Animal Instincts

Chapter XII: Preparing for a Baby and the Birth of a New Daughter of Ra

Harry was getting really very round at seven months into his pregnancy; the sixth month practically flew by for them as Harry was suddenly very constantly needy for reassurances, touch, and more. Tom quite literally could not leave him for even several hours alone; Harry would notice he was absent and get nervous. If Tom stayed away too much or too long, he broke down to tears and wailed about how Tom was abandoning him.

Of which he wasn't; for the record, and then had to soothe his tears and his anxieties. And that ended up leading to them being intimate with the other once Harry was calmer again. Now, Tom enjoyed making sure Harry was pleased with his performances and tending to his needs, but the older wizard would be the first to admit; silently to himself that is, that Harry's lust in this state could very realistically make him feel as if he was living in euphoric dreams rather than on Earth; given how much intimacy they had shared of recent.

Luna stayed with them as she wanted to make sure Harry would be alright to the end of this change in his life; though she was often found reading or sketching with magic-enhanced noise cancellation headphones on whenever Harry and Tom were...very vocally playing together with their bodies.

Now, as the seventh month was half-way done; Tom had noticed something peculiar with Harry. He was spending a lot of time as Loki; just curled up in their room, the den, or even the nursery at times. He spent a lot of that time just napping. But he would scare and hiss if anyone walked in and interrupted it; jumping up to run and to hide.

Which had already caused several panic incidents.

And now, Harry was seen as Loki dragging every pillow, blanket, cushion, sheet and fabric he could grab and taking it into his resting room. Piling them into a massive bed-like thing in the center of the room as all the furniture had been magically put to storage or shoved up to the walls for space.

He had been hunting lots of meaty natural foods and had them dragged in before he stored it all into special containers there that reacted to Loki's magic for use; though Tom wondered why the cat had put them into boxes, but he didn't argue.

He made sure the fireplace was constantly on in his resting room; to keep him warm despite it was bordering on mid-spring.

Tom spoke to Luna briefly of this behavior; due to her knowledge of magizoology, and seeing her smile somewhat. She told Tom not to be alarmed. Harry was experiencing his own sort of 'nesting mother' phase now; meaning that he was making his safe-room more comfy and secure while preparing his body for the birth of the child. Luna did say she was kind-of perplexed; as Harry should be birthing as a human, and not a snow-tiger.

She speculated it was more of his instincts as Loki than it was for Harry as a human; to protect the baby as much as he could before he went to labor, even if it was a bit...unorthodox. Luna did say though; that Harry himself would have done everything in his power to protect his child, so perhaps Loki's instincts were responding to that as well.

She cautioned him though; to be careful. Harry was now close to due for birth, so he was skittish and flighty as Loki; trying to keep himself and his unborn from any potential harm no matter the source. His running and hiding making more sense to them now, and she told Tom that if Harry, as Loki, did not want him to be near; to give him space and let him be.

Otherwise Tom might stress him and cause his body problems that were deadly at this stage of the pregnancy. Miscarriage being the highest risk of all; and one of the most common.

Tom had paled to that and inclined to her with thanks; he didn't want his mate to suffer that sort of pain.

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Tom was lounging in the mid section of the house with a book; his mind miles away from the pages. He smiled softly to nothing in particular; wondering on the fact that very shortly...he would have a child of his own, a daughter no less.