Hello all! How are you doing? Hope you're all well!
Honestly, the large majority of this has been ready for a good while. Was just a case of finishing. Despite having two weeks stuck inside, the vision of getting sooooo much writing done wasn't meant to be.
But, it got finished in the end! And I'm happy to have this ready before going back to work!
A big thank you to those who are still reading and to everyone who was nice enough to leave a comment! Thank you so much!
As always, a huge thank you and credit to Lux for helping me get this fic done, taking her role as Ray as always as well as his mother and a few others here and there!
Warning: There is a lemon at the end of this chapter.
Hope you enjoy!
Home
With an excited smile, a little bit of apprehension in his veins, Ray steadied himself outside Kai's hospital room. Finally he was getting to take him home.
Where they could really put back the pieces of their relationship together.
Where Kai could be more comfortable in his own bed, in his own room and in his own shower. Giving a gentle knock before he entered, his smile reached from pointy ear to pointy ear as he strode into the room.
"You ready to go home?"
Kai was sat waiting on the edge of the bed. His whole being illuminated as Ray came in, shuffling to get himself off the bed quickly, aided by Tao giving his back a gentle push.
He finally made it upright, grinning as hard as Ray was as he waddled over holding his back. "Yesssss!" he seeped out in a higher pitched voice than usual, draping his arms round his shoulders while trying to angle himself in for a kiss.
Holding him back Ray pecked him on the lips, happy to have that as Kai's first reaction to seeing him. "Okay, let's get your stuff then." He smiled, pecking Kai on the lips again.
Kai swiveled on his axis, waddling back to the bed like a hyper duckling, where Tao held his bag out with his own smirk.
Kai grinned at him as well, taking the bag and swiveled back, like the slowest possible ball in a ping pong game.
His feet shuffled harder back to Ray. "Got it!" he grinned even bigger, "Take me home!"
If he could, he'd pick Kai up and carry him the whole way.
But, he was a bit too round for that at the moment...
"Bag." He held his hand out for it.
No way in hell was he going to let him carry that back home.
Kai held it out, letting his dumb lovesick smile spread.
"Thanks..."
He handed it over, holding his now free hand out to him.
Ray flashed him a smile back, taking up his hand in his. He wanted nothing more than to just drag him out as fast as he could, but exercised some self restraint and held back. He'd let Kai set the pace in which they walked/ waddled out.
"So... Did either of them finally crack and tell you what we're having?"
Kai shot a glare at Tao, who snorted.
"No! They won't tell me..." he pouted.
Ray frowned, though knew better than to start anything with Tao at the moment. "Well, won't be long I guess."
Kai let out a vibrating, uncomfortable laugh.
"Yep! That's right! Not long to go..."
Ray's smile fell a little, "It's gonna be okay." He gave Kai's hand a reassuring squeeze in his.
Kai clamped it back. "Mmhmm! I know! Allllllll fine!" he blew out his mouth, "Now let's go! I can feel that couch calling my name!"
Ray nodded, following behind him with a worried expression etching into his face. Going silent until they were out of listening range from the others around them, taking forever just to get from the room to the front doors. "What's wrong?" He finally broke the silence once they were outside and on the path to their house.
Kai shook his head. "What do you mean? Nothing's wrong! Why would anything be wrong? I'm happy! I'm coming home to you!" he fired out.
"Kai..." Ray sighed out, pulling him closer by the hand as they walked. "Something's wrong, so just talk to me. I can't help if I don't know what to do."
Kai hummed to fight it in his throat. "It's just...we're not ready at all! I don't know where to even start preparing! What if we forget something really important!? What if I go in to labor early?! And I checked with Tao! They don't offer pain relief!" he squeaked at the end, crossing his legs together as he waddled.
"And I told you I'd take care of it, didn't I?" Ray asked a he rubbed his thumb along the top of Kai's hand where he held him. "There's not much I can do about the pain though."
"And how are you supposed to take care of it all by yourself while training?" he asked, "we have no clothes for it, we don't have a bed...we don't have anything to clean it! Or feed it! What if we suffocate it in its sleep?"
Ray let Kai's hand go, stepping up in front of him and putting his hands on his shoulders. "Breathe, Kai, you just got out of the hospital and I don't want to turn you around and take you back." He said firmly, locking eyes with his distressed mate. "It's going to be okay, I promise. We have time, it may not seem like it but we do. Even if you were to go into an early labor, heaven forbid you do, but we'll have everything we need."
Kai sighed and leaned in to his hold. "You're right. I'm sorry. I can't switch it off...I'll feel much better once we get the ball rolling on it."
"Okay. I'll make sure to start once we get you home." Ray smiled at him, kissing the top of his head before pulling back and taking his hand back up.
Kai sighed lovingly and followed along with him. "Oooooh do we have any chicken? You think you could make the thing I like? Been dreaaaaaaming about it for days."
"We have a fully stocked kitchen, thanks to mom." Ray chuckled though wasn't sure exactly which chicken dish Kai was talking about. "I'm sure I can make it, tomorrow sound good?" He pitched.
"Awwwwwwww she diiiiiiiiid? Ah, I love that woman...!" he grinned.
Ray just laughed back at him, god he loved him. "I love you." He voiced as he squeezed Kai's hand again.
Yes, he knew this whole encounter had been one almost vomit inducing series of sap. But he didn't care. After everything, sugary explosions of love and gooey affection were just what the doctor ordered.
Kai bit in to his still grinning bottom lip. "I love you too..."
And hell, seemed like Kai had a real sweet tooth right now. Let him have it.
Ray swung the bag as they walked hand in hand down the chilly dirt track, the humid summer and rainy season left behind just in time for him to come home.
What felt like forever later for Kai, the familiar roof came in to view.
Ooooh that couch! That bed! That bathroom!
How he'd missed it!
"Ahhh thank god. Feet are starting to ache."
He whined happily as Ray got the door for him.
He kicked off his shoes, waddling through to the living room when he startled, getting hit in the ears with cheers and claps out of nowhere.
"Surpise!"
Kai took a second before he gasped.
They'd made a banner.
'Welcome Home / Baby Shower! '
Kai's eyes welled up, taking in his babies, friends and family.
"Guuuuyyyyyys!" He choked up, making Aoba reach for tissues automatically.
Tyson let out a chuckle through his self proud grin.
This was his brain child...
"Shoulda seen your face dude!"
Kai turned to Ray and slapped his arm.
"Did you know about this?"
"Eh, a little bit of it." Ray answered modestly with a tilt of his hand.
"Go sit down, you just said your feet were hurting you." He gently pushed him forward to go sit, taking the bag he'd been carrying to the stairs to put away quickly.
Max bounced up right to Kai, his face beaming.
"Hope you like it all." He sang out, throwing his arms around Kai's neck.
"And there's a stash of mustard in the cabinet next to the fridge." He whispered to him before he let him go.
Kai beamed back.
"Oooooh yesss! I love you!" He drooled as Max cleared the way for him to sit.
"Love you too!" Max's beaming face glowed brighter.
"Max, there's plenty of people in this village, go get your own." Ray snapped playfully as he came back down the stairs.
He put a hand to Kai's back gently, "Want something to drink?"
"Tea please." He smiled up at his hero.
As soon as it was uttered, Ray's mom and Aoba bolted to the kitchen to obey his wishes.
Ray just sighed, how was he supposed to be a better partner and help if everyone else was doing his job for him?
"Well, what about food? You hungry?" He tried again.
"Oh dude, your mom and Aoba made enough grub to feed the village in there!" Tyson laughed. "I made the sandwiches." He informed them proudly, "I even managed
to incorporate pickles in to them."
Kai's eyes shined.
"You did!?"
Tyson nodded. He'd done good.
...and he also had a weird craving for them.
"I'll just... Get you everything then..." Ray sighed again, his hand slipping off Kai's back as he went into the kitchen to go stock a plate up for him.
Ray's mom met him in the kitchen door, plate loaded up.
"Oh hi baby!" She said as she pat his cheek, "I'm just bringing this for Kai, looks hungry! You should get something too, plenty there! Everyone go help yourselves!"
She announced as she went over to her pregnant prince to nourish him and her grandbaby.
Ray's shoulders fell.
Was he just doomed from now on?
Left to being at the bottom of the totem pole, never to climb his way back up to the top?
That was his mate dammit, and he wanted to feed him!
"Hi to you too..." He grumbled under his breath, going for the food for himself as his feet dragged.
Tyson pushed by him.
"Grubsss upppppppppp!" He yelled as he launched at the table.
"Ah Ray, yo mama knows how to cook!"
Ray did his best not to give Tyson a glare, it slipped out anyways.
"Nah, you don't say?" He asked sarcastically as he grabbed up a plate.
"Only been eating her food since I was born."
Tyson threw a pickle in his mouth and cocked a brow.
"What's up your butt?"
"Nothing." Ray shook his head at him, piling some food on his plate until he clocked what Tyson just shoved in his mouth.
Oh god, he'd never be able to eat another pickle in his life after having put mustard on it.
A bright, mustard yellow, light bulb went over his head.
Rushing to the stash Max had provided them with in the cabinet by the fridge he grabbed what he hoped was his saving grace.
He died a little as the phantom taste came back to haunt him.
Whatever, it wasn't for him anyways.
Leaving his plate of food for another empty plate and tossing some pickles onto it, mustard in the other hand he went back out to where Kai was.
"Didn't know if you wanted any, but figured you might." He set the plate down on the table beside him, looking proud of himself.
Kai turned from Ray's mom and Mariah flapping over him.
His face lit up.
"Aw, thanks!" He squeaked as he launched at it.
Patting himself on the back for a job well done, Ray sent a dirty look to his mother.
"If you need anything, just ask." He said sweetly to Kai, ignoring the urge to gag at what he was doing.
His mother narrowed her eyes back. She saw that look. She knew that look.
He'd better not be giving her that look!
"And what is that for?" She asked warningly.
"Nothing, got something in my eye..." Ray said with a quick shake of his head, rubbing at his eye and quickly hot footing it back to the safety of the kitchen.
That was a bad idea.
Never ever rub mustard in your eye!
The hell was he thinking?!
"Ray?" Kai asked as he shuffled in after him.
Ray lit up.
He was being called on!
His time to shine!
"Yeah baby?"
Kai waddled over holding his back, face riddled with concern.
"Are you okay?"
Why did everyone keep asking him that?
He was fine!
He just wanted to feel needed, like he was doing all he could for him.
This was his chance, now that he had him back, to look after him and the baby like he should have done.
Start over like he said they would.
"Oh... I'm fine, why? You okay?" He diverted.
Kai eyed him.
"Because I know you. You've gone weird since we stepped in the house. Somebody upset you?" As asked as he brushed his arm.
Everyone.
But he couldn't very well tell Kai that.
Great, now he felt terrible.
This was supposed to be for Kai, and he was ruining it.
"No, I'm fine. Probably just tired, didn't get much sleep last night. I promise, I'm okay." He stepped up, pulling Kai into his arms and pecked him on the lips.
"Shouldn't be on your feet too long, okay?"
Kai held on to him as Ray parted.
"I won't. Just came to see you. Think you could come sit with me?" He asked timidly.
The negativity and gloominess disappeared.
He needed protecting!
"Of course, let me grab my plate and something to drink." Ray nodded as he pulled away fully and went to collect his abandoned food and a drink.
"A little overwhelming your first day back, isn't it?" He asked quietly as he came back towards him.
Kai nodded, looking guilty.
"This is so nice...I'm really grateful. Its just everyone is fussing and staring and its freaking me out a bit. Need you to come save me."
"I'm sorry, they really wanted to do this and I thought it'd be nice for you."
Kai waved frantically.
"It is! It is! I don't mean it that I don't like it. Its just...the attention is a bit much. And besides, it isn't just my baby, is it?"
Ray tried not to laugh at his flapping, it was kind of adorable.
"I know, but you're right. The attention can get a bit much and this is the first time the house has been this packed."
He didn't really understand why his heart hurt a little at Kai's last words.
Maybe that was the problem?
Not that he wanted all the attention brought to him, but at least made to feel like this was something for the both of them and not just the one who was pregnant.
"No, but you are the one carrying the baby. And you just got out of the hospital. It's only fair everyone is here for you. I'm happy enough just to be here for you too
though, so don't worry about me."
Kai huffed.
"I'm carrying your child, which is what everyone is excited about. So let's go celebrate, shall we? Together."
"Okay, I'm sorry." Ray smiled at him again, giving in.
"Let's go celebrate our baby." He directed them back to the living room, sitting down beside him on the couch like he said he would.
Tyson bounced as he swallowed half a sandwich.
"You guys eat!? I wanna give presents!" He screeched.
"I just sat down." Ray huffed back at him, "And don't scream, we're all right here and can hear better than you can." His ears were slightly ringing after that, had
Tyson always been able to produce noise that loudly before?"
"Yeh! Reign it in!" Kai snapped back, rubbing his own, feeling more powerful now Ray was by his side.
Tyson sunk.
"Sorry. You guys eat. We can wait."
Kai cocked a brow.
"Really? Done after first plate?"
Tyson perked.
"Yeh, good point!" He grinned as he bolted back to the food mountain.
Several trips back to reload his plate later, the small party was in full swing and filled with chatter. More like just a casual hang out with food.
Or in Yui's case, a few rare glasses of rice wine that Aoba had kindly brought.
But Mariah despaired at the dumb group of guys. Apart from her, Aoba and Ray's mom, no one was baby talking!
She saw Tyson get up to go get some more nibbles for the fourth or fifth time.
"So guys, what are you two hoping for?!" Mariah leapt in, stealing Tyson's spot closer to the couple of honor.
"BOY!" Kai fired out without a moments hesitation.
Ray just nodded, honestly he didn't care what the baby was. But for Kai, he prayed he spat out a boy for him.
"Oh, I always wanted a girl." His mother cooed in a reminiscing tone on the other side of the couch, getting a slightly offended look off Ray.
"Not that I don't love you any, dear, but girls are just soooo much easier."
"Ha! Like hell they are!" Aoba blurted out.
"Oh honey, don't take offence to this, but you're not a woman. Women click better with other little women, I've never had a problem with Mei or any of the other little girls I've helped raise around this village. None of my friends with daughters had any issues with their pregnancies or labors. But him." She pointed at her son on the couch.
Ray sunk down, his face starting to turn colors already as he tried to hide behind his plate of food. "Gave me trouble from the moment he was conceived. Wouldn't let me eat a damn thing for the first trimester, then he wanted all sorts of crazy things later on and you carry boys so low that you get the worst cramps in your back and legs. It was hellll."
Aoba frowned.
Pfff...old lady Kon popped out one kid and thought she knew it all!
He'd birthed two himself and dealt with everyone else as a job!
"Actually, you know the saying goes daddy's girls and momma's boys. I get on great with my little girl." he jabbed back, taking her comment personally like she was implying he didn't have a good relationship with his daughter since he was a male.
"But they're a different breed of difficult! And besides, I know plenty of women with daughters who are driven to tearing their hair out!"
Kai looked between them before looking down to his belly.
He had back cramps! His belly was hanging low...right?!
And he had morning sickness!
Oh thank god! It was a boy!
"And the whole thing about how you carry the baby isn't entirely accurate...just an old wives tale." Aoba added.
Kai's head snapped back to him.
Hn!?
"Oh no it's not, you were carrying lower with Yi than you did with Mei." She snapped back as she wagged a finger at him. "And he never got out of my hips, made it so hard I could hardly walk half the time."
Ray sunk even lower, wondering if he could some how just slip between the cushions and hide. She made it sound like he purposely did those things in utero.
Not like he asked to be planted in there!
Kai didn't know where to look, going between the two moms and his belly.
"My baby is always in my hips!" he squawked.
But Aoba wasn't done. "And didn't you ever see Feng Mian's bump?! Low as anything and she popped out a beautiful daughter."
Momma Kon waved her hand in the air like she was swatting a fly from her face. "Either way, that's not my point. Boys aren't nearly as easy as little girls are. At least Mei never just randomly walked up to a tree to pee on it in the middle of town."
"MOM!" Ray finally snapped, what did he ever do to deserve this torment?
Max, Tyson and the rest of the gang snorted behind their hands.
Momma Kon's eyes slit.
"What do you think you boys are laughing at?! You think you didn't do it either?! Urgh. Disgusting things..."
Aoba rolled his eyes.
"Ohhhh and girls don't have the spoilt little madam thing going on? Sure, they may be easier now, but wait til they hit puberty. Yikes..."
Kai clapped and pointed.
YES! Exactly!
He'd take some urine on a tree any day.
Mariah pouted.
"I resent that! I was fine during my difficult years!"
There was a moment of silence before Lee and Kevin sprayed spit, heads thrown back in a cackle of laughter.
Her eyes slit too.
"What!?"
"Ohhhh Mariah!" Lee wheezed as he wiped a tear, "You were anything but fine! Screaming in rage one minute, crying the next. None of us could do anything right. You once hit me for bringing you sweets when your...thing...was making you feel unwell and you accused me of trying to make you fat! Like...why the hell would I do that?!"
Mariah frowned harder.
"Because you wanted to make me ugly so no one would date me!"
Kai took notes, just in case.
That was brilliant...
Oh no...if it was a girl, some pimpley, gross, dick swinging chump was gonna piss on trees and try and take his little girl away from him...
His eyes brimmed and his throat clenched.
Yui tutted again at Aoba, "Because when boys go through puberty it's sooo much better right? They smell twenty four seven, like they forgot what a bar of soap looks like. Their rooms are never clean, and that's not the only thing that get dirtied." She sent a dirty look to her son who's face was hot red in color as they both recalled some very awkward laundry conversations.
Kai sniffled.
"A-actually, I was always very tidy and showered every day!" his voice wobbled.
He didn't mention the other thing for...reasons.
"Good for you dear." Yui pat Kai on the shoulder beside her, "Make sure you keep up the tradition with this little one." She pointed down at his belly. "But I won't lie to you, it's not going to be fun pushing him out of you. Not when his father has that big head of his, gets it from his father. A Kon trait."
Kai's eyes brimmed harder while a pitiful sound vibrated from his throat as he turned and smacked Ray in the arm.
"Ow! The hell was that for?" Ray flinched at the slap, rubbing his arm. "Mom, stop you're making him upset."
"I'm not the one that put a baby in him." She laughed back as she took a sip of her drink, "And please, that was a tiny little slap. I about ripped the family jewels off your father when I went into labor." She howled.
Ray was beginning to wonder if the woman had spiked her drink or something. The hell was with her today?!
Kai's eyes fired up through the water, glaring at him hard and nodding as he pointed at Ray's junk.
He would uphold the traditions all right!
Aoba quickly tiptoed over and took the glass of rice wine away. He knew he shouldn't have offered it.
Ray crossed his legs quickly, noticing the look in Kai's eyes and shifted towards the armrest away from him as far as he was allotted.
"First, it starts in your back and then it just comes through your entire stomach and down your legs. You'll probably be getting those fake ones here in the next month, they say they're supposed to help you 'prepare' for the real deal." Yui continued on, not even registering her cup being taken from her hold. "It's all lieessss. Nothing can prepare you for the real deal, not even when you're experiencing it. Begged your father to just take me home, let me sleep, which is another thing." She shifted closer to Kai, putting a hand on his shoulder again. "If you go into labor while sleeping, it's the worst. Because now you're tired, on top of being in pain, and all you want to do is go back to sleep but you can't until the baby pops out."
The violet of Kai's eyes shrunk to pin dots, letting out yet another pitiful squeak while his pale face got even paler.
Every man in the room crossed their legs.
Even Mariah did.
Aoba nodded in agreement.
Mei had decided she wanted to come out in the middle of the night as well. Was awful.
"But." Yui started up again. Everyone held their breaths for what she was about to grace them with now. "Once it's done, it's done, and you get to hold the best thing that ever crossed paths with you in this life."
The room 'aww'ed.
But apparently Kai wasn't feeling sentimental just yet. His angry eyes flooded before a wobbling stream of incoherent sounds left his mouth that had meant to be words.
Ray sighed, putting his plate down on the table and wrapping an arm around Kai's shoulders, pulling him into his side. He didn't understand a word he was trying to say. Sending his own dirty look at his mother while trying to console his mate.
Kai pulled away, only to flop back in and continue to speak less angry hormonal tongues.
"I know, baby..." Ray went with, as usual.
Tyson shook his head. What was it with Max and Ray not understanding what he and Kai said?
He'd help.
"He said you're not the best thing. You suck and have a giant head. Then he apologized and says he didn't mean it."
Ray sighed, "I know baby." He repeated as he rubbed Kai's back again.
Kai sniffled and calmed a little.
"How long did it last?!" he fired at his mother in law.
Yui went into thought, tapping her chin before she shrugged her shoulders. "Don't remember."
Kai blinked.
"So...if you don't remember, that means it wasn't that bad, right?"
Yui chuckled, "Oh nooooo, it was hellll. But like I said, once it's done it's done and you don't remember the pain."
Aoba quickly jumped in. "She's right! All becomes history once they're out!" This was not the atmosphere they had planned on...
"That's what I just said." Yui snapped at him. What was with him trying to one up her tonight? "It all goes away once that baby is placed in your arms. I promise."
"I was agreeing with you..." Aoba hissed back.
He had some colorful words rolling round his head, but she was Ray's mother.
"Because you know I'm right." Yui continued to snap at him.
"Okay, that's enough!" Ray cut in, this was getting ridiculous. "Tyson, you wanted to do presents right? Let's do them now."
Tyson grinned and bolted with Max to go get them, while Kai shuddered.
Did Yui's sweet and doting side all do away once the baby was born too?!
Did he get this...thing to deal with?!
Ray rubbed at his tired face as the room fell into idle, civil, chatter.
As much as he appreciated everyone doing this, he wanted them out of his house!
Especially his mother.
Max and Tyson came skipping in, arms loaded and clearly excited as they set them on to the table to pile them up.
Kai blinked again.
"Guys! What did you do?! You didn't need to do all this!"
Max threw a look at Tyson.
Did he tell him a lot of it was on his credit card anyway?
"It was no biggie." He smiled.
"Here! This one is from me!" Tyson grinned as he handed him one.
...Okay, so he didn't pay for it. He still picked it.
Kai thanked him and went to open it, eyes all waiting.
As it opened, his face dropped and a long 'ooooooooooh' came out of him.
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!" his voice cracked as he lifted out the smallest pair of shoes he'd ever seen.
Ray arched a brow.
Why would they go and buy the baby shoes? They wouldn't be walking until they were at least one, would have bigger feet than that.
"Cute."
Max jumped in with another, liking this atmosphere a lot better. He took the shoes off Kai for Mariah to gush over while he opened the next one.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" Kai let out in a voice he'd never used in his life as he held up a tiny little onesie with little tigers on it, eyes brimming again.
Oh, he liked the look of that one. "Oh guys, this one's adorable."
With wobbling bottom lip, Kai lay it out over his belly. He snapped his eyes back to Ray again. "Hnnnnnnnnnn!"
Ray stifled the giggle, and the comment about how he didn't think Kai could fit into that...
"We can bring him home in it." He pitched.
Kai nodded, Max taking it away to pass to Mariah and soon to be Grandma Kon as he set him up with one more.
"This one's from me. I know it might not be. But just in case! If it is a boy, you can keep it for the next one!" his blue eye winked.
Kai shuddered. He didn't like where this was going.
He opened it timidly, getting a sight of pale pink...
He hoped Max was just being modern...
He lifted up a little pink newborn baby hat with a big bow on it and a matching little outfit.
"Maxxxxxx." Ray cooed, "That's so damn cute."
Kai took in the pretty little doll hat and welled up harder. "Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!" he whined out.
"I know baby." Ray rubbed his shoulders again.
Kai went on to speak in hormonal tongues again, wiping away rogue tears.
"He said she'd look like a doll in it." Tyson translated.
Ray just nodded, fingers going into the back of Kai's hair. "Specially if she has your pretty eyes."
Sounds came out.
"Or your hair." Tyson supplied.
"Whole village Tyson." Ray reminded as he sent a look at him, fingers getting a mind of their own in Kai's hair.
Tyson puffed his cheeks. "What?! You don't seem to be able to hear it Mr. 'I have feline ears'! Why do you keep implying I want to knock someone up?! You're such an ass!" he fired out as his own eyes watered.
Ray and Max both let out long, drawn out sighs. Max taking the initiative to go and put his arms around Tyson's shoulders and pull him into his side. "It's okay..." He cooed like Ray had done for Kai.
Tyson leaned in to him, letting his wobbling voice flow out in further complaint, and completely incoherent.
Kai wiped his eyes pulling himself from Ray and grabbing the plate of pickles and holding them out, speaking in tongues with his other.
Tyson hiccuped, snatching one and making a noise that sounded like thanks as he went to crunch on it.
Kai let out another, which almost resembled a 'you're welcome' as he took one for himself, dipping it in a glob of mustard.
Ray cringed and died a little more on the inside.
Oh for the love of...
Max just continued to rub Tyson's back as he devoured the pickle.
If Tyson thought he was going to hold his hand when he went into labor with his phantom baby, he was sadly mistaken.
Aoba snickered behind his hand. "I think we might have jumped the gun...you look kind of worn out. Would it be better if we did this tomorrow? The food and stuff will keep."
Ohhhhh, what was he supposed to do with that? Look more of an ass and kick them all out while letting the door hit them on the way out? Or try and play up good host and let this... Whatever this was now continue on?
"Sure, that sounds like a good idea." Ray quickly nodded in approval.
Yui gave a disproving look to her son. "You're just gonna go off and kick us all out, after we went through all this trouble?"
Aoba's brow twitched. Kai was tired and had been swinging up and down in the short time this had gone on. Ray looked like he wanted to punch them all. And she had hit the tipple a little too hard and decided to regail him with horror stories and embarass her son.
If they were going to do a baby shower, they would do it right! "It isn't kicking us out, we can all do tomorrow, right guys?" he said, looking for backup and getting it in the form of nods, "Have a proper party once we let these two settle in back home!"
Yui's mouth opened to protest. Oh, he was getting under skin again.
Ray saw her mouth, quickly jumping in again. "I appreciate everything you've done, really. But maybe tomorrow would be better, he just got home."
Yui's mouth closed, taking in her distressed pregnant prince and frowned.
"You're right, we should have done this at another time. Next time you should plan accordingly." She jabbed a finger at Ray across the couch.
Tyson kicked his feet a little. "Actually, it was me who insisted we have it all for when he came home. I'm sorry...I thought it was a good idea."
"We all agreed to it, it's fine." Ray waved off. Could they just go now?! Yui nodded, "Alright, tomorrow it is then." She stated and then clapped her hands at the little good boys and girls. "Let's clean up some before we go."
Kai heaved himself, only to flop like a turtle on it's back.
"Not you!" Yui snapped at him, "You sit." She demanded before turning to Ray. "You, get up." Ray sunk into his couch again. Why him?
"Okay..." He heaved himself up to help the others, only because it got them out faster.
Kai watched both awkwardly and in amusement as the hoard of slaves went to work under the beady and buzzed eye and tight whip of his mother in law. He'd never seen Tyson and Max clean so much! And in such a short time! She insisted he stay sat even when they all said their goodbyes and filed out until the next day.
He let out a sigh as peace and quiet came... And in such a tidy room!
Coming back from the kitchen, not even bothering to sit on the couch properly, Ray just flung his chest against the back of the couch. "I never thought they'd leave..." He groaned tiredly as he hung limply like a carelessly tossed towel.
"Awww. Don't be like that." Kai scolded lightly, "It was really nice of them!"
"It was, not saying that. Think my mom hit too many back though." He cringed again.
"Now what?" He asked as his head lolled to the side towards Kai.
Kai shrugged his shoulders and smiled softly. "We don't have to do anything...just wanna be with you two."
That sounded great. Best idea ever. Until another one seemed to smack him upside his head.
"Oh, c'mon. I got something for you too." He pushed himself off the couch quickly. He almost forgot! That's what he got for having his mother around.
Kai heaved and rocked, edging himself closer before just holding his hands out. "Where we going?"
Ray held the grin and Kai's hand as he led them up the stairs, going to the room across from theirs. "Okay, now close your eyes." He instructed.
Kai bit his lip. Oooooh, had he gotten the restraints they'd talked about? He kept his smile and shut his eyes as he asked.
Popping the door open quickly, Ray stepped around behind Kai. Putting one hand over Kai's eyes to keep him from peeking, the other gently guiding him into the room until they were a few steps inside the door.
"I hope you like it." Was all he said before removing his hand and stepping back.
Kai's nose sniffed at the smell of paint before his eyes peeped open.
In a flash, they were wide open, mouth dropping open at the sight he hadn't expected.
The walls were painted a soothing yet happy yellow.
An empty wooden crib sat against the wall ready and waiting.
Drawers, cabinets.
Little stuffed animals that waited for their owner to come and play with them.
Kai's face was already strained and eyes already streaming by the time he'd turned around to face Ray.
"Didyoudoallthis!?" he asked in one scratchy, stretched breath.
Ray nodded back to him, "I told you didn't I? I'd take care of it."
Kai was hysterical by the time his arms coiled round his neck.
"I-it's per-fect! Ohmygod I love i-it!"
Ray held him back. That was a relief. He wasn't sure how Kai would react to it all.
Wasn't sure if he'd like the color, his choice of decorating...he always did have a picky taste.
"I'm glad you like it." He kissed him on the head, holding him closer.
Still crying like an actress and excited by the beautiful room for their little one, Kai came away from him to explore.
He went over to the drawers and opened them up.
He lost it again.
"There's even shit in here!" he cried in a high pitched strain as he held up one of the many diapers stored in there.
Ray chuckled at him. "Oh ye of so little faith." He joked as he went to the closet and popped the doors open. "Got stuff in here too."
Kai peered in, taking in all the little clothes and supplied.
"Oooooh! Ray!" he jumped and clapped like a high school girl.
"Look at all this! There's everything we need in here!"
"There's one last thing I'm waiting on, but it should be ready by the end of next week." Ray continued to grin at him, his own eyes lighting up to match Kai's. This was such a relief. And such a good way to make up for all the bullshit he'd put Kai through.
"Do you really like it though? I can always change the color if you want once they're here." He flapped slightly.
Kai shook his head. "It's absolutely perfect! I love the color. It just looks happy, you know?" he commented as he went to waddle around again.
Letting a small breath leave his lips, Ray closed up the closet doors and went after him.
"Thinking the chair would look good here, once it's done." He gestured at the corner of the room, next to the end of the crib. "Unless you want me to rearrange the whole room, I can do that too."
Kai rolled his eyes and let a smirk crack. "Stop fussing, it looks wonderful as it is..."
"Sorry." Ray chuckled lightly, coming back up behind Kai as he stood over the side of the crib. Throwing his arms around his neck from behind, holding him loosely against his chest as pressed a kiss to the side of Kai's head.
Kai giggled, leaning his face in to his lips more. "Hn. Gonna be so great when this crib is occupied." he mused as he relaxed in to him.
"Mhmm, but no rush." Ray whispered, pressing more kisses against him. Letting his top hand trail down to Kai's stomach, gently rubbing over the top of the bump. "Shouldn't be on your feet for too long either."
Kai's brow slowly lifted playfully as he turned in his hold to face him.
"No. I really shouldn't..." he replied in a low, husky voice.
Slipping the hand that had been around Kai's stomach towards his lower back, Ray pulled him in closer till they were stomach to stomach. Teasing the back of Kai's shirt up with his fingertips, finding the dip in his spine and tracing it upwards slowly till he ran his hand back down just as slow.
"Then go lay down." He purred in a deep breath, close to Kai's ear to kiss him on his temple again.
Kai let out a shuddery breath as his back arched and his skin prickled. "Yeh...but, that hospital bed was awful lonely...would be nice if I had some company."
Placing delicate kisses down from Kai's temple to his jaw, Ray let out a lower and deeper purr once he reached under Kai's jawline. Wanting to hear him do it back. Then he'd take him to the bed, if they were lucky to even get that far.
Kai's suddenly heavy head rolled back as the soft kisses sent hard tingles down the entire side of his body. He let out a gentle moan before he felt his the inside of his chest start to ripple.
Working a small mark against the pale flesh, once the noise got loud enough Ray forced himself away. Was gonna be a few painful steps across the hall. Taking up Kai's hand he gently pulled him out of the baby's room towards their own, barely getting in through the doorway before he was back attached to him like a leech.
Kai grit his teeth, hissing air through them, his hands grabbing at the fabric covering Ray's sides. The fire truck in his chest revved up and roared.
Grabbing around Kai's hold on him, working best he could with his focus on Kai's neck, hands slightly fumbling with the clasps to Kai's shirt, his own chest revved in order to join Kai's. Though Kai's was still louder than his, and anyone else's he knew of. Not that he was complaining, it only made him want Kai all that much more. If only he could get the stupid clasp undone...
Kai's own hands slapped his out the way, yanking and undoing it clumsily. This stupid god damn shirt... Another reason he was excited for the baby to be out. Could wear his own clothes again.
Not giving a shit about his own shirt, Ray tore it open, breaking the clasps to it in the process. He didn't care, had plenty of others, and now he could feel Kai like he wanted. Skin to skin.
Maybe not chest to chest, given the baby, but he'd take it.
With his right hand going back around behind Kai's back, fingertips back in the lower dip of his spine, he pulled him in close again where they came in contact like he wanted. Left hand going to the back of his neck to hold him, lips pressing against the other as the purring started up after it's brief cool down.
Kai clawed back anywhere his hands could get at as a surprised, muffled sound came out his mouth. He felt his knees buckle a little, Ray's innate side radiating out of him. Just how he loved it.
Kissing the two of themselves just about senseless, Ray broke it off with minimal air in his lungs. Chest heaving, painfully turned on, but was finally slapped over the head with the big round issue. How was he supposed to do this without hurting Kai? Or possibly getting his own ribs crushed in the process?
"Um..." He bit his lip, mind scrambling for all sorts of positions in his head that would be good and comfortable enough.
Kai panted, letting out a slight growl of protest.
"What is it?" he breathed out impatiently.
Ray bit into his lip a little harder. Stifling the random bout of giggles he felt in his belly.
"I don't know how to do this." He finally confessed with a slight shrug, "Normally I'd just throw you down, but seeing as how I can't... I don't know how to keep going."
Kai blinked, glancing down at the mountain that lay under his skin. "Oh...um..."
That was an excellent point...
"Here...why don't I just..." He waddled around Ray to the edge of the bed, turning himself so his knees touched it and flopping back. It wasn't smooth, elegant or romantic but...yeh.
"That works." Ray laughed, stepping up to him and getting Kai's pants off as he laid there. "You sure you're gonna be able to get up?"
"Nope." Kai giggled as he tried to aid him get his pants off.
"You even comfortable that way?" Ray asked with a hard yank, getting the stretchy pants off Kai's legs completely. "Kind of why I didn't want to just throw you down."
"There is no comfortable way." Kai laughed harder as he bit his lip, "which means you might have to distract me from it."
Kai's chest started up in a purr as he melted in to the bed. "Um...I guess with some pillows and stuff we can roll me in to something better."
"Or." Ray purred back, licking Kai's lips as his own curled into a fanged smirk. "You can just roll over completely."
Kai made a face. Did he...did he not see the flaw in that plan?! Whatever. At this point he'd stand on his head if it meant Ray could get at him. Had been forever and he'd missed him horribly. With a gentle shove, he got Ray off him, heaving himself to try and roll like a turtle on its back. Third time being the charm, he got on to his side, feeling his belly near enough rest on the bed.
Oh. That was a plan.
"This could work." he pitched at him, trying his hardest to look alluring while resembling a lowercase B.
Ray looked him over.
Might as well try. As long as Kai was comfortable.
"If you're sure." He said, flopping over to the bedside table to get the lube.
At least Kai's neck was still exposed. That was a plus.
"If it gets too much at any point, just tell me." He instructed as he prepped his fingers, shifting behind Kai and parting his top leg from the one under it.
Kai responded with a wavering moan as his fingers touched and eased its way inside him. It had been too long. Since being in the hospital, they'd reconnected in every way but physically. Desperately wanting to feel the closeness again.
Working in slow, gentle, thrusts with his fingers parting and twisting up in Kai's body to prep him as well as he could, Ray continued to press soft kisses over any exposed skin that he could get to without disrupting the movement of his hand. Loving every little twitch of flushed skin, or the harder breaths coming out in spurts. Getting his free hand under Kai's top leg, pinning it between his thighs, he sought out Kai's cock, driving his fingers slightly harder into him. The sooner he got him worked up and ready, the sooner he'd stop throbbing between his own legs.
Kai looked down, unable to see thanks to the big round issue, but felt Ray's skilled hand wrap around him. But the blindness only made the sensation better. At the double stimulation, he instantly leaked writhing and trying to wriggle to make Ray's fingers reach deeper while his groans streamed.
Letting him go on for a bit more, just when Kai's near was right at the peak, Ray pulled his hands away. Leaning over him, pressing a kiss to Kai's sweating temple. Feeling his body shaking under him as he hovered. "You okay?" He asked while trying to coat himself up to get in there like his body was screaming at him to do.
Kai's hand flew back, grabbing at the hair by his pointed ear as he turned himself to pull him in to a heated, trembling kiss. "Fuck me..." he panted in to his lips, slit violet eyes clouded.
Nipping the bottom lip, Ray smirked as he got another noise out of him. "Not even going to say please." He pretended to tut, licking the small puncture wound he'd left on Kai's lip before sitting back. "And I dont think..." He trailed in a deep purr, shifting Kai back to where he had been on his side and facing away from him. Exposing that beautiful, pale neck. "That you're in any state, to be giving demands." He finished, nipping at his prize along the pulse. With a quick grab, he had Kai's leg up in the air, steadying himself with his other hand as he worked his way till the head was breaking through.
Kai's body shook as his mouth gaped open, already unable to bare it.
"Please!"
Ray obliged, albeit just a notch harder than what he'd started off with as his hips worked up into Kai's ass, sinking himself in higher as he bit back his own noise for the moment. He'd rather listen to Kai's anyways. Kai had been at the edge. He was barely starting on himself. He wanted the two of them to last. But he also wanted Kai to continue to beg him for it.
Kai pulled the pillow in to his face, whining in to it as he felt him inch in a little more. There was still so many more inches to go...that he needed to feel fill him and hit all the right spots. Despite Ray's hold on his leg, he tried to shift himself lower to get what he wanted.
The purring got distorted by a small growl coming out of Ray's chest, his fangs sinking into Kai's neck just enough they didn't downright puncture through. Yet...
"Uh uh, none of that." He groaned against Kai's neck as he held him, keeping his hips working in gear two till Kai stopped fighting for more.
Kai's hands gripped the pillow, turning his knuckles white. His face came away from it, feverish and desperate. "Ray..." he pleaded, "Please! Fuck me!"
Shifting into gear three, Ray's hips got a little harder as he jerked and brought Kai down into him. Keeping that pace as he sunk his fangs into the pale skin a bit more, holding him there as he shifted into gear four.
The pain shooting down his neck was blissful, but didn't compare to the feeling of Ray slipping further inside him in deeper thrusts. Though combined...
He cried out loudly, reaching back and gripping a fistful of Ray's dark hair.
With his hair being pulled, Ray let out a more feral sounding growl from his throat, disturbing the purring he still had rumbling through his chest. Pulling Kai's hips down into him, snaking his hand back towards his cock at the same time, Ray's own hips slammed up into Kai's ass, the sound of skin only being drowned out by Kai's moans.
His body jolted with every thrust, gripping his hair harder as he turned his head over his shoulder to try and look him in the eyes again. He met Ray's slit amber eyes just as his hand stroked in just the right way, crying out as pleasure swam through his veins.
Hitting in shallow and deeper thrusts, trying to work his hand in the same pace as his hips, Ray bit down into Kai's shoulder and leaving another mark on him that quickly reddened.
Kai whined out loudly, brain trying to soak in each sensation Ray was giving him and ultimately starting to overload.
"Baby...I'm not gonna last much longer...I can't hold it."
"Good." Was all Ray growled out, the word rumbling through his chest as he pulled Kai almost off the end of his cock, only to pull him back down harder than he'd been hitting before.
Kai cried out louder, His extended leg starting to shake as his eyes rolled back. "Ray! Fuck...Bite me! Bite me!" he cried desperately.
He wanted him to claim him.
Ray's fangs clamped in to the on his neck, sucking hard with a growl vibrating through it.
With a smack and bigger pinch of pain, he pulled his mouth away, going to his ear.
"You're mine..." he told him gruffly.
Kai moaned out, getting exactly what he wanted just adding to the things he was doing to him.
"I'm yours...I'm yours..."
Ray smirked, relishing in the reply.
The way Kai's voice sounded. The way his body was trembling. The way he was gripping his hair.
"And your coming..." he chuckled smugly in his ear.
Kai's eyes scrunched shut, mouth gaping open in a silent cry before a loud one tore out of him.
"I'm coming!"
Ray's hand continued to stroke, feeling the deep throb and what he assumed was an incredibly satisfying release by the way his body shook.
His own hips thrust a little faster, teetering on the edge himself as Kai's muscles clamped around him like a vice.
He hissed out a feral sound as his own orgasm smashed in to him, doing nothing to hold it back.
His hips rocked a few more times, drawing it out before coming to a complete stop and melting in to the bed like Kai now had.
They lay sticky and panting for a while until Ray placed some soft, sleepy kisses along Kai's shoulders.
If they lay there much longer, they'd fall asleep all gross like this.
He pulled Kai up with him, taking him for a shower and helping him get cleaned up, in to some comfortable sleeping clothes, and setting the bed up with a stack of pillows ready to help get him nice and comfy.
It took some rolling and shifting, arranging some pillows and various body positions, but soon enough, Kai got himself comfortable on his side with the baby bump propped on pillows, asleep within seconds, it seemed.
Ray smiled as he noticed he was sleeping.
Poor thing was tired...
He shifted closer, pressing himself in to his back as much as he could, letting his hand gently rub over the mound and smiling at the small wriggle he felt beneath.
His eyes closed as his smile stretched, purring starting up and coming out in a low, continuous, peaceful stream.
It wasn't long before a soft one vibrated out the other back, even in his sleep.
Ray let out a slight laugh.
Oh, this was bliss.
The house was home, sweet home again...
End of Chapter!
I hope you enjoyed it!
Hopefully won't be long before the next one, it already has a good chunk written, but...life, work, other fics etc! Will do my best!
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Roy