Hello Readers! This is my second story based on the characters from "Library Wars"! Thanks for those of you who read my first one! This time, instead of writing everything ahead of time, I'm going to release it chapter by chapter and hopefully it will all come together. Feedback, as always, is greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
Iku let out a shriek loud enough to be heard down the hall, out the window, and around the whole vicinity of her apartment. No one came running, which was disturbing from the point of view that her squeal could have easily been mistaken for the death-cry of a rather boisterous creature being murdered. Fortunately, however, she was not being murdered, nor would she have responded well to any unsolicited rescuer. This was a huge moment, a momentous moment. Bigger than when she was told she was accepted onto the task force. Bigger than when she was promoted to instructor. Bigger than- well, perhaps tied with— the day she stared into Atsushi Dojo's eyes as he promised to love her through sickness and health, for richer and poorer, and even in the moments she was being utterly reckless and idiotic, until death do us part. A smile spread across her face. This moment was a highlight that shone out amongst all the great and wonderful things that she had ever experienced.
She was going to have a baby.
She looked at the little pink plus sign on the pregnancy test Shibasaki had given her as a joke gift during her bridal shower. These things don't lie right? I'll have to take another one to be sure. Five, five should be enough.
Joy, horror, surprise, and a little bit of nausea stirred in her all at once. That's why I've been feeling like crap all these weeks!
She wanted to scream from the rooftop! She wanted to go out and buy every kind of baby thing imaginable! She wanted to hyperventilate into her pillow! She wanted to call everyone and share the news: she and Atsushi were having a baby! She could barely contain the wonder and awe that a little human was growing in her at that very moment. An itty-bitty baby, a little boy or girl, just waiting to reveal their incredible cuteness to the world! She was in love already! She imagined her own little family down the line reading books and wrestling together. She would be a mom. Atusuhi would be a dad…
Atsushi.
Her mind raced.
How should I tell him? Will he be excited? Does he even want to be a dad? What will he say? Will he be angry? They hadn't really discussed kids much in their relationship, and, on the rare and passing occasions that they did, it was always something that seemed far away. She pondered the possibilities and her own excitement proved enough to momentarily convince her that he would be just as happy as she. Maybe he'll stop hounding me about stupid stuff while I'm pregnant. This is pretty much the ultimate get-out-of-trouble-free card, right? I wonder if I ask him to buy me steak if he'd just assume it was a pregnancy craving? I bet he would. Man, now I really want steak…