K for Kids

The young Shinji couple sat cuddled together on the black leather lounge, not wanting to do anything except be in each others warmth and light conversation.

"Paul?" the bluenette asked.

"Yes," he replied, combing his fingers through her long hair.

"Have you ever thought of having kids?"

Paul was taken aback by the unusual question but answered anyway. "I may have before my parents went crazy."

Dawn's features saddened at his answer.

"Why, what made you ask?" He lifted her head to face him.

She seemed to become happier and answered in a cheerful manor. "I don't know. I was just thinking about how happy everyone is with their kids. And I always had this fantasy when I was little that I would some day grow up to look after a little boy or girl with their father's eyes." She sighed dreamily.

Onyx stared into sapphire. "You want to have kids don't you?" It was said as a question but it wasn't. He already knew the answer. "Why would you want to have kids? We're annoying, cause you grieve and use your money." He said it as if there was nothing good about having children.

"Oh come on! Look at how happy everyone is when they're with their kids! And they're so cute! Plus, it would be different if it was your own child," she listed, trying to change his mind.

"No." Paul shook his head. "I don't want kids." His voice showed that the conversation was over unless she had a good argument.

"...You're scared aren't you?" Dawn asked after a moment or two.

There was silence for a few more minutes, before he spoke up again. "Yes... But I think you can understand why."

"Aw," Dawn cooed at him, looking up at his now blushing face and brushing the hair away from his eyes. "Yes, I can understand why, but that doesn't give you the reason to not have them. You might really like having someone looking up to you for everything. Plus, I promise I won't let them drive you crazy. Please?" she asked, using her famous puppy-dog look on him.

"No Dawn, I just don't think I'm ready to have kids yet."

"But come on! You won't even be doing the hard work!" She pouted before continuing. "I'll have to carry them around for nine-months and fed them for a few more. Plus, I heard from Misty that she was in labour-"

"Yes." Dawn stopped her rant abruptly to hear the quiet answer to her constant pestering. She looked up again and saw that Paul's face was redder than before and he was quite shy about it.

"Do you really mean that?"

"Would I have answered otherwise?"

She jumped on him, wrapping her arms around his neck trying to draw him as close as possible.

"Thank you so much Paul! I'm sure Reggie would thank you too! I think he's always wanted to be an uncle," she said.

"You've talked about this with Reggie?" Paul asked in disbelief.

"Yeah! He's really happy that his little brother finally growing up," she teased, watching in amusement as his face went redder somehow.