I bet all of you loved that cliffhanger ;)
"What! Oh God! What do I do!? What do I do!? What. Do I. Do-" Soul stopped his frantic rant when Tsubaki slapped him across the face.
"You help Free get Maka into one of the empty rooms." Tsubaki threw out orders like she delivered babies everyday. "Miriah heat up some water, Kenna get rags and plenty of them, Kid come with me, we're going to need someone to hold that woman down, Alex get Max's body far way from the fence, now is not the time to worry about kishins and Black-Star, get Nygus because I have no idea what the hell I'm doing!" The group snapped off into different areas. The ones not told anything specific stayed in the main room, out of everyone's way and keeping an eye on the younger ones.
Black-Star took off towards the area where Nygus' room was at, the star tried his best to remember which one was the one the woman had claimed as her room.
"Two twenty-two, twenty-three." Black-Star remembered a five being in the number. "twenty-four, twenty-" The door numbered twenty-five was partly open and the star heard something on the other end of it, so he let himself in. "Nygus-oh God!" Black-Star slapped a hand over his eyes.
"It's called knocking." Sid snapped.
"I...eh...ah...Maka-baby coming!" Black-Star stated.
"What!? Oh dear, Sid, where's my shirt?" The star could feel embarrassment heat his body as he heard the two adults get off the bed. "It's not like you haven't seen boobs before Black-Star." Nygus said as she ran out of the room, fully covered.
"Stop acting like a child Black-Star." Sid said to the younger man, the sound of the zombie's belt being placed back together made Black-Star's ears turn red.
"I am not acting like a child, everyone would react to seeing their dad..." Black-Star removed his hands and took a step back.
"Did you just call me dad?" Sid asked.
"No." The star walked off.
"Hey, hey, hey." The zombie followed the man he raised and stopped him by grabbing Black-Star's arm. "There's nothing wrong with calling me dad."
"But you're not my father." Black-Star stated. "White-Star is...was."
"Bullshit." Sid's curse made the star stop his attempt to escape, Sid didn't usually curse in front of Black-Star, unless something was serious. "He had sex with a woman so that does make him your biological father, but I raised you. I feed you, I got up at every other hour to make you stop crying and I kept you safe. That makes me your dad, whether you admit it or not."
"But..." Black-Star was, for once, lost for words.
"I named you Black-Star for a reason. You're not like White-Star, you're not like him at all and I made sure of that. You are a great man and I'm proud of you." Sid hugged Black-Star and the star stiffened. He wasn't very good with this emotional stuff, he's spent the past five years with men that view emotions as weak and seeing Sid, the only person he truly viewed as an equal besides Kid, hugging him for the second time since he's been here and showing his emotions, threw him off.
"Uh...thanks...dad."
"Took you long enough." Sid and Black-Star turned together and saw Kid standing near them. "Nygus needs you Sid." Kid stated before taking off, the zombie and star following without a word.
Sid went through the door first after Kid stepped to the side and the zombie went straight to Nygus. Kid followed after and went over to Soul while Black-Star stayed at the door, looking at the odd scene in front of him. Maka was laying on the single bed in the room, a blanket covering her lower half and her legs bent up and apart. Nygus sat at the end of the bed, checking under the blanket every other minute.
"Her contractions are getting closer together." Nygus said to Sid. "Maka, you're going to have to start pushing soon."
"Excuse me." Black-Star stepped to the side as the girl named Miriah passed him with a large bucket of water and she was soon followed by Kenna, who was carrying an armful of rags.
"Thank you." Tsubaki said to the younger girls and took the bucket from Wendy. "Set the rags over here, Kenna." Tsubaki placed the bucket several feet away from the bed. Kenna did as she was told and stepped back, waiting to hear what she needed to do next. "Black-Star, take Kenna and Wendy out and make sure everyone's okay." Tsubaki put several rags into the bucket.
"Why can't I-" Maka let out a cry of pain. "-why can't I stay?" Black-Star asked.
"We can't have you getting in the way." Tsubaki admitted, her eyes showing that she hated to do so.
"How would I get in the way?" Black-Star said with a hint of hurt in his voice, making his weapon look away from him. Maka letting out another scream gave the woman a moment to think.
"I'm sorry Black-Star, but can you please just step out and close the door behind you?"
"I'll go with you." Kid offered and took several steps towards the star before he was stopped by Tsubaki.
"We need you Kid, we all know you know more about child birth than myself and Sid do and almost as much as Nygus." Tsubaki stated. Black-Star didn't even bother asking why Tsubaki would know that and he stomped off in silence, Kenna and Miriah following right behind him.
"There's going to be another young one." Miriah said with a chuckle. "Isn't that awesome."
"I hope Maka's going to be alright." Kenna said as she shut the door.
"She's in good hands, she and the little boy's going to be fine." Kenna looked at the other girl and smiled brightly.
"You're right."
"Just think, one day that's going to be us. We're going to be in there, giving birth to our child with our friends and husbands there." Miriah looked at the closed door and no one noticed that Kenna's smile disappeared when Miriah had said 'husbands'.
"Yeah...sounds wonderful." Kenna said softly.
"I'm hungry." Black-Star stated. Kenna shook her head and smiled at the star.
"Me too, let's go to the kitchen and get some food." Kenna took the man's arm and left Miriah staring, wishfully, at the door. Black-Star and Kenna went into the kitchen, passing by the curious crowd in the main room.
"Is everything going well?" Liz asked, James sitting on her lap.
"Yeah, I was just kicked out." Black-Star said bitterly.
"Don't take offence Black-Star, they probably just don't want too many people in the room." The older Thompson sister said.
"Are we getting another brother?" The little twins asked together, giggling when they discovered they had spoke in unison.
"That was kind of creepy." Kilik chuckled and picked up one of the twins. "Alright Tommy-"
"I'm Timmy." The boy protested.
"No you're not." The other twin stated. The one in Kilik's hand put a finger to his mouth.
"You two are a bunch of trouble makers." Kenna said to the twins before she was dragged off by an impatient Black-Star, his stomach growling loudly a moment later. The star grabbed himself a can of peaches and Kenna grabbed pineapple.
"Do you and Kid..." Kenna hesitated to ask her question as Black-Star started to open his can. "Do you two ever plan on having a child?" Black-Star stumbled and let out a curse as he found peach juice all over his hands.
"Uh, you know that's not possible right?" The star asked, drying his hands off on a rag.
"I meant adoption. Do you two ever plan on rasing a child together?" Kenna put her can down, her apatite gone.
"I...I can't." Black-Star said, pulling a peach slice out of the can and eating it.
"Why not?" Kenna asked.
"Because..." The star slammed a fist into the counter. "Because I'm not mature enough. I was sixteen when I left Death City and I tried my best to grow up for five years and I'm still that same crazy, irresponsible child that no one trusts with anything serious. I can't even be in the same room as my best friend's wife as she gives birth to her first child. How could I ever be trusted with someone else's life?" Black-Star stopped, realising he was getting too upset over something stupid. "No, we're not. We're not ready yet." Black-Star said.
"I think you two would make great parents. Any child would be lucky to have you guys as dads."
"And I'm sure you and your future husband will be great parents as well." Black-Star ate another slice of peach and Kenna walked off without saying anything. "Kenna?" Black-Star asked with his mouth full. Did he do something wrong? Black-Star followed Kenna, giving the rest of his peaches to Tommy and Timmy and went up to Kenna's closed door. "Kenna?" The star repeated, knocking softly on the door.
"Go away." Kenna voice was muffled.
"Do you really think I'm going to do that?" Black-Star responded, twisting the doorknob and hearing it click.
"I just want to go to sleep." Kenna stated as the star opened the door. Black-Star found Kenna laying on her stomach on her bed, face resting on her pillow.
"Did I do something wrong?" Black-Star asked, closing the door behind him.
"No." Was Kenna muffled answer.
"Can I do anything to make you feel better?" The star stepped over to the girl.
"No."
"I don't believe you." Black-Star grabbed Kenna's sides and started tickling her. If it works on Kid, it should work on Kenna and it did. Kenna let out a squeal and flipped over, trying to slap away the man's hands.
"You're an asshole." Kenna said between laughs.
"So I've been told." Black-Star said and stopped. The star sat down next on the edge of the bed as Kenna caught her breath and sat up. "Something did upset you though, what was it?"
"Nothing." Kenna played with the blanket she was sitting on.
"And I don't have blue hair." The star smiled when Kenna laughed a little.
"Could you give me some advice Black-Star?" Kenna asked a moment later. Black-Star raised an eyebrow, usually people would ask anyone else but him for advice.
"Sure, I'll try my best." The star said truthfully.
"I...uh..." Kenna's checks flushed a light pink. "I have a crush on someone." Black-Star stiffened, Kenna was asking him for romance advice?
"Uh, that's great." Black-Star smiled at the girl, now understanding how Sid had felt when he was younger and said the same thing to him.
"And I...I don't know how to talk to the person."
"Well...just be yourself." Black-Star said what he assumed Kid would say in this situation. "What's his name?" Kenna shook her head. "Is it Alex? He's a nice boy." Black-Star could feel the awkwardness in the air.
"No." Kenna said softly.
"Jake?" Kenna shook her head again. "Kilik?" Another head shake. "Ox?" The star let out a silent thanks when Kenna said no. "Who is he?" Black-Star asked in defeat.
"It's...It's not a...oh this is stupid!" Kenna snapped and stood up.
"Come on Kenna, just tell me who he is, it's not Ox so you're pretty good with everyone else."
"Black-Star, we're not that different." Kenna crossed her arms, staring at the ground. "We both like the same gender..." The girl sniffed. "And I don't mean that we both like guys..." Kenna looked back up at Black-Star, a single tear falling down her cheek.
"Kenna?" Black-Star stood up. "What are you saying?"
"I...I'm gay, like you and Kid. I...I like girls." More tears flowed out of her eyes. "No one knows, Bre didn't even know. I kept this secret to myself, I was afraid. I was afriad of becoming more of an outcast than I already am. No one else is like me...no one else is like this." Kenna wiped her eyes. "Then you and Kid came, I wasn't alone anymore. You two are just like me. But you never told anyone, so I didn't either. I heard Kid say that they don't need to know something that doesn't affect the rest of the group. But it's not fair that you to have each other and the girl I love...I can't even talk to her, I'm afraid she's going to deny me and get everyone to hate me because I'm different."
"You like Miriah?" Black-Star asked. Kenna nodded her head, trying to dry off her face.
"She wants a husband...not a wife." Her voice cracked. "She's beautiful. She's nice, funny and her smile is brighter than the sun...she always looks on the bright side of life and she isn't afraid to make her opinion heard. She's soft and hard at the same time and she is the smartest person I have ever meet." Kenna choked back a sob. "She's everything I'm not." Black-Star went up to Kenna and hugged her, not knowing what else to do. After several minutes of them standing there a loud cheer from behind the wall told both of them the baby had finally come. "The baby's here!" Kenna said with some excitement and took off, acting as if what had just happened, didn't. Black-Star thought that Kenna was better at hiding her emotions than he was.
Black-Star left the room and walked to the main room. He saw Kid talking to the crowd, telling all of them that the baby boy was healthy and came out without any problems and they haven't named the baby yet, that everything was going to be okay.
Kid and Black-Star finally made eye contact and the shinigami could tell by the look of the other man's face, that they needed to talk and they needed to talk now.
A chapter all about Black-Star.
Took you long enough man and plot twist with Kenna. Bet you didn't see that coming,