When the excitement had finally begun to die down, it was rather depressingly amazing how quickly Yuna's joy had turned to a misplaced...sorrow, for lack of a better word.
No, sorrow wasn't quite right;
Anxiety?
Pressing worry?
Catastrophic thinking?
Now, that sounded more accurate.
It wasn't that Yuna wasn't over the damn moon to be expecting: gods no.
Was it certainly unexpected? Of course. Had she been hesitant to settle down and become a mother just weeks prior? ... Maybe so.
However, like a bee to a blossom, the moment Yuna had discovered she was carrying her and Udo's child, all of her instincts and deepest desires replaced her shallow fears.
It was a kind of love, a feeling of complete wholeness and devotion that Yuna had never thought herself capable of feeling before. She was only a little over two months along, not yet showing and feeling no movements from the little babe, and yet day by day Yuna felt the affection intensify.
However, as her adoration deepened, so did her worries.
"That's not a face you want to see on an expecting mother."
Maleficent's voice tore Yuna away from the work that lay scattered on her desk.
Gods, how long was she spaced out? She was supposed to complete all of her paperwork today and place a shipment for new herbs from the northern peninsula, and somehow the whole day escaped Yuna.
She started blankly at the ink dripping off her feathered quill before blinking up at Maleficent.
Yuna was quick to quip back with a small smile.
"Just tired. It's amazing how much energy they're able to sap right out of me." Yuna brushed it off.
Rising from her seat, Yuna briefly wondered when her uniform would start being too tight to wear anymore. She'd already substituted her heels for flat boots, and she was quite certain the skirt and blazer were not far behind.
Grabbing her bag from behind her padded seat, Yuna looked about her paperwork and warmly lit office with a sigh.
'Guess I'll finish everything tomorrow. It's already time to go home.'
"What business do you have at the castle today? I thought you were supervising the young fey's flying lessons?" Yuna asked with a genuine curiosity as she strode up to Maleficent, shutting her office door behind her.
Golden sun streaked through the windows on the chilly January evening, and Yuna wished she could bask in it.
She desired to just melt away in the heated comfort.
Maleficent strode down the hallway with Yuna, her pace agonizingly slow as if to keep Yuna from speeding down the hallway.
Yuna suppressed a groan.
Honestly, she was pregnant. Not dying of the plague.
"Yuna! Dammit woman, get down from there!"
Borra had shouted from across the Moors, appearing near the expectant mother almost instantaneously as she paused her hiking.
"Borra, I'm just getting a bit of this Moondew Flower for a tonic- HEY! PUT ME DOWN!"
The three fey, the three closest friends of Udo had basically had the girl on house arrest.
She wanted to take a walk around the Moors while Udo was away on duty? Perfect, Ini shall accompany her.
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Purity in the Stars *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil- Udo Love Story*
Fanfiction*FROM MY OLD ACCOUNT* It started the day the sky was painted with red. Whether it was from that cursed red iron, or the blood of falling fey, Yuna did not know. What she did know, however, was that the tumbling stone and wood from the buildings surr...
