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6th Month

Charles carefully sat down on his leather couch, smiling when Jean, Ororo and Kitty quickly hovered over him once he settled down comfortably.

"Can we have some stories about magic?" Jean grinned; the seven-year-old went to snuggle against him on his right side while Ororo, who was also seven, took his left side. Kitty settled herself on his lap, practically hugging his belly.

"Hm… how about 'The Last Unicorn'?" Charles suggested, placing on hand on her head and Jean nodded excitedly. Ororo cuddled closer to him and he pressed a kiss on top of her snowy white hair.

"You're fat," Kitty suddenly spoke. Charles had to blink his eyes for a second before realizing that she was those words to his stomach. When the young children, the new additions to their family found out about his pregnancy, he had to admit that he was surprised when none of them actually felt disgusted by the whole idea. They did not even disagree with their sexuality and instead, they welcomed it with a smile upon their faces.

It had surprised Charles more when Jean had once voiced her concern, saying that the only thing she was uncomfortable with was the fact that Charles was pregnant before he was married. Of course, Erik was surprised as well, but the pregnancy was no one's plan at the first place.

Charles smiled at the memory before patting Kitty's head.

"Yes… I am."

"Erik said that you're carrying twins!" Kitty grinned, her brown hair was tied into a short ponytail by Raven and Charles felt his heart melt by her adorableness.

"Em hm… You'll meet them soon, Kitty." He responded with a nod of head and Kitty looked up at him with a pair of innocent eyes.

"What are twins, Charlie?" she titled her head slightly and this time, Charles could not help but laughing. Jean beside him quickly went to explain the meaning to the three-year-old while Ororo yawned beside him.

It was evening, where the older children - the teens – went to play basketball outside the mansion, with Erik watching over them – sometimes he joined in too because he loved to see their defeated faces afterward –. Charles usually companied the younger children, teaching them some indoor games – not chess, though, Charles tried once and it turned out bad, really bad – or reading stories for them.

The door was opened not longer after that, Erik walking in with eleven-year-old John and Bobby by his sides.

"Hey." He acknowledged the girls and Kitty squealed when Erik took her in his arms. Charles closed the story book on his lap, somehow knowing that his lover had something to speak of with him. Bobby and John were elbowing each other, trying to make the other fall first. Charles shook his head at their behaviours and decided to give them some mental advices.

John straightened up a minute later, turned to look at Bobby who already crossed his arms on his chest and was looking away. Erik raised an eyebrow at them.

"He is being a total annoyance. Can I just please get my own room?" John sighed in frustration and Bobby darted his eyes to stare at him with a slightly ajar mouth.

"Me? Annoying? Well, at least I don't snore!" Bobby retorted and John glared back at him.

"I don't sleepwalk!"

"Boys." Charles warned in a gentle voice, his frown was visible and the boys paled when Erik glared at them.

"I'll deal with them later, Charles. John, Bobby, go back to whatever you were doing before you two started to follow me." Erik spoke with a tone that a father always used to scold his children and the boys meekly nodded their heads before they left.

Jean and Ororo looked at each other, not daring to say anything. Erik patted on Kitty's head, earning him a giggle before he gave the girl to Jean.

"Go play with the others. They are at the garden." Erik gave a small smile and they quickly left without another question. Charles smiled at his lover, placing the book on the coffee table while Erik took a seat where Jean had previously occupied.

"How was your day?" Charles leaned his head to rest it against his lover's shoulder. Erik pressed a kiss on top of his head before he took the book Charles had just read for the girls, carelessly skimming on the pages.

"Like always. Just a little bit tired with the addition of our new members," Erik replied nonchalantly. Charles had to grin at that.

"You'll be a lot more tired when the twins are born."

"I'll enjoy spoiling them though." Erik gave him his own shark grin and Charles faked a scowling face.

"Charles, I want to ask you something."

"Erik?" Charles was a little surprised by the tone he was using, as if he was more than worried. Erik turned to look at him, stormy blue eyes filled with concern.

"Don't you have any… craving or something? For some foods, perhaps?" he questioned in slowly and Charles titled his head slightly.

"No… why?"

"Nothing." Erik replied too quickly and Charles raised an eyebrow.

"How about dreams? Did you have bad dreams… or weird ones during these few months?" Erik asked again and again. Charles shook his head.

"No, Erik. I'm perfectly fine. Is there anything that bothers you, my friend?"

"Are you sure you are not craving for anything?"

"Erik." Charles pressed in his tone, eyes twitching and Erik held out his hands in defeated mode.

"Have you been reading a pregnancy book?" Charles could not help but laugh at the small tints of blushes that later appeared on his lover's cheeks. Erik huffed; looking away while abruptly while he put the story book away.

"Forget it, Charles. It's just one of the symptoms, if you're not having cravings it was supposed to be normal too." He mumbled, trying to look as ignorant as he could but his younger lover already snuggled himself closer to him.

"That was so sweet and groovy of you, my friend. I love it when you care to this extent." Charles chuckled, trying his best to stop teasing the taller mutant and Erik heaved a sigh. He wrapped an arm around his smaller lover before leaning down to peck on his cheek.

"You're lucky that I love you."

"I am lucky that you love me." Charles wriggled his eyebrows with a grin played on his lips, in his mind he was suggesting both of them, doing some activity in bed that would require sweating and no clothes.

"No, Charles." A stiff Erik quickly interjected and Charles pouted at him.

"But… okay, I'm craving for something now." Charles blinked his eyes innocently and Erik's interest perked at his words. Erik put a palm against his clothed belly and Charles closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

'What is it, Charles?' Erik gently prodded his mind and Charles titled his head slightly, eyes remained hidden underneath his eyelids.

'It starts with the word 'S' and end with the word 'X'…'Charles replied slowly and realizing that he was being slowly tricked into his lover's will, Erik raised an eyebrow.

'I think sex during pregnancy is not safe.'Erik deadpanned while Charles made a whining sound.

He was being a spoiled brat – no, a spoiled pregnant mutant, Erik told himself with trying to ignore the way Charles was now looking at him. When he got no responds from his lover, Charles turned to a serious face.

"Erik. Sex. Now."

"Charles, it's not safe and don't make – okay ." Erik quietly complied as Charles leaned to kiss him, a laugh escaped his lips and Erik smiled back into the kiss. He mouthed 'I'll get you back later', pressing Charles carefully against the seat as they continued to kiss fervently.

Charles made him agreed and made him realized that he was made to agree but it would never prevent Erik to love him any less.

Charles woke up from his short nap, blinking his eyes when he looked at the clock and realized it was already two. He stretched his body slowly and carefully, before he stepped down from the king sized bed. Charles rubbed his eyes with his fist, yawning while looking at the open balcony of his room.

He darted his eyes around his room and made a mental note to put an alarm on his clock next time. Since pregnancy took place in his life, he had been sleeping more hours than he usually did – Erik was at least glad about that change when Charles himself was not – and his legs were starting to swell. It was normal though, he read that from the pregnancy books that Erik had bought and his back was hurting as if he just carried Hank and Sean on his back.

Charles took a timid step to stand up, placing a hand on his slowly growing stomach before stepping towards the bathroom. Another thing that he began to realize was that, his appointments with bathroom seemed to be increases. He had to pee at least twice for one night. Perhaps it was because of his twins, he amused thought to himself.

Charles quietly went to approach the bathroom's door but stopped for a while to take a deep breath out of lack of energy. It felt heavy and devastating somehow.

"Trust Erik's children to be awkward," He mumbled to himself and proceeded back to his mission.

The bathroom.

It was when Erik was teaching the children some theories about magnetic attraction, that he heard it.

'ERIK!'

His body went stiff, eyes wide and the children also gone stilled in their seats.

'ERIK! ERIK!'

Erik swore he had never ran as fast as he did, half a second later, running with rapid footsteps toward one particular master bedroom. Charles kept screaming his name, out of anxiety, out of surprise, Erik couldn't be sure. He pushed the door even before he reached his destination, the metal knob slammed against the wall when it was pushed too hard by his power and Erik abruptly made a stop in front of the room.

"Charles!" Erik called out, panic rushed in his system as he headed to the open door bathroom, sensing his lover inside it. Charles was on the floor, sitting with one leg stretched out and another being raised by the knee to his chest. Erik quickly kneeled beside him, taking in the sight of teary faced mutant; both of his palms were on his stomach.

"Charles? Charles!" Erik placed both hands on his shoulders, shaking his lover from whatever reverie he was having and the blue eyed mutant blinked, tears fell some more.

"Erik…" Charles sniffed as he started to laugh, causing Erik to frown ridiculously at him.

"Charles, what's wrong? Are you bleeding? Did you fall or-"

Charles interrupted him by taking one of his hands, placing it on his pregnant stomach and Erik was about to question 'why' when he felt it.

It was barely there but Erik could felt it. The slightest movement of a life – two lives – inside of his lover and Erik stilled, unable to form a word when another kick vibrated in his palm. Charles was looking at him, a smile on face and his hands went to wrap around his lover's, realizing the way Erik had started to tremble and his eyes were fixed on Charles' stomach.

"Erik…" Charles softly whispered and Erik almost broke down right there, but his demeanor got a strong hold of himself. He bit his lower lip, suppressing any sound to escape from him and he placed his other hand too on Charles. He could not help but to shudder when Charles sent him an overwhelming sensation that he was experiencing; to know very well that they had survived six months with their babies, and now they got one of many wonderful reasons to why they had held on to this extend.

"Erik-"

Charles's next attempt to call for his lover was disturbed as Erik leaned forward and resting their foreheads together. The older mutant's eyes were close and his breaths were warm on Charles' lips. Charles placed both of his palms to cup his lover's cheeks. Erik took a deep breath, his palms stayed fixed on his lover's belly.

"Charles, they moved. I- I am… o- oh God, Charles." Erik leaned and pressed his lips against Charles' own. The younger mutant clenched his eyes shut, welcoming his lover into the depth of his heart and happiness as both of them laughed into their tears soaked kiss, wasn't sure anymore who was crying more and who was laughing more.

Raven pressed her back against the wall, smiling at the other teenagers and kids who were all gathering at the front of Charles' door. She nudged her head slightly to other direction, signaling them to go somewhere else first and they obliged with grins and smiles on their faces, quickly following her hint.

It was because of the heartwarming and content feelings at the back of their minds that they knew there was nothing they supposed to be worried about.

7th month.

"Take a deep breath, Charles and keep your legs steady." Doctor Lee smiled as he instructed him to stay still. Erik, who was kneeling against his back to help straightening his half-sitting body posture, gave a small grunt.

"When a contraction happens every 5 minutes, this is the position you should put yourself into, unless there were other some circumstances." The doctor continued to explain while Hank, who was sitting next to him, continued to take notes. Alex yawned beside him, being there only to company the young genius. His back was against the wall while his eyes looking away almost boringly. Only the five of them were in the gym, Erik had told their other children that they could skip today's practices and do whatever things they want that did not include any destruction.

Charles took another deep, slow breath, mimicking the way Doctor Lee was teaching him while Erik pressed a gentle squeeze on his shoulder.

"Some people give births earlier than their due dates but it won't give any difference about the way the labour should happen. Are you sure you won't need C-Section for this?"

Hank titled his head up when Erik and Charles, both gave their attentions to him. The young mutant blushed slightly, pushing his glasses slightly up.

"Yes, he won't need it. I've finished the serum that allows him to have female's sex for 24 hours, which will smoothen the whole labour process and it works, very well."

Erik still seemed to be a little bit suspicious about the whole ordeal. He hardened his stare at the black haired mutant and Hank wished he could just curl into a ball and die if not because of Charles' calming presence in his mind.

"I've made an experiment with it and it really worked, Mr. Lensherr." Hank nodded his head with a timid grin, turning his eyes to look at Alex who had started to redden visibly. Charles just smiled, the amusement visible in his eyes while Erik just raised an eyebrow. Doctor Lee faked an awkward cough before he proceeded with the next instruction.

Charles gently tucked Ororo into her bed, pressing a kiss on her temple before he went off from the room. He walked across the hallway, mentally checking each room as he passed. It was some sort of a routine that Erik and he had established. To make sure that everyone was already asleep when it was time, to make sure they eat and exercise, helping them to maintain healthy lives. The motive why they started the school was to protect those youngsters, at the same time allowing them to live normally. It was hard, considering that, the humans could not trust them enough and there were mutants that abuse their powers.

Being able to take care of the minority that wanted a place to stay, Charles could not be any less but happy.

When he finally reached his shared bedroom with his lover, Charles was surprised to see Erik standing in the middle of the room, anxiousness was all in his mind despite his stoic feature. Charles smiled a little.

"Something is wrong, my friend?" the younger mutant entered the bedroom and slowly closed the door. Erik tensed slightly but tried his best to return his smile.

"I was waiting for you." Erik stated in a small voice and Charles fought the urge to read his mind, to know why his lover was acting oddly. The older male approached him and took a hold on both of his hands by his own. Charles looked up, trying to read those eyes that he had learnt to love, while Erik remained expression. He gently led him to sit on the bed, which Charles was grateful enough out of his sheer exhaustion, after all those tiring activities that took place today. Erik smiled before pressed a kiss on his forehead, still standing upon him before he got down on his knees.

Charles ran his fingers through Erik's short brown locks, smiling when Erik pressed another kiss on his clothed stomach. At his condition now, he had to wear larger clothes that Raven had bought for him. His previous clothes remained untouched simply because he was unable to fit into them any longer. Perhaps after he gave birth to the twins, Charles mused.

Erik however did not let go of his hands, smiling up to Charles' eyes and Charles had to worry when he realized Erik's hands were somehow shaking and the metals in their rooms were subconsciously clattering.

"Erik…" Charles whispered, placing one palm behind his lover's head and Erik took a deep breath.

"I've been planning for this for so long, Charles. First, I do not want you to think that I am doing this for the sake of the twins, no. I am doing this because you deserve this. Both of us deserve this." Erik quietly spoken and Charles had to take a deep breath at the sudden explosion of emotions, running through mind and soul into his own.

Erik tightened the grip he had on their hands but not too tight to hurt before he pulled one away. His icy blue eyes were staring straight into Charles, burning into his mind – with love and affection.

Charles watched as he took a silver platinum ring from his pocket and raised it to him.

"I love you more than my life. Charles Francis Xavier, will you marry me?"

Silence.

However, there was sound of ticking clock. There were sounds of breezes through the open windows. The sound of breathing, Erik's breathing. Sounds of thumping hearts, one that Charles realized, was his own and there existed sounds of hope; stumbling and floating unstably in the depth of ocean of emotions, and Charles closed his eyes, taking in the presence of Erik and the presence of their children inside of him, wishing that everything to just stop and let this moment live forever.

The moment he opened his eyes again, Erik remained fixed, body posture stiff and hard, and Charles knew that the man would not stop until he found the answer that he wanted.

Allowing a smile to grace his lips, the smile that Erik loved to kiss away from him, Charles nodded his head.

"Erik Lensherr, you know that I'll marry you… always."

"Woohoo! Congratulations, newlyweds!" Sean shouted happily, but later smacked upside the head by Raven because of his supersonic voice. Charles chuckled, letting himself being indulge into the children's enormous hug. Erik had gone to send back the judge that Charles had managed to persuade to come to their mansion. With a little bit of imagination and power, here and there, the pregnancy that Charles was having became invisible upon the judge's eyes.

The younger children, Jean, Ororo, Kitty and few more that they just found, were running around, fighting for a bunch of white roses that Erik had purposely prepared for the day. There was no official ceremony, no priest, and no anthem played. However, there were a small party, their children, the official piece of paper that now pronounced them as spouses and Charles could never ask more than that.

Erik was back not long after that. Their children indulged themselves with foods and dessert, the cake that Raven and the little girls made together was sweeter than any that they had had before. Erik took a spoonful of the chocolate cake into his mouth while sitting down beside his spouse. Charles was looking content and silent with a smile on his face.

'I'm glad they can accept us.' Erik heard his voice in his mind and carefully putting away his plate of dessert, turning to look at his lover.

'Even if they can't, I'll still have you.'Erik replied, face expressionless and Charles gave a small, soft chuckle.

'Oh, Erik, you're irrational sometimes.'Charles teased him, but blushing afterward as Erik intertwined their fingers – his right hand's ones with Charles' left – together, raising them up to press a kiss on the back of his palm.

'My heart is utterly irrational.' His voice echoed in Charles' mind and with a small smile gracing his lips, Erik continued. 'Love is irrational.'

Charles inwardly rolled his eyes at Erik's attempt for romantic words – he seemed to be thinking that he was romantic sometimes – but could not stop his cheeks from darkening with blushes. Alex raised an eyebrow at them and suddenly Charles realized that he had been standing there upon their linked hands for quite a time. The young blond gave him a cheeky grin when Erik turned to glare at his direction and show them a digital camera that he had been holding from the start of the wedding ceremony.

"A picture as a frozen memory, Prof?" he suggested and Charles gave him a smile, nodding his head.

"That would be lovely, Alex."

Alex quickly put some distance between him and them, before kneeling on one knee and put the camera upon his one eye. Erik leaned against his seat, his body composure remained elegant while Charles wrapped his arm around his, titling his head slightly toward his husband's shoulder.

Neither of them wore any formal clothes for wedding; Erik was clad in a white buttoned up dress shirt, a black tie and his brown vest undone, completed with the touch of black slacks while Charles was wearing a bright brown shirt, baby bump visible and a white slacks.

But as the flash gone by them, capturing the smile that Erik put to barely stay for the picture and Charles had to laugh at the same time, when one of the babies kicked him again and it tickled, Alex thought that he just saw the image of perfection.

8th month.

Erik should have expected this.

Charles had been moody for these few days. He kept on complaining about his aching back and swelling legs and headaches and Erik had to stay close to him to make sure everyone in the house remained sane until the twins were born. His lover tended to project his pain and exhaustion to every soul in the mansion without realizing it and it happened to be Raven that first burst with tears.

She had nearly screamed about how she was never going to marry or get pregnant. And Charles still actually had the guts to smile sheepishly when Erik turned to give him a scowl at his failure to keep his thoughts all to himself.

However, everyone knew that Erik could never stay mad at his lover. Of course Charles knew that too when his craving, that was not supposed to exist, came suddenly in the middle of the night. He demanded a cup of strawberry yogurt and grapes fruits at two in the morning, with a bleary Erik staring at him, wondering if he just lost his mind.

Charles heard the thought, of course.

Erik was kicked out of the room for the rest of the night, even when he actually did get him what he craving for.

Another week later and everyone had started to accept the fate that this life style was going to become a routine for another one month. Erik downed a cup of black bitter coffee, ignoring the way Sean was staring at him across the table with wide eyes while Raven tried his best to serve breakfast for the younger mutants. She failed and Hank, at last, had to take over.

Usually Charles was the one that made their breakfast but since he was now so heavily pregnant – with a pair of twins, if you mind – they have to learn how to survive on their own. Erik wanted to help them with foods but when he considered the fact that he would actually eat anything, he decided that he had better stay away from making them any meals.

Alex was the first to speak decently for the say.

"I have a bad feeling about today." The blond quietly spoken and the rest of the occupants in the kitchen darted their eyes to his direction. He fought back with a sharp glare.

Erik frowned slightly, staring at the teen as if he was trying to read his mind. Okay, Charles' genetic mutation was starting to rub on him.

"Why?" he asked and the blond just shrugged his shoulder. Hank blinked at him, still wearing his pristine coat and undoubtedly did not leave his lab at all for the rest of the night before. Alex stayed quiet afterward while the younger mutants fight over foods, with foods and Erik shouted at them to stop playing or he would hang them upside down on the trees using metal coils.

Headache.

An awful, awful headache.

It was the first thing that Charles noticed when he saw the first ray of light of the day.

Charles groaned into his pillow, fighting against another Braxton-Hick as one of the babies kicked him too. They were too active sometimes, regardless the day or night and Charles swore that he would not let Erik put his dick into him again.

Of course it was only the anger speaking.

The telepath slowly rose into a sitting position, he was still in his nightgown, and no longer had a pair of pajamas but a white buttoned up shirt that was large enough to reach his knees. His belly was larger than how he expected it to be but maybe it was because he was carrying twins. Charles had to snicker at the thought of punishing Erik by forcing him to take more tasks concerning the children.

But deep inside of him, he knew Erik would do it even if Charles did not ask him to, he was a lovely husband and father after all.

Charles winced as he gently stepped down from the bed, ready to make his way to start the day. Erik had woken up earlier to look for their other children no matter how much he insisted to stay on bed with Charles earlier. Perhaps the responsibility that Erik felt, or maybe the love for them that Erik knew would always be there that urged him out from the bed.

Charles smiled despite the throbbing pain in his head and planned to kiss Erik's breath out of him later on, because of his successfulness to remain unbiased and duty that he never betrayed.

It was a second afterward, when Charles heard the sounds of the flying planes.

Erik shouted for Raven to pick up the kids while Alex stood in the middle of the outside training field, head titled up at the sight of helicopters hovering over the mansion and Sean was screaming his name so loud that it almost burst every glass materials around them. In his middle of shock reverie, Erik had caught his arm and told him to 'get inside and call for Hank, make sure everyone get into the safety room'and Alex had to shout back – the noises of the helicopters muted their voices – 'Professor! How about Professor?'

The dark gleams that he saw in Erik's eyes when the children was first shocked to see their uninvited guests, turned darker by the mentioning of their other parent and Alex had never felt so terrified in his whole life.

"Get inside."

The humans, clad in uniforms for war, jumped down from the planes before they marched with weapons and duty to kill. Alex had to run away and fast, following the order that Erik had gave him while Erik shut down the metal doors to every entrance to their home. The assassins released their shots, caused the windows to break, and grounded shaking when they threw bombs afterward. Erik ran fast, calling for his spouse to locate him but Charles only managed to scream when another explosion shaking their ground.

Quite a number of the assassins managed to enter their mansion through broken windows and roofs and Erik cursed as he raised one hand, killing the ones he met on his way to get to his lover.

'Erik, I'm upstairs! Bedroom!'Charles' voice echoed in his mind.

Erik gritted his teeth. Charles was upstairs, what if another explosion – Erik shook his head at the thought, mercilessly killed another assassin that tried to shoot him as he ran as if his life depended on it.

Erik should have expected this.

TBC.

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