Oh hello there person.

OKAY LET'S MAKE THIS CLEAR. - Yume and Subaru are in high school in this story. Lol just use your imagination. They've been dating since middle school though...JUST OVERLOOK ANY DETAILS THAT FAIL TO MAKE SENSE PLZ (or ask)

Okay and just to clarify, this chapter takes place in the same day as last chapter (chapter 3)

Btw, if it isn't already super obvious lol Masaru is Yume's dad and Kyoko is her mother.

On Wattpad I have polls to decide the results of some things that will change the story. If you'd like to participate in them, my account name is:Shirohoshisan

Example: I had a poll deciding the gender

Month 4

The duo eventually woke up, got dressed and headed out to a familiar bakery, hand in hand. They got out of bed at 2:00 pm and by the time they arrived at Yume's family bakery, it was already 5:00 pm.

Standing in front of the shop, they looked at each other. "Are you ready?" Subaru asked his girlfriend, giving her hand a small squeeze.

Her eyes softened and she smiled. "Not at all." Her small hands trembled in his larger ones.

"It's now or never..." They stepped inside the shop.

"Welco-ah! Yume-chan! Subaru-kun! It's so nice to see you!" exclaimed Kyoko Nijino, scurrying over to greet them. "Masaru! Yume and Subaru are here!" she called to her husband who quickly came out.

"Hey!" he walked over and gave Yume a hug. "Subaru-kun, it's always nice to see you. You've been treating my daughter well, I hope?" Masaru Nijino joked, giving Subaru a fatherly pat on the back.

"Papa!" Yume scolded, bright red.

"O-Of course, sir." Subaru replied in a soldier-like fashion.

"Oh sorry, we should've some after closing hours." Yume said, referring to the customers there, smiling at their scene.

"Oh, don't worry about it honey." Kyoko reassured, waving her hand.

"Hmm, well as long as we're here we might as well help!" Yume exclaimed, glad that she could stall some more.

Yume and Subaru helped out until 7:00 pm, closing hours. After they all cleaned and washed up, the two looked at each other, knowing it was time.

"Mama, Papa...we have someth-"

"Oh dear! We should feed you two some dinner!" Kyoko interjected.

"Mama, we don't really plan on staying too long..."

"It's fine, Ms. Nijino. We ate before we got here. Thank you though."

"Oh, do you want some pastries to take back? Maybe a cake?" Kyoko asked thoughtfully.

Yume sighed. "Some pastries would be nice I guess..."

"Oh good! I'll get them for you." she stood up and went back along with her husband, gathering a box of pastries for them. They soon returned with a white box with a handle on top. Masaru walked over and handed it to Subaru.

"Although they're leftovers, they're still perfectly good and fresh!"

"Mama, Papa."

"There should be enough to share in there. There's some chocolate for that friend Mahiru of yours."

"Mama! Papa!" Yume yelled, finally getting their attention. "Can you sit with us, please?"

Her two parents exchanged confused looks before sitting down next to each other at a table. Yume and Subaru sat across from them, the atmosphere serious.

"Please, please try to understand how hard this is..." Yume begged quietly.

"What's going on you two?" Masaru asked in a confused tone.

Yume and Subaru looked at each other and grabbed one others' hand.

"Mr. Nijino...your daughter and I are expecting a baby." Subaru stated firmly.

"What?"

Yume sniffed. "Papa, Mama...I'm pregnant."

Kyoko stared in absolute shock and somewhat horror as Masaru stood up furiously. As he stood, he grabbed Subaru's collar and pulled him up to his face.

"PAPA STOP!" Yume screamed and tried to pull her dad's hand off of him.

"MASARU, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!" Kyoko commanded along with her daughter, pulling her husband away from the teens.

Once the two girls pulled the men away from each other, Kyoko guided her husband into the kitchen while Yume and Subaru stayed by the tables.

"Are you okay?!" Yume panicked, staring him in the eyes.

Subaru sighed. "I'm glad he lashed out."

"Why?"

He smiled. "It means they care."

Yume leaned her head against his chest and began to let out soft sobs. Just like always, Subaru wrapped his arms around her securely and leaned his head atop of hers.

They stayed like that, Yume's sobs and distant voices the only thing heard in the air.

"Yume, Subaru." Kyoko said firmly, making them turn to her parents, now standing a few feet away from them.

Yume moved so she was shoulder to shoulder with Subaru but gazed down with a somewhat ashamed face. Kyoko and Masaru exchanged glances and then nodded. Masaru, who didn't look mad anymore, just disappointed, walked up to the pair and brought up a hand, only to bring it down across Yume's face, making an acute slapping sound.

Subaru saw his girlfriend's face of shock and hurt as she brought a hand up to her red cheek. Her head was turned in his direction from the force. He glanced up and saw her mother's back, clearly not wanting to see this. Before Subaru could protest and defend her, he himself felt something collide with the side of his face with such force, making the same acute slapping noise that he had just heard seconds ago.

As their faces began to burn, they felt their still bodies be pulled in against Masaru's. It took a few seconds to process what was happening, but it was clear to them when Kyoko came and wrapped her arms around the bunch as well.

Yume began to cry again, this time wailing, "Mama, Papa."

"We love both of you. We expect our grandbaby to be beautiful...but that doesn't mean what you two did wasn't stupid and completely irresponsible. We'll always be here to support you two." Kyoko said, leaning her head on her husband's shoulder.

Subaru closed his eyes and a smile came to his face. They released each other from the hug, and Yume wiped a tear from under her eye.

"Yume, Kyoko, I need to have a man-to-man talk with Subaru-kun." Masaru told the two girls.

Yume and Subaru tensed at this, until Kyoko took Yume's hand. "Let's go upstairs, honey." The two girls went through the kitchen into the house above, leaving the two men alone.

Lol okay I know this is kinda an awkward place to stop but I wanted to put dad and Subaru talk in next chapter just cuz (also once I make in to 1000 words in each chapter I start to get to a stopping point, then start the next one...if that makes any sense lol)

Idk how often to publish chapters tho...what do ppl usually do? Once a week? Idk I don't want to make writing feel like a chore.

ALSO PLZ IGNORE THE AGE GAP BETWEEN SUBA AND YUME (only 2 years) idk just completely ignore it or idk pretend they're the same age? It wouldn't be a problem, but since they're in high school (and hs in Japan has 3 years unlike North America who has 4) the gap does make things a little more complicated, like I'll mention how long they've been dating for in the next chapter, but it'd be going off of Yume's age at the start of Aistars...and omg I just realized how much I've written just trying to explain/ask to ignore the age lol sorry...JUST TRY NOT TO OVERTHINK THINGS OK

-reign