#well oops

As he stepped outside, Kit noticed Penelope standing there. He hadn't expected to see her today. At school, they usually didn't interact, to keep up the appearance of the 'Dreamers vs Landgraabs'-dynamic. Except for Ezra and Elisabeth and of course Zinnia, no one at school knew about the friendship, let alone the romance.

Still, after what just happened at Career Day, Penelope was a sight for sore eyes. There wasn't anyone around, so Kit walked up to her.

Kit: "Hey, nice to see you! Did your class end early today?" Penelope: "..." Kit (noticing the redness of her eyes): "Pen, have you been crying? Are you ok?" Penelope (slowly shaking her head, looking at him with a sadness he had never seen): "Yes. And not really." Kit (increasingly worried): "What happened? Who made you cry? I'll kick their ass, boy or girl!"

As he asked his questions, he stepped closer towards her. To his surprise, she moved back a step, putting some more distance between them. Kit stopped in his tracks, confused. Had he done something wrong? He desperately tried to remember what he had done or said recently that could have made her so sad.

Penelope avoided his gaze and looked pale. He wanted to take her into his arms and tell her that it, whatever it was, was going to be ok. If only they didn't have to hide... "Wait," Kit inhaled sharply, "did they find out about us?"

Penelope bit her lip. "Can we talk somewhere else?" She looked over at the small hill a little to her right. Behind it, there was a small open air theatre area that was practically never used. Kit nodded and followed her there. The silence was killing him, but he waited until she started to talk.

"They don't know... yet," she said, "but... But we won't be able to hide anything anymore very soon." She still avoided his gaze, waving her hands around nervously. "I...," she started again, but the words seemed to get stuck in her throat. "I... am... pregnant."

Kit stared at her for a few moments. Or did he stare through her? Into some unreal distance? Had he heard this right? "How?" Penelope gave him a look. "We woohoo'd, remember?" Kit nodded: "Of course I remember, I... But we were safe... We used... It was safe!"

"Don't you think that I thought that too? I bought the best stuff, I had done my research. I don't know what happened. But I've been peeing on so many of those little sticks and they ALL gave me the same result. I... I..."

Some graphic design exercises

I hope you noticed the red flag 🚩👀

After 2 AM

Still posting from my backlog, and I remember when I was making this comic I meant it as a joke, but apparently the cutscene explaining that this is pretty much exactly what happens just triggered later in the game and not the first time I stayed up too late..