World Reset

Chapter 17 – The Big Secret

The next morning came and Vent got out of his door with a yawn before going to the medic wing. The other four Chosen Ones were still resting in the medic wing as they were still recovering. After a short visit in the medic wing, Vent went out of the room and headed to the transerver room, teleporting to the Hunter Camp as Ashe suggested the day before.

Vent got out of the 04 building and looked around the camp, which was lively with the passing Hunters. Vent waved at the familiar Hunter who passed by before the Hunter came over to him with a smile, "Vent! Long time no see!"

"Hi there, Richard!" Vent greeted the Hunter with a smile, "Have you seen Grey around?"

"Grey? I think he went out of the camp early this morning," The Hunter, Richard, saw as Vent let out a disappointed sigh, "But I think I saw Ashe going to the 01 building café not too long ago."

"Ashe? Nah, I don't think I want to see that mischievous girl for a while," Vent let out a laugh, "But thanks for the info anyway," Vent waved at Richard as he walked away from the Hunter and stopped in front of the 01 building's door, "If Ashe is in this café, then I should… go to the underground café!" Vent turned away from the door and headed towards the 00 building instead.

He went into the underground café, which was Nick's café, and saw that the place was packed with the Hunters he wasn't familiar with until a blur of silver color caught his eye. He turned to the direction where he saw the color of silver and saw that Ashe was getting up from a table with the other Hunters.

Ashe turned around and was surprised to see the brown-haired Guardian, "Vent! What are you doing here in this café? I thought that I've paid Richard to lie to you that I'm in Jim's café!"

Vent let out a sigh, "You're the same as always, aren't you?"

Ashe let out a chuckle, "Yeah, but enjoy your stay here anyway!"

"Yeah, thanks…" Vent let out a sigh as Ashe went to hang out with the Hunters on the other tables while Vent walked over to the bar section and sat on the first empty seat he saw, "Hey Nick, can you give me…" Vent turned around to see Nick, but stopped when he saw the familiar person sitting next to him, "A-Aile!?"

Aile turned around and was surprised to see her husband sitting next to her, "Vent? Why are you here?"

"Aile, what are you doing out of the bedroom?" Ashe asked as she came over to the female brown-haired Guardian.

Aile let out a sigh, "Ashe, there's no way I'm going to stay in that room for the whole day again! It's really boring in there!"

"Uh… Aile?" Vent spoke up, eyeing the small bump on Aile's stomach and got the attention from the two females, "Have you been eating an all-you-can-eat buffet lately?"

"No, that's not it…" Aile faked a smile as she felt a bit irritated by Vent's question, 'What makes him think that I've been eating a lot?!'

Ashe stared at Vent in disbelief, 'Is he stupid or what?' Ashe let out a sigh before she spoke up, "I'll let you know that she's actually-"

"No! Don't spill it, Ashe!" Aile covered the Hunter's mouth with her hand in panic.

Ashe removed Aile's hand from over her mouth before turning to her, "Then why don't you tell him yourself now?"

"Tell me what?" Vent asked in confusion, "Are you two hiding something from me?"

Aile let out a sigh before she got off from her seat, "Come with me, Vent. There's something I need to tell you privately," Aile took Vent's hand before they both went out of the café.

The two Guardians walked to the bedroom area and stopped in front of a door as Aile pulled out her keys. Vent looked around and noticed the familiar view, "Hey, isn't this the room we shared during our stay in the camp those years ago?"

Aile nodded in reply before the door slid open and Aile took Vent's hand once more before turning to face him, "Come, I'll tell you in the room."

Vent followed Aile as they stepped into the room and Aile sat on the lower bunk of the bed before patting the spot next to her as she motioned for him to sit. There was a long silence between them as Aile lowered her head and put her hands together on her lap nervously. Vent watched Aile in silence, not wanting to force her to speak when she didn't want to.

"Actually… Ashe has been helping me here as my roommate," Aile started before her hands reached for Vent's, "And there's a reason for that…"

"And that reason is…?" Vent asked impatiently as Aile's grip on his hands got tighter for a moment.

"It has something to do with my question two days ago, but I know that you deserve to know about the truth so I guess here goes nothing…" Aile put one of Vent's hands over her stomach before she put both of her hands over it and took a deep breath before looking at Vent straight in the eyes, "Vent, I'm… pregnant…"

Vent's eyes grew wide in surprise before he suddenly got up from the bed, "W-What!?"

"I know, and I'm sorry…" Aile let out a sad sigh, "I-I know that you're not going to be okay with this, but…" Aile covered her face with both of her hands as tears started falling from her eyes, "Please… please don't leave me… not when I'm like this…"

"Whoa! And who gave you the idea that I'm going to leave you?" Vent approached Aile and sat beside her before giving her a hug, "I'm not leaving you! Not ever…"

"But you said…!" Aile argued between her sniffles, but Vent broke the hug and put a finger on her lips.

"I know that I'm not too okay with having a child at this time, but it doesn't mean that I'm going to leave you alone to take care of our baby when I know I have one," Vent planted a kiss on Aile's forehead as she started to calm down, "I'm happy knowing that you're going to be the mother of my baby."

"Oh, Vent…" Aile wiped her tears away before wrapping her arms around Vent's neck and kissed him on the lips, "Thank you…"

"My pleasure…" Vent smiled at Aile before he put a hand on Aile's stomach, "You've made me the happiest man in the world…" Vent put his other arm around Aile's waist and pulled her closer to him, "So, how old is the baby?"

Aile put a hand on Vent's, which was sitting on her stomach, "Anna is the nurse who examined me here, and she said that the baby is about two months and a half."

"Two months… and a half…" The smile on Vent's face disappeared, "That's means that you're already pregnant when I hurt you with that Model OX…"

"That scar on my stomach… It could endanger the baby's life, but…" Aile looked up at Vent with a smile, "The baby miraculously survived…" Aile noticed the sad frown on her husband's face and put a hand on his cheek before turning his head to her, "What's done is done, but it's a miracle that our baby managed to pull through…"

"I… guess…" The smile slowly returned to Vent's face.

"And one more thing," Aile took both of Vent's hands in hers before putting them closer to her cheek, "Don't use Model OX again, unless your emotions are in control."

"My emotions… alright…" Vent nodded and smiled at Aile, who let out a soft yawn.

"I think I feel a little bit tired after all that crying…" Aile leaned on Vent's shoulder, "Sorry that I have to stay here away from you while Thomas is still around…"

"It's alright, I'll just consider it as a punishment for putting you and the baby in danger," Vent put a hand behind Aile's neck as he lied her down on the bed, "Take a rest if you're really that tired."

Aile gave him a tired nod, but quickly grabbed Vent's hand as he was about to get up from the bed, "Wait! Can you… accompany me here? Maybe until Ashe comes back…"

"Okay, if that's what you want," Vent sat on the ground beside the bed while holding her right hand as she had her left on her stomach.

Aile slowly drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face as Vent watched over her while playing with the wedding ring on her finger. He leaned on the bed and put his head on it before he slowly drifted to sleep as well. A few hours had passed and Ashe had come back into the room with a tray of food in her hands before she put it down on the bedside table and woke Vent up by shaking his shoulder.

"Vent, wake up!" Ashe whispered as the male Guardian slowly got up and opened his eyes before turning to the Hunter, "I'll take it from here. You go and get something to eat for lunch in the café before you go back to the base."

"Okay…" Vent let go of Aile's hand and stretched his arms before turning to Ashe with a smile, "Take care of her for me, okay?"

"No problem!" Ashe whispered back before Vent walked out of the room quietly, not wanting to wake his wife up accidentally.

Sorry folks, no long batch for today (blame the servers). The next batch should come at least next week sadly, but let's just see if I can get some free time to spellcheck and upload the rest.