Love at War | Aonung 🤍

🤍 Chapter 16

The sound of movements was the first thing Lia heard when she opened her eyes.

Looking at the ceiling of the Marui, her thoughts and memories slowly returned to her.

Turning to the side, she saw her lover arranging multiple leaf plates of food on the floor, smiling joyfully to himself.

"Aonung," she called out to him weakly.

In response to her voice, his ears perked up and he turned to look at her. A glimmer of light lit up his eyes as he kneeled beside her.

"Hey, sexy mama," he said softly, helping her to sit up. "Slow and steady. How are you feeling?"

"Hungry," she mumbled, earning a low chuckle from him.

"Sounds about right. You fainted because you haven't been eating enough for two. Had me worried to death, you know."

"Two?" She furrowed her eyebrows at him.

His lips curved into a gentle smile. "You're carrying a little you and me inside you right now."

"What?" Her eyes widened as she placed a hand on her stomach. "Oh, Eywa! Well, that explains why I've been feeling fatigued lately."

Reaching over for a leaf plate of boiled fish, Aonung chuckled at her reaction. On the side of the plate were little bones he had picked out of the meat for her.

"Ah," he said, picking up a piece of fish meat and bringing it to her.

Lia opened her mouth subconsciously as he fed her the meat while she processed the news of her pregnancy, her mind still reeling.

"I-I'm really pregnant?" She whispered.

A playful smile adorned his lips as he nodded. "Yeah, I knocked you up."

Her heart swelled with joy as she came to terms with the news, her eyes welling with tears. His eyes softened at the sight of her as he leaned forward and kissed them away.

When he pulled back, she observed the array of dishes before her and furrowed her eyebrows.

"That's way too much food. I don't know if I'll be able to eat them all."

"Sorry, no options for you. You have to eat. You already missed a month of nutrition for our baby."

She swallowed the food in her mouth as she gazed at him. It felt strange, yet right, to hear him say those words.

Before she could utter another word, he gently shoved another serving of food into her mouth. Wide-eyed, she simply chewed in obedience.

It was still hard for her to comprehend that she was already a month pregnant. In a few weeks, her baby bump will start to show.

"You're gonna be one sexy pregnant lady." He said, kissing the top of her head.

She chuckled and kissed his mouth. "Should I start calling you daddy from now on?"

"Oh?" He raised an amused brow at her, a devious smile on his lips. "I mean, I am your baby daddy."

"You're not going to start shouting that at the top of your lungs now, are you?" She joked, prompting him to laugh.

"I just might. But you know what else everyone might be thinking about instead?" He licked his lips as he gazed at her with playful eyes.

Her breath hitched in her throat as he leaned forward and said, "Everyone's gonna know that we had a lot of sex."

In shock, she smacked his chest as he chuckled. He caught her hand and kissed it as her eyes softened at the sight of him. He was going to be an amazing father.