The rain had left her long curls slick and dark, the only thing sparing her shirt from the downpour being her zipped up jacket. In their haste to make it under the awning, Nara had stuffed their bag of groceries under her shirt to keep from ruining the raw items. She would probably smell like raw chicken for the next 24 hours, but even so, her arms cradled the material just below her tummy so they wouldn’t fall out. A big huff of breath left her when they reached the dry patch of concrete - the bench taken by an elderly couple, with a few strangers huddled at the sides.
Why was she making him dinner? She was still mad at him. She wanted to be mad at him. But one rumble from his stomach had her scolding him for not eating and carting Jaehyuk to the grocery. They were shoulder to shoulder now, but Nara didn’t speak, peering at the fat droplets of rain as they splattered against the pavement.
“How wonderful,” a gentle voice came, pulling Nara’s attention from the rain with wide brown eyes. “Did you name the fetus yet? Is this your husband?” The elderly woman’s face was alight with hope. Nara grappled, her lips parting to say something, but she could only try to figure out why this old woman was speaking as if she looked-
“Pregnant?” Her cheeks burned - she couldn’t decide if it was more embarrassing to tell the truth and pull the groceries out from under her shirt, or to go with it. Her brain chose the quickest solution.
“We haven’t named it yet...ah...have we, Jaehyuk?”