Alexander held Hephaestion's hands, swinging their arms back-and-forth slowly in front of their bodies that were just a few steps away from each other. Hephaestion had been trying to catch his eye for the last half hour, but found he could not, as Alexander had his gaze fimly cast down onto the carpet beneath their feet in their rooms. Hephaestion even caught a glimpse of Alexander perfect teeth worrying his full bottom lip. Hephaestion let a half smile grace his features. His Alexander was nervous, but for what reason the Companion and Second-in-Command of the Macedonian Army could not begin to guess.
"You know you can tell me anything, don't you?" even though Hephaestion spoke in a low tone, as he knew his lover was probably in his own thoughts, Alexander jumped and finally met his gaze, staring at him silently for a few moments, "Love, did you hear me?"
The almost unnerving stare remained, but a slow, silent nod soon joined it.
"Do you need to tell me something? Is that why you dragged me away from breakfast and locked the door behind us?"
"Sorry... I just- What I have to tell you- It's best in private..."
"Well, is it good or bad?"
"Oh no, it's good," in a moment, Alexander's multicolored eyes lit up with an inner light that Hephaestion was always glad to see, even though he had seen it much less as of late, "or bad, I don't know."
"Well, what is it? We can only figure out if it is good or otherwise when you tell me."
"Gods, it wasn't supposed to happen like this," Alexander's gaze found the ceiling, tears forming in his eyes, "I want to be happy, but I don't know if I can. So many things could happen..."
"What are you talking about, Alexander? Why can't you be happy? If you say what you have to tell me is good, why can't you be-"
"I'm pregnant, Phai."
AN: As most of you that keep an eye on my Alexander fanfics have probably realized, when I write my Mpreg fanfics for this fandom, Hephaestion is always the one that is pregnant. I've tried to have Alexander being the one who is with child in a story not on here, but failed. I finally wanted to try it again, and I hope it turns out the way I want it and that you guys enjoy it.