That incredibly awkward moment when your pregnant wife asks for beer and is crying all over you trying to get you to say yes.
The dilemma here was too great for him. If he didn't give her beer, she'll get stressed out, which was not good for both mother and son. If he did give her beer, well he'd be damned. Imai and Ruka both checked up on Mikan as often as him. Both options, however, were equally stressful on his part.
"Um..." He began just as awkwardly. "Let's... get you some orange juice?"
"No no no no!" she wailed. "I want beer! Please, Natsume, please! Just one tiny, tiny glass of beer!"
He rubbed his temples. Going out on a Sunday morning with your pregnant wife was probably something he never wanted to do again. Making his mind up halfway to the cafe, he dragged her along and sighed. "Alright then."
But then she stopped. He looked round at her. "What is it?"
The thing about pregnant wives is that you can never really yell at them. It was forbidden. Especially when she's all swollen up and seven months into the ordeal. So when Mikan suddenly posed him one of her most angelic - eh, demonic maybe? - expressions, he just wanted to scream at her. She was so infuriating even without the hormonal imbalances of pregnancy. Why did she have to be this difficult?
She bit her lip. "I want ice cream..."
He looked scandalous. "What? A while ago I was buying you ice cream and you started crying saying you wanted beer! Now you want ice cream?"
She bit her lip harder. "I want ice cream..."
He breathed out and took her hand, letting his fury slide out. "Alright, alright. Let's go."
The ice cream stand was on the other end of the gigantic park square.
When he bought her ice cream (rocky road, extra thick, three scoops on an XL Belgian waffle cone), she flashed him a brilliant smile and happily kissed him full on the lips, dragging out the act a little too long. When she broke off, she had an extra-rosy tinge to her cheeks.
Ah, yes, she was definitely so infuriating.
He kissed her again, this time not so gently. She squeaked in protest but then the kiss mellowed into something much more sweet than the ice cream she was holding. The ice cream man laughed at them and gave her an extra scoop (strawberry). "She's pregnant with your first child," he said when Natsume thanked him. "Your kid needs lots of sweets to get through life."
The man smiled at him and he smiled back.
