Disclaimer: I only own Saix's left shoe, again with regards to e-bay. I wear it with pride. (this translates as, the author is a sorry piece of shit who owns nothing, yup-yup)

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Chapter 7

Cloud was the only man in the world who could truthfully say there was nothing like having woman sex with a man. Such a nonsensical sentence could only refer to his most unfortunate boyfriend. The poor guy was having it rough, and had fallen ill again. Similar to the time when he was 'blessed' with a vagina, or as Leon preferred to call it, 'it'.

Merlin still hadn't found a cure, a way to reverse the process. Cloud swore that he'd start going to the old man's place and force him to actually work at it. He was sure that his grandpa spent his days talking to his pet owl and drinking tea. Although he was having a good time the way things were, Leon most certainly wasn't. Now that he was sick again, things were beginning to get a tad serious. Especially since he had been hospitalised a few weeks ago.

Leon has never been known as the social type. So imagine how his mood soared when he had to spend so much time in the presence of other people. The slightly coo-coo old men riled him up the worst. Always speaking to themselves about how they didn't want to eat their dinner, even though it had been taken away hours previously.

With every visit made, the first thing Cloud would be greeted with was, "Cloud, get me the fuck out of here."

This visit was no different.

"You know I would, but who would old Norg have to talk to?" Norg being a rather ghastly individual whom you'd wish they had a mute button. To say he smelt putrid would be polite, and he always spoke at the top of his voice. I.e. He yelled so that the whole freakin' ward could hear him say 'BUSHURURURU PANCAKES!'. Occasionally he'd try to escape --to get these pancakes-- however he was caught quite easily each time, since he's such a big guy. Can't run all that fast.

"Fuck off Strife."

"Oooh, you must be really angry with me if you're using my second name." The blonde cooed, sitting on the edge of the bed. As he began running his fingers through thick brunet locks, he smiled as he watched Leon go weak and lean into him.

"Yeah, sure." Distracted by the comforting fingers he asked, "Did you bring what I asked for?"

"Yup. A bag of sports mixture and an iced doughnut with those colour sprinkles you like." He presented them, expecting some gratitude.

Sadly there was very little gratitude in Leon's expression, "I thought I asked for a box of doughnuts, not one."

"You did, but you have to remember that you're sick. Eating junk food can't be doing you much good." Cloud gave him a sympathetic look.

"You think the hospital crap I have to eat is any better?"

"True." He remembered being in hospital once, having to eat what tasted like cardboard - overly chewy and tasteless, "How you feeling today? Have the doctors any clue as to what might be wrong with you?"

"No. The sickness is mainly in the morning, but sometimes I have to wait till the evening to feel even slightly better." He sighed, bringing his arm to rest on Cloud's stomach, careful not the rip the drip from his arm, "I still feel awful. But they took some more blood for testing. I also had to give a urine sample. Apart from that, nothing."

Leon hadn't notified the doctors of his other 'problem'. He'd made sure that any urine samples given were done without the aid of a nurse. The last thing he wanted was to be labelled a freak and broadcast around the world like he was the end result of the bearded lady and the sword juggler getting it on at the circus.

"My nipples are hard." He came out with suddenly.

"Nice to know my presence does that to you. Or are you just cold? Need a warming hand?" Reaching his hand to one nipple, that was sticking out through the hospital garb, Leon yelped and slapped his hand away. This caused everyone in the room to turn their heads.

"Close my curtains over Cloud." Leon grumbled. He refused to talk with those people staring at them. The golden haired one did so, then returned to his side. This time he sat on the seat at the side of the bed, "Maybe I should have said they're sore to touch you dumbass. Seriously, they're really sensitive and tender right now. Actually my whole chest area really aches."

"Sorry." Reaching to take his lover's hand, he asked, "Have you told the doctor this?"

"Yes. She said it might be a side effect of whatever's wrong with me." The sound of the heart monitor filled the silence with each timed bleep. At least his heart rate sounded normal.

Speaking of his doctor, she appeared through the curtains, pulling them tight behind her. She looked nervous, holding a clipboard tightly to her chest, "I'm sorry sir, but I'm going to have to ask you to wait outside for a moment, while I give Mr Leonhart his test results back."

"No Doctor Kadowaki, he can stay," Leon sounded pleading, which was very unusual for him.

"Is he family?" She looked at Cloud, not seeing any family resemblence.

"He's my boyfriend, I want him to stay," Leon said bluntly.

"Alright," She shook her head lightly, taking a deep breath in, "I really don't know how to tell you this…"

"Please just spit it out doctor," The brunet reached out his hand, and Cloud grasped it, giving it a comforting squeeze.

"…Well you're bloods are fine, and your urine test came back negative, you're in perfect health," She tried to sound perky, but her voice was straining around the edges.

"But?" Leon asked.

"Mr Leonhart I have rerun these tests several times, but it comes out with the same result. It shouldn't be possible but, according to the samples you gave us, you seem to be pregnant."

There was silence, deafening in all it's glory. Leon gripped Cloud's hand tightly, his ice-blue eyes wide with shock. Neither of them had any idea that Merlin's potion had changed Leon that much. He had mentioned that he'd felt thing shifting inside himself, but this was the last thing they'd expected.

"Shit…shit…shit…" Leon muttered in a mantra, eyes now shut, as if doing that would make the situation disappear.

"Mr Leonhart, may I please examine you. I'm sure there's been a mistake made somewhere, but as your doctor I need to make sure you're alright."

Taking his time to answer, he eventually said, "Fine. Please keep this low-profile Doctor Kadowaki, I do not want to be labelled a freak and plastered all over the tabloids."

"Don't worry Mr Leonhart, what happens in this hospital stays in this hospital. I'm sure that this is all a mistake anyway."

Cloud entered the conversation, "There's something he hasn't told you though."

"Mr Leonhart?" She said curiously.

"I can't believe this is happening…" Leon sighed deeply before pushing the bed cover down to his ankles, "I would suggest you give me a pelvic examination."

Pulling surgical gloves from the end of the bed, she walked to the bedside, raising Leon's gown, "Would you hold this up for me, thank you," Leon did as she asked, cringing as her hands slid into his underwear, "Well Mr Leonhart, what am I meant to be looking for? I feel nothing out of the ordinary."

Blushing rouge, he stuttered, "No doctor, it's further down."

Looking at him quizzically, she did as he said and took her investigation further south. Suddenly a look of realisation came across her face, "Oh my, this is, oh my…Mr Leonhart, I'm going to have to ask you some further questions. Of course I will keep this confidential."

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Doctor Kadowaki kept Leon in the hospital for a couple more days. Leon --with the support of Cloud-- tried to explain how things had happened, as unbelievable as it all sounded. There was no other reasonable explanation, so the doctor just nodded and said that she believed them. Poor soul, must have been shocked. She asked for them both to come back in, in two weeks time. This was so that they could get a scan of the baby, to make sure it was okay.

After much talk the two had bizarrely decided to keep it, rather than have it aborted. Leon said that he couldn't bare to terminate the life of something, even though he had no idea how things would turn out. Cloud told him with a hug, that he'd stand by him, no matter what.

Sitting in Cloud's room --Leon couldn't bare to go home yet-- they talked quietly between themselves. After all, they had lots to talk about.

"What am I going to tell my parents?" Leon held his head in his hands. He sounded tired, if nothing else.

"You might as well tell them, since they're going to find out eventually. I'll even help you," The blonde stroked circles on the other's back as he spoke.

"How are we going to look after the baby? I'll have to leave college and get a job…"

"Don't worry about it. I'll work extra hours if I need to, and I'm sure both our families will be more than happy to help out if we need it. Laguna will love having a small kid to spoil."

Chuckling, Leon said, "I'm sure he will. But damn this is all too strange. What will we tell the kid when it gets older. When it starts asking who's its mummy and daddy?"

"We'll tell it the truth, that I'm it's dad and your it's mum. Can't wait to see the faces of the teachers at parents evenings," Cloud smiled at the thought.

"Oh god, I'm gonna be a mum?" he paled slightly, "That really creeps me out."

"I know it's weird," Cloud put a loving arm around him, "But you still have a choice about whether to keep it or not."

"I'm not having an abortion, I'm against it."

"I know, but as long as you know you have options. And anyway, we'll just say that we're it's daddies. There are plenty of gay couples with children nowadays, people are a lot more open to these things." The blonde said in attempt to make his lover feel better. He knew though that it would take a miracle to make him feel better.

"I guess so…damn," Leon buried his face into the other's shoulder, hugging him tightly as he held back tears.

"Don't worry, we'll get through this - together."

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Aww, how cute (in the strangest way possible). At last I have another chapter for you, and I hope it was worth the wait. I think next chapter I'm going to skip forward a few months, to the good bits. Such as Leon's belly getting bigger (kawaii!!), cravings, and probably much more cuteness and mood swings. I can't wait. Thanks to those who've continued reading this, thanks a lot. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do writing it. Huggles! x