Fumino stared at the readout on her home pregnancy test in shock. This was... unexpected, Fumino decided as she took a deep breath and shakily lowered her the test to the bathroom counter. Not that it was a bad thing necessarily, but it certainly hadn't been planned. A lot would change with this...

Fumino thought of the college waiting for her in a few days. She would probably have to take some sort of break for her studies, and Kazuma would probably need to take some time off as well...

Excitement began to bubble in her stomach. Fumino could still remember how awed her husband had been when little Miru-chan had been born. He had told Fumino that he wanted a baby of his own after he had been around Miru-chan a little. Kazuma had been so excited!

Fumino rested a hand on her still flat stomach and couldn't help grinning to herself. This baby, boy or girl, was going to be very much loved. Fumino knew that she would adore the child, and she knew that Kazuma would treasure every moment with the baby as well. Fumino grinned as her eyes began to water. Kazuma was going to be so happy!

With that in mind, Fumino quickly exited the bathroom, snuck past Teppei's open bedroom door, and made her ways stealthily to the phone. She excitedly dialed the number from the depths of her heart. Right now, Kazuma should have just gotten out of the shower... hmmm... Shower...

"NO! Bad Fumino! No thinking dirty thoughts about Kazuma when he's not around!" Fumino banged her head on the table in order to cleanse her mind in the absence of non-toxic brain bleach.

"Oh my, what an interesting statement from my wife this evening. I wonder what she was thinking about?" Kazuma's amused tones sounded over the phone. Fumino felt herself go red in the face even though he wasn't even there to see.

"K-Kazuma!" Fumino wailed. "D-Don't be like that!"

"HaHa! Okay, I won't. Are you alright? You don't normally call after Teppei's asleep. Is something wrong?" Kazuma asked, concerned. Hearing his concern, Fumino felt her eyes water and she sniffed a little.

"Fumino? Are you crying? What's wrong?!" Fumino felt her emotions twist up within her erratically before she burst out with the first thing that came to mind.

"You baka! Of course, I'm crying! I'm happy because you're going to be a father!" For a moment after her declaration everything was quiet except for her breathing.

"What?" The single word contained so much. It held hope, awe, shock, surprise, love, and so, so much more! Fumino smiled and wiped at her teary eyes with her free hand.

"Baka, I'm pregnant. I'm going to have a baby." Fumino's is emotional and she sniffles some more as the tears keep coming.

"Fumino..." Kazuma's voice dies out after a moment, as though he cannot express all that he feels. Fumino marvels at it for a moment, normally she is the one childishly unable to convey their feelings into words. Finally, Kazuma seems to find the words he's looking for, or at least the words he feels closest described what he wants to convey.

"Thank you." He breathes it out like a prayer and Fumino feels as if she can relate. She was about to have a baby. Inside her womb was a previous gift of laughter and love. Certainly, she wasn't expecting to be expecting after only a year of being officially married, but Fumino could not deny the indescribable joy that rose from the depths of her heart. This baby was going to be another part of her precious family. So, the next words she says mirror her husband's.

"Thank you." She returns happily. "Together, we've given each other another piece of family. This child, is as much mine as it is yours Kazuma. I'm so happy. We're going to have a baby!" She squealed happily as the joy swept over her young form. Happy, awe filled laughter echoed her from the phone.

"Yes, we are going to have a baby." Kazuma states happily.

I think I have a problem. Really. I get two paragraphs into the next chapter in Moon Phased Wizard, and my brain decides it wants to write romance instead. I'm not even a romance person! Really! I've only ever dated once and that was forever ago! I'm not a romancy person! Seriously, when I see people making out on TV I pull the immature gross card. So... What in the world is this!

But yeah... I think I'm stuck on the romance genre. Joy...

Merry Christmas!

Blitza

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