Rebirth (boyxboy)

Chapter 21: just a feeling

Chapter 21

CYAN'S P.O.V.

Cyan: AWAKENED.

"Do you think it'll come out weird?"

Michellie turned around to glare at me. "Not this again Cyan. The baby is perfectly fine. The fairies only reassured you a hundred times!"

"No I mean I know it's healthy," I looked down at my still flat tummy. "But what will it look like? I mean i'm like five months now and there's not even a bump."

"He's small." Michellie reasoned.

"It's too small. What if it comes out looking-"

"Cyan I know this whole pregnancy thing is freaking you out, but you've got to just swallow it down for now. Worrying is just going to make you sick." She chastised. "I already have Elijah calling every three seconds to make sure you're alright. I can't listen to both of you worry all day."

I bit my lip to keep quiet and looked back down into my lap. My flat stomach glared at me, reminding me that there was something in there even if it didn't look like it. What if it was a monster? What if it was deformed? What if it came out so tiny I lose it the first day and it dies?

Michellie was answering her phone again, yelling at Elijah to leave us the fuck alone because we were fine. I could hear his frustration through the phone. He wanted to be home with me, but someone had to go out and be king. Unfortunately, that couldn't be me. I had to sit at home with Michellie and throw up and stare at my stomach waiting for it to grow. It needed to grow. It had to. If it didn't grow, was there really anything in there? Did I want there to be something in there?

The phone rang again. "I swear to god if he asks me how you are one more time," Michellie groaned as she answered the phone. "What do you- what? What do you mean? Eli- okay! Okay I got it! BRUFTUS!"

Bruftus appeared beside me on the couch in a second. "What's going on?" I asked him, but he was focused on Michellie who was nodding rapidly on the phone.

"Go down to the forest. Elijah is on his way back. I have to take Cyan down to the tunnels." Michellie ordered him as she grabbed me by my wrist and began to pull me after her. "Okay Elijah I get it! I'm going."

"Michi what's happening?" I asked again. She handed me the phone as she began to bark commands at warriors in the hall. The castle was being locked down.

"What's happening?" I asked Elijah as soon as the phone was to my ear.

"They know you're pregnant."

"Who does?"

"Those mangy fucking dogs!" Elijah spat over the phone. "They attacked all of our bases at once. Three were taken over. They reentered the water-"

"They what?" I cut him off. "Is Aku okay?"

"Aku is fine." He assured me. "He and his family are all with me. We were prepared for another attack. Almost all of the merpeople escaped the waters this time. The moon people have already attacked the mountains and they've reached the village around the castle. They'll enter the forest last, most likely, so I sent Bruftus to go help the fairies to safety. Now I just need you to stay in the tunnels alright? I'll be home soon."

"But what about-"

"Everything is taken care of alright? This was an aggressive attack, sure, but dumb. They've lost almost half of their combined forces. If they don't retreat soon, it'll be suicide." he explained. "I've got to go my love. Be good alright? Stay in the tunnels."

"But Elijah-"

He hung up on me. I followed Michellie down into the tunnels, watching with a frown as she locked the door behind us. I had thought, because I had changed, that maybe I could finally fight too. I guess that was wishful thinking. "It's okay Cyan. It's going to be okay."