Neighbors

Seonghwa Chapter 2

Time skip to where he's five months pregnant (so about seventeen weeks?) He finally tells friends.

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Seonghwa sighs, bringing his foot up to him and wiggling a sock on his left swollen foot, then doing the same with the right. He was now seventeen weeks pregnant, and boy did he feel huge. He was going back home to JinJu where he will stay until mid-January when he starts his very last semester of nursing school. And celebrate Christmas with his family.

When he told his mother the news If him being pregnant, she wasn't too thrilled. To be a grandmother again, she was ecstatic, but when he was almost done with school and doesn't even have a job, she wasn't happy at all. In fact, she had a long talk with him about being a new mother and asking if this was the right road he wanted to take. Well, it's too late to back out now.

He still hadn't told any of his friends back home either, so today after driving back he was meeting up with them for dinner at a nice steak restaurant where they can grill their meat. His friends were younger than him, but only by a year and he still considers them friends. There were only three that could make it to eat dinner with him, but he wasn't complaining. He's sure the other two were busy with family or working and didn't have time to meet up, but they will shortly.

Seonghwa shimmies in a pair of ripped skinny jeans, a hair tie buttoning them for him, and throws on a band shirt he found that he hadn't packed yet. He looks in the mirror, seeing his bump more curved and prominent under the shirt as he finished packing and taking everything to his mom's vehicle.

When she seen him approaching, she clicks her tongue at him and shakes her head, "Honey, you're not supposed to be lifting heavy things when pregnant!"

"They actually say lifting with your arms is good for pregnant people, but if you lift with your back it's bad for you," Seonghwa chuckles, throwing his bag in the car, "And as long as I don't lift more than twenty-five pounds I'm good!"

She rolls her eyes, continuing to poke and prod and nag at him while they load the car up. Seonghwa just ignores her, he's used to it by now. If it's not her, it's Seokjin nagging about his eating habits and taking more care of his body now that he's sharing it. He's a little nervous to see what his friends say about his pregnancy, but he knows they'll be supportive. Especially their noona, Liv.

After packing the car and loading up, they were on their way home. Once he sat down, it seemed as if all of the stress and exhaustion of his finals had taken a tole on him, and Seonghwa instantly falls asleep against the door.

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Seonghwa is awoken by the car door slamming shut, he jerks awake and takes in a deep breath. Recognizing his surroundings, he smiles and unbuckles himself to let himself out. Being in a car for so long had made him body cramp up and he makes a face, stretching.

"Are you coming?" His mother calls.

"Yeah, my body isn't use to long car rides," Seonghwa groans, popping his back and his arms, then his legs, and lastly his neck. After situating himself, he grabs a bag and was ready to take it in but his "father" comes out and takes it from him, not saying a word to him.

Seonghwa allows him to take the bag, letting him go inside first before he follows. When he enters the house though he hears shouts and jumps, seeing his friends and his parents smiling at him. He sees bright red hair running towards him, and small arms hugging him gently making him giggle, "Hi Liv!"