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“Kitten.”

“Hm?”

Kenma turned to his boyfriend
who was sprawled out on his bed,
cat plushie sitting on his chest and
a sly smile resting on his face.

He had taken his sweet time to
stare at the blonde, how he had
tied his damp hair into a messy
ponytail and had checked his skin
which had troubled him a bit lately.

Stupid hormones.

But Kuroo's focus was
on something else.

“Lift up your shirt.”

“Huh?”

Kenma frowned as his hands
came to rest on his tummy,
feeling the small bump
under his shirt.

“Hell no.”

“Oh come on.
Please?”

Tetsuro used the best puppy
eyes he could make, giving Kenma. the sweetest smile he knew the
younger boy could never say no to.

“You're really annoying.”

The pudding head sighed as he
closed his eyes but still lifted his
shirt to reveal his little baby bump.

It was definitely getting harder
to pretend it wasn't there because
it actually was right there, showing
everyone that their mini human
bean was growing well.

“It's so cute~”

Kuroo whined as he got up from
the bed so he could hug his boyfriend
from behind, hands coming to rest
on the younger's tummy.

“Hey! You wanted to see,
not to touch!”

“But baby wants their dad's
attention too, you're hogging
them all to yourself!”

And Kenma could only roll his
eyes with a soft smile when his
boyfriend nuzzled his face in the
crook of the blonde's neck as
he continued to caress the
little baby bump.

“I'm going to get so
much bigger though.”

“And you're going to look so cute.”

There was no hesitation in
the older's voice.

Kenma would always look
beautiful to him.

It was easy to be a bit more
positive about the pregnancy when
Kuroo was around but in school
they only saw each other during
the big breaks.

Meaning that he had to spend
the lessons alone with classmates
he never really felt connected to.

It had never really bothered him,
he had his Switch to busy himself
and after over one year of high
school, his classmates and him
had settled on a mutual silent
agreement to just ignore
each other's existence.

But things were about to change.

Kenma had expected that some
rumors would eventually spread
but he hadn't expected for the
first people to notice this fast.

“Kenma has gained some weight,
it looks a bit funny, doesn't it?”

“Maybe he's sick?”

“Or he's just getting fat because all
he does is sitting and playing video
games instead of going outside
during breaks. I bet he doesn't
leave home at all in his free time.”

The blonde could hear
those whispers clearly.

And just thinking that these
were actually nice whispers
considering that they didn't
know about his pregnancy yet,
made his eyes sting with
unshed tears.

He bit his lip harshly as he crossed
his arms over his tummy and
reached one hand out to pull his
headphones out of his backpack.

Might as well listen to some music
instead of upsetting himself even
more by listening to those whispers.

But truth to be told, it wasn't
as easy to forget about these
words as he'd liked.

“Kenma.”

“Hm?”

The blonde looked up from his
Switch when his father entered the
living room, a cup of tea in his hand.

“You look troubled.”

It wasn't a question,
it was a statement.

So denying was useless,
his father knew him
better than that.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

The lemon ginger tea was smelling
so good, it had become the boy's
favorite tea since he had
gotten pregnant.

And it was so nice to know that
his father knew that too.

Kenma sighed softly as he paused
the game and placed his switch
aside to pull his sleeves over his
hands to create the perfect
sweater paws.

“People start to notice at school.
I don't know what to think because
I'm not ready for everyone to know.”

His feline eyes briefly looked up
at his father before he returned
his gaze to his sweater paws.

“Hm.. I get that you're uncomfortable,
you've always been someone who
never wanted any sort of attention
from others. But there's nothing
much to do to stop them from
knowing eventually, right?
Your baby's going to grow more
and that's something good.
That means they're healthy.
I know that it's hard for you not
to care about what people say about

you when it comes to things that
make you feel so vulnerable.
But since you can't change anything,
I think you should focus on yourself
and your baby. Just like all the
people who know it already,
they'll come to terms with it too.
They have to, right?
And if someone starts to assume
things and makes up stories, you
can internally praise their creativity
for storytelling but you know
the truth and that's all that
matters, okay?”

Kenma nodded softly as the first
tears slipped down his cheeks but
he immediately brushed them
away with his sweater paws.

“Having a child is nothing
to feel ashamed about.
In fact it's one of the greatest
things in the world,
never forget that please.”

After overcoming the first shock
that his son was having a baby,
Kenma's dad had been nothing
but supportive, even if he had
been a bit awkward at first.

The first meeting with Kuroo after
the bomb had been dropped on
both sides had been kinda
hilarious to watch.

Two utterly awkward guys
having small talk about the
weather as if they didn't know
each other for years already.

“You're going through all of
this for your baby and I think
you know that very well.
You already knew it when
you told me. And you're not
alone, you have your mom,
me, your boyfriend.
You're still spending the
breaks with him, right?”

“Mhm.”

Kuroo had promised Mr Kozume
that he'd keep an eye on Kenma's
diet to make sure he was eating
enough and healthily.

He tended to eat less
when he was stressed.

“That's good.
He's a nice guy, I'm glad you
have him by your side.”

Blame it on the hormones but
his dad's words might have been
enough to make the pudding
head start sobbing.

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