Ok, you know what? I've got nothing. No excuse at all. So, please, enjoy.
-Baby, I'm really not in shape nor the mood to go to the gym.
Quite frankly, Koga easily understood why Kagome would say that. She was as sick as one can get. Her skin had took a constant greenish taint and she had lost a couple pounds because of the pregnancy. Even if she was still the most beautiful woman on Earth, Koga could not help but be scared at the sight of his fiancee. He never, in his entire life, seen a pregnancy that bad and he had seen his fair share of birth given he was present for most in the old days.
-I know you don't feel good, Kag, but I promise you it can only help you. The... females of the pack came to me and convinced me that that's what you need.
-But why?
-Literally, because you are who you are, babe. Human. You can't produce the youkai energy that the foetus need and is trying to get from you. That's why you kinda feel better in my arms, because I produce male youkai energy or some shit like that.
He was kind of happy she was too preoccupied with everything going on for noticing the pause in his sentence. Kagome eyed her man with such a exasperated look, he could feel it. She really had a gift for communicating her emotions.
-Don't look at me like that! I swear I'm only doing that because I'm sure that this is the best option for you.
-Ok… On one condition.
-Anything, baby girl.
-You have to bring me to the car in your arms. All the way down to the underground parking, bridal style. I am way too tired to walk.
-For you, I roamed the country, I searched every village and forest and mountain and I would have crossed the sea if our old pal hadn't stopped me. So take your stuff in your hands in front of you because your feet are about to no longer touch the ground.
Once in his arms, her legs were dangling freely, one of her arms behind his neck, the other one holding her bag having difficulties keeping it straight on top of her prominent baby bump. She was in no condition to leave the apartment either alone or long enough to go to see the doctor, so she didn't know if everything was normal. Yet again, she didn't know what the normal was with interracial pregnancies between demon and priestess. This baby had quite unique circumstances, if she said so.
Wolves are creatures very family-oriented. They mate for life and they are most likely gonna stay with the same pack their entire life, alphas excepted. So it should not come as a surprise to anyone that wolf yokai are kinda the same. They have this tendency to find a specific spot where they can all just meet and hang out without any human judgment. Koga used to just find some random place in the forest where they could live together without being attacked all the time. It was kind of difficult now that they had humans lurking at literally every corner. So when he had found this really old warehouse really industrial style, he bought it without giving it any second thoughts. It was a huge open space made of light grey concrete and windows with red steel beams every five meters. There was a portion of it with offices and standard-size rooms. He had bought it for the whole pack to meet. They had paint every beam the same red it was, they had washed every inch and, apart from the ones in the roof, had put something on the windows so they could not see outside but still let the light in. The alpha had kept an office to himself while transforming the other ones in bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms and showers for the times of need. They put a thick black carpet in the open space and multiple workout machines such as a squat rack, dumbbells, deadlift weights, etc. That largely explained why wolves were so popular with girls.
When the alpha couple arrived, there was 4 she-wolves waiting in Koga's office: Emica, Kazuko, Chika and Aiko. They were all potential betas for Kagome so it did not bother him that much that they were inside without being invited… only a little.
Kagome was kind of confused. She did not know those girls. There was tall black-haired girl with big green eyes, a beautiful blond girl with pale blue eyes, a red redhead girl with brown eyes and a short brown-haired girl with yellow-ish eyes. The tall one took a step forward towards them.
-There you are! I was getting worried.
-Eh… and you are..?
-I'm sorry, I forgot we didn't meet yet. I'm Emica. I'm one of your potential betas. We all are. I asked Mister Perfect over here to bring you so WE could take care of you.
She had made a sign designing the other girls while speaking. The blond girl took that opportunity to step forward too. She looked sweet and concerned. She delicately took her bag from her hands before looking at her alpha in the eyes with a shy smile.
-I'm Kazuko, come. We are going to give you a long relaxing bath.
Another thing people have to know before entering in a demon wolf pack: wolves are very tactile. They like to hug and hold hands and caressing and caring. Literally every occasion to touch a person they care about is a great opportunity for them and they're going to dive in head first. And that's exactly how Kagome ended up with a redhead, Aiko, and a brunette, Chika, on each side, supporting her weight by having each an arm on her opposed hip. Kazuko was leading the way to the spa-room while Emica was staying behind.