Note: This chapter contains a large amount of sexual content.
-Faith, Love, and Forgiveness - Chapter Thirty-eight: Miracle-
One month later
"Officials have confirmed today that the Anti-Diclonius Birth Vaccine has passed all required clinical trials, and is now ready for distribution. It was originally going to be mandatory for all males aged 18 - 45, but overwhelming backlash has forced a change in policy."
About two and a half years after Kouta and Lucy legally became husband and wife, it was announced that the Anti-Diclonius Birth vaccine had passed all required clinical trials, and was finally approved for use. Amid heavy protests about the vaccine being mandatory, the Government backpedaled a bit and granted exceptions if certain criteria were met.
For those not granted an exception, the vaccine was mandatory, but everyone knew charging someone for refusing would be an uphill battle. To minimize this, generous cash payouts had been offered to anyone who got vaccinated willingly. In addition, the Diclonius Identification and Cohabitation Act was amended, and it's new changes now required hospitals to treat Diclonius births and human births equally, ending any discrimination in medical treatment.
"As of September 1st, all hospitals in Japan, public or private, must treat Diclonius births with the same care as human births."
Most people, Kouta included, had a very hard accepting the mandate, as it made absolutely no fucking sense whatsoever to require hospitals to treat Diclonius and human births equally, while distributing a vaccine designed to help stop Diclonius births.
For whatever reason, Lucy always seemed to look a bit depressed whenever the subject got brought up, and as good as she was at being observant, Nana couldn't figure out why.
That all changed one night when she accidentally overheard Lucy and Kouta talking about it.
Lucy had mentioned having children before, but it was years before her wedding. Since neither her or Kouta had mentioned it again, Nana had assumed they were going to be one of those couples who simply weren't interested in having children.
As it turns out, she was wrong.
Kaeda House - One week later
"Maybe I should just keep a bucket in here..."
Getting out of bed for the second time since she got in, Nana made her way down the hall and into the bathroom. Sitting on the toilet, the Sipelit did what she had come to do. When she was finished, she flushed, washed her hands, and headed back to her room. On the way, she heard voices coming from Lucy's room.
She knew it was rude of her, but when she heard Lucy mention a baby, she got curious and quietly walked over to the door.
"I wanted a baby too, Kaeda, but it's not your fault, ok?"
"It doesn't matter who's fault it is, it doesn't change the end result."
Everything got quiet, but Nana could hear Lucy crying and Kouta trying to comfort her.
"It's so unfair... what kind of wife can't even give her own husband children? I feel so... useless."
The grief and heartbreak in the pink-haired girl's voice was unbelievable. As a Sipelit, Nana was born completely and permanently sterile. No amount of doctors or medical care would ever change that, and she knew it. Lucy, however, WAS able to get pregnant.
Or she SHOULD be, at least. Lucy wasn't on birth control, and Kouta always finished inside her when they had intercourse. With the amount of unprotected sex those two had, it was confusing to Nana how the older Diclonius wasn't ALREADY pregnant.
"The kind that never had a choice." Kouta said gently. "They took that away from you, and you're right, it IS unfair, but you're NOT useless. You're the best wife I could have ever possibly hoped for, and I love you just as you are."
'Hang on, something doesn't sound right.' Nana thought. Right up until now, she had wanted to give them a little privacy to deal with what was obviously a deep, personal issue. Hearing Kouta say her choice was "taken away" was a red flag that told the Sipelit there was something seriously wrong with this situation.
Hearing someone moving around, she quietly but quickly retreated to her own room. Getting back in bed, she decided to just think it over and talk to the couple about it later.
When Nana and Mayu got home from walking Wanta the next day, they found Lucy and Yuka cooking dinner together, but having a disagreement about whether to have Miso soup or rice as the side dish.
"Girls, what do you think? Miso, or rice?" Yuka asked.
"What's for dinner?" Mayu asked.
When Lucy told them it would be beef strips with vegetables, both girls immediately picked rice. Lucy gave Yuka a teasing grin in response.
"Told you so."
That night, as the girls were helping clean up after dinner, Nana asked Lucy if they could talk before she turned in for the night.
"Is something wrong?"
"N-No, not at all... I just wanted to ask you something personal." Nana explained.
The pink-haired girl nodded and the girls went back to cleaning. It was just after 11pm that night when Lucy tapped on the Sipelit's bedroom door.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to keep you waiting so long." she apologized after Nana let her in.
"What kept you?" she asked innocently as she took a seat on her futon and moved over so the older Diclonius could sit with her. "Oh, me and Kouta were talking and lost track of time, that's all." Lucy said as she took a seat.
"Really? Was that ALL you two were doing?" she asked teasingly.
The pink-haired girl gave her an almost playful smile. "Maybe... maybe not. Anyway, what did you want to talk about?"
Nana took a deep breath, trying to figure out a way to say this without causing an argument.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked after seeing the look on the young girl's face.
"I... I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, I swear... I overheard it by accident, I wasn't..."
"Calm down, ok? What did you overhear?"
The Sipelit swallowed nervously before telling Lucy that she'd accidentally overheard them talking about her inability to have children. She could tell instantly this was hitting a nerve just by the look she was getting.
"Nana, that's... it's not really something I like talking about."
"I know, and I'm sorry, but it's important." she argued.
"It's probably best if you forget you ever heard anything about it, ok?" the elder girl asked.
When the purple-haired girl protested, the Diclonius Queen asked her to please just drop the subject and started to get up.
"Please, just listen to me! I'm trying to help you!"
"You CAN'T help me, Nana. There's nothing you, me, or anybody else can do. I... I don't even know what they DID to me, but whatever it was, it destroyed any hope of ever..." Lucy closed her eyes and took a breath to calm her emotions. "It destroyed any hope of ever being a mother to a child of my own."
The older Diclonius stood up, giving her younger counterpart a quiet "Goodnight". As she turned to leave, Nana stood up and grabbed her hand.
"Lucy, please! Talk to me!" Nana begged, her voice breaking with emotion.
Now more stunned than angry, Lucy gave in and sat back down on the futon. As soon as she did, the Sipelit moved closer and hugged her tightly. The pink-haired girl hugged her back, a little confused as to why the girl was getting so emotional about the subject.
The two of them spent the next few minutes holding each other in silence. She could see the younger girl was almost desperate to talk to her, and decided to shelve the protesting.
"You told me before you had hoped to be a mother someday, right?" Nana asked gently.
"A long time ago, yeah. But the Institute ruined that possibility, so I kinda gave up on it. But then, me and Kouta got serious about the possibility of getting married, and I... I brought it up one night, just as a joke. I asked him if getting married meant he'd want kids, and..."
Nana rubbed her back comfortingly as Lucy continued. "And he said he'd thought about it, but didn't really expect it to happen, so he'd kinda just forgot about it, but as long as it was with me, he'd be happy to start a family of our own."
The Sipelit nodded, waiting patiently for her to continue.
"I told him I felt the same way. It didn't really bother us at the time, but after we got married, we..."
"Realized you wanted a baby together, right?" Nana asked after a few seconds.
Lucy nodded, trying her best not to cry.
"It doesn't matter any more... any chance I had at being a mother to Kouta's child is gone..."
It was right about here the lightbulb went off in Nana's head.
"Lucy, what made you think they had done something to stop you from having children?"
The pink-haired girl blinked in surprise and pulled away from her, puzzled by the question.
"What do you mean?"
Repeating herself, Nana asked again what had they done to her that made her think that they had prevented her from ever getting pregnant.
"They... they used to harvest my eggs every six months or so..." Lucy said. "They'd flood my cell with gas so I couldn't use my vectors... and then..."
Nana could tell from the way she started shaking that she was about to hear something she'd most likely wish she hadn't...
Diclonius Research Institute - Ten years ago
"Let... me... GOOOO!"
Two scientists, surrounded by armed guards, drug a naked, screaming Lucy from her cell. With her vectors disabled, the Diclonius could struggle all she wanted, but she knew there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell of stopping them. That didn't stop her from trying, and the teenager fought and screamed all the way down the hall.
Once inside the little exam room, the scientists let her go, and the guards blocked the door.
"Lucy, lie down on the table, and put your feet in the stirrups."
As always, she refused, and as always, the guards grabbed her and forced her down on the table over her objections. When she resisted their attempts to force her feet into the stirrups, one of the guards slammed the butt of his rifle against her head.
Dazed and bleeding, Lucy couldn't put up much of a fight as they locked her feet in place, strapped her down, and forced her legs open. The pink-haired girl came to her senses just in time for one of the scientists to insert a spreader inside her to open her canal. As the other scientist began attaching a long, thick needle to a probe connected to an egg-harvesting machine, Lucy started crying and pleading for them to stop.
"Please... please, just take me back to my cell! Don't do this to me! Please!"
As always, they ignored her begging and pleading before insertion, and her screams and tears after.
Kaeda House - Present day
Nana covered her mouth, a horrified look on her face. "That's horrible! Did... did Papa ever..."
Lucy shook her head, and the Sipelit was visibly relieved that, out of all the questionable things Kurama had done, at least this one he wasn't part of.
"It hurt so much... I used to scream and cry everytime they did it to me. Then one day, after they were done, they said I was going to be operated on so... so that I couldn't get pregnant unless they decided to "breed" me." Lucy finished, breaking down in tears just from thinking about it.
Nana held the other girl in her arms, comforting her as best as she could.
"Did they ever tell you exactly what this operation consisted of?"
Lucy shook her head no, so Nana asked if she ever noticed anything different afterwards.
"Any sudden pain that wasn't there before? Any stitches or bandages? ANYTHING?"
Lucy again shook her head no. At that moment, the Sipelit realized exactly what happened to her (or rather, what had NOT happened to her).
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that." Nana whispered gently as she held her.
The older Diclonius sniffled, trying to smile despite her tears. "I feel a little better now. so... thank you."
Nana smiled and kissed her cheek lightly, "I love you, Lucy."
Silence filled the room. Lucy had never shared those words with anyone but Kouta, and the purple-haired girl held her breath as she waited for a response.
After a few moments, she heard the pink-haired girl softly whisper, "I love you too, Nana..."
Kaeda House - The next night
Kouta thought the worst thing that could happen to him in the bathroom was running out of toilet paper, but he was wrong.
He had just sat down on the toilet, and was praying to the porcelain god when suddenly the door opened and Nana slipped inside with him. At first, he was too stunned to even speak. Then, before he could ask what the actual fuck she thought she was doing, Nana held a finger to her lips as a signal for him to stay quiet.
"I need to talk to you."
"For WHAT?!" he asked in disbelief.
"I can't tell you here."
"Then what are you doing IN here?! Just knock on the bedroom door!"
"I can't, you and Lucy share a room now and I need to tell you this privately."
Not wanting to make this awkward situation worse, Nana just told him to come see her after Lucy had fallen asleep. As absurd as such a request was, Kouta could see in her eyes whatever it was she wanted to say was important. He agreed, then shooed her out of the bathroom.
Nearly three hours later, he quietly slipped into Nana's bedroom. The Sipelit was naked and in bed, but at least wrapped a sheet around herself. Sitting on the floor beside her, he asked what was so important he had to sneak out after his wife was asleep.
"I don't think Lucy's unable to have children."
"...What?" Kouta asked.
"She told you she can't become pregnant, right? I don't think that's true."
"Are you... saying she's lying?"
"No, but I think she was lied TO. They told her she was being operated on, but I don't think it actually happened."
Nana went on to explain her theory that the real reason Lucy couldn't get pregnant was because she was a "pure" Diclonius and Kouta was an uninfected human. Of course, this theory wasn't bulletproof. There was always a possibility that the Institute actually DID sterilize her, and Lucy was correct all along. Even if they didn't, it begged the question of whether or not the Institute knew the truth, and merely told her she was sterile because nobody thought she'd actually figure it out, or if experiments using her eggs and donor sperm ended in failure, and the scientists wrongly concluded conception was impossible because none of them bothered to try using sperm from an infected donor.
"A-Are you saying if I had the virus, we could have a child together?"
"Possibly, but I don't know for sure..." Nana admitted.
"So, if she gives it to me, how long-"
"I don't think Lucy can do it. She lost both her horns, remember?"
Kouta gaped at her. "Well, yeah... but they grew back, didn't they?"
The Sipelit shook her head. "I don't think it matters. Once they're broken, the ability to spread the virus is probably lost."
Kouta hung his head and sighed. "So, I guess that's it then." he whispered sadly.
After several silent seconds, Nana spoke up.
"I'll do it..."
Looking up at her, he asked her to repeat herself, convinced he must have misheard her.
"When are you getting the vaccine?"
"Tomorrow." he answered her.
"That's WAY too soon! How long can you stall?"
"Well, the deadline's Friday, so I can wait until then."
"Today's Monday, right? If I give it to you tonight, and you and Lucy get freaky-"
"Could you please just call it having sex?"
Nana sighed. "If you HAVE SEX Thursday night, that might be enough time for it to have taken hold. If it has, this might actually work."
"And if it hasn't?"
"If it hasn't, it's adoption, or nothing." she informed him. "I know you don't want to hear that, but I'm not going to lie to you about this."
"We only get one try?"
The Sipelit nodded. "Are you ready to do this?"
Kouta hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.
"Ok then... go ahead and take your pants and boxers off."
Reluctantly, he started to comply, but just as he was taking them down, he lost his nerve. Shaking his head, he sat back down and told her he couldn't do it.
"I thought you wanted to have a baby with Lucy?" Nana asked.
"I... I DO want to, but... I can't cheat on her, not even for something like this. I appreciate you offering to help me, but having sex with you is still cheating, even if it's the only way to have a child with her."
Nana smiled mischievously at Kouta before breaking out into a laughing fit.
Thoroughly confused by now, he asked her what the hell was wrong with her.
"We don't spread it through sex, Kouta, we use our vectors!"
"You what?! Then, why did tell me to take my clothes off?!"
"I just wanted to see if you'd do it!" she giggled.
"What the hell, Nana?! What's wrong with you?!" he asked.
His angry expression just made her laugh harder. After she finally stopped, she apologized to him for her prank, but also said that she'd gained a new respect for him because of his loyalty to Lucy, and his refusal to be unfaithful.
Nana leaned In and gave him a playful kiss on the cheek. "You're something else, you know that?" she smiled.
Staying pissed off at the purple-haired girl wasn't going to do any good, so he simply dropped the subject and let it go.
"For real this time, are you ready?" she asked.
"Yes..."
"Don't you dare tell Lucy I did this, ok?" she warned.
"I won't."
Nana nodded her head, taking a deep breath to steady herself.
"Here we go. I've never done this before, so this might cause excruciating pain... or not... I'm not really sure."
'God, I got a bad feeling about this...' he thought.
Thankfully, he didn't feel a thing. Afterwards, she reminded him again just how short on time he was.
"If you don't get her pregnant by the time you get the vaccine..."
"I know..."
"What position do you guys usually use?"
"Why does that matter?" he asked in embarrassment.
"Just tell me, and stop being a prude."
After some hesitation, he told her they usually switch positions a lot, but normally use the classic missionary position the most.
"That's perfect. When you're done, don't let her get up. Actually, don't even pull out. Try to give your cum enough time to pool inside her as long as possible."
'Oh my God, am I really taking sex advice from NANA of all people...?'
"How do you even know any of this? You're a virgin!"
The Sipelit turned away, an embarrassed blush on her cheeks.
"Wait..."
"Please don't tell anyone." she said.
"Nana, when did you... well..."
The purple-haired girl sighed. "Prom night. Kenji's parents were out of town, but they'd already said it was ok for me to spend the night."
"How'd that go?" Kouta asked.
"For the most part, it was great. We started watching this really stupid movie called... Forty Shades of Blue, or something like that. I can't remember exactly, but the movie was garbage as hell. Anyway, there was a spanking scene in it, and we sorta..."
"I get it... but how did spanking turn into sex?"
Masaki Residence - Prom night
"What did you want to ask?"
Nana blushed and shyly asked Kenji if he wanted to go all the way.
"All the way where?"
He was a sweetheart, but sometimes, that boy could be a total ditz.
"I'm asking you if we can have sex." she blushed.
"Nana, I... well..."
A look of disappointment and sadness appeared on her face. "Am I not pretty enough? It's OK if I'm not... I won't be mad."
"It's not that, it's just... I don't know how. I've never done this before."
"Neither have I." she countered.
"Well, yeah... but don't you think it might be best to wait a little longer?"
"Why? What's the difference between doing it tonight, and doing it six months from now?"
'Well, she's got a point...'
"Ok, fair enough, but..." he said before trailing off.
Kenji wasn't sure either of them were ready for sex, but Nana was beautiful, and a beautiful girl asking for sex is an opportunity that virtually no man alive is going to pass up.
"Well, ok... but just so you know, I have no idea what I'm doing..."
Nana didn't either, but to her, the concept was self-explanatory: Guy puts penis in vagina and moves it in and out. Presto, you're having sex. Easy as that. Unfortunately for her, she would soon come to understand this oversimplification was the equivalent of a first-time fisherman thinking fish are going to race each other to the hook just because it's in water.
She got up from her boyfriend's lap and, while Kenji was working on getting his pants open, she went ahead and removed her panties.
As excited as she was about losing her virginity, she was also nervous about it. This wasn't something simple or routine like oral. This was new for the both of them. She'd heard more than once your first time stays with you, and was rightfully a bit afraid of it going badly.
After her boyfriend finally succeeded in getting his pants and boxers off, the two of them sat awkwardly on the bed, each hoping the other would take the lead. Eventually, he broke their stalemate.
"Ok, so... h-how do we start?"
She thought about it for a moment. "Would me being on my hands and knees be ok?"
Nana's rationale for this choice was simple: The night she walked in on Kouta and Lucy having sex in this position, she was struck by how greatly Lucy seemed to be enjoying it. If the older girl was loving it that much, Nana assumed that meant she would love it too.
"Sure, that's fine."
'Oh my God, I can't believe I'm actually going to have sex! In a few minutes, I won't be a virgin anymore! I hope I don't do something to screw this up...' she thought to herself.
Nana blushed as she hiked her prom dress up and got on her hands and knees, resting on her elbows with a mix of anxiety and excitement as she waited for Kenji to penetrate her for the first time.
And waited... and waited... and waited...
"What's wrong?" she finally asked.
"Umm... I'm having a problem..." he admitted.
"What?"
"I... I'm not... ready." he quietly replied.
"But, you just said..."
Suddenly, it dawned on her what he was talking about.
"Do... Do you think you could... maybe..."
Already knowing what he was trying to say, she told to walk around so she could provide a bit of "encouragement". It didn't take long for him to get "ready", and he got back in position for another attempt.
After a few seconds, he tried to enter, but missed and prodded against her upper thighs.
"Sorry..."
He made another attempt, but missed again. 'Maybe we should have done this differently.' she thought. His hardon finally made contact with her womanhood, but the angle was too low and all he did was slip between her legs.
"Is it in?"
"Uhh... hang on a second." he answered. He tried again, but this time he was too high, and it slipped between her cheeks.
"S-Sorry... give me a minute."
Nana waited patiently. She couldn't fault him for being clumsy and nervous, but she did have to wonder if he needed glasses. After a little bit more prodding, he got himself positioned at the correct angle.
"Ok, I think I got it this time. Are you ready?"
"Yes..." she quietly answered.
Kenji took a deep breath, then tried to force his way inside her all at once.
Nana screamed, and it was NOT from pleasure.
Startled by the sudden outburst, the teenager immediately pulled out. "I thought you said you wanted to have sex?"
"I do, but you're not supposed to cram it all in at once! That really hurt, you know!"
"Ok, ok! I'll go slow this time!" he assured her. Nana let out a barely audible sigh, jealous of how incredible Lucy's first-time was compared to hers. Kenji tried again, but this time all the way to the other end of the spectrum. He took nearly five minutes just getting the head in, and Nana had to wonder if he was doing it on purpose just to be a sassy bastard.
"You don't have to go THAT slowly." she told him.
"Umm... before we go any further, can you hang on a minute so I can use the bathroom?"
"...Sure."
Nana sighed to herself as she waited. So far, this was not quite turning out the way she had hoped it would, but it was the first-time for both of them, so she tried to remain optimistic.
"Sorry, I tried to hurry as much as I could."
Nana smiled and motioned for him to come back over for a little more "encouragement". In a few moments, he was "ready" again, and returned to his prior position.
This time, he found the correct angle on the first attempt and started pushing in.
The Sipelit gasped softly as he entered. THIS was more like it!
"Is... Is it ok if I... um... go as deep as possible?"
"I'd love for you to." Nana blushed.
Kenji held onto her hips as he carefully pushed until he was completely inside of her.
She smiled to herself, silently thankful she chose to just be patient and keep going instead of becoming frustrated and calling the whole thing off.
"Is it all the way in?" she asked shyly, blushing when he confirmed it was. The purple-haired girl closed her eyes and waited for him to start thrusting.
And waited... and waited... and waited...
"Kenji, what are you doing back there?" she finally asked.
"Umm... having sex with you?" he replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Why aren't you moving?"
"I'm supposed to move?"
'...Are you kidding me with this?' she thought.
"Alright, hold still for a second, ok?"
Nana slowly started to move her body back and forth. Thankfully, it only took a few seconds for him to "get it".
"Ohhh... I'm supposed to... umm... go... in and out. O-Ok, I got it."
Nana smiled as he started thrusting. It was a rough start, yeah, but now that he understood what to do, she was confident her first time was going to be amaz-
"Oh, crap..." she heard him groan as he pulled out. It took a few seconds for the confused girl to realize her boyfriend had just finished, and got it all over her, her prom dress, and the bed.
'You cannot be serious... there's NO WAY he's done that fast...'
"That was amazing Nana. I'm so glad we did this." he gave her lower back a quick kiss before starting to get dressed.
Her sexual fulfillment train had derailed ten seconds after leaving the station.
"I'm hungry. You wanna get some pizza delivered?"
"S-Sure..." she said as she forced herself to smile in an effort to hide the utter soul-crushing disappointment she was experiencing.
Kaeda House - Present day
"Ouch... I'm sorry, Nana. I imagine that must have been frustrating."
"Frustrating doesn't even begin to describe it..."
Kouta nodded. Of all the people living at Kaeda House, Nana was second only to Wanta on the totem pole of "People least likely to discuss their sexual history with me."
"Did it... umm... get better?" he found himself hesitantly asking, afraid he was about to hear something he'd wish he hadn't.
She nodded, adding that it took them quite a while to really "get it", but now that they had, sex had become pretty much their favorite activity.
"I can't believe something so easy can be so fun! When I go see him, it's usually the very first thing we do. Sometimes we'll go somewhere together and we'll just get busy in the stairwell before we even leave the apartment building. When we went out to eat for his birthday last week, they gave us a bottle of Sake, but we didn't really know what it was, so we just took it home with us. Then we decided to try it, but ended up drinking wayyyyy too much of it, but don't tell Yuka about that, ok?"
"S-Sure, Nana... no problem."
"So after that, he wanted birthday sex, and said he wanted it from behind, but since we both had too much Sake, we didn't really pay attention to where he was putting it, so he missed, and it went in the wrong hole! It really hurt at first, but then I start liking it, so we kept going, and he finished inside my as-"
"Just... be safe, ok?" he interrupted, really not wanting to hear about her sexual escapades. "And thanks for the... uhh... advice."
She smiled and nodded as he got up to leave. "Good luck."
"Thanks."
"Oh, one more thing?"
He turned around and Nana gave him a flirtatious smile as she opened up the sheet she was covering herself with and briefly flashed her breasts at him. Every now and then, Nana would flirt with him a bit just to see his reaction. Lucy knew about this, of course, but never seemed to mind because of two important reasons:
Her absolute faith that Kouta would never be unfaithful to her.
And...
The fact that Nana wasn't suicidal enough to go past simple flirting.
She might have softened greatly over time, but the Sipelit had no doubt whatsoever that if she ever actually tried anything physical, Lucy would straight-up murder her, and wouldn't give a damn HOW mad Kouta got.
After a few seconds, she covered back up, actually feeling kind of offended that he had no reaction at all.
"Nana, I've seen literally every private part you have about a million times by now. Nice try though."
She glared at him as he left.
"Hmph... men."
Kaeda House - Thursday night
Lucy was a bit confused.
For the last few days, Kouta seemed... distant. Normally, sex was basically a daily occurrence, and frequently it was more than once a day. For the last two days in a row, he declined both oral and vaginal sex, and even seemed a bit evasive when asked about it.
Tonight, he seemed much more receptive to her advances, and she was certainly not going to complain!
Lying on her back, she squirmed and moaned, holding her legs open while Kouta licked and rubbed her clit. She loved him going down on her even when he was new and inexperienced at it, but now, dear God... she could do this for hours and still never get bored!
Unable to stop herself, she clenched her legs tightly as she orgasmed, and only when Kouta started tapping her did she realize he couldn't breathe.
"Um... I'm sorry, I... I didn't..." she blushed.
"I'll just take it as a sign of approval." he joked.
Smiling at him, she reached out and lightly touched his face. "Hey, Kouta...?"
"Don't say it... I know..."
By now, he had long since learned what she wanted when she looked at him like that.
Lucy blushed as he carefully got on top of her. There had been several times when she quite simply didn't want him to "make love" to her, she just wanted him to fuck her... hard.
This was not one of those times, and Kouta knew it. She wanted the kind of gentle, erotic love-making that so many girls found boring and "old-fashioned", and he was more than happy to oblige.
As he penetrated her, she learned her head up, kissing him long and gently on his lips, blushing like it was their first time all over again.
Wrapping her legs around his waist, she smiled up at him, keeping her lips on his as much as possible. As he started thrusting, she moaned into his mouth, softly pleading for him to take her just a little bit harder.
As they made love, Kouta couldn't keep his mind off what was at stake. Tomorrow, the ADB vaccine was going to kill the Diclonius virus Nana had infected him with. If she was correct about Lucy not being able to get pregnant by anyone who didn't have the virus, it would mean that tonight was his last chance to father a child with her.
"You seem... distracted. Is something wrong?"
Smiling down at her, he shook his head no. "Sorry, I'm just a little tired, that's all."
She nodded, pressing her soft lips passionately against his. Kouta kissed her back just as passionately, speeding his thrusting up a little bit.
"I love you so much, Kouta." she whispered between moans. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me."
He stopped long enough to gently take one of her nipples in his mouth, followed by the other one a few seconds later. That prompted Lucy to moan much louder than intended. Blushing in embarrassment, she sheepishly apologized for doing so.
"Don't apologize, I think it's sexy when you moan."
If it were possible for Lucy to blush even more noticeably than she already was, she would have. Feeling his orgasm approaching, he began thrusting harder and faster, kissing her lips and touching her tongue with his.
Knowing that he was about to cum, she looked up at him with an expression of pure and unconditional love on her face.
"Please don't stop, Kouta... please." she moaned softly. She knew before she said anything he had no intention of stopping, but she also knew it turned him on to hear her say it.
He looked at her with a smile, passionately kissing her lips just as he began ejaculating deep inside her. Lucy moaned and whimpered, all but begging him to keep thrusting while he flooded her vagina with his semen. Kouta complied (obviously), pushing deeply inside her with every thrust, doing his best to make sure she had every drop of cum he could give.
Normally, this would be the part where he withdrew and cuddled with her. This time, he didn't pull out, wanting his semen as close to her cervix as possible, for as long as possible.
"Thank you for being so gentle with me." she said shyly.
"You are so very welcome." Kouta replied. Lucy put her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. If she found it weird that he still hadn't pulled out by now, she didn't show it. Kissing her back, Kouta gently touched her face and ran a hand slowly through her long, pink hair.
"I couldn't possibly have asked for a better husband... I want you to know that." she said, her eyes full of love for the man who had so dramatically changed her life.
"I couldn't have asked for a better wife." he smiled.
Lucy smiled back at him. "Kiss me, Kouta."
He smiled down at her and pressed his lips to hers, lightly biting her lower lip as he stroked her face.
Lucy closed her eyes and sighed, reaching up to hold the hand that was touching her face. "I don't deserve this... or you, or even the others, but I'm so very grateful for all of it."
"Kaeda..." he said in a tone barely above a whisper.
She was starting to wonder why he was still inside her, but dismissed it as simply wanting to be close and intimate. She had learned over the years that Kouta was surprisingly romantic at times (which suited her just fine, since she felt the same way).
After almost a half-hour, he was mentally debating with himself whether enough time had passed. He was pretty sure it had, but remembered Nana's warning that this was his one and only opportunity...
So, he decided to stall for time as long as he could.
Leaning down, he started using his mouth on her breasts again, as this was pretty much the best way to keep her attention away from distractions (such as "Get off, I have to pee.").
And judging by her sharp intake of air, it had worked.
Switching breasts, it didn't take long for them to start making out, and he alternated between kissing her lips, and sucking on her milky-white breasts.
On a curious whim, he slowly pulled out a little bit, then pushed back inside of her.
"Do... Do you think you can go again?" she asked with a mischievous smile on her face.
"Uhh... maybe. It probably won't last long, but I can try."
Kissing his lips passionately, she whispered that even if he only lasted five seconds, she still wanted it.
After a little bit of effort, he succeeded in getting erect enough to go again. He had planned to keep being gentle with her, but the look in her eyes almost screamed, "Fuck me hard." So, after one more soft kiss, he proceeded to do just that.
Lucy gasped, clutching his back as he started roughly thrusting in and out of her, abandoning any attempts at being gentle or romantic.
"Oh my God..." she moaned into his ear. He was keeping his thrusts a little shallow to avoid the possibility of slipping by accident, but he made up for it by taking her faster and harder.
She looked up at him, smiling with equal parts love and lust in her eyes. She squirmed and moaned under him, breathlessly whispering how much she loved him and how greatly she was enjoying what he was doing.
Suddenly, he had an idea that, while unorthodox, could potentially increase his chances of succeeding.
"Do you have to go to the bathroom?"
She gave her husband a look of confusion. "No, why?"
"I've got a crazy idea, and I was hoping you'd be ok with it." he said, slowing down, but not stopping completely.
"What is it?" she asked curiously.
"Well, I thought maybe it'd be kinda kinky to go to sleep with me still inside you."
Lucy blushed, a bit flustered by the request. "You... you want to finish, and just go to sleep with you still in me? Like... you, or both of us?"
"Both. If we spooned, could you sleep like that?"
"P-Probably, yeah." she answered.
When he asked if she wanted to give it a try, she thought it over for a moment, but ultimately consented.
"It actually sounds kinda nice." she smiled up at him.
Relieved that she agreed to it, Kouta resumed thrusting until he was right on the edge of his climax before pulling out. Lucy lay on her side facing away from him and pushed her ass back a bit. Kouta wasted no time penetrating her again to stop his seed from leaking out.
This close to orgasm, it only took a few thrusts before Lucy felt him throbbing again.
"Harder... please, Kouta."
Happy to oblige, he pushed in as deep and hard as he could. Lucy moaned loudly as she felt him spurt more semen inside her.
"Oh... oh God, Kouta that felt incredible..." she blushed. It took a bit of adjusting, but both lovers quickly got comfortable enough for sleep without him having to pull out.
"Ok, we're definitely going to be doing this again sometime." she giggled. "Thank you for asking."
"Thank YOU for agreeing." he smiled, reaching down to make sure there was no "leaking".
As the couple cuddled naked together, he silently prayed that this convoluted-ass strategy of Nana's was going to work. Holding her tightly against him, they kissed a couple of times and exchanged "I love you's" before falling asleep together.
Kaeda House - Three weeks later
So far, there had been no side effects of the vaccine, but neither was there anything to indicate whether or not this little scheme of Nana's had worked. Lucy wasn't showing any of the common symptoms of pregnancy, and by now, any trace of the Diclonius virus he had gotten from Nana would be long gone. There was a glimmer of hope when Lucy's period was late, but it was only by three days.
After another two weeks went by, Nana asked him to come see her again after Lucy had fallen asleep. After he quietly slipped out and joined the Sipelit in her room, she sat him down and, with a heavy heart, broke the news that most likely, the plan had failed.
Most likely, either Lucy really WAS made sterile through surgery, or the virus Nana gave him needed a longer incubation period than they give it. Either way, it was over... Kouta couldn't be infected again because of the vaccine, therefore, even if she HAD been right, it no longer mattered.
In a rare turn of events, Nana found herself comforting a heart-broken Kouta.
"I'm so sorry, Kouta. I was really hoping this would work, but it looks like it's a bust..."
"it's not your fault, Nana. Thank you for trying."
The Sipelit hugged him, giving him a sympathetic kiss on the cheek. "If nothing else, at least you two can adopt a baby. It's not even close to having one of your own, but it's better than nothing."
Kouta nodded, thanked her again, and went back to the room he shared with Lucy. He sat on the floor beside her and just watched her as she was sleeping. Though he honestly didn't care much for children, he certainly would have if he had one with Lucy.
Slipping back under the blanket, he rolled onto his side and cuddled up against her back.
"I'm so sorry..." he whispered. Pressing up against her he kissed her neck and shoulders, and fell asleep within just a few minutes.
The next night, the residents of Kaeda House decided to go eat out instead of cooking. This time, they all settled on a Western-style restaurant with an American 1950's theme. Unlike Diagon Burger, this place was brightly lit and had vintage Western rock music playing over a PA system.
Unfortunately, everyone except Kouta and Mayu came down with food poisoning hours later. For Lucy, Nana, and Yuka, the rest of their night was spent running to and from the bathroom every half-hour. Kouta tried his best to comfort his wife, but there wasn't all that much that he could do for her except hold her hair and rub her back when she threw up, and bring more toilet paper when she ran out.
From then on, that place was added to their "Never eat here again" list.
The next morning, Kouta woke up to find that Lucy hadn't gotten over the food poisoning she had from the previous night. Since everybody else was over it by then, Yuka playfully teased Lucy about morning sickness being a symptom of pregnancy.
"Cut it out, Yuka. I already told you that wasn't possible."
Be that as it may, when she was still sick the day after that, Yuka picked her up a pregnancy test while she was out shopping.
"You're stubborn as hell, you know that?" Lucy told her. "For the last time, I was forcefully sterilized. I... can't... have... children!"
Yuka just nodded and gave up, perhaps realizing that this was hitting a very sensitive nerve.
"I'm sorry, Kaeda. Leave it in the bathroom and I'll return it."
By the next day, the morning sickness had passed and Lucy was back to her old self again.
One night, two and a half months after Kouta received the vaccine, the makeshift family finally decided to take the owner of Tokuyashi's Pizza up on his offer. The moment they walked in, he dropped everything he was doing to come over and thank Lucy for saving him (thankfully, he didn't bring up the fact that she had wrecked the store in the process). Three hours later, they finally got home, carrying several take-out boxes.
As they sat in the living room watching TV together, one by one they excused themselves to make a quick bathroom run. When Lucy came back from hers, the first thing she noticed was Nana happily munching away on leftover pizza.
Sighing, she sat back down on the couch between Kouta and Yuka.
"You're hopeless, you know that?" she teased, taking her to-go cup of soda back from Yuka.
"I'm a growing girl, and growing girls need to eat." she replied.
Lucy just smiled and took Kouta's hand in hers, staring at the wedding ring on her hand. They had been married for over two years, but sometimes, she still couldn't believe it was real. There had been times before the wedding when she'd lie alone in her bed, staring at her engagement ring for what felt like hours, and mentally replaying the memory of him asking her to marry him.
After Lucy finished her drink, Nana offered to go throw it away for her, but the older girl just shook her head, telling her she was getting up to make another bathroom run. As she walked out, Nana made a playful remark about her wetting the bed if she drinks too much soda. Lucy just turned around and stuck her tongue out.
Nana watched her go, smiling to herself. To her, THIS Lucy was the REAL Lucy. It's what she'd have always been like if people hadn't been so damn cruel to her when she was still a child. Obviously, Nana was aware that there was a prevailing belief that Diclonius children aren't capable of being "normal", but Nana herself was proof to the contrary.
Not to mention Sakura. She was born in an actual hospital, and grew up being raised by her single mother. Poverty aside, she acted just like any other introverted, shy teenage girl.
It might still be a nature/nurture question, but she had no doubt nurture played a far bigger role than nature.
Pulling down her panties, Lucy lifted her skirt and had just sat down on the toilet to do her business when she noticed the test kit Yuka was supposed to return, but forgot about. After a few moments of consideration, she reached for it and started reading the box.
Back in the living room, the others were debating what to watch next. Nana put in for Jersey Beach, but Yuka wanted Professor Popzit. Kouta suggested a show called "Undercover Influencers" but Mayu just laughed and told him "That sounds like something Nyu would hate with a passion!"
"Oh, speak of the devil." Yuka teased as Lucy walked back in.
Kouta took one look at her and knew immediately something was wrong. He got up and came over to her, a look of concern on his face. "Kouta..." she tried to say, but her voice broke and she couldn't get the rest of the sentence out.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Nana asked. She had obviously been crying, and her lack of answers was starting to scare the young Sipelit.
"Kaeda, what's wrong with you?" Kouta asked again, starting to get worried about her.
Lucy looked at him and smiled as tears ran down her face.
"I'm pregnant..." she told him in a soft tone of voice.
"WHAT?!" Mayu and Yuka yelled together in disbelief.
Kouta took the object she was holding, which Yuka recognized as the test kit she forgot to return.
"There's two lines on it..." Kouta said numbly.
Then, Lucy completely lost her grip on her emotions and threw her arms around him, crying uncontrollably.
"Oh, my God!" Mayu said, a bright smile on her face. "Nyu's gonna be a mother!"
Lucy's knees gave out and she dropped to the floor, taking Kouta with her. Yuka got down on her knees and hugged the couple, crying happily with them. They were soon joined by Nana and Mayu, and Lucy found herself being hugged and cried on by all four of them.
And the Diclonius Queen couldn't possibly be happier. For several minutes, Lucy just sobbed her heart out, thanking everyone over and over for the love and acceptance they had shown her. After nearly an hour, everyone had pretty much cried themselves dry. Kouta helped her up and Yuka hugged them again, giving Lucy a kiss on her cheek before going to bed.
Lucy put her arms around Kouta's neck and held him tightly, starting to cry again as she told him how unbelievably happy she was and how much she loved him. With her back turned, she couldn't see Nana's sly grin, or Kouta mouthing "Thank you" to her. She gave him a playful wink and a smile before he walked Lucy to their bedroom.
As the couple cuddled against each other, Lucy gave him the most passionate, loving kiss he'd ever had in his entire life. "Kouta... I'm so very, VERY blessed to have you, and... I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart and soul. I'm so proud to be your wife, and..."
She looked down, blushing and touching her stomach gently, "The mother of your child..."
Kouta smiled at her, kissing her deeply on the lips. "There's no one else I'd rather have than you."
"I still don't understand how this happened. It's like... some kind of miracle." she whispered gently as they held each other. "That it is..." Kouta agreed. The couple kissed goodnight and closed their eyes, silently enjoying the moment together.
"Kouta?"
"Hmm?"
"What... What if I'm not a good mother?"
He just laughed and held her tighter. "You're going to be a GREAT mother."
"Y-You really think so?" she asked hopefully.
He nodded, kissing her lips gently as he held her.
"I know so..." Kouta answered. "I have faith in you."
Lucy smiled and closed her eyes.
"Thank you..."
After a few minutes, she again broke the silence.
"Kouta?"
"Hmm?" he asked.
"I'm... kinda horny." she blushed.
Her husband just laughed. "What a surprise..."
Next chapter: Domestic.