"I heard Shirogane-san is going to keep her job after she has her kid." One officer said in the break room.
"I'm surprised her husband let her do that, and Dojima-san was okay with it too." The other replied.
Naoto walked in to the room; she had heard them talking, she knew that stupid people were going to gossip; she gave them a harsh gaze, the officers stopped their smirking.
"I am okay if you want to gossip about me. I am already twice the detective you two will ever be." Naoto said before she filled a glass with cold water, the officers watched her in silence as she left. "Mama works with some real idiots." She mumbled to her growing belly.
Naoto worked on the tasks Dojima had given her; which mostly involved chasing up case reports and taking the calls from the public reporting crimes, she was glad when it was lunchtime. The receptionist had called her line, Naoto answered it quickly.
"Shirogane-san your husband is here." The bored receptionist said
"Oh send him up." Naoto replied
The response was a mumbled yes; Naoto put the phone down and looked back at the file she was working on, she'd finish it before Kanji had made it to the office. Most of the other officers had all left the room to go for their own lunch; Naoto looked up when the door opened. She saw Kanji stood there a guest badge and a lunchbox with him; he walked past the few officers who glared at him, before he put the lunch on Naoto's desk and grabbed a chair.
"One day you will remember your own lunch." He complained
"Kanji you know you enjoy bringing it to me." She replied
She giggled when he gave a little sigh in response; he handed her a pair of chopsticks and opened the box, she looked over the food he had made.
"My husband's homemade lunch looks amazing." Naoto said with a huge smile
"Jus' dig in." Kanji said a little embarrassed.
After their lunch Kanji left and headed back to the Shirogane estate; he had to finish his work on the nursery, he had painted it a light yellow and had to build the furniture. Naoto had insisted he call in a carpenter to do it; but he had said he'd be the one to make the first room their child got to sleep in; it was a matter of manly pride. Or was it his own selfishness, He wasn't sure which it was but he said he was going to do it.
Thankfully the instructions were easy to follow and he was gifted with his hand; well he could make delicate little dolls so this was relatively easy to do, that and Naoto had left a box of the tools he needed. She liked to tinker with little gadgets and he thought that was cute, the watch she had given him was able to speak the time when he pushed a button was an improvement she had made. The crib had been the first thing he had assembled and it stood against the wall of the room, he tested the frame by pushing it, thankfully it stayed put and he decided to put the foam mattress in it. Kanji noted it looked rather plain; making a mental note to knit a cute blanket, as he assembled the rest of the furniture.
He managed to finish the furniture reasonable quickly and headed to the kitchen; he had decided to make something simple for dinner so that he could start on the blanket.
Naoto had left the police station early; Yukiko, Chie and Rise had called her up and asked her to go shopping for baby clothes, it would have been something she would have avoided if she wasn't pregnant herself she usually hate clothes shopping in general. A perk of marrying Kanji was that he made her clothes; she knew he would make them for their child too, she was glad to have him.
"Naoto-kun you are glowing." Rise cheered as Naoto arrived at their meeting place. Rise was the time to get overly excited at any important news she was told, especially when it involved Naoto doing something. Rise practically cried when Naoto told her she was engaged.
"Rise-san I am not glowing." Naoto said, sighing a little as she did.
The actress smiled as she walked to her friend's side and rested her hands on Naoto's small bump.
"Your mama's silly." Rise said addressing the baby. "I am your auntie Rise."
It seemed that becoming pregnant was an excuse for other people to touch you; Naoto did think she liked that, it was an unusual experience. Yukiko and Chie laughed as they saw Naoto was blushing.
"Please let go of me Rise-san." Naoto said
"Shall we go now?" Yukiko asked.
Naoto sighed with relief when Rise looked back at their friends; Naoto mouthed a word of thanks and they all left the meeting spot to go and look at baby clothes.
Naoto had been glad to get home; she was carrying a Junes bag with a present for Kanji, Rise had tried to get her to buy something for the baby but Naoto pointed out that Kanji had already made a little wardrobe for the baby already. She had gotten him a book about children's clothes, and a box of animal crackers, she remembered his unfulfilled wish of finding the penguin and Naoto had a feeling this box was lucky.
"Kanji I'm home!" Naoto called as she entered the front door, usually she heard a response, and she walked into the kitchen and saw that he was asleep at the dining table. A pile of wool skeins and a half made blanket lay around Kanji's sleeping body, his dark hair all messed up as he had ran fingers through his hair, deciding on the colour Naoto had guessed. She walked over to him and put the bag on the only space she could find on the table, and tapped him on the shoulder. Kanji jumped up as Naoto stepped away from him; she had become adept and figuring when he was going to wake up, he looked blearily at her and frantically stood up.
"Sorry Naoto; I'll finish dinner, I guess working all day tired me out." He said
Naoto giggled as she saw his frantic movements; his messy hair made him look like a mad scientist, he stopped when he heard her laughing and smiled at her.
"We can order some takeout for a change." Naoto said giving him a smile. She pointed at the bag on the table "I got you something."
Kanji looked in the bag and smiled at the contents.