Breathing was supposed to be an involuntary action, at least that's what Hiruma learned from all those boring biology classes which he spent making football strategies.
However, today, he learned that sometimes the brain forgot to.
"Are you there?" She asked, her voice finally reaching him through the phone and snapping him out of his reverie.
"Huh?" He said again.
"Okay, Youichi, breathe." Her soothing voice told and he was sure she went through this already when she heard the news. Rather than argue with his wife, he took a deep breath and inhaled loudly so she could hear the respiration.
"I'm pregnant." She said in delight and he could picture the rosy blush appearing on her pale cheeks, blue eyes barely seen through the crinkling of her eyes and healthy lips curved up into a large smile that showed her pearl white teeth.
His own lips curled up and he shouted his infamous phrase: "YA-HA!" He whipped out his guns and started firing a round of shots in the locker room. It startled the other football players who were changing and getting ready for the game against another NFL team. They weren't startled by the screaming or the shooting, but rather at the expression on their teammate's face that none of them had ever seen before despite knowing him for 2 years.
"Did something good happen?" Yamato Takeru, a fellow Japanese football player and old college teammate asked. Even Honjo Taka, another fellow college teammate, set down his English novel in order to pay attention to Hiruma's response.
"I'm going to be a dad!" He exclaimed, uncharacteristic of him to even show his emotions much less tell them about it. He fired another round of shots in joy.
The other two didn't know whether to congratulate him or cower in fear that another Hiruma would exist. Secretly, they hoped the baby would turn out to be more of an Anezaki.
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