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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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 Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:15 pm
It will be morning, soon...
Alenazsa's gaze wandered about the area, taking in the little details... details she'd only seen... every day? The vast plains, and the skies of late Midnight, early morning, marked with the moon bright in the sky, and the stars scattered around it.
Such a simple landscape, but, beautiful all the same.
And yet, Alenazsa was really... just, too distracted to really even care much about the beauty of the lands. Much, much too distracted.
Lately, she had felt different. Like there was something going on inside of her, that for awhile, she couldn't explain.
For awhile, she had just tried to ignore it.
Though, over time, it started to get harder and harder to ignore.
That's when she finally started to, pay her attention to how she was feeling, and, that's also when it came to her... What EXACTLY it was.
She was pregnant, thanks to Shishio. She couldn't have been more happy, but... she was, nervous. What... would Shishio think? She'd have to tell him... if she went without telling him, and she got... you know, big... He, probably wouldn't be very happy.
This, wasn't exactly one of those secrets you could keep and just shrug off.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:40 pm
Shishio eyed the apple tree, gaging the distance. In one swift movement, he reared onto his hind legs and thrust his neck into the air. His teeth closed gently on a nice, juicy red apple, and his hooves once more hit the ground. The stallion did not bite into the apple, as many others would, rather cradled it so gently that his teeth barely made any mark at all on it's delicate skin.
He turned and trotted off with high-spirited sass. Love had put a bounce in his step, a sparkle in his eye, and a nervous energy that never seemed to be spent in his heart. He would wander off every once in a while, coming back to Alenazsa with a special treat or a pretty feather he had found. He knew that no item on this earth could sum up the love they shared, but it still gave him pleasure to see her eyes sparkle with delight when he would present his latest finding.
There she was.
She was standing in the middle of the plains that had become there semi-home, a focus point for their wandering. He picked up his momentum a tad, kicking up a small cloud of dust as he raced back to Alenazsa.
He came to a halt in front of her, grinning as best he could around the apple. The stallion stretched out his neck and held the apple in front of her in silent offering, his lips pulled back so that she could easily take the sweet treat.
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:59 pm
Alenazsa could only smile at the sight of her love, and the little treat he brought to her.
Calmly, she took the Apple from him, pressing her forehead softly against his afterwards, nuzzling him softly for a moment. She bit into her little treat, then a few times more, finishing it not long afterwards. She never sat and let her food go bad infront of her, especially if it was from Shishio.
Softly, she nosed him. "Thankyou, Shishio,..." Inside, she knew that he was actually helping her, with the foals.
Thinking about the foals however... made her alittle.. nervous, and she usually wasn't nervous at all, around Shishio,.. and so far, this was the only secret she'd kept from him.
When, and how, was she going to tell him?
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:13 pm
Shishio paused, eyeing Alenazsa with quiet suspicion. Ohh, the usual gratitude and soft smile was there... the nuzzle contained no less love than it usually did... but underneath her calm demeanor lay an alien something. There was a hint of nerves in her voice, something that he had never heard before and didn't therefore didn't associate with her.
Had he not spent so much time with her, he may not have picked up the tiny little clues that were almost transparent.
He nuzzled her softly, nudging her forehead with his chin. His eyes were filled with concern; what could make her act this way? What was the cause for those undertones of worry and nerves? More importantly... was it something he had done?
Shishio went through a mental list of everything he had done that day, beginning and ending with the last he had seen of Alenazsa. Nothing out of the ordinary...
No. It was not him.
So... what was it?
He stiffened slightly, almost blanching when a thought came to his mind. There was one reason why she could be acting this way... hiding something from him... those little quirks in her attitude as of late would be explained by that.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"... Alenazsa... Is anything wrong?" His voice was remarkably calm and steady, when one took into account the storm that was brewing inside of him.
If she wanted to take another stallion as a lover, that was fine. But she was his world, and he wasn't going to give up without a fight.
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:23 pm
Well, he caught on to her little nervousness.
Now, to say it,.. without... saying it.
Had to make him guess, right?
"Well, no, nothing's wrong, aside from the odd feeling in my stomach, an an occasional little nudge of pain, like a soft kick from the inside... no.. Nothing's wrong." Now, let's just see if he'd catch on to her little hints... or, if she'd have to keep going.
The smile she bore now was true, and she had a cute.. but sly little gleam in her eyes. Will he get it? She wondered.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:40 pm
The defensive wall that had begun to form around Shishio's heart, meant to shelter it from the devastating blow he was so sure Alenazsa's words would hold, crumbled and fell away into dust. He blinked for a few moments, meticulously clearing out the embers that had begun to flare when he had jumped to the wrong conclusion.
He stared at her stomach as he pondered her words, his thoughtful gaze never wavering. His brow furrowed slightly in thought, though the face was still quite handsome.
A pain in her stomach... stomach ache? A flash of guilt; he had been bringing her little treats all this time, perhaps her stomach was beginning to rebel at the continuous onslaught of apples and berries... No. A stomach ache did not kick.
Kick?
... Something needed hooves or paws to kick. Alenazsa was not a meat-eater, and so could not have swallowed something still alive... (he shuddered at the thought) ... So it would have had to have begun there. Inside her.
Inside...
Kick...
Hooves... little hooves...
Inside...
The pieces clicked.
Shishio's head jerked up, and he as he stared at Alenazsa, his eyes widened. "You're... pregnant?"
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:49 pm
"Ya"
Plain as that. She said it just as plainly as she could.
Alenazsa smiled softly, stepping forward, nuzzling him softly. "I'm pregnant... with your foals..." Just had to add the last bit, so he didn't flip out or something and get worried that they weren't his.
As if, inside her, they could hear the two's conversation, she felt a slight kick in her side, but it was very soft, very weak... they were much too small at the moment to really hurt her at all.
Though, she knew full well that they.. probably could later on.
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:58 pm
Shishio's head swam.
Foals. His foals. A family, something he had never had before. Someone else to share his love with. Alenazsa's foals. Theirs. Together. Foals with their mother's beauty. Foals he could watch as they grew, help form their minds, teach them of the world.
Sweet goddess, he was going to be a father.
At that thought, Shishio realized that his mouth had been hanging open, his eyes widened in a quite unbecoming manner. His jaw clamped shut, and he replaced the stunned look with one of utter joy.
He grinned broadly, and nuzzled her back.
"Our foals."
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:34 pm
Alenazsa only smiled. "Yes... Shishio... our foals." She nudged him softly, nuzzling him softly down the neck afterwards.
"You're going to be a father..."
And she was going to be a mother.
In all truth? She hadn't really thought about THAT yet. Oh my lord... I'm going to be a mother... how am I suppose to know how a mother... a Good mother should act!?!
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:38 pm
He paused, letting the truth slowly sink in until every pore in his body vibrated with the promise of the coming foals. Shishio's grin turned into a weak, watered-down smile...
"Do you think they'll like us?" He was speaking of the foals... the foals that would be the two of them blended together, perhaps leaning more towards one or the other in appearance... but they had no way of knowing if any of the foals (how many would there be?) had any personality quirks that would make them so utterly different from both parents that neither would be able to relate to the foal on even a basic level.
Oh, he knew the foals would love Alenazsa. Who couldn't?
But him...
What if he failed as a father?
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:43 pm
"I'm sure they will! Shishio... we're their parents... they'll love us no matter what... I'm sure of it.."
At that point, she was reassuring the both of them. It was weird... she spoke her words with strength and truth but... she was still worried... about being a mother, now if the foals would like them...
But, she had to think positive... she just had to!
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:56 pm
She was so cute.
Her voice was so soothing, comforting. Her words warmed his heart.
What would he ever do without her? ... No, he would never have to be without her. For if she was the first to die... Shishio pushed all thoughts of death out of his mind; the time to deal with that was not now.
"Yes..." He nosed her neck, trying to lighten the mood a bit. "... Aww... i'll have to share you now." He grinned, and wiggled his eyebrows.
Of course, he wouldn't mind sharing her with the foals... he was sure he'd come to love them, because they were his and Alenazsa's if for no other reason. But for that single moment, when he thought of them... he saw only other stallions and mares, vying for Alenazsa's attention.
... He was worried about his own foals taking his place? ...
He must have eaten too many apples.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:22 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:48 pm
As time passed, Alenazsa became to appear as though she had "eaten too many apples."
In truth, it was not apples that made her belly swell... It was a miracle, growing inside of her. A miracle spawned by the true love of two Soquili. A miracle... in the shape of foals.
The foals had begun to grow, pushing upon the inside of their mother's womb, drawing ever nearer to the day when they would emerge as baskets and first be granted with the full front of their parent's love.
As Alenazs'a belly grew, so did Shishio's love for her...
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m r s - SUPER j u n i o r
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:02 pm
For the moment, all Alenazsa did, was lean on that tree.. the tree the two had promised to meet at, the night after they'd originally met. Though her weight was still on her legs, and on her ankles, leaning on the tree gave her the slightest relief... the relief that she needed, at the moment.
She loved being pregnant,
She loved carrying her and Shishio's foals...
But she did not love having an extra.. who knows how many pounds inside of her, weighing her down,... making her legs sore, ankles swollen... She was NOT a mare that was use to haveing another weight on her... No. She was the petite little horse that never carried anything on her back, wore nothing but her bracelet...
This... was not easy.
At times, she felt.... so bad, for Shishio. Her moods from all throughout her life had started to come out... anger, sorrow, happiness.... everything... all at once... and yet... even after her yelling at him a few times, or having to cry into his mane... he stuck with her... Oh how she loved him...
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