Tiger and bunny: Lucky to be a lady tonight

Chapter 17

The rest of the day passed by slowly. All Barnaby cold think about was the ring shopping after work, and it slowed down his progress on his paperwork for the day. He was even yelled at by Florence to stop daydreaming and get working. His face went bright red after he began working again.

"How...did I finish first?" Kotetsu asked, standing behind Barnaby and leaning over his shoulder as she watched him hurry to finish. "I think this is the first time ever that I have finished working before you..."

"I got distracted..." Barnaby's fingers flew over the keyboard, the keys clacking loudly. "I'm trying to hurry so we can leave."

She slipped her arms around him and watched, "...This feels so backwards..."

"Because it is backwards. I'm not used to rushing to finish my work. Florence even went home before I finished." He sighed as he continued to type away. "I'm sorry for making you wait, Kotetsu."

"Mmmph." She shrugged, burying her face in his neck under his curls and kissing the soft flesh, "I'm going to only be a distraction if I stay here like this..." she whispered.

Barnaby shivered, his hands stopping suddenly. "You've got that right... Don't get me too excited."

"Want me to go get drinks from the vending machines down the hall?"

"A drink sounds nice." He nodded and went back to typing.

"Okay. Be right back." She kissed his cheek and removed herself from distracting him, grabbing her wallet from her bag before making her way down to get them something to drink.

The blond typed the rest of his work quickly, finishing only a little bit after Kotetsu had returned with the drinks. He stretched once he was finished and shook his hands to keep them from cramping up more. The computer was shut down after the work was saved, then Barnaby stood up.

Kotetsu looked up from where she sat by the window, her drink in hand. "Done?"

"Yeah, are you ready to go?" He grabbed his jacket and threw it on, then grabbed his drink.

"Yes." Kotetsu hopped off the heat register she had been using as a seat while looking down at the city streets below, "I'm excited for this!"

"I am too. I can't believe we're actually going to have matching rings soon." He moved closer to Kotetsu and pulled her into a hug. "We should start planning the wedding soon too."

Kotetsu looked at her bare ring finger. "...But if I turn back into a guy, it won't fit anymore..."

"We could probably get it resized. Or you can put it on a chain around your neck, like what you did with Tomoe's ring." Barnaby played with the silver ring on his finger.

"That's true..." she sighed and leaned in closer to him, taking his hand, "So when would we like to have the wedding? Tomoe had a preference for spring, but we can choose any season."

"I like summer. It might be hot, but there's a better chance of it being nice if we make it an outdoor wedding." He shrugged. "Spring sounds nice too."

"Baby's due in early June." Kotetsu reminded Barnaby, "So if we want a Summer wedding, we may as well plan it for after the baby. I wouldn't want our vows to be interrupted by my water breaking."

"That would be a mess, and terrible to deal with rushing to the hospital on our wedding day. Looks like it's going to be a spring wedding then."

"Spring, okay, so after the baby is—wait... This spring while I'm pregnant?" she flushed as she remembered that spring came before summer. For some reason her mind had mixed spring and autumn around.