"Lie very still Alois, I'll get started with the examination in just a moment but first, tell me how you feel." Alois took a minute to think.
"Tired, really drained and weak, I hurt a little."
"Any nausea?"
"Not since earlier." The healer nodded.
"I'm going to ask you to take a few minutes to relax before I begin. This will allow for an easier exam for you." Alois looked to Ciel.
"Are you sure about this?" He asked.
"Yes. Just do what he tells you. Do you want me to step out?"
"No. This was your idea you have to stay." After a short wait, the healer began.
"I need to check your stomach, it won't be very comfortable but we'll have to get through you ready?"
"Don't have a choice really."
"If I touch a tender spot I need you to tell me."
"A what?" Alois asked raising his head from the pillow slightly. The healer placed a hand on his head gently pushing it back down.
"Tenderness just means it hurts for me to touch it. Relax now." The healer pressed on the boy's belly.
"It hurts a little there." Alois said as the healer pressed on his left side. The healer proceeded to do the same on the right but received no indication of pain. Final he came to the middle causing Alois to cry out in pain. The healer stopped.
"Alright Alois, I have a couple things to talk to you about but first I would like to look at the medication you were given."
"It's there in the drawer." Ciel opened the drawer in the nightstand and pulled out the bottle before giving it to the healer who took several moments to read it.
"I advise you to get another healer. Part of the problem is that you're body is actually rejecting it, he should have known better. He also told you that you were carrying a child which began your illness and with no hope of survival, it is no longer there. Listen to me carefully. It's true that your little one caused a vast majority of all this, the fever, vomiting and pain as well as the fainting afterward and weakness are all caused by the same source. That being said, your little one was attempting to position itself in the right place to grow inside you, sometimes it does not quite make it there. I pressed lightly on that spot and you cried out, here's why, we are going to change the diagnosis from you were pregnant to you are pregnant at this moment h-"
"What, the baby's still-" Alois began in shock.
"At this moment in time, your child is trying its best to live within you, however, with your current state of health, that is next to impossible."
"If it's next to impossible, It's still a possibility, can't you do something then?" Alois asked hopefully.
"I can tell you to stay in bed and tell you you're going to need to have more feedings than what you normally take, but the very best source is the child's father. You could still benefit from Hannah to a degree but for best results, the father is an important factor." Alois rested a hand on his belly.
"What if the father doesn't doesn't want anything to do with me?"
"Naveen loves you, that's not possible." Ciel told him. "He loves you like Sebastian loves me, if I needed him, do you think he would-"
"Sebastian couldn't not love you if he wanted to. I was awful to Naveen and even if he did come, Hannah would probably kill him."
"I doubt it. That would cause you stress, she wouldn't do that."
"She's going to hate me."
"I could never hate my child." Hannah said appearing in the doorway.
"But, you don't even know-"
"Please forgive me, I was very concerned and Claude and I were listening in the hall. I know about your baby, I still wish you would have waited, you are very young to have a family-"
"Ciel's younger than I am, he has children."
"Yes and look how difficult it was for him." She knelt beside the bed. "I love you now just as before, I will do everything possible to make this happen for you. Claude has already gone to Naveen. Hopefully they will return soon." The boy moaned softly at the strengthening of the pains.
"May I?" She asked raising a hand over Alois, she waited for him to reply before lowering her hand to his stomach.
"This is what we call high risk, you can lose the baby at any time, especially in your current condition, if it continues, it won't survive. You need to get your strength back."
"If it's in a bad spot, how do we fix that?"
"It's something the baby has to do on its own."
"It's so painful."
"It gets worse." Ciel informed him.
"I can deal with this, I wanted to have a baby, I'm going to have to get used to it. It hurts, but I'm happy." A short time later, they could hear Claude's voice telling Naveen that Alois could be found in his bed. The sound of Naveen racing up the stairs to the room reached their ears seconds later. Hannah stood up to allow him a place beside the bed.
"Alois, my beautiful one, what's wrong, Claude told me you are very illl, I rushed over, are you alright, what can I do?" Naveen panicked, Ciel couldn't help but think how close Naveen's reaction was to Sebastian's when Ciel told him about Evian, his mate had rushed to his side the same way.
"Please tell me what I need to do for you, what is it that-" alois reached out to him pulling him onto the bed before take his hand.
"I need to tell you something, but you have to understand that there's a possibility it won't work but-"
"Alois, whatever it is, I want you to know that I am so sorry that I-"
"Listen, I'm tired so I need you to hear me okay?"
"Of course, you know how precious you are you me, I would do anything for you." Much to Naveen's confusion, Alois placed his hand on his stomach, covering it with his own, they looked into each other's eyes.
"Naveen, the healer says it's going to be nearly impossible for this to happen, like I said, but there's still a chance because- the first healer was wrong."
"Wrong?" Alois nodded feebly.
"Naveen, the baby's alive, Ciel's healer said I could lose it anytime if it doesn't move, but it's still here." Naveen was at a loss for words, he,looked down at where his hand lay before gazing into the cyan eyes he adored so much.
"You're-"
"I'm pregnant. Our baby's still alive." Tears of happiness fell from the blonde's eyes. Naveen remaines in a state of shock.
"It would be nice if you said something. Do you want this to-" Naveen didn't let him finish before he leaned over and kissed the pale boy lovingly. He pulled away after a few seconds and rested his forehead against Alois'
"Of course, I have wanted to have a family... With you." He kissed him a second time before reaching into his pocket and pulling out the ring, he held it out to Alois.
"Whatever happens, I want to be here for you, the choice is yours, would you want this ring back?"
"Give the answer in your heart my son, that is the correct one." Hannah encouraged.
"You aren't asking just because of the baby are you?"
"My beautiful Alois, before the baby I asked to make a life with you, that hasn't changed. I want you to be my mate, to make a home for our little say you will." Alois nodded and allowed Naveen to put the ring back on his finger
