A/N: I hope you like it. I was thinking, what do you think of me writing this story but with a serious tone on it? Let me know your thoughts
"So? how is it?" asked Byleth who was staring at Sothis eyes with a deadpan look
"Actually, this is pretty comfortable, for a mercenary your lap sure is soft" said the girl starting to get more comfortable on her fiance lap
"Next time is my turn, ok?" started to brush her hair which caused the girl to hum with a smile
"Sure, we have to thanks Sylvain for the idea, don't know how he convinced Mercedes to do that… Ingrid will soon have his head" she chuckled "by the way dear, my legs are rather skinny are you sure you will be ok?" asked the girl who was still being patted on her head
"How about we use your true form?" asked Byleth with a smirk on his face "I know It takes you a lot of effort and we only used when we have…"
"What are you two doing in my office?" an exasperated Rhea appeared in the room with a surprised Seteth behind
"Oh Seiros, how is my favorite daughter?" exclaimed Sothis as she got up greeting her daughter waving her hand
"Mother what were you two doing?" asked Rhea nervous, this wasn't the first time she caught them doing something with double meaning. Last night she heard moaning coming from their room only to see her fath… I mean, Byleth giving a shoulder massage to her mother, probably due to the stress of being a teacher, or when she heard a rumor that Byleth was giving her mother a 'wonderful time' with a rather 'big surprise' that her mother 'couldn't put it all in her mouth' only to discover that he took her to a restaurant nearby to eat steak… and potatoes. Their relationship put her uneasy, she wasn't ready to even imagine both of them doing whatever the adults did, not that she knew, she was a pure little girl.
"I was having my first lap pillow" said as if It was the most normal thing of the world, while getting candy from Rhea's secret candy box, wait how did she know where her secret candies were? no one knew about them, wait... a lap pillow? oh no…
"Almyran or Dagdanesse?" asked Rhea worried
"What?" asked Sothis, Seteth and Byleth with a dumbfounded look, good they didn't know about them, not that Rhea knew about them, she was a pure little girl.
"Ignore it mother, what can I do for you?" asked Rhea trying to brush off the issue, what kind of prank will her mother make her fall for.
"We were waiting for you, we thought It will be good to have lunch together, a little family bonding is good for everyone" said fathe… Byleth with a small on his face, such gentle demeanor, of the two, one will think Byleth was the level headed or the innocent of the relationship, only the truth to be that he was a complete dork and a complete failure with human interactions, Sothis was the one who taught him to not set the entire dining hall in fire… with water… or that giving his students fish for every accomplishment wasn't the best thing to give… (Only Flayn like it)
"Sure fath… I mean Byleth, I would like that" said Rhea with a smile, she cursed internally, again she accidentally called fat… Byleth, father again, It was starting, she was starting to see Byleth as her father, sure, he treated her mother great and he was good with everyone in the family and he gives her candies and… No, focus Rhea, focus, he is a vessel, a tool for her dream, not the person who will tell her bedtime stories at night(he did) or give her a goodnight kiss with mother (he also did every Tuesday) or giving you headpats when you did something right (he did it when she apologized to everyone and made peace with Edelgard, she really enjoyed it but she will never let anyone know) This will be just a normal dinner with her family and fathe… Byleth, nothing out of the ordinary, they will just enjoy dinner and then continue with their duties… yeah, nothing more…
"Good, how about you Seteth?" Rhea swore that Byleth's eye twitched a little bit, Was he trying to wink?
"Oh, yes fathe… Byleth, that would be great"
Rhea immediately panicked 'Oh no it's spreading' she thought
"That's what I like to hear, well then… chop-chop!" said Sothis as she clapped two times, leaving Rhea confused only to smell something weird coming from a piece of cloth. A loud thump was heard on the room
"You could at least avoid the fall Hubert" said Seteth a little angry
"My apologies but I'm still a little… sloppy when It comes to lady Rhea" said Hubert with a small evil chuckle
"You are lucky that she is a dragon" said Sothis disappointed "shall we leave to our party location?"
"Of course moth… lady Sothis, we shall leave at once" said Hubert bowing a little and with a snap of his fingers they teleported to their unknown location
Two days ago
Thales was the leader of the Agarthans, a hidden civilization that for some reason lived underground, one that was close to reclaiming what they had lost, their land, their rights, the dream his ancestors always wished. All the tools were set, the flame emperor being an insider at the Garreg Mach, the kingdom being at their mercy, the fabrication of the fake hero relics close to being a success. Oh Yes, everything's coming together, just a spark and It will start. He had everyone at his mercy and the better part of this, no one knows about this, they even think they are dead, ha! his people soon will have their revenge, soon they will have their land… but first, he has to take his beauty bath with Mr. Bubbles(his plastic white duck)
Being leader of an entire super secret civilization who managed all the land in the shadow was tiring, especially managing psychopaths like Kronya (she only likes to stab people) or children like Edelgard who thinks she can intimidate him, the irony, she wasn't even born when he started his plan. He felt the hot water drain the stress from his body, his favorite duck at his side, playing with him with bubbles made by the soap
"Oh Mr. Bubbles, we are now a step closer, soon we will be the top of the chain again" he let an evil laugh only to cough in the middle of it "How does it sound Mr. Bubbles, evil enough? I've been practicing quite a lot for when we have those beasts heads" the duck only moved a little to the right
"Oh I knew you would like it Mr. Bubbles, you are my best friend, who is the best duck in the world, who is? yes, It's you!" Thales started babbling and started to snuggle his duck, gladly It wasn't alive otherwise It would scream in fear at the sight of this man being so affectionate to it If only someone could save him…
A loud explosion was heard outside, Thales jumped surprised, what was happening? their base was well hidden, there was no way someone could detect them, they haven't use the magic ballistas in centuries!. He caught a towel and covered his waist with it, taking Mr. Bubbles with him he left his bath to change to his usual super evil clothes (with a long black cape because It's cool and evil)
"Who dares to invade our home? Who is so eager to die to try to challenge the invincible Agarthans?" exclaimed Thales why flipping his cape and conjure wind to make it float (an evil leader has to look intimidating always) the cloud of dust at the entrance dissipated to reveal two figures with a great difference in stature. Heh, what fouls to try to challenge him at his home without an army
"You know dear, I think our entrance was a little extra" said a little girl while coughing a little
"I'm sorry, It's been months since I used magic, I'm trying to control the output" said a much taller guy with black ropes
"Don't worry dear" she eyed him with a sly smile " let me tell you, black looks so much better on you than that white weird dress my daughter gave you those times" said the girl looking at the man clothes (They were the same as his enlightened class clothes only black instead of white)
"Who are you fouls?" exclaimed Thales, angry as these intruders started walking and talking casually as It was their home.
"Huh" said the girl thinking "This place sure looks fancy, It's completely different when you see it in person" she tugged the man's clothes "yes, this place should be good enough for her, oh and let whoever composed the ambient music live, he sure will make the party lively, I know the little ones will like it"
"Hey, I'm talking to you" exclaimed again Thales, the two intruders look back at him with disappointment and pity?
"Oh, It's you" said the girl and the man at the same with a deadpan look
"What are you and this sassy little child here? Don't you know you are in the home of the mighty Agarthans? prepare to be eliminated" said Thales as guards started to run to attack the intruders.
The man made a surprised look and started shaking 'heh, so many clothes for someone who started to cower in fear with just words' Thales thought with a smirk
"You said the C-word" said the man still shaking in fear, 'what? what C-word?' thought Thales
"That's it" spatted the little girl " I was thinking on letting you have a peaceful death but no one calls me child except this sexy man, prepare to be yeeted Thales" screamed the little girl as she summoned an inferno from her hands carbonizing the poor guards who approached them
"Did you just use the word yeet as a verb?" asked Byleth surprised
"Yeap, cool isn't it?" said Sothis puffing her chest
"Yeah… no. No more tea parties with Claude young lady" said Byleth while he flicked his finger hitting the girl's forehead
"Auuuch" she covered her forehead with her hands " but Claude's tea parties are the best, we invite everyone and we have EPIC moments together" yeap, he will make sure to punish Claude when they go back from this
"We will talk about this later" they won't, Sothis will convince him with her secret manipulation technique (puppy eyes and kisses on the cheek) to let her say 'yeet' whenever she wanted.
Thales took a step back impressed by the power of the little girl, luckily he had giant robots that were immune to magic, and luckily two of them were approaching behind their backs charging their energy blade to attack the intruders. Thales smile at the thought of both of them dying by his machines
"Oh your turn honey" said Sothis, while both of them duck the wave of energy coming from the machines, Sothis took advantage of it and patted her fiance's head "just don't get too excited" which the mercenary responded with an annoyed grunt
Byleth ran to the machines and in motion, he activated the whip-like form of his sword cutting both machines at the same time. After checking that both machines were destroyed, he returned to the side of his fiance.
"Good boy " said Sothis and kissed Byleth's cheek, causing him to blush a little with a smile on his face.
Thales was surprised at the display of the power of the guy, he had to take them seriously if he wanted them dead.
"Surrender edgy boy, we have the power of the goddess and cake at our side" said Sothis while cracking her knuckles.
Edgy boy? how dare she called him that! Thales was at his limit, any amount of mercy he had was lost "Heh, looks like I need to go serious, just this once" said Thales while flipping his cape again and making a pose trying to be menacing (he had practiced it for two months) with a snap of his fingers he teleported all the soldiers in the base at his side "Agarthans, tear them apart!" he commanded, no matter how powerful they were, there was no chance the could against their entire army, no matter how skillful they were, in the end, they were mortals, their stamina wasn't infinite, he will wait the moment when they leave and opening and attack at the distance with his magic.
Except for the moment never came. Their guard was perfect, covering each other's backs, their movement was like a well know dance, one with sword and the other with her magic, decimated any soldier that dare to approach them, no matter how many soldiers attacked at the same time in close range or at the distance, they dodge everything like they could predict the future, he was amazed by such destructive force.
Thales didn't how but after two blinks he encountered himself at the mercy of both intruders, with a sword at his throat. How, how did this happen? How did they know where they were? How did they know how to enter? "How?" asked Thales suppressing his anger, Is this how all will end? dying at the mercy of two complete strangers?
"As I said with the power of the goddess, in other words, me, and cake at our side," said Sothis puffing her chest proudly
"Wait, no way you are…" Thales was shocked, no way, she was dead. The relics they used were part of her body "How?" asked Thales again, everything started to make sense, only the goddess could wield such destructive force.
"Not saying edgy boy, It's trade secret, just let me tell you, your little plan caused a lot of suffering to my children, and for that, you need divine punishment" said Sothis as she approached him with an evil smile which Byleth knew it so well, he was starting to feel sorry for the man, he had already an idea what will Sothis make him do.
A little girl screech was heard around all Agarthans base, the people left noticed that It wasn't coming from the green-haired girl but from their all-mighty leader…
Rhea didn't remember much what happened after hearing her mother claps, she slowly opened her eyes, she was sitting on a huge table, the chair was comfy, and she was surrounded by all the people of the monastery with a huge sign held really high saying
Happy Birthday Seiros!
"Happy birthdaaay!" everyone cheered and started to sing the happy birthday song in an unsynchronized way, some called her Seiros others Rhea at the end of the song, well the thought was what mattered.
"What, what's this?" asked Rhea surprised, where were they? It looked like they were underground surrounded by some mysterious white and light blue lights, kind of futuristic, and a weird kind of music was being played as background.
"Your birthday silly" her mother appeared from the crowd, she smiled innocently at her, It only meant problems, what did her mother do this time… "How? Where are we mother?" her mother laughed awkwardly pulling her in a hug
"Let just say, that I prepared this place especially for my beloved daughter, this is our first birthday together after so much time and I wanted to make it special" explained Sothis, only to heard Rhea's stomach growl
"Oh you must be hungry dear, is almost lunch, don't worry I prepared something" her mother clapped two times "Oh~ Sebastian~"
In the middle of the crowd Thales appeared holding a huge variety of dishes, he was wearing a black tuxedo, you could notice on his face that he was hating his job.
"Here you have lady Seiros" said Thales containing his hatred, the irony to end serving food at the birthday of his arch-nemesis… But It was that or the other divine punishment Sothis prepared for him (watching Mr. Bubbles taking a bath with someone else, that would shatter his hearth more than seeing all his plans failing) and Sothis promised to leave the Agarthans live in Fondlan again, something he couldn't refuse.
"Thanks for your work Sebastian, now chop-chop" she clapped again and Thales walked away, leaving Rhea completely confused
"Who was him?"
"Your personal butler young lady, he will be always at your service, If he says something rude let me know" her mother said while cracking her knuckles
"You got me a butler?"
"As part of your gift, the other part I will give it to you later" she was interrupted by the music change to a waltz"Oh I must leave honey, your dad promised me that he will dance with me all the songs I want" with a big smile she waved to her daughter and left the table
"He is not my dad!" Rhea shouted, but probably Sothis ignored it, her mother liked to tease her about it, yeah he was nice but he will never be his dad! never!. After finishing her meal (which was her favorite food even though she never told mother about it) she heard a cold voice coming from behind
"Seiros" It was Edelgard, she had a box with a white ribbon on her hands
"Edelgard" said Rhea with an emotionless voice, the things between both of them were still rough, even though they made peace, their relationship was still strictly professional (as student and principal) they were really similar, both of them loved Byleth and Sothis a lot (Rhea favored more to Sothis and Edelgard to Byleth) both of them accomplished what they wanted, no matter the costs, they both liked the same food, had the same hobbies, heck they even had the same crest... They were like twins in terms of personality, maybe that was the reason for their rough relationship.
"Mother and father told me to get you a gift, I wanted to give you coal, but I know I will be scolded for that, so here" she left her gift near the table, a vein popped on Rhea's head, yeah mother and fath… Byleth accepted Edelgard as their adopted daughter even after Rhea's tantrums (they calmed her by giving her favorite candies) but she still didn't have the right to call them that, she came first and she was the favorite daughter of the family she didn't need competition.
"Thanks…" said Rhea pouting a little, Edelgard for her part, started walking away but stopped after a few steps
"I hope you enjoy the gift and the party. Happy birthday… big sis" said Edelgard with a smirk, seeing Rhea's face going completely pale, surprised by being called sis felt like she just conquered the church, with this small victory she disappeared into the crowd.
"That little… how dare she" shouted Rhea, angry while trying to open her gift "She is not family, she will never will, I will be dead first before… " she opened her gift only to reveal a beautiful dagger, Rhea was surprised, this was definitely custom and expensive, with her crest engraved on a green handle. It was accompanied by her favorites sweets and a little note.
Hope you like it, I know we don't like each other a lot but for our family let's get along. Maybe teach me close combat?
With something akin to love but closer to hate
-Edelgard
Rhea smiled at the note and looked at the dagger with a soft expression. This brought her back memories, It was identical to the one her mother gave her on her last birthday together. It was lost after her fight with Nemesis, she noticed that the details were identical, Edelgard probably asked mother about it. "Hope you like bruises… little sis" said Rhea while putting her gift again in the box still smiling at the gift.
The rest of the party was pretty normal for the Gareg Mach standards, nothing was on fire and Sylvain was still conscious, Bernadetta was surprisingly having a conversation with Marianne, well If you ignored the stuttering of both at every sentence. Hilda and Claude were dancing while whispering something at each other ear laughing (probably a new prank against Edelgard or Dimitri) Raphael and Caspar were having a food competition with Leonie as the judge and a disgusted Lorenz watching how barbaric were both men eating. Dimitri was being scolded by Edelgard again for his two left feet, while Hubert tried to calm Dedue to not axe Edelgard by half (he was preparing his special cloth). Sothis and Byleth were dancing, Sothis laughing joyfully while Byleth's smile never left his face. And Rhea was surprisingly dancing with the gatekeeper (They started talking after some 'mysterious' circumstances where they were trapped in a room one day, and they bonded over cold tea), the party lasted until almost midnight, after they clean up the place, everyone started to teleport back to the monastery with the help of Hubert, Lysithea and Annette (Hubert taught them the spell).
At Gareg Mach everyone said their goodbyes and went to sleep, except for Rhea who sat near the pond watching the full moon in the sky, these months were a huge change on her life, her mother was now alive, all her secrets were out, the church lost tons of political control, the crest system was crumbling little by little, and the cold war between the three nations of the continent seemed to be at its end with the three future leaders being close friends, she even heard them talk about unifying Fondlan in one banner after each of them assumed their leadership. Everything was actually improving a lot except for the infinite amount of pranks and weird situations her mother put her in, or the number of jumpscares her fathe… Byleth gave her appearing out of nowhere, and her family certainly grew a lot even If she didn't want it, Byleth and Sothis care for everyone as they were their children to the extent that even some students were calling them father or mother. In some way she felt like a huge weight was off her shoulders, her mother actually solved everything in so little time, even the mess that she made, they were guiding them to a bright future.
"There you are!" said her mother who was pointing at her
"Mother what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you silly" said Sothis while sitting near her daughter
"What can I do for you mother?" asked Rhea with a small smile, It was the first time both of them were alone
"Just wanting to past time with my daughter, It's your birthday dear" said Sothis while looking at the moon "It's beautiful, isn't it? even after centuries is still watching over us all nights, giving us a faint light to guide us home"
"Yes, It reminds of all the nights when I had nightmares and you comfort me until I was asleep, even to this day I remember the lullaby you sang me" said Rhea with a warm in her hearth remembering the old times
"You were so little even for someone at your age, you were always scared of everything" her mother giggled
"Mother!" groaned Rhea embarrassed, who could think that the fierce Seiros was a scary-cat when she was little
"But you were cute dear" still giggling "now look at you a full-grown woman, who even started to date guys, and don't say you don't because I know that a certain gatekeeper took you to a nice restaurant one day" Sothis smirked, Rhea was going to rebut but at the mention of her secret date blushed uncontrollably
"Jack and I are just friends, nothing more" she didn't know where to look
"Oh? calling by each other's name now?" with a smug look the goddess teased her daughter
"Mother, stop" Rhea wasn't really bad at teasing (just like Edelgard)
"Okay, okay, just for you to know, I'm happy you are finally moving on of all the crazy things that were happening to our home, you as everyone here deserve happiness" said Sothis with a sincere smile which caused Rhea to feel at ease, even If her mother looked like a child now, her aura didn't change
"It's all thanks to you and father… I mean Byleth" Rhea tried to rebut herself
"Oh come on Seiros It's just the two of us, that man is much more of a father to all of you that the despicable man who was your biological father" the goddess spatted "Seriously what did I see to that man, I will never know"
"He abandoned us, didn't he?" said Rhea with a sorrowful look, she didn't remember her father really well but according to Seteth It wasn't a good man.
"Phooey, It's not that I needed him to raise all of you" she puffed her cheek "Seriously, Byleth is 100 times more of man than that guy, Byleth even brought me back from the dead" exclaimed Sothis throwing her arms
Rhea was surprised at the revelation, the method behind her mother revival was still a mystery but to know that the responsable was Byleth, the man she treated like a doll, inflicted her with a lot of guilt which Sothis noticed instantly
"He forgave you a long ago, don't think about it" said Sothis putting a hand on her daughter's shoulder but Rhea still felt guilty, noticing her daughter was still sad Sothis instructed her to close her eyes which she followed a little confused, in an instant Sothis was enveloped by a green light, and fully grown woman appeared from it, almost the same stature as Rhea, with a much darker hair than her, Rhea only felt a hand pulling her to the ground, only to feel something soft on her head, her eyes opened only to see her mother as she remembered it, she was shocked, this… this was the way she imagined her mother's return, the beautiful woman who always listened to her, who always was there for her. Sothis started to brush Rhea's hair with her hands
"Seiros, you don't have to felt guilty, you already apologized for everything, you have been through so much. I'm sorry I left you when you were still a child, I'm sorry for not being always for you, I want you to know that I'm proud of you for fighting for this land, for trying to achieve peace in my stead, even If your methods were wrong." she paused for a moment "That will change now, your father and I took care of the edgy boys who were bullying you and your brothers, everyone is getting along, so please, relax, enjoy these years like a normal person, leave everything to me and By"
Rhea was on the verge of tears "I… I missed you so much mother" Sothis continued to brush her daughter hair, looking softly at her
"Was it painful?"
"Yes, yes It was"
"Was it lonely?"
"I felt like I could shatter at any moment"
"Was it hard?"
"Without you, everything was hard, I felt like the weight of the world on my back"
"No more will you feel like that, I promise Seiros" Sothis truly felt sad for her daughter, passing centuries alone, fighting for peace, trying to achieve something close to an illusion of it, no wonder she took the wrong path. She wanted to make her daughter feel at ease, she kissed her forehead which shocked Rhea again "I'm back Seiros" she smiled at her daughter
"Welcome home, mother" Rhea smiled while tears were coming from her eyes, which her mother cleaned with her thumb. Sothis then started to sing her favorite lullaby while brushing her daughter's hair, Rhea fell asleep in no time, Sothis just looked at her daughter peacefully sleeping, even after growing a lot, the innocent face she had when she was a little girl still remained.
Time passed, the sound of water moving, the moon at the top of the sky, the stars looking brightly as ever, Sothis remembered the day her daughter was born, It was a night like this one, such a fragile girl, she wanted to hold her forever, she wanted to raise her until she was ready for this rough world, but life isn't fair and she died before that. Now thanks to a miracle she was there with her again, now with a bigger family than before. She smiled and felt her daughter stir, waking up from her nap
"Mother?" Sothis was back to her original form, her old form only could last an hour, It took a lot of her magic, but this was better than being dead, beside her fiance loved her even she had this appearance.
"Goodnight honey, how do you feel?"
"A lot better, thank you mother" Rhea smiled
"Well I think it's late little girl, why don't you go and sleep in your room" she motion Rhea to get up from her lap, Rhea stretch a little while getting up yawning.
"I will, thank you mother, for everything"
"Goodnight dear" Rhea walked away only to stop after a few steps
"Oh, and please tell father that tomorrow he must tell a story of his mercenary days" Sothis smiled widely at her daughter finally accepting Byleth as her father. She waved her daughter goodnight.
"She's gone" said Sothis, a wild Byleth appeared from the greenhouse a little flustered
"Aw, who got embarrassed at being called father" Sothis teased while poking her fiance's stomach
"Shut up" said Byleth while looking away which only caused to Sothis to tease him more, after a few minutes of bickering between the couple both of them sat near the pond in complete silence, feeling the fresh wind of the night, It was Sothis who started the conversation again
"Byleth, do you feel happy?" asked Sothis looking at him with a serious expression surprising Byleth, Sothis only used his name when they were going to talk something serious, he noticed the worried face of his fiance, he smiled softly at her
"Of course Sothis, why wouldn't I?"
"Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that I'm not happy, this is possibly the happiest time of my life and I had lived a lot but what about you? everything we had done until this moment has been for everyone's sake, and I know how selfless you are, you will prefer to suffer before letting your friends feel any amount of pain, but I really want to know If you are really happy. Don't lie to me, we share a soul, we share our lives, I know you have been worried " she while pressing her hand on his cheek "Mr. Eisner please tell me what's worrying you"
He closed his eyes and took her hand, feeling the warm that It provided "We saw my memories, you saw what happened with those four choices, with those four lives, there were real even though I don't want to admit it, I killed them some way or the other, everyone, even your daughter... Seeing now everyone alive and happy, without worries… Sometimes I feel this is a dream that I will wake up in one of those lives… That I will wake up without you at my side" Byleth opened his eyes looking at Sothis worried, Sothis did the only thing was correct and pulled both of his cheeks
"Stop that way of thinking dummy" she pulled even harder
"I'm sowwy, plwease swtop" pleaded her fiance
"That last line was cheesy dear, seriously" she blushed smiling at him " Gosh, you are a child sometimes, we are not there, this is the present dear, you achieved the impossible, now let's enjoy it together. And don't worry about the past, you tried to save them but people were so stubborn during the war, I already said that you are forgiven a long time ago. I'm the one that has to say sorry, for not being for you those lives, I thought you would be fine without me but It looks like I still need to babysit you" she smirked at him.
"And you are?" he smirked too
"Oh shush you, without me, you would be lost" said Sothis crossing her arms, Byleth responded by laughing and pulling her in a tight hug
"Yeah I would, but now I have you here" Sothis hugged back and smiled
"And don't forget the twins, soon our family will be even bigger"
" Wasn't that a joke to just tease Rhea?" asked Byleth wide-eyed
"It was. But well… you know we have been really affectionate these months and well…" It was Sothis's turn to get flustered, Byleth lift his fiance and started to spin around causing the goddess to scream at him to put her down, It was in vain, Byleth was so happy that he couldn't listen to her
"Since when" Byleth stopped and put her down waiting for her to regain the sense of balance
" About a month ago" She responded
"Does anybody know?"
"No, just you and me"
"Let's tell everyone!, I can't believe I will finally be a dad" he stopped, an idea suddenly came to his mind "I need Alois to teach me dad jokes"
"Please no" said Sothis with a deadpan expression almost the same Byleth always wore
"You can't stop me!" and she won't Byleth will convince her with his deadly puppy eyes (They were the same deadpan expression only for his eyes and mouth to be a little down but for Sothis It was the saddest expression of the world) and few kisses on the cheek and she will let him say dad jokes
"You are impossible" groaned Sothis while massaging her forehead, this will be a long pregnancy. Both of them went to their room, It was really late and tomorrow they will have to work, being the favorite teachers of the monastery was tiring. Both of them put their favorite pajamas (Byleth's was light blue and had little fishes on it while Sothis's was light green and had pieces of cakes on it) after a few seconds Byleth talked
"Sothis?" he turned to see his fiance
"Yes?" she turned to meet his face
"Thank you, for everything, I'm the happiest man right now" said with a smile
"Thanks to you too, I'm the happiest woman too" she smiled back
"I love you honey " he kissed her forehead
"I love you too dear" she hugged him
"..."
"..."
"Wanna do it?" asked Byleth
"I thought you'll never ask" said Sothis with a sly smile
...Some things never change
Omake
Claude couldn't sleep one night, the coming test was eating him alive, he went to the dining hall for some milk, maybe that would help to sleep. While walking he tried to repass mentally the subjects for the test of Byleth's class, lately for some reason he felt uneasiness when Byleth was near, like he was killing him in his mind. He tried to remember If he did something wrong but nothing came to his mind.
After gulping a cup of milk, he was surprised by a wild Byleth standing on the hall, doing nothing… just standing there
"eh teach?" asked Claude a little worried by the sudden appearance of the professor, was he following him?
Byleth instead of talking he started to dance, It was the same dance Claude was teaching the Golden deer a month ago (he called it 'default dance') and ended it with a whip nae-nae saying…
"Epic yeet" with the most serious expression of the world
Claude jaw dropped to the floor, did teach just do his dance perfectly and said yeet and epic in the same sentence? (Byleth was the serious and cool type of teacher who never followed trends instead he made them) he pinched himself checking this wasn't a dream
"There you are" a grumpy Sothis appeared at the entrance "Come on, go back to our room By" she motioned Byleth which he nodded but before that he approached Claude and said
"No one will believe you" with an innocent smile he followed Sothis to their room
Claude slap himself trying to check If he was back to reality, maybe the milk had something… He went to sleep shortly after that, he will tell the Golden deer about this tomorrow, they will believe him, right? (They won't)