Matt blinked, surprised before he smiled. "Sure honey. Do you want to join us outside?"
"W-with everyone?" The blond asked, afraid.
"Well, at least you should say hi to them." The brunette told him. "They helped to find you, remember?"
"O-ok." He nodded and the younger of the two helped him to get out of the bed and kissed his brow.
"It's going to be ok, Addy. They are great people; they won't make fun of you or anything. I promise you." He whispered and then opened the door. "Does anyone need something?" Matt asked and everyone shook its head. "Look, Adam, this is Phil. Phil, this is Adam." The nekos stared at each other and then Phil offered his hand. The blond looked at Matt, not knowing what to do. "Addy, don't be rude." The wild one said and then Adam took hold of the hand.
"H-hi." He whispered, his tail not moving and his ears down.
"Hi." The tattooed one replied, smiling at him.
They made their way back outside with the rest and Jeff grinned when he saw the blond neko taking his brother's hand.
"Hey guys, this is Adam. Adds, those are Shawn, Evan, Mark, John, Glenn, Randy, Dave and he is Hunter." He presented as he sat down next to the younger Hardy who instantly wrapped an arm around his waist and kissed his neck.
Everyone said hi to the new and still scared neko, who was chewing his lip nervously, not knowing how to ask if he could talk to Dave. Matt watched him and sighed before he snuggled closer to his lovers and almost everyone's attention turned to him.
"Are you okay love?" Hunter asked, worried.
"Yes, don't worry." He replied, smiling brightly.
Seeing that, Adam tapped Dave's arm softly and when the human turned around, the neko blushed prettily. "C-could I talk to you for a second, sir?" He asked in a low rumble.
"Sure." Batista stood up and they walked away until they were, basically, at the other side of the enormous backyard. "So, what is it?" He asked.
"I… I just wanted to thank you sir." He mumbled. "You know, for finding me." He mumbled and then looked up at him.
"Oh. Don't worry. Matt and Jeff were really worried about you." He said as he sat down on a chair. "Please, sit down." The blond quickly complied, still not looking at him. "You are not from here, are you?"
"No sir. I'm from Canada." He mumbled.
"There is no need to call me sir. Just call me Dave."
"O-ok." The neko said.
"Mind if I ask some things?" Adam shook his head. "Great. So… how long have you been here?"
"Almost a year. I think. I don't know." He replied.
"You don't know?"
"No. It's the third time I even stepped out of the room." He said and started to fidget, still not looking at him, fact that Dave noticed.
"Why won't you look at me? Am I not good enough?" He questioned, obviously hurt.
"W-what? N-no!" He exclaimed, his head snapping up and then blushing furiously. "But I… I shouldn't be looking at you." He mumbled.
"Why not?" Dave lifted his head to touch Adam, but he flinched. "I'm sorry." He whispered.
"N-no. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll be good, I'll be good, I'll be good..." He started muttering and Dave frowned and slowly placed a hand in his head.
"Hey, it's okay Adam, I'm not angry or anything." He whispered and petted the neko.
"You aren't?" He asked, trembling.
"No, of course not. You didn't do anything that could have upset me." He whispered and then lifted his hand.
"No. I like your touch." The bond said and Dave smiled as he petted him again.
"Who did find you?" The human asked, threading his fingers in the soft hair.
"Matt." He whispered. "I was… about to jump off a bridge when he caught me." He explained.
"Then god blesses him." Dave whispered and Adam looked at him, confused. "He saved you and I'm thankful for that." He said, adoring the soft blush that covered the neko's face. "Hum… I know that this is precipitated but… Would you like to come one day with me to the city?" He asked, one arm on the back of his neck, not knowing if they were actually allowed to get out of the house.
"T-the city?" Adam mumbled. "I would really like it. It's been a really long time since I was in the city." He replied, smiling a bit.
"Do you think they'll let you out?" He said, looking towards the brothers and Hunter.
"I don't know. I guess that if you are with me all the time…" He murmured and the slightly taller man nodded.
"We'll ask them later." He said and then stood up, offering his hand to the blond neko.
And Matt of course gave his approval to go to the city with Dave some day. Actually, he was thrilled to see the Canadian being more open ¡, however he never guessed he would open up to a human so fast, but Adam needed to trust, to trust again and be reassured that he wasn't going to get hurt.
But he wouldn't have any repair on hurting Dave if he ever saw a bruise on Adam's body. Not killing him, he liked him, but a good scratch? That didn't hurt anyone.
"Jeff. Jeff." Matt was shaking his brother wildly a month and a bit later. "Paul." He turned and started to shake them. "Will you two wake up please?" He yelled.
"W-what is it?" Jeff asked and seeing the pain in his brother's face he kneeled. "Baby? What is it? Are you hurting?"
"I-it's c-coming." Matt mumbled.
"Are you sure?" The brunette nodded.
"Ok. Ok. Lie down and breathe deeply. Paul, wake the fuck up! Matt is in labour!" He yelled at the older male in the room who opened his eyes.
"You are what?" He yelled but when he saw the pained expression of his brunette lover he quickly changed his clothes. "I'm going to get someone." He said. "Jeff, call the hospital."
"Ah'm on it." He said and with rapid movements he called to their hospital and told them the situation. Then he started to throw Matt's clothes in a bag and then laid down next to his brother, wiping away the tears and whispering soothing words. "Let's go to the car baby. Can you walk?" He asked, worried. He himself had lived the tremendous pain his brother was living now.
"Y-yes." He helped Matt onto his feed and then started walking alone with him, slowly. "J-jeff?"
"Yes sweetie?" He asked.
"C-can you carry me?" The brunette asked, blushing prettily.
"Of course." The younger lifted him bridal style and quickly went to the car, where Paul was waiting for them and ready to go.
It wasn't long until they were in the delivery room: they had preference for being nekos and males. Bad thing only one was allowed to go inside the delivery room.
"You go." Jeff said.
"No. You go." Paul said. "You are the father Jeff, you go." He insisted.
"You are his father too!" The younger yelled.
"Enough. You go inside, he is your brother too, besides, he will break my hand again." He pushed Jeff inside and closed the door. "Geez, they are so stubborn." He sighed and then sat down, waiting for the news. After forty-five agonizing minutes during which he only bite his fingernails and praying to god or whoever was up there to everything be okay, Jeff came out, smiling. "Are they all right?" He asked, getting up.
"Yes. Matty passed out. They are getting the baby cleaned up." He replied and hugged him tightly. "They'll bring them to their room in a few minutes." He whispered and then kissed his blond lover. "I love you."
"And I love you." He replied before he kissed the green-eyed neko again.
Matt felt a hand running through his hair and purred softly. "Hey Matty, are you awake?" Hunter. But there were more people in the room; all their scents were highly familiar but one.
"Yes." He replied as he opened his eyes and then smiled: Shawn, Mark, Glenn, Dave, Randy, John, Evan and Phil. He blinked a couple of times and then realised that someone else was there. "Addy?" The blond nodded and moved next to him. "Hey."
"Hey." The older neko whispered and caressed his cheek.
Everyone hugged him softly and congratulated him. "How long have I been out?" he asked to Hunter.
"Two months baby." The blond replied as he sat down next to him. "Jeff is outside with him." He told him and Matt nodded, moving until his head rested in Hunter's chest.
A male neko's childbirth had nothing to do with a human childbirth: the epidural had no affect on them and either did the anaesthesia or any other chemical component like those so they had to operate with the patient completely awake until he passed out. After that, they would wake up after two to three months.
"Is he okay?" Matt asked softly.
"Yes darling, He is healthy and really cute. Just like his Papa and Dada." Hunter replied. "Can someone go get Jeff?" He asked and Mark nodded.
Mark paced down the hallway until he found the man with blue and purple hair. "Jeff." He called him.
"Hey Mark. Say hi to Uncle Mark sweetie." He said to his child, a beautiful boy with black hair, big green eyes and white tail and ears. "What's up?"
"Matt just woke up." He explained and Jeff squealed before running to the room and leaving the human alone. "I'll never understand that boy." He sighed as he went back to the room.
"Matty!" Jeff exclaimed and walked towards the bed and then pressed a soft kiss in his lips. "God. It was about time." He said and Matt chuckled. "Hey darling, look who wake up." He talked to his child who looked at Matt, blinked and then laughed and tried to reach for him. "There you go." Sweetly he put the baby in his brother's arms and smiled at the sight.
Everyone did smile: it was such a cute and lovely image. Matt was nuzzling against the child's tummy while the baby chewed his Papa's ear.
"So cute." Jeff whispered and then sat down on the other side of the bed. "How are you feeling?" He asked as he saw their friends disappear outside.
"Tired." Matt whispered as he settled his son in his chest. "What are we going to name him?" He asked softly.
"What name do you like baby?" Hunter asked.
After a few minutes of thinking, Matt smiled and held his giggling baby up. "Damien." He stated. "You two pick the middle name." He whispered as he hugged Damien tenderly and both fall sleep again.
"Well, they sure and dad and son." Jeff joked. "Any ideas?" He asked.
"Humm… Nope." He said. "You?"
"Not really. Matt is the one good at his stuff." He whispered and sighed. "What was the doctors name again?"
"Robert." Jeff replied.
"Well, Damien Robert Hardy doesn't sound bad at all, now does it?" The blond asked.
"No. No it doesn't." Jeff replied.
A few hours later Matt woke up again and smiled when the name was finally decided. "I like it." He whispered. "Anyway, do we have some news?" He asked, playing with his brother's tail.
"Yep." Jeff said and then proceeded to tell him the most important thing out of all.
Flashback:
"Humm… Jeff?" Adam poked his head inside Jeff's office.
"Hey Adam. What's up?" He said, standing up. Adam had really opened up lately, he even asked them to get out of the room but to still be able to go see Cody and well, knowing that his brother couldn't deny anything to him, he granted his wished.
"I'm going out. Dave is picking me up." He said.
"Ok. Will you be back for dinner?"
"Yeah, I think so." He nodded and smiled. "Jeff?"
"Yes?"
"Are you and Hunter okay with me being his godfather?" He asked, chewing his lower lip.
"Of course we are. We know that you'll be a great godfather Adds." He smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "Does he make you happy?" The wild neko asked.
"Beg your pardon?"
"Does Dave make you happy?" He asked and Adam blushed furiously before nodding effusively. "Well, I'm sure Matty would approve it."
"You think so?"
"No. I know so. As long as he makes you happy, Matt will approve it for sure." He said.
"Adam!" Jason, to whom Adam had really bonded up with along with Chris, not that they really wondered why since the three of them were Canadian, yelled. "David is here!"
"See you later." Adam said before he ran to the entrance and jumping on Dave's arms and kissing him on the lips, his tail movingly wildly, clear sign of his excitement.
"Where are we going?" Asked the blond asked, his arms around the human's neck.
"Amusement park." Dave stated.
"R-really?"
"Yes baby. You like the idea?"
"I love it." He replied and climbed in the car and waited for Dave to came in so they could go to their destination.
He looked at Dave adoringly. He loved the man, how could he not? Dave gave him everything he always craved for! After that day when they talked in the backyard, Adam would try to always join them unless he had put himself down again. As weeks went by Dave started to go to the mansion only to visit him or to take him out somewhere after he had the express permission from Hunter, Jeff and Matt to do so.
But it hadn't been until one month ago that Dave had officially asked him out. And he wouldn't have if Adam's hadn't misunderstood everything.
"D-Dave?" Adam had asked one day while they where eating a cone of ice cream at a park.
"Yes Adam?" He asked back.
"W-will you…?" He blushed prettily, stopped death on his pace and looked at some point on the ground. He breathed deeply before he continued. "Will you… buy me?" He asked.
"Buy you?" He repeated and the neko nodded, his white-and-black stripped ears pressed against his head. "No."
Adam's head snapped up and Batista could clearly see the tears in his eyes. "W-why not? Is because she hit me?" He asked, his lips quivering. "It's because I'm a damaged good, right?" He said, and now big crystalline tears were running down his face.
"What? No, no." He quickly wiped the salty water and kissed his forehead. "I don't want to buy because I can't have you as a neko." He smiled at him and softly pecked his lips. Adam blinked, confused: what the hell was that? The blond asked himself. "I can't have you as a neko because you mean so much more to me?" He whispered.
"Mean so much more…?" He repeated, tilting his head, not really understanding the human.
"I love you Adam. Like I would love a boyfriend." He confessed, his cheeks burning slightly.
The blond opened his eyes and opened and closed his mouth a couple of times before he squealed and threw himself to him and pecked his lips, smiling widely. "I love you too." He whispered.
Since that day, Adam was a new and completely different person: he would help in whatever he could and he turned out to be a cook as good as Nick, so he worked in the kitchen along with the other blond.
End of Flashback.
"I'm happy for them." Matt whispered and shifted a bit his position. "Where are Ruby and Michael?" He asked, petting his lovely youngest child.
"Justin and Chris are going to bring them in twenty minutes or so." Jeff replied and then kissed his forehead and smiled when Hunter came in with Matt's food, the bottle for Damien and two coffees for him and Jeff.
"Thank you honey." Matt said when the tray was put in front of him. "That's not hospital food." He pointed out and Hunter laughed.
"There is no way that I'm giving you that crappy food." He pecked his lips as he took Damien in his arms and started to feed him slowly.
"Papa!" Ruby came in like a tornado and stood next to the bed, trying to climb on.
"Hey there princess." Jeff lifted her and settled her next to Matt and did the same with Michael, who was a bit calmer than his sister.
Both kids nuzzled against his chest and Hunter laughed at the image.
"Hey, kids, say hi to Damien Robert Hardy." He said, putting the child in his sister's lap, who cautiously touched his white ears.
"I like it." Michael slurred and Paul kissed his head.
Matt and Damien were released from the hospital two weeks later and they went home. What they did not expect at all was to be received by every resident in the mansion; even the newbies (who weren't that newbies since Cody had been the last one to arrive and that was almost six to seven months ago) were outside along with their friends, to throw a party for Damien and Matt. Also Alberto was there.
"Guys…" Jeff said, shocked: not even him or Hunter knew anything about that.
"Well." Glenn started. "Since you two seemed to busy staying at hospital to take care of him and Matt we decided to throw a surprise party."
They had a great time, cake and they received a present from almost everyone: even the kids made a mobile for Damien just like they did for Ruby and Michael.
Around midnight they called it a night and everyone went back to their respective places. Hunter placed Damien in his crib and it was then that he heard Matt talking with someone so he approach the room and listened
"Tell them that he is still to little." Matt said.
"Ok. I'll let Nash know." That voice sounded awfully similar to Jason's.
"Thanks." And the door flung open. Matt furrowed when he saw his older lover there. "What are you doing here?"
"Secrets again, Matt?" He asked in counter part.
"What's going on?" Jeff questioned once he found them out. "Matt? Paul?"
"It's nothing Jeffy." The brunette replied before he kissed both of them and then walked to their room.
"What was that, Jason?" Paul asked to the Canadian.
"Nothing." The neko replied before he made his way down the stairs. "But you should have more confidence in Matt." He said before he closed the door.
