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Viveka sat close to Natsu and propped himself up against him, exhausted from both the trek and the whole experience that was the war. He huffed out some air and moved his bangs out of his eyes, before giving a nod up to Natsu. They wouldn't be going anywhere for a while... No matter how much they wanted to go home. The ice man's eyes grew distant as he thought of all the things he had wanted to do after the war and turned to Finnley to distract himself.

"So..." He began. "Do you live close by? Do you know if you'll be able to get home anytime soon?"

Natsu's face fell further solemn at Finnley's reply. Sure, they could be of some use around here while things got sorted out, but what about the plans that he had for after all of it? So many things would need to be pushed back now that they were stuck here... The Bard's eyes teared up.

"We're just going to have to wait now, Viveka." He sighed, leaning his head against his lover's hair. "...And I was so looking forward to being a daddy..."

Finnley could only smile at the two when talking about her home. She wished she could go home, but knew it was more important to stay here. "I"m sure she won't worry t-too much, she knows I am of more use here." And then it was time for them to make her heart want to break. Natsu started talking about having to wait to be a father, which had come out of the blue she thought, but then Viveka started to explain. Natsu's crying almost did the deal for her heart breaking while Viveka merely looked embarrassed. "I-I had no idea. I'm so so-sorry you both have to w-wait for that because of the st-stupid war." She was speaking quickly which ultimately made her stutter more. It was sad that they had to find their soul mate in the form of the same gender, but at least they still loved each other. "I'm sure you could go back home, y-you've both helped a l-lot. O-or, if you aren't w-worried about raising ch-children in a war zone, you could still chase that dream? There are all k-kinds of earthlings gathered here, wouldn't it be the per-perfect chance to look for a surrogate?" Finnley thought about offering up herself as one, but surely they didn't want a stuttering fool for their surrogate. They'd probably want someone prettier anyway. Her face blushed even thinking about it. Besides...she was too young...wasn't she?

Viveka leaned forward as Natsu placed his weight against him and rolled his eyes as his hair was played with. Why did people find it so entertaining to play with his hair so much? Sure, he didn't mind it from Natsu so much, but it did get annoying after a while. He turned his gaze to Finnley again while Natsu spoke and felt his heart twinge. Natsu was right... They couldn't just go running around asking people. That would be rude, especially right now, while they were retreating during wartime.

However, though it seemed that their options were running out, there was a girl right in front of them, and it couldn't hurt to ask. Right?

"...I apologize if this is too much to ask..." He began, blushing. "But... What about you? Would you be willing to help us?"

Natsu seemed to perk up instantaneously as Finnley replied, though it was more of an anxious sort of energy than an excited one. They were old? Since when was he old? Part of him wanted to grump on that comment, even though he was sure she meant no harm by it, and he turned to her with a look of shock.

"Not pretty? That's absurd!" He exclaimed, reaching out to take her hands. "You're a beautiful girl! Why would you say such lies about yourself?" He shook his head and nudged Viveka. "Sweetheart, she thinks she isn't pretty! Am I going blind, because I think she's positively radiant!"

Finnley's blush deepened as her words seemed to send Natsu into just as nervous of a frenzy as she felt. Had she not said the right thing? Had she upset them? It was a big thing for them to ask her to be their surrogate and she knew that but she couldn't believe that they would want her. Even with their assurances that she was pretty, there was always a part of her that held self doubt. But she did seem to perk up some at their complements.

Viveka, seeming to be the more thoughtful of the two, asked her what her questions were. Her blush deepened again, her face feeling as if it were on fire. There were some things she kind of wanted to ask but there was no way she was going to ask a guy....then they'd realize just how young and naive she was! Nono, she'd save some of those questions for her mom... "Well..um...it's j-just that I've only just m-met you two. W-would you be okay with waiting until I kn-know you both better? And well...af-ter...could I still be a part of the children's lives?..." Finn asked nervously, now gripping Natsu's hands fairly tightly in her nervousness, but his touch comforted her more than she would think.

Viveka, though still flustered, appeared calmer than Natsu. Poor thing, he'd asked her far too soon and rushed right into unknown territory! He placed his hand on her should and gave her an apologetic look.

"Of course, you don't need to feel pressured." He said, offering her a smile. "If you decide to help us or not, that's up to you, we don't want to make you feel obligated... Or any girl for that matter."