Ann frowned at the calendar in front of her. She was late. Never in her life had her period been late like this; not even when she had first started getting them. It was a bit frightening, if she were being honest. An idea cropped up in her mind. She couldn't be pregnant; could she? That was nearly impossible, she and Akira had double and triple checked that they were cautious about these things.

Frowning even more, she decided that she would think about it more after she got back from her classes for the day. She was going for a degree in teaching english; something to fall back on if her modeling and acting career ultimately failed her. Akira was going for a bachelor's degree in Culinary School; it was a past time he had picked up during the year he had gone to Shujin. He'd been developing it ever since, and he threw himself into his studies, which Ann admired him for. Her raven-haired fiancee was also going for a degree in business, although to what extent she had no idea. The business degree was online, so he worked on it as he was at work. They lived tightly, busily, and everything in between.

Not to mention planning a wedding. Her parents had offered to pay, as a way of apologizing for not being around that often, and Ann had denied, but they had insisted until she had no choice but to accept. The wedding was far off; they had decided to wait until they had both graduated, but if she was right…..

Her hand ghosted over her flat stomach as she walked out of her and Akira's apartment. If she was right, then….things were about to get a whole lot crazier.

Fidgeting with her bag nervously, the blonde quarter-american sighed, stepping into the convenience store. She had brought her hair into a bun and slipped on some sunglasses as a way to try and disguise herself, although she was sure she was failing miserably at that. After she had finished her classes for the day and gotten off of work, her mind was made up to at least check. No harm in checking, right? She walked quickly among the aisles, grabbing a couple things she would need. Along with that, she blindly grabbed a couple pregnancy tests, rushing to the counter and blushing as the woman behind the counter rang up her items. After she had handed over the money, the cashier winked and said, "Good luck,"

Blurting out a thank you, she left quickly, headed for home at the same pace. She was starting to get a bit tired though. She supposed it was because she worked after her classes, too.

She darted in the door, saying hi to Akira and taking the bag into the bathroom with her. Ann locked the door, doing as the box said. Now the hard part was waiting five minutes. Unlocking the door, she came out and put the rest of the assorted items away in the kitchen.

Akira peeked over at her as she did so, pausing in writing his paper. "Ann, are you okay?" He asked. It wasn't an out of the blue question, either. She was a bit skittish, as she usually was when she was hiding something from him.

His blue eyed fiancee looked back at him. "Uh, yeah, I'm fine," she yawned. "What's for dinner?"

Akira shrugged, getting up and walking over to her. Arms hooked around her waist from behind, Akira's chin resting on her shoulder. "Hmm…american food?"

Ann, surprisingly, scrunched her face up. "Not tonight," she rejected.

Akira rose his eyebrows, but didn't comment. "Okay, what about curry? I might have to go out and get a couple things, but if I make a big pot we can do it for leftovers and save money that way." He murmured. Ann hummed, staring at the time on the stove as she seemed to contemplate it. That did sound good; and it would get Akira out of the house so she had time to find out the results of the tests. After a moment of pause, she said; "That sounds really good. Let's do that,"

Akira gave her a kiss on the cheek and let go of her, moving to the door to pull on his shoes. Looking at the pocket on his jeans, she noted that he had his wallet and phone. This was good; there would be no reason for him to come back. "Alright, I'll be back in about half an hour," he said. Ann looked at him quizzically. "Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, you look dead tired." He observed. "Get some sleep until dinner's ready, alright?"

Ann nodded, knowing she was too restless to sleep. She didn't want to worry him though, hence the nod. "I'll try,"

He chuckled, opening the door and going into the cool spring air. "Love you!" She called.

"Love you too!" Akira called back, shutting the door behind him. Standing in their kitchen, she was now aware of how much the possibility of being pregnant was upsetting her. What if Akira left after she told him? He wouldn't do that, would he?

Holding her stomach, she walked into the bathroom, eyes focused on the mirror, where her own face stared back at her. Taking a deep breathe, she looked down, and promptly started shaking.

The test read positive.

Her eyes shut for a second, before she took out the second and third tests, taking them just to be sure.

After waiting, both read positive. She held her stomach. So she was pregnant, then. That explained all of her symptoms. Biting her lips, she threw the tests away and went out, sitting on the couch. How was she going to tell Akira? What was she going to do?

Taking a deep, shuddering, breath, she tried to sort through what could and would happen. Akira, being Akira, would find some way to balance all of this and move the wedding forward, if they wanted to keep the baby. Ann had already made up her mind about that point. It was just a clump of cells right now, but she was not giving this baby up. No way, no how. She was sure Akira would feel the same way, but was building an argument in her head in case he didn't.

But how was she going to balance this and school? Where were they going to get the money from? Not to mention the media...they would have a field day with this. Perhaps she could play that in her favor though. And the wedding...they would have to plan that in two months. What about food-wise? What couldn't she eat? Letting out an audible sigh, she decided to take it step-by-step. First….tell Akira.

Said man walked in the door, holding grocery bags. On instinct, she got up and helped him unload them, washing off the vegetables as he washed his hands in the bathroom.

Akira making dinner went by agonizingly slowly, and dinner went by even slower, Ann thinking of nothing to talk about but what she really wanted to say. Akira mostly carried the conversation, talking about the paper he had to write and the dishes he had to create. Ann listened, only half there as she debated how to tell him. Should she say it in a roundabout way, or just be blunt? She decided to say it rather bluntly, in the end.

After they had finished, Akira had almost gotten up when she said; "Stop for a second."

He looked back at her, eyebrow quirked up. "What, is there a landmine under my foot?"

"No, just," she wrung her hands together. "Sit down for a second. I- I don't want you to drop anything or fall over."

Akira looked at her strangely, but lowered himself so that he was sitting on the chair instead of hovering over it. "All right, you've got my attention now. What's up?"

She took a deep breath. "Akira….I'm-" the words caught in her throat, but she continued. He had to know. "I'm pregnant."

He looked at her, shock plastered on his face. "You're what?"

"Pregnant." She repeated, her hands tightening to fists on the tabletop.

"That's….that's awesome," he choked out, still seeming to process the information.

Once he did, he got up. "Wait, you mean I'm going to be a dad? As in, I did that?"

With a small snort and an eye roll, she nodded. "Yes, you did this."

"Oh, Makoto is going to flay us alive,"

Ann let a small smile overtake her for a second. She was pregnant, and they were already busy, but he was still worrying about how Makoto was going to kill him. Without her noticing, he had moved over to her side and had now picked her up out of her seat, enveloping her in a hug. She gladly returned it, finding her footing. His hand came to rest on her stomach as he grinned. "Is it bad that I'm happy?" He asked in a whisper.

Ann's eyes widened. "Wait, you're okay with this? I mean, we'll have to do so much before the baby comes, and not to mention the media, and the wedding, and-"

The raven haired male swooped down, giving her a kiss. "Ann, I'm having a baby with you. I already want to spend the rest of my life with you. None of the rest of it matters right now," he assured her, cupping her cheek with his free hand. Ann teared up, leaning into his hand.

"You know..I was a little scared you'd leave," she sniffled.

He smiled, kissing her forehead. "Never,"

Crying slightly now, she hugged him. "I'm so glad I have you. You have this power to make everything bad that I can think of go away,"

He smirked. "Is that the only reason you love me?"

Ann slapped him lightly on the chest. "Don't ruin the moment,"

Touching their foreheads together, he chuckled. "If you say so,"

For a moment, everything was silent, and then Ann broke the silence by whispering, "For the record, I'm really happy too,"

Akira just chuckled and gave her a kiss before going off and doing the dishes. "Go get some sleep, we'll talk about it more tomorrow."

Ann nodded, and this time complied. As soon as she had changed and her head had hit the pillow, she was out like a light.

They sat on either side of the table the following night, discussing their options. "Well, I'll see if my instructors can give me double lessons, I usually finish my assignments faster anyway, so doing more will mean I can get my degrees sooner.." he murmured. "I only have a year and a half left counting today, and I can get a part time job until the baby comes. I could stop pursuing my business degree after this year, too. It's not like I can't do that later."

Ann eyed him. "We still have to plan a wedding, and do all of the pregnancy stuff," she muttered. Akira considered that, too. "Well, so we don't put stress on you, how about you see if your professors can switch you to online courses. You could do those in your downtime and up the modeling a bit. Of course, don't stress yourself," he added.

Ann nodded. "I can do that."

"So that's one thing settled," he said. "We'll have to move, I think I still have money stored up from our days as the phantom thieves, so once we find a house with a good schooling district then we'll pack up and go. I'm sure the others will be dying to help once we tell them,"

Ann giggled. "Yeah. Speaking of which, when are we doing that?"

Akira shrugged. "We're all meeting up for dinner next Saturday, you could do it then, if it's-"

"We're doing it then," Ann decided, cutting her husband-to-be off. They were going to need a bit of help to get them through this pregnancy and the changes. "And we'll tell your mom and my parents this week. It'll have to be mine first, they're only in town until Thursday."

Akira nodded. "We'll tell my mom on Friday, then. The rest of the family can wait until Mother's Day to find out."

Ann smiled, clapping. "Have I told you how much I love your family?"

Akira nodded, laughing.

"I think that's everything," he hummed, writing it all down.

"What about the wedding?" Ann asked.

Akira smacked his forehead. "That's right! How soon do you want to do it?"

Ann hummed. "How about 3 months? I don't think I'll be showing much by then, and we should have some stuff settled,"

Akira nodded. "Alright, we'll start plans for that sooner rather than later. We'll have to tell your mom and dad, about the wedding too, and my mom." He rubbed his eyes, yawning. "We'll do this more later, I'm tired, and you look dead on your feet,"

Ann hummed, holding her arms out. "You'll have to carry me," she yawned.

Chuckling now, Akira stood, scooping her up. "Yes ma'am,"

Ann giggled, snuggling into her husband-to-be.

They were going to get through this together.

Life may have other plans, but they were going to kick life's ass.

so i thought this would be cute, especially because I haven't really found a way to write a pregnancy with Ann/Akira yet. I really wanted to because I feel that Ann being pregnant it would be a trip. Anyway, so I was reading something - can't remember if it was a fanfic or not, and one of the characters got pregnant on accident. I know it's cliche, but I also thought these two goobers would get pregnant for the first time on accident, even with being careful.

And thus, this fic was born. I think each chapter is going to have a different theme, seeing as how they have a lot to do.

See you next chapter!