72. What is Love Like?
Nanami whined and screamed out in pain as Inari held her still and looked over at Tomoe in shock. The fox was quivering and shaking slightly. His eyes wide and in panic. He coudln't do this... He coulnd't! If he lost Nanami, or the baby.. What would he do!?
He just realized that he loved her, he had thought maybe it was just a like; but after the words spilled out of his lips he refused to take any of it back. He refused too, and now?
He was close to loosing his baby.. And His mate. She would be his only one forever, This was a rule with foxes and their mates. Once his mate died he'd be alone forever. He didn't want to loose her at all, but it was something that could happen with how she going on.
She whined and held her gut when Inari sighed out and gently started to check her, she whimpered and held her moms hand while Tomoe watched in tormoil. He wanted to help but that was impossible, He couldn't change the pain in her body... He couldn't.
And It was driving him crazy.
Inari had already been there for a while, in fact he had rushed there rather quickly to the foxes releif. He was glad that he showed up when he did too, if he had not She would of bleed to much.. So much that the fetus would probably woudl of fallen out.
If it hadn't already.
Inari bit his lip as Gwen tried to hold her daughter still when he checked, he had to get her to hold still but that was hard since she was in so much pain, To be truthful what had happened was when Mikage hit her she was yanked to the side.
And then she crashed into the bathroom counter and hit her stomach rather harshly, it woudl be a miracle if the baby was still there to begin with, plus she was a human girl with a yokai baby inher womb. It was rare but not rare enough.
Tomoe shook slightly while the man sighed out and bit his lip as he held her still and took a small number of test, after that Nanami whined and choked on tears as she tried to stop moving around and hold still. It was hard to watch and Inari knew this...
Maybe thats why Tomoe grew still and left the room.
Inari sighed out and looked at the test before looking at Nanami and biting his lip, " Its gonna take a little time for me to figure these out." he whispered and gently patted her head as she tremebled and dug her nails into the blankets around her.
She had refused a hospital and Inari had a feeling that would lead to her bleeding on he bed. But what made him realize something was that if she chose not to go to the hospital now and if the baby did survive? Nanami would probably be one to do a home birth.
Which meant no pain killers,a nd how she was acting now? he knew that the birth would be a hard one.. he foresaw that sadly. He bit his lip and made sure to prop her back up with Pillows before she tried to breathe. Meanwhile Tomoe was in the hall as he shook and slowly slid down the wall.' Hsi heart was throbbing as his ears went flat.
He was shaking and trying not to break down, honestly he didn't have anymore tears as he shook there. His father left... and almost killed his baby.. HIS baby. HIS Mate. Tomoe swallowed and ground his teeth as something flashed in his eyes.
Maybe it was remourse, or maybe it was pure hate. Who knew really, but one thing was for sure. he was alone in this big house, full of memories of when he was little. He remembered being with his father and asking him so many questions...
He used to look up to his father, but now.. it was nothing more then a passing mircale that would probably never happen again. Tomoe swallowed harshly and stared blankly at the wall in front of him, his hair guarding his eyes.
What would he do? What would he do if the baby died? Woudl that be it? Woudl she not talk to him again? Whould she leave and never come back like his father? Or woudl she die to? No.. He couldn't allow that.
He had used her yes.. But something seemed to click when he was trying to come up with an explanation to his father. His father that would not listen to him. It was just this..
He loved Nanami Momozeno.
When it happened he didn't know, maybe it was all the stolen kisses and then sweet words that they sometimes shared by accident. Maybe that was why she got pregannt, maybe it was something that was meant to be for them.
He wasn't sure, but he treasured all those moments, all the ones that were done in private, and the ones that they publicy shared, Maybe that was why he was never interesting in any other girl.. Maybe thats why he didn't want to be friends with anyone but her. It was because..
He loved her.
Maybe that was it.. he loved her, nothing else. He swallowed as he looked at the wall, if he lost her where did that leave him? No mother, no mate and no father. It was a horrible thing to think about... And he didn't want to think about it.
He swallowed and hugged his knees before Inari opened the door holding some weird looing things, he looked at Tomoe and smiled weakly,
" I have to run test.. Your mate wants to see you.' he smiled gently as Tomoe looked up at him. So...
She was okay.
He swallowed and nodded, if he had to do test then he must of not known if the baby was alrght or not. This made his ears flop over but he nodded and slowly got up as Inari walked off. The teen swallowed and slowly walked into the room to see Nanami with a white blanket covering her.
She slowly looked at Tomoe and blinked before biting her lip and then covering her beauitful face. Tomoe only blinked in shock.. What had brought this on? He didn't understand, nor did he get it.. He walked up to her and swallowed as he pulled a chair up and sat beside the bed.
" Hey.." he whispered and bit his lip, " Whats wrong?" he muttered and looked down before Nanami bit her lip and choked. Her heart throbbed as she touched her belly.. Ever since Mikage kissed her head, she had felt it.. The life in her. But now it was flickering.. Flickering and scaring the crap out of her.
She wondered if he did that just to let her suffer and ruin even more,
" T-Tomoe.." She choked ad looked down, She started to tear up before Tomoe bit his lip and gently grabbed her hand. This made her look at him as he blushed and looked down, his face red as he shivered at the touch of their skin.
He bit his lip and looked down, his face red as he looked at her slowly, ' W-What is it?" he whispered before Nanami choked and cringed. She didnt want to tell him that they might loose their child.. She loved him.. SHe loved him more then anything, and she loved their baby.
Even if she was used, even if he had used her like a game. A game just to take away his emotioal pain, she didn't care.. She loved him. Yes she was upset, maybe even mad... Maybe even scared for him to touch her again.
But she loved him all the same..
And This baby.. How was she supposed to look at him? At his violet eyes, when she.. She coudl loose their child? She didn't know what to do.
" T-The baby..' She choked and looked down, tears in her brown eyes, " I-It Might die.." She cried out and shook her head violently, ' W-What will.. What will happen!?" She cried out before Tomoe felt his heart lurch.
This was his fault.. No, not his own.
His fathers..
Tomoe ground his teeth and then tightened his grip on her arm, Nanami gasped and looked at him shock before Tomeo blushed and looked at her with a sharp look, his eyes staring into hers as he swallowed and bit his lip.
' W-We'll make another one!" he cried out before Nanami froze up. It only took a few seconds for Tomoe to gasp and yank his hand back. His face turned red as he looked down.
" I- I mean.. I-It.. T-Thats up to yoU!" he blinked and looked down as Nanami blinked.. Her eyes full of tears. For some reason the pain seemed to cease when he said that, not just the worry in her chest.. but the pushing on her lower stomach. She blinked..
She coudln't breath and Tomoe started to squirm as she looked at him. She blinked and bit her lip before she reached forward and gently stroked his head. This took the teen by surprise before he gently looked up and paused.
His eyes watered before he gently placed his hand on hers and rubbed his cheek against her palm. He groaned and bit his lip as she stared at him with unreadable eyes. Tomoe sighed out.. Why was it that her touch always comforted him? It calmed him down and made him sigh out before he gently pressed his mouth to her palm.
Nanami blinked before Tomoe opened his eyes and looked at her shyly, his face was unreadable but pink did dance across it. This was. So..
New to him.
He blushed as Nanami looked at him and paused, her eyes grew wide before she gently pulled his hand over to her and kissed it, he whined as she kissed his old scars. His ears flickered in a feeling a he had started to feel not to long ago.
Ah... So this.. This was love. Not sexual or physical. Not something that you bought or something that invovled your lips. it wasn;t bad or dirty. Love was far more then that.. It was... Love was just caring for that person and calming them down in times of pain. Love was calming them in lightening storms and watching movies on late nights.
Love was helping with homework, and taking up for what they believed in, along with yourself.
Love wasn't something to be bought or stored up. Love wasn't sexy clothes or a nasty satifaction. Love was so much deeper then that... It was just these precious moments. These moments where you could just look in their eyes and know..
Know that you had the best gift in the world.
Where you could still blush for your partner even after MANY years of marriage. It was a soft touch. It was... Thinking baout them before you think about your own needs; Ah yes.. This was love. This was the thing that Tomoe's mother always told him about.
At the time he didn't understand.. But as he kissed her hand and gently looked at her..
The one look made him sigh out and smile. The smile was soft and real, and so he kissed her hand gently. It was the type of love that... The older couples had. The ones that had so many kids you'd be surprised.
They didn't have kids because they lusted each other, NO! it wasn't that at all. It was because with each year that passed? Their love grew, and grew.. and so the product of their love, grew and grew...
It was a beauitful gift...
" What if its twins?" Nanami whispered before Tomoe looked at her and blushed.
" Then we'll be busy." he blushed and looked down before Nanami blinked and blushed. She then looked at him and smiled gently. Tomoe paused and chuckled as he kissed her hand again, he then laid his head on her stomach and swallowed..
He listened and sighed out as he crawled up on the bed and nuzzled her stomach, he stayed there and bit his lip. Maybe his father was right, yes he was a bit naive; but he was no child. He hadn't been a child in so long...
Tomeo bti hsi lip and listened as he closed his eyes and relaxed for the first time in so long. Maybe this was something he should of realized sooner or later, he didn't know what made him realize he loved her. Maybe it was this whole experience.. But the thought of it... The thought of loosing her just made it snap in his head.
He sighed and closed his eyes as Nanami stoked her head and swallowed. She titled her head and even though she was sweaty from the pain.. to Tomeo she was pretty. He blushed at this thought and bit his lip as he laid there, and then she blushed and looked at him.
She blushed and bit her lip before shyl swallowing and looking at him, '
" T-Tomoe?" She whispered making the fox slowly turn his head towards her. He looked at her and blushed before she closed her eyes and said what she had wanted to say for so long, espiecailly to him... To him and him only...
" I love you.." She muttered and also messed up before Tomoe blushed and looked down, his white hair shading his eyes before he gently looked at her and swallowed. He bit his lip before he gently trailed up to her mouth and shyly lowered his head.
His lip brushed hers before he whined and swallowed, ' I love you too.' he whispered making her blink and blush as she gently kissed him back. He whined and sighed out as he pulled away and kissed her again in sof butterfly like kisses...
Then there was a loud, " EH HEM!" And both teens yelped and jumped away from each other, making Tomoe fall back off the bed in a backwards motion as Nanami blushed. Inari just shook his head and sighed out weakly.
" I got the results." he muttered before Tomoe sat up and blinked. Nanami looked at him in panic before the god sghed out.
" I'm going to have to tell you this..." He winced.
.
.
" Your baby is such a fighter, I'm pretty surprised." he blinked while Nanami suddenly realxed and choked on relieved tears. Tomoe felt himself realx and bite his lip... This had been a long day for him.
He had lost a father, he had gained a love.. and had found a child. For some reason he was so happy but grieved at the same time.
He was confused with this before Gwen popped her head in and gigggled slightly.
" When the wedding?" She cooed before Tomoe and Nanami, gasped, held up their hands as they tried to explain...And then ended up sounding like idiots. Then she giggled and smiled brightly. as she watched them.
This baby...Had somehow brought them together..
And she was happy.
But now the question was...
How were they going to survive without mikages income.. Babies were expensive.. She bit her lip and sighed out as Inari bit his lip and shook his head. Plus if Nanami were to take another blow like that...
She'd loose the baby for good.
Gwen bit her lip and swallowed, they had to figure something out.. And soon.
Or things would get ugly soon...
" Yes hello?" A mutter was heard on the phone as a black haired man placed his pipe down. He offered it to the red head across from him but he only glared.
' Didn't I tell you I quite?" he seethed before the man shrugged and paused when a voice reached his ears.
" How can I help you?" The man blinked before he froze up and sighed out, the person that was calling was a young teen ager.. he could tell. He swallowed before he bit his lip and nodded slightly.
" I see.. We'll be there in the morning." The man muttered before he hung up and leaned back in his chair. He looked at the rather ticked off red headed teen in front of him. He would have laughed, expect this was unexpected and it wasn't good either..
" Who was that Akura-ou.." The teen glared before the man bit his lip and sighed out.
" Tomoe Mikage.. Congrats kid.' Akura smirked as he leaned back in his black chair. He looked out the glass window at the hard rain and sighed.
We have our first case in the morning."
ANOTHER ONE! YAY! I am Happy, And I'm kind of making up for the lack of updates that I did not make for a month! T-T BUT GUESS WHAT! XD You guys will love Book Two as well.. XD Its cute and so you guys will fall in love with the new Mikage family,
And The Kaito Family as well. XD
Will you guys be reading it? I hope so! XD