Angel\'s Nest

Gasp! Angue and Shara teamed up to write an earthian
fic. Be afraid. Be very afraid. ^_^

This fic is... interesting. I think that pretty much
sums it up.. and if you wanna know what I mean, you\'ll
have to read it. Tho I suggest, if you don\'t like the
idea of a far-out, very weird plot.. this fic isn\'t
for you. ^_^

Title: Angel\'s Nest
Series: Earthian
Pairing: KagetsuyaXChihaya
Rated: Weird! (Shounen-ai) Don\'t read this unless you
really feel like going, \'Huh?\'
Author(s): Shara and Angue
Description: Chihaya is acting strange lately. Is he
hatching a plot to find someone new? Or is there
something important he\'s hiding from Kagetsuya? Only
one way to find out. ^_^

Angel\'s Nest
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It was the wee hours of the morning. That quiet
time when the sun has just peeked over the
trees to shine its way into the windows of the
high rise nestled somewhere in the middle of Tokyo,
warming the inhabitants who slept in their beds
inside.

Most people weren\'t out at that time of morning. Most
people were still tucked under their covers dreaming
of nice things. Most people didn\'t know what a sunrise
looked like and they wanted to keep it that way. They
weren\'t out on the street looking for a grocery store
that was open before six in the morning.. or running
around an apartment with nothing on, looking for extra
blankets.

For the angels, this morning was certainly a strange
one. Before the last of the evenings darkness faded
away, the dark angel had shaken his blonde lover out
of sleep, then insisted that he hurry and leave the
apartment. Go for a walk, go for a flight, ANYTHING.
Just go.

Of course, this earned him a few grumbled replies from
Kagetsuya, who had his face shoved into his pillow to
try and escape the dark angel who kept bothering him.
But when Chihaya smacked him over the head with a
pillow, he had no choice but to wake and sit up.

Not before pushing Chihaya off the bed though.

\"Chihaya.. Why do you want me to get out of bed and
leave the apartment?\" Kagetsuya yawned, peeking one
sleepy eye open to watch as his lover climbed back
onto the bed.

\"Um.. Because I have a surprise for you, and I don\'t
want you to see till you come back.\" Chihaya gave his
mate an innocent look before his face turned to
something of desperation. He was starting to look as
if he were about to explode..

\"Please Kagetsuya, it\'s important..\"

With violet eyes gazing at him with such insistent
pleading, the poor blonde angel was forced to agree.
And so he got up, had a shower, and dressed himself,
grumbling and growling and muttering the entire time.
Just before he left, Chihaya caught him and stuffed a
small piece of paper into his hand.

\"It\'s a list of things I need from the grocery store,
if you\'d go there for me please.\" He said when
Kagetsuya gave him a curious look. And with one last
round of muttering, Kagetsuya walked out into the
fresh morning air.

After a short walk through the neighborhood, Kagetsuya
arrived at the grocery store and picked up a small
basket to take around as he browsed. He pulled he list
Chihaya gave him from his pocket and read the first
few items. And then he blinked.

\"Pickles, peanut butter, honey.. and diapers?\" What
did
Chihaya want diapers for?

Slowly, he wandered to the baby aisle and started
looking through the mountains of boxes and bags, all
different brands. Cloth diapers, disposable, diapers
with prints on them, scented, non-scented.. He had to
wonder if parents stopped to consider the fact that
their children didn\'t CARE what their butts were
wrapped in.

He was so busy staring that he didn\'t notice an
employee of the store was restocking the baby food in
the same aisle. He glanced over when he heard a
snicker, frog tog to see that the Earthian was
laughing at him.

\"Aww, isn\'t that nice, your helping the Miss\'s out.
Or are you looking for something for yourself?\" The
man chuckled at Kagetsuya, who\'s face turned a deep
shade of red.

He snatched a random brand off the shelf and hurried
out of the aisle.

\"Stupid Earthians..\" He mumbled, shoving the diapers
into the bottom of his basket as he continued his way
around the store.

* * * *

Meanwhile, back in the apartment, Chihaya had jumped
into action the very moment his blonde mate left. He
ran about the four rooms they lived in desperately,
like one might if they had to go to the washroom
really badly.

He tore open closets, drawers, and cupboards,
searching frantically for anything soft and warm.
Blankets, cushions, even a few of Kagetsuya\'s silly
looking sweaters all ended up in one place. The bed.

He\'d never done this before, but instinctually he knew
what to do. On the bed he shared with his mate he
started to place the things he\'d gathered, carefully
arranging the blankets and pillows into a strange
little circular shape.

He was picky though. The very moment it seemed he was
satisfied that the blankets were arranged properly,
he\'d throw them off the bed and start all over again.
It had to be perfect, despite the growing feeling
inside his stomach that he had to get this done NOW,
else he wouldn\'t be comfortable enough to do what he
had to do.

* * * *

About a half hour had passed since Kagetsuya stepped
into the grocery store. Along with picking up the
things Chihaya had listed, he was getting a few things
for himself, like something for dinner that night.
As long as Chihaya didn\'t feel like kicking him out of
the kitchen..

He thunked the now-heavy basket down in front of the
cashier, then stood back to wait while she rang up the
prices. After a moment though, he noticed the cashier
was looking at him strangely, and he blinked back at
her with a questioning look.

She didn\'t say anything though, just cleared her
throat and went back to her work, running the items
over the scanner. Mustard, peanut butter, sardines,
honey, the diapers, some baby powder, and wipes.

The longer he stood there, the more embarrassed he
became. When she was finished with his purchases, he
practically threw the money at her, took his bags and
stormed out of the store, ignoring the girls monotone,
\'Have a nice day\'.

Interestingly enough however, Kagetsuya still didn\'t
understand what was going on. Chihaya had been acting
strangely for two months now, and he couldn\'t figure
out why.

Awhile ago, he\'d come home one evening to find Chihaya
seated on the couch, knitting away at something with
some light pink yarn. He\'d quickly put everything away
when he felt he was being watched though, and any time
after that he made sure Kagetsuya wasn\'t around before
taking his crafting supplies out again. One evening,
Kagetsuya grew tired of not knowing what his mate was
doing, so he snuck a peek into the drawer Chihaya kept
the knitting in.. and discovered a tiny little pair of
pink booties.

Another time he\'d discovered baby bottles hidden
behind some jars in the cupboard. At least half a
dozen of them sat there still in their packaging,
decorated with cute little zoo animals and colorful
blocks with letters on them.

He\'d found toys hidden in Chihaya\'s end of the closet.
Rattles, soothers, teddy bears and other bath toys.

Kagetsuya walked back towards the building he and the
dark angel lived in, these things running through his
mind. And now that he thought about it, he\'d noticed
Chihaya looking through the baby section of every
store they\'d gone into lately.

\"If I didn\'t know better, I would say he\'s pregnant.\"
Kagetsuya murmured to himself, \"But that can\'t be
true, because he\'s male.\"

Shaking his head, Kagetsuya laughed at the absurdity
of his thoughts and picked up the pace to get home.

* * * *

\"Chihaya? I\'m home... Chihaya?\"

Kagetsuya stepped out of his shoes and shut the door
behind him, then carried his bags into the kitchen to
set them on the counter. When he didn\'t hear a reply
from Chihaya, he figured the dark angel was still
sleeping.

\"Hmph. Lucky him.\"

He frowned as he pulled out the diapers, wondering
where he was going to put them.. and then he blinked
when he heard a sound.

Peeking his head out of the kitchen, he listened until
he heard it again. It was a groan.

Instantly the blonde\'s back straightened and a frown
on his face appeared. He always tended to think of the
worst things first, and he was imagining another male
in the bedroom with HIS Chihaya, groaning from
whatever they were doing.

Ready to kill whoever it was, Kagetsuya marched to the
bedroom door and opened it.

\"Chihaya?\" He frowned as he looked inside.. and then
nearly lost his jaw as it dropped almost to the floor.

There, in the middle of the bed, was a large pile of
blankets, sheets, cushions and sweaters arranged into
something any angel would recognize. A nest. Something
that every mother angel made before she laid her egg.
The place where the egg would sit while the baby
inside continued growing until it hatched..

And on top of this nest squatted Chihaya, completely
naked and already looking exhausted over the efforts
he was making.

Kagetsuya was home just in time to see.. his first
born egg being laid.

The dark angel didn\'t even notice his lover\'s presence
in the room. He was too busy groaning with the pain
and stress of egg-laying, his eyes tightly closed with
tears streaming down his cheeks and his shoulders
drawn up and tensed.

And then it happened. All at once there was an egg
laying in the nest.. and the dark angel nearly
collapsed with exhaustion.

Chihaya\'s egg was a little under the size of an
ostrich egg. It was a soft white color and it was
very warm. Its shell was softer than most bird eggs,
which allowed the angel baby an easier time of pushing
it\'s way out. That meant that angel mothers and
fathers needed to protect them and to be extra careful
with them until they hatched, because they would break
very
easily.

Chihaya took deep breathes as he moved to pull the
blankets around his egg, making sure it would be nice
and snug and warm while he rested. And only when he
heard a pained, shocked sounding squeak on the other
side of the room did he look up.

\"K..Kagetsuya..\" His already wide eyes widened further
when he saw his mate in the bedroom with him. He\'d
hoped Kagetsuya would be gone longer than he had been.
He\'d wanted to tell his mate in a romantic way, not
shock him with it like this.

\"Kagetsuya.. ah.. look, you\'re a father.\" He picked up
his egg and held it close, showing his mate with a
weak smile on his face.

\"A...a..a..a..a..\" For the first time in his life,
Kagetsuya was left without the ability to speak. All
he could do was stand there and stare as everything
his mate had done up to that point started to make
sense.

\"F..f..aathee..r..? But... y..you\'re..a..b..b..oy..\"
He stuttered, blinking his blue eyes repeatedly, until
they rolled back into his head and he fell over
backwards, hitting the floor with a thump. He\'d
fainted.

* * * *

Almost the entire afternoon had passed before the
blonde angel started to wake. With a low groan, he
brought up his hands to rub at his eyes. He felt like
he\'d been hit by a cement truck..

\'What a strange dream..\' He thought to himself as he
licked his dry lips, \'I dreamt Chihaya had an egg. My
egg. But that\'s silly because boys don\'t lay eggs.\'

He frowned as he lay there thinking about his \'dream\',
wondering if something like that could possibly be
true. Chihaya was a mutation after all.. maybe there
was more to him than just black hair and wings, and a
girlish face. Maybe there were some other feminine
qualities about him that were INSIDE as well as out.

But, that was silly. It was just a dream and
everything was normal again.

Kagetsuya\'s frown relaxed into a small smile and he
yawned, stretching himself out. He felt his mates
presence beside him on the bed, and he turned over to
wrap his arms around Chihaya, wanting to pull him
close for a good snuggle. Of course, that was a little
hard with blankets between them..

Blinking, he glanced down at what was between them..
and his heart stopped at the sight of the egg shaped
lump beneath one of the sheets. Swallowing hard, he
carefully lifted the sheet.. and nearly fainted again.

There it was. An egg. And he could almost SEE his and
Chihaya\'s name written all over in red marker. It
hadn\'t been a dream. It was true. He was a daddy..

Chihaya stirred in his sleep beside him, moaning
softly as he curled himself around his egg, hugging it
carefully against him to keep it warm. And Kagetsuya
sighed as a tiny little feeling of pride sprouted in
his stomach.

Whatever the weird reason for it, they had an egg. And
in a few weeks, they would have a baby. A fledgling
angel.

He remembered the feeling of loss he\'d had when he\'d
admitted his love for Chihaya to himself. He\'d known
he\'d never have a chance to have a child. He\'d never
be a father..

\"Amazing.\" He whispered, pulling both his mate and the
egg closer to himself to keep them both even warmer.
\"I don\'t know how you managed it, but it is simply
amazing.\" He leaned down to brush his lips over
Chihaya\'s forehead. \"Thank you, Chihaya. You\'ve given
me the one thing I thought I would be missing in my
life.\"

Smiling, he closed his eyes and fell back into sleep.

The End
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Hope you enjoyed. ^^

~Angue, teamed up with Shara~