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Tobio’s thinking about getting up. There’s dishes to be done, half of leftover dinner still to be put away, but Shouyou’s conked out already, feet propped in Tobio’s lap. He keeps telling Tobio not to let him fall asleep, but as soon as he sits down, he’s nodding off. He’s tired all the time now, and Tobio can’t bring himself to wake him up.
The problem solves itself when Shouyou’s eyes open, and his hand comes to rest on his stomach. He grunts, and Tobio panics for a brief instant; all of Shouyou’s little noises mean something different now, sometimes unexpected trips to the doctor’s office as they both learned what was normal pregnancy aches and what wasn’t. But he relaxes as Shouyou does, surprised when Shouyou reaches for his hand.
“Tobio, come feel. Baby’s kicking.”
Tobio’s eyes widen, and Shouyou snorts a little, but tugs on his hand all the same, until it’s resting against the growing bump of his warm belly. He feels nothing but the slight rise and fall of Shouyou breathing, but then-
A nudge against his hand, and then a stronger, more definite movement, one that has Shouyou squirming.
“What does it feel like?” Tobio asks, after a few fascinating minutes with his hand on Shouyou’s stomach.
“Like...butterflies, but if they were really inside my stomach.”
“Gross.”
“Well, at least it’s not the kind that make me want to throw up.”
“Like the ones that made you puke when we got married.”
“Exactly! These are just cute little baby kicks. See? No puking in sight.”
Tobio smiles a little, moving his hand gently over Shouyou’s stomach, until Shouyou starts giggling because it tickles, and almost kicks Tobio in the face. The moment lost, Tobio gets up to put away dinner, Shouyou halfheartedly trying to help, until Tobio sends him off to bed.