Time passed by in the Kusama-Kamijou apartment.
Slowly.
Quickly.
"Shut your mouth, brat. This is the slowest pregnancy in the history of time."
"Hiro-san, I assure you that by the time you give birth, you will regret not taking this time as a period as a time of joy and love. It's going by way too quickly!"
"One more word out of your mouth, and I will make you eat the placenta! …Wait, will I even have a placenta? What the fuck is that thing, anyway?"
As much as Hiroki had fallen in love with his precious unborn child, he couldn't help but feel resentment towards the rapidly ballooning baby bump. He defiantly blamed the mindless rise of flesh for his ever-increasing weight and his positively ravenous appetite.
Nowaki, on the other hand, had done several embarrassing things, like: buying a camera and taking secret shirtless pictures of Hiroki to log his progress, bringing home baby books to sneak them into Hiroki's personal library, and doing some rather perverted things with Hiroki's baby bump.
Needless to say, Nowaki had to take a day off of work to rest the throbbing bump on his head after suggesting to Hiroki that they try something new and 'make a sundae out of Hiro-san's tummy with some whipped cream and strawberries'.
Despite the miniature lover's quarrels here and there, Hiroki's constant whining about his feet hurting, and Nowaki's nonstop cooing over the baby, everything was going well. Doctor appointments always came back with good results, and the baby was healthy and developing normally.
However, the growing bump imposed more difficulties than joys upon Hiroki as he found it harder and harder to hide his secret from his students. He was nearing the fine line between 'Oh look, Kamijou-sensei's getting quite a beer belly on him', and 'Oh shit, Kamijou the Devil is pregnant?'. Miyagi, of course, had found the whole situation quite a riot when Hiroki walked into school one day with a huge sweatshirt. The sleeves were so long that they practically trailed on the floor. Miyagi had quite an amusing day that day.
…Until he had to get sent home early when he got a sticky note with the words 'I AM A STUPID FUCK' stapled to his hand by a very vicious Hiroki.
Meanwhile, during all of the hustle and bustle of both his pregnancy and school work, Hiroki was also going to weekly rehearsals for the alumni concert. After a lot of discussion after he had come home to retrieve a forgotten item and heard Hiroki singing, Nowaki had convinced Hiroki to call Kanagawa and agree to perform in the concert. Nowaki talked constantly about the concert, and despite warnings from Hiroki to not spread the news, somehow Akihiko and Miyagi had found out. In turn, Misaki and Shinobu had also found out.
It had been an interesting day at the Kusama-Kamijou apartment for Hiroki. He'd always liked the idea of having Nowaki slave over him in nothing but a thong and force him to dunk his penis in ice cold water if he made any sort sexual comment or got an erection.
Yes, it was a triumphant day for Kamijou Hiroki.
Of course, between all of the sadistic punishments from Kamijou the Devil, the comical arguments, and Nowaki's whimpering to his work colleagues: 'please don't make me go back to that apartment', there was still the moments of love and pure bliss.
Any and all conversations about the baby made their hearts pound and their spines tingle. Nowaki made a point every day to worship Hiroki's belly; saying hello to the bump, playing peek-a-boo with the bump, kissing the bump, and even talking about his day to the bump. At first, Hiroki was jealous of his own rise of flesh. He even got so upset one day that he initiated a rather heated argument. He had ended up stomping out of the apartment.
Hiroki had returned to the apartment five minutes later, though, weeping apologies and begging for a snack because he was 'too hungry to run away'. Nowaki had happily made Hiroki some pizza rolls that he had bought from an American food store. After explanations and apologies were exchanged, the silly argument was dismissed and laughs were shared. After that, Hiroki didn't get jealous of his belly when Nowaki showed it love.
However, underlying all of the love and joy in the Kusama-Kamijou apartment, a rising tension was beginning to slowly form and push the positive energy aside. Hiroki, who was progressively getting more anxious with each passing day and each added inch to his waistline, was beginning to get more and more self-conscious when around Nowaki. Nowaki noticed it all right, and as he and Hiroki made love less and less due to Hiroki's stubbornness, he considered giving up on sex completely.
Nowaki also had something completely different bothering him, Hiroki noted one day when his usually placid lover had snapped at him. He seemed to have been preoccupied with something, and he would spend hours watching television with a blank look on his face, or he would leave the house all together, claiming he wanted to 'take a walk'. At first, Hiroki hadn't been too concerned, but as Nowaki's mental and physical absences began to take a toll on the amount of time the two lovers spent together, Hiroki began to suspect the worse.
And so, with Hiroki believing Nowaki had finally gotten disgusted with his weight, and Nowaki growing more and more distant, an unnoticed gap began to wedge itself between them.
Little did Hiroki know, something much, much bigger was brooding in Nowaki's mind. Something much more important than Hiroki's weight.
And so, the second trimester began.