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An other sleepless night.
Hikory/Edge (my own interpretation of them), fluff, pregnancy, pregnant skeleton. no warning in particular.
Summary : pregnancy sucks, but there's always some good sides in it.
The ocasional sound of an animal in the garden like a frog or an owl. The faded light of the full moon outside. The persistant tic tac of the clock marking the 60 seconds of the minute, the 60 minute of the hour for now 2 hours. The light breathing beside him. The slow and calm pulse of the soul of his partner, not even succeding to bring him sleep. The anoying bump he has as a stomac preventing him to have a full, deep and restfull night of sleep. Once again would the night be boring and tiring. Edge had tried help him making his pregnancy easier by cooking his weird stuff or buying a lot of pillows but Hikory started finding it hard to keep a smile on his face. It wasn't like he didn't wanted to have a child, none of that. It was more like he wasn't prepared enought for this. The tiredness, the weird hunger, the growing bump under his ribs, the sleep deprived nights.
Hikory tried to shift his position from his back to one of his sides. It wasn't comfortable. He moved to his other side, now facing his husband who instinctively embrace him in his arms in a strong hug. Hikory looked at him for a long time. Starting from the scar a dog inflicted on his right eye, then tracing the line to his sharpened teeth then his angular jaw. The egstinguished eyelights and relaxed expression were unusual. The other skeleton was accustomed to wear a brash, overbearing and sassy mask. He only communicated his true feelings throught his eyes even if he used his facial expressions more for some times, maybe since the begining of the pregnancy, to show more of his emotions. Whatever Edge prefered anyway Hikory was good at reading him. His pretentious patner was no secret to him. As a matter of fact, Hikory's back was hurting him. He still wasn't comfortable enough.
The pregnant skeleton decided he would try occupy himself. He pushed the covers aside, and put a pillow where he would be for his husband to cuddle during his sleep. It was cute and funny how the edgier changed during their relationship. At first he tried to impress the other by being manly, then discovered the kindness needed in a reationship for finally becoming the most tender person Hikory ever met. The pregnant skeleton loved his husband and knew how much this being inside him meant for him, that's why he was happy being pregnant. But sometimes it was so desperately difficult for him. So he did his best being joyfull. He was an insomniac and never had much sleep, making him worn out most of the time but he compensated with naps. Now he was quite simply exhausted. Theses sleepless days and nights wouldn't stop and all he wanted now was a long and restfull sleep.
Sighing and brething as soundlessly as possible Hikory worked his way out of bed trying not to wake his partner up. He ended panting and had to rest a little caressing his stomac. It was big enough that his caring husband almost couldn't close both his arms around the belly anymore. After getting up Hikory lighted up a little lamp and sat in his roking chair to carry on his lastest work, a knit scarf for his brother. Hikory wanted to finish it before his birthday and was sure to make it in time if his nights remained as they were, that's to say sleepless. He rocked in his chair while wondering how he should do the next patern of knots when the baby decided to kick. He shushed the kid and started to hum softly. The little one usualy kicked less when he was doing so. When Edge is awake that's him who sing to the little demon, it always make them both calm down, the baby and Hikory.
He didn't know how much time had passed when Edge sudently sit on the ground and hugged his belly, putting lovingly his head on top of it, startling a little the one holding the not-so-well-knit scarf. Edge mumbled someting the pregnant monster didn't even tried to understand. "-Honey, you work tomorow, if you stay awake you won't make it through your day." Edge muttered more before raising the big shirt of the swapfell monster, put it above his own head and started kissing each centimeter of ectoflesh he could reach, making the other one giggle. When all the bump was kissed properly, Edge retract and used his sweetest and deepest voce to say a single thing which always made the tallest one shiver. "-I love you more than anything, shugarplum." After a little while, he added. "You are the beautifullest creature in this world and I am the lukiest, because you choosed me." Hikory rested his hand on the other's head and stoke it smiling lightly at the fond words. Edge almost purred and stayed here to keep company to his precious lover. He would stay awake all the night if needed. He didn't want Hikory to feel lonely tonight, or any moment of their life. It was his wish.
