15
"So what about Rhiannon?" Toshiko asked as she settled back to look at the two men she considered brothers. They were packing to return to the house they build, their lives they left on blast and they had their shields up, their swords sharpened and clearly given the gentle touching, they had their music beating in sync once more. She was so relieved to see it.
"We are not on good terms right now, she has her things to deal with and I have mine so… whatever there. I don't care. I have decided that we are just moving forward with our own damned thoughts and decisions and the rest of the world can do whatever the fuck they want" Ianto replied.
"Well, I am in" Toshiko said happily, her husband agreed.
"But you have to come back now? You can wait a few more days or weeks. We do have the agreement, a preggers Tosh is a Ianto's Tosh. I don't want that sort of responsibility mate. You were so good with yours, with ours… not do it again with yours. Maybe in a year or two after the birth you can pay us back with another round of ours. Yeah?" Owen asked "Foot rubs and back massaging… damn you were nice. Toshiko got some of that too."
"You would like another one?" Toshiko swung to him with delight "You said …"
"I know. I was hormonal. I didn't mean it when I said one was enough with the bloody colic. No, I have settled down and now see that I was being a twat trying to protect you and you were fine with the pregnancies and births, I just panic." Owen sighed. "Koi is three and it's a good gap. Ianto was great coming over to help settle Koi when the colic was at it's worst."
"I am not Katie. Going into a hospital does not mean I do now come back out" she scolded.
"You know, you have a spare room over there for another child's room. Move Koi over into a boy's room and we redo the nursery. Can be the project while she cooks ours? Then we can have the birthing pool set up in there and stuff. No reason why she can't do it at home this time. We only want the one, will not be inserting a handful now we know she is so good at this, might be better to just try one and if it does not take, it was not the right time. I think inserting two runs the risk of two taking again and I do not know if I can do twins again." Ianto lamented "So… if we do fall in then the births can be at yours next door? Then when you go on to have your own it will be child's play. Er… pardon the pun."
"You will patch things up with her though, won't you?"
"Yes Toshi love, I will. In my own time. My family knows me and knows full well that when I feel threatened or attacked I will retreat so far back into the dark recesses of the shadows I become invisible until I am ready to step out and confront them." Ianto assured her.
"And then look out" Jack muttered as he lifted his cup to take a sip of coffee.
"Yes" Into agreed sagely "Then look out."
"You know, I do love the idea of us having babies together, it's so nice having you just over the fence. Removing the fence is even better in the back yard so we can share. The lovely big playground between the two properties, all the kids playing together. The new build-on looks fantastic."
"Yes, we are excited and I can assure you, Jamie Dee is definitely excited about the prospect of his own cave" Jack laughed "He is already picking colours for the walls. I don't' think he wants wallpaper but when he has something sorted I know who he will go to and it won't be me."
"Well, I am letting him have full rein on this. Whatever he wants it to be, it will be. We can always change it to reflect him as he grows older" Ianto smiled as he reached out to pat Jack's hand and add "We all grow up sometime."
"Just takes some of us a little longer" Jack agreed sagely, leaning over for a kiss.
And so, the new baby was decided. The crisis was averted and in the process both men discovered that they needed a little more work on not just their relationship but themselves.
And less Mothers!
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Will leave this one here, the next instalment will be the new baby coming of course.
Finally… Jack will have a princess.
