Chapter 408 - LIVING IN A BUBBLE (1/2)
Akira picked her glass of wine and was about to take a sip to clean off the taste of the iffy lobster. Hina grabbed it from her with quick hands.
”Hey, give it back.” Akira stretched her hands and tried to take the wine back.
”I am going to give you a moment to think about it.” Hina looked at her with lifted eyebrows.
”What?” The confusion was a little cute but also infuriating.
”Think about it.” Hina took a sip of the wine.
After almost a minute, Akira figured it out, and her eyes widened.
”You think- That's impossible.” She denied with a laugh.
Hina looked at Akira. For all her genius, she could be obtuse in some matters. However, her failure to understand this issue was frightening. How had she passed her basic biology and even managed to graduate from the university?
”Have you been doing the deed with your boyfriend?” Hina asked.
Akira rolled her eyes. ”You don't have to be so euphemistic. There is no one else here. We do sleep together, but we use protection.”
”Every time?” Hina asked suspiciously.
”Of course,” Akira answered with confidence. ”Oh, cr*p!”
Akira cursed for the first time in a while as she remembered something.
”Is your foggy brain clearing up?” Hina asked, her lips forming a smirk.
”We didn't take any precautions the first time. But that was over two months ago!” Akira exclaimed.
”What?” Hina coughed.
Was it possible that Akira had been pregnant for more than two months, but she did not notice anything? The thought of that made Hina take a huge gulp of the wine. She refilled her glass from the bottle and continued drinking.
”Really? Are you refilling your glass right now? In the middle of the crisis?”
”What? I can drink since you won't be needing it anymore. And you know I can't handle big news well.” Hina gulped more wine.
Akira nodded. Hina did not always have the best response to big news or changes. She tended to overreact and make sudden big moves. For instance, she wanted to leave her family and follow Akira after the case with the perverted tutor.
”So, haven't you noticed anything unusual about your body lately?” Hina asked. ”You can't have been completely ignorant about your condition.”
”First of all, we have not concluded that there is a condition to worry about. Secondly, I have never been regular. I think I strained my body too hard when I was a kid.” She said. ”Although, I noticed some weight gain. I thought I was eating too much.”
Hina rolled her eyes. ”So, you ignored everything. You are living in a bubble.”
”I am still not convinced that I am pregnant. Let's go to the hospital. We can use the facilities at the research institute.” Akira said.
”Are you sure that's the best idea? Your brother is probably at work. I took the day off because I had an epiphany in my research. I am letting the idea percolate. I need a distraction, or I will end up overthinking it and getting stuck again.” Hina added.
”So, what do we do?”