Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Resident Evil characters, Capcom does. (this doesn't include the OC's that will be mentioned along the way.)

This is it, he was standing at her front door in the early morning like when he was at her old apartment, his demeanor is also identical, due to the fact that he can't bring himself to lift his right hand and press the doorbell or knock on the wooden material. He just simply stood there like a statue, hands in each of his pocket jeans as an act to try and calm himself down from the nervousness that he is feeling, Claire is probably looking at him through the peephole right now, seeing how awkward he looks.

After minutes of calming himself down, he finally musters up the courage to ball up his hand into a fist, lift it up and knock at the front door, backing up a bit to give some space for him to not be that close to Claire when she opens up, and for her to see him better, he stares at the ground while waiting to hear a creak on the door, it took about 30 seconds before he heard a person unlocking the door locks inside and he looks up into the direction where she should've been standing, the door knob turns and the door swings half open and there she was, the first thing he sees is her ocean blue eyes, to her buttoned nose, puffy lips, and iconic ponytail, again in the longest weeks, and all he could focus on was her face, oh how he had missed seeing his best friend's facial features, they were the softest.

But this time, something was different about her that he catches in his peripheral vision, first of all she was wearing a fit white tank top and over it is a red cardigan and for her bottoms she has sweatpants on and white socks... but going back to what he noticed- it was obvious because she had her hand over it, but his eyes fell down on her midsection and she looked- he was so confused and shocked that he couldn't even bring himself to say the word, had he gotten her? no, it couldn't be...it couldn't be his can it? she had to be on birth control when they did it, but then- why is she pregnant now?!

Leon was pulled out of his mind when he heard her voice, "I figured that you would react that way once you noticed.", Claire half smiles at him, while his mouth is still hanging open, he's too overwhelmed to talk, took him seconds but he eventually did, "Claire, what? are you? have I gotten you? I'm sorry, I don't understand.", he puts his hands on top of his head, meaning that he's trying to cool himself down, he doesn't know how to react to this, I'm sure no man would be calm enough to deal with this type of situation, and he is not even certain if it is his or not, but it is surely a possibility.

Claire then approaches him, stepping outside and walking towards him as she puts her hand on his back to comfort him, while she guides him inside, "Calm down Leon, I know you're confused but- we can talk about it inside, just sit for a while and recollect yourself.", she advises him calmly, as he follows her lead, he's conscious enough to walk but still lost, the woman leaves his side and walks further inside as she pulls a dining chair for him to sit in, she gestures her hand toward it before getting a glass of water and hands it over to him. But all he can do is stare at her, how can she be so collected while he panicked? It took Leon a while...literally a while to finally reach for the glass of water the woman had provided him and take a step on his own and walk to the chair to sit on it, and his eyes fell on the floor as he took a sip of the liquid, placing it on the table right after.

However, Claire also just stared at him, she knows exactly what he's feeling right now, and she is nervous as well but she can hide it perfectly, walking over to the chair across Leon, she carefully sits on it, watching her belly as to not bump it on the table, and she felt his gaze fall on her after staring at the floor, they looked at each other directly in the eye for a second before Leon's pupils once again focuses on her midsection, not literally because it was being blocked by the table, but his eyes are in the direction, she noticed this and decided to finally break the silence within the room, "I know you're- shocked, I mean...I was when I saw the positive sign on the pregnancy test.", she felt awkward at that moment, didn't even think before that she wasn't entirely ready to talk yet.

Leon looks back at her and opens his mouth, "S-so you're really pregnant?", he stutters.

"From what I can see-I am very much..5 months pregnant.", she replies unseriously while rubbing her baby bump.

He hesitated for a moment to ask, thinking that the question might be a bit-rude, but he did anyway, "I-is it...mine? I'm sorry.", he shakes his leg, "I think I need a minute to process everything.", he stood up from his seat and walked around for minutes before returning to where he was, Claire just simply stared at him before he gave a familiar go signal.

"I wouldn't have contacted you and talked to you right now if it's another man's, but I totally understand if you're doubting.", Claire answers confidently, she didn't find him asking that offensive at all, she had always been open-minded with these types of things.

Leon nods, still not entirely feeling himself yet, but he is getting there, "But-why didn't you reach out to me the moment you found out? I would have supported you.", he gazes at her directly in the eye, to show that he is truthful with what he is telling her. Claire can see the sincerity in his eyes and it made her emotional, she teared up, looking at the ground.

"Because...I didn't know what to do, I was- scared, Leon...I mean- we didn't expect this to ever happen and now we're here.", she gazes up at him, "I always planned to tell you too, but I had no idea how or when I will.", she wipes a tear with her palm, she thought she sounded desperate all of a sudden and she hated it.

Leon rubs the back of his index finger against his beard stubble, soothing himself as he looks at her before lifting up his chair to sit near in front of Claire, at least close enough to reach her hands, he offers his open palms for her to hold. At first, Claire was confused on why he did that but she did give him her hands, "But it did happen- Claire, and I'm still thankful you decided to tell me now though, and all I can say is I will be right by your side throughout.", he smiles at her to cheer her up, but another question came to mind and he fears for her answer.

"But...", he starts, not wanting to say it but he has to know, "Are you going to keep the baby?"

She stares down at their hands, touching, "At first, I planned to undergo abortion...but the moment I saw them on that monitor, already so full of life- I knew I couldn't do it, and it made me realize that I wanted to give them the chance at life, no matter how hard it'll be...and I'm 5 months along, it would've already been illegal to do so.", she remarked unseriously at the end- joking even, but right then and there, Leon sighed of relief, they're on the same page, and from what he felt, he sheds a tear as well, biting his bottom lip to not get anymore emotional than he already is, "Thank you.", he mutters out, enough for Claire to hear, letting her know that he also wanted to keep the baby, and he lets go of her hands gently to wipe his tears, he's never remembered to get this emotional before.

Claire then suddenly returns her hand to her belly, it's been a constant habit ever since, but this time it's because she felt movement and Leon catches this, "D-do you want to feel?", she asks him, referring to the baby's activity, and he nods, he didn't know what to expect but he did slowly place his hand on Claire's abdomen and she puts her hand on top of his to guide him to the movement, and there he felt a faint kick, it was sudden and it was somehow weird for Leon, he had never experienced this before, but a sense of warmth filled him as he realizes that this is his child, "They've only started kicking 2 weeks ago, and it looks like they're already taking after you.", Claire jokes and he smirks at this, and he is still lost in the feeling, the baby is still kicking in the same spot and he had to admit that he loved every second of it despite only finding out about him/her for like 15 minutes ago.

Claire speaks up once again, bringing up a different topic, "But just know that, you're not obligated to them in any shape of form if you don't want to, I just wanted you to know that.", with this, Leon carefully takes his hand off her belly and sits straight, "What do you mean Claire?", he asks not entirely getting her point. She also straightened her posture, "What I mean is that, your life doesn't have to change just because of this, you can continue on to be your old self before you knew about any of this."

Finally catching on to what she was saying, he shakes his head disagreeing with her, "Claire, from the moment I got you pregnant was the start of me being obligated no matter what, I did this to you and I should commit for my actions. And he/she is my kid as much as they are yours, they deserve the right to have a supportive father, both physically, emotionally and financially. I'll give them all that I have.", this day had probably been the most sincere moment that Leon had ever had in his entire life, no corny one-liners, just pure genuine words coming from the bottom of his heart.

The next thing he knows is that he was suddenly hugged by Claire as she lunges forward at him in an uncomfortable way for her due to her belly, but she doesn't let her size stop her from wrapping her arms around his neck and on his shoulders, he was surprised for a second but hugs her back, doing the same exact act. This wasn't how he envisioned himself reconciling with Claire, but to him, this was a much better outcome.