this is YOUR fault!!

These days Hanako was in the worst of moods, terrible stacked atop of bad, like a jenga tower ready to topple.

She had once been told that pregnancy was supposed to make a woman glow, all rosy cheeks and fluttery anticipation of the joys to come, but Hanako was certain she'd been lied to. How was she supposed to fucking glow when every smell that wafted past her nose made her feel sick, huh? How was she supposed to bond with her little babies when her mood swung back and forth between resenting the little bastards for ruining her figure! Only for her overwhelming motherly instinct to kick in and make her feel awful for even daring to think of them like that! Her babies could do no wrong, they were perfect and lovely and hers- aaaannnd back to feeling sick and tired. With an extra sprinkle of grumpiness on top for extra measure, like Hanako wasn't temperamental enough as is.

Nothing was good enough and even the slightest inconvenience was enough to push her over the edge, to have Hanako stomping her paws till she near worked herself up into hysterics. It was a bad time to be an Armada wolf and it was only going to get worse from here on out. The clock was ticking and she was getting bigger and bigger with each passing day.

Lurking by the seaside it was rare indeed Hanako had managed to drag herself out of Azure's den. With a pelt draped over her shoulders, she sat atop the grassy outcrop that overlooked the ocean and scowled down at the waves. The tide was rolling in, swallowing up the beach below as morning transitioned into afternoon. And here Hanako was already yawning away and wanting to go back to bed, to sleep till someone forcibly dragged her outside.