Title: 36. Within and without with white

Pairing/Character/s: Yuki/Machi

Word Count: 437 words

Summary: Machi got fat. Yep. I did, too, if anyone's interested.

A/N: I know; it's been awhile! Instead of angst, this spun out into comedy. Hope no one minds.

Her new pencil skirt is fitted, soft, and refusing to be buttoned. Machi tugs harder and harder, turning red. Finally she manages to push the metal button through the buttonhole, but it presses so hard into her skin that she pulls it off and tosses it onto the floor. Pulling on her sweatpants, she stalks out to the living room.

Yuki looks up from the television, smiling. "Great, let's go-" She plops down with a sullen scowl, leaning on his shoulder. To get some kind of explanation, Yuki clears his throat.

Machi understands this right away. "I'm not going," she snaps, avoiding his gaze.

"To the store? But we're out of toilet paper."

"Use a napkin."

His lips quirk up in amusement. "...Can I ask why you don't feel like going?"

Machi presses her lips together. When he doesn't move, she turns pink and mumbles, "I can't fit into my new skirt."

"Oh, Machi-"

She pulls away from him, keeping her eyes on the tv show. "Don't try to comfort me."

"Um... want to go for a run in the snow with me tomorrow?"

"So you do think I'm fat!" Machi throws him a weak glare; her eyes are shimmering with tears.

Bewildered at the sudden mood swing, Yuki decides to rub Machi's back. "Uh, don't cry. Look, I'll go to the store myself. Do you need anything?"

When she sniffles, he panics and pulls the grocery list from his pocket. It's crinkled from being stuck on the refrigerator for several weeks.

"What about mochi?" She simply stares at him. "OK, so maybe, you asked for sour orange candy?"

"That was you." Machi carefully wipes her eyes, trying to calm down.

"Maybe you asked for, ah... Tampons!" The sheer awkwardness translates into stunned silence. "I mean, uh, tambourines?"

Machi moves past embarrassment to confusion. "Where did you get this list? I haven't used a, uh, tambourine for two months-" Her brain switches from talking to focusing like mad on this new sentence. Heart thumping, she shakes Yuki's shoulder violently.

"What? It's a good thing I don't have to buy the... the..." He reaches the same conclusion. "Oh my God!" He stands up, gesturing at Machi, then Machi's stomach, and then back again. "You... but it can't be, since we- Are you-"

There's a slight pause. She meets his gray eyes. "I might be, well, pregnant?" Yuki is stuck in as state of total shock. His mouth is open, his eyes are wide, and he doesn't seem to be breathing. "Yuki? Are you OK?"

The potential father swallows hard. "I think we have to go to the store."

A/N: To me, white=pure, so Machi lost and has something pure: She lost her virginity, and she has a child within her. What do you think? BS explanation or genius? There's another drabble tomorrow, but for now I need to sleep.