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When Hiroki awoke in the evening, he still couldn't believe all the things that happened today. His parents had accepted his homosexuality and most of all, they had accepted his boyfriend.
The brunette snuggled closer to his love, drawing soft circles with his fingers over the broad chest. He felt so happy, it could not be described. His chest was wide and free, like a big rock had been lifted from it, from his heart. Nowaki was with him, their parents had accepted them and they were going to have a child soon, founding their own family. Everything was perfect for once.
Hirokis mouth began to follows his fingers and he pressed soft, open mouthed kisses on Nowakis chest.
" Hmm... that feels nice...", he heard the sleepy voice of his lover and then a warm arm wrapped around him, pulling him closer, so his head was now resting on Nowakis shoulder.
" You're awake?", Hiroki whispered and his fingers stopped. He felt how Nowaki pressed a kiss on his hair. The ravens eyes were closed and he contently inhaled Hirokis smell.
" I'd rather be asleep, if that's what you're doing than...", he mumbled against the brown hair and caressed Hirokis shoulder. " Don't stop...", he added after a moment of silence.
The professor chuckled and started the gentle movement again. Nowaki hummed contently.
After a while the doctor turned around, so he now was facing Hiroki. He lay his legs over the others and pulled Hiroki closer to his chest, covering the fine hair with kisses.
" Hiro-san?", he whispered hoarsely, not sure if the other fell asleep again. Hiroki hummed, to show that he was listening and again kissed the chest in front of him.
" Thank you..", Nowaki continued and lifted Hirokis head, kissing him gently. The brunette smiled at him. He didn't see the need to respond. Nowaki could clearly read what he felt right now on his face. That he was as happy as his younger lover.
They stayed in bed a little while longer, caressing each other lovingly, spooning while they would whisper sweet nothings in the ear of the other. Their lips would meet in soft and innocent kisses, for once no lust behind their emotions, just enormous happiness. They would look into each others eyes and when Nowaki played with the brown hair of Hiroki or the brunette traced the fine features of the taller man, they would smile.
" What time is it?", Hiroki mumbled after a while. Nowaki rolled around, his arms never leaving the professor, while he took a glance at the clock.
" 5pm..."
" We missed lunch...", Hiroki mumble and suddenly blushed. His parents didn't like him skipping a meal with them, so he was sure his mother had come up to fetch them. He didn't want to imagine what she had seen.
Nowaki smiled at Hirokis red face and once more kissed him gently, his lips lingering for a moment before they parted and he slipped out of bed.
Hiroki shivered when the warm body left his side and pulled the blanket around him more tightly. His eyes followed the naked body of Nowaki, taking his time to take in all of the well formed buttocks, his mouth going dry at the sight. He couldn't described his lover with other words than sexy, manly and wonderful.
After he had taken a good look at the naked glory in front of him he sat up completely, hissing at the sore feeling of his hips.
" Can you hand me my cloths?", he asked quietly as he placed his feet on the cold floor. Nowaki looked at him over his shoulder and smiled, scanning the ground for the piece of fabric. When he had picked up their clothes he walked over to the bed, pulling his lover up in one swift movement. The brunette stretched his hand for his shirt, but was held back by the raven. He took Hirokis hands tightly in his and then kneeled down in front of him, kissing the stomach in front of him.
Hiroki looked down on his, a soft smile spreading on his lips while he began to caress the black hair as Nowaki worshiped his belly.
" You keep on doing that...", he said wonderous. " Why?" Well theoretically he knew why, but he wanted to hear it from Nowakis mouth. The raven looked up to him, slowly standing up, cradling Hirokis face.
" Because I adore you. I adore you for having my child in you, though I've hurt you so many times in the past. I adore you for still loving me and for accepting being pregnant with my child, without a word of complain, though you know it's going to be hard and though you know it might cause troubles with our families. And I adore the little human being, that is growing inside you. And I love you for being mine and I want to prove it to you everyday, so I'm worshipping you and my child."
Hirokis eyes were glistening with tears. He covered the strong neck of his lover with a hand before he pulled him down for a hungry kiss. Nowaki chuckled against his lips.
" When you kiss my like that, I can't guaranty as going down too soon..."
Hioki rpulled away and took his clothes out of Nowakis hands, dressing quickly.
" Then you aren't allowed to say such arousing words...", he grumbled, something resolving into Nowaki laughing.
When they finally left the room some minutes later, Nowaki slipped his hand into Hirokis, and the brunette didn't pull back for once. Their parents already knew about them, no need to hide anymore.
Hand in hand they walked downstairs, finding the living room empty, but they could hear the cheerful laughter of children from outside, so they strolled towards the porch.
When the couple stepped out into the warm evening sun they could see the rest of the family, Amaya excluded, playing hide and seek, Thomas being the seeking one at the moment. Hiroki watched with a kind of fascination. He couldn't remember ever playing with parents like that, but he hoped he would be able to do so with his child.
Amaya was setting the table next to them with tea and some pastries. When she heard the door opening she turned around and smiled at her son and his partner. She noticed their intertwined hands and the mess of their hair and grinned. She was really happy for her son.
" Finally awake?", she asked leering. Hiroki didn't notice and looked at his mother questioningly.
" I thought you'd wake us. You normally do...", he said and looked at her, curiosity in his eyes. Amaya smirked at him, and this time he saw, before she turned to the table again.
" Oh I wanted to. But I wouldn't dare to interrupt your sweet time. You looked so comfortable, laying there naked and spooning each other in your sleep."
Nowaki chuckled at Amayas straightforwardness while his brunette lover had the decency to blush. There were moments where he really hated his mother for being so outspoken.
" But at least you kept quite. I wouldn't want to explain some curious children what their brother and my son were making for weird noises..." Amaya grinned at Hiroki again. It was always fun to tease her son.
" Mom!", Hiroki shouted outraged, his face beet red. Nowaki chuckled again and felt that he really began to like the woman in front of him. She was kind to her son, but how it seemed, wouldn't ever hold back to tease him.
" I ensure you, that I#ll keep him quiet.", he said with a wide grin, taking a step to the side foresight. But it didn't save him from the hard punch he received from his embarrassed lover.
He only laughed at the growling Hiroki and quickly kissed him on the temples.
" Hey... Lots of Love..", he whispered mockingly and Hiroki frowned at him, but a smile was tucking on the corner of his mouth.
Amaya smiled at the boys and then waved their hands towards the chairs.
" Come on sit down, sons, I'll fetch the others!" With that she walked towards the small forest in the back of the house, calling for the rest of the family, being glad that she never had been one to nod off in the English lessons.
Nowaki looked at her departing back, his eyes wide in shock, then slowly turning to Hiroki, swallowing hard.
" Did she just call me..." Hiroki smiled at him gently, being very happy at the moment, stepping closer to Nowaki and taking his hand.
" Son, yeah...", he completed the sentence. The raven leaned down a bit, his eyes glistening with happy tears, while he pressed a sweet kiss on the brunettes lips.
He never had dreamed of being accepted by Hirokis parents so fast. He had thought he'd have to prove himself to them, showing them that he was serious about Hiroki and that he had no malicious intentions, that he really cared for the older man. But Amaya had just like that accepted him, an after only some hours already called him her son. It was more that he had ever wanted.
" Hey, bro, stop smooching Hiroki in front of everyone and sit down already! I'm hungry!" Lily's voice interrupted their intimate moment. They hadn't realized the others arriving and sitting down on the veranda. Now all eyes were one them, amusement sparkling in them. The two boys sat down, both their heads dugged in embarrassment, even Nowaki found the situation awkward.
But it didn't take log for them to recover from the incident and soon the whole family was chattering loudly and happily, exchanging teasing banter now and then. A thoroughly happy family.
If someone had a few weeks ago told Hiroki, that he was going to enjoy the time at his childhood home and that he after a week would even want to stay a little longer, he would have declared the one mad.
But now exactly that had happened. When the day they had to leave arrived he felt sad. His refusal to leave may have partly come from the fact that he had to tell his parents about his pregnancy today, but mostly it was because he never had been so happy with his parents. He always had had a good relationship with them, but Nowaki had made it better, more open and heart-warming.
The Miles and Kamijous got along perfectly well and latter warmed up to Nowaki real fast. It was no wonder, regarding his open and cheerful nature. But it came quite clear that Amaya was totally taken by him, and she would sometimes out of happiness hug the boys, telling them how happy she was that they were together. She hadn't stop calling Nowaki her son and she already was looking forward to the day when she could really call him family.
They had gone on little trips, had played with the children, and when the little ones were in bed they would chatter till deep in the night.
Maya had become really attached to Hiroki and was always running around him, demanding him to pick her up, kissing his cheeks, hugging him. Hiroki had never found so much joy in a small child as in the shy, but clever girl. Sometimes when she stretched out her arms to him, he would automatically pick her up and settle her on his hip, taking with her in English. She was totally smitten with her brothers lover and never left his side. Sharon had barely been able to keep her from sleeping with the couple.
He was her 'Roki-chan', how she started to call him after being told by Lily that Japanese would add a -chan to some people and when she couldn't speak his name at an instant she had stomped her feet at the ground and said: " Stupid!" Then she had toddled over to Hiroki and lifted her arms. " Roki-chan, pick me up!", she demanded and the brunette was happy to obey the little princess' wish.
All in all, Hiroki had never been so happy with his family.
Now he was fidgeting, the curious eyes of two families on him. They had sent the children outside to play, with Lily as their watchdog, because Hiroki didn't want them to experience the upcoming clash, that he was sure, was to come.
After they had sat in silence for a while, Amaya chuckled.
" You know... this reminds me of the day you arrived here. What are you going to tell us this time? If it's about the bed sheets... I know that I have to wash them!", she grinned, the grin being returned by Nowaki while Hiroki looked like he wanted to disappear in a hole.
" Mom!", he protested weakly, his father looking at his wife, his eyes rolling.
" It isn't about the sheets...", Nowaki chuckled.
" Then you're going to tell us, that you're engaged and want to marry soon?" Amaya clapped her hands in excitement, looking like a small child. She didn't notice her son flinching at the mention of marriage and taking a quick glance at his lover with remorse in his eyes. Makoto though saw it and decided to talk with his wife about it later. He had the feeling that it was somehow connected to the year they hadn't heard anything of their son.
" No..we won't marry...", Nowaki answered, disappointment clearly audible in his voice. But he couldn't blame Hiroki for having rejected his proposal. Not anymore.
The older Kamijou frowned.
" You want to adopt a child?", she guessed. Nowaki shook his head.
" Though it certainly is about a child.", he added after a short pause.
The brunette woman frowned again, then she turned to her son.
" You wouldn't dare to have a child without telling me, would you? And you wouldn't dare to betray your lover, right?", she said with a mortifying glare.
" The hell? Why should I? We've been together for years, how could I make love to someone else in this time? And why do you automatically assume, that I'd be the one cheating? You're my mother, you're supposed to always support me not accuse me of betraying my lover!", Hiroki shouted angrily.
Damn this hormones, he thought. Even he normally wasn't to explode so fast.
" Well I know that you had been quite the player..." Hiroki flushed at the words, bowing his head in shame.
" That was a long time ago!", he mumbled through clenched teeth. Nowaki softly touched his hand and pressed it soothingly.
" Now now.. I don't think that either one of them betrayed the other. We should just let them tell us what they want to tell, Amaya.", Sharon said, smiling kindly at her son-in-law and his love. The others nodded and all eyes went on the couple again.
When Hiroki didn't say anything, but would just press his lips together while his hands curled into fists, Nowaki sighed and caressed it. Then the raven looked at their families, softly smiling.
" This may seem quite unbelievable for you, but I assure you, that what we have to say is now joke but only the truth. I must admit that even I didn't believe it first, and I'm a doctor and should know about such things. But it is possible, I learned. Due to an kind of virus going around, though I think it's more a wonder than a disease. There was some kind of expermiment years ago. In fact Hiro-san is only the third in Japan to be infected, and..."
" Oh stop the babbling already and tell us!", Thomas interrupted. Nowaki blinked at him in surprise, never having seen his father interrupting someone, then he brushed over Hirokis hands and looked at him.
Hiroki was pleading him with his eyes to tell them, but Nowaki softly shook his hand. This was something he had to do.
The brunette opened his mouth to speak, but his voice gave in and he only made some sort of weird gagging noise. His eyes were fixed on the table as he tried again.
" Well the ...thing... is...", he stuttered. Then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
" I'm pregnant!", he finally brought out.
It was silent in the room and Hiroki opened his eyes again, and then two things happened.
The first was Sharon spewing out her tea and the second was Makoto fainting, falling backwards on the floor.
" Oh my...", Amaya said.
After ten minutes of silence in which Makoto had woken up and Sharon had gotten rid of her mess, Hiroki jumped up and stormed out of the room and ran upstairs, Nowaki right behind him.
" Hiro-san!", he shouted.
When the raven entered the room his lover was on the bed, sobbing into the pillows.
" Hiro-san?", he softly asked.
" They hate me now...!", the brunette whimpered, his voice muffled by the pillows in front of his face.
Nowaki walked over, carefully sitting down on the edge of the bed, resting his hand on the fragile looking and trembling back of his lover, caressing it gently.
" They don't hate you, darling... They're just surprised. It was to be expected...", he whispered.
" I did expect some things. But not this. Not them saying nothing... I... expected them to shout at me, maybe even be happy for me... But they won't say anything... They...they find me disgusting..."
Nowaki leaned over, his weight pressing down on Hiroki while he kissed the pale neck.
" They don't find you disgusting. There's nothing for them to find disgusting. You're a wonderful person and your parents love you. And they will be happy for you when they understood what it means for you. It's gonna be okay, honey. They accepted us within a day and they won't reject us now. Not when we are about to have our own little family..."
Hiroki wanted to respond to his lovers words, feeling a little calmer already, bu he was stopped by a soft knock on the door.
After taking one more glance at his lover, Nowaki stood up and opened the door, looking at Amaya who took a quick look over his shoulder at her son.
" Could I speak with Hiroki, please?", she asked. " Alone?"
Nowaki hesitated for a moment, then nodded and stepped out of the room, going downstairs to face the others.
Amaya stepped into the room, and closed the door behind her. Then she walked over to the bed, where Hiroki had sat up in the meantime and now looked at her with red and puffy eyes.
Amaya sat down next to him and stared at him for a while, before she wiped away the tears from his cheeks.
" How far along are you?", she asked, her voice only a soft whisper.
" 13 weeks..." , Hiroki replied, watching his mother warily.
" Hiroki, darling... are you sure about this. You and Nowaki haven't been together for so long. You should not be to hasty with such things..."
" Mom... we've been together for almost seven years... okay six, because the year two years ago doesn't count..." He didn't finish the sentence as he saw how surprised his mother looked.
" You have been together for so long and only decided to tell us this year?", she asked. Hiroki looked down on his hands.
" I was sure you'd reject us and until a short while ago I wasn't sure if Nowaki loved me enough...", he admitted after debating with himself if he should tell his mother everything. But he decided for it. Amaya had always been there for him. She was a good listener and she had always comforted him afterwards.
" Why weren't you sure?", his mother asked him.
And Hiroki told her. He told her everything. He told her how he and Nowaki had met, how he slowly fell in love with him, how he had wanted to propose to to him only to find out that Nowaki had left for America. He told her how much despair he felt in this time, told her about the dark thoughts he had at that time, he told her about his nightmares, how Misaki and Akihiko had helped him, how he had moved in with them. He told his mother how he had let Nowaki into his live again and how he was hurt again. How he had forgiven him. He told her about the disaster with the rings and the proposal and how they had started again. And then he told her about how he found out about his pregnancy, how he had feared Nowakis reaction and how happy he had been when Nowaki had been full of joy over the baby. And at least he told her how Nowaki always was kissing his stomach, kissing their baby because he loved the two of them.
They both had been crying in the middle of the story. Amaya had never know that Nowaki meant so much for her son. But now, as he had told her about the kindness he gave the baby she smiled.
She again wiped the tears from her sons face.
" Are you happy Hiroki? With the child I mean?"
Hiroki smiled at his mother and nodded while he covered his belly.
" I am. I'm still not sure if I'll be a good father. But I am happy to have the opportunity to found my own family. I am happy, Mom..."
Amaya smiled at him.
" That's all I need to know. If you're happy then I'm happy for you too." She took her son in her arms and kissed his cheeks.
" And now lets go down and show the others how happy you are. Because no one could misunderstand the smile you have right now..."
Hiroki sobbed against his mothers shoulder and hugged her tighter.
" Thank you Mom! I love you!" Amaya looked at her son surprised, she had never heard the words from him and realized that it must me Nowakis influence.
" I love you too!"
So that was the chapter :D I hope you liked it! Thanks for reading and until the next chapter! See you!