"Hey, uh, Katya? We need your expert girl advice on something."
Katya blinked at Antonio and his two friends in confusion. "On what?"
"Um, well, there's a girl we know, and we think she's got problems."
"What sort of problems?"
"... We think she's pregnant."
Katya was shocked. "What? Oh, I knew this would happen, you silly boys!"
"What? No! It's not one of ours!" Gilbert protested frantically.
"Really? Then why do you care?"
"Hey, just because we like looking at girls doesn't mean we don't also want to help them if they need it!" Gilbert struck a dramatic pose.
"Chivalry is not yet dead, ma'am!"
"Besides, she's my ex," Francis added. "Too long ago for it to be mine, but I still have an obligation to her as a friend!"
Antonio looked at him strangely. "Didn't she shove your head in the trashcan and stomp on your crotch when she caught you making out with Kim Trung?"
Francis waved a hand. "Yes, yes, but that's all in the past now."
Katya giggled nervously. "I don't know, maybe you shouldn't get involved."
"But she needs all the help she can get!" Francis begged. "Poor girl, we're pretty sure she's keeping the baby since we heard her trying to name it, and it's so hard to be a young single mother. Surely you have some advice?"
"Well," Katya said, furrowing her brow. "Maybe just offer her some help with her homework? You could discuss it with her then in private?" The boys nodded, then waited expectantly for further information. "Um. Tell her you'll help her with anything if she needs it? I think she'd be insulted if you got too pushy if it's definitely not yours, but she'll probably appreciate friendship."
"I don't know, that doesn't really seem like enough..." Gilbert said.
"Sheesh, I thought it was Alfred who had the hero complex."
"What was that, Toni?"
"Nothing. Thanks for your help, Katya." The trio slunk off, whispering animatedly. Katya was sure she heard the words "baby shower" in there, and shook her head in frustration. Nobody ever listened to her.
Maths class was a blur, as Katya attempted to focus on her work while worrying. She wondered which unfortunate girl the boys had been talking about. Wait, what had Antonio said about her beating up Francis?... Chun Yan, that was the girl, that story had gone all around the school. She glanced over at the classmate in question, trying to gauge any increase in her girth which might prove the trio right.
"What's wrong?" Natalya asked her in a whisper from the next desk, brow wrinkling. She didn't like to see her sister unhappy.
"Oh, I was just a little worried about Chun Yan ..." Katya recounted the story, fiddling nervously with her hairband.
Natalya listened, smiling. Yong-Soo would be very interested.
