Chapter 22: Awake At Midnight

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Revali slipped into your room late at night, noticing you already fast asleep. He put away his weapons and changed out of his armor before going to lay down with you. He moved the blanket a bit and wrapped himself around you, feeling as you shifted closer to him.

"Hi sweetheart." He whispered, and you smiled a little in your sleep. He chuckled and pulled your in closer, turning so he could wrap his wings around you. "I love you." He nipped at your ear, and you smiled more. "So much."

You didn't wake up through this, giving him the opportunity to spoil you with a bit of affection before he went to sleep. He placed his wing on your lower abdomen, noticing now it felt a little different than it had before.

He gently rubbed around it, nuzzling his beak into your hair. You quietly groaned and got closer to him, pressing your cheek against his chest as you slipped one arm under his waist and then put one over it as well.

This gave his wing another angle on your belly, and after a matter of moments he could feel a movement. Something pressed against his wing.

He quickly moved a bit and looked down, astonished with what just happened, and he looked down at you to see that the movement had woken you up a bit. You were fast to fall back asleep, and he now put both wings to your sides. Only allowing him to feel more of it.

"Revali, love, what are you doing...?" You asked, yawning as you stretched your arms out. You looked up at him, expecting him to be half asleep too. But that's not what you got. "Revali?"

There sat your husband, one wing covering his beak as he looked down at you. You could swear you saw his eyes watering for a second.

"Hey, what's wrong?" You asked, cupping his cheek with your hand. You looked over him worriedly, not knowing if he was hurt or if he was sad about something. "Are you okay?"

"I felt the baby." He managed, placing his wing back in it's original spot. You placed your hand next to his, smiling a bit. "How did you not wake up to that?"

"I've felt fluttering all week but I think this would be the first real movement," Your grin only got wider when you started to feel it too. "I'm surprised we can feel the kicking so early."

"You've been feeling smaller movements and you didn't tell me!?" He gasped, and you giggled and got out of the hammock. "Where are you going?"

"To get something to eat." You said, trying to loosen a knot in your back but being unable to do it. "I'm not gonna be able to sleep with the little one moving this much now." You placed a hand on the small bump and knitted your eyebrows together with a particularly bigger kick. "I just wonder why there's suddenly so much movement."

"I can call the healers up here to check you if you want." He said, getting out with you. He wrapped his wings around you, using one to try and help you with your back, and with that he was successful.

"I have an appointment later in the morning, no need to make more." You leaned back into him, and now the movement had mostly gone away. "You got home awfully late."

"The gathering went on for a bit longer than I would've liked, but Bizz finally turned me loose. He didn't let Orville and Parro off so easily." He started playing with the feather in your hair, twisting and twirling the piece it had attached itself to.

"Did you have to take Eagle back as well?" You asked hugging the wing that held you.

"No, he wound up leaving early because Kaneli's been sick and apparently Abby is now too. Bizz would let him go in a heartbeat, but then there's me, a very busy bird with a now pregnant wife at home and of course I don't get to leave and go home to her when she needs me."

"I don't need to be catered to every second, honey." You yawned again turning yourself around to face him now. "But that doesn't mean I don't love the attention from my rito." You kissed the tip of his beak before going to sit down in your spot again.

"I thought you were going to eat." Revali said, standing in front of you. "Not hungry?"

"I've decided I'm tired again, and that I'm going to get some sleep before my appointment in the morning." You laid back down, and he laughed and tucked you back in. "I thought you were going to sleep. Not tired?"

"Well, as a matter of fact I've decided I'm hungry now, and that I'm going to eat something before I go to sleep." He leaned over to gently peck your forehead. "You, my beautiful hylian, should get some sleep."

"Revali," You reached out for him, undoing the blanket. "I love you." He smiled and walked over to you, and you waited for the right moment to lock your arms around him.

"I love you too." He tucked you in once again, and pecked your nose to your dismay. You pouted as he brushed your hair out of your face. "Now, you know that I know as soon as I let you wrap those arms of yours around my neck, I'll never make it downstairs to eat." He left you alone to rest, but all you could think about was your blue rito and his child.

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Ay guys! I should be asleep but look where I find myself practically everytime this happens

Oh well! Love y'all~

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