Not Quite as Planned

Work Lectures

When I woke up Hitoshi was still passed out and both of his arms were thrown around my waist, meaning there was no way for me to escape without waking him up. I reclosed my eyes and snuggled back into Hitoshi's chest, though that only lasted about another 15 minutes. Despite how much I wanted to continue to lie with Hitoshi I pushed him aside and basically ran to the bathroom as to avoid what was about to happen.
Once I came back into the bedroom Hitoshi was sitting on my bed, looking at me with a mixture of confusion and worry on his face. "You good?"
"Yeah? Your kid just needs to learn not to rest on my fucking bladder, I was comfortable and she ruined it." I pouted.
   Hitoshi laughed as he got up and walked towards me, sliding his arms around my waist, "My poor baby." I scoffed but leaned into Hitoshi, resting my forehead against his shoulder as he started rubbing my back. "Do you have plans later?"
I thought for a minute before answering, "I have work in like, an hour, but after my shift I'm free."
   Hitoshi smiled, "You mind if I pick you up after you're done and take you out afterwards?"
   "If you really want to I guess I'm ok with that." I replied.
   Hitoshi placed a hand on my cheek, gently lifting my face up and connecting our lips. "I'll drop you off aswell, yeah?"
"You don't have to, I can walk. It's not that far-"
"I insist, let me drive you. Besides, if I do that I can have you make me one of those coffee things, it's been a while." Hitoshi replied as he kissed my cheek.
I felt a small laugh escape my lips, "Fucking loser." I said before pulling Hitoshi into another kiss.
   Time passed fairly quickly after that and to my displeasure it was time for me to go to work. Hitoshi did as he said he would and drove me to the shop, coming inside with me and staying in the waiting area until I clocked in.
   When I went into the back I was greated with Mina wrapping me into a hug, "Katsuki! It's been a while since we've been scheduled together, how've you been?" She asked.
"I've been fine." I replied, attempting to get her off of me. Once I finally broke free I went over and clocked myself in then threw on my apron, though Mina followed me the whole time.
   "You look different, are you ok?" She questioned, fairly concerned. Right, I never mentioned to anybody that I'm pregnant.
   "I told you I'm fine." I said, not wanting to continue this conversation.
   "But-"
   "Just drop it, please." I almost snapped at her but was able to stop myself from yelling at her. Her face fell and she just nodded, finally letting me get to work.
   I walked to the register where Hitoshi was still waiting, nobody else around. "You ok? You look frustrated."
   I sighed, "I'll be fine, just almost lost my shit with my coworker asking questions." I replied.
   Hitoshi's face fell a little, "You know, you should probably at least tell your manager. How else are you going to be able to go on maternity leave?"
   "I- I'll do it at some point, for right now let me go get this shit made." I said, giving Hitoshi one final glance before going off to make his drink. When I got to the station Mina was nowhere in sight, I brushed it off as her taking her break wierdly early, though I knew that was a close to zero possibility.
A few minutes later and I finished Hitoshi's drink, Mina still nowhere in sight. There was still nobody else in the shop so I stayed at the pick up counter and talked with Hitoshi for a while. When somebody else did finally come in Hitoshi ruffled my hair before going off to a table so I could take their order.
At this point Mina was finally back so I payed no more mind to her random disappearance. That was until about an hour later the manager came out and called me back to her office. I felt my heart drop as I knew exactly where this was going. As the manager led me to her office I glared at Mina, making sure she knew that I was pissed at her.
   When we got to the office she went behind her desk and had me sit across from her. I did my best to stay calm but internally I was freaking the fuck out. "So, Katsuki, Mina came to me a little while ago saying she has some concerns about your appearance. Though, I'd be lying if I said that I myself and a couple of your coworkers haven't been concerned aswell." She said.
   I scoffed, "I'm fine, I don't know why the hell everybody's concerned about me." I replied, hoping to avoid the topic.
   "I'll be blunt then, we've all noticed that you've gained a considerable amount of weight. I just want to know what's going on, whatever you say won't leave this office."
I sighed, realizing that there was no way out of this, "You're certain that nobody else is going to find out?"
My manager smiled at me, "I promise Katsuki, I won't tell anybody."
"I'm fucking pregnant, alright? I don't want people knowing about it, though I guess it's kind of obvious at this point." I said in a small voice, my face feeling heated.
My manager had a surprised look on her face but it was quickly replaced with a soft smile. "Congratulations, you must be so excited."
  "I-I guess" I replied, avoiding her eyes and staring at the ground.
   "I wish you would've come to me sooner about this, how far along are you? We can start talking about when you can go on leave and stuff like that."
"I'm 6 months." I responded
   "Oh, wow, you're small for being 6 months." She said, making me shrink back. I think she noticed my face fall so she quickly continued, "Anyway, when you're at 7 1/2 months I can let you go on maternity leave. You'll still get payed and you won't need to come back until you're at least a month and a half post partum. Sound good?"
"Yeah, that's fine." I replied, finally looking up from the ground.
   "Great, I won't keep you any longer then. Congratulations again Katsuki, let me know if you need anything, alright?" My manager said, a smile still plastered on her face.
"Yeah, thanks." I responded, taking one final look at her before walking back out to my post, dreading the rest of my shift.