"Am I late!?" Cu Chulainn ran as fast as he could to the hospital when he heard the news.

Nitya looked to the man. Cu's hair was messy but he wearing a formal suit. "Why... are you in a suit?" He just had to ask.

Cu answered him with a grin. "First impression matters!"

Nitya rolled his eyes. "He's just a baby," He said as he opened the door for his friend, well technically, Cu was friends of his parents that was also his friend. A family friend? Cu and Karna had known each other for a long time and Arjuna was shocked when he found out.

Cu walked inside the room. Karna was sleeping. It was normal like that. His childbirth process was long and hard, not to mention very painful. He looked paler than usual and he got skinnier as well. But Karna said, compared to his pregnancy with Nitya, this one was a lot easier. Nitya was a lot more troublesome.

Cu looked into the baby crib beside Karna. Nitya was resting his back on wall as he watched Cu. Siegfried smiled at the scene. Seems like not only his family that was so happy with the birth of his son. Cu was grinning as he looked at the baby. "I'm glad I wore a suit!" He said as he smiled proudly to the baby.

And soon Mordred came. "Am I late!?" She also asked the same question as she ran into the room. She looked at the baby... and she drooled a little bit. She quickly wiped it away though. Siegfried was scared for his son after he saw that.

"What's his name?" Mordred looked up from the baby, and asked Siegfried.

Siegfried glanced to the sleeping man and smiled. "He's Avi." Siegfried answered proudly.

After that, more people came to see Avi. Karna didn't even realize because he slept through as if he was dead. He wasn't even woken up when they were being very loud. The head nurse had to came in personally and kick the people out from their room for disturbing other patients. Nitya was also kicked out for some reason.

Karna woke up the next day. He hold the baby in his arms. Avi looked very much like him. The same skin tone and eyes. His hair, nose, and mouth were Siegfried's.

Siegfried sat beside Karna and the both looked closely at their son. Very cute, small and beautiful.

Long time ago, Siegfried would had never expected this day would ever come to him. He thought having a family was just a dream when he sleep.

He was glad he had one now. A family to protect.

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Siegfried had a family and a home now. But he would still travel the world from time to time. He was an agent to an international organization that deals with conflicts and war. He would be go to warzones to oversee them and he would arrange a ceasefire.

Because weaponary and technology were very advanced at this time. So wars were done with tight supervision by many sides and there were a lot of rules to be held. If one side break the rules, the world will be their enemy.

Sometimes he could be gone for months without a single contact because the situation. Just like this time. He was sent to Baghdad to oversee their civil war.

Because Siegfried was in warzone the whole time, he wasn't able to contact Karna for six months. Siegfried missed his partner and their three-years-old son. But he had another problem in his hand. Literally in his hand.

Siegfried was holding a girl about eight-years-old. A pureblood child he found in the middle of danger zone. Seems like her mother abandoned her. And due to the warring state of the country, this girl wasn't registered. Her name was Jack.

If Jack was a normal human, Siegfried would have sent her to orphanage like the other children he saved. But she wasn't. She would either be sold or consumed by the corrupt humans in power for her blood.

So Siegfried decided to adopt her. If she was his child, no one would want to hurt her. He wasn't able to contact Karna to tell him about Jack. But Siegfried wasn't allowed to bring her out from the country borders if he didn't adopt her. So he did.

And Siegfried went home with uneasy feeling. Karna should be able to accept Jack. Siegfried knew his partner's kind nature. Though Siegfried wasn't sure if everything would be okay. Their son was still three-years-old, and Jack was kind of wild. Because she lived from eating dead bodies in the field, and other vampires attacked her all the time, Jack had natural distrust towards other vampires.

Siegfried wanted to call Karna as soon as he leave the area, to inform him about Jack. But all electronics were dead because of the EMP bomb. Thankfully the planes was created to whistand this. So they could still do some imports and Siegfried could go home after he was done with his work.

Jack was so scared inside the plane because she thought she would fall. Siegfried had to hold her most of the time so she wouldn't try to jump out. It was awkward because the other people, mostly military and important people were staring at them the whole time.

Once the arrived at the airport, Siegfried used the public terminal. It was a hologram screen and id reader. Anyone who used the terminal would be recorded. Identification had been the most important thing since the new age. Money laundring was almost impossible because of this. Though, a little bit of privacy was sacrificed for this. But it was better than war.

Siegfried also had to register Jack's arrival into the terminal and updated the papers he had made in the warring country. Nowadays, all documents were digital.

Once he was done with the registry, Siegfried called Karna. He talked to him with the wireless earpiece so he could walk while talking. He informed Karna about Jack in his call. "I hope you're okay with this. Sorry for not telling you earlier."

"I look forward seeing her," Karna's voice was on the other side. He sounded happy with the news and Siegfried was glad. "When will you arrive home?"

"Tomorrow morning. We're switching planes here." Siegfried answered and looked at Jack's fearful face as she realized there's another plane she will enter. She screamed and tried to run away, but Siegfried was gripping on her. Though he was being gentle so he wouldn't crush the small arm of the girl. But still strong enough to prevent her from leaving.

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Siegfried had thought that it would be hard to introduce Jack to his family. Siegfried was afraid that she would attack Avi. But things was very smooth. So smooth that Siegfried was surprised himself.

Jack was very fond of Karna. She quickly recognized him as her mother even though she never called Siegfried her father.

They kept her under surveillance. Once a week, they took her outside to see people. At first she didn't like the crowd. She would grab on Karna's waist the whole time outside. It took a year until she got used to other people.

Karna was sitting on the parkbench. He was watching Jack and Avi running around with other children. "Okaa-san!" they called and waved to Karna and he would wave back. Domestic life it was. Karna loved his current lifestyle. He was really glad his children was born in times of peace.

Nitya was on the other side of the bench. He watched the children as he rest his chin with his hand. At first, he felt a bit weird when Karna told him he got an extra sister out of sudden. But he liked her.

"Must be hard to take care of two children," Nitya said what he thought. "I'm already tired just by inagining about it." Because Nitya remembered it well when he was a child and his parents were so handful with him. And he was their only one.

Karna chuckled at that statement. It was true. Especially on times when Siegfried had to leave for his work. "I don't mind it though," Karna glanced to his son. Karna was reminded to Arjuna everytime he looked at Nitya because of their similarities. "I like children. You don't like them?"

Nitya glanced back, he raised his brows at that question. "I don't hate them," Nitya said as he sighed. "Though, I prefer being alone."

That loner part was also very like Arjuna. Sometimes Karna was a little bit worried for this son of his. Karna knew that Nitya had a little fear after he saw his father passed away and Karna was constantly depressed for years after that. It wasn't that Nitya had no interest in people. He had experienced attraction himsef. It was just he never told anyone. Nitya prefer to be alone to spare himself from the pain of seperation. He would reconsider it if his partner was a pureblood like him though.

Nitya returned his view to the children. "And I feel like you will have another one in the future," Nitya said and smirked as he pulled out his PDA. He wasn't lying when he said it. He was serious about that. Nitya was pretty sure he would have another younger brother or sister in the future. His family kept expanding.

Karna shrugged a little at that. It was embrassing when Nitya directly said it. But sure it would be nice to have another one. Maybe after Avi and Jack grow bigger.

"When is Siegfried coming back?" Nitya asked while his fingers tap on the PDA.

Karna smiled and he looked to the blue sky above them. "He should be back by next week," Karna said, thinking about him as he touched the ring on his finger. Siegfried was out there doing a great job. He always had been. Going somewhere, helping people.

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Nitya was sure he was the only one working now. And he was annoyed. The whole room was so noisy. Nitya couldn't concetrate on his codes.

Henry-Jekyll was clearly asleep on his table, totally passed out from all the typing. Cu was out to buy some food. Helena was reading a novel instead of writing their story. And she was tearing as she read.

Jalter was making an R18 yaoi doujinshi instead of editing the character design. She was set on heart not to change the design even though Nitya had explained to her that her design caused bugs. She just wouldn't! And she was grinning and flushing as she draw. She must be drawing porn right now.

Mordred was running around. Chasing Jack and Avi, pretending that she wanted to eat them. Or maybe she wasn't pretending at all. But the kids were laughing as she chased them. "RAWR! I will eat you two!" Mordred said as they ran a circle. She raised two of her hands and acted like she was a lion.

The reason why the kids were here was because Siegfried wanted to take Karna for a date. And Nitya knew they would make a disaster in his house. Nitya facepalmed and sighed. He rested his forehead on his table. His mental was drained from all the ruckuss. Oh, how much he missed his peace and silence. Even though his siblings had only been here for two hours. Siegfried said he would pick them up tomorrow morning, and that's still 8 hours to go.

Cu Chulainn returned with a bunch of plastics filled with delicious snacks. "Ou! Come to uncle Cu, I've got so many good stuff!" Cu said as he smiled proudly. The kids and Mordred quickly ran to him. At this point, Nitya was sure Mordred was just another kid in adult body.

Once thet got their snacks, they sat and ate. Finally, a brief moment of less ruckuss. But Nitya was no longer in mood to continue. His concentration had gone poof! Gone! Now he simply watch the Avi, Jack, Mordred and Cu sat there and ate their treats. Henry woke up and he walked to the table. "Did you get my bento set?"

"It's in there," Cu said as he drank and then he pointed to the smaller bag at the table. Mordred was digging in her meat. If Nitya was right with his count, she would be eating her fifth piece now. Well, as far as Nitya could remember his childhood friend, Mordred had always been a big eater. She and her mother used to fight over food as well. Like fighting over each other's ice popsicle because they both feel they got the lesser part. Bedivere had to stop them everytime... by buying them another popsicle.

Henry looked at his bento set with teary eyes. "Finally... real food that's not bread..." he said as he cried and ate the rice. The karaage tasted so amazing that Henry started to sob. Now Nitya felt bad. Because Henry didn't leave his house for days and binge type the dialogs. So he ate plain bread for days. He could be traumatized with bread by now.

Nitya rested his chin with his hand as he watched. He couldn't help but smile as he watch his little sibligs ate their choco-bar. Their cheek was full and chubby. Seeing them reminded Nitya of his own childhood. Karna would give him any snacks Nitya asked. Arjuna would refuse at first, but he would give in if Nitya had ignored him for some time. His childhood was a happy one. Sometimes, Nitya felt a bit sad that his father was no longer with him. Nitya was very attached to his father.

Nitya sighed lightly. He pressed his nape twice and tilted his head to make his flow better. Then he walked to the table as well. To grab some food as well. Because watching them ate had made Nitya hungry as well.

Nitya choose the pudding. He had always been liking this since he was a child. He rolled the alluminium cap and warped it into spoon shape. Then he dig into the pudding. Call it pudding but it was just blood in gelatin. But they added some flavoring to make it sweet. So yes it was still pudding.

Helena joined them as well. She putted her book on the table and grab on her bento as well. She looked back and called for Jalter. "Jeanne, you don't wanna eat?"

Jalter didn't even look back. She was too serious in drawing the adult scene, murmuring things like 'why is the proportion like this?' And 'the dick looks smaller than the previous panel, why!?' And 'The ass isn't sexy enough for an uke!'

"Nii-san!" Avi called and he climbed to his brother's back.

"Don't climb onto me... I am not Siegfried," Nitya said as he looked to the six-years-old. "I won't carry you around like this." He said and continued eating his sweet treat. Siegfried often let his kids hanging on him as he walk around. Nitya once caught him with Avi hanging on his neck at front and Jack at his back. And there were many cute ribbons on his hair. The kids totally do him they way they liked. Jack and Avi were very spoilt by their parents because they were too soft to refuse them.

Anyone could see that these children, Avi and Jack, they were raised in loving envoriment. It was very clear just by looking at their smiling face.

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Siegfried never took Karna for a fancy date. Sometimes they would go to parties of their friends'. But if they went on date, they would choose somewhere more natural. This time, they went star-sighting at the mountain.

Siegfried offered his hand as they climbed up. Karna took it and they walked up to the best spot. It was an open area with grass and there were a group of deers resting there. They laid down on the grass and looked up to the sky.

Siegfried was talking about his journey again as they watched the stars. Siegfried never changed. His stories was still as intriguing as ever. He talked about the man-made island at India that got into international dispute. Some countries claimed that island as their own.

"Also there's an island called North-Sentinel. The people in there hadn't been interacting with outside world for hundreds of years," Siegfried remembered that island because it was not so far from that man-made island. "Though there were some ships that got stranded at that island... probably we've somehow started their iron age."

Karna chuckled at that. "Do you ever saw the people in there?"

"No," Siegfried said as he shook his head. "It was prohibited by the laws to enter the island. Though the government had been sending drones to monitor the people in there."

"Do you want to go there?" Karna asked as he looked to the man at his side.

"I would like to," Siegfried glanced back. "But they throw spears and stones at the passing helicopters so it would be a bit dangerous to go there." He said as he smiled in irony. Siegfried was a natural traveler, of course he would like to go there if he could. Seeing new people and new sights were his hobby.

They watched the sunrise together as the hold hands.

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When they left the mountain and the signal returned, Karna recieved a message from Cu. It was a picture of three of his kids.

Jack and Avi was bugging on their big brother. And Nitya was certainly looking very irritated. His eyes were deadpan as he looked straight to the camera. Avi was grinning as he sat in Nitya's shoulders, pulling Nitya's ears. Jack was there putting ribbons on the annoyed brother's hair.

Under the picture was a text from Cu saying: Your son is begging you to pick the little demons. XD

Karna showed the picture to Siegfried and they both laughed.

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Arjuna had already fallen for Karna since he was a human. It was when he was a teen of fourteen he realized he was in love with the vampire. Arjuna's heart skipped a beat whenever he saw Karna smiled.

That vampire was a beautiful and a very gentle one. Maybe it was that moment Arjuna decided he wanted to be with Karna forever. If he could stay with Karna forever, then Arjuna would happily abandon his humanity.

Karna was grabbing on the blanket they put on their veranda earlier this morning. Karna liked to soak their blankets with the smell of sun. He looked very pleased as he smell into the white blanket.

Realizing he had been stared on for sometime, Karna glanced to Arjuna. "What's wrong, Arjuna?" He asked with his usual tone and Arjuna woke up from his silent admiration.

Arjuna blushed. It was embrassing to be caught like that. But Karna didn't seemed like he realized the human's hidden feelings. Karna had been always on the denser side. "No," Arjuna shook his head. He looked at the white blanket and thought, he could put that blanket over Karna's head and see how pretty he would look like as a bride.

And so he did.

Arjuna walked to the vampire. He took the blanket from him and spreaded them. Then he put it over Karna's head and shoulder. Karna was more beautiful than what Arjuna could have imagine. Though, Karna was looking back with a puzzled face. "What are you doing, Arjuna?" Karna asked as he looked to the human teen who was 10cm shorter than him.

Arjuna hated the height difference. He didn't like it when he had to look up. He wanted to grow taller soon. At least until he was as tall as Karna. Arjuna had grown a lot in his years with Karna and Karna was very concerned about his growth. He often keep tab on how much Arjuna's height grew in a month. Karna was a worrywart. He feared that Arjuna might not be growing properly.

Karna stared on Arjuna's face in silent for some more time. And finally he realized that Arjuna was looking at him not with eyes of a child nor a friend. It was eyes filled with desire. It felt so weird and awkward. Karna never liked it when people look at him with those eyes. Because he had a few alphas coming to him like that in his past. But Arjuna was just a human. Karna didn't understand why Arjuna would be looking at him like that.

Karna didn't know what to say. But Arjuna realized Karna had found out his feelings. So instead of making up excuses that would make things weirder, Arjuna tipped his toe and pulled Karna's face close to his. Arjuna kissed him. They stayed like that for a few seconds before Arjuna pulled off.

Arjuna glanced away with his flushing face. "That... is my first." He said as he tried to peek on Karna's expression.

The vampire's cheek was red as well, but his face was a confused one. Karna was totally shocked with what Arjuna just did to him. He never saw Arjuna as more than a mere human child he picked. Until this moment that was.

Arjuna was happy he wasn't the only awkward one. "I love you, Karna." Arjuna said as he smiled to the man. Arjuna was really glad that he got to say his feelings. "I hope you don't mind waiting until I grow taller."

Karna blushed even more madly. "That..." he was too embrassed to continue his words and Arjuna took that liberty. He pulled the vampire into another kiss.

Karna had always though this kind of sentimentality was unneeded. Because Karna knew he would ruin himself if he love someone who wasn't part of his world. But still, he couldn't help but fall for the human he raised. Karna knew it that Arjuna would die far earlier than he would. But even so, he wanted to be with Arjuna.

Until the end, Karna didn't regret his choice.

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Karna brushed his fingers on the tombstone. It was old and parts of it had eroded. "Arjuna," Karna called for the man who had died for the longest time. But the one he could never forget. Karna smiled peacefully as he felt the cold stone. "Nitya finally got married after all these times." Karna chuckled at that.

"Amazing, right? I know you were always worried for him. I also did. But after seeing them, I'm sure they will be okay." Nitya's case started as an accident. He was just wandering around in the party and hit on a girl for one night stand. That turns out later she got pregnant despite she wasn't in heat. Karna couldn't forget how scared Nitya looked like when he got the news. Probably Nitya would've still been single if it wasn't for that.

As he talked about their son, Karna was reminded about Mordred. "Mordred as well, apprently she met a girl she liked. Her name is Fran. They were a good match." Mordred and Nitya had been friends for their whole life. They were almost like siblings already.

"It has been a long way," Karna murmured as he closed his eyes. Siegfried had died. He died protecting people in the war. He saved so many lives. He never gave up until the end. Siegfried fought until his end to save people. He was a great hero. He died being remembered by everyone. Karna was very proud. He touched the ring on his finger as he remembered his time with Siegfried. "I am truly blessed."

Karna smiled when he thought about his family. Because they weren't humans, they would be saying goodbyes much more than hello. Their life was a lonely one. How many times had Karna dreamt about being a human, he couldn't even remember that. But Karna was convinced his life was a good one.

"Jack is doing okay as ever, though, I don't really understand what she's doing. But she's making things that could help people." Jack had her medical engineering degree. Because the technology had advanced so far, people no longer perform surgeries manually. Jack studied the machinary on that part.

Then Karna looked at the sky as he thought about his son, Avi. "Avi is still on his journeys. I haven't seen him for years. But he's doing okay. He send me cards and mails very often." His son was somewhere under the same sky as him. Avi had grown into a gentleman just like his father. Even his hobbies were the same. Karna was proud of his children.

"I missed you so much," Karna looked back to the tombstone and he gently pressed his head on it. Just like how he and Arjuna used to do when he was alive. This time Karna didn't cry. Because he had no reason to cry anymore. This time, Karna wouldn't look back to Arjuna as he left.

Surely, his children would be sad. But they would be okay. They knew it one day Karna would have to go. And now, Karna no longer had the need to stay.

His life had been the best. A lot of people loved him. Siegfried loved him dearly and had always been there for Karna. But in the end, Karna's place to return was only one. It was Arjuna.

"I'll see you soon, Arjuna."

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It was a long journey of 1000 years. Karna's life was filled with happiness and love as much as it was with loneliness and hardships.

Even so, Karna closed his eyes with a satisfied smile.

I had always loved you. There wasn't a day I forgot about you.