Dear Diary,
Okay, so you know how I've been walking around campus like a secret baby-growing ninja? Hiding my tiny bump with oversized hoodies, acting like the only person in the universe who accidentally got knocked up in college?
Well… surprise! I. Was. Wrong.
It all started when I was walking to the campus café, craving chocolate chip cookies like my life depended on it (because it literally did). I saw this girl from my Literature class—Mi-sun—rubbing her stomach in that "hey-I'm-pregnant-too" way.
I froze. Like, actual statue-level frozen.
Was she…? Could she…?
Oh. My. Gosh.
And then it happened again. At the nurse's office. There was another girl. This one actually had a visible bump. She smiled at me like we were in some kind of secret club. "First trimester?" she asked casually. I blinked. "Uh… yeah."
She grinned. "You can totally sit. I know how exhausting this is."
What. Was. Going. On?
By the end of the day, I had spotted four pregnant girls on campus. FOUR. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who had gotten a little carried away during cuddle season.
When I told Min-jun, he nearly choked on his soda. "Wait, are you saying there's a whole baby squad running around campus now?"
"Basically," I muttered. "It's not just me."
He raised an eyebrow, clearly amused. "So this baby boom is a thing now?"
I plopped on the couch. "I feel like I joined a club I didn't know existed."
That night, Min-jun and I lay on the bed, scrolling through baby name apps and making weird faces at the ones we didn't like.
"Do you think our baby will be friends with the other babies?" I asked, half-joking.
He looked at me and grinned. "If they're anything like you, they'll be running the playground."
We burst out laughing.
But here's the real thing: seeing other girls going through the same thing… it made me feel less alone. It wasn't just my little secret anymore. There were other scared, strong, snack-obsessed girls like me… walking the same halls, probably crying over the same commercials, and dreaming of the same soft baby kicks at night.
So yeah, today was weird. But in a strangely comforting way.
Maybe college wasn't just for degrees anymore.