The Meaning of Family: The Collections

From Friends to Spouses (Part 2/7)

"What do you think of a fall wedding?"

Yoongi lifted his head up from where he had been placing soft kisses along Sophia's bare shoulder. The two of them were relaxing in the bathtub after a long school day. It had been a month since the proposal and the couple had moved on from the enjoying-their-newly-acquired-status phase and into the planning stage. "That sounds nice." He replied honestly. "What do you want?"

"Well a summer wedding could be nice, especially if we do it in June because June is like the only month where we can actually trust the weather..." Sophia began rambling her thoughts. "But summer weddings, especially June ones are extremely cliché. Spring is too soon, and even if we waited until the next spring, we would have to be extremely careful with picking the date because of tornado season. Don't want to get swept away before we say, 'I do'." Yoongi laughed quietly at Sophia's reasoning. "So that leaves us with fall or winter, and fall has better weather than winter does, but we have school during the fall. So, I'm not sure."

"We could plan our wedding over a break if you wanted." Yoongi offered.

"Yeah, but according to my academic plan, I'll be in practicum next fall, meaning I'll still need to be here during all school breaks." Sophia pouted cutely as Yoongi took hold of her hands and intertwined their fingers. "And I want to be able to go on a honeymoon."

"We could push off our honeymoon until the semester ended." Yoongi suggested. "Or we could just have a winter wedding." Yoongi paused to press a gentle kiss to her cheek. "Or we could just wait a little longer before picking a date."

Sophia sighed. "But I'm going with Mom and Abuela to look at dresses on Sunday and I need to have an idea of what time of year so that I can look at dresses to go with the season."

"Then how about we agree on either late November or early December? Sometime between the start of Thanksgiving break next year and after the semester ends."

Sophia turned her head and smiled at him. "That sounds good." Yoongi smiled back and pressed his lips to hers in a soft kiss. Sophia pulled away first and moved to get out of the tub. "Now, come on. Your dad invited us to pizza night and I'm starving."

Yoongi chuckled, staying in the tub purely because he was too lazy to get out just yet as he watched Sophia wrap a towel around herself. "You've been really hungry lately."

"It's called stress eating!" Sophia called over her shoulder as she left the bathroom.

A couple of days passed and Yoongi was sitting on the couch, finishing up a rough draft of his final essay for Introduction to College Writing when Sophia returned from her shopping trip. "Hello~" He greeted as she set her purse and keys down, lifting his head up and puckering his lips for a kiss, which she gladly provided. "Did you find a dress?"

Sophia nodded excitedly. "Abuela's keeping it at her house, so don't even think about trying to sneak a peek, mister." She playfully poked his chest as she 'scolded' him.

"You have no faith in me~" He jokingly whined before accepting another kiss from her.

"How's your essay coming along?" Sophia asked him as she began to make her way towards their bedroom.

"Good, how are all of your many assignments coming?" Yoongi asked, preparing himself for the rant that was coming.

"My teacher assigned a brand-new assignment Friday on top of all of the assignments we already have in the three classes I have with her!" Sophia poked her head out of the bedroom, now sporting one of Yoongi's shirts and a pair of his sweatpants. "But Imma hold off on complaining right now because my bladder is screaming at me. I will tell you all about it after I pee."

Yoongi chuckled as she disappeared again. "I'll be waiting~"

The next morning, Yoongi had just finished taking a shower and was partially dressed as he brushed his teeth. In the middle of his getting ready for his required weekly viola lesson, Sophia entered the bathroom, confusing him. "I thought you already left for Morrilton~" He spoke around his toothbrush before bending over to rinse out his mouth. Instead of responding, Sophia rushed to the toilet just before the contents of her stomach decided to come back up. Yoongi dropped his toothbrush on the counter, not bothering to wipe his mouth as he rushed to Sophia's side. Her hair was already pulled back in a ponytail, but he kneeled behind her and rubbed her back until she was finished. As she sat up, he said, "You're staying home today."

"I can't!" Sophia exclaimed, getting up from the ground. "Both teachers take a grade for attendance, and if I miss one day it can drop my grade tremendously!"

"But you're sick!" Yoongi insisted as Sophia grabbed her toothbrush and picked up the toothpaste. "Therefore, you are staying home, and so am I, so I can take care of you."

Sophia glared at him. "You are not skipping class."

"I can reschedule my viola lesson with Tatiana for some time tomorrow." Yoongi shrugged.

"And what about your other classes?" Sophia began to brush her teeth.

"They're fairly spread out so when it comes time for class, I'll decide if you're well enough that I can go."

"I'm well enough for you to go to your viola lesson." Sophia grumbled.

Yoongi just pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Nice try. I'm going to make you some food, and when you're finished with your teeth it's straight to bed for you."

Yoongi did go to his orchestra rehearsal that night, as he wouldn't miss a rehearsal for anything. It was nearing 10:00 when he finally returned to their apartment, seeing Sophia sitting tensely on the couch as one of the Bring It On movies played on the TV. "Hey, you feeling better?" Sophia jumped, having not heard Yoongi come in.

She quickly stood up from the couch. "Yoongi, I need to talk to you."

Yoongi set his music folder on the coffee table, suddenly extremely worried. "What's up?"

"When I got sick this morning, it got me thinking..." Sophia was extremely hesitant, which upped Yoongi's anxiety, but for a different reason than before. "Not only was I sick today, but I've also been tired and hungry a lot lately...so I took a pregnancy test."

Yoongi's eyes widened. "And?"

Sophia looked down at her hands. "I'm calling my gynecologist in the morning to schedule an appointment to be sure, but it was positive."

"You're pregnant?" Yoongi asked to be sure, and Sophia nodded. Yoongi breathed out a sigh of relief. "I thought you were gonna break up with me when you said we needed to talk." He pulled Sophia in for a hug, clutching tightly onto her.

"So, you're not mad?" Sophia asked in a small voice, and Yoongi pulled back to look at her.

"Shocked? Yes. Nervous? Yes. Scared? Hell yes. But mad? Never." Yoongi assured her, bringing his hand up to the side of her face to stroke her cheek with his thumb. "It's definitely happening a bit earlier than either of us thought, but it's happening. No sense being upset over it when we knew we wanted it eventually."

Sophia gave him a small smile before leaning up to press their lips together. When she pulled away, they just smiled at each other until realization hit them. "How are we going to tell our parents?"

"Oh shit~"