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Now, Kobayashi never thought she would consider herself lucky to be a human. But in the case of pregnancy, she’s so very glad she is a human. Human pregnancy may be painful and awkward and quite dangerous, but compared to dragon pregnancy… thank every God in existence that she is a human.
After all, she gets to witness the weirdness of a dragon pregnancy first hand, given that every female dragon she knows, including her partner, is currently pregnant. And with each of them currently in one place, all these weird quirks stand out so much Kobayashi is just left staring.
Right now, she has Elma, Riko, Kanna, Ilulu and Lucoa over at her and Tohru’s apartment. This place used to be a crowded home of four, but ever since Kanna and Ilulu moved out, it has been somewhat quieter. So it’s even more jarring on days like today when her apartment is once again full of dragons.
Except now they are all pregnant.
Tohru was first, deciding pregnancy looked interesting after getting Kobayashi pregnant a few weeks previously. Kobayashi, who was still very confused that her girlfriend was even able to get her pregnant (chalk it up to dragon biology), wondered how Tohru could considered pregnancy ‘interesting’, but went along with it when Tohru bugged Fafnir for a sperm donation (or whatever the dragon equivalent is). And after making love, she asked Kobayashi to put it inside of her, and she got pregnant that night. And now, six months later, Kobayashi isn’t the only one in her relationship with a pregnancy bump.
For reasons she will never understand, her dragon friends became fascinated when they learned of the joint pregnancy. And over the next few weeks, they each got pregnant out of curiosity or to join in the ‘fun’.
Anyway, that explains why she has five pregnant dragons in her sitting room. But she still can’t quite get over it.
Riko, Kanna’s long-term girlfriend, looks incredibly confused by the scene that surrounds her. She sits beside Kanna, her hand on Kanna’s bump, but glances at the others with wide eyes. Kobayashi doesn’t blame her. This is certainly weird.
“So, Lucoa, mind telling us how you got pregnant?” Tohru asks.
Lucoa grins, reclining in her chair. She only told them of her pregnancy three months ago, but already looks as big as Tohru, her pregnant belly straining and her boobs even bigger than before. Is she having twins? Triplets? “Oh, it’s quite simple. Never heard of a one night stand before?”
“So you’re saying you just went out and fucked a random male dragon?” Elma says, grimacing. “How vulgar.”
“Oh shut up,” Tohru says. “You’re just jealous.”
“Wait, so if you didn’t have a one night stand, then how did you get pregnant?” Lucoa asks Elma, frowning in confusion.
“Oh, I…” Elma goes red, and Ilulu laughs. “I… asked Fafnir for a… donation.”
“Me too!” Tohru says. “Wait! Does that mean our kids will be related?!”
Elma stares at Tohru, horrified.
Kobayashi shakes her head, sighing. “Seriously?”
“Well, what about you, Ilulu?” Elma says, desperate to take the attention away from her and Tohru’s shared sperm donator.
“Oh, me?” Ilulu smirks cockily, proudly cradling her bump. “I’ve got a boyfriend.”
An awkward silence falls in the crowded room. Ilulu blinks.
And then all hell breaks loose.
“You what?!”
“How do you have a boyfriend?”
“Why didn’t you tell us?!”
As Elma, Tohru and Lucoa continue to bombard Ilulu with questions, Kobayashi holds up a hand. “Enough! Let her speak.”
Starting to go red, Ilulu mumbles, “He’s a dragon. He doesn’t live in this world, so we don’t meet up much. But… he got me pregnant. He filled me with his seed.”
Kobayashi and Riko grimace.
“Too much information there,” Tohru says.
Bright red, Ilulu stares around the room and points at Kanna. “What about you?!”
“Oh, me?” Kanna says, as calm and unaffected by everything as ever. “Riko and I did some research. We already know dragons can impregnate humans—”
“Like Kanna did to me!” Riko says, beaming despite going bright red.
“Right. But we also learned that human males can impregnate dragons. So we asked Takiya for a sperm donation.”
Kobayashi makes an awkward spluttering sound, not sure how to react. “You asked Takiya?”
“Uh huh.”
“He was happy to give it to us,” Riko says. “So Kanna got pregnant and… yeah.”
“I see,” Tohru says. “I guess that explains everyone.”
“Yeah, but not quite everything,” Kobayashi says, still not quite over the news both Fafnir and Takiya were donors for this massive pregnancy experiment. “Can I ask you all some things about dragon pregnancies?”
“Of course, Kobayashi,” Elma says. “Like what?”
“Uh… for starters, why the hell is Lucoa’s bump so huge?”
Lucoa grins, flashing the peace sign. “Oh, I guess I’m having a litter.”
“A l-litter?” Riko says.
“Yeah. It’s quite normal for dragons or beings impregnated by dragons to have litters of up to six babies,” Ilulu says. “Did nobody tell you that?”
“No!” Kobayashi and Riko both splutter.
“Oh. Sorry,” Kanna says.
“Yeah, my bad,” Tohru says. “But, Miss Kobayashi, in your case, you’re probably not having more than twins from the size of your bump. Judging by how everyone looks, I think Ilulu and Lucoa are going to have litters. But sorry for not telling you. I thought it was normal for humans too.”
“Nope, definitely not normal,” says Kobayashi, wondering if she should laugh or scream right now.
Dragons are so weird.
“Is that all you wanted to know?” Kanna asks.
“Actually… this is probably too much information, but…” Kobayashi goes bright red. “Is anyone else really horny since they got pregnant?”
“Um, now that you mention it…” Elma says, going red again.
“Again, totally normal,” Lucoa says. “Being pregnant increases a dragon’s sex drive.”
“Oh… that would explain a lot,” Ilulu mumbles, blushing.
Everyone gets distracted from the embarrassing conversation by the loud rumble of Elma’s stomach.
“Hungry, but any chance?” Riko says, smirking.
“A bit, yeah. Do you have any raw eggs I can eat?”
“Raw eggs?” Kobayashi says, grimacing – and suddenly understanding what her weird cravings have been about these last few months.
Seriously, dragons are weird.