Sooyoung stood before the door of the bedroom, staring at the calendar attached to it with a marker in hand. Her eyes traced the lines that the numerous X marks made on each box of the the glossy piece of paper. She had remembered when she made her first mark of the month on the calendar and now it was almost the end. Putting a cross on the box designated for today’s date, a smile made its way to her lips as she felt a familiar pair of arms around her waist… or as far as they could go around her waist.

“You’re already nine months along... just a week or two before your due date.” Siwon whispered, resting his chin on her shoulder as he caressed her swollen belly gently. “It’s so close, Soo. We’re going to see our baby.”

She opened to answer but when she felt a stab of pain throughout her body, she knew that it’s a lot closer than he thought,