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Sonic's Alpha Part 29

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"These are their heads," Dr. Autumns pointed to four different areas of the screen. "And their hands... and here..." She moved the probe to a slightly different position on Sonic's stomach so the overall image would be clearer, "The feet."

At three months now, things were a lot more distinguishable during the ultrasound scan, and Sonic smiled as Shadow, enthralled, let out a soft, "Aaww..."

Though still small, the fetuses could indeed be easily made out on the screen this time - little limbs and all, and their heartbeats, now picked up by the Doppler, were in a steady, comforting rhythm. Warmth filled them both and Shadow pressed a kiss to Sonic's cheek, eyes shining as he gripped his hand a little tighter.

The doctor smiled at them. "Now, do you want to know the exact genders of your babies?"

When she told them that they had three boys and a girl, the look on Shadow's face resembled the face of a diabetic in a candy store. And Sonic actually face palmed when his husband ran out of the room, screaming at the top of his lungs, "I'm having a GIRL!!!"

Once someone actually caught up with the ecstatic father and returned him to his highly embarrassed mate, the rest of Sonic's doctor appointment went well; none of the pups were harmed and were growing nice and healthy, much to his and Shadow's relief. But, Dr. Autumns made sure to reprimand the blue male for being too careless. And Sonic could only agree with her.

"I think it's time for you two to catch up on your reading," the young skunk smiled as she picked up a ton of books, dropping them in Shadow's arms. The king nearly fell over from the sudden weight.

He blinked, tilting his head curiously, as he read one of the front covers, "The Does and Don'ts of Uke Pregnancies?"

"Trust me," she smiled. "It will come in handy."

...........................................

"Silver," Sonic said as he and the other pregnant uke sat in one of the many palace gardens one night, enjoying the fireflies that danced around them. Both Mephiles and Shadow had been keeping some big secret from them for the past three weeks and were making their extremely curious wives wait outside (under PLENTY of Drone protection, of course) while they put the finishing touches on their 'surprise'.

"Hmm?" he asked, turning to the blue male.

"I realized that I've never asked you, but…" he began. "How did you and Mephiles meet?"

Silver blinked in surprise, but a soft smile grew across his face.

"Wow," he laughed, "that was ages ago, Sonic...But," he sighed happily, "I still remember it like it was yesterday."

"Well, for starters, I was born around the same time as Shadow and Meph, during the High Middle Ages," he began. "I lived in a small village deep within the forest with other telekinetics. But, I had yet to master my powers. I was only 11 when my village was burned down and I was taken away from my parents, only to be placed on the Black Market. I was trained severely and eventually placed up under the category of pleasure slaves because of my...'remarkable beauty' as the auctioneer once said. In the end, I'd had plenty masters and I was sure that no one would ever love me for me and would only see me as a sex toy," he sighed sadly.

But, it turned into an eventual smile,"Then, one day my master at that time got rid of me and I was placed back on the auction again. This had happened to me more times than I could count and as always, I went to the highest bidder, which at that time was Mephiles."

"Mephiles took me to live with him and his mother Bunnie and I stayed there for many years. And not once did he want me for sexual purposes. He said that he merely liked being around me and enjoyed my company," he happily smiled as he stroked his large belly. "During the time that I lived with Mephiles, I noticed that most of the time he would only venture out at night for some reason and sleep during the day. I found it weird but didn't seem to mind, so I merely changed my sleeping schedule to match his. Whenever he woke up, I woke up. And eventually, I fell in love with him and I knew he felt the same way...But, there were still others out there that wanted me all to themselves."

Sonic listened on as Silver continued, a slight frown etched across his face, "One night, while Mephiles was away, I stayed at home waiting for him to return. Then, I heard footsteps downstairs and ran to meet my master, thinking it was him. But I was wrong."

Silver rested his hands on the soft grass beneath him, his glowing eyes turned heavenward as he continued on. "The next thing I knew I was waking up to a major headache and I soon found out that I was far away from home...and far away from Meph. But, to make a long story short, when I found out, it woke up something inside me. Never before had I used my powers, let alone did I know that I had any, and in a blind rage I killed everyone that stood in my way, including the man that kidnapped me...But, I wasn't able to get far because not too long after that, I could be found tied to a stake in the middle of town, about to be burned alive for being a 'witch' as the humans kept calling me."

"And right when the flaming torch was about to be placed on the wood beneath me, Mephiles and about five others appeared to rescue me."

Silver blushed happily in remembrance, "It was the first time that I'd seen Meph in all his vampire glory and it only made me love him more."

"There you guys are."

Both ukes turned their heads to see their husbands approaching, each giving a smile to their mate. They walked over to their heavily pregnant mates and helped them stand. Then they tied blindfolds on their eyes.

"What's this for?" asked Silver, peeking through his.

"Ah-ah-ah. A surprise is a surprise, love, so no peeking!" said Mephiles. He was really cheerful at the moment. Excited too I must add. Both semes held their mates' hand and carefully guided them down the hall to where their surprise awaited.

"Now!?" Sonic asked impatiently after a few minutes.

"Can we look now!?" Silver asked as well.

"Not yet," Shadow chuckled. "And calm down, you two."

"Yeah," Mephiles agreed. "We don't want you two freaking out the babies."

"The babies are fine," Sonic replied to his brother-in-law.

"Yeah, it's the freaked out daddies that we're worried about," Silver added.

"Don't worry, we're almost there."

When the four crossed the doorframe Mephiles opened a door as Shadow said, "You can take them off now."

When the two ukes saw where they were, they just gasped in shock, speechless. The four stood in the middle of a nursery. In the center of the room stood five white cribs, lined up side by side in a pattern of blue-pink-blue-pink-blue beddings, the blues being for Sonic's sons and the pinks being for Sonic and Silver's daughters. There were shelves filled with clothes and toys. Also there was a changing mat lying next to a cupboard. On the floor were two giant warm and fluffy carpets, one pink and one blue, with a baby mats for the children to play. In the corner were two rocking chairs, one for each of the expecting mothers, and next to it a table with a lamp on top of it. All furniture was white and the accessories were either light blue or pink. Sonic and Silver didn't know what to say.

"Shadow...Did you and Mephiles do all of this...by yourselves?"

"Well, with some help from the Sonia and Rosy, who gave it 'a woman's touch'. In the end the babies will need someplace to stay after they're born, right? So we wanted to surprise you two. I think it's nice to have everything under some sort of control, what with a war going on and everything."

Sonic approached one of the rocking chairs and picked up a pink teddy bear which was seated in it. His husband approached him from behind and wrapped his arms around his belly. Sonic slowly turned around and gave his mate a passionate kiss. Silver did the same with Mephiles.

"Thank you, Shadow, this all was a wonderful surprise…" he said looking at the his mate with indescribable love in his eyes. Shadow replied with a smile and a kiss to his forehead.

"And you too, Mephiles," Sonic smiled while walking over to the other seme. He hugged his brother-in-law.

"You're welcome, Sonic," Mephiles smiled.

"The baby is happy too," Silver giggled. "She's kicking pretty hard. Shadow, we're truly thankful about what you two did for us and I appreciate it."

"You're welcome, Silver," said Shadow.

"See you later, guys," Sonic said as he and Shadow left the other two alone. Silver walked over to one of the pink cribs and placed his hand on it while placing the other one on his belly.

"Well little one...Soon you're going to be here by mine and Mephy's side, sleeping in your own bed. Aren't you happy?"

A slight kick answered it. Mephiles went closer and place an arm around him. Hand on Silver's hand.

"I'd take that as a yes."

................................

No less than a week after that, both Shadow and Mephiles received phone calls that neither Alpha nor Beta wanted to take. There was, to be a small problem in the upcoming week, and Shadow finally found the chance to tell him about it that morning as they got into bed. "...Mephiles and I have to see to a number of military matters during a conference this week. It's... going to be with other vampire leaders around the world...and it's in Egypt...so we both won't be able to make it back until Friday, or maybe Thursday morning... but we'll be back here as soon as we can. Okay?"

Sonic looked at him accusingly. "You're leaving me." The question was half a statement. "Again."

"Yes. Wait, no!...I mean I'd love to be here... I know it's so sudden and I want to be here - and we both want to be here, I'm sure, but...we can't. At least not for this week."

"Can't you get Scourge to do it?" Sonic asked with desperation.

"I've already asked enough from him as it is, love; both he and Fiona are still out on the warfront as we speak," he answered regrettably.

"Well, what about Sonia and Manic?" he asked, his voice starting to crack up.

"They are coming with us as escorts, but the conference is strictly for Alphas and Betas. It's mandatory that I be there, Sonikuu, and you know I'd take you with me...but I can't take the chances."

He ran his hands through Sonic's head quills, but his mate tensed up, his ears folding flat against his head. Shadow was already feeling horrible. Here his mate needed him and yet there was nothing he could do about the duties as king that he still needed to attend to.  

"But I'll call, Sonikuu," he promised earnestly. "Every night, okay? And...If Silver's really that bad you could always call Bunnie down for help and...for extra company, you know."

"Fine." Sonic sighed. The upset was clear in his voice, however, and he turned around with a huff and refused to face him, already emanating a brooding aura of gloom and unhappiness.

Shadow reached toward him. "Sonic-"

"Goodnight, Shadow."

The king heaved a silent, heavy sigh. This was turning out to be a little harder than he'd thought. After a moment's deliberation he decided to take the risk and wrapped his arms around him from behind, hands coming to rest on his belly as he nuzzled into the crook of his wife's neck.

"I love you, Sonikuu."

"Hmph," came the disgruntled response. Sonic didn't move, but then he hadn't tried to push him away either, so Shadow supposed this was good enough, snuggled a little closer, and let themselves drift off to sleep.

So Shadow and the others departed for Egypt to meet up with other Alphas and spent the week generally fretting and worrying some more. There was nothing to be heard from Silver, which was either a good thing or a very, very bad thing, and he was tempted to pick up the phone and call home once or twice mid-week when he had some privacy, but decided against it for fear that it would disturb Sonic's rest and make him even crankier - or worse.

Sonia and Manic noticed how he seemed a little distracted and asked him concernedly about it, but he managed to assure them things were fine, that it actually wasn't something they should be worried about, and that he would let them know if something was really wrong back home.

And so it was settled...the new and improved Bunnie happily volunteered to help look after "His Majesty" during Shadow's absence for the week, already even offering suggestions:

Sonic was going to be just fine.

...Oh, but how very wrong Shadow was. Monday did fly by without a hitch, but Tuesday... turned out to be one of the worst days of Sonic's immortal life.

"No, I'm NOT all right!" He seethed, almost screaming into the phone when Shadow rang. "That blasted shadow cat ate my teddy bear from Twinkle Park, your kids won't stop kicking, my back is killing me, and I can't sleep! I've thrown up THREE times since I woke up tonight, there was this friggin' ENORMOUS spider in the kitchen, Arthur killed a sparrow and brought it into the bedroom, and - I've never felt more horrible in my entire life! And this is ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GO AND GET ME PREGNANT! I HATE YOU. I HATE YOU!"

By the time he was done, Sonic was indeed screaming and Shadow had (figuratively) shrunk to about the size of a pea on the other end, since he had been shrinking back with each complaint, flinching more and more and now overwhelmed by the tidal wave of his wife's distress.

"Sonic..." He finally managed, cringing, "Calm down-"

"Oh, I will. I can't wait to get these kids out of me, so I can murder you. Slowly. With big, nine-inch long stakes. Do you know how many times I've had to visit the bathroom today!?"

He swallowed. How was he to handle this? "Okay, uhmmm... is Silver there? Or Bunnie?"

"Yes, Shadow, I'm here." Evidently Silver had chosen that very moment to snatch the phone from Shadow's pissed off mate. Shadow made a mental note to thank him later.

"What is going on?" It was difficult to keep the frantic strain from his voice.

"Well, you're looking at how things were a couple of months ago - times three."

"That's..."

"It's everything Sonic just said. Possibly worse."

Shadow winced. "How are you holding up? What happened to...the Chao plushie you let him use? I thought -"

"He's grown out of it."

Well. That was fast. "And... Bunnie..."

"- is the only reason why the palace is still intact."

Shadow sank his head into one hand. "That bad, huh?"

A small chuckle. "We'll survive. It looks like her methods are a lot more... direct and practical."

As if on cue, Bunnie's voice was now floating in from the background, stern and firm, though not raised. "...Sonic. Get a hold on yourself, please. A bad day is still no reason to..."

"Is she lecturing him?" he asked incredulously.

"Quite. With a couple of her new lasers pointed at him, too."

"With WHAT!?!?"

Silver snickered, "I was just kidding about the last part."

Bunnie seemed to be finishing what she was saying, "... how worried he must be - and you're not helping."

There was a short pause of silence, and then the sound of Sonic murmuring helplessly, "God, Bunnie, I don't know...I don't know what I'm doing anymore. Or why I even -"

"...I think you'd better talk to him." said Silver, and the phone was transferred.

"...Sonic?" Shadow muttered.

There was the barest choke. "I'm sorry." His mate whispered. "I'm sorry, Shadow - I didn't -"

"Oh, Chaos," Shadow breathed, his grip tightening on the phone. "Don't cry Sonikuu, please -"

It was so mundane a situation and so rare of Sonic that Shadow would have laughed, but he knew enough (especially from the baby books) about how emotionally stressful and upsetting the changes his mate was going through could be and - ah, crap - he'd heard that sob, soft as it had been. Sonic was really crying...

"Oh Sonikuu..." There was nothing Shadow wanted more in that moment than to rush back home, gather him into his arms, and hold him. "It's all right..."

"Great. Now they're both going to start wailing," he could hear Silver remarking from the other end. Shadow ignored the high probability of his statement and fought down the swelling lump of guilt in his own throat.

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see." He tried soothing gently. "It's normal, it happens. Almost all women -"

"I am NOT a woman!!!"

...Crap.

"I know, I know, of course not, I meant -" Shadow ran a hand through his quills. Something occurred to him then and he checked his watch. Time. There was still a little less than two hours before the next meeting would start, if he could just -

"Look. I'll come home right now, okay? They can do the rest of the meeting without me, but at least -"

"No," Sonic's response was almost immediate. "No." He managed again, firmer this time despite choking back another sob. "Stay right where you are - that's an order. I'll... I'll be fine."

His husband pressed the phone closer, "...Are you sure?"

A deep breath. "Yeah. I'm just... I probably just need to rest. My mind's a mess; my body's a mess. I'm not even sure why I..."

"I mean it, Sonic. I could always get Mephiles to take my place in case I don't make it back on time..."

There was a sigh, though he was almost certain his queen had smiled at that image. "If you walk through that door right now, Shadow, I won't guarantee you'll be walking out of it again anytime soon."

Shadow chose to take the positive interpretation of that statement over the more morbid one. "Okay, okay..."

"Don't worry too much about me. I'm in good hands."

"...I know, I..."

"And... I don't hate you." He said softly.

The Alpha king almost laughed, if it weren't for the sudden welling of tears in his own eyes from the whole mixture of gloom, relief and longing which flooded him.

"I know that, too." He whispered.

And perhaps Sonic had smiled again then (he hoped he had) but then, "Bunnie wants to speak with you."

"Alright."

And Bunnie took the phone and poured out a flurry of steady reassurance. "Don't you worry about a thing, Shadow," she said,and that she would fix Sonic a nice comforting bowl of chicken soup once all of this was over.

Shadow didn't know where they would be without her and how else to thank her.

"By not worrying," she laughed. "Now go get yourself back to work. He's going to be fine."

"All right, mom, I will," Shadow managed a smile which he was sure made the rabbit smile even more. "Tell him I love him."

"Of course, Shadow."

And so they said goodbyes, and Shadow clicked off the phone, sighed, and picked his crown back up. And tried not to worry too much.

He still decided to call again at sunrise for good measure - just in case.

In the meantime, however, there was much to be learnt and done. He'd brought one of the baby books given by Dr. Autumns with him to pour over in his spare time, and he managed to pick up a ton more from the private royal library before he left. Shadow studied them diligently, going over pages in curiosity and taking note especially of sections headed Advice for Fathers. By the end of the week, there was an entire pile of books, magazines and manuals in the king's office, hiding behind his desk.

On Friday evening he finally decided it was safe enough to ring home - after all, he also needed to find out if there was anything in particular Sonic or Silver wanted from the supermarket before he made his trip back... (There was, of course, already a special order placed at Pizza Hut for a truly ridiculous amount of pizza - topped with a truly ridiculous amount of stringy, melted cheese.) Silver picked up the phone first, thankfully.

"You owe me a new Chao plushie," he hissed.

But the rest of the week had been mostly bearable on the whole thanks to Bunnie's expert methods of dealing with a hormonal Sonic, he said - aside from him polishing off the rest of the pizza before Silver had a chance to gobble it first.

"Please don't tell me we need another order for a truly ridiculous amount of pizza," Shadow said with a touch of desperation. How their wallets - or rather, his wallet - was going to suffer...

"No, blueberries."

"Blueberries?"

"If there's one thing that's been constant in his peculiar appetite pattern these few days, they're it."

Shadow discerningly made a note on his list, right below Pre-natal Vitamins.

"Hold it, I think he's awake now. I'll ask if he wants anything else." A short pause and some muffled groggy, grumpy responses later, Silver came back on with, "Vanilla ice cream."

Shadow made another note. "Got it....Is everything okay there? He sounded quite..."

"Oh, that's just the power of MY plushie," he informed him, sounding just a bit too pissed and peeved with Sonic.

"I still don't understand," Shadow began protesting in confusion.

"Trust me, you don't need to. Deuces!"

A click, before he could say more. Shadow put down the phone and sighed. And then he stared at the pile of baby books and wondered if any of them had anything to say about such a bizarre... bizarre... what was the word? Well, it was bizarre.

Perhaps he really was better off not knowing.

.......................................................

When he finally arrived back at the palace late the next night, Sonic was still sleeping. Silver delightedly claimed his reward of pizza from his arms and proceeded to secure his treasure safely away somewhere just in case Sonic's taste buds decided to call for more pizza again, not even caring that Mephiles was in the room at the moment. Shadow laughed at his brother's priceless expression, and meanwhile, found his love curled up and dreaming peacefully on their bed...Silver's Chao squished in a cuddle between his arms.
Asleep like this, he was a picture of bliss, and Shadow found himself smiling both in fondness, and relief that he at least seemed well-rested. Gently, he approached the bed and climbed on to it before planting a soft kiss to his cheek.

His mate stirred and turned, his frown at being woken dissolving into a warm smile as he realized who it was.

"Hey,"

"Hey," Shadow grinned back, bemused at the huge contrast of his behavior compared to when he'd last left the house. Whatever that plushie did for pregnant mothers at least seemed to be working. "I'm home -"

He'd barely finished the sentence when Sonic pulled him down for a long, gratifying kiss.

...Which Shadow was no doubt enjoying, until his wife suddenly bit down on his bottom lip. Hard.

"Ow!" He pulled back with a surprised yelp.

"That, was for leaving me alone with that insufferable witch for the entire week."

Shadow decided to revise his theory on the Chao for the moment and protested wounded, rubbing his sore lip, "You chased me out of the palace the night that we had to leave and told me never to come back!"

"...I did, didn't I?" his wife mused for a moment, then scowled. "You could at least have called or dropped by a few days later."

"But...I was all the way on the other side of the world! And how was I supposed to know if you no longer wanted to skin me alive?" He was almost afraid to try to defend himself any further.

"True..." Sonic looked thoughtful as he sat up. "Well, I suppose its fine then, since you're here now." He smiled, pressing a quick, tender kiss to his lips, lapping up the blood from the wound. "Sorry about that."

Shadow didn't know whether to start laughing from bewilderment or crying from confusion.

Sonic looked at him evenly through half-lidded eyes, blinking once, twice. And then something growled, quite loudly, and Shadow did end up laughing. "Breakfast?"

"Hm," Sonic stretched briefly, showing off his 4-month pregnant belly which made Shadow smile with pride, and then got up in search of the aforementioned, leaving the Chao behind.

Shadow paused and looked at the stuffed animal. It stared calmly back up at him. Very calmly. With his/its usual docile, very innocent, very harmless expression.

"Are you going to return that to Silver?" he called after his uke.

"Don't you even think about it."

Still somewhat perplexed, Shadow picked him/it up and studied him/it long and hard. "What is it that makes you so special anyway?"

The Chao continued to stare plainly back, and said nothing. Shadow sighed.

Meanwhile outside, Sonic had stopped short on his way to the kitchen to stare at the small mountain of baby books now sitting on the coffee table. 'Shadow has indeed outdone himself,' he thought with wry yet fond amusement. Those ought to serve for a good couple of months' reading, at least...

He shook his head. Hungry. Food first. Especially while he wasn't throwing anything up. Now, if Shadow had remembered to stock up on the cereal as well... Oh yes, and there was ice cream, wasn't there? His stomach growled again.

It took two seconds for him to reach the kitchen.

It took another two seconds for Shadow to come strolling after him, Arthur now in his arms.

(I've forgotten to mention it earlier, but Arthur was a male shadow cat Sonic found while walking around about a month ago. It was injured, probably by a wandering hunter or GUN soldier, so he took it in and healed it with the intention of letting it go later. But somehow it didn't want to leave his side, so Shadow suggested he keep him. Sonic was wary around it first (I mean, come on, it's a baby panther that can melt into the shadows. Who wouldn't be cautious!?), but it never made a suspicious move to attack. Sonic guessed it was a way of thanking him. He shrugged and said he would keep it, but he couldn't figure out a name for it.

Rosy originally wanted its name to be Princess Buttercup Blossom von Yum Yum, to which Sonic, along with some others, gave her the "you're-not-f***ing-serious" look. I mean, for goodness sake, it was a boy!! She must have drunken some BAD blood that night.)

And it took only two more seconds before Sonic was blinking, nothing short of dumbfounded, at the dozen different colorful plastic bottles which had toppled out onto the counter when he'd emptied the first grocery bag.

"Shadow, what -"

"...Pre-natal vitamins?" Shadow offered a hopeful smile.

"...I can see that."

"Meow," said Arthur.

"They... all seemed necessary, so I kind of... just..."

"- grabbed every single one of them. Yes, I can see that too." Sonic sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He supposed he'd simply have to give them a look over later and decide which of them to actually start tak- aha, ice cream. His train of thought now interrupted by the sight of the cooler bag, Sonic reached eagerly for it, only to pull out, much to his disdain, a box of - "...Vanilla."

Shadow looked up in the midst of setting Arthur back down on the floor (before the cat could bite him AGAIN). "Didn't you say you wanted vanilla over the phone last night?"

Uke Baby Book rule number 1: The pregnant mother is always right.

"Vanilla," Sonic said, his ears pinned back and conveniently ignoring his justification, "is the most unbelievably bland flavor you could have possibly picked up." He set the box down and placed his hands on the table. "Get me Pistachio. Or Rum and Raisin."

Uke Baby Book rule number 2: Never, ever try to argue with a pregnant mother, especially not during his first 3 - 4 months.

Negative Example: Shadow the Hedgehog.

Shadow frowned. "But I don't think there was any Pistachio... And there's alcohol in Rum and Raisin. The baby book said -"

Ah, yes, the Uke Baby Book did say that alcohol was inadvisable for expectant mothers. But you see, our poor innocent subject, Shadow, also has yet to learn that the Baby Book can sometimes be about as contradictory as oil and water.

So now, as a result of this... very tactful response of his - Sonic went very, very silent and very, very still - and glared as his fur flashed gold.

Uke Baby Book rule number 3: If this happens, there are three options. A.) Compromise; B.) Advise him at your own risk; or C.) Refer back to rule number 1.

Shadow, bless his poor immortal soul, fortunately opted for a cross between A and C. He took a step backward, swallowing hard. "I'll uh... go get it now."

Now, some people would find it funny if they saw their king in a supermarket looking for ice cream. But with vampires, once their Alpha left the palace and if it didn't pertain to political/formal/GUN matters, they could care less. They just made sure to keep the required distance away from him as usual.

So, one and a half hours later, Shadow was still desperately combing the third supermarket for Pistachio-flavored ice cream (because he wasn't going to let Sonic have any amount of alcohol if his life depended on it (no matter how dead it was), and because the previous two supermarkets also didn't have the alternative option called Pistachio).

And perhaps it was just as well that he couldn't find it, because then Silver rang to say that Sonic had changed his mind and wanted... Strawberry.

Shadow bit back a sigh and rubbed a temple tiredly. "What are the chances that he'll change his mind again by the time I get back?"

"Good point," Silver said. "Why don't you just get a pint of every single flavor? They're smaller, and that way, I can slowly finish up whatever he doesn't want." He could almost see him grinning over the other end.

"Isn't Mephiles supposed to be the one feeding and putting up with you?"

All Silver did was laugh. "Mephy stepped out to go train, so now you're stuck with me too!!"

He was SO disowning his brother when he got back!

But it was a valid suggestion, and so Shadow managed to procure a few more cooler bags and haul twenty-three different pint-sized tubs of ice cream back to the palace in his Lamborghini. Living with a pregnant mate was turning out to be a very, very troublesome thing after all.

Sonic had already eaten something else for breakfast that night while he was gone, of course, but the biggest reward of having to make that trip back for the mere sake of ice cream was the way his eyes quietly lit up and the way he then blissfully dug into one whole pint each of... Blueberry, and... Vanilla.

Shadow didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But, ah, how relieved he was then that he'd taken Silver's suggestion; never mind the fact that the little ice cream spree had cost him considerably and that Sonic had eventually settled for vanilla again. His uke's sheer delight was clear, and there was even a tiny little satisfied hum which escaped his throat as he finally polished off the last spoon, now looking absolutely contented.

"You know, at this rate you're only going to get -"

Shadow nearly knocked over the table and two chairs in his frantic scramble to clap a hand over Silver's mouth.

Uke Baby Book rule number 4: Never, ever make negative comments about a pregnant mother's weight, or call him "fat".

So Shadow, who fortunately had done his studying in this area, was already shaking his head at Silver in alarm, desperately trying to make his eyes communicate, No no no don't say it, DON'T say it, or we're all DEAD............FOR GOOD!!!.

"Oh lighten up," Silver smirked, obviously disregarding his look of horror. "I'm just trying to have some fun."

Sonic blinked un-amusedly at both of them, his spoon still poised gracefully in midair. "I know very well what he was going to say, Shadz."

Shadow wanted to crawl up under a rock. WHY THE HELL DID MEPHILES GET THE GOOD WIFE!?!?!?!?

But then Sonic simply rose from his seat with his own smirk and a light, "We shall see about that, witch," and there was nothing more to that.

...Alright, so maybe the Baby Book wasn't always right about everything. That, or Sonic was now plotting something devious and horrifically horrible. Shadow chose to hope it was the former.

Thankfully the rest of the night did pass without too much mishap - there were only a couple more weird appetite demands, and many more little arguments with a pregnant Sonic and a very pregnant Silver (which always made Silver cry, since he never quite seemed to win). But the blueberries, kisses, and cuddles from Shadow (if Sonic was open to receiving cuddles and/or cuddling back) helped to keep things more or less sane. And Shadow remembered to make sure Sonic started taking his pre-natal vitamins.

As the month went on, Shadow took to fondling the large curve at almost every opportunity, often stroking and cupping it as he rested his chin on Sonic's shoulder with a little sigh of content.

"Not so hard to believe now, is it?" he murmured to him with a languid smile as they lay curled up one morning, ready to fall asleep.

"Hhm," Sonic breathed his affirmation, pressing their foreheads together to kiss him softly as one hand continued its caress of the huge bulge that was their growing pups.

Their pups. There would be moments where Sonic would still stop, and marvel with indescribable gratitude at where he was, how all this was even possible - especially after all that had happened... and all that he'd done. Their children were a miracle of their new lives bestowed upon them much like everything else in the past months - the very manifestation itself of how their lives had melded together, half his, half Shadow's - a precious, precious miracle Shadow had fathered and that he was now carrying within him.

There had never been a thought more humbling and warming, or terrifying and thrilling in his entire life.

Sonic's claws rested at the nape of his husband's neck as he returned the kiss, slow and gentle like his husband's caresses, and after a moment Shadow found himself whispering, "Do you think... I'll be able to hear anything...?"

There was a fluttering of blue eyelids as Sonic opened them again, smiling as his claws moved to trace under Shadow's chin. "Why don't you find out?"

So Shadow shifted, carefully, and Sonic moved a little to accommodate him as he slipped the crimson silk covers slowly aside. In the gentle sunlight that seeped in through the curtain, it made Sonic's fur seem to glow, next to the firm rounding of his large stomach. Shadow gave a loving lick to the belly, before letting his lips brush across the peach fur and bestowing a feathered, reverent kiss to the womb.

When he finally turned to press a pointed ear gingerly against it, Sonic's claws were running gently through his streaked quills, and Shadow's gaze upward was met with soft emerald eyes.

He'd just been curious and hadn't really expected to hear much, though, and the smile his wife gave him after reading his face told him that he hadn't been expecting anything exceptional either....but there was the sound that the father had been waiting to hear... besides just the cushion of water gurgling coupled with little noises being made by Sonic's stomach...he could hear their heartbeats.

A smile etched across his face as he listened intently. It was a moment he would cherish for eternity.

Everything was juat wonderful, and Shadow smiled back and turned slightly to brush another kiss on his belly, purring with content. Then he shifted to find a more comfortable position and closed his eyes as he continued to listen. There was a soft laugh from Sonic as his hand continued to lovingly stroke his head, and Shadow let the rhythmic heartbeats of his children and their constant motions slowly lull him to sleep.

"Shadow?" Sonic asked eventually.

"Hmm?" the droggy father managed to ask.

"What was your meeting about in Egypt?"

The Alpha king yawned, flashing his pearly whites, before sleepily answering:

"We've finished the construction of the Space Colony Ark and are almost complete with the Iblis Trigger...That way, we can finally win the war."

"Huh?" Sonic blinked. "What are you talking about?"

All Sonic got was a soft snore from his sleeping mate.
NEVER. Never again in my LIFE shall i write another chapter as long as this!!!!

EDIT Read the last few sentences because it's a cliff hanger to what's gonna happen next!!!! Btw...if u guys are reading this n find characters or something in it that u have no idea that im talking about...PLEASE overlook it...im reading other stories when i have spare time n the next thing i know, my fingers have a mind of their own!! ^^;
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