Little shorter than the first chapter. This story is actually finished, but I'm thinking about going through to add and change some scenes around before I get to that specific chapter to post.

Poor Lightning and morning sickness. Lol.

Remember, Futa!Fang... but there's not much mention of it, later on there, there is a quick sex scene, but I'll warn at the top of that chapter thought.

Enjoy.

Hold Me Tight

Chapter 2

"I'm feeling fine, Fang." Lightning protested as she was led into their bedroom by her wife. "I just want to spend my day with you." That was honestly all she wanted. It wasn't every day that someone got to spend their first anniversary with their significant other, and Lightning refused to spend it in bed.

"How 'bout I lay down with ya?" Fang tried, and was thankful for the small smile that overtook her wife's face. "Come on." The Pulsian helped the blond out of her tank top before having her lay down in bed. Fang soon joined her, she slipped out of her jeans and tank top, then crawled in beside her. "A nap wouldn't hurt anyway, love."

Lightning instantly fell into Fang's embrace. She hated the way her stomach was still turning, but there was no way she was going to ruin her first anniversary with her wife. She groaned softly when a particularly hard cramp hit her. It was soon eased away by Fang's fingers working on her back to try to get her to relax. "I love you." Lightning whispered against the brunette's neck.

"I love you too, sunshine. Get some sleep alright? So we can go to dinner with Serah and Snow tonight." She felt Lightning nod against skin. It only felt like a few minutes later before Lightning's breathing evened out and that she fell asleep. Fang took a moment to examine the love of her life. It was something she'd done numerous times before, and planned on doing so at every opportunity. The Pulsian often wondered how she'd gotten so lucky to have a woman like Lightning in her life. A woman that accepted her for who she was. Fang placed a gentle kiss to Lightning's hairline before she got comfortable to let sleep overtake her as well.

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Nobody fully understood what had happened. Lightning was feeling perfectly fine that evening as they walked into the restaurant. After being sick earlier, then taking a nap, it seemed to have helped her to overcome the small bug she had. "I blame Fang." She smirked at her wife once they were finally seated at the table.

"It was not my fault."

"Well, you did make me breakfast this morning."

"Yea, that I ate too." She picked up her menu, a smirk on her face that draw a laughter from Serah and Snow.

"Oh, nobody asked you two." Lightning glared at the couple across the table from them. "It must have just been a bug or something." She shrugged, it really wasn't that big of a deal and she didn't understand why everybody was making such a big fuss about it.

"Yea, Serah told me how you got sick at the park earlier." Snow looked across the table with some concern on his face as well.

"I'm fine, okay?" She looked at him, then back down at her menu. Before even coming to the restaurant, Lightning knew exactly what she wanted.

When the waiter came around, everybody placed their orders, including glasses of wine for Lightning and Fang. Snow and Serah had never been big on drinking. During their meal, they fell into a friendly conversation. Lightning paused from eating to pick up her wine glass. The nausea was returning. She took a few deep breaths to calm it, thankfully it seemed to work.

"Aren't you guys leavin' on vacation next week?" Fang placed her fork down onto her plate before looking across at her extended family.

"Yea, next Saturday. A whole week in Nautilus." Snow couldn't wipe the smile off his face.

Lightning's eyes became fixed on her plate. Her meal had been so delicious, but now, the mere sight of it was causing her stomach to do cartwheels. She tuned out most of the conversation to focus on not getting sick during their dinner.

"What do ya say, sunshine?"

Fang's words brought her out of her trance, but she didn't hear anything she said before that. "Uh… yea." She pushed herself back from the table to stand up. She tossed the napkin onto the table next to her plate. "Excuse me." She swallowed the lump in her throat before weaving her way through tables to go right for the bathroom. Lightning was barely able to make it before dropping to her knees and losing everything she'd just eaten.

Fang watched her, worry etched on her face. It was the second time that day that Lightning had gotten sick. It was definitely more than just a 'bug' as the soldier called it. "I'll go check on her." Fang wiped her mouth on her napkin before placing it on the table.

"I hope she's okay." Snow watched the retreating woman. "It's weird for Light to be sick, isn't it?"

Serah placed her fork down on her plate before leaning back in her seat. "Yea, she hasn't been sick like this in years." She reached out for her glass of water to take a sip. "I'm a little worried."

He placed his hand on her shoulder and gave her a small smile, "I'm sure she'll be just fine, Serah. We all know how stubborn Lightning is."

When Lightning and Fang returned to the table, Snow and Serah took note on how pale the soldier was. Without a word, Lightning moved her food away from her, afraid that the smell of it would make her sick again. She did, however, reach for her wine glass to take a sip. As much as she wanted to stay to finish the evening with her sister and brother-in-law, she knew she couldn't. Even the cool temperature of the red wine was causing her stomach to twist again. "Fang, I'm going to go sit in the car…" she turned to the other couple, "I'm sorry tonight didn't work." Her voice was so soft that Serah and Snow had barely heard it.

"Alright, love, I'll be out in a minute."

Lightning continued taking slow, deep breaths as she walked out of the restaurant and made her way to Fang's car. Once she was safely in the passenger seat, she reclined it back some to take some of the pressure off of her stomach. Anything that would stop the nauseous feeling that wasn't subsiding. She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. She hadn't realized that she had dozed off until she heard the driver's side door opening.

"Apparently it's more than just a bug, love." Fang eyed her wife closely before starting the engine. After they were out on the main road, she reached out to take Lightning's hand in her own. "You're goin' right back to bed when we get home."

"Yes, ma'am." Lightning mocked, but she knew that Fang was right. After her nap earlier in the day, she'd felt so much better. That was, until she got food in her stomach. Just the thought of food, made her stomach turn again.

When the couple arrived back at their home, Fang smiled when she realized that Lightning had fallen asleep. Something was definitely wrong. As quietly as she could, she shut off the engine and got out of the driver's side. She then made her way to the passenger side and reached in to pick up her wife.

"Mm, Fang?" Lightning stirred some in the embrace as she started to come to.

"I got ya, love. Go back to sleep." She whispered. Lightning just nodded against her neck and relaxed again. As gently as she could, she carried her wife into their house and up the steps to the bedroom. Fang placed the soldier on her side of the bed and watched as she instantly curled herself into a ball on her side. The Pulsian brushed some hair out of Lightning's face before reaching down to take off her shoes. Instead of waking her up to have her change out of her dress, she just pulled the blanket out from under her legs and covered her with it. "I'll take care of ya." She spoke softly before going to her dresser to get some clothing out to change into. She also took a moment to pull some clothes out for Lightning, in case she woke up sometime during the evening.

Once Fang was changed, she made her way back through the house to make sure everything was locked, and lights were turned off. She made sure to send a quick message to Serah, letting her know they had arrived home and that Lightning was in bed before going back to their bedroom to curl into bed with her wife.

Even in her sleep, Lightning wasted no time in rolling onto her other side and tucking herself securely into Fang's side. "I love you." Fang whispered, careful not to wake her wife as she wrapped her arms securely around her to keep her safe.

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Fang slowly came to her senses. She barely noticed the lack of a body beside her as she started to wake up. As she opened her eyes, she could hear the sound of her wife retching in their attached bathroom. Taking a minute to fully wake up, she pushed herself into an upright position. When she was finally able to shake the sleep off enough to stand, she heard a soft sob coming from their bathroom. Fang glanced at the clock on the dresser – 3:40AM.

With one hand holding her hair back, Lightning continued getting sick into the toilet. She couldn't stop the tears that were sliding down her face. She just wished she knew what was making her so sick. Even though her stomach was empty, it just wouldn't stop flipping.

"Claire?" Fang spoke softly as she stumbled into the bathroom. She was still groggy and trying to fully register what was going on. "Oh honey." Fang sat down on the floor beside her wife before reaching out to hold her hair back for her.

"I… I didn't…" Her words were interrupted by a dry heave. "I didn't mean… to wake you."

"It's fine, love." With her other hand, she slowly started to massage the soldier's back.

"I don't like this."

Fang sighed before she got up to get Lightning some mouthwash, and then a small cup of water to try to get rid of the taste. Fang helped Lightning to stand up before helping her. "I'm here to help ya, love." She continued massaging Lightning's back for a moment. "Let's get you back in bed."

Lightning quietly nodded. She allowed Fang to lead her back into their bedroom. "What did you ask me earlier in the restaurant?" She asked softly as she stripped off the dress she'd fallen asleep in earlier and picked up the t-shirt and shorts that Fang had laid out for her. Once she was redressed, she crawled back onto her side of the bed and curled into a ball.

Fang curled up right behind her and held her close. "I was just sayin' that we should take a vacation sometime. Go away to Nautilus or something like Snow and Serah are gonna do."

A smile crept onto the soldier's lips, "I like that idea." A whole week, completely alone with Fang at some far away destination sounded wonderful to her. She started to drift off to sleep again, no longer thinking about her churning stomach, but of a vacation with her wife.

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