[ It's so very much to feel, and it doesn't even truly occur to Sumina until she sees how thoroughly overtaken her husband has become with emotion as his eyes glisten with tears that cling to his lashes before he curls in over her, burying his face against her stomach, his voice quivering. Only then is she faced with the enormity of their new reality - that this burgeoning, blooming joy is sure to be accompanied by so much else, especially for Satoru's part.

But that's... the beauty of it, too. They have so much to celebrate, to be happy for, and to be afraid and worried, too. But now, they will face it all as a family. Sumina, Satoru, and their unborn child, along with their friends and family and Tai-chan, too.

Gently, she reaches over to thread her fingers into his mess of hair, stroking consolingly as she hums, reiterating her immediate apology. ]

Mm, I really am sorry, honey. And to Tai-chan, too.

[ And then, as a soft laugh bubbles out of her chest, when the relief that they've finally gotten their wish and the joy of this news and her overflowing affection for her husband and their baby can all at last shine through: ]

Shouldn't you be the one comforting me, though? Our child is already being a little troublemaker like their papa, and I'm the one who has to deal with it...