a.k.a. growth doesn't always work out the way we think it will

Fumie washed her face, and said to Shigeru, "I think I may be pregnant." Shigeru said, "Pregnant? You mean a baby?" Uraki peeked around the edge of the door, and clapped his hands, lightly.
( babies, accounting, and loneliness... )
Inui took another drink from his cup, alone in the dark outside the house.

<to be continued>