I Must Be Dreaming
08-28-2017, 04:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-28-2017, 04:46 PM by Zephyr I.)
His smile grew at her returned affections, his tail waving happily behind him. Perhaps it was simply his age, but it was easily now to just exist in the moment with her. To try to put aside all the hurt and the pain that had both gone through and caused one another. He was too old and too tired to hang on to it forever - though that wasn't to say it was all completely gone. Zephyr wasn't sure it ever would be. It was obvious that something was on her mind. He fought the urge to splash a bit of water at her, and instead waded through the stream to her other side, enjoying the feeling of the water running along his limbs. It was strange to hear her bring up something serious; at least it sounded fairly serious, judging by her tone and slightly uneven expression. What it could be, he had no idea - his brow furrowed a bit and he turned to face her more properly, waiting for the words to come. Having children with Caelum had once been such a natural part of the progression of their life together that he'd hardly been surprised when it first happened. They'd sorta been intending it, after all. But now, children were the last thing on his mind. He still had yet to even reunite with Avani, and he certainly had no intentions of having more. That was why he was stunned when she told him 'I'm pregnant,', and in an almost-comical expression his jaw unhinged and hung there slack for a moment. Their last romantic encounter had been out of passion and desire, not out of the wish for more children - he was mentally kicking himself for not knowing better. "Are you sure?" He asked stupidly, though quickly shook his head. Of course she was sure. "I mean.. I.." Zephyr, always so good with words, suddenly found his mouth fumbling over the words, and finally he uttered a simple, "Wow." It was hard to decipher his expression, but his lips twitched in something almost resembling a frown but not quite - he wasn't even sure how he felt about this yet, let alone how Caelum felt. |
