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[Futurelandia] It's April and We're under the sheets.

[A lot of incredibly weird things have managed to happen, but that shouldn't be a surprise by now: They're an incredibly weird pack, after all. While Nariko and Ada's fighting has become far more subtle, certain kids have become more serious about school and relationships, other kids are moping over the exit of their mates - a family reunion has ended. It's time to get back into the usual swing of things before it all goes to shit.

Emily's gonna get knocked up.

Finals are going to happen.

Audrey will probably make a decision about a thing or two.

Veronica is lil' fat by now, but she wears it well.

They are in the grip of Spring-Almost-Wanting-Summer, and that's perfect for all sorts of ~crazy shenanigans.]

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[ . . . He wanted to torture the guy more. He really, really did, and in so doing spite Veronica more. But it's less her words or appearance which makes him relent so much as he tone. There's clearly something there, and his eyes flash with sympathy for a moment before he snorted and then waved a dismissive hand to his teammate. Go on, get out of here. Apparently the bro was either afraid or just felt awkward, because he fled just as fast.

But once he's out of the room (failing to shut the door behind him) Kojji looks at Veronica with an arched eyebrow.

Not as much questioning her actions as much as... if she wanted for this to hurt him, she should have kept the prop around a little longer instead of immediately shooing them out. ]

[Uuuuugh now it's all awkward and she kind of wants to snap at him but she makes the utter mistake of actually looking him in the eye. She huffs, flops back onto the bed, and pulls the comforter over her not because she cares about what he sees, but because she feels cold.]

... What?

[She didn't really want to hurt his feelings! This is just a mess and she's not doing a good job of handling it!]

There's better dicks than that.

[ That was way too crude but. Still. True. He huffed a little, pushing off the wall to go the last little distance to get up on the bed next to her. He doesn't lay down as much as sit down on the edge of it, turning to face her directly and reaching a hand out to brush the side of her face ]

Yours?

[There's a weird admission in that even though it's the most obvious route to go down. Because of course she's inviting him to say 'of course' or something like that, but maybe she just wants it to mean something more than the confidence. Like, if that's the answer it really has to mean something, right?

All the same Veronica doesn't pull away from him, she's being incredibly bitchy but she's still miles away from pretending she doesn't need him. Everything really does have a silver lining!]

Well, obviously.

[ That was such an expected answer, who could even expect him to say anything else other than that? But he wants to give her a middle ground...

Maybe?

... No, he was still pissed, so he won't give her the idea about how to lash out at him. At least not yet. ]

Maybe it's only obvious to you.

[There's an undeniable huff in her tone, a vague anger that she's really coming to know well but can't hope to vocalize right now.]

After all, aren't there lots of dicks and cunts and all that stupid bullshit? There's Audrey and Junko [It almost feels bad to add her name there. Junko is ... Not Veronica's favorite person because it seems like no one will ever be as important to Koji, and it grinds at her the wrong way, but Junko is also incredibly smart and kind - and she has a mate that she's in love with.] and Emily. Clearly all of those can be 'better', too.

[She kind of squints at him as if that might properly convey her irritation. Mostly it just makes her otherwise pretty face look really weird.]

[ Wow, that's...

Something.

He's not sure, now, if this is part of their game or not, it's like she's side stepping it entirely. He meets her gaze impassively for a long moment, trying t project judging annoyance right back at her even as he feels his heart curling up into a strange loop like it always does around her. He was trying to keep things normal with her, fearing that not being himself, being to sweet would make him boring or frustrate her. But then he often felt like indulging too much made him seem feckless. And maybe... maybe he was?

This was so scary, her being this pregnant, confronted with the reality. That said, he tilted his head to the side after a long moment and, ]

Yeah, but you can show all of them up.

[ He'll try complimenting her. ]

[It is, technically, the right thing to do here. It just doesn't look like it immediately because her eyes well up a little with tears and then (maybe somewhat impressively) they're practically sucked back. It's irritating that he's being genuine, that she is the one failing to catch the back and forth because it's stupid and tiring and she is so fat can't he just admit he's her mate and all of that.]

Koji ...

[She wants to ask him to come over but instead she just gets up - a little carefully, she really feels like a balloon after all - and just kisses him herself. That's easier.

And it's also not an apology. Sort of.]

Edited 2016-10-16 01:01 (UTC)

[ Hey, hey, hey. No one said that you were sure that they were mates, Veronica. That was meant to be some secret locked in their hearts that neither of us were aware of. But no, he had an awareness of his own feelings, even if he didn't know how to best express them or, indeed, if they should be expressed. The young man is surprised to see her stand, and pushes off the wall and takes a half step forward to catch her or steady her before she makes her way over to him.

He fails off course, and is almost caught off guard by the kiss, his hands wrapped gently around hr waist before he stops himself, remembering that he should be more angry, both for their teasing and, well, because he was.

But anger just felt secondary to the desire to be close to her the moment her stupid round belly got up. ]

[It seemed an incredibly obvious thing in the moment which set her off, which was somewhere around this morning and it feels true in the way that all things are generally true until they are proven otherwise. That's only logical, that's the way of the world as Veronica understands it, after all, which is probably why her sudden need for affirmation is alarming even to herself. She survived by only questioning just enough, but not too much.

The kiss is a perfect distraction, and so is his body, which she basically prefers to everything else in the world right now.]

I'm glad I'm having your kid and all but I want to be skinny again.

[That was her apology.]

[ . . . Should he? Should he tease her, or be affectionate back? Was it possible to do both with hr moods as wildly moving as they have been lately? He's been second-guessing himself so much lately and it's been driving him nuts. Nothing he's expressed to her directly, of course, but a desire for simplicity is often a strong reason to find solace in torturing Audrey or bending over Emily now that he's realized he can actually pull that off.

so...

He decides he can, and, ]

I'm glad you are too, but you not being top shaped is weird for us all.

[Veronica laughs. And it isn't the laughter that dissolves into tears, either!]

I've moderately upset the flow of the universe, right?

[It reminds her of the first day they met and the kitchen, the days when she could still remain on her feet without too much discomfort. ... She really has put him through the ringer, and while some of it was unavoidable Veronica is smart enough to know that a good amount has been her fault. So they can be simple again.

Merry Christmas, Not-Mate.]

Mm, but I think it was Carl Sagan that figured you could make a universe by starting with apple pie! And you can generally fix pie with patience and proper measuring.

[This is nice, normal rambling.]

[ Rambling as he embraced her? This was nostalgic (could it really be called that when he had known for her for less than a year?) even if there were notably many differences, chief of which is that he can feel her bloated stomach brushing against his own, and he just shooed some loser out of the room.

... Maybe that last one isn't abnormal? He's not sure, yet. ]

So basically, we're supposed to wait and be careful?

Hm.

[People are not delicious foods, though people can be delicious! It stands to reason that the principles might be different but she only has to spend a few moments considering.] We should wait and be compassionate.

[He gets a little peck of a kiss.]

It won't be much longer anyway.

Well then I'm fucked.

[ Compassionate! When did he ever pull off that with any degree of finesse!

It was slightly self-depreciating, but he'd be lying if he said there wasn't some real concern there. ]

You aren't.

[She kisses him again and this time tries to tug him back to the bed, nipping at his lip.]

... You've been really great about this. Seriously.

[She hasn't been telling him enough, right? Even though this has been rough Veronica should have been more appreciative.]

Bullshit.

[ That was breathed out, because he knows he's inconsiderate, not necessarily compassionate, and generally just difficult. He knows his heart is a mess, where he can't decide how to be nice, or even if he should express it. He's sick of feeling vulnerable, and... And.

And that was a gross response. He's pulled to the bed easily, leaning his lip along with the pull ]

[She gets back onto the mattress and makes sure to pull him on or beside her - dealer's choice there because her stomach is a weird road block and she doesn't want him to be uncomfortable. But when they're marginally settled:]

No. Don't be a stubborn ass about this, okay? I've been the ass long enough, a shitty one that can't even really make you jealous.

[But that's another topic for another time period. Right now she holds his face in her hands.]

If you weren't around I'd have given up on this kid entirely and probably thrown myself off a bridge. I literally wake up every day because of you. So don't 'bullshit' me.

[ On top of her it is. He's careful not to pout his whole weight on her like he used to - he was light, so he didn't think much of it - instead just shifting a bit off to the side of her stomach and placing his arms so that he's supporting his own weight. He inhaled deep, in theory to get her scent but mostly...

He doesn't agree with this narrative. He suspects that she wouldn't agree with it in a different mood.

But all the same, he... ]

Veronica...

[ He... If he can't be stubborn, his only option was to be sincere. And there was no way he could be sincere. And so he ... ]

You drive me crazy, baby.

[Koji is free to have an opinion! His opinion is also allowed to be completely wrong! Does she maybe want him to be super excited about a nursery? Maybe. Does she also realize that's already a daunting kind of thing to do and it's probably emotionally overwhelming for him? Of fucking course.

It's fine. He's fine.

If he isn't tomorrow then it's the hormones, she's being straight him right now! Which is probably why she can't help giggling.]

Are - Are you talking to me or the actual baby?

[Either way that was so terrible and cute at once.]

You. [ A beat, and... ]

I'll talk to the baby once I can see it, I think.

[ That seems more... sound... to him. Mostly. Right? He's not sure, really, but he's glad to see her giggle ]

Oh! Now I remember what I meant to tell you yesterday!

[Did he know that she'd meant to tell him something? Probably not, and Veronica had genuinely forgotten up until this point! No lingering hints or anything.]

They had this 3D sonogram thing at the doctor's office and it was so gross! There's no way our kid is going to look that bad!

[ gurl ]

Oh yeah? How bad?

[ Also they know if it's a boy or girl by now, right? Maybe? ]

So bad that I almost told the doctor there was no way it could be our kid! Our baby isn't going to be fucking ugly!

[It's an incredibly vain thing to say but it's true! They were both incredibly attractive, Koji literally came from an entire line of attractive people on both sides, and Veronica was pretty sure her parents had been hot, too! It was biologically impossible for them to have an-]

It was an ugly raisin baby! We don't make raisin babies!

[One has to wonder how she forgot this topic.]

[ Seriously, how did she forget this? But all the same, he settles in closer to her and brushes her cheek. He hums, considering touching her stomach, but he...

Nah. ]

Seriously.

[Futurelandia] It's April and We're under the sheets.

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