Supriiiissssseee! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter, i'm hoping to make things abit more interesting from now on! Any suggestions feel free to private message me! I love chatting to you lot , it's very enjoyable xox Hope you notice the other manga/anime i added in ;)

On to the next chapter, I'm writing abit more of a storyline into this one as i know some people didn't like the fact it was mainly conversations, sooooooo.. hope you enjoy! xoxox

Chapter 7

*Fast forward 6 weeks*

Kou woke up to the sound of his alarm, 5:00am, letting out a large sigh, he turned to his stunning fiance and smiled. Snuggling closer to her body, he took in a deep breath, intaking her vanilla scent, It seems no matter how muh she showers she always smells of the bakery she works in.

Kou had recently gotten himself a job in a very well known law firm, since he had half a degree he managed to get himself a position as a personal assistant to one of the lawyers there, and the pay was great. But one downside was, he had to be at the office for 6:00am to get the laywers coffee and filing ready for the next conference taking place at 6:30am every morning, as a breifing for the day ahead. Kou enjoyed this somewhat, as he got to look into what he could have become, and thankfully it looked boring as hell. So he didn't miss out on much. He got the job so he could support his wife-to-be and there baby. He was also looking at larger apartments for the three of them.

Life was on fast forward for the two lovebirds, but they didn't complain, since finding out about the pregnancy they'd only grown closer and closer, laughing and talking like long lost bestfriends from morning till night, smiling and even dancing throughout the apartment, cuddling up to movies almost every evening after the two had gotten back from work. It was almost coming upto Futaba's 12th week of pregnancy, where it was deemed safe to tell people about the baby, as time leading up to then is rather common for miscarrages to occur. The two planned on tell each of their entire family at a dinner, in 3 days time, including their close friends.

Heading for the kitchen after putting on his smart shirt and trousers, Kou poured himself a coffee and sighed again, he'd only been working at the office for a week and already the early stupid o'clock hour mornings were killing him. Futaba didn't have to be up till 10 for her shift at the bakery at 12. So he left her a note for when she woke up.

Well good morning sugarplum-butt, you were looking very comfy this morning, sorry i didn't wake you, i know you like to say goodbye. REMEMBER that the dinner is in three days time! I need you to remind me! I haven't met hardly any of your family yet, only your parents when you showed them your ring, WHICH i hope you're careful of when baking those scrummy cookies ;) PS i want some.
I'll be ordering dinner tonight i hope you don't mind, I'll be way too tired tonight. Theres 4 conferences at work today and guess who's their scivvy? MOI.
I love you very much, and also our little bean xx K xx

5:35am
SHIT. he thought, grabbing his coat and darting out of the apartment.

Futaba woke with a start. Feeling the urge to pee. She ran to the bathroom to releive herself. Walking into the kitchen after her extremely long peeing session, she found Kou's note, tearing up at reading "and our little bean" , Pulling her pregnancy hormones together, she made herself a tea and got ready for work. It was a Thursday and it was rather quiet on Thursdays, lucky for Futaba, she'd get to test the managers new cookie recepies, like she does almost every Thursday and she'll also be able to bring a batch home for Kou.

Choosing a loose fitting top to accomodate her growing figure and tucking it into a skirt she looked at herself in the mirror. She wasn't showing, far too early for that but she had gained abit of weight thanks to the baby, it made her look more womanly and more defined on the chest region.

She planned on telling her boss about the pregnancy today too, no doubt she'd be overjoyed, but she'd need to sort out her maternity leave...

"Wow.. Maternity Leave.." Futaba said outloud, trying to get a grasp on the situation. It was all starting to feel abit more real now.

She grabbed her coat and keys, and headed out the door.

Kou's boss was grilling him over some lost paperwork for a good 10 minutes in his office, Kou hadn't been in the filing cabinet all morning but wasn't getting a word in edgeways. He was also becoming late to set up for the next conference. Kou noticed something, so, being the confident person he is, he stood and made his way round to the boss' side of the desk, moving the boss' cup of coffee he revealed the missing paperwork. His boss tried to cover up saying it was some sort of training excersise, but Kou walked out, thanked him for his time and did a small jog to the conference room to clear and set up, muttering.

Futaba had just chomped down on a new receipie cookie, called "little bean" after her little one. Her boss was indeed overjoyed and demanded that she be able to visit her in hospital once the baby was born, Futaba agreed only if she could name the next new batch of cookies, and so "Little Bean" was born. (not literally - faaaaaaaaaaar too early)

The door clinged as a new customer entered the store.

"Welcome!" shouted Futaba and her boss, making their way to the front from the kitchen.
Before them stood a very handsome young man, with ruffled brown hair and bright green eyes. Futaba felt he looked somewhat familiar but brushed it off as nothing.
Her boss of course was happy to help him, but Futaba had noticed he was paying far too much attention to her growing chest and made her way back into the kitchen, not to hide exactly, but the stares of men weren't something that Futaba was used to so she found it rather uncomfortable.

Hearing the rustling of paper and hushed voices, Futaba walked back through with an apron, covering her assets. She saw the guy hand over a peice of paper with what looked like a number on it and left the store.

"Well well well, Mrs Kurosawa, getting young lads numbers eh? your poor poor husband" Futaba pouted and shook her head at her boss, Mei.

Mei turned and blushed.

"As much as i wish it was for me, not, it's for you, but considering your-" pointing to Futabas stomach "-situation, i'll throw it in the bin" she laughed.

Futaba giggled in unison with her boss and brushed off the boy as an unusual encounter.

Kou was getting ready for the final conference of the day when Futaba rang his mobile, worried because she wouldn't normally call unless it was an emergency, he ran to the nearest rest room and took the call.

"Futaba? What's wrong? is it the baby?" Kou blabbered.

"No honey, don't worry about the baby, it's just when i was at work today there was a guy who came in and apparently left his number for me, obviously it's in the bin but when i closed up the shop with Mei, he was waiting across the road, and has been following me since, I'm in a movie rental shop at the moment, pooping myself!"

Kou was relieved yet even more worried.

"What street?" he asked.

"Sandmere" she replied.

"Wait in the shop, tell the shop assistant the issue and don't go outside." he said sternly.

"Yes okay but Ko-" Futaba started, but he'd ended the call.

Looking up from her phone she saw that the guy had come even closer from outside, so she ran futher back into the store to hide.

Kou explained to his boss what was happening infront of some of his associates with a deep pain in his eyes, so to prevent himself from looking even more of a fool his boss let him go to Futaba's aid. Leaving his coat he ran out of the building and towards Sandmere Street.

Futaba was hoping and hoping Kou was on his way, the guy had actually come into the store now, but thankfully the shop assistant she had spoken to earlier was keeping him busy. Thinking of it as a means of escape, Futaba slipped out of the store, but was noticed thanks to the ding noise the door makes when someone enters/leaves the store. She ran out into the street and took refuge behind a large bin in an alley.

Taking out her phone she dialled Kou's number again.

"Futaba?" He answered.

"Kou i managed to get out of the store because he came in but i'm hiding in an alley, i dont know if he saw me leave or-" The line went dead.

"Futaba? FUTABA!?" Kou screamed down the phone, picking up his pace.