Shopping had to be one of Kid's least favorite activities. All the walking, changing in and out of clothes, the adding of taxes or reduction of sales, it all gave him a very big headache.

But he would endure it for his Chrona.

He would carry her bags, would compliment her when she complained of gaining weight and would of course purchase anything she wanted.

One of Kid's friend, Soul Evens had helped Kid find a job. It wasn't the best job. But Soul had been helpful enough to hire him at his Auto-Shop. Thankfully, it was just a desk job, so he didn't have to get unsymmetrical grease on his clothing. He mostly answered phones, made appointments, and such. Most of the time he just hung out with Soul and Black*Star, who hung out at the Auto-Shop when he wanted to have fun. Kid was grateful of Chrona, don't get him wrong. But sometimes, it was nice to just hang out with his friends without worrying about the baby.

But he always made sure that Chrona wasn't alone when he was working or playing cards with Soul or Black*Star. Maka or Tsubaki often came over to their house. Or they went out for a well needed 'girl's day' Maka was Soul's wife of 2 years, and they also had a 10 month old little girl named Ember. Chrona loved to take care of Ember, and Kid thought that it would be good practice for their baby.

Tsubaki and Black*Star where newly married, only officially for about 6 months. They wanted to wait to have kids, so no plans had been made so far.

On a dreary day in Death City, Chrona woke up next to Kid and told him that he had to go shopping. Her stomach was about the size of a softball now, and people began to ask her when she was due when they noticed her on the streets. Chrona, being the shy girl she was, would blush and let complete strangers touch and rub her belly and tell them that she was due in about 7 months. And no, they didn't know the gender yet, yes they had bought a book of baby names, but had yet to go through it, and no they didn't have a theme for the nursery yet,

This all made Kid's headache much worse.

Once inside a cliché clothing store that Chrona had come to love, Kid walked over to a saleswoman and asked her for her help. He explained to her that Chrona was 3 months pregnant, and that while most of her cloths still fit, they were beginning to get tight and uncomfortable. And they were also looking for maternity clothes for when Chrona was in her later months.

The saleswoman, a grey-haired woman, brought out a chair for Kid to sit down and told him to rest while Chrona and her took a look around.

Kid, grateful to the woman, relaxed while he looked at the other people inside the store. Recognizing a certain white-haired male and his blonde wife, he called their names.

"Soul! Maka! Hey, how are you two?"

"Hi, Kid! What are you doing here? Is Chrona buying maternity clothes?" Maka asked him. When kid nodded, she handed Ember over to Soul and told him to watch her while she looked for Chrona.

Soul and Kid walked over to where Kid had been sitting. Grabbing another chair, soul sat down and held Ember in his lap. They chatted aimlessly about everything from sports to their partner's friendship.

"So have you ever held a baby before Kid?" Soul asked him.

"Well, no. But it can't be that hard, right? I mean, I've seen it on television before." Kid told him. He was an only child and he couldn't remember ever holding Ember.

"Well here. Why don't you hold Ember while I search her diaper bag for a bottle. I know Maka keeps them in here somewhere. It'll be good practice man. Come one. Just support her head, and place your arm under her back."

Kid did as he was instructed, but it felt awkward, like he wasn't doing it correctly. As soon as Soul had found the hidden bottle, he handed Ember back to him and sat down again. Putting his head in his hands, he muttered,

"What am I going to do, Soul? I don't know how to hold a baby, let alone take care of one. How am I going to take care of a baby when I just have a desk job? I won't be able to afford to feed it, or clothe it, or anything! How am Chrona and I supposed to do this?" Kid was hysterical now, eyes wide and questioning.

"Hey, Kid. Look man. Do you remember what I was working as when I found out that Maka was knocked up? I was a musician, barely being able to make ends meet for two of us. But I had to get serious. SO I saved up every cent that I had and bought the old Auto-Shop.

I was thinking about it the other day. What would you say to a joint ownership of the place? You would own half, and so would I. You'd get paid more, but you could still just do all the office-type stuff. What do you say?" Soul asked him. He truthfully had been thinking about it for days now.

Kid was a proud man. Black*Star had offered Kid money when he learned about Chrona's pregnancy. Black*Star was loaded, thanks o his mother and father, who owned some large company that made millions. When they passed away, they left all of their fortune to Black*Star. He never had to work another day in his life.

But Kid couldn't take the money. He would never be able to pay it back, and he didn't take charity.

Kid thought about it for a few minutes, before turning to Soul with a smile on his face.

'Thank you Soul. Truly, you are the best friend I have ever had. You don't know how much this means to me!" just then, Chrona, Maka, and the saleswoman all walked out into the lobby of the store. Chrona was carrying 3 big bags with the stores' logo on the front. Smiling sheepishly, she told Kid the price of her purchase. She had not only bought clothes for herself. Since this was a women's maternity clothes store, they also sold baby clothes. Chrona had bought some gender-neutral clothes for their unborn child. Kid, laughing and picking her up, he spun her around. Setting her back down when she said she was getting dizzy, he told her,

"Get anything you want, Darling. Anything at all! Oh, I love you so much" Grabbing her waist to pull her into a searing kiss, Soul laughed while Maka asked him,

"I'm guessing you told him your proposition?"

"Yep, and he agreed." Soul stated while pecking Maka's lips and then the top of Ember's head.

Chrona had been blushing the entire time Kid had been kissing her. Gently pushing on his chest, he reluctantly let go and looked at her.

"Ok Kid. I love you too, Kid. But this place has no bathroom and I have to pee again." Chrona told him seriously. The baby had been pushing on her bladder for the last few hours and Chrona was beginning to get irritated.

Kid nodded, said his good-byes to the others, and pulled his girlfriend to the registers. He paid for their purchases, and pulled Chrona outside to find a store that had a restroom.

A/N: Not sure if this chapter is as good as the rest. But, I am writing this at 6 in the morning when I haven't slept all day.

There isn't as much dialogue, just because it requires me to think more and to move my finger more to press the dialogue keys. I'm too tired and lazy for that lol.

And I know there isn't much of Chrona in this chapter as well. I wanted to kind of focus on Kid's anxiety and nervousness about the baby and being able to provide for them.

Anyway, please review! I love your feedback: 3