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Yuder woke up to a gentle breeze blowing inside the bedroom through the window. The curtains fluttered and the sweet smell of flowers and mud hit his nose. Yuder sat up stretching his arms and yawning.
Looking beside him he slightly frowned, not finding his husband next to him. Yuder pouted unknowingly thinking that the enchanted honeymoon was actually over.
“I have to look over many things now that I am back”
Yuder mentally prepared himself for a long and tiring day and got off the bed. However the moment his foot touched the ground a sense of nausea hit him. Holding the bedside table for support, Yuder stabilised his wavering legs.
Yuder, whose mood was already sour, felt annoyance and anger creeping up. Still taking a deep breath he went towards the bathroom only to find himself hunched over the sink vomiting all the food he ate last night.
‘Ugh…so annoying’
Yuder feeling overwhelmed quickly took a bath to remove the reek of vomit from him. Though even after the bath his nose did not stop picking even the minor scents which really made him want to punch a hole in the wall.
Yuder quickly wore his uniform and went to the attached office of the commander.
All the annoyance Yuder had in him was dissipated when he smelled the calming scent of the blond man who was currently drowned in rows and rows of paperwork.
“Commander…”
Yuder called out though it unintentionally came out like a whine. Kishiar looked up from the document and smiled at his assistant, his wife.
“Good afternoon wifey”
He grinned. Yuder, who had heard the term all throughout their honeymoon, still could not get used to it and did not realize the redness that came to his pale cheeks.
‘wait…afternoon?’
“Did I really sleep that long…? You should have woken me up. We have a lot of work to do”
Kishiar just smiled at him getting up from his chair and going towards him. Holding the shorter man's face in his hands Kishiar kissed the soft red lips and then pressed their foreheads together.
“You are not feeling well. Even last night you weren't eating properly and you vomited just now didn't you?”
Yuder did not say anything long, getting used to the blond man reading him easily. In response Yuder hugged him tightly, rubbing his face on his chest.
“Hmm…I won't ask you to rest cause I know you would not want to rest after such a long holiday. So just listen to my little request and visit Enon okay and don't overwork yourself.”
Yuder nodded at his words but still held him tightly, unwilling to let go. After some time he pulled away.
“Can I have your…handkerchief…?”
Kishiar who was a bit confused by the request blinked at him but handed him his handkerchief. Yuder without any words put in his own pocket and went out.
‘Eh…?’
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Yuder went to Enon just as Kishiar said but Enon just shouted at him saying he must have ‘overworked’ during his honeymoon and ate a lot of the sweets Kishiar always gave him.
Yuder not understanding his rambles just nodded and then went to the training grounds. The moment he stepped outside the scent of hundreds of people and things hit his nose.
Swallowing back a retch, Yuder walked towards the group of members training. The members all smiled at seeing him quickly surrounding him saying a lot of things at the same time.
Yuder blinked at them about to say something when Gakane came from behind him placing his arm around his shoulders.
“Yuder! We missed you. How was your break?”
Gakane asked but Yuder wasn't even able to hear him feeling an overpowering scent of an alpha hitting his nose. He quickly brought his hands to his mouth.
Controlling himself, Yuder distanced himself from the members.
“Please one at a time”
“Are you not feeling well, Yuder?”
The members asked and Gakane quickly stepped back. Kanna and Ever arrived.
“I'm fine, just a little…tired. Please continue what you were saying.”
Gakane nodded and smiled once again.
“Have you eaten? We are going to have lunch now you should join us”
The members enthusiastically nodded at him.
“And you can tell us how your holidays were! Ooo I am so excited I got to know you went to a few countries in the east!”
Kanna enthusiastically said. Yuder calmed himself and started accounting his travels from his honeymoon while on their way for lunch.
Sitting down Yuder held back the urge to vomit throughout the lunch as the smell of oily and greasy foods surrounded him. He picked up a piece of bread to gnaw at it.
“Yuder why are you only eating bread? Here have some-”
Gakane smiled and told only Yuder to cut him off.
“Nono I am fine…please continue whatever you were saying”
Yuder said, trying to distract himself from the immense nausea. However he could not hold it for long because the moment they got out of the food hall Yuder ran to the nearest bathroom and found himself emptying out his stomach again.
He washed his face with the cold water and looked at his reflection in the mirror. He noticed his pale face and frowned.
‘What is wrong with me today? Did I eat something bad…?’
Yuder sighed and went back to the training grounds. Looking at some of the recently added members training he frowned at their poor performance.
“You all have really been slacking…what is this poor sword posture..?”
He pointed out to a member who was training with dummies. Yuder picked up a training sword and swung it.
“I would like to see all your progress over the past months.”
The new members who had only heard about the devil trainer of the cavalry could not help but shake in fear. Finally one member gathered courage to attack only to be on the ground before he could even clash his sword with Yuder.
“Your stance is wrong and attacks are so slow and predictable even a child can dodge them. Next”
One by one members tried to attack on the black haired assistant only to be on the ground in defeat. Yuder, who was expecting an okay performance, found his annoyance through the roof at the moment.
“Give me a pen and a few papers. I am changing the training hours from 6 hours to 8 hours and every week from now me or deputy commander Ever will take this test again. Should you fail this horribly again…well you know the consequences.”
Yuder said in a mild tone, writing down training plans for sword users. He couldn't help but sigh, feeling extremely annoyed even though things happened like this before he wasn't this annoyed.
Yuder then proceeded to look over the new training module lest anything wrong occurred. Leaning against a tree, Yuder felt his eyes getting heavy and unknowingly closed them.
However he was startled awake when a member called him out for help. Yuder, who was extremely tired, lost his footing and fell in surprise. Gakane and Ever who were also training near by quickly went towards Yuder when they saw him collapse
“Ugh my head…”
Yuder rubbed his forehead feeling it throb. He was quickly surrounded by the members who expressed their concerns. One brought some water for him to drink which Yuder quickly drank.
“Are you okay Yuder? Since you have arrived you look really tired. Why don't you go and rest and leave the rest of the training to us, hmm?”
Ever said as she fanned him with her notepad. Yuder whose head was spinning continuously nodded and got up to go back.
On his way back he made a stop at a bathroom to vomit again but only a little bit of stomach acid came out. As he walked up the stairs to the commander’s office he felt extremely overwhelmed from the nausea, throbbing in his head, pain in his feet etc.
He knocked on the office door mentally hoping that Nathan wouldn't be there. When he heard ‘come in’ Yuder entered. Thankfully fate has some pity on him as Kishiar was alone in the room.
The blond haired duke who was busy working since morning had slight exhaustion on his face but that too seemed to vanish seeing Yuder.
“Oh Yuder you really are a sight for sore eyes.”
He smiled at him but Yuder who had been holding all of the discomforts he had since he woke felt his defenses breaking in front of his beloved. Holding back tears he went towards Kishiar and sat on his lap.
Kishiar who noticed the bad mood of his beloved was about to ask what was wrong when he felt wetness on his neck.
“Yuder what ha- darling?”
He pulled back from the hug only to find a pair of violet eyes shimmering with tears.
“Oh my what happened…?”
Kishiar asked gently, rubbing his cheek. Yuder finally let out a soft sob as tears ran down his cheeks.
Kishiar felt his heart break. He picked Yuder in his arms and went to sit on the couch. Yuder hiccuped and rubbed his face on his chest.
“Akit…”
“Hmm? Yes darling…what happened? Did you have a dream of the past?”
Kishiar who had almost never seen his beloved cry felt his heart clench hearing the soft and quiet sobs.
“Hurts…everything…I ate a little bit of food but I vomited. My head is spinning. My legs and back hurt”
Yuder whimpered out and hugged Kishiar more tightly. Kishiar heard him and nodded in response and gently massaged his waist.
“Ok…Should I call Enon hmm? You might just have eaten something bad last night okay. Here, would you like to eat some cookies?”
Yuder looked at the cookies offered to him and took it in his hands and nibbles on it. Kishiar called Nathan who was shocked to see the position his master was sitting. Kishiar asked him to call Enon which made him realise that Yuder might be sick.
Enon entered the room with an angry expression but when he saw Yuder’s teary face he felt his anger melting to concern.
“What happened? Is he injured”
“No not injured, he says that eating anything makes him vomit and his entire body hurts. Also he has constant nausea and head pain”
Kishiar gently caressing his darling's head which helped Yuder calm down told Enon who nodded in response.
“Let him go so I can check on him.”
Kishiar pulled away from the hug and kissed both of his tear soaked cheeks. As Yuder got off his lap a sudden wave of dizziness hit him causing him to fall. Kishiar quickly held him before his head could hit the table.
“Yuder!”
Enon and Kishiar said at the same time. Kishiar made Yuder sit on the couch and Nathan handed him a glass of water.
Yuder with blurry eyes took the water but could only drink a few sips when he again felt the overwhelming nausea hit him. Placing his hand over his mouth he ran towards the bathroom but because of dizziness hit his head on the sink during the process.
Kishiar rubbed his back watching Yuder gag out the cookies he ate earlier along with stomach acid.
By the time he was done Yuder collapsed in Kishiar’s arms letting out a quiet sob. His head which was already throbbing started to hurt even more.
Kishiar rubbed the spot where Yuder hit his head watching it slightly swell up.
Holding him in bridal style Kishiar brought Yuder to the bedroom gently placing him on the bed. Enon first gave him a pain killer and waited before doing any check up.
Kishiar sitting next to Yuder gently patted his head and spread his scent to calm him.
Yuder, who was feeling extremely tired, fell asleep quickly and finally the frown on his face eased. Kishiar worryingly caressed his cheek and then looked at Enon.
“You can check on him now”
Enon nodded and then started his check up. Measuring his pulse Enon realized the messed up energy inside of him.
“His body energies seemed to be tangled. But there are two energies in him? They both are of same form but of different in type”
Enon said thinking deeply when suddenly a thought hit him which made him smack his own head. He raised Yuder’s shirt and kept his hand on his lower belly and then smacked his head again.
Kishiar watching this blinked confusingly.
“What happened? Did you find out what's wrong with him?”
“At what time did you wake up today?”
“...? Just before sunrise since I had a lot of work. How is that relevant to h-”
“When did he wake up?”
“Little past noon”
“Did you two recently…ahem…did that? By recent I mean about 2-4 weeks before”
“...we did…do you want to know the frequency aswell…?”
“No! Absolutely not keep it to yourself.”
Enon pushed Yuder's shirt down and sat down on the couch before continuing
“Did either of you have your heat during that time”
“Both of us actually. It overlapped…”
“Oh wow…ahem well how to tell you this…”
Enon scratched his forehead and then took a deep breath and said
“He's pregnant…”
“...”
Kishiar, who seemed to have been frozen in time, just stared at Enon. Nathan who was standing near the door was equally shocked. And Enon, though speaking, was actually more shocked than both of them.
“Commander, do I get some…sweets? For the good news?”
Nathan said after a long time not knowing how to break this silence but Kishiar did not respond. He just turned his head towards the sleeping beauty and then started laughing.
“Oh my seems like your master has finally lost it”
Enon said but he could not hide happiness on his face either. He was going to be an uncle…!
“Nathan sweets won't be enough, I need to host a banquet. But don't tell the cavalry just now let's wait till tomorrow”
With a big smile on his face Kishiar kissed Yuder's hand.
“However, you need to be extremely careful with him now. Since this brat doesn't know how to take care of himself and will walk in danger without even thinking. Also make sure you stay with him and don't go away for a long time”
Kishiar looked at Enon and nodded. Only recently have there been a few successful male omegas pregnancies which were only possible by taking very good care of the omega. Yuder , who was not at all careful with himself, might just need constant supervision.
“The reason why his condition got so bad is because after a long time of staying together all the time, suddenly both of you weren't. As far as I have read in research papers you provided me for the omegas, they need to be with their partner or as at least have their scent on him”
Kishiar frowned to himself realising that it might be his fault. Sighing, Kishiar nodded and asked Nathan to handle some of the letters for the rest of the day.
“When he wakes up give him something light to eat”
Enon said before leaving. Kishiar took off his coat and laid next to Yuder keeping his hand on his belly. A smile came on his lips feeling overwhelmed by the love and affection he was feeling for his partner right now.
After about an hour Yuder woke up feeling significantly better. Kishiar who was lying next to him just admiring Yuder's face smiled when he saw him wake up. He got up and connected their lips together.
“How are you feeling now?”
Yuder snuggled closer to him burying his face into his chest. He muffled out a ‘better’ and started drawing patterns on his chest.
“That's good. Would you like to eat some light soup? You haven't eaten properly today…”
Kishiar said, patting his head. Yuder hummed in response and moved back thinking Kishiar might need to get up and get the soup but instead he called for Nathan who quickly went and got the soup.
Yuder stared at the soup and then tried to get off the bed to eat on the sofa when Kishiar stopped him and made him sit on his lap.
“It's okay, you can eat here.”
Kishiar said, picking up a spoonful of soup and holding it in front of his mouth.
Yuder pouted at being treated like this but he accepted it. Yuder ate the warm soup feeling the past uncomfortable fading away.
After finishing the soup Kishiar placed the bowl on the side table. He placed a kiss on Yuder's cheeks and hugged him.
“Yuder you make me so happy it's maddening”
Yuder got confused by his words and pulled away from the hug.
“What..?”
Kishiar instead of replying placed his hand on Yuder's belly.
“Why are you troubling your mama so much? Hmm?”
Yuder fell silent at his words just staring at Kishiar's face. He placed his hands over Kishiar's feeling unnatural warmth creeping up his brain.
“Am I…?”
Kishiar nodded, kissing him lovingly.
“Enon said for us to stay together to avoid what happened today.”
Kishiar said, running his hands up and down Yuder's back. Yuder hugged him for a long time and gently touched belly.
He imagined his past self which stood before the gallows. How broken he was then and how whole he felt now. Pulling back he stared at the face of the man who pieced him back together putting his own pieces so Yuder can enjoy this current feeling.
“I love you”
Yuder said and Kishiar smiled like a child kissing his entire face before replying.
“I love you too”