I Am Alone

Chapter 21: Ronan is Missing!

It's the middle of the night, around one, and the moon shines down through our window and light the room in its pearly glow, Aphmau is asleep with Ronan dreaming innocently on her chest.

I am awake and tinkering with a trigger mechanism that if enlarged, could finally shoot a big enough bola for us to safety acquire those birds.

Ronan has a crib, I built one and put it in the corner of the room, and I'm going to put him into it once I actually feel like going to bed.

Which is now.

I pick him up, careful not to wake him, and slowly walk over to the crib, the floor is creaky, and although Aphmau is a heavy sleeper, I still don't want to wake her.

I lay him the the crib with care and cover him with a blanket, which he immediately pulls over his head, I chuckle lightly and continue to stay by the crib.

If I'm to be honest, I'm terrified, I've never taken care of a baby before, and even if I did I couldn't remember. what if I do something wrong? What if I drop him? What if he just dies in his sleep, Sudden Infant Death syndrome is a thing.

I watch him, I feel like I'm stalking, but watching him is kinda peaceful, I start to drift off when I hear the floor creak behind me.

"I know your there Aph." I say, my voice barely above a whisper, and I hear a unamused huff.

"Am I that loud?" I turn around and chuckle, she's just in her white nightgown that I had made by picking the silk out of wild silk plants and haphazardly sewing them together.

"Yes. Why are you up? You should be sleeping." I reply, and I blush when she embraces me, though I still return the embrace.

"I could ask you the same question."I chuckle once more, feeling her silk nightgown flow in my bare chest( I sleep in my boxers), and her small but strong arms warmly wrap around my neck.

"Just, checking on Ronan, making sure he's okay." I slide my hand down to the small of her back and she suddenly jumps , I can feel her face heat up.

"Nothing's going to happen to him, not with the both of us here. Uh!" I pull up her chin and kiss her passionately, pulling her into me with my hands.

"Mmmh." She melts into the kiss, so I take that as a green light to continue, the floor creaks as I pull her into the bed with me, still making out with her.

I caress the side of her face while she tangles her fingers in my hair, we only stop for air.

She starts getting bright red, and blushes nervously, I can tell what's going though her brain, and I let out a low growl that even Fang would be proud of.

She shivers before we lock lips again, I slip my hands up her nightgown and she jumps and trembles at my touch.

I pull back, smirking and blushing deeply at her half lidded eyes, we are both breathing raggedly, and I kiss her nose quickly before pulling the blankets over us.

"Heh. You know how to get my heart pumping." She snuggles into my neck, I wrap one arm around her and gently pet the back of her head.

"I love you, I don't think I've ever told you that, I need to start." I twirl my fingers in her long black hair, and she blushes nervously.

"Ronny....." She whines, and I caress my thumb over her hips, I can tell I'm sending electric shocks through her.

"I love you too." She replies and I smile, pulling her close and sighing contently as I take one last glance at Ronan's crib as I fall asleep.

Almost like a blink I awake to the sun blaring in through the window, still not at all tired, I gently get up, and wonder why Ronan didn't wake up in the middle of the night.

I look down into his crib and he's not there, I panic, looking through every corner and nook as loudly and quickly as I possibly can. Still nothing.

"APHMAU RONAN IS MISSING!" She immediately jumps up out of bed and stares running over to his crib and giving me the 'if you don't find him in five minutes you are dead' look.

I jump down the hatch and see Fang holding Ronan in his mouth, wagging his massive tail, Ronan wrapped in his blanket, and held by the cloth near his neck.

"Fang! Drop him this instant!" I yell and Fang lays him on the floor with his tail and ears down in a submissive stance, I grab Ronan, who starts to giggle.

"Don't ever take Ronan without showing us first!" I scold the massive wolf, who whines in an apologetic tone, while Crimson was stretching in the corner, she came up and batted him on the back of the head.

After getting my anger out I hand Ronan to Aphmau who hugs him close.

I walk up the Fang and raise my hand, he recoils but I just lay my hand on his head and start patting it.

"Sorry buddy, but you scared us, we care for Ronan just as much as you do, so don't take him without us knowing, okay?" He half whines, half barks in agreement.

I sigh and walk over to Aphmau and Ronan:

"Now, what are we going to do with you?" I tickle his belly and he laughs.

No one is going to take this from me.