Another "smut" chapter for you all. Thanks for continuing to read. I think there's about five more chapters left. I'm not sure right now. If you decide to remain invested in my story for that long, then thanks, I'll see you on the other side. If not, then well, we had a great run.

-V

Fourteen

Ryan stared at himself in the mirror. He grimaced as he poked his stomach. "I'm getting fat!" He announced.

He heard laughter coming from the next room. "You're not fat. You have a baby inside of you."

"Well, this baby is making me look fat." Ryan said. "Seriously, Horatio, I'm only four months along; I shouldn't be this big. These big shirts aren't going to conceal the fact that I'm pregnant for much longer."

There was silence, so Ryan left the bathroom and went into Horatio's bedroom. The man sat at the edge of the bed. He smiled when he saw Ryan. "You okay?" Ryan asked him.

"I'm thinking we should just tell people." Horatio explained. "Our friends would be very happy for us, Ryan. Let's tell them so you won't have to keep wearing shirts that are entirely way too big for you."

Ryan groaned. "No, I'm not ready. We already discussed this- we're telling Kyle tonight and I'm meeting with Alexx tomorrow for lunch so I'll tell her then. But that's it. For now, at least."

"What about Calleigh? We can trust her."

"Horatio please, can we drop this? I don't want to be stressed." Ryan said.

Horatio nodded and stopped speaking. Just last week at Ryan's doctor's appointment, the doctor had explicitly expressed how bad stress would affect the baby. And Ryan had been stressed lately. He kept thinking about Dave and trying to avoid him completely. He kept thinking about how much this pregnancy would affect not only him and Horatio, but everyone they worked with too. Of course, Horatio thought he was overreacting but Ryan couldn't help it.

And now because of doctor's orders, he had to stay out of stressful situations and conversations. Since Ryan was a CSI, stress came with a lot of the cases. So it was to the point where if the cases became too hard for him to handle, Ryan had to let someone else take over for him. That caused some concerns in the lab. People were becoming worried about Ryan. Even Stetler had come down and talked to him and Horatio about what was going on. They didn't tell him, though. Horatio just told him that Ryan would be back to his self 'sooner or later'.

Horatio took Ryan's hand in his. "Why don't you lay down and relax?"

Ryan nodded and crawled into the bed, lying on his side. He wasn't too surprised when he felt the bed dip and Horatio getting on, too. But he was surprised when he felt lips touching his neck. "What are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm helping you relax."

"No, I mean why?"

"I don't understand your question." Horatio told him. Ryan had been feeling a little down about himself lately. He was getting bigger and the baby wasn't even done growing yet. He was going to balloon up and he didn't want that. He was constantly complaining about not wanting to move and to just lay in bed all day and eat fast food. Horatio didn't like that Ryan felt that way. He wanted him to feel the exact opposite.

He turned Ryan so that he was lying on his back. Then Horatio slowly crawled on top of Ryan, careful not to crush his stomach. He quickly kissed him on the lips and then swiftly dipped down to Ryan's stomach. He raised his shirt and kissed his stomach, too. "You look so good, Ryan."

Ryan smiled. "Really; I do?"

He was only wearing sweatpants and a white shirt. He hardly thought he looked good. But he knew that Horatio was always honest with him and so he had to believe him. Horatio placed another kiss to the man's stomach. "You do. You look so unbelievably good right now."

Horatio slid his hands up Ryan's body, resting them on his chest. He began to massage and pinch at his nipples. He started kissing Ryan passionately as the younger man wrapped his arms around him. His fingers made way into the soft red hair. Horatio smiled into the kiss. Ryan seemed to like playing with his hair. He'd noticed the last few times they kissed or were intimate, Ryan would run his fingers through his hair. Not that Horatio minded, of course. He liked the feeling. He had to pry his lips away- he just loved the feeling when he and Ryan kissed. But he needed to move on; Kyle would be coming over in an hour and he wanted them to have time to shower before he did.

He looked to Ryan, who was anxiously biting his bottom lip. Horatio smiled. "Take off your clothes."

Ryan couldn't get his shirt off fast enough. Though when he did, he frowned. "Horatio, can you take your shirt off, too? I'm feeling a little self-conscious." He admitted. Horatio complied with the request. He unbuttoned the shirt he wore completely and shed it off. Both men's shirts went into a small pile on the floor. Ryan smiled. "Thank you."

He lifted himself off the bed in order to get his sweatpants off. Horatio helped him slide them down and tossed it into the pile. He chuckled at the man below him. "You're not wearing underwear," he said. "Were you anticipating this?"

"No; more like hoping." Ryan admitted. Horatio kissed him again on the lips, then trailed the kisses down his body. Stopping on his stomach, he kissed it three times before going lower. Horatio gave two small, quick licks to Ryan's awakening cock before engulfing it completely into his mouth. Ryan moaned and gripped the man by his hair. Horatio's tongue swirled the head of his cock and then took him in completely again.

This pattern continued on, Ryan moaning and telling Horatio how good it felt. He let go of his hair in fear that he'd accidentally pull it out. Instead, his hands held on tightly to the bedsheets. Horatio stopped sucking him and removed his mouth, purposely making a soft 'pop' noise. He opened his bedside table and grabbed a bottle of the lube Ryan had bought for them. He liked trying different kinds to see what he liked best.

Horatio coated two fingers with the substance, and made his way down to Ryan's hole. He inserted them slowly, loving the long groan that came out of Ryan as he did so. Ryan's eyes closed tightly and he pulled on the bedsheets, causing them to come undone from the bed. "Move. Now." He demanded. Horatio pumped his fingers inside of Ryan, paying attention to his reactions.

He gave soft moans of content when Horatio slid his fingers in and out. When Horatio began moving them in a scissoring motion, Ryan made a gasping noise and began breathing heavily. But when Horatio twisted his fingers inside of him, brushing against his prostate, Ryan's eyes opened, he moaned Horatio's name loudly and arched his back off the bed.

Horatio moved to kiss Ryan deeply, drowning out the sounds of Ryan's moaning and panting. Instead they turned into muffled whines and whimpers. He continued to thrust his fingers inside of Ryan, twisting and scissoring them occasionally. Ryan started to touch himself, rubbing his cock until he felt the familiar tension in his lower body.

Ryan's noises became frequent, so Horatio knew he was close. He moved his fingers faster to help. Ryan tensed below him and he kissed him harshly; the kiss was wet, full of tongue and a little bit of teeth. Horatio pulled away to and saw that Ryan had cum onto his own stomach. Ryan smiled and chuckled. "I feel better; thanks."

"I'm glad." Horatio placed another kiss to Ryan, whose smile faltered and now looked troubled. "Horatio, you didn't touch yourself?"

"No, I was concentrating on you." He told him. Ryan was happy to have him. The last 2 and a half months they were together as a couple and it was perfect. Although he had insisted otherwise, Horatio had been taking care of Ryan. He made sure that Ryan ate properly; he asked him to promise to cut out fast food after he'd read an article about it being terrible for the baby. He practically cooked for Ryan every night. Ryan was having issues with his body- Horatio always cheered him up. He even took Ryan to his last doctor's appointment. Horatio had held his hand the entire time.

"Well since you were so good at taking care of me just now," Ryan said, "I'll take care of you. Lay down."

Horatio did as he was told. Ryan unbuttoned and unzipped Horatio's pants, and started to stroke him. He watched his face; his eyes were closed and he could see his chest expanding and retracting with each deep breath. Ryan didn't miss when he'd cum eventually, Horatio let out a strangled groan as he grabbed Ryan's free hand. When he was finished, Ryan kissed him. "I love you."

Horatio opened his eyes and smiled. "Hmm," he hummed. "Let's take a shower before Kyle gets here."

Ryan took his hand as he led him into the bathroom.

He didn't mind that Horatio didn't say that he loved him back. Ryan knew that his feelings weren't quite there yet, and he definitely didn't want Horatio to say it if he didn't mean it. He wanted those three words to have meaning to Horatio. Ryan told Horatio he loved him because he did. He was okay with knowing that Horatio wasn't ready to say it back. Though, of course he hoped it would be soon.

Ryan was drying his hair with a towel when the doorbell rang. Horatio noticed the full-blown look of panic that painted Ryan's face. He placed a kiss to his forehead and squeezed his hand. "It'll be okay; I'm here." He told him. "Why don't you go sit down over there and try to relax?"

Ryan threw his towel in the nearby clothes hamper and made his way to the couch. Horatio opened the front door to see a very happy looking Kyle. "Hey dad! I'm glad you called. It's kind of boring at home." Kyle stepped inside the home and took his jacket off.

"Good to see you, Kyle. I'll hang your jacket in the closet and you can go get settled in the living room." Horatio told him. Kyle handed off his jacket and made his way into the other room. He was surprised to see Ryan there. They hadn't seen each other since the incident at the bar months ago.

Kyle sat down on a nearby chair. "Hey Ryan; I didn't know you would be here." He said. Ryan nodded and opened his mouth to speak, but Horatio had come into the room and beat him to it. "Ryan will be joining us tonight." He sat on the couch right next to Ryan. Kyle thought it was odd for him to sit so close to the other, but obviously the two were friends so it was okay. "I hope that's alright."

Kyle nodded. "Of course it's alright. So what's the plan?"

Horatio hadn't really thought about what they would do. His mindset was on telling Kyle and him and Ryan. But he didn't want to just jump right into it, he wanted to casually bring it up. Well, as casually as he could.

"Well, we can get food. Are you hungry?" Ryan asked. "We can order something."

Ryan was always hungry these days. He had just eaten a few hours ago. But they had expected that to happen. "Ryan, no fast food." Horatio warned.

"Oh, right I forgot. Fast food has been making me sick lately." Ryan told Kyle. He smiled and shrugged. "I'm not hungry anyways. Why don't we go out and do something? There's a pool hall we can go to."

Pool halls had drinkers and smoker. Ryan should not be around cigarette smoke while pregnant. He looked to Horatio, who seemed to confirm his thoughts by shaking his head no. Maybe they should just tell him and get it over with.

"So, Kyle are you seeing anyone? Do you have a girlfriend?" Ryan asked, trying to break the ice.

Kyle's face flushed as he smiled and said no. "No, no girlfriend. Not yet anyways. But there is a girl I like but honestly I'm afraid of asking her out."

"But Kyle you have to take that chance. You don't want to spend your life wondering 'what if'. Just ask her out, she might surprise you and say yes and you never know- you could get yourself a girlfriend." Ryan told him. Kyle seemed to be thinking about what he said. "I guess you're right. Maybe I will."

Ryan spoke from experience. If he hadn't taken chances, he wouldn't have become an officer, then a CSI. He wouldn't have had this relationship with Horatio. He wouldn't be having baby. He was glad he took chances.

"Kyle, I have something I need to tell you." Horatio told him. Kyle stared, expectantly. Even shooting Ryan a worried glance. "What is it? Is something wrong, dad?"

Horatio saw that Ryan was twiddled his thumbs, not making eye contact with either of the men. He gave him a reassuring pat on the thigh, which didn't go unnoticed by Kyle. "Well, Ryan and I have been dating."

Kyle scrunched up his face. Didn't see that one coming. Horatio's eyes remained on him. Ryan occasionally glanced up to Kyle but not directly. "Um. That's cool, I guess." This was more awkward than the time he saw Ryan at the bar.

Kyle shot out of his seat and stared accusingly at Ryan. "Wait a minute, that's why dad got so upset when he saw you and Dave together," he exclaimed, "you two were seeing each other and you kissed another guy!"

Ryan frantically shook his head. "No, that's not it at all. I wouldn't do that"

Horatio stood and made his way to Kyle, touching his shoulder. "Remain calm, Kyle. Ryan and I were not together at the time. I was upset because, well, I was jealous."

Kyle nodded. "Oh. Sorry." He chuckled softly and sat back down. "Okay, so you're dating. What about that Dave guy?"

"Well, he and I are over. I'm much happier with Horatio." Ryan said. Horatio smiled at the confession as he sat back down. That too, didn't go unnoticed by Kyle. As long as his dad was happy he couldn't object. It was a shock to know his dad liked other men, but Kyle liked Ryan. He seemed like a good guy. "Alright, as long as you're happy."

Ryan looked up at Horatio, but seemed concerned. Kyle saw him move his hand over his stomach and rub it slightly, a habit Horatio noticed he'd picked up the last few weeks. Kyle wondered if Ryan had an upset stomach. "Well that's not all we need to tell you." Ryan said. Horatio sighed and fought for the right words to say. There was no possible way to ease him into this.

"Kyle, Ryan is pregnant."

Just rip the band aid off.

There was pure silence. No one said anything. Frankly, Ryan was too afraid to speak. Horatio wanted Kyle to say something. Kyle was too shocked to speak. Then he smiled and laughed. "Oh, I get it. That's a weird joke." Horatio loved puns, so surely this was a weird joke they were playing on Kyle. He kept watching Ryan, though. Kyle did notice that his hand was still on his stomach and his shirt was too big for him. He could also se he was a little bit bigger than last time. Obviously, Kyle wasn't going to say anything about that though. But every one gained weight. "This is a joke, right? I mean, it has to be. There's no way Ryan is pregnant." He went on. "It's kind of funny, but not your best work, dad."

Ryan rolled his eyes as he stood, his emotions getting the better of him. His hands gripped the hem of his shirt and pulled it up to expose his stomach. "Look, there's a baby in there. I know it's hard to believe, Kyle, but it's true. I am pregnant." He announced. Kyle couldn't take his eyes off of Ryan's stomach. Yep, Ryan is definitely bigger. But a baby? It was just hard to believe.

"I have to go to the bathroom." Kyle rushed out of the room and up the stairs. The two men heard a door slam shut. Ryan released his shirt and shook his head. "That didn't go well."

"You probably didn't need to lift your shirt," Horatio stifled his laughter. "But he's just surprised. Give him a while and it'll be okay." Horatio wrapped his arms around Ryan. He hoped it would be okay. This was why he was afraid of telling their friends.

Like I said, I'm thinking 5 more chapters. That's what I have pre-written but it kind of feels rushed so I may extend it. I guess we'll see. Thanks for reading!