Orochimaru reacting to a pregnant S/O
this was requested by @otogakure-no-sato
I REALLY went overboard with this. Also, I put this in a modern setting. I need more Oro requests.
It had been one of those nights. Orochimaru´d said he would come home early, so the dinner had been ready and you had been sitting at the table, waiting. But as the hours went by, the chances of him being early diminished to nearly zero. It was pointless calling him, because he was either still at work – the lab was a phone-free zone – or driving. In either cases, you weren´t mad at him. Being the head of his team brought great responsibilities and he had worked hard to be where he was now. He always worked hard.
After a while you had settled onto the couch, and turned on the TV. You turned on your favourite show, it was called “Hello Counselor” and contrary to its name, was actually a Korean comedy show. You always had to turn on the subtitles, otherwise you wouldn´t understand a thing. But today it was hard to focus on anything as it was getting overshadowed by the words you carefully spun since morning. They left you excited, happy but also scared. Before you knew it, you had picked up on your old habit and bit your nails.
The sounds of distant steps and jingling keys made a feeling of home settle in your stomach. Immediately you got up and rushed to the door, falling into the arms of your partner once he had stepped into the house.
He welcomed you with a low, warm chuckle that you felt vibrating in his chest while he pulled you close to him and kissed your hair. This was by far always the best moment of the day.
“I kept you waiting again, my love…” Orochimaru said after a few moments, his hands stroking over your back and holding you tight. You didn´t reply, instead lifting your head to look at him. Since the day you´d met him, you hadn´t stopped looking at him with this admiring gaze in your eyes.
Orochimaru leaned down and placed a longing kiss onto your lips. After you pulled apart, he got the chance to take of his coat and lean his leather shoulder bag against the wall. A glance at the TV. Your favourite show was on, that meant he had really kept you waiting. A look at the watch.
You went into the kitchen while he took off his shoes. “I´ll warm up the food for you.”
“It´s already late, my dear, let me do it.” It was his way of showing guilt. He wrapped his arms around your waist and pulled you against him before you could reach the cooker. You giggled and he kept you tight, using his other hand to stroke the hair away from your neck to place a loving kiss onto your skin.
“I want you to get a good amount of sleep. I´m the one who was late after all.” Indeed, while he needed only 4 hours of sleep (how?), you on the other side needed a minimum of seven. You turned around in his arms and faced him, smiling up at your pale-skinned boyfriend. He took your face into his hands and leaned down again to kiss you. You came to nuzzle back against his chest while he rested his chin on your head.
“That stupid trainee again… thinks he´s so smart and ends up almost destroying the whole quantity of samples…” He muttered into your hair
You giggled against his chest. “Don´t be too hard on him, Oro. He probably feels intimidated.”
It was true, almost the whole team was scared of your boyfriend. The funny thing was, you shared a workplace. While he had just been promoted, you had started working as a packaging designer. On your first day, a co-worker had given you a tour to make you familiar with the company. He had also shown you the lab, where you had inevitably bumped into your current partner. It had started with a lazy side-glance, a lot of blushing and wide smiling on your part, and Orochimaru eyeing you up curiously but a lot less conspicuously. Even two days afterwards your knees had still gotten weak.
Yet it had taken a month till you started dating. Two years after the start of your relationship, you had moved in with him into the house he had inherited from his parents. His mother had died 10 years ago and his father lived in an alms-house. The two of you visited him every now and then. Even though you worked at the same place, your relationship hadn´t stirred up a controversy since you both worked in different divisions. Fortunately, the company had given you a permanent job, allowing you to leave your designer´s company where the competition had always been really high and stressful. You could never forget Orochimaru´s proud look. After you had designed the packages, the company had asked you to also give them a new logo and freshen up their website (even though that wasn´t what you had studied, but it wasn´t hard for you). Currently, you were working on packages for their subsidiary.
Also, rumour had it that the head of the company planned on giving Orochimaru the lead after his retirement.
“Go to bed, love. I´ll join you very soon.”
It really was late. With a sigh you nodded and let him kiss you goodnight. While he heated up dinner you slipped into your pyjamas and brushed your teeth. As you slipped under the covers you suddenly remembered something. The whole day you had wanted to tell him something… Now it was too late. You could already feel yourself dozing off when you head hit the pillow and only partly felt Orochimaru slipping into bed on the other side and wrapping his arm around you. Tomorrow, then.
When the alarm rang, it was the first thought that came to your sleepy mind. Orochimaru reached over your body to turn it off and kiss your hair. He always woke up before you and let you snooze for 20 minutes longer to slowly wake up. But not today. You rubbed your eyes and sat up with a groan. A chuckle resounded from next to you.
“The last time I saw you getting up at this hour was when you wanted to watch the, what was it called, “The last airbender marathon”? “
You giggled and blindly punched into his direction, hitting his shoulder. He chuckled again and ruffled your hair. “Feeling naughty, are we?” His words made a shiver run down your spine and you internally cursed because it wasn´t Sunday and you couldn´t spend the whole day in bed with him.
You tried to get up but slumped right back down. “Oro…can you carry me?” You croaked out, leaving your head hanging low. You were definitely not a morning person.
Orochimaru cocked his head but lifted you up, nonetheless. Engulfed into his strong arms, you wanted to go right back to sleep but your nervousness prevented it.
The both of you got ready and you sat down at the table while Orochimaru made breakfast. How could you break down the news to him? Your head was almost smoking while you bit your lip, tapping your fingers onto the glass surface. How would he react? This one question was nagging at your brain the whole time.
Finally, Orochimaru sat down and put two plates with delicious looking scrambled eggs and toast on the table. You were far too nervous to take a bite so you took a huge breath and looked at him.
“I gotta tell you something, baby…” Orochimaru looked up from his breakfast, sensing that something was off immediately because you seldom called him like that. In the meantime, your eyes widened. The nickname you just used was dangerously close to the topic you wanted to talk about.
“Er…” Just to be sure, you searched for something like a bowl in case you really had to throw up from the corner of your eye. Your hands started trembling and you looked back at Orochimaru, who had fixated all his attention on you. No backing out now. Just say it. How can that be so hard?
You bit your lip, anticipating his reaction. You had talked about kids at the start of your relationship and agreed that you should wait a minimum of three years before you started planning on getting a baby. Now, your fourth anniversary had been three months ago, but because of work, nobody had started planning anything.
Orochimaru completely stilled, eyes wandering down to your belly. It looked like he was completely emotionless but you knew him. He was overwhelmed with the situation. After a few seconds he stood up and kneed next to your chair to put a hand on your stomach.
“The test said I´m three weeks pregnant. I know since yesterday…” You felt tears rolling down from the corners of your eyes. Not because Orochimaru hadn´t reacted yet, not because you were unhappy, but simply because the situation had finally sunken in. It had seemed so unreal the whole time.
“I sensed that there was something.” Orochimaru started and then looked up at you. At the sight of your tears, his eyes widened and he quickly leaned up to wipe them away. Finally, a smile grazed his lips.
“Are you happy?” You asked carefully. His smile grew and he cradled your cheek against his hand, using his thumb to stroke over it. “I am.”
“Do you… wanna keep it?” - “Of course.”
You let out a breath you didn´t know you were holding and smiled. Orochimaru went back to stroking your belly. There was something in his gaze and you could swear you´d just seen a thin watery layer graze his extraordinary beautiful eyes. That your body was able to produce life… amazing. You would give him a child. His admiration for you was clearly visible in his eyes. No doubt he would start treating your body like it was made of porcelain.
Suddenly your hunger kicked in and you grabbed for the fork to start eating. Orochimaru was quicker though, because he stood up and snatched the plate from under your nose.
“Oro! – Why?” You whined out but he shook his head and walked back into the kitchen with determined steps.
“Don´t eat that. You need something way healthier.”
“But you´re going to be late for work.”
Orochimaru paused for a moment, then continued putting things from the fridge onto the counter. “I´ll call and say I´ll be late today. After all I don´t have an assistant for nothing.”
You gaped. In all those years, he hadn´t been late for a second. It seemed like parenthood really changed people. With a smile you went behind him for a surprise hug. “I love you.” You whispered into his back.
Orochimaru chuckled. “I love both of you.”
