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 Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:11 pm
Things were changing. No, not things. SHE was changing. There was no doubt whatsoever about it.
And though this had never happened before, Luca was wise enough and knowledgable enough to understand what it was that was changing. And why.
And what a wonderful gift it was!
For now she could set aside the worries of what would come after, about how she would handle it. For now, all there was was joy. And due to circumstances, she knew exactly who the instigator of this wonderful new surprise was.
Thus it was that Luca set out to find Guilian. She had idly searched for him before, but this was in earnest, openly asking around and following in his wake until she finally tracked him down.
Needless to say, she was relieved to find him alone. It would have been quite awkward to find him with someone else when she brought him the news she did.
"Hello there, big boy," she called, trying to tamp down the excitement that wanted her to burst out shouting the news as they approached. "I've been looking for you."
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:18 pm
"Looking for me, eh? So soon after our last meeting? My goodness, Luca-Chica, here I thought I had you pegged."
As per Luca's suggestion the last time they'd met, Guilian had tried out something new; staying with one mare for a span of days. Granted, it had been something he wasn't used to, something he hadn't really done in ages, but he'd been honestly surprised by how well it had worked. Loving, talking, discussing the finer and weaker points of life, wandering about...it had been pleasant.
But in time, it too had come to an end, and that hadn't really been all that long ago. Three weeks, maybe? Less? A little more? He wasn't sure.
Either way...he hadn't been expecting to meet up with her again this soon, and that surprise and curiousity was evident. "To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?"
As he spoke, the stallion contiuned what he'd been doing, carefully arranging a fresh batch of black roses in the freshly cleaned curls of his tail. They didn't put themselves there, after all! "And would you care for a rose? They're very good."
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:26 pm
Luca took a moment to admire the flexing of muscles and contouring of his body as he affixed the flowers to his tail. She champed her teeth appreciatively, momentarily distracted from her purpose. But he had spoken of "unexpected pleasure," and that was exactly what she'd come to him about.
Now how to go about this so that he was pleased....
"I have news from some of your children," she replied after some thought. "It's very important, and I felt it necessary to find you immediately so I could relay the message."
There, let him chew on that. She withheld the smirk that threatened to break out.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:31 pm
Though he continued to work with his flowers, a slight frown of confusion now crossed Guilian's face. "My children? Luca-Chica, I was not aware that you even KNEW my children, forgive me for that apparent assumption. How very strange that they sent you with a message."
Remarkably strange, given the fact that they all ought to know his haunts and he'd only seen Tony yesterday...they could all fly...so why hadn't they come to him themselves if they had a message for him?
Perhaps it was his own track record that made him miss the hint. Perhaps it was his lack of focus. Either way...it went right past him. "Well, strange as it is, there's always room for a little strangeness in life. What is it that is so important that you came hurrying off to find me when I KNOW that you undoubtably wished instead that you were off to spend time with a studly stallion?" Present company excluded of course, as his grin indicated.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:39 pm
Luca stifled a snort of amusement and cleared her throat. "Oh, I know them very well. They are as flesh of my flesh, and bone of my bone," she intoned, almost in a chant. She nearly choked as laughter pulsed in her throat. She knew he still wouldn't catch on as yet. She'd have to prompt him a little more.
My my, it was too much fun to play such games with him!
"Their message was simple. They are very excited, and cannot wait until the big day when everyone is together beneath the sunshine." She allowed herself a very contented smile, shaking her head to dislodge a lazy fly. She stomped one hind hoof as well, nonchalantly sidling sideways a bit so that the roundness of her belly was more pronounced, throwing a curved shadow across her thigh.
Would he get it now?
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:48 pm
Ok, NOW she was just playing games with him. Flesh of her flesh indeed, that was the sort of thing that one said if one decided to adopt or something, and he strongly doubted that any of his children were in need of adoption. Besides, if Izusa-Chica even got WIND of the idea that another was trying to mother her kids, heads would roll.
"Luca-Chica, you are such a minx, coming here and talking to me in riddles. One would almost think that you were trying-"
Guilian had been working his way down his tail, and the lower he got the more careful he had to be in placing the flowers, as gravity was working against him. However, he'd looked taken a moment to look up in between flowers, and in that moment, something clicked.
Half-leaned over still, Guilian gave Luca a swift, piercing look, his dark eyes narrowed speculatively as her words and that interesting look on her face sank in. Then he was rising up, straightening up, and in about two steps he was besides Luca, gently running both his wings along either side of her stomach, a wide, beaming grin breaking out as he felt the unmistakable bulge of...children.
"So, when were you planning on telling me about this directly, Luca? Or did you just plan to spring it on me in the end?" Still, he couldn't mask the delight in his voice, especially not as he leaned closer and snugged her, nipping at her ear as he asked, "And even though I THINK you coming to me means something, care to fill me in on the father?" It MIGHT not be him, after all, and until he heard...
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:55 pm
She would never tie him down, or ask him to be other than he was. But that didn't mean her heart didn't flutter with utter joy at the happiness he expressed as he realized what her message really was. She beamed at him, humming in her throat as he so gently touched their children through her hide. It warmed her heart to see that he was going to be an attentive and affectionate father.
"Oh, I was getting around to it. They DO want to see their daddy, after all." She smiled serenely at him, every bit of her shining confidence and joy. She chuckled as his teeth clicked against the studs in her ear and nuzzled up against him. "You are such a colt.... do you really think I'd come running to you if someone else was their father?"
Her blue eyes danced laughter at him and she whickered softly. "I am so glad you are pleased. I had hoped you would be, but I just didn't know." Her gaze softened. "You didn't exactly have the best of experiences when you first became a father."
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:01 pm
Grinning from ear to ear, Guilian stood as he was, Luca nestled up in his wings and his cheek resting against hers. He was thrilled, there was no doubt about it, but at the same time, his mind was reeling.
So, he was to be a father again! Once again have that feeling of responsibility, that thrill of care...it would be exciting, alright, and he was already looking forward to it. Most of it, anyway.
Chuckling at her question, Guilian nibbled at her ear tenderly as he replied, "well, we ARE close Chica; it could just be that you wanted to let me know you were with foal and wanted my congratulations! Then again, I have to admit that knowing I owe myself those congratulations is much sweeter." As he spoke, he gently caressed her rounded stomach, wondering how long before they'd be able to feel them and see them...oh, this was so exciting!
Though in a different way than last time, as she managed to remind him. "Well, Chica, you didn't attack me when you found out, and you haven't yet tried to draw my blood, so I'd say the circumstances are a little different. And hopefully they remain different, in a positive way..."
That made him wonder, though. "How long have you known, Chica?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:15 pm
"Of course they will remain different in a positive way!" She playfully mimicked his serious tone, snorting hot breath on the soft tip of his muzzle. "It isn't as if I intend on abusing you just when I need you!"
And about that..., "And just so you know, Guilian darling, I DO understand that you lack restraint," here she smirked amusedly at him and winked one long-lashed eye, "and that you will be wandering off for some time with others often." Her tone sobered then, though. "But I do hope you can be there to help me through this. It feels wonderful to be pregnant, but I also am a little nervous, it being my first time." She gave him a wry smile then, lipping at his forelock. "Rather an odd concept, me a nervous first-timer, eh?"
In response to his question, she chuckled low in her throat. "Why does how long matter, now that you know?" Amused, she continued. "But if you must know, I came to you as soon as I was sure. Things have been odd since you last were withe me, and I wasn't entirely certain at first that this was what was going on. Now I know for sure, and now here I am with you!"
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:25 pm
"Well, such things have been known to happen..." And he still had the scars to prove it. Not that he let such things bother him, of course, or expected such things to crop up with Luca.
Especially not after her little 'permission granting'. At first, he'd pulled away and looked at her strangely, then he was laughing and gesturing for Luca to make herself comfortable beside him on the grass. "Honestly, Chica, I appreciate the gesture, because I WOULD so hate for you to assume that which is not possible. But rest assured, I will be here for both you and our children." After all, THIS time he sort of knew what he was doing!
Even if she didn't. Smirking at her double entendre, Guilian nipped at her cheek as he replied, "It's likely the first time you've ever been nervous at all, Chica, though there is no reason to be. Though I haven't myself borne foals, I at least know what to expect now. And we will be fine. You will be fine. The foals will be fine. All is good."
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:38 pm
Luca settled as comfrtably as she could next to him in the sum-warmed grass. Her eyes drifted closed. She was getting so tired so easily these days. Her belly hadn't bulged so large as to make movement difficult yet, but even that didn't dampen her motherly glow. She LIKED being a mother. She liked being pregnant. it was the strangest thing.
And it made her feel much safer and more assured concerning the birth to know that their father was willing to take the time to help her. It settled her slight nerves to know he'd be with her. His dalliances meant nothing to her. After all, they were of no threat to her.
"This is going to be a wonderful time," she murmured to Guilian, as she started again to doze off, nestled comfortably beneath his wing. Yes, she tended to get so...
very.....
tired.
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