Daisuke woke up to the feeling of sunlight on his bare shoulders and stretched happily. Dark was still beside him fast asleep, his hair falling haphazardly over his tan face, and the smell of both of them together still lingered in the air. He leaned in and placed a tiny butterfly kiss between Dark's collarbones,
"Good morning." and the thief stirred awake and whispered, "It certainly is." running his hand playfully through his fiery locks. As Dark petted one of his ears he purred for a second and said, "I'm gonna go take a shower ok?" and he nodded, "M'k." flinging his wings out once before folding them and nuzzling deeper into the blankets. He slipped out of bed and gathered up his clothes from the floor, feeling a little satisfied ache between his legs, and made his way to the bathroom.
Once he got there he turned on the water and briefly glanced at himself in the mirror. ~Man…~ Whatever the thing in his gut was, it sure was becoming obvious.
He turned to the side and eyed the soft curve suspiciously, running one hand over it and letting it rest just beneath the bulge. ~So strange…~ He tore his gaze away and stepped into the shower, letting the warm water massage that train of thought from his mind temporarily. Daisuke used some of the shampoo that Dark had bought for him and lathered up his hair, then washed it out and stepped out of the tiled shower, rubbing his hair and body dry. "Hmmm…" He slipped on some red boxers and tried to get into his pants, but for some reason, the top button wouldn't…quite…come together. After a short struggle he gave up and snatched up a pair of Dark's black sweatpants. ~These should fit, at the very least.~ Right before his hand touched the doorknob, he hesitated. ~Maybe I should…~
Daisuke flicked on the fan and went back in front of the mirror, letting his hands rest underneath the anomaly once more. ~… try to see what this is myself.~
He tilted his ears downward and tuned in to the digestive grumbles and other sensations of his body, searching for anything…abnormal. As his ears quivered and swiveled he thought he heard- well, a heartbeat that didn't quite match his. ~Eh?~ He brought one hand up to his chest and let the other hand rest on his abdomen. ~Must have just been my imagination.~
Holding his breath, he listened again, more intensely. No- it definitely wasn't his imagination- in addition to being out of sync with his, it was also really fast, like a little bird's heart. ~No, so what…?~ What could it possibly be? It didn't make any sense…Putting both hands protectively over his belly, he suddenly thought,
~Wait a minute. Humans-females- all these symptoms are almost exactly the same as, as…~ But he was a guy, he'd gone over absolutely everything with Krad and this body had turned out almost perfectly. Minus the tail, ears and belly button, it was…male. But perhaps he had messed up internally somehow, after all when he was forming this body he remembered thinking how lucky women were, to be able to actually carry around the children of people they loved, but…
He felt a rush of excitement that almost knocked him over-~ Is that possible? I mean, could this be my magic-~
and was immediately followed by an absolutely horrifying realization.
It couldn't be Dark's, because they'd just consummated their love last night, and he'd been feeling this way for-months…
Which meant…
...His legs gave out and dropped him unceremoniously on the floor, letting him feel the full weight of the thing inside his body.
~Oh God please no anything but that, anything but…~ "No…" His whisper sounded pathetically small in the room and it disappeared quickly, leaving him with the knowledge of how small and helpless he was against his own flesh. How his opinions didn't matter in the least, his body would continue drudging on with its task, feeding and nourishing and protecting this little- baby, and there wasn't a thing he could do to stop it. "No, no, not his…" Tears welled up in his eyes and he buried them in the black fabric of Dark's sweatpants. He wasn't going to cry, he was going to think about this…rationally.~ So, supposing this is actually a…~
He couldn't even think the word without feeling like he was going to throw up. ~…What am I supposed to do? I don't have enough money to take care of it, or a place to go and I can't get a job, and Dark…Oh, Dark.~ He whimpered and the door jiggled open, and suddenly he was there, crouching down and putting a hand on his shoulder and asking, "Daisuke? What's wrong?" and it was too much. The tears in his eyes came rolling down the sides of his cheeks freely as he whispered,
"I'm so sorry, I- just ruined your life. I'm so stupid…" He wiped his face and began to stand up, but Dark pushed him gently back into a sitting position.
"If you want me to go, I-understand. You never signed up for this-" He was silenced as Dark pressed his lips to Daisuke's soft trembling ones and said,
"Daisuke, what are you talking about? No matter what happens I want you to stay here." He came closer and wrapped an arm around the little redhead, holding him tightly. "I- I think I know what this is now." Daisuke said and put a hand over his belly, and as he did the thief moved to put his hand over Daisuke's when he yelped,
"Don't! It's…evil!" and he hesitated, "Dai…" His triangular cherry-red ears slicked down in misery and he finally just said it- it hurt too much to keep it in, to keep it from Dark, his everything. If he couldn't tell him, he wouldn't be able to bear it alone. "I think it's a baby." Dark couldn't help but stare at him for a moment, and then he placed his large tan hand gently down on Daisuke's own hand. "Why-why do you think that?"
The redhead's fingers entwined with his and then he placed Dark's hand against him. "Because I can feel this little beat- here, and it doesn't match mine. Just close your eyes and listen." The purple-haired Kaitou did, and them compared it to Daisuke's heartbeat and gasped softly, opening his eyes. He saw a kind of scared excitement well up in his lovely amethyst orbs and felt ten times worse.
"But-yesterday, we just-" He curled back into himself again, holding Dark's hand captive in both of his as he let his chin rest on his knees. "It's not- it's not…"
Finally he just blurted it out, flushing in anger and humiliation and working himself up all over again.
"It's...Krad's. He and I- the first night in or human form he… slept with me. But I didn't- I never wanted it, I didn't know what was going on, I was just a little kid…"
He felt Dark's arms around him and the phantom picked him up as easily as a sack of flour, depositing the redhead in his lap and holding his head against his chest, close to his heart. "Shhhh… It's ok, Daisuke, it's alright…" Daisuke buried his hands in Dark's striped purple sweatshirt and cried softly,
"I wanted to give myself to you, not him…now I'm just stained, and this thing inside me..." then went silent. Dark's hands rubbed across his back and down his shoulder blades soothingly as he tried to digest what he had just said. He was a bit jealous that his first time had been with Krad, but at the same time, touched that Daisuke had wanted to-give himself to him. It was such a sweet gesture… But he didn't have time to think about that right now. Now, they needed to go to Argentine and find out if the conclusion Daisuke had come to was right or not. "You're not like ore, kid. You're like- a diamond. To me, nothing can taint you. Especially not him." Daisuke stared up at him and his eyes filled with hope.
"So you don't-hate me?"
The thief shook his head and stroked Daisuke's swollen belly with a rush of nervousness- what if it really was-! "No. None of this was your fault, so don't worry so much, ok? I'm always going to take care of you." He nuzzled the top of Daisuke's damp hair and kissed those bright red strands, feeling the boy finally relax into him.
"I promise." The redhead said quietly, "I'm scared. What if it actually is…a -" and the Kaitou cupped his belly and heard Daisuke give a sharp intake of breath in surprise. "Well then… I'll just have to take care of both of you." Daisuke's eyebrows drew together, "But Dark, what if…" He couldn't even say it, couldn't imagine holding a child and waiting for their eyes to open, only to be greeted by golden wolf eyes. Finally he shook his head and hugged his new master,
"Never mind. It'll be ok, as long as I'm with you."
and Dark smiled and held him there on the bathroom floor, not even daring to wonder if in fact, he was really holding two people in his arms.
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