Yao stared down at the tiny strip of plastic in his hands with wide eyes.
'This can't be happening,' he thought as he took an unsteady step backwards and collapsed on the floor.
'What's Ivan going to think? Are we even ready for a child!?' Yao's hand unconsciously went to the slight bulge on his stomach and began rubbing in circles. Yao hadn't seen his lover in a month because Ivan had been busy with work at his place.
'I don't want to get rid of it. I can't get rid of it.'
Yao's hand clutched slightly tighter at his stomach. Suddenly Yao heard a knock on his door.
"Just a minute!" he called as he hid the pregnancy test in his oversized sleeve. Before he got halfway down the stairs the door opened and Ivan stood with a huge grin on his face.
"IVAN!" Yao cried flinging himself at his boyfriend. Ivan caught him and spun him around in a happy circle.
"Oh sunflower, I've missed you!" Ivan shouted before pressing his lips passionately against Yao's. When they pulled away Ivan set Yao down. He noticed something on the floor and picked it up.
"I think you dropped th-" Ivan stopped as he realized what he was holding.
"I-I-Ivan, it's not what you think. I mean I-i-i-," Yao blushed and looked down. Ivan looked closely at his lover and noticed the tiny swell of stomach. Ivan stared dazedly for a moment looking back and forth between his lover's stomach and the pregnancy.
Suddenly realization flashed in his violet eyes.
"Yao, are you...pregnant?" Ivan asked quietly hardly daring to hope. Yao nodded without looking up at his lover. Ivan cried out happily and spun his Chinese lover around again.
"Oh Yao! This is the happiest day of my life! We're going to have a baby! I wonder if it's a boy or girl? I don't care which but I think I'd like to have a little girl. How far along are you? Are ok? Have you been eating enough?" Ivan spoke rapidly hardly pausing to breathe. Yao laughed softly.
"I'm fine aru. Yes I'm eating plenty, more than I normally do. I'm around one month."
"One month? So then that means it was before I left last month."
"Yes." Ivan smiled and kissed Yao again, this time softly as if he was afraid he'd hurt him.
"So, how long do we have until we can't have sex?"
"Ivan!" Yao cried already a deep red color but undeniably hard since it had been a month.
"What? I just want to celebrate, da?"