"Chrona? Are you all right sweetheart?" Kid asked the girl next to him on the bed. He was currently reading a novel, about 13 chapters or so into it, when he noticed she had gone quiet.
Her pupils had shrunk so that her eyes were now almost completely black. The hand rubbing her belly had paused in its movements, pressing slightly on the curve.
"Yes, I-I'm all right. Just, shocked I guess. Put, put your hand r-r-right here on my stomach." She muttered, pupils beginning to widen again before taking Kid's hand in her free one to move to her body.
Kid shifted the pregnant woman's stretchy shirt out of the way so he could place his palm on the skin, right over top of her naval. He then felt a tiny bump. And then another. Looking down at the swollen stomach, Kid thought that he could see the faint outline of a little foot protruding out its home.
Gasping in surprise, Kid put both of his hands on the belly, laughing along with Chrona as he asked her,
"My goodness. Chrona! Chrona the baby, the baby is kicking!" he shouted, completely taken by surprise by the movement.
"I know Kid, I-I feel it too." Chrona spoke to him.
The rest of the night was spent with the two lovers lying next to each other with their hands wrapped around Chrona's belly. Every few movements, they felt a series of little thumps. The baby was happy being held by both of its parents.
A few hours later, Kid awoke to the sounds of someone crying, thinking that baby was causing Chrona pain; he tugged on the chain to turn the nearby lamp on to flood the room with light.
"Chrona, what is wrong? Why the tears, my love? "Kid asked soothingly.
The pink-haired woman was curled into a ball, arms hugging her knees to her flat chest. Her head was shaking with sobs. She didn't even face him when she spoke.
"I-It's just that, just that, I woke u-up. And I was, was so hungry for s-some tuna with corn, but, but you weren't awake! And I-I didn't want to w-w-wake you up to get me some! You-You were so cute when you were, were sleeping, th-that I would feel j-just terrible for making you get up!" she yelled, but it was hard to hear her due to the fact that she still wouldn't face him.
"Oh Chrona. Baby, look at me. Please?" Kid asked her quietly. He took her arm and slightly pulled it, making her lift her head up. The man then took her chin in his hands, giving the girl no choice but to look up at the soft face.
"There's no need to cry. I would gladly go out to get you whatever you want, you know that! Tuna and corn, you say?" He asked her again, climbing out of the warm bed to slip on a plain white shirt and his shoes.
"Oh, and some, some pepperoni too please?" Chrona asked him, tears already wiped clean and the smile on her face.
"Of course, Chrona." Kid grabbed his car keys before walking out the door and shutting it behind him.
After returning home and placing all his newly bought items in a tray, Kid walked back to the bedroom. Opening the door with his foot, he started to speak.
'Chrona, I'm back from theā¦.." Chrona was asleep. Spread out over the mattress, her head was resting on Kid's previously inhabited pillow. Placing the tray on the dresser beside Chrona's side of the desk, he pulled the covers back and got in beside her sleeping form. Once again, Kid wrapped his long arms around her growing stomach, letting the thumbs from his baby lull him back to sleep.
A/N: NEW CHAPTER! Just in time for bed! I know, I have school tomorrow, BLARGH!
Anyways, as always, read, enjoy, cry, giggle, go 'awwwwwww' , and then review! Thanks!
