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“You said you wanted
to do some sports.”

“Yeah but not this..”

Kenma whined as he reached
his boyfriend, breathing heavily
as if he had run a whole marathon
while in fact they hadn't even
reached the start of their jogging
loop around the pond yet.

“Jogging is the only sport besides
swimming that's not too dangerous,
you heard Dr Sato. And since you
didn't want to go swimming..”

Kuroo patted the younger's back in
a motivational manner but just got
another whine in return.

Since it was December, they had
to wear a few more layers of
clothes so they wouldn't get cold.

But alone the feeling of his
sportswear pinching the underside
of his tummy constantly while jogging
had turned this idea into a torture.

Plus their child was not a fan of
getting shaken around instead of
chilling in the warm bed when
Kenma would bundle himself up
like normally at such temperatures.

“Kuroo..”

“Hm?”

The ravenette had just started to
jog again and was a bit ahead of his
unmotivated and completely done
boyfriend when he stopped and
turned around at the whine.

“Even baby hates this,
can't we just go home?
That's child torture.”

Kenma pouted as he looked up
at Kuroo when the older male
came closer again to take
his boyfriend's hands.

“How about.. We finish one round
but we walk instead? No jogging?”

“Hm.. I can't bring you to let
me go home, right?”

“You know me so well, kitten.”

Kuroo grinned before he pressed a
soft kiss on the younger's forehead.

But the blonde only sighed
defeatedly and let his boyfriend
pull him with him without
any protest.

It had looked like it was going to
snow for days now but so far the
heavy, gray clouds had yet to
reveal the pure, white snowflakes
they were hiding.

Even if the snow was not going to
stay, Kenma had always loved snow.

There was nothing better than

staying in bed with his switch and
a hot chocolate while it was
snowing outside.

“So our baby takes after you, I guess.
They hate jogging too.”

Kuroo chuckled,
making his boyfriend pout.

“You'd hate it too if you either
had a whole little human jumping
inside you or if you were said little
human getting shaken around.”

The blonde defended himself and
their baby as he placed his free hand
on top of his belly to pat it gently.

Now that they were simply walking,
their child had immediately calmed
down again and was most likely
preparing themselves for
the next long nap.

“Right right, I didn't say anything.
I don't even know what baby
thought was going on when
we started jogging.”

“Probably which position is the
best to survive this earthquake.”

Kenma chuckled and looked up
with a smile when Kuroo squeezed
their intertwined hands gently.

“I really wonder how they'll be.
Will they like volleyball?
And apple pie? Or will they turn
out to hate every kind of sports?”

“Watch baby grow up to become
a famous dressage rider.”

The blonde grinned when his
boyfriend snorted at that.

“Do you know how expensive
a horse is, kitten? I think I'd
accept even golf over that.”

“If our child likes horses,
we'll find a solution. And if they
like golf, we'll find one too.”

“And what if they like both?”

“Then they'll play polo.”

“Kitten, can you stop
wriggling for a moment, I-”

“I need to pee, I need to pee.”

Kenma stumbled out of the bed,
almost inspecting the floor face
first if Kuroo hadn't grabbed his
arm just in time before the blonde immediately disappeared
to the bathroom.

Since he had gotten pregnant,
the growing weight putting
pressure on his bladder had
made him rush to the bathroom
more frequently than normal.

But lately Kuroo would consider
the situation as out of control.

Kenma was only halfway through
his pregnancy, it'd be very
interesting to see how he'd
manage it being full term.

The two had finally found the
time (and money) to start buying
the first few things for their baby
but it was definitely more difficult
than expected to find something
functional, pretty and still affordable.

Since their mini human would
obviously stay with Kenma,
they'd buy most of the furniture
for the blonde's room and only
a second bassinet for Kuroo's
place so their baby had a place
to sleep when they'd stay over
at their dad's house.

It wasn't ideal.

All of this had never been ideal,
they both knew it.

But not living together meant
not having a second person to get
up in the middle of the night
when their baby would need a
diaper change, some milk or

just some comfort.

Kenma would have to do most
of it alone, Kuroo couldn't
constantly stay over.

Even if he had promised to stay
over as much as he could to take
care of their child too.

“At this point I should just
live in the bathroom.”

The pudding head sighed as he
waddled inside his room again,
one hand on his baby bump.

“Is it that bad?”

“No, it's just.. very annoying.
I can't even finish a game on
my switch without having to
pause every few minutes.”

But Kuroo only hummed when
his boyfriend crawled back on the
bed and wrapped his arm around
the younger's waist when Kenma
cuddled up to him.

“While you were gone,
I found this one.
What do you think?”

It was a simple, white crib with the
option to lower one side so they could
put it right beside Kenma's bed.

This way he'd only have to lower
the side to pick up his baby at night
and didn't have to get up to do so.

“It looks nice. I like that it's
nothing too fancy. We need to
check the size and height of the
mattress level though, otherwise
the concept won't work.”

“Of course.
But this one's on sale so we
should check it soon. I also
found this one, I thought
you might like it.”

Kuroo chuckled as he opened the
cart and clicked on the first item.

It was a little mobile with tiny,
fluffy stars and a silver moon,
adorable sleepy faces sewn on them.

And he knew that his boyfriend
loved it just by hearing the
cute gasp beside him.

“The stars are so cute.”

“I know, I think I would sleep
amazing when I could look at such
cute stars while falling asleep.”

The ravenette smiled and pressed
a kiss on top of Kenma's head when
the blonde moved it to rest his
head on the older's chest.

“I hope baby will like them.”

Kenma sighed as he closed his
eyes and ran his hand over his belly,
a soft smile growing on his face
when his boyfriend laid his hand
over the smaller one.

“They will, kitten.”

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