>>5641878“Heyyyy, uh, did I interrupt something? …Everything okay?” you ask hesitantly.
Launch looks down at her cup of tea, melancholic smile still on her face. Maple sits up a bit, looking to her, and she gives a small nod. “Well. Everything’s okay, yes. Launch… came to me to talk about something she found out recently.”
You see her hand move to her abdomen. “Tien and I are gonna have a baby.”
There’s an initial bout of surprise. “Oh! Congrats!” you tell her… and it starts to dawn on you the issue. “Oh. Oh…” You rub the back of your neck. “Er… sorry.”
“No no, it’s fine!” she replies in a sweet and sincere voice. “Just… I wish I could let him know.”
“...Ah. I, um, if you wanna keep talking in private I can go pester Peppa instead-” You look around, noticing she isn’t home yet. “…Huh. Where is she anyway?”
“She’s off with Videl still.” mom tells you. “Should be home soon, and it’s okay son.”
“Right…” You rub the back of your neck.
Buu breaks the awkwardness with an… innocent, if blunt question. “What ‘have a baby’ mean?”
>A. Well, Tien and Launch got together and, er, are making their first kid. I’ll… explain the details another time>B. Nope, not gonna explain birds and bees to Buu, let mom handle that!>C. Do you know what kind of kid it’ll be? Or is it too early to tell?>D. Heeeey I just remembered I gotta focus on trying to purify the Muramasa! I’ll let you both be!>E. Something else? 