2. What am I going to Do?
Inari rolled his eyes as he saw Mikage showing Nanami to the biggest room in the shrine, Also known as the Dance room where the blond god usually practiced his shrine cleansing. The harvest god was ticked and Tomoe wasn't even paying them heed.
He wouldn't, in fact he was sickened by all of this. It was confusing for the teen and everytime Mikage looked at him?
The teenage fox would look away with his ears pinned as if he was shamed to even look at his own father. In fact he was shocked and confused, and Inari had seen him pouring out his sake out the night before.
His lip was snarled and he looked lost in thought; in fact he looked sick with it. Inari didn't blame him; he didn't know how to approach the idea of having a child; giving that the fox was only a teen and to Inari? Was the most immature person in the shrine.
Now he was going to be a father? The harvest god knew one thing; and that was the fact that Tomoe did not want this ... It made since; but then it made Inari want to hit him in the head. This was his problem; this was something he did, but... Inari knew what this feeling was.
His wife had wanted children; but she miscarried them all, and then he got a familiar pregnant. Sadly his son caught a bad disease and he was crippled at five. He died in serve pain...
It took Inari a long time to comprehend the fact that he was a father; he was young and stupid at the time, but he loved the child all the same. He knew Tomoe was innocent to the fact of kids and babies, but Inari just wondered how this was all going to work out.
Mikage showed Nanami into the large dance room and pionted to a huge window. The god laughed and then sighed lightly.
" Theres a lot of men here so I was thinking of getting another bathroom installed in here. I don't like the idea of you having to go to the hallway bathroom." He sighed and then smiled cheerfully, " I'll get you a futon." The god turned to go and left Tomoe and Inari to stare at the girl.
Of course Ianri found this as a great time to tick Tomoe off in front of his 'Mate by mistake'. He leaned over and looked at Tomoe before saying rather loudly,
" She's hot; you chose nicely.." He smirked when Tomoe shot him a glare that said shut-up. his ears flopped over but there was no blush on his face. In fact he looked more annoyed.. Nanami herself heard this and looked at the god as if he was the world's biggest perv.
Inari smirked as Tomoe's tail flicked about and Nanami looked at him. An awkard silence passed and before Nanami could even try to speak? Tomoe sent her a glare and opened his mouth in hate,
" Deal with this yourself; I don't have time things as useless as humans and their problems." He turned around and to the gods surprise? The girl grabbed something and threw it at the foxes head. It just so happened to be Mikage's bells...
They hit their target and Tomoe hissed as the metal hit him with direct contact; He turned to look at her and then? They started to cuss each other out. The god was shocked, Giving that the girl looked innocent; but the words coming out of her mouth? Shocked him to the core.
She was sassy and she didn't care that Tomoe was a yokai; she hit him square in the head. Inari would have chuckled but he kept it to himself as he watched them. Then Nanami swore as Tomoe cursed. he clenched his fists and fire flared at his hands..
Oh crap.
Inari stepped between them and then glared hard before breathing out and holding up his hands. He glared at Tomoe and the foxes fire went out quickly. The harvest god sighed in relief as Mikage skipped in and held up a futon.
It was a large one so that Nanami felt comfortable and he also showed her the bathroom in the hall in case she needed to go. The girl nodded towards him and then looked at Tomoe. He glared at her and then rolled his eyes,
" I'm going to bed." Tomoe spat out and then stormed out.
Thats when Nanami looked down and swallowed. She patted her stomach and tried to breath out slowly. To be honest she wasn't tired; she wasn't feeling well and her stomach was twisting in knots. The teen that got her like this?
He wanted nothing to do with her. He didn't seem as nice as he was when she first met him... That was nice; when he talked to her... She remembered that...
FlashBack
Welp, She was lost again. The brunette cursed to herself and sighed heavily as she looked at the map in her hands. She didn't know what to do.
She was trying to find her way around in this winding town; but here she was in a downtown area, huts and room down apartments were everywhere; giving Nanami a freaky feeling. She was a seventeen years old girl in a rundown part of town...
It was frightening.. But what was more frightening? The white haired fox at the crosswalk a few feet from her. She swore and looked around, trying to balance her map and purse all at once. She opened her bag and walked forward, trying her best to ignore the stranger but running into him...
The foxes hand lost grip on a red cell phone and his hair blew in the wind as he blinked in shock. He turned to look at her and then blinked in shock.
" You better watch it." He snarled at first but then paused when Nanami flinched, She went to pick up her purse and then looked at him in embarrassment.
He was taller then her, well built and his fox ears twitched about at every sound around them. Their eyes caught and the girl blinked. This was a yokai right? He was handsome... and it looked like he around her age.
" S-Sorry." Nanami muttered and massaged her temple in pain. The fox caught this and blinked at her clear pain. He reached out but stopped himself, confsued with his own actions. she picked up her purse, straightened her skirt and looked at the cross walk.
Tomoe puased and then bit the end of his thumb as he stared ahead; it grew quiet, both fumbling with their thought and what they were thinking. Thats when the fox desided to open his mouth.
It was funny when he did that they both strated to talk to each other like idiotic teenagers. Of course they were teens but Tomoe was a great yokai; and everything that was slipping out of his mouth was confusing him. This wasn't him! At all...
The fox swallowed and they both looked away; The fox felt his face burn for some reason and he picked at a stray peice of string on his familiar clothes. Nanami noticed this and looked behind him. He had a tail... And ears.. This was the weirdest thing ever.
"Your wearing shrine clothes?" Nanami looked up at the fox and he blinked in surprise. He looked at the human and swallowed slightly before nodding and sighing heavily,
" Yes, I'm a familiar." He paused and bit his thumb again until he and her looked at each other and blurted out,
" Do you what to get a drink?"
They both blinked in surprise but they both looked ahead, trying hard to not look like idiots. Tomoe chewed his lip and Nanami smiled slightly before tucking a peice of hair out of her eyesight. How many days would a handsome stranger ask her to drink with him?
Her chances were slim; giving that she wasn't that attractive. She wasn't shaply and her hair had split ends.. She smiled and looked at the now quiet fox, " You know what?" Nanami looked at him and smiled, " I'd like that, Um?"
The fox looked at her with wide innocent violet eyes before muttering out with a husky voice, " Tomoe..Tomoe-Mikage." He looked at her and paused, " What about you?"
Nanami's felt her heart skip from his intense gaze, She looked forward and breathed out before smiling to herself, " Nanami, Nanami Momozeno." She looked at him , " You have a girls name.."
Tomoe sent her glare but he then smirked as he looked forward, " Yours is linked with the ocean." He smiled and looked at her; blue and gold specks danced in his violet eyes as Nanami pouted and caused him to laugh. He put a hand over his mouth and laughed.
This made Nanami smile and giggle to herself; his laugh was deep but beautiful. It matched his voice and rang beautifully. His eyes opened and they both blinked when they found out the light changed for them to walk.
" Ah crap." Tomoe muttered as he picked his red phone up. It looked fine but to him? It wasn't turning on.. Nanami gasped.
" I will pay for it!" she started going through her purse before Tomoe stopped her hand and chuckled. His eyes danced with ammusment but also something kind. Like he was the only person who wouldn't care if an expensive phone just got broken.
" Just with a drink." He smiled as they walked along, and for some reason? Nanami couldn't believe this was happening to her...
End Of Flashback
Nanami grimaced and then rolled her eyes as she heard Tomoe's door slam. What a jerk; it made her wonder if he was just like this... nice one day and then a total jerk the next day.
She bit her lip as Inari laid her Futon down and then handed her some motion sickness pills.
He chuckled and patted her head, " Don't worry about him; he's just a teenager thats confused... Give him time." The harvest god winced, This girl was younger than Tomoe; and it seemed that she was alone with no one to look after her.
He smiled weakly and patted her head, " We'll make sure you feel great." He chuckled to himself and started to twalk to the door, " Night, And don't mind Tomoe."
The girl nodded but Inari saw the worry and fear in her eyes; she was scared, and he didn't blame her. A baby at such a young age; and with a Yokai father? He bit his lip as he walked out of the room and sighed heavily...
Tomoe stared down at the screen and blinked, he held down the button but sighed when it didn't come on. He had to get this phone fixed...
He rolled over on his back and stared at the screen, his eyes wide as he looked at it. The fox blinked at it and chewed his claw before wincing and shivering.
Tomoe just coudln't grasp the idea of having a child in the shrine; and that it was going to be his baby.
So small and fragile to the world.. He couldn't do this. He didn't want to do this! He didn't want a baby!
He buried his head in his pillow and mentally screamed to himself, he bit his lip and moaned in pain..
What was he going to do? His heart was racing and for the first time in his life? He was actually confused and scared..
Tomoe breathed out and looked at the roof; he couldn't be a dad. He didn't want to be one; not yet, not ever.. But now? He didn't have a choice! Why did he not have a choice? Because... His father wasn't there for him until he was a teen so he had no idea what a father really did!
He would fail; besides! He didn't want this, he wanted to be a familiar. He had worked so hard to become a familiar that even gods talked about.. ( Even though they still hated him ) He had worked so hard.. now he had messed up.
Tomoe looked at his phone and then with frustration? Threw it hard against the wall. it bounced into the floor, the screen cracking as he hugged his knees and tried to breath correctly. He covered his face and tried to breath,
He didn't know what to do!
He hated humans but that didn't mean they didn;t have feelings. he had to learn his on his own; and now he had ruined one.. Tomoe shook his head. This was worse than his past as a murderer
The teenage fox moaned and flopped back on his back but froze when he heard a strange noise. He blinked and looked out at the moon. By the position he decided that it was late and that everyone was asleep...
But then he heard it again.
Tomoe sat up and looked at his door; his tail flattened and his ears perked in confusion. Then it sounded again and he blinked in shock.
He winced and stood up before he heard it once again.
It made his stomach turn as he let his feet touch the cold floor; his tabi smoothed over the mats and he inched forwards; unsure what to do. He slid the door open and blinked.
The shrine was dark and the shrine spirits could be heard snoring throughout the building. He blinked when he saw that the bathroom door was open and light was pouring out. his white hair fanned his eyes as he inched forward and tried to figure out what that aweful noise was.
When he got close enough he saw the girl that had been messing him up ever since she showed her face, His phone; drinking and now... The life inside of her. He shook his head and looked at her, the light making his eyes narrow.
Nanami threw up again and Tomoe felt himself blink. He stared at her and he furrowed his eyes in confusion,
"What do you want?" Nanami looked at him; her face green. She was heaving for breath, her stomach hurting her. This made Tomoe blink in confusion. He hoped there wasn't any blood...Not that he cared.
Tomoe narrowed his eyes, " Your gastly heaving was waking me up; shut up already." He spat out and turned around.
Nanami grolwed and jerked her head towards him, ' This is your fault! You were so kind when I met you but it turns out I was played! Your just a liar, a player! Why did I even talk to a yokai when I was warned about them!?"
The fox paused as the girl breathed in a shaky breath, " Then why don't you leave us yokai alone?" Tomoe narrowed his eyes as Nanami stared at him blankly.
" Because... My baby is a yokai. I know this; and so do you." She looked at him; both teens confused as to why they were stuck if something as difficult as this. It was hard and annoying. They didn't want this... Or at least, Tomoe didn't.
He wasn't ready for this, He was...
Scared.
He wanted to be a familiar; he wanted to understand this but it scared him. Tomoe didn't know what babies did; he was still a teenager himself, what was he to do? The fox was...
Confused and scared. What had he gotten himself into?
Tomoe started to walk out until Nanami laughed bitterly, " I won't let it have a girl name." She snorted, : But then again... I don't know what it will be."
The fox paused and looked at her. She wondered if he even remembered how they met; did he? If he did he would have undertstood her. She shook her head and flushed the toliet before she stood and looked into the mirror.
Thats when her heart froze and the fox beside her sent a soft and almost amused smile, " Nothing to do with the ocean either, right?" He looked down, his white hair hiding his violet eyes.
Nanami chuckled in shock. He remembered how they met? That was strange, giving that he was on the verge of hating her. She smiled lightly and ran water over her mouth. The fox stared at her and then shook his head slightly.
"Humans, What a mistake." He groaned and started to walk down the hall.
The girl's smile dropped as she swallowed, " I could say the same about you.." She whimpered; Oh.. What was she going to do now? What?
She touched her stomach and patted it slightly,
" Hold in there.' She whispered and winced as her stomach churned.
Was this baby going to have a Daddy?'
