A/N: Okay, before we get into the chapter I would just like to say that I did have a lot more chapters than this, but my computer died and I only recently got it back and have had to re-download and rewrite a bunch of crap. But since it was Nikki's birthday and I skipped over Christmas I decided to make sure I got these chapters in. Also, I feel like I didn't do a good job describing Marcus and Nikki so I want to give a better one and actually go into more detail about them. For Marcus his hair is actually parted over to the side slightly, he had these curls that tend to frame the face but are not at all like what you usually see boys have. Despite me saying how small he is, he is. . .compact. He can lift more than a hundred pounds. Usually when in public he will wear stylish and tighter clothes but at at home he wears the biggest comfiest clothes he can find. i.e. Nikki's shirts. He doesn't make the funny faces Misaki makes all the time (okay maybe he makes them sometimes) but is very expressive and if to be honest is a bit of a sadist. He has a lot of phobias and disorders for example, a very severe case of arachnophobia, depression, paranoia and a few you'll be able to guess in this chapter. For Nikki, he may look a lot like Nowaki, but his eyes are a tad lighter than his brother, his hair reaches his collarbone now, he is a moron and Nowaki at least has book smarts Nikki is honestly a idiot who probably would have failed if it wasn't for Marcus. Also If I got into height, I would say Marcus is about five foot five inches while Nikki is about six foot five he is a little bit taller than Nowaki but no one notices. He doesn't smile as much as his brother and when he does it's closed mouth instead of open. Okay that's it for that I think, here's the chapter!
"Nikki?" an angelic voice asked. despite his sleepiness he opened his eyes. dark wet brown
curls framed a round face, pink lips slightly parted and large emerald green eyes that went
straight to your soul stared at him and in a loving way. Those beautiful lips pulled upward as
his angel happily sang his best wishes.
"Happy birthday sweetie!" The taller man broke into a smile and stretched his arms out to his
little angel who happily returned it and kissed his forehead. They stayed like that for awhile,
but eventually Marcus crawled away.
Nikki followed him to the kitchen where his favorite breakfast was waiting for him.
Now one might wonder why Marcus would go to the trouble of doing this, well, it just so
happened that Nikki had confided to Marcus in their first year together that he never really
celebrated his birthday much, sure he got presents and all but there was no special treatment
or party. Ever since then Marcus made it his duty to make each birthday all about him. for
twenty-four hours Nikki would be in heaven.
The day had been perfect, but Marcus seemed troubled. in the evening he had Nikki sit down
and sat down opposite of him. He had Nikki promise not to get up until he got up, and to not
interrupt him. In a quiet voice Marcus spoke
"Nikki, do you love me?" he asked, his eyes were downcast. Nickolas said yes.
"Do you want me to tell you about how I got the scars on my back?" he asked. He looked up
then, straight into Nikki's eyes. Nickolas nodded.
"Well. . .It happened a little while after Misaki left, I was feeling really sad back then, but I
didn't regret telling him to go." he smiled slightly, but his eyes had pain in them. The next
things he said, chilled Nikki straight to his core.
"I was walking back to the orphanage one day. . .I didn't notice the car that was behind me
until a rag went over my mouth. The next thing I know was waking up to the smell of blood in
a basement bound to a small table by chains." He went on, increasing in emotion.
"I spent a month in there. I counted thirty days, four hours and 27 minutes because i could
see the clock. I think they wanted me to. There were three of them. . . When they did that to
me i begged to god that it was only one. . . after the twenty-third day I stopped hoping. If i
struggled or spoke or made a single fucking sound they would whip me until i passed out."
Marcus choked back a sob at the memory but kept going.
". . .I. . .I killed them. . .Then I called the cops using one of the cell phones. . . I passed out
then, from relief probably, I woke up in the hospital. . . I-I. . .I could tell you how I did it but. . . Nikki, I'm so scared." For a long time both of us just sat there. There was no sound, if he didn't know better Nikki would have thought Marcus wasn't breathing. He continued to cry, and Nikki remained ever patient.
Finally, Nikki spoke, shattering the silence of the kitchen.
"I still love you." Marcus's head lifted, eyes wide with question.
"If that's what this is about, I still love you. That won't ever change, no matter what happens in the past or the future. The only thing I want is to have you by my side. Always."
After this Marcus stood, before he could do anything though Nikki had made his way to him and enveloped him in a tight hug. And Marcus cried again. Later he told Nikki that it was his first time saying anything about the incident to anyone, and that he had threatened to sue anyone that made the information known to the public, so eventually, it was forgotten.
"by the way, you'll find out about your birthday present soon. You'll know it when you hear about it."
"That big? I'm not surprised any more when it comes to you." At his reply Marcus just laughed. And Nikki wondered if he was ever going to be able to understand his lovers fascination with surprises.
About five seconds after Nikki turned on the T.V. He found out what Marcus had meant.
"YOU MADE WHAT POSSIBLE?" Came a very loud yell. If you had seen the news flash, you would have heard about a young scientist creating a medicine that mutates the DNA of a man, allowing him to effectively give birth to children.