Growing Together

Chapter 2

Thada and June had followed an angry Pete to SunRain Cafe. They had been trying to calm him and stop him the entire way, but something in Pete had just snapped and he just couldn't be stopped. Even Mint had gotten pissed by Pete's indifference and left.

"Pete, come on man. What are you trying to do?" Thada said pulling at his shoulder to stop him.

"Be reasonable," June added.

"He needs to just leave Kao alone," Pete said shoving him away. He was beyond pissed that P'Sun kept coming around after Kao had rejected him and even more so at Kao too. Why was Kao just going there all the time? Didn't he say he liked him too?

When they had gotten to the Cafe the three of them had noticed P'Sun had his hand on Kao and he seemed to be growing closer to him. And that had infuriated Pete, because he had slipped from June and Thada and had rushed inside to shove P'Sun away from Kao.

"What the fuck are you doing to him?!" Pete had yelled at him making everyone in the cafe turn to look at them as Pete threw the first punch at him.

"Pete!" Kao had yelled out getting up from his seat to stop him from throwing another.

"Pete!" June and Thada had yelled out as well as they had rushed to aid Kao in holding him back, but it did little to calm him. He kept throwing slurs at Sun while the man was barely getting up from the floor and holding his bruised jaw.

Even Mork had come out from behind the counter glaring daggers at Pete, "What the hell is your problem?!"

"Enough, it's a misunderstanding" P'Sun had said pulling his spit fire little boyfriend towards him and holding him by the waist.

"P'Sun, I'm so sorry..." Kao had said turning to look at him which had Pete scoffing and saying, "You don't need to apologize to this bastard."

"You got a problem with my boyfriend?!" Mork had hissed moving forward only to be held back by P'Sun.

"Boyfriend?!" The confusion from the trio had them look at them like they had grown a second head.

"Er! My boyfriend!" Mork said crossing his arms against his chest.

Kao had only frowned and properly apologized, "I'm really sorry P'Sun and Mork, for the unnecessary commotion. I'll take them home." Kao said bowing his head as he turned to motion for them to go. Thada and June had quickly headed towards the door but Pete needed Kao to pull him along with him in order for him to start moving.

"Thada do you mind giving us a bit of privacy?" Kao asked which had the elder nodding his head and pulling a protesting June along with him. Kao had waited for them to disappear into the car before he was turning to look at Pete. "What were you thinking?!"

"Kao... I-.."

"No, Pete. You're jealousy is out of line." Kao said with a frown before he was poking the elder's shoulder with his finger, "You said you didn't want to be together, that you weren't sure. I told you not to meddle into my life anymore until you were sure about what you wanted. So just go home, Pete and leave me alone!" Kao said about to turn away from him and leave but then he had suddenly felt Pete pull him back.

Pete had wrapped his arms around Kao's frame and for the first time he had felt the protruding belly that June had been making fun of for the longest. "I can't Kao, you know I like you a lot. I can't stand the thought of some-..." Pete had never finished his words because he felt that odd movement against his arms that had him moving away from Kao. "W-What the hell was that?!"

Kao had only smacked Pete's hands away when he tried to hold him again, "N-Nothing! Stop it Pete!" Kao whined fighting his hands as he kept moving away from the elder.

"What do you mean nothing?! Kao, I felt something" Pete argued as he kept trying to feel again but Kao kept pushing him away. If he wasn't about to fall Kao would have kept pushing him away. In that moment that Kao had lost his balance Pete's heart stuttered in a panic and had quickly caught him. He had gently helped him sit down on the bench. "Kao I'm sorry..." Pete had said feeling terrible for almost making him fall but seeing Kao stroke his belly had him frowning.

"I-It's okay Pete it was an accident," Kao said gently stroking his belly. His baby was okay and that's all that mattered, but it had frightened him.

"Kao...what's going on with you?" Pete asked as he kneeled down before him and gently taking his hand.

Kao had only sighed, he knew if he didn't tell Pete now he would only pry until he found out. "Do you remember when we had sex that night?" Kao asked making himself and Pete blush a little.

"I remember, how can I not?" Pete said rubbing the back of his neck nervously, "It was the first time I confessed to you." Which it was, he had been so pissed off by P'Sun trying to make a move on Kao that he had followed them to the restaurant and when he had taken him home he had let the heat of that anger drive him and push Kao into his bed until they had become one. Honestly, it was the best he had ever had and he still thought a lot about that night.

"Something else happened that night too..." Kao said bringing his hands to rest on his belly. "I-I'm pregnant Pete..."

"W-what?" Was all that Pete could really say, there was no way that he was pregnant. No way...no-..shit!

"I didn't want to tell you because you get weird like this...and I didn't want to pressure you just because I was having your baby..." Kao said trying to fight back the tears. He knew Pete, and this wasn't going to be something easy to accept for him. Pete wasn't even sure he wanted to publicly say he was gay nor that he wanted to date him. So, seeing him back away from him then was what he expected but it didn't stop it from hurting all the more.

"T-There is no way..." Pete said backing away "I-I got to go..." He said rushing to leave.

Watching him get into his car and drive away was the most painful thing Kao had to do, and he couldn't hold it in any longer. It was for this very reason that he had avoided telling Pete about it. Because he knew him well to know that something like this wasn't easy for him to accept, something like a baby and a pregnant male was something to drive Pete away from him.

Mork and Sun had come out to find him crying like this, too. Mork had made Sun leave Kao at home. "Mork said that if you want you can stay with us, or we can take you to his place to stay until the baby is born." P'Sun said with a small smile.

"Thanks P'Sun," Kao said as he unbuckled himself. He had been thinking about it for a while and he thought maybe it was best he left for a while, "I think I will come by tomorrow morning with my things so Mork can show me where. I want to get away for a little while."

"Okay, I will tell him," P'Sun said before reaching other to take his hand, "We are here for you Kao."