Before we get into Vanitas and Ven, let's kick the chapter off with some AkuRoku, shall we? Over the two weeks, Roxas had decided to move in with Axel so he wouldn't have to burn gas in his car going from his parent's house to his boyfriend's apartment. Axel and Roxas were sitting in their now shared apartment when the shorter male realized something. Roxas never told him what happened when he was kidnapped. Axel looked at his boyfriend with worry.
"Roxas, what's wrong?" Axel asked concerned. Roxas looked at Axel whose sincere emerald eyes looked back at him.
"I just realized that I never told you what happened the night I was kidnapped. I need to tell you because you're my boyfriend and I have to tell you important things like this." Axel looked at Roxas.
"You don't have to tell me yet. You can tell me when you're ready." Roxas just shook his head.
"No. I want to tell you. It was late at night and I was asleep in my room. Next I heard someone opening my window and I thought it was you coming to apologize to me, but it wasn't. It was this guy dressed up in black. I tried getting away but I was knocked out. Next thing I know, I have a blindfold over my eyes and there was this announcer with a deep voice. I wanted to get away but I was in a cage and I was being held against my will by chains. When it was over, this guy led me and this other girl to some guy's car. The man introduced himself and said his name was Vexen. He said we should be lucky to be apart of his toy collection. When we get to his apartment, he immediately pounces on me and rapes me. What happened the rest of that month was something I'd rather not talk about." Axel nodded taking the shaking blonde into his arms. Roxas... You should've told me when your were ready to. Axel thought.
"Roxas, you should've waited until later when you were really sure about it. Telling people these things can take time."
"It's okay Axel. I've wanted to tell you anyways, but I wanted to wait for the right moment." Roxas said, convincing Axel it was okay.
"Babe, as long as I'm still standing, I'll protect you and be there for you no matter what. Got it memorized?" Roxas nodded then he captured Axel's lips in a passionate kiss. Now on to the main event.
This month, Vanitas was in full panic mode. Why? The answer is simple: Ven is going to go into labor any day now! Vanitas was very down with every false contraction Ven had been recently having. Vanitas knew that these false alarms were making Ven grow impatient and he was the victim of his fiance's unhappiness when it turned out to be yet another false alarm. Trust me when I say that it wasn't pleasant.
Vanitas was sitting on the couch with Ven when a head landed on his healed shoulder. He looked at Ven who had fallen asleep. The raven laughed as he kissed Ven on the cheek. Rest as much as you can Ventus... You'll need it. Vanitas thought as he fell asleep with his fiancé in his arms. Waking up the next moment was something that would instantly change Vanitas' life forever because when he woke up, Ven was heavily breathing.
"Ven! What's wrong?" Vanitas asked, but it was too obvious.
"I think I'm actually going into labor this time! I'm serious because my contractions are like five freaking minutes apart!" Ven shouted. Vanitas kicked into high gear as he got some clothes on his and Ven, got his fiancé to the car and drove off at a fast speed. Unfortunately, a cop told him to pull over since Vanitas was driving above the speed limit.
"Why were you driving so fast?" The cop asked.
"My fiancé is in labor!" Vanitas shouted. The cop looked in the back seat to see a blond in pain.
"Screw a speeding ticket! Follow me to the hospital!" The cop said quickly forgetting why he had stopped Vanitas and getting in front of the raven's car. When they got to their destination, Vanitas called everyone who knew of Ven's pregnancy and within an hour, all the people Vanitas called came. Vanitas decided to go into Ven's hospital room before the blond went into surgery. When he got into the room and saw his fiancé in terrible pain just begging for it to stop.
"Hi baby, how are you doing?" Vanitas asked softly taking his lover's hand.
"I'm in pain! When will this stop?" Ven said trying to breathe.
"It'll all be over when the baby is born. What did you want to name him anyways?" Vanitas realized that he and Ven never talked about what they wanted to name their son. Ven smiled at the thought.
"If I live through this then I will tell you the name. If I don't then I wrote it down on a piece of paper and left it in the bedside table on my side of the bed. You'll find it." Once again the blond winced in pain as another contraction hit, but this time, Vanitas was holding his hand through it. When it was over, Vanitas kissed his lover's sweaty blond spikes.
"Don't say things like that Ven. You'll live. I just know it. The risk of your death may be high, but I have hope. Don't give up." Ven smiled and kissed Vanitas on the lips who happily kissed back. The time came for Ven to be rolled to another room. Now here's where the real worry begins. Everyone was waiting outside of the operating room. Vanitas was pacing back and forth and looking up every two minutes then he repeated the process again. Sora tried to make his brother relax, but the raven wouldn't listen. He was too worried about Ven. Sora decided to try again.
"Vanitas, I know you're worried about Ven, but he'll be fine." Sora said in a convincing tone, but instantly regretted his words when Vanitas glared at him.
"You don't know how worried I am! What if it were Kairi in there? How would you feel?" Vanitas snapped. Sora backed off and thought about what it would be like if his girlfriend were in there. About one hour in, Vanitas was trying to keep himself calm and talk to everyone to ease his nervousness. That's when his parents came in. Vanitas wanted to get mad and start something, but he was too worried about Ven. Though the raven knew how worried he was and how high the death risk was, he still had hope that Ven would live.
"Son, I understand that Ventus is in surgery now." His father stated. Vanitas nodded and looked at the doors.
"You see, I wanted to study your family to see how it might've been possible for men to carry children. If I could find out how to then I would win a Nobel prize." Vanitas looked at his father who had a serious look on his face.
"If that's why you wanted to take my family, then you are a sick man. Now, for what I hope is the last time, no I will not let you turn my family into a research topic so you can try to win an award." Vanitas said turning his attention back to the doors. Sora came up to his parents and tapped them on the shoulder and when they turned around, they looked at the brunette.
"Yes Sora, what is it?" Sora had always been quiet when confronting his parents, but not today.
"I've been seeing a therapist about why I used to hate Vanitas, but then I realized it. All eighteen years I've lived with you, both of you have treated Vanitas like he was some sort of idol! What I want to know is why. Why did you treat me like crap for most of my life?" Mr. and Mrs. Nightshadow looked at each other before looking back at their son. Mrs. Nightshadow decided to tell her son the truth.
"You see, I always wanted a girl. When you and your brother were born, I thought that when me and your father tried next time, I'd get my daughter. Then I was in a horrible car accident which caused me to lose my uterus. I lost my mind for a few years and that's when I started dressing you up as a girl, but then my mind got together and I realized that I was never have a daughter so then I gave up trying to make you what you obviously weren't. Every time I looked at you, I saw that girl I was never going to have. Vanitas got off easy when he got in trouble because I had the boy I wanted, but you were a different story. That's why you were treated the way you were. I'm so sorry. I should've gotten help then you and your brother would've been treated fairly." Mrs. Nightshadow was now crying. Sora then let her cry on him.
"Now I know why. This would've made a good graduation gift." Sora said patting his mom's back. Vanitas heard everything as his attention was still on the doors. Two hours passed and nothing happened. The raven was about to fall asleep in a chair when Axel brought his some coffee.
"Thanks man."
Was Vanitas' only reply as he drank the steaming hot liquid. Now it was full door alert again with some new energy. Then there were some noises heard from the other side of the door. From outside of the room you could here: 'This doesn't look too good.' or 'Keep him breathing!' When he heard the last thing shouted from behind the doors, Vanitas felt his heart instantly stop. He was frozen in place afraid of the worst. From behind the doors, there was no sound coming from it.
A nurse came out dressed in scrubs with a bit of blood on her and she had a relieved look on her face. No one knew what to make of the look. Was Ven okay? Vanitas thought as the nurse motioned for him to come towards her, which he did. She whispered something in Vanitas' ear which made him very shocked. The nurse went back inside and Vanitas looked at everyone who was confused.
"Ven's okay. It's just that his heart monitor started to beep and the noise we heard was everyone in there trying to keep him breathing. They don't know how the rest of the procedure will play out or if that's going to keep happening but we just gotta wait and see." It took about an hour for everyone to soak up the news that almost summed up Ven's fate. Almost five hours later nothing happened. Just complete and utter silence.
More noise came from behind the doors. Same as the first time, but this time... Vanitas knew. Ven's heart monitor had started to beep and the people in the operating room were doing everything they can to keep him alive. Ven... you've gotta live... I don't want to lose you... you're my everything... I don't care about the death risk. Me and Baby Nightshadow just want you to live... Vanitas thought drifting off into a sound sleep.
Vanitas woke up when he heard a noise coming from behind the doors. It was a different noise this time. This time... it was... a cry? Vanitas instantly felt his heart beat in his throat. When the doors opened, a woman with blue hair came out with a blue bundle in her arms. Vanitas could only assume that this was Dr. Aqua.
She gave him a warm smile as she went to hand him the bundle. When Vanitas was holding said bundle, he instantly felt like crying. He finally had his son. He looked at the sleeping baby in his arms whose eyes were closed and he had his thumb in his mouth.
"Mommy's going to be happy to see you." Vanitas whispered. Dr. Aqua seemed to catch on to what Vanitas said and her smile turned into a frown. The raven caught the look. No! No! It can't be! It just... didn't... no... Vanitas thought as he handed his son to his brother and slid down a wall silently crying. Ven's gone. Forever.
Vanitas woke up with a jolt when he felt something hit him really hard. He looked up at the source and saw Sora with his hand drawn out like he was about to slap him again. Vanitas rubbed the sore part of his head and glared at his brother.
"What was the big idea Sora?"
"You were crying in your sleep. Obviously you were having a bad dream." Vanitas let out a sigh of relief. Ven didn't die. He obviously had a terrible dream.
"What was your dream about?" Sora asked. The raven looked at his brother and let out a sad sigh.
"I had a dream that the C-section was done and the doctor came out with my son. As soon as I said his mother is going to be happy to see him, the doctor frowned. Then I handed you the baby, slid down a wall and cried. I thought the dream was real and I lost Ven." The brunette looked at his brother. That's what his dream was about?
"Were you happy at all? What if that happens in reality?" Sora asked.
"I'd have both emotions running through me. Happy because I have my son and sad because I just lost the love of my life. The real reason I don't want to lose Ven in because I'm worried that I'll be a terrible father. That I'll crumble and lose custody of my son. I know that I shouldn't worry, but I can't keep that thought out of my head." Axel over heard this and came to his friend's rescue.
"Don't be worried. Sure, I don't know anything about being a dad on account of my father turning into a raging alcoholic after my mother died, but I had Reno to be some sort of father figure to both me and my brother. You're a strong guy and if the worst does happen to Ven, you promised to be there for that kid no matter what. Look, just don't think about the person you'd be, just be there. That's all that matters." Vanitas looked up at Axel who had a sincere look on his face. He was right. He made Ven a promise and it was his duty as a seme to keep it. Axel turned around and went to go back to Roxas. Roxas was looking out of the window at the sky. It was a dark blue.
Roxas turned around to see Axel and happily kissed him to which the redhead didn't mind kissing back. When they both let go of each other, they started to kiss again only to end up in a closet. From here, I think we all know what happened next~ *wink* *wink* Anyways, Vanitas was still staring at the doors when another noise sounded from the other side of the doors. It was a different noise. This time... it was... a cry? Vanitas felt his heart beat in his throat as a woman with blue hair came out carrying a blue bundle in her arms. Vanitas knew it was Dr. Aqua. Not only from her obvious name tag, but from his dream.
Dr. Aqua gave Vanitas a warm smile and went to hand Vanitas the bundle. When the raven lifted the blanket, he saw his son looking up at him. He couldn't make out the eye color yet, but he'll be able to tell later. The baby giggled at him. Vanitas felt like he was about to cry.
"Mommy is going to be very happy to see you." Vanitas whispered. Dr. Aqua heard what Vanitas said and smiled. Vanitas caught the smile and even though she didn't say anything, he knew that Ven had survived! Soon enough, he went into Ven's room and saw his true love asleep. Vanitas chuckled a bit, then looked back at his newborn son who had fallen asleep in his arms. The raven kissed his son on the head then sat in a chair next to his fiance's bed.
Ven woke up confused. He forgot where he was, but when he gently put a hand on his stomach and felt how flat it was, he knew. He'd just brought his son into this world. Ven looked at Vanitas sleeping in a chair with a blue bundle in his arms.
"Vanitas?" Ven said which woke his lover up. Vanitas smiled and walked towards Ven. The blond was about to start crying when he was carefully handed his son who was now resting against his mother's chest. The baby woke up to see someone else holding him. He giggled when he saw Ven, then fell back asleep. They stayed in place for a good ten minutes when Vanitas realized something. They didn't come up with a name for their son! Ven caught the look on Vanitas' face.
"What's wrong Vani?" Ven asked.
"What would you like to name him?" Vanitas asked. Ven smiled. He had almost forgotten about his son's name.
"I want to name him Shade. Shade Nightshadow." Vanitas thought about the name. Shade Nightshadow... Vanitas smiled and kissed Ven on the lips.
"Shade is a perfect name. Welcome to the world Shade Nightshadow." The baby, now dubbed as Shade, yawned as he fell asleep again. This time, Vanitas got on the bed with his boys and soon, sleep consumed both Vanitas and Ven.
Me: Okay, there are two things to say here. One: Welcome to the world Shade Nightshadow! And two: Sorry if I made it seem like Ven was going to die! I can be pretty heartless when I want to, but I just choose not to. Anyways, the reason I kicked the story off with some AkuRoku instead of VanVen the way I was supposed to is because I wanted Roxas to explain what happened when he was kidnapped and I also wanted to make Axel prove he's changing more and more for Roxas by being so understanding in the beginning. I would've forgotten to so in case you were confused about the beginning, I just explained it. Maybe I'll reword it later.
Riku: Can you please tell everyone who gave you the idea for Shade's name? *Anime vein pops out in annoyance and impatience*
Me: Thanks Riku! I was just getting to that! Anyways, I'd love to thank my good buddy XaccemFlare who gave me the idea for Shade's name! Thanks! Your submissions really helped! The next chapter is going to be an epilogue so stay tuned! This is Janae A.K.A. OrgyMemberXVII signing off! Bye :D
