Whalien 52

Chapter 35

When Sky woke up the following day, she felt nauseous, "Are you okay, Sky?"

"Joonie," she croaked, "I think I'm going to be sick."

He picked her up quickly and rushed her to the bathroom. "Sshh, it's okay. I've got you, don't worry." It took about 15 minutes before she was calmed down enough to speak. "Don't talk. Here, let's get you cleaned up and get some food in you."

Joon helped her get to the sink so she could brush her teeth and wash her face, then picked her up again and carried her to the kitchen. Tae jumped up immediately and ran over to her while Jungkook made food. "Sky, are you okay?"

"Fine, I'm not sure if it's a thing on your planet or if it's just Earth. But we have this thing called morning sickness, and I'm apparently one of the lucky ones." Her fists went into the air in pathetic little pumps, "yay me."

"Here, eat this. It should help," Jungkook slid a plate right in front of her. "This is one of the things they feed pregnant breeders."

"Okay, thank you." She turned her head to look at Joon, "I'm good now; I can sit down on my own."

He held her a little tighter, "Better safe than sorry. Stay, please."

She sighed like she was really put out, but all three of them could tell it was just for show. "Fine, if you insist."

"I do," he quipped back.

It made Tae happy; she was slowly but surely opened up to them more and more. They were extremely affectionate as mates and wanted to be as loving with her as possible. "We'll head out when you are done eating and feeling better."

"Feel better? What happened, are you okay Sky?"

Everyone turned to Hobi, and he forgot for a moment that Sky was mad at him. He was only focused on making sure that she was okay. "I'm fine, morning sickness."

He looked at the others, and Tae made a gagging face. "Ah, okay. Do you feel better now?"

"A little, the food is helping. I still feel queasy, and I guess weak is the only word I can think of to describe it."

"I'll be right back," he said before he rushed out of the kitchen to head back to his room. He grabbed the shirt he had worn yesterday; it had the most substantial amount of his scent. His baby would like that, since he couldn't be close to her today this should help. It made no sense, breeders didn't need this, or if they did no one told them about it. But something inside him was screaming at him that this would work. It would help her.

He was nervous; would she reject it? Should he even ask or just put it on her? Fuck he has no idea what to do, and he's so afraid of pissing her off again. When he returned, she left the kitchen with Tae and Jungkook, "Oh hey, we're heading down to Earth."

It's now or never Hobi, he held his shirt out for her. "This is going to sound so dumb but wear this. It will help with the nausea."

Her eyebrow raised, "wearing a dirty shirt will make me less nauseous?"

"It is covered in my scent; the young will like being close to me, my smell. I promise it will help. I know it sounds crazy, but trust me, please."

"Okay," she sighed. "I mean, you guys are aliens, so who knows what kind of weird shit you get up to." She turned to look at Jungkook and Tae, "Let me go change, and then we can head out. I'll be back in a few."

Once she was gone, Tae crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Hobi for an explanation. "What was that?"

"I honestly don't have an answer for you."

Jungkook was confused, "we don't do that for breeders, so why are you doing it for her?"

"Something is telling me, no screaming at me, that this is what she needs. I have no other explanation other than that."

That seemed to satisfy Jungkook; he's never been one to ask too many questions. Even more when it's hard ones. But Tae is a whole other story, thankfully this time he didn't. He just sighed and rubbed his forehead a bit. "We'll let you know if it works, and if it does, it looks like she's going to be wearing your dirty laundry for a bit."

When they made it down to Earth, the first thing she asked was how much money they had. When they said a couple of million Earth dollars, she just about peed her pants. "Why do you have that much money?"

Jungkook shrugged, "Your planet really likes junk; we just happen to have a lot of it."

"What's valuable on your planet?"

"Jade and aluminum are our most valuable equivalent to gold and diamonds."

She couldn't help but laugh. "Follow me," they dutifully followed behind her. She walked straight into a store, toward the freezers, and grabbed a can of root beer. Then she bought it for $1, cracked it open, and chugged it. "Here, I present to you aluminum."

Both of their jaws dropped, "you use it to store your beverages?"

"Yup, and if the person is good, they recycle it. Some aluminum has been in circulation since the 1800s. But it gets thrown in the trash if you aren't a good person."

"You throw it away?" Tae asked like he just found out she murdered his mother.

"You throw gold away! Here, we use it and diamonds for jewelry. But more importantly, gold is used to determine how much a dollar is actually worth."

Jungkook scoffed, "Humans make no sense."

"Whaliens make none either! Now, do we want to look for a house or not?"

He waved before him, "Lead the way, Miss Bossy."

It took hours to discuss everything they were looking for in a house and for the realtor to show them listings. They were more than accommodating after they discovered that they were making an all-cash offer.