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Angry onyx orbs glared daggers into the violet eyed woman sitting on the steps inside the main chamber of the temple. Yuuri sat on the stone floor a few feet away from Gisela and Ulrike with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Your Majesty." Gisela bowed her head, smiling at the child-like action of the king. He didn't seem happy like he normally was and he wasn't smiling but of course; Wolfram had dragged him here by force. It had been cute though; Yuuri had clung to Wolfram trying to prevent him from leaving.
"We're here to discuss your pregnancy." Ulrike announced, flipping a few pages in a large book on her lap before raising her violent eyes to meet the young king.
"We already talk about all that." Like a book and dozens of chapters ago…
Ulrike nodded. "We did. But some of the information was incorrect so we must correct ourselves." Yuuri continued to pout but paled. More information and the previous information could be different and be worse than what he was currently thinking.
Closing his eyes; Yuuri took a breath and stood up. Opening his eyes, Yuuri walked over to Ulrike and Gisela and sat between the two woman. He leaned back on his hands and sighed. "All right. What news do you have?"
Violet eyes sparkled with joy. "So happy that you are more willing to learn!" Gisela giggled as she watched Ulrike flip the pages of the book. The green eyed woman wondered why though because they knew all without the need to reread it.
"Here Your Majesty." Ulrike settled on a page and handed the large leather bound book over to the young pregnant king. Yuuri took the book and let it fall onto his lap. "It's heavy." He blinked but that was his only comment.
"Ulrike!" Both the addressed woman and Yuuri jumped and looked up to stare at Gisela. "His Majesty cannot read our language!" Yuuri laughed a little. "It's fine. Can I ask something?" Yuuri changed the topic and diverted Gisela from her…anger?…or was it surprise? Oh well.
At Gisela's nod; Ulrike turned to look at the king. "I'm nearly done with my pregnancy, so why is my stomach not showing?"
Gisela smiled and moved to a stand where a fruit bowl sat. She picked the fruit out and set them aside and brought the bowl back with her. She held it to her stomach. The bowl was shallow and when she turned sideways it only stuck out so far to equal the length of a mini soda can. "Mazoku males, when pregnant, will only get this big."
Yuuri's hand rested on his stomach. He did feel his bump was bigger than a few months before. "We assume that this is because the Maryoku within Mazoku's help tend to the baby within them because pregnancy can be dangerous and as we found, ever more so to males, so their Maryoku keeps their child at a certain size to prevent to many complications because their body is not used to it."
Black eyes blinked. He didn't understand fully but he did slightly. "I think its also to help maintain a figure because even for male pregnancy to be normal here, it could bruise their manly ego if they became fat."
Gisela laughed. "If that were so I wish it worked that way for us woman!"
As the two woman laughed Yuuri turned over the idea in his head. That made sense. The Maryoku thing anyway. Even if the Mazoku males could conceive it didn't mean they could handle it well and it was dangerous even for woman. So if the males got to the full size woman could be than their (the men) bodies wouldn't and couldn't handle it and most likely give out.
Damn. His life was getting complicated and chaotic.
"I still won't have breasts right?" Yuuri spoke over the babbling two before him. The chatter stopped and Ulrike averted her gaze back to the double black. "Correct. No breasts for you. Bottle feed only until Micah is able to eat other food."
Yuuri sighed. That was good. He didn't want to be anymore like a girl than he already was.
That is sexist.
I'm being honest.
That doesn't mean its nice.
Yuuri blinked, thankful Gisela and Ulrike were talking again and not paying him any mind. Who are you and what have you done with Blood? it was a joke but the guy was acting so out of character.
"By the way Your Majesty," Gisela called, pulling Yuuri from his thoughts. "About when it comes time to give birth."
Yuuri made a face like he was being force fed oil. "I don't want to think about it…"
"Its good news." Ulrike piped up.
Gisela nodded with a wide smile on her face. "Yes. We'll perform a Caesar because that is the only way." Yuuri glared. "Last time you said I'd magically gain a - " Yuuri's words were cut short by Gisela coughing.
"We assumed that to be true, but upon further research it shows no other way than the Cesarean section." Ulrike confirmed, her expression serious yet relaxed.
Yuuri took a deep breath after realizing that from the moment Gisela spoke of birth he held his breath. He was glad though, he could handle a C-Section. It was just being cut open a bit to remove the baby…nothing to painful…right?
Yuuri felt himself pale. How did women do this sort of thing? Micah pushed his foot to Yuuri, who instinctively brought his hand to lay on the spot on his stomach and gently pushed back.
Sour. Sweet. But never gone. Yuuri joked, it fit the baby's personality well. Always there. Sometimes mean and other times an angel. Just like Wolfram.
"Heika?" Yuuri looked at the two woman, a smile on his face. "We've told all we've needed to…you can leave now if you wish."
"Right." Yuuri nodded, heading out the door and into the halls of the temple. I wonder if you'll look more like Wolfram or more like me…Um Micah?
The only response he got was a foot pressed up against the skin of his stomach under his hand that rest there.
Gwendal sat at his desk, of course, signing paperwork that Yuuri had ignored. "Damn child needs to take responsibility for all this work." He muttered the words under his breath while scratching his name across the documents.
"Sorry Gwendal." He knew that nervous laughing voice anywhere. Gwendal looked up to see a goofy grinning king standing at the now open double doors. "I had to meet Ulrike and Gisela…um…I'll take over now."
Gwendal shook his head but stood. "I meant no disrespect." He assured. He didn't and he knew they both knew it. Yuuri shrugged. "Its fine. I'd feel the same way. Besides. We're both pregnant and moody."
The older man would have questioned Yuuri's response due to it sounded very mature and insightful but he decided not to. He had to give the boy that he was smart when he needed to be and mature when it was needed of him.
"Have you started throwing fits yet? Or is it just me that does that?" Yuuri asked, pulling another sheet of paper in front of him to sign.
Gwendal sighed that sounded more like an tired groan of annoyance. "Gunter won't leave me alone. I doubt I'll ever find out."
Yuuri smiled but didn't look away from his work. "I wish Wolfram was as clingy as before but he's out on patrol more often now…" Yuuri tailed off as his quill stilled. The blonde must be tired of him, that must be why he's always gone.
Yuuri felt his emotions spike and for a moment he was scared he'd throw another one of those dangerous fits he so commonly had. But Gwendal spoke before his Maryoku could react to his emotions.
"Wolfram isn't doing anymore work than he had when you weren't pregnant. You were just always away on Earth." Yuuri knew it was the truth and knew Gwendal had said it to comfort him, but the final words felt like a sucker punch. I was always away on earth… I never hung around if I could leave to my world…
He felt like scum and wanted to slap himself but he couldn't. All he could do was feel like crap and drown in his self loathing. "Gwendal!" Gunter burst into the room like a bullet and wrapped his arms around Gwendal's shoulders. "I see you are well!" He added, including the baby within Gwendal as well.
"I am fine. Get off, you're heavy." Yuuri noticed how close that sounded to conversations after sex but ignored it and continued his work. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him.
Better tell them quickly, before it dies of loneliness.
Snapping at Blood to shut up, Yuuri turned his attention back onto the two in front of him. "Have you two settled on a name yet?"
Gwendal and Gunter looked at one another before nodding. "Mache." Gwendal spoke, smiling a little which caused Yuuri to shudder that went by unnoticed. "It is both a male and female name."
"I'm sure we'll have a little girl. I've always wanted a little girl." Gunter cooed, humming softly as he lay a hand over Gwendal's still near flat stomach.
Yuuri nodded. It was a nice name. Cute too.
Hey Blood.
It is a cute name.
No not that. Will Mache be a girl?
What makes you believe I will know that?
Yuuri rolled his eyes. Can't you?
The double black felt rather than heard Blood sigh. The man sounded tired. Worn out and tired. Blood…?
I'm fine. Stop worrying what little brain you have.
Yuuri cut the connection then. Bastard. Just because he was in a bad mood didn't give him the right to say he was stupid…repeatedly.
A/N::: I'm sick and I've done all I can with this chapter. Sorry so many things change but that life. Its how it works. ^^
Btw, I've had some requests to stop putting Japanese words into my English written stories. Sorry but I like the Japanese words. And many other anime fans do to. Its good practice for when we watch subbed anime. Its called; Learning.
I don't mean to be rude.
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