Doctor doctor, give me the news

Thankfully, Dalila was a very good patient. Calm, chipper, and cooperative. She remembered trying to help Viper and what a nightmare that experience had been. In stark contrast, Dalila made this almost too easy. Glancing up briefly at Dalila, Ali paused only for a second to do a double take when she saw the larger mottled woman smiling at her. Her cheeks flushed hot and she was swift to return to her examination, trying not to think about the last time she'd been this close to the other fae. How it had felt to be wrapped up in her arms with her lips on her neck, the way her paws went wherever they wanted... No! No, now is not the time for those thoughts, young lady! Mentally chiding herself, Ali resumed her focus on diagnosing Dalila with the information at hand.

Fatigue, tiredness, light-headed, unsettled stomach, cramping... Dalila mentioned the silphium Ali had given her and suspected it might be the culprit, but Ali furrowed her brow and shook her head. "No, silphium wouldn't do that, even preserved. Not unless you-" Aliana froze on the spot. Her breath caught in her panicked throat and she brought wide aquamarine eyes up to meet Dalila's blues. Oh no... Ali looked down Dalila's body to her belly, her breathing shortening with worry. No no no...! Defying her awkwardness being around the woman that had previously fucked her silly, Ali brought her muzzle right up into Dalila's neck fur, sampling her scent briefly, dipping her muzzle toward Dalila's hips and inhaling again. No! I tried so hard! Why?! Her diagnosis was confirmed.

"Oh, Dalila..." Aliana began, rising back to her paws and taking a step back from her patient, her ears folded to her head in shame and a remorseful pleading in her eyes. "I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, so sorry." She knew Dalila would have no clue what was going on, so Ali decided it would be best to ease her into the news. Aliana glanced down at her paws for a moment to gather her courage as shame and guilt broke her heart. "Your heat has ended..." she pointed out to the other woman. That would be her first clue, that her heat season had ended only a couple of days after her tryst with Chimera. "All of the symptoms you've told me, they're all ones I know... because I've been experiencing them as well."

There was no reason to drag it out any longer. She had failed and now Dalila would suffer the same fate she would. "Dalila... you're pregnant." She gave the other fae a moment to absorb the news, certain in her diagnosis. Ali risked a step closer, praying Dalila didn't hate her. She'd tried so hard to protect her from this fate, but in the end she'd failed, just like always. She'd thought she'd had enough time, or that the contraceptives would be effective enough. None of it mattered now though. "I'm so sorry, Dalila! I-I thought... I thought there'd be enough time, or that there was enough silphium. But I... I failed, and I'm sorry!" Please, please don't hate me! I tried, I did! Why didn't it work? Why Dalila and not just me?!

"Aliana"