He was lying on the bed, face pale and a bucket beside him. Ryosuke swore that he had never felt this terrible before. Taking the bottle of sour plum from the bed side and popping on into his mouth, he felt better. “They make you feel better, and clear the nasty taste in your mouth.” Those were the words of Riko before she stepped out of the house, all clad in his clothes.

Looking out of the window, Ryosuke placed his hand over his stomach. He should never agree on letting his sister cross-dress as him for rehearsal. 

“Yama-chan, are you alright? You’ve been messing up quite a bit.” Yabu had approached with a concern look on his face. Turning around Riko just nodded, mentally chanting that she’s now her brother. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Yuto staring at her. Oh, not her, but her brother, since she was dressed and acting as him now.

‘Even if I can fool everyone, I doubt I can fool Nakajima.’

It amuses the rest of JUMP that instead of Ryosuke doing the stripping like he always do in magazine shoots or even concerts, he was now replaced with Yuto and Ryutaro. “I wonder why the sudden change.” Takaki nodded in agreement with Yabu, and Hikaru just frowned. 

Riko stood at the side and sigh. This is going to be hard after all, but for Ryosuke she must do this.

Going to school has never been this awkward. It was the first time she had ever stepped into Horikoshi, since she was schooling in a different school. Silently cursing, she pouted as Riko tugged a little on the wig she was wearing.

Thankfully, Johnny had already made enough excuses for her to be exempted from physical activities and other stuffs that would expose her identity. No one needs to know the reason why she was posing as her brother, especially the media.

“Riko!” Ryosuke had immediately hugged his sister once she stepped into their shared house. The place they were staying was at least a two hour train ride from where their family was living. In other words, far away from JUMP and people they knew. 

Pushing Ryosuke back into his room, Riko just settled down at the table and started to do the homework. Her own homework from her school arrived, since their father brought it up for her. Double load, plus Riko needs to teach what Ryosuke had missed. 

It’s going to be a long year ahead for both of them.

Months passed as usual, Ryosuke’s vomiting has died down much to his delight, and the small swell of his stomach could be seen. Weird cravings had kicked in, and Riko felt like she was her brother’s husband, running around in the middle of the night just to get a tub of chocolate mint ice cream from the convenient store. 

With JUMP and the company, eight members had already shrugged off the weirdness, but Yuto was still the same. He knew something was wrong. But what was? He had no idea that his boyfriend was already five months into pregnancy.

As weird as it seems, it was true. 

“Ryosuke.” Turning around, Riko was met with Yuto’s eyes staring into hers. They were the only one in the dressing room now, and Riko couldn’t help but felt a shiver in her spine. “Where’s our ring?” His hand reached out, slowly tracing Riko’s collar bone, and her eyes just widened.

The ring, it was with her brother.

Backing away, she didn’t know what to do. Panic overwhelmed her, and tears just fell. The cynical Yuto disappeared, obviously surprised by his ‘boyfriend’ crying, and immediately hugged ‘him’.

‘I’m sorry Nakajima. I’m sorry I’m not nii-chan. I’m sorry I can’t tell you.’