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Launch sighed as she stared up at the ceiling, laying on her bed in the guest room of Tien and Chiaotzu’s capsule house. She hasn’t been able to sleep the past few days and in fact hasn’t been able to focus much on anything. A couple times she almost caused a fire due to zoning out while cooking. Didn’t help she was feeling awful and wanted to throw up random times throughout the day.
She knew she was pregnant, she’d known for a while now but it took that positive test result she got earlier in the day to truly cement the fact in her head. She also felt stupid and reckless for getting herself into this situation. Yes, 'reckless’ is a perfect word to describe her Blonde self but this was something both sides of her should have thought through. Safe sex is such a basic concept and something both of them should have considered, but they where just too caught up in the moment to think about it... too caught up in each other.
It’s not like it was just one time though. They weren’t “Together” in any real romantic sense. But when you have two healthy adults living together who are both physically attracted to each other you KNOW what ends up happening! It’s such a cliche. But unlike those romantic movies, reality is harsh and cruel. Launch had fallen hard for Tien and had been interested in having a deeper relationship with him then... whatever this was. Tien hadn’t really shown any romantic interest in her and probably just thought of her as a friend. A friend he sometimes has sex with.
Launch kept tossing and turning in her bed. She wanted to tell him, she knew she NEEDED to tell him, but how could she? His main priority was to become stronger and train. Having to raise a child would distract him from that ultimate goal. Sure, he may be willing to put his major training on hold or at least not focus on it as much, but there is also the chance of him rejecting Launch and his child to focus on training.
That thought made Launch’s body grow cold. It was such a leap of logic that he would ever do something like that but even the slightest chance of rejection made her push away any plan of telling him.
She got out of her bed and walked to the kitchen. She didn’t even feel like she was really moving, almost like she was sleepwalking or possessed. She got out a pen and paper and began to write.
Dear Tien and Chiaotzu,
I am sorry, but this time I won’t be coming back. Don’t worry about me I’ll be perfectly fine. I’ll also give up on the crime sprees so you don’t have to worry about me getting arrested.
I would tell you two face to face but I don’t want there to be any tears over this. I will miss you two dearly but please do not look for me. It’s just time I go off on my own. Please stay safe.
Love, Launch
PS: I know it’s useless to say ‘stay safe’ to you two, but I had to.
Launch wrote that she didn’t want any tears over her departure, but some tear drops ended up on the page anyway. She took the page and hung it on the fridge with a magnet. She headed to the door with her belongings and took one last look at the house she grew to love. She forced herself to look away as she threw the capsule containing her one wheeled motorcycle.
After getting on the bike she took a deep shuddering breath before taking off, leaving the place she almost called ‘home’ behind.