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Cecilia's warrior instincts made her salute back, but in her own knightly way. She always did that if anyone made that kind of farewell or hello towards her. "Well, it looks as though we won't need to make that bed after all" she told him, looking at the copy on the order form she was given.

The sight of the bed made her froze, it was made with silk bed covers and see through fabric draped along the four wooden posts at each corner. It do look amazing, like a luxury bed you got in a hotel or something. But it was.. too much for her. "I didn't really ask for a specific type" she said nervously looking through the paperwork "all I said was I wanted a bed... they denied me and single like I told you, so I said to just give me anything..." Cecilia looked very awkwardly to the bed, then back to Basil "we can umm... take all the fancy stuff off if you want.." it was rather pretty with it all on, but she didn't want him to feel uncomfortable. What were these people thinking? did they think these two were going to bunk?

Overcoming her fears, Cecilia decided to sit on it, just to try it out. The mattress felt much more comfortable then her previous bed.. maybe this wasn't so bad after all, both of them had a chance to sleep in one of the most amazing beds she had ever seen. What was wrong with that? "Hey.. sit down" she smiled, patting next to her "its so soft!"

"no no it's fine" she smiled, running her hand over the silk. The fabric felt wonderful on the skin, was probably high quality stuff. "Would be a shame to waste free stuff anyway" Cecilia said as she began to pull off her modified shoes and lay down next to Basil. Just to try the bed out properly of course.

"mmmmmmm" she smiled with her eyes closed, stretching out every limb until they clicked. The clicks is was what made the relaxation feel extra nice to her. "if pregnant women get this much nice treatment, I should do it more often" Cecilia joked with her eyes still closed looking completely calm and chilled laid out on the bed. Even her breathing was nice and slow, like it should be. "So you like this too right?" she wanted his opinion on this, Cecilia felt a need to run by things with him.

Cecilia looked his body up and down while he talking, trying to actually imagine what would like in an outfit he described, or lack of one really. "Oh no really?.. you just ruined my special fantasy right there" she said sarcastically, but in a fun way.

He finally asked the questions she was hoping not to hear ever. What was wrong with her? she was acting like a shy school girl. "pull yourself together Cecilia, your grown woman.. just tell him..". Cecilia sat straight up, laying down and talking seriously was rude to her. After a massive sigh, she took in a deep breath to calm her nerves. Her hands were shaking..

"Okay.. if you really want to know. I ask your opinion because, I care about you alot... that I feel the need to ask you about everything. Just incase well you know you don't like the idea of something.. your happiness is very important to this bunny" she tired to make a smiled, but the nerves were still getting to her, Cecilia wasn't saying the whole truth. So had to force it out, if he didn't like it, then well.. she didn't know what to do.

After swallowing a hard lump in her throat, the Viera's heart pounded wildly in her rib cage. "I now we have known each other barely a month. But your really special to me, I loved every single second and I'm glad to be stuck with you right now" Cecilia gave a sigh, still trying to bring herself to say it "It saddens me that, one day you will end up leaving this place.. and me. Off to live the life you always wanted. But, before you do have to go... I have to tell you something..." she shuffled to face him a little more, taking one of his hands and looking straight into his fascinating eyes she loved to gaze into. "I think... well actually I know... I love you Basil..."

His silence made her feel sick, it was happening all over again. She had fallen for someone who didn't feel the same. Maybe he just wanted to be friends like he said from the beginning. She could to that, that was fine. It was better to be turned down nicely then laughed in the face about your feeling towards someone.

"I'm sorry.. I guess you don--......" before she could finish her own sentence, Basil placed a soft kiss on her lips. It made the hairs on her body stand on end, but not in a bad way, more like shock then anything else. He was actually kissing her? This must be a good sign surely.. All her questions were answered as she heard the three words said back to her.

Cecilia couldn't help but burst into tears, probably something Basil had never seen her do before. She would always keep a feeling like that bottled up, but these were too strong to just hold back. They had to come out. Their hug was the best she had ever gotten from him, it was so warm and snuggly to be in his arms that way, she loved it. The Viera carried on listening what he had to say, making her tear up even more. He wanted to be with her after all, maybe it was a dream like he said, because it felt unreal.

"........I know you deny the baby, but..if you want..you can pretend it's mine." Her rabbit ears sprung up, even her eyes widened. Did she just hear him right? She looked straight into his eyes as their foreheads were resting against each others. Cecilia didn't know what to say, he was right though. She wasn't acknowledging the child inside her, but Basil had seemed more like a parent to them then Matus ever was and would be. Basil was looking out for them both, all the time and she didn't even ask him to..
It was then she was pulled into another romantic kiss, this one didn't make the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, it was perfect. Cecilia only pulled away after a minute or so to ask him something. "are you saying... you want to be their father?.."

After Matus completely ditched her, Cecilia never thought in a million years that anyone would want her, let alone want to be her child's father. He also mentioned wanting more with her. Was this even real? Someone had to pinch her, and fast. This man was incredible, dispute everything that happened for them to actually meet, he had still fallen for her.

She gave a nod at his question, cupping his hand that was softly placed on her cheek to clean the Viera's happy tears. They kept flowing though, she couldn't stop them rolling down. Basil was also right in his comments about her ignoring her pregnancy like it was just a bit of flab on her tummy. She hadn't done anything. No appointments to check her health, no plans, no items purchased, no attempt to get a bigger home either. But she wanted to leave anyway, like they discussed. Basil wasn't an equal here and that was horrible on him.

Cecilia was about to speak until she felt her hand being moved to her tiny bump. Since knowing about the pregnancy, she couldn't even touch or look at her stomach. Even showers were a struggle, always trying to avoid the area. But.. the way Basil was acting towards it all, made her feel better about it. The child was already loved by a man, not because of blood or anything like that, but unconditional love. She looked up from her tummy, looking into his teary eyes, kissing at each one that slid down his cheek. "we will always be yours..."

She didn't want to end their cuddle, just in case this all was a dream but Basil seemed to have other ideas, Muffins! Cecilia smiled to him as he spoke, until he heard the word of marriage. Was this his way of proposing or something? It wasn't clear. They had only just announced their love for each other, or maybe he was hiding that feeling for a while like she was...

The Viera was about to reply when he suddenly made a dash for the kitchen. Did he really think he could outrun a humanoid rabbit? She darted after him, but couldn't pass him due to the tight spaces in the house. So of course he would win. Now that they reached the kitchen, she could finally say what she wanted to in the first place. "You want to marry me?.." Cecilia asked, there were just say many questions she had to ask "also.. why don't you want to leave anymore? This place makes me feel uncomfortable, I don't know about you.."

(sounds good to me)

Cecilia thought about the marriage thing once more, maybe they did have to marry soon. For a few reasons; "Actually.. maybe we should get married" she randomly blurted out before continuing "We haven't really acted like a proper couple from what the public have seen, if we marry then any suspicions of us just running, that they might have, off might go.." Cecilia explained "also.. we might not get the chance to later on" She no idea if he agreed with her thinking, but it seemed like a good trick in her eyes. "They might think we decided to settle down in this city and think nothing of it" Or maybe she was just being paranoid..

"I'll be fine" she smiled at his concern for her health "Just because I'm a tiny bit pudgy on my middle doesn't mean I can't do things. Like you said, early stages and I'm eating much better now too aren't I?" she tried to reassure him, "look, how about before we go, I'll have my first antenatal checkup.. to make sure everything is okay in here."

She watched him make the batter, but wasn't taking the information in. Thinking too much on what was being discussed. Cecilia only snapped out of her deep thoughts once he playfully drew on her tummy with the muffin mix. It made her laugh, wiping it off with her index finger so she could have a taste. "mmmmmm" a hum came out of her like she was enjoying the flavor.

After watching him pop the muffins in the oven, something sparked in her brain. Which was made obvious by the spring of her ears. "how long till they cook?" she asked "maybe we can get the marriage over quickly..."