#everyone probably

Sorry for doing this instead.

Canon divergent. Set before episode 16.

Also this is absolutely crack, but a Geumga Plaza themed one at that! Enjoy!!

Vincenzo could feel that there had been a switch in the atmosphere of Toto's restaurant since the very moment he stepped in.

There was a fragile sense of anticipation surrounding the room - waiting for the possibility of being disrupted by the the slightest wrong movement.

And without Cha-young by his side- who had to make herself absent due to yet another medical appointment- on this particular weekly lunch with the tenants, their watchful eyes (tracking what appeared to be his every single movement) were starting to become quite overbearing.

"What is it this time?" He sighed.

The bubble bursted.

"Ms. Hong has been pregnant for how long now?"

Vincenzo chokes on thin air.

Mr. Ahn was promptly by his side, offering assistance while he coughed violently.

"What do you think you are doing Suk-Do? They would tell us when they're ready." Mrs. Kwak reprimands.

At the opposite corner of the table, Jang Yeon-Jin frowned. In contrast to what appeared to be everyone in the room - including her husband - she did not suspect Cha-young to be pregnant, truth be told, considering the increased amount of time she got to spend with the lawyer in the last weeks, (which despite starting as an accident, turned out to be something she always looked forward to) and all the 'girl talk' they got to share over it, she considered herself to be quite certain of the fact that Hong Cha-Young was pretty much, not pregnant.

Weird.

"We...what?" Vincenzo half-shouts, straining the words out and catching everyone's attention. His voice still hoarse from the coughing fit. "What in the hell are you talking about?"

The panic in his eyes makes everyone freeze in realization.

"Oh God, oh no" Chef Toto utters while making several sign crosses in sequence.

Hell breaks loose.

There is a lot screaming, a little bit of crying - fingers being pointed and Suk Do pleading him to not cut his off.

Vincenzo and Yeon-Jin stand there like statues amidst the chaos, completely perplexed. He sends her a look that asks a question - he is not sure which one - but she simply shrugs.

"People calm down, he won't kill us, we are kind of doing him a favor?" Ju-Nam reasons weakly.

"Cha-young will if he doesn't." Miss Yang deadpans.

The entirety of the room winces.

Not that the discussion of who would be the one to end up doing it mattered to Vincenzo at all with a turmoil going through his head; words of doubt and reasurrements of impossibility twisting and clashing against each other in a mess that leaves a metallic taste of fear in his mouth.

He shakes his head violently to snap out of it, taking a sip of water to calm down.

"Oh my God! What if he is not the father? Young-Ho exclaims.

What a perfect timing.

Vincenzo chokes again, sputtering water all over Mr. Nam.

Before he even gets a chance to say anything - which was probably for the best when it comes to his dignity - the boy's mom gives him a well-centered smack on the head.

"Of course he is the father, you idiot, who else could it even be." Mrs. Kwak affirms determined.

Vincenzo feels himself blush crimson. He groans.

"Could I know why on earth-" he says through gritted teeth "you all think that Mrs. Hong is pregnant?".

The tenants share a look of unsureness, but ultimately, just nod their heads with some reluctance.

"The constant trips to the Doctor." Mr. Tak starts.

Vincenzo's left eye twitches.

"The nausea she has been having constantly these days." Mr. Nam continues, still wiping his clothes and face.

His arms starts to tingle.

"The whole thing about trying to avoid drinking as much as before"

Is it possible to beat himself up?

"And most importantly, this ultrasound she dropped out of her bag the other day." Larry finishes by throwing the picture on the middle of the table.

Yeon-Jin freezes. Oh no.

A series of gasps can be heard.

"Why are you all gasping? You already knew this." Mr. Nam asks exasperated.

Vincenzo feels his chest thighten, so that's it, that's how he goes after all - of course it would end up being because of Hong Cha-young.

Just at this moment, the bell at the door sounds.

"Hello everyone, how ar- what the hell happened here?" Cha-young cries out.

Vincenzo can't take it anymore.

"Mrs. Hong, are you pregnant?". " he hears himself demands in a voice that sounds like the very depths of despair themselves.

Cha-young laughs, only downright laughs.

Until she alarmingly notices that she is the only one to find it funny - everybody is the table is holding their breaths, staring at her expectantly.

"No, why woul-" but then - and she can pinpoints it as the moment she abruptly stops talking - she sees Yeo-Jin, shaking her head and silently begging. The ultrasound she lost is laid out on the table - and that's all she needs to click the pieces of the puzzle together.

Cha-young doesn't even have to think twice to make up her mind. And so on, she takes a deep sigh, and prepares herself to do one of the many things she is able to do the best: she acts her heart out.

Tears swell up quickly on her eyes as she gasps:

"How- how did you find out?"

Hey jsyk it’s 2018 and if you’re still drawing characters with big lips like THIS, even if they’re pale/not black, it’s fucking racist. Stop doing it.

No excuses. “It’s a stylistic choice!” It’s a RACIST stylistic choice.

“Idk how else to draw big lips!” That’s because you relied on racist caricatures and are a bad artist. Teach yourself. Learn. If you’re not willing to do that, then you are a bad, racist artist.

“But it’s part of the character design!” Yeah, and it’s racist. If it’s your OC, then change it. If it’s not your OC, make the right choice and draw them with normal looking bigger lips instead of this racist monstrosity.

And if this post makes you uncomfortable because it’s calling you out for stuff you’ve done, good. Fix it. Own up to it. Grow.