Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 346: in this together

Blaze

I almost fainted as those words kept echoing through my head.

"I’m pregnant "

I want to ask if he’s being serious but I know my mate and I know he’d never joke about something like this. I suddenly felt weak and I tightened my hold around his waist, staring down at his face. On looking harder, I noticed a few lines of stress across his face and I let out a slow exhale, still reeling in shock.

"WOW." I whispered before glancing around and leading him towards the couch here in this room. He sank down beside me and I exhaled again before glancing at him.

"How?"

He shrugged a little, cheeks flushing as he responded. "The doctor said it was the heat." He responded and realization slowly dawned on me.

"Oh," I muttered. "Oh shit. So I really did breed you?" I added as soon as the thought crossed my mind and labyrinth huffed out a small embarrassed laugh before trying to glare at me.

"That’s what you can think about now?" He asked and I shook my head as I took his hand and kissed his fingers, my lips lingering on the ring which I spent a whole day selecting. I tugged my mate over my laps and wrapped my arms around him, breathing in his scent. Now that I was aware of his pregnant state, I was able to detect another scent mixed with his, something that’s super light and airy and milky, that must be the baby. That thought sent a shudder of fright through me.

"How are you feeling?" I asked quietly and labyrinth pouted before sighing.

"Scared." He muttered and I instantly began to massage his shoulders.

"I never knew this could happen. I don’t feel ready and I feel like I’d suck at being a parent. Do you think you’d be an amazing parent?" He glanced at me this time and I instantly felt on the spot.

"Fuck, no! I’d be the worst parent ever. The child is gonna be scared of me like everyone is; then they’d wish they were never born like I did when I was a child," I responded quietly, my mind going down a little memory lane. I had the worst childhood ever, I never experienced parental love for a single moment so I didn’t even know how that feels. I just know I’d be a horrible ass parent and the thought of having a child that would hate me like I hated my father while I was little was sickening and saddening.

Labyrinth kept staring at me in silence before leaning forward to nuzzle my cheek.

"You won’t be a horrible parent though." He pointed out and I snorted.

"Bunny, everyone is scared of me. Most people hates me. This kid definitely already hates me before it’s gonna get here. I definitely suck at this." I reasoned but he shook his head firmly as he pulled backward to hold my gaze.

"Will you hate your child? Or get jealous or feel threatened by your child’s presence?" He asked and I flinched.

"Fuck no."

The thought of hating my own child sounded very absurd.

"Will you try to kill your child? Or lock your child up in a dark room for years?" He asked and I slowly shook my head on realizing where he was headed. I’d never do any of that. Instead I’d kill anyone who dared attempt to hurt my child.

"Never." I responded fiercely.

"See? You’ll make a great father, and a perfect role model. You might think everyone hates you but that’s because they don’t know you yet and only istened to rumors out there. You’re a good person, you care for those around you- those in your circle and that’s enough. This child would be lucky to have you as its father." His voice grew softer at the end of his sentence and I suddenly felt choked up as I stared into his emotion filled eyes.

My eyes went past his face and settled on his stomach before my hand followed suit. His stomach was still flat but as I gently sized it up with my hand, I started to imagine it growing bigger before my eyes with our child inside. Having a child still feels quite scary but since I won’t be embarking on this journey alone, it might not end up being as scary as I’m thinking.

"You’ll be such a badass parent." I said to him as I kissed his forehead but he shook his head.

"No, I’ll suck at it. I’m a mess a lot of times, and a cry baby. I still feel like a child sometimes. How can I care for a child like this? What if one day I forget to feed them, then they- they..." his words got choked up and I shushed him with soothing kisses over his face.

"That’s never gonna happen, bunny, because we’ll do this together, okay?"

He nodded while sniffing. "Okay."

"Sure, we’ll both make mistakes here and there but since we’d have each other to lean on, I’m sure we’d be quite alright, yes?" I continued while thumbing his tears away and he laughed waterily.

"You’re right. I’m just scared, that’s all,"

"It’s okay to be scared, bunny, I am too. But we have each other so it’s all gonna be fine, I promise."

I gave him a kiss on the lip before tugging him into a tight hug which he melted into while sighing in relief. That warned my chest immensely. I’m glad I’m back and won’t be leaving my mate’s side for any damn reason.

As we sat in silence, I realized this was what the goddess of light and the voice from the demon clan had meant- this pregnancy, that we’d start our own line of generation.

"You’re the most selfless and kind hearted person I know. You’ll make the best parent ever." I said quietly in the silence and his arms tightened around me, but before he could respond, the door burst open and our friends instantly filed in while screaming for joy and hurling ’congratulations’ at us.

As labyrinth laughed happily and hid his face in my chest, I decided there and then that I couldn’t want for anything more than this.