"Ryuji, why on earth did you bring her over? One pregnant woman is enough!" Ren hisses in his lowest possible voice since he doesn't want to be overheard by the highly emotional and highly hormonal woman he married.
"Ren, I want pickles and ice cream!" Makoto calls out, causing Ren's face to turn a greenish color.
"All I want to eat is fried chicken and rice!" Ann tells Makoto. "Maybe you'll like it better with whipped cream rather than ice cream, that was my absolute favorite." Ann tells Makoto, causing Ren to actually gag.
"Get some fried chicken and rice for her too!" Makoto says, nodding her head at her pregnant friend.
"You're coming with me!" Ren drags Ryuji out of the house.
"Fine!" Ryuji mutters.
"Are you insane? Are you freaking insane? What were you thinking?" Ren asks in a much louder voice now that they're out of the house.
"Ann said she wanted to hang out with Makoto, since she doesn't feel fat when she's around another pregnant lady. She asked me with tears in her eyes, and so there you have it." Ryuji grumbles to Ren.
"I can't handle having two pregnant women at my house, we need to think of an excuse to disappear when we get back with their food." Ren tells him. Ryuji nods.
"As sweet as Ann usually is, every day is a challenge now that she's pregnant. The smallest things set her off and make her cry. She was watching a cartoon and she started crying during it! A cartoon!" Ryuji says with a scowl.
"Makoto hasn't done much crying, she's done more bitching and yelling than anything else. Even pregnant, she hardly cries. I can't wait for the horny stage." Ren says with a small laugh.
"Shouldn't that be starting any day now?" Ryuji asks, he read the pregnancy book with Ann, when she looked like she might cry if he didn't.
"I know, that's why I can't wait," Ren tells him with another grin.
"You two already have an active sex life," Ryuji says, remembering how twice last week he'd brought Ann over, only to hear Makoto and Ren being incredibly loud from passion when they got there. They could hear them clear outside. Ren blushes.
"Shut up!" Ren growls. He doesn't like being reminded that he and Makoto tended to get so wild that the neighbors could hear them.
"You should consider soundproofing your bedroom, seriously, you might traumatize your kid if you don't within the next two years." Ryuji says in his know it all tone.
"Shut up! For crying out loud, what Makoto and I do in the privacy of our own home is nobody else's business," Ren mutters.
"You're the one who brought up sex." Ryuji points out.
"No I brought up a stage in pregnancy, you brought up sex." Ren corrects him.
"Same difference," Ryuji says with a scoff.
"You're wrong." Ren argues.
"Forget it." Ryuji says with a sigh.
They finally decide that when they get back with food that they're going to tell Makoto and Ann that they're going to go visit Yusuke for a bit.
When they finally make it back with the specified food, they quickly run out the door with yells that they're visiting Yusuke. Makoto looks at Ann.
"I think our husbands just escaped." She tells her, and Ann giggles.
"I've been crying a lot," Ann admits. "I think it drives him crazy." Her eyes well up with tears at those words and Makoto quickly comforts her friend.
"Don't let it bother you, it's not like he has to carry a load around in his body for months on end." Makoto says indignantly.
"I know, but I can't help crying, I can't seem to stop myself," Ann says as tears roll down her face to prove her point. Makoto takes a big bite of pickle and moans before grabbing a scoop of ice cream
"Oh yeah, this is hitting the spot," Makoto says with a mouth full of ice cream and a look of pure satisfaction on her face. Ann picks up some of her chicken.
"I am pretty hungry," Ann says before she stops crying and takes a bite. Her eyes light up happily. "Tasty!" She says, smiling through her teary eyes.
"You're right, this is fantastic!" Makoto tells her, and they both stop talking to pig out on food that they'd been craving. When Makoto and Ann have finally had their fill, Ann sits back and sighs.
"I don't like being pregnant." Ann admits to Makoto. Makoto's eyes widen a bit at this admission.
"Really? I love it!" Makoto says with a grin. "I think Ren loves it too, secretly of course," Makoto says with a laugh.
"I can't control any of my emotions. I think that this will be the only pregnancy that I actually finish." Ann tells her softly. "I am going to get on the pill after my baby is born."
"You have to do what's best for you. It's your body," Makoto says, surprising Ann.
"I thought you'd try to talk me into having more," Ann says with a smile.
"Just because I want to have enough kids to have an official Amamiya baseball team doesn't mean you have to as well. I've always believed in a woman's right to reproductive choices." Makoto tells her. "My choice just happens to be that I want to have a ton of babies with Ren." Makoto says still smiling, her eyes sparkling.
Ann is horrified when she realizes a thought just crossed her brain that never should have.
Would I feel the same way if I were married to Ren?
She pushes that thought away and out of mind as quickly as possible.
"I don't know how you do it, it seems like you've barely changed since you got pregnant. You still seem like the same girl you were before you got pregnant," Ann tells her with amazement in her voice.
"Ren would disagree with you there," Makoto tells her with a wink, causing Ann to giggle a little bit.
"When we came over both times last week, it sounded like your relationship was really good," Ann says with a blush, as she recalls the passionate moans and the shouts that indicated that the couple were getting their rocks off last week. Makoto smiles.
"He looks at me the same way he did before I got pregnant, like I am the tastiest treat he's ever had, and the most fun ride that he's ever ridden," Makoto says with a huge smile. Ann smiles back.
"I haven't had the desire to…you know." Ann whispers with embarrassment. Makoto looks at her miserable friend. Pregnancy just doesn't agree with everybody and Ann was one of those people. It seemed to drain her and make her completely depressed. Her breasts have always been large, but now it looks like she has extra large basketballs in her shirt.
"You haven't wanted to? Why not?" Makoto asks her curiously. She had been under the impression that Ryuji was as hot for Ann as Ren was for her.
"I feel so huge and ugly. Plus, the last time I thought I'd do it, just to make him happy, it took awhile to get him in the mood. That really bothered me. Before I got pregnant, that never happened," Ann admits. Makoto's eyes soften in understanding.
"You're still beautiful." Makoto whispers to her friend. "I'm sure Ryuji thinks so too."
"The joy that I overheard you and Ren experiencing last week is something I have never experienced." Ann says as she lets more tears fall from her eyes. Makoto's eyes widen in shock.
"You've never enjoyed it?" Makoto asks her in shock.
"No, I didn't mean that, Ryuji is a very thorough and gentle lover. Before I got pregnant, it's not that I didn't enjoy it, I just never screamed." Ann says as she bites her lip.
Makoto can't help but grin. Ren is in terrific shape and he does his best to please her every time, but what pleases Makoto most is hard, fast, and heart pounding sex and Ren often has difficulty keeping up with her demands. Lately though, she's been feeling extra sensitive and Ren has taken care of her perfectly.
"You have to tell him to go faster and harder then." Makoto says logically, and her friend's eyes widen to huge proportions.
"I could never!" Ann says with her mouth gaped open.
"He won't know what you want unless you tell him though," Makoto argues sensibly.
"If they knew what we were talking about right now, they'd be so mad at us." Ann whispers as she glances at the door.
"I have the perfect idea for you! This is what you do. You wait until he's asleep and then you pull down his boxers and get him going with your mouth. When he wakes up all disoriented and ready to go, you tell him he's going to have a real workout tonight. When he starts, you should only say two things. Faster and harder. Say it over and over until you hear yourself screaming the way you heard me scream. Then you'll feel better!" Makoto tells her with a grin. She isn't as self conscious about lovemaking as Ren is, and she has no problems discussing it with her friend. Her friend on the other hand seems to be having a lot of difficulty.
"I don't know if I can do that!" Ann says with a gasp.
"You have to do it." Makoto tells her in a hard voice. "You want to be happy don't you?" She asks her. Ann nods.
"Yes." She answers softly.
"Just find the courage to do it, I think you'll be happier tomorrow if you take my advice tonight." Makoto tells her. Ann nods. She does want to be happy, and even though Makoto's as pregnant as she is, and just as big in the belly, she seems quite happy. Maybe it's because she vocalizes what she wants to make her happy.
"You're right. I will take a page from your book tonight!" Ann says with new resolve. Makoto grins at her.
"That's the spirit! Go on and get your man, girl!" Makoto says in an apparent cheer.
They watch the television until their husbands turn back up, and the ladies both smile at their husbands as they enter. Ann feels a bit of nervousness when she looks at her husband and imagines the things they'll do in bed tonight.
"I'm home Makoto." Ren announces as he walks inside and walks over to her and plants a big kiss on her cheek.
"Hey, " Makoto says grinning.
"We're going to head home." Ryuji tells them.
"Come over tomorrow," Makoto instructs Ann.
"Okay," she answers, knowing that Makoto will want details on how her night went when she took Makoto's advice. Ryuji helps his wife get up from the couch and they walk at a fairly slow pace to the door. Ren watches them go with a sigh of relief.
"How are you feeling?" Ren asks her in a murmur when the door shuts behind their friends. He starts to rub her shoulders and Makoto lets out a moan of pleasure at that.
"That feels so nice…don't stop." Makoto whispers. Ren grins. As much as she orders him around, she outshines all other women…even when she's pregnant. He doesn't mind all of her demands as much as he acts like he does.
"Okay," Ren says, and he spends a long while rubbing her shoulders while she enjoys it.
"I gave Ann sex advice today." Makoto tells him. It's this statement that ends the rub. Ren's hands still on her shoulders.
"What?" He asks her with apparent nervousness.
"She mentioned that she hasn't ever had the kind of enjoyment that she heard you and I having, so I gave her advice." Makoto explains, and Ren guffaws.
"What did you tell her?" Ren asks with a red face.
"I told her to tell him what she wants, like I do with you. Keep rubbing Ren!" Makoto says, a bit annoyed at how he stopped. He starts rubbing, a bit slower though.
"You told her that you do that with me?" Ren says, horrified. He never wanted anybody to know that much about their sex life.
"Of course! You want to know something really interesting?" Makoto asks him with a smile.
"Sure," Ren says, dreading whatever might come out of her mouth next.
"All that talking about it put me in the mood…bad." Makoto tells him, and she turns around to meet his gaze. He has a hungry look in his eyes. It never takes much to get him rearing to go. He grabs her up and takes the steps two at a time to get her to the bed. He gently lays her in bed and sheds his clothes at light speed. He proceeds to remove her own with the same haste, and he looks at her body with all the desire in the world shining in his eyes.
"Damn you're beautiful." Ren tells her before he climbs on top of her and starts kissing her.
The Next Day
"So, how did it go?" Makoto asks Ann who is smiling more brightly today.
"It was amazing!" Ann replies with a smile that reaches her eyes. "He got so surprised when I started telling him to go faster and harder, but he did it and…I screamed!" Ann admits with a blush.
"Good for you!" Makoto says with a smile.
"I haven't cried once today yet either!" Ann says in an amazed voice.
Ren and Ryuji walk in for Makoto's last comment.
"Men are too stupid to figure out what a woman wants without being told," Makoto says. This causes Ryuji to cut the visit short to take his wife home, and Ren drags his wife up to their bedroom so that she can tell him exactly what she wants.