Chapter 13: Mood Swings and Baby Names

As it was expected, Sebastian's pregnancy began to physically show within the passing weeks, and William found himself becoming less willing to leave Sebastian's side. When he wasn't harvesting a soul for Sebastian, at work, or When Sebastian wasn't asleep or eating, the two of them would go out and walk around town. Whether it was in London in the human realm or the Reaper realm, it never mattered. Sebastian would wear looser clothing to keep his slightly curved abdomen hidden away from the prying eyes of humans.

Of course, it came as no surprise to William when he discovered that almost every Reaper he had associated with and many more knew of his love for the demon and also knew of the child that was on the way. It didn't exactly surprise him, because these were things immortals could detect, and with the expecting demon out in plain sight, it was something that didn't escape a Reaper's wandering eyes.

As Sebastian's pregnancy progressed into its third month, William noticed a new symptom show of his pregnancy. Mood swings began to trouble him. He would most often come home to find the demon crying because he had grown lonely, or sometimes for no reason at all. Originally, Reapers were taught that demons were incapable of feeling emotions that would cause them to shed tears. Obviously, that fact didn't apply to the ones who were expecting; who had their hormones scrambled in a thousand different ways.

William found Sebastian's mood swings rather easy to handle. Normally when they did act up, the demon would just cry. The moodiness could easily be cured just by having the Reaper hold him. It was like dealing with a child, and their child hadn't even been born yet.

Upon returning home from work one day William found Sebastian in one of those moods; sitting on the couch, crying softly. The stern look the Reaper normally carried on his face softened as he approached him and settled himself at his side. He gently wrapped his arms around Sebastian as the demon leaned against him. Much like all the times before, Sebastian slowly calmed down and stopped crying.

"Did you get lonely again?" William asked.

Sebastian sighed and nodded.

A soft chuckle rose from William's throat as his hand ran over the curve of the demon's abdomen, "You know, if our child keeps this up—making you upset all the time—then it's not going to know how to express its own emotions."

The statement forced a laugh out of Sebastian, "I suppose you're right about that."

There was enough space left on the couch for William to lie down, resting his head against Sebastian's abdomen and Sebastian ran his fingers through the Reaper's hair. A smile appeared on William's face as he felt the child move from somewhere within Sebastian's womb.

"Does that happen often?" he asked.

Sebastian nodded, "Yes. Usually it'll be at night or when you're away… or whenever it's not fed on time."

"Have you thought of any names?"

"I thought of a few. I've settled on two for a girl and one for a boy."

"What are the girl's names?"

"Anya and Sabine."

"And the boy?"

"You won't like it."

William furrowed his brow at the statement, "What would make you think that? You know that I'm fine with whatever you choose."

Sebastian nodded, "Faustus."

On the outside, William's expression did not change, but what occurred inside his mind made him think. A German alchemist by the name of Faust had formed a contract with the devil, upon which the Faustian Contract bore its name. William could only assume this name, Faustus, had something to do with that.

But this child was that of him and Sebastian. It was no contractor or some symbol of a demon's contract. It was a child; half Grim Reaper, half demon. It was another immortal that was soon to join the world; a rare occurrence compared to the rate humans reproduced.

It took William but a moment to process these thoughts, and when each thought had been completed, he looked up as Sebastian.

"I don't hate it." He remarked, stroking the demon's abdomen gingerly, "I like that name… Faustus."

((Really, I just winged it with the girl's names; I couldn't think of anything too intellegant. Hope you liked this story so far, and please remember to REVIEW!))