boo: This one is kind of a doozy.
Disclaimer: Yes. Yes it is. boo does not own ToS, so don't sue her. She's broke anyway.
boo: /sigh/.
Effect
Anna pushed her hair away from her face as she felt her stomach begin to heave again. She heard heavy footsteps coming her way and felt calloused hands gently hold her hair as her stomach purged itself of all contents. After, he sat beside her as she knelt, gasping. She spat out the nasty taste in her mouth, waiting for him to ask.
"Are you alright?" He asked finally.
"No." She said quietly, not looking at him
"Was it dinner? Because I thought those tomatoes were a bad idea."
"It wasn't dinner." She said tiredly.
"Was it lunch then? The cheese did look-"
"It's nothing I ate, Kratos!" She snapped, her hands balled into tight fists on her knees. She could see them shaking. She blinked away the tears she found forming in her eyes, annoyed.
"Are you sick?" He asked.
"... In a manner of speaking. But I am not ill." She closed her eyes. Was she going to have to spell it out for him? "Kratos, how did we meet? What was happening to me?"
He didn't answer. They had never spoken of it. Neither of them had ever found the words. How do you talk about something like that with a stranger? Even a stranger who saved your life? Even a stranger you have been traveling with for weeks? Even a stranger you see every day, every night, every morning?
"That was the cause." She said very quietly. "This sickness is just the effect."
Again he said nothing. She looked up at him. He looked stricken, like she had slapped him in the face. He'd been starting to see her as a person, rather than the victim of a horrible crime. As a companion rather than someone who needed protecting. As a woman instead of a terrified child. And here she was, proving to him that though she was healing, in many ways she was still these things.
"I'm pregnant."
boo: Just to be clear, she isn't preggo with Lloyd. Also, there is going to be some serious time moving forward after this point, things speeding up. As always, please review! If I get 10 reviews before next Sunday I'll update early! ^^