Author's note: I do not own Bleach or its characters.
Ten
He was pretty sure that he was still in shock. Shunsui could hear the noise and excitement of his birthday dinner going on around him, but it wasn't really connected to his state of being right now. Shunsui hadn't known it was possible to be this happy. Without looking, he reached for Nanao's hand, lacing their fingers together. She was the most amazing person he had ever met. Shunsui had no inkling at the time when they first met that the tiny little shinigami who had just joined his division would change his life so much.
Just moments before they had left their quarters to go to this dinner, Nanao had pulled him aside to give him his last birthday present from her: she was just over a month pregnant. They had been planning on starting a family since early this winter, but Retsu had warned them both that pregnancies, especially those in the Seireitei, could take some time to come about. Except it hadn't. Just mere months after Nanao had gone off birth control, she had conceived. They were going to have a baby in March.
The pregnancy wasn't common knowledge yet. Though Shunsui doubted he'd be able to keep the news to himself for long. Retsu knew as she was the one who had confirmed Nanao was pregnant. And Jyuu would know as soon as Shunsui had a moment alone with him. He was practically Shunsui's brother. That made Shunsui smile wider. Uncle Jyuu was probably going spoil his child rotten. That was if Shunsui didn't do it first. He had a feeling that Nanao was probably going to be the strict parent. Especially if they had a little girl who looked like her.
His wife turned to him, a playful smile on her lips. Nanao kissed him briefly before drawing back just an inch to whisper. "So, did you like your birthday present?"
Shunsui couldn't help laughing. He had her heart, anything else was just a bonus. Not that he minded in slightest though.
He kissed her back. "I'll thank you when we get home."