn't dare to do anything too outrageous.

So I could only soften my voice as much as possible.

"If you're worried about Mom, there's absolutely no need for that. After all, medical standards are quite advanced these days. As long as Mom has regular checkups, there's no need to worry too much."

Shihua lowered her head even further and waited a long time before replying in a very soft tone.

"That's not what I'm worried about... As I just said, I went to the bathroom and saw Mom come out, and her expression wasn't right..."

She paused, her tone involuntarily turning sad.

"...At that time, my mother's eyes were red, clearly as if she had been crying."

Shihua, don't speak in that tone at a time like this...

The hand pressed against the bed slowly tightened its grip.

Yuan Qianye took a deep breath.

"So you mean, this wasn't part of their original plan, so you consider it an accident?"

“I think that’s right. Although Mom smiled at me before, it was too forced. She was just putting on a brave face and didn’t want me to notice anything was wrong.”

If the eldest daughter, who has lived with her mother for over a decade, says this, then it's probably true.

The rain outside the window is still falling, and it seems to be getting heavier.

Having sorted out the situation to this point, some things are beyond what the two of them can resolve through conversation alone.

“I understand. In short, don’t worry. It’s no use for us to just guess here. Tomorrow, we’ll divide the work. I’ll take care of Dad’s side, and you’ll take care of Mom’s side. At least we’ll figure out the situation first. As for the rest… we’ll talk about it then.”

Seeing Toka's depressed state, Yuan Qianye couldn't help but reach out to her with a touch of heartache, pulling her into his arms and gently patting her back to comfort her.

At first, Toka, who was being held in his arms, was surprised by his action, but she also felt a sense of security that was hard to describe.