Chapter 17

Yuri jumped when the door finally opened to reveal her wife.

"Woah. You okay, Yuri? You seem a bit jumpy today." Natsuki giggled as she hung her helmet and belt by the door.

Yuri gulped and rubbed her arm nervously.

"Hey... Is something wrong?" Natsuki came over and cupped her cheeks, looking into her eyes.

Yuri shook her head and sighed.

"I have some news... I'm just not sure how you'll react.." Yuri said softly.

Natsuki gave her a quick kiss, smiling up at her.

"Just tell me, okay?" Natsuki encouraged.

"I got a call today from.. A fertility doctor. She has an entire week saved for us if we say yes... She wants to see if she can help us... Have a baby..." Yuri explained softly.

Natsuki's eyes widened, her heart skipping a beat.

"A... F-Fertility doctor...? Like... The ones that help you have babies? One actually called about us?!" Natsuki asked in disbelief.

Yuri nodded, brushing hair behind Natsuki's ear.

Natsuki hugged her wife tightly, her heart racing in sync with Yuri's worried one.

"Wow..." Natsuki whispered.

"I-I know this is all sudden, b-but you've just always talked or thought about having a baby and-" Natsuki cut her off with a passionate kiss that Yuri gladly returned.

"This is amazing... This is so amazing! Oh my god!" Natsuki beamed, grinning widely at her.

Yuri smiled softly at her wife's joy, feeling her own heart flutter at the sight.

"So... I take it this means you wanna give it a shot..?" Yuri asked with a loving smile.

"Fuck yeah! Let's do it!" Natsuki said, feeling nothing but excitement and love.

"I mean, Yuri. This is a baby we're talking about! Bringing fucking life into the world!" Natsuki's eyes lit up as she spoke.

"Okay.. Should I c-call her back?" Yuri asked breathlessly.

We're actually doing this... Woah...

"Yes! Yeah! Of course!" Natsuki was bouncing on her heels.

Yuri nodded and fumbled a bit for her phone, her hands shaking as she nervously clicked on the number of the kind doctor.

"You've reached Dr. von Warner's office, Amelia von Warner speaking!" The cheerful woman answered as sounds of clicking could be heard from her keyboard.

"This is Yuri Owens? We spoke earlier today?" Yuri said nervously as Natsuki reached out and grasped her free hand tightly in her own.

"Oh yeah! Have you discussed things with your wife? I'm sorry again if it seems like a rush..." Amelia chuckled weakly from the other end.

"Yes, we've discussed it..." Yuri said slowly.

"Fan-tastic. So how'd it go, what did she say?" Amelia asked like a teen searching for gossip.

"We've decided to take you up on the offer." Yuri stated boldly as Natsuki nodded at her with a smile.

"Eeek! Excuse my excitement but I rarely get to deal with lesbian couples so I find it so fun when I get your type of case..." Amelia said in a bubbly tone.

Yuri chuckled a bit and shook her head as she squeezed Natsuki's hand a bit.

"That's quite alright... When can you see us?" Yuri asked.

"Any day after tomorrow works for me. I don't want to interfere with your schedules so whenever works best." The doctor said nonchalantly.

Yuri held the phone away from her face so the doctor didn't hear their conversation.

"When's your next day off?" Yuri whispered.

"Friday." Natsuki said softly.

"Friday works for us." Yuri said, placing the phone back against her ear.

"Stellar! Okay okay... Uh... Two thirty is right after my lunch break ends so... Would that work for you?" Amelia asked with a hum.

"That works fine." Yuri smiled.

"Great! Do you need a second to write the address down?" Amelia asked as the clicks stopped and the creak of her reclining in the office chair was heard.

"Yes, please. Let me grab some paper." Yuri rushed over to a random notepad on the table and clicked a pen open, ready to write.

After the doc told them the address, Yuri thanked her and hung up, returning to her lover's side.

"So... This is really happening, huh..?" Natsuki giggled nervously.

"Yeah... I guess so..." Yuri said, out of breath.

Natsuki hugged her close as a newfound worry struck her.

"Yuri... What if... What if this doesn't work..?" Natsuki asked, muffled against Yuri's chest.

"What do you mean, babe?" Yuri asked sweetly, rubbing her back.

The shorter woman looked up at her wife as pink eyes met violet.

"What if we try and it doesn't work? What if neither of us are compatible for this? What if-?" Yuri placed a finger to Natsuki's lips, silencing her rant.

"We won't know until we try. And if it doesn't work, we still have options! There's adoption, foster care, we could get a pet, or maybe even hire a surrogate!" Yuri said encouragingly, smiling at her wife.

"I guess you're right..." Natsuki said softly, though not even Yuri's comforting words could calm her nerves.

"That's good... Now how about we have some dinner, maybe a nice hot bath, and we head to bed?" Yuri wrapped her arms around Natsuki's waist, swaying softly from side to side.

Natsuki closed her eyes and rested her head on Yuri's chest, nodding and humming in response.

Yuri smiled and kissed the top of her head.

"Okay, hun..." she said softly and sighed happily.

Just when Yuri went to pull from the hug, Natsuki held her tighter, refusing to let her go.

"Can we just...." Natsuki trailed off.

Yuri smiled and swayed a bit more rhythmically, humming a tune.

"Why don't you dance with me?" Yuri suggested with a slight smirk.

Natsuki giggled, matching Yuri's stride as she backed up enough to properly dance with her.

Yuri gasped and squeaked in surprise when Natsuki suddenly dipped her, having forgotten how strong her wife was.

Natsuki was smirking wide at Yuri's surprised face, snickering as she felt Yuri grasp her tightly in fear.

"D-Don't do that!" Yuri said, her cheeks flushing pink.

"Do what~?" Natsuki mused.

"Surprise me like that, jerk!" Yuri scoffed.

"I'm your jerk~" Natsuki cooed, still holding her in that position.

Yuri reached out and shoved her face away, causing Natsuki to accidentally let her go and drop Yuri on her rump.

"Sorry!" Natsuki said quickly, helping her up.

Yuri huffed and looked away, still blushing.

"Yuriiii~!" Natsuki whined, hating that she had made her upset.

"Gorgeous~?" Natsuki said when Yuri ignored her.

Yuri's face blushed a bit deeper and she tensed, knowing what was coming next from previous encounters like this.

"My Yuri~..." Natsuki purred almost catlike, wrapping her arms around Yuri's waist from behind.

Yuri shuddered as she felt Natsuki stretch a bit to softly kiss the side of her neck from behind, trying not to show any reaction though her face went considerably deeper in shade.

Yuri sighed in defeat and turned around, wrapping her arms around Natsuki's neck to kiss her sweetly.

This was how they usually resolved these types of problems.

Natsuki pulled away, grinning widely in a daze.

"I'll make dinner." Natsuki offered, kissing Yuri's cheek as she skipped into the kitchen.

Yuri groaned softly and sat on the couch, crossing her arms in defeat.

Natsuki reached for her phone from her pocket, dialing Sayoris number.

"You've reached me! And uh, if you don't know who 'me' is, it's Sayori! I'm probably not here right now but if you leave a message I'll call you back later! And if you're Nat, Moni, my kids, or Yuri, love ya lots!" Sayori's prerecorded voice said before the beep of a machine.

Natsuki hummed and hung up, deciding to wait until her best friend picked up herself to tell the news.

She glanced over at Yuri, smiling lovingly as she caught her gaze.

Yuri tensed and looked ahead at the blank television.

Natsuki giggled and resumed cooking, thinking of the possibility that she could become a mother.

Yuri and I could... Start a family... Just the two of us... Oh gosh... My heart is racing...

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(I fucking hate my family so god damn much. I wanna fucking leave and never come back. Fuck them all. They could disappear off the face of the fucking Earth without a trace for all I fucking care. God fucking damn.)