[He deserves the judging look. She will never apologize for it. Veronica will be that 89-year-old version of Rose from the Titantic and she will not apologize for the look he feels on her face without seeing it.
... But even though she hadn't even vaguely hoped that Koji would be happy or excited about this, she can't keep up this faux strength either.]
Koji.
[He's not good with emotions, and neither is she. What an awful set of people to be parents.]
I don't want anything to change between us.
[But it will, won't it? He's not going to be interested in her when she's huge and probably uncomfortable and depressed all the time. There's no arranging, cleaning, or sorting that she can do to fix that.]
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... But even though she hadn't even vaguely hoped that Koji would be happy or excited about this, she can't keep up this faux strength either.]
Koji.
[He's not good with emotions, and neither is she. What an awful set of people to be parents.]
I don't want anything to change between us.
[But it will, won't it? He's not going to be interested in her when she's huge and probably uncomfortable and depressed all the time. There's no arranging, cleaning, or sorting that she can do to fix that.]