"Are you sure you're alright?" Katsuki couldn't help but ask.
Izuku chuckled, "Kacchan I can stand up to paint for a while, I'm not going to break,"
"But your due any day now-"
"Exactly, this nursery won't finish itself you know. I let you talk me out of helping for a while now and look, It's not finished in time," Izuku huffed.
"Sachi and I can have it done in time," Katsuki mumbled.
Izuku went back to painting, "Uh huh, that's what you said weeks ago. Sachi's been spending most of her time getting to know her cousins. Sei's been working overtime so he'll have plenty saved up once he starts school and Kei has been busy working with Zelus to get his certifications. I'm all the help you got right now,"
"It's times like this when I wish that flee bag and the others were still around," Katsuki mumbled.
Katsuki was thrown out of his thoughts by paint splashing on his face, he looked up at his huffing mate in shock.
"What was that for?"
"For the last time, they're my family not servants! And stopped talking about Ōkami like that he can still hear you you know!" Izuku glared.
"Alright alright- wait it can hear me?"
Katsuki narrowly dodged a paintbrush, "Him! I meant him!"
Izuku rolled his eyes, "Yes he can, they all can obviously, they're stuck in my shadow not dead. They can still see and hear everything I can, our connection to each other, and their connection to the outside world is blocked. I thought we discussed this already,"
"We may have, truthfully I be hanging on by a thread when you have your midnight rants," Katsuki chuckled.
Izuku lightly hit his arm with a frown, "Why didn't you tell me? If I knew you were tired I wouldn't keep you up like that,"
Katsuki waved him off, "It's fine, even if you knew I was tired I still wouldn't have gone to sleep. Leaving you up all by yourself just doesn't sit right with me,"
Izuku pecked his lips, "Thank you Kacchan,"
"Of course, you should definitely consider seeing someone about these dreams you keep having. I know you don't necessarily need to sleep since it doesn't restore your energy but it's still good for you," Katsuki frowned.
Izuku sighed, "I would but no one and nothing to help me with this, the only way for these dreams to stop us for him to be with me again,"
"They may not be able to do anything about that but it's your mental health I'm concerned for. Dreaming of Kozā crying out to save him every single day when you can't? That can't be good on you," Katsuki said lowly.
"Truthfully it isn't, I love my babies to death but I need them to come soon, real soon. I don't know how much more I can take, knowing that I can be with him once I give birth. It's been damn near fifteen years since I last saw him, I'm at my limit Kacchan," Izuku said tiredly.
Katsuki held him close, "I know baby, let's hurry and finish up the nursery. Once it's done we can look into safe ways to induce early labor, how does that sound?"
Izuku nodded, "Good,"
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Sachi stood behind Izuku as she and the boys did their nightly routine of helping Izuku do his hair. They had finally managed to convince Izuku to cut his hair, saying that having it rapunzel length was impractical. They had cut it to his mid back but after only two weeks it was already past his ass.
It seems like his hairs going to grow this long no matter what they did so they'd just manage. It's not like any of them hated it, in fact, they loved Izuku's incredibly long hair. It's always been a key characteristic of his and it makes him look like the god he was sure to be in his next life.
It only added to his stunning beauty which Izuku will probably never see himself. To him, he looked monstrous, with his large pointy fangs and strange hybrid features he was sure he looked creepy or scary. Sure he was confident and comfortable with his looks now he still didn't believe all his oddities made him look beautiful.
"Do I really look beautiful to you?" He suddenly asked.
The four others looked at Izuku with so much offense he couldn't hold back his laughter as they continued to eye him crazily.
"What? Was what I said truly that absurd?" He chuckled.
"Absurd? Papa, you sound insane," Sachi shook her head.
"Do I really look beautiful-" Chisaki mocked "I almost hit you just then,"
"Izuku you are absolutely breathtaking," Katsuki said deadly serious.
"Who said you weren't?" Seiji asked angrily.
Izuku laughed more and shook his head, "No one, I was just confused as to how anyone could find my monstrous appearance beautiful,"
Sachi frowned, "Fine if you're a monster then you're the sweetest, gentlest, and prettiest monster in existence,"
"I think the other monsters will disagree," Izuku told her.
"Then we'll get rid of them and make you the only monster," Seiji said dryly.
"Well I'd rather not be a monster at all but I'll take it," Izuku chuckled.
"Deku you could make literal gods, plural, bow to your feet, and worship you with little effort. Give yourself a bit more credit yeah? At this point, you're just in denial," Katsuki shook his head.
"Alright alright I accept that I'm beautiful," Izuku laughed more.
"Good,"
"Don't you forget it,"
They went back to doing his hair, "So what's on the agenda?"
"Well due to my upcoming due date I can't work with the pack elders right now so I'll be letting Kacchan and Kei deal with all the in-person endeavors. While on bed rest and in the hospital and such I'll be using me and Zelus's time together to secure my family's futures and such," Izuku stretched a bit.
"What do you mean?" Chisaki asked.
"Well, Sachi and I age a bit differently due to the divine DNA we have in us. If you think I'm alright with outliving you all you're sorely mistaken. I've grown and matured but how far I'll go for my family will never change.
I'm going to see if it's possible to share my lifespan with my pack or make you all demigods. If not then I'll make it possible per usual, I'm pretty sure god will give me what I want to keep what Zelus did to me from Author-sama," Izuku grinned.
Katsuki chuckled, "There's my evil fiancee, I won't lie I was starting to miss this side of you,"
Izuku snorted, "Don't say that, this side of me literally rewrote the world twice,"
"You did it for your family, no one can fault you for that," Sachi shrugged.
"I pray you never have to,"
"With parents like you, I likely won't, you'd have it taken care of before I ever find out about it," Sachi laughed finishing Izuku's hair.
"As a good parent should-" The oven was heard going off "Sounds like dinner is ready.
"Yay dinner time!"
Chisaki went to finish the food and the other two went to set the table. Katsuki held out his hand and as he helped him up his mate froze in place.
"What is it-"
Katsuki froze as well finally hearing what sounded like someone pouring a bottle of water out onto the floor.
"Shit,"
"About damn time,"
