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It had been two weeks since Eren had learned to fly, since he'd been mated and it was confirmed he was expecting. It hadn't really set in, even though he had panicked over the news and had gotten some answers to his questions; it still hadn't seemed so real until he woke ill that first morning not even quite a week after. Retching up half digested human flesh was unpleasant to say the least, then there was the odd cravings that began only days later. It started out simply enough; he'd wanted salty things so Levi had done his best to hunt humans near the ocean where the salt had permeated into their flesh and that was fine enough, until the omega angel had wanted sweet things which involved a little more effort on his alpha's part, since there weren't very many vagrants that would be sweet considering their living arrangements. Levi had had to find a woman that was essentially no one to anyone that worked in a damn sugar refinery. Thankfully, Eren ate perhaps twice to three times a week and not daily, but still far more than Levi and threw up at least half of what he'd ingested every morning. It was the pregnancy; that much was clear. By the end of the second week, Eren was acting strange and the alpha was getting annoyed.
The omega had been standoffish, not actively seeking out contact with the alpha at all except at night or when in distress, but even so, was rather specific on where he would allow the other angel to touch him. He didn't want to get close at all, would not allow Levi to touch him anywhere close to his waist, would not even let the alpha catch a glimpse under his clothing. Ever since he'd learned how to hide his wings inside his flesh, he'd been wearing Levi's over large shirts and sweats and refused to permit the other male to see him change or bathe. Levi was getting frustrated, concerned that he had done something wrong. Things had been going so well, but he wasn't sure what to make of the sudden changes in his mate's demeanour.
The alpha sighed, looking down at his mate as Eren slept. It was early morning, far too early for anyone to be awake, but Levi couldn't sleep. The odd distance he felt between his mate and himself was bothersome. Hange was due to arrive later in the day to perform their first ultrasound and he knew Eren was nervous about it, but Levi had thought he would be at least a little excited as the alpha was actually a bit interested himself. He sighed heavily, cupping his cheek in his palm and propping himself up on one elbow, laying on his side next to the younger man, mercury eyes watching the subtle rise and fall of breath and the twitching of thick lashes against soft cheeks. Eren looked inviting in his sleep, much the opposite of how he'd been during his waking hours the passed week. Hange said it was hormones, but Levi wasn't so sure that was all it was. After all, Eren had allowed the alpha a handful of kisses throughout the two weeks and though Levi wasn't complaining per se, he would have liked to be more affectionate and possibly more intimate if the moody omega would have permitted it.
Levi hummed as he used his unoccupied hand to brush stray strands of chocolate away from his mate's sleeping face, causing the omega to sigh huffily and roll onto his back in his sleep, trying to escape the ticklish feeling. The raven couldn't help but smile, eyes trailing over his mate's form appreciatively until they slid lower over Eren's abdomen where the blankets had ridden down and the young man's shirt had ridden up. There was a distinct curve outwards from the waistband of the sweats barely clinging to Eren's plump hips and Levi leaned forward to push his fingertips beneath the fabric of the borrowed shirt, spreading his fingers and flattening his palm against the firm, smooth mound that was his mate's belly. It had happened so fast. Suddenly, Eren's odd behavior made sense to the alpha. His mate was embarrassed...
His gaze softened on the sleeping omega as he stroked the pads of his fingers over the soft surface of the baby bump, pushing the brunette's shirt up further so that he could have a better view of the rounded curve of his mate's not so long ago flat tummy. He stared at his hand on the little mound, just pronounced enough to be known; it was no wonder why the omega had taken to stealing Levi's clothing regularly.
Eren let out a whine in his sleep and tried to pull his shirt back down, brow scrunching in annoyance when the alpha's hand got in the way and Levi let out a breathy chuckle which only served to stir the omega further. Cinnamon lashes fluttered a moment or two before those honey emerald depths opened halfway, murky with sleep and only half aware. The softness was short lived; as soon as Eren's mind woke, awareness entered the sleep hazy orbs with sharp intensity and he attempted to immediately push Levi's hand away while grasping at the hem of the shirt he was wearing in order to cover up the lump that was their growing child. It was too embarrassing.
When the fairer angel had first noticed he was showing, he'd been so disturbed that he'd immediately begun shying away from the alpha's advances. He knew it had made Levi suspicious, but he couldn't help it. The presence of the swollen flesh made Eren self-conscious. He'd always been thin and the steadily growing mound of his stomach made him ashamed, as if the weight gain was something unattractive. He couldn't bare it if Levi was disgusted once he saw the distension. It was only going to get worse and Eren wanted to keep it hidden as long as possible, apprehensive about the reaction of his mate to the changes to his physique. He liked the way Levi looked at him; if he stopped looking at him the way he did because he got fat, Eren didn't know what he would do. What if Levi stopped wanting to touch him at all? What if he was so disgusted that he couldn't even look at Eren at all? He wanted Levi to touch him, to look at him with that intense affection, the unadulterated adoration that sometimes flickered in mercurial depths that made Eren feel cherished in a way he'd never known before.
"D-Don't," he stuttered, desperately pushing at Levi's hand and tugging at the hem of his shirt insistently. The alpha tilted his head in question, refusing to remove his palm from the warm skin.
"Why?"
The omega let out a keening whine low in his throat and tried to shift away from the touch, to roll onto his side away from the alpha's hand and his imploring eyes, but Levi wouldn't allow him to escape. "I don't want you to see, please... It's... It's..."
"Beautiful..." Levi interrupted and Eren inhaled sharply in response to that one singular word, losing his own.The alpha rubbed his fingertips against the smooth flesh, thumbing along the curved underside of his belly along the waistband of his borrowed sweats, barely ghosting beneath the elastic and Eren shivered, goosebumps rising all over his skin in spite of his shame.
Levi leaned over him, sliding between his thighs that parted without resistance, unconsciously accepting his mate between them as Levi continued to massage at the soft warm skin affectionately. The alpha bent forward to press gentle open-mouthed kisses against the other male's jaw, whispering between each tender touch of lips to flesh, "Is this why you've been hiding from me? Were you afraid I would be disappointed?"
Eren screwed his eyes shut, another pathetic whine of desperation sounding from his throat and all he could do was nod vaguely, shuddering under the alpha's lips. It felt good having the raven's hands and mouth on him again; it felt like it had been an eternity since the last time he'd felt them on his skin, since he had allowed his mate to touch him in such a manner. He'd let his fear of rejection get away from him, so certain that Levi would not want him when he looked as he did, irrationally self-conscious and ashamed. His arms rose to wrap around the back of his alpha's neck, fingers twisting in the dark hair at the back of Levi's head almost painfully as sudden intense desire flowed through him, effectively overwhelming his previous embarrassment entirely. He was blindsided by the ferocity of his own reaction to his mate's tender caressing. It was so intense that he let out a sharp sound of surprise when there was a sudden rush of slick fluid between the cheeks of his backside and his breath hitched. It was like he was in heat again, only he could still think, could still maintain some train of thought and he was frightened anew by the ferocity of the abrupt onslaught of desire that came over him, but he trusted Levi and the fear didn't last under the pleasure that spread beneath the press of the older angel's fingertips. The alpha's touch was familiar and Eren found his body more than willing to arch into the dark haired angel's hands.
Levi hummed against Eren's throat, nipping lightly with teeth and lips before a hot tongue soothed over fresh marks, his breath tickling over the saliva-slicked flesh and making Eren shiver violently beneath him. The abrupt spiking of the fairer angel's arousal was so potent that Levi couldn't even consciously curb his own sudden desperate lust. There was something so completely exciting about knowing that the firm curve of flesh beneath his palm was the product of their previous mating, proof that he had succeeded in bonding the beautiful, writhing creature beneath him, that he had succeeded in breeding this exquisite omega. To know without a doubt that inside Eren, a life they had created together was growing steadily was entirely intoxicating in a most unexpected and inexplicably primitive way that Levi groaned huskily against the scarred flesh of his mating mark and rolled his hips against Eren's, his cock already half hard and growing harder with each heady breath he drew in.
Eren's answering hitching moan only spurred on the alpha's movements as his hands trailed over flesh and fabric to grope at the brunette's hips roughly, guiding them to grind up against the downward press of his own. "Silly boy..." he murmured in a guttural tone, "I'll always want you."
Eren bit his lip and nodded vaguely, hardly understanding the alpha's words, but fully embracing the desire rolling off his alpha in waves, the scent thick in the air around them and mingling with his own. He used his grip on Levi's hair to pull the raven in and press his rosy lips desperately against the older angel's, meeting the rhythmic motions of Levi's hips with his own, letting the alpha guide him until he was shaking and he could feel the slick soaking through the thick fabric of the sweat pants he was wearing, dampening the sheets beneath.
"Levi... Levi... Please..." he panted, breath hitching as if he couldn't get enough air to fill his lungs, fingers tugging at the raven locks roughly, trying to get his point across without more words that he could not possibly get out of his mouth.
"Shh, I've got you," Levi soothed, running his hands gently along the soft curves of his mate's sides, trying to calm his desperate breaths. The fairer angel was barely breathing, sweating and writhing beneath him erratically. Eren was hardly coherent, dark pupils blown wide with heady arousal that he had no control over. He couldn't even feel embarrassed by his own wanton motions and keening whines, lost in the need for more. It was intense and vicious, desire ripping through him with such ferocity, he felt like he might pass out. Where the hell had it even come from?
Levi made several quiet, husky soothing sounds, petting the omega and stroking his skin with the pads of his fingertips and the smooth palms of his pale hands. Eren twisted under him and pulled at his hair.
"Please... I need... Got to... Got to f-feel you..." the omega whined, nearly sobbing, frustrated tears clinging to the thick cinnamon lashes, hips rutting upwards jerkily. Levi smirked and buried his face in the brunette's throat, inhaling deeply and lapping at the sweat-sweetened skin, biting and sucking roughly as he dipped his thumbs beneath the waistband of Eren's sweats and pulled them down with agonizing slowness, maneuvering them off his mate with little difficulty and absolutely no resistance from the omega. Eren immediately wrapped his legs around the older male's hips, smooth, golden thighs hugging his sides as the omega arched against him, begging whines falling from wet, parted lips, his fingertips digging into the nape of the alpha's neck.
Levi ran his hands along the silky skin of his pregnant mate's outer thighs, one hand continuing up to palm at a hip briefly before moving further, up beneath the rumpled fabric of the shirt still twisted around Eren's torso, fingertips caressing over the soft rounded flesh of his belly and to a sensitive nipple, teasing at the peaked flesh, damp with sweat between the press of their bodies. He pressed his lips roughly against the omega's again, pressing his tongue between inviting lips and swallowing the sounds Eren made in response greedily. His other hand slipped beneath the younger male's thigh and struggled to slip his own bottoms down enough to release his aching erection, fisting the base of it and guiding it where his mate was begging for it, so slick and ready for him to press inside. He rubbed the tip against the puckered entrance teasingly until Eren was sobbing breathlessly and desperately trying to force the alpha inside of him.
He shushed him, lapping at his mouth and nibbling his already reddened lips, silencing the pleading whimpers and his hips snapped forward without warning. Eren yelped and dug his nails into the older angel's shoulders, drawing blood and Levi reveled in the stinging burn. Growling breathily, he immediately began to move, forcing his hips back before thrusting forward again and again, rocking rhythmically into the slick heat strangling his cock, sucking him in greedily and clenching as if to trap him there. He angled his hips as best he could to brush against the little bundle of nerves deep inside the youth, panting harshly against clammy flesh. He knew he'd succeeded when Eren let out a loud cry and arched beneath him, trapping his own erection between them and Levi had to struggle to wedge his hand between the sticky press of their stomachs to wrap his fingers around his mate's leaking shaft and stroke in time with his thrusts.
"Levi... Levi..." the brunette shuddered and whimpered, nails scraping along the alpha's shoulders and back as he arched repeatedly and breathed incoherent, broken words of encouragement intermingled with his mate's name over and over as Levi brought him to a devastating climax. His breath caught in his throat and no sound escaped his mouth as he tossed his head back and to the side, every muscle in his body seizing up as he came in heady waves, liquid warmth splattering between them and squelching around the alpha's thickness as it split him open. He didn't even register the sharp sting of teeth at his throat or the sudden painful intrusion of the alpha's knot stretching him beyond capacity, filling him and locking Levi inside him as the alpha shuddered above him, intense heat coating his inner walls and mixing with the slick already trapped within. He shivered uncontrollably, consciousness returning slowly.
"I'm sorry," the still shivering brunette breathed, voice sounding entirely too shaky in the alpha's ears and he shifted in order to meet the other male's teary gaze. He carefully framed Eren's face with his hands, warm silver swimming with confusion and concern at the sudden mood swing.
"Why are you apologizing?"
Eren's averted his eyes, looking down away from the piercing eyes of his mate though Levi was still holding his face still, his thumbs stroking lightly over still flushed cheeks, their lower bodies still connected and pressed together sticky with semen and sweat and slick. Eren shuddered when the alpha shifted, his thighs falling to the sides haphazardly., arms loosely wrapped around the broad shoulders, stroking unconsciously over the welted marks he'd left in the pale skin while he looked away, too ashamed to meet his mate's eyes.
"Love, why are you sorry?" Levi repeated, a low croon building in his chest.
"I just, I thought... I didn't think you'd want me like this... It was so stupid. I don't know what I was thinking--"
"Shh, that's enough. Everything is fine. I'm not going anywhere and you are too lovely for me to ever turn you away Eren, you must know that by now," the older angel soothed, shifting again, reaching to pull the rumpled sheets over the both of them, hiding his bare ass from view, "We should get another few hours sleep. Hange will be here for the ultrasound later this afternoon and you know how exhausting that woman can be."
Eren relaxed beneath the alpha, his words reassuring and calming the younger male's irrational insecurities. He nodded, "She certainly has a lot of energy." His words broke off into a yawn and he closed his eyes, allowing the alpha to roll him over on top of himself so they could sleep comfortably still locked as they were. He fell asleep to the soft husky sounds of Levi's singing voice and the gentle caress of fingertips along his spine.
----*****----
Hange arrived at half passed noon, wheeling a little machine along with her, a bottle of jelly tucked up under her left armpit snugly and glasses slightly askew. Her hair was a mess as always and her familiar bright smile was on her face. "Hello my lovelies, you're looking dapper this afternoon, had a good evening, did you? Or was it this morning?" she greeted with a knowing wink.
Eren flushed and looked away in embarrassment, one arm lightly tucked around his expanding waist, his mouth opening and closing as if he wanted to deny her suspicions, but couldn't find a believable way to word the lie. Levi snorted, massaging at his mate's nape in sympathy.
"It's none of your business what we've been doing with our evenings or our mornings for that matter shitty-glasses. I believe you're here for a rather important reason, hm?" the alpha reminded lightly and the scientist perked up with an incoherent exclamation that was something like a strangled yelp.
"Yes! Yes, you're absolutely right. Let's see if we can't snap a good picture of the little munchkin huh... Eren, if you'd be so kind as to lift your shirt for me and lean back as comfortably as you can in your chair please, I can get started," she smiled widely when the younger male finally looked at her, cheeks still stained rosy, but he still met her gaze unwaveringly, swallowing hard and doing as she'd asked, slouching back into the chair he was seated in and drawing subtly nervously trembling fingers to the hem of his baggy shirt that was so obviously not one of his own. Levi made a soft sound of encouragement and squeezed lightly at the base of Eren's neck. The younger male fidgeted, but pulled the fabric up over the little mound that protruded from his abdomen. Hange's eyes went wide behind the lenses of her glasses as she looked over the rather pronounced expansion. She hadn't expected it to look quite so far along already. It'd only been a couple of weeks, but from the size of his tummy, she'd estimate he was at least close to three months.
"Amazing," she murmured, pulling a little notebook from the front pocket of her white lab coat and a pen from her hair, already scratching away. Before she could get too carried away, Levi cleared his throat. Loudly, until she looked up, flashing him a sheepish grin and pointedly tucking pen and little notepad back into her pocket.
"Alright sorry about that, where were we, oh yes, let me just turn this thing on here," her words tapered off into a murmur as she fiddled with the machine next to her for several minutes, letting out a little whoop of triumph when it beeped and flickered to life. She pulled the warmed bottle of gel from under her arm and turned to Eren with a encouraging smile and bright lit eyes, "You ready to see your baby sweet pea?"
The omega didn't answer verbally, but gave a nod of affirmation, his fingers curled and clenching the wrinkled material of his bunched up shirt and he sucked on his bottom lip with poorly veiled trepidation. Hange gave him an assuring pat on the arm, moving to pull the other chair from the set up next to him and seating herself on it, popping open the cap on the bottle of petroleum she'd been warming for the last half hour or so in consideration for the fairer angel's check up. She squeezed a generous amount onto the smooth skin of his belly, shaking her head and chuckling when the brunette startled from the sudden warm wet feeling on his skin. "Welp, here we go. The screen's still warming up, but let's see if we can't at least hear that heartbeat, hm," she suggested as she rolled the wand of the sonogram machine over the dollop of jelly, spreading the goo along the round protrusion. Immediate muffled thumping sounds occurred, fluttering and seemingly echoing. "Eh?" she questioned, her brow furrowing and she turned, bending her head closer to the machine's speakers.
"What is it?" Levi asked, concern lacing the simple question, feeling Eren tensed beneath his fingers, both of them confused by the scientist's reaction to the garbled sounds emanating from the machine.
"Nothing to be worried over really, just some odd feedback here, sounds almost like-- Oh! There we are," she cut herself off, peering at the now black and white lit screen, rolling the wand along Eren's belly without looking away from the monitor. "Well, hello there... Oh my..." her eyebrows rose towards her hairline and she covered her mouth with her unoccupied hand, glancing briefly at the omega's pregnant stomach and back to the screen again as if to be sure what she was seeing and hearing was really coming from within the young man.
"Hange, if you don't explain what the fuck is going on right the fuck now, you are going to be bald before you can get out of the dome," Levi threatened, growling from deep in his chest. Eren was leaning into him, the scent of his anxiety spiking and raising the alpha's hackles as his mate struggled to remain calm, though his worry was evident.
Hange waved her hand dismissively at him before she pointed at the screen, outlining a shape with one fingertip, "See here, there's the head there and that little flickering bit there is the heart beating; that's part of what that sound is in the background," she explained idly as both angels' gazes glued to the small screen.
"What's that there? It looks like it's flickering here and here too," Levi pointed out, his dark brows pinched together, concern still lingering in his voice.
"Oh, well those are heartbeats too; it's why it sounded like there was an echo. Here, let me just move this over here and ah! There they are. The cuties are hugging. So adorable, aren't they?"
"Excuse me?" The alpha said, blinking in disbelief.
"W-What do you mean Hange?" Eren finally spoke, the first wispy tones of panic threading through the stuttered inquiry.
"Wellllll..." The scientist ran her hand up and down the back of her neck, "It seems like... Well, no, it's not really a guess at this point..."
"Spit it the fuck out shitty-glasses!" The alpha was running dangerously low on patience, already wound up by the scent of Eren's rising distress and his own muddled apprehension. She was being so God damned vague, he was ready to throttle her.
"There are three... Triplets... Precious little things all curled up together cozy inside their mama," she finally said, leaving no room for confusion or mistaking her words as she looked back at the screen, cooing affectionately at the blobs on the little monitor. Levi's breath caught and the omega made a strangled sound.
"Love... Are you alright?" the alpha managed to breathe out, recovering from his surprise far quicker than his volatile mate. He moved to touch the younger angel's shoulder, but hesitated when Eren narrowed his eyes at him. "Eren?"
"This is all your fault. Not only did you get me God damned pregnant, but three fucking times over. You... You owe me big time for this..."
"Eren, baby, I will spend eternity making up for it, I promise."
"You want to make up for it? You have the next fucking litter then," the omega groused grumpily, yanking his shirt down as soon at Hange had wiped the gel from his skin, and crossing his arms over the little bump beneath the fabric, clearly sulking. Hange turned off the machine.
"Welp, that's my cue to take my leave I think. Next time, we should be able to get a better picture and if they aren't too shy, maybe we'll even be able to tell the sexes. Anyway, lots of rest Eren and be sure to eat, after all you're eating for three plus you now," She leaned in closer to the glowering brunette, "Don't be too hard on him. He couldn't have known this would happen. Be happy that they all seem healthy and that you have a baby-daddy that is willing to stick around even with the prospect of not only one ankle biter but three, yeah?" Eren didn't reply and continued to scowl, but he met her gaze for a brief moment, understanding passing between them. She gave Levi a supportive pat on one shoulder, "Good luck my friend, think you're gonna need it." And with that farewell, she was wheeling the machine back out of their habitat, leaving the alpha alone with his less than enthusiastic mate.
"Love?"
"Oh no, don't you 'Love' me... How am I supposed to raise three Levi? I had a panic attack over just the prospect of one, let alone three. You better promise me it'll be worth it... I-I have to birth them... Three of them... God help me..."
"But I do," the alpha said quietly, interrupting his mate's upset venting. Eren cut off abruptly, vibrant honeyed moss staring at him with confusion.
"You do what?"
"Love you. It's how I know our children, whether it's one or three, will adore you. I'll be with you every step of the way and I'll promise you a thousand times over that everything will be worth it; everything will be perfect. You will be a wonderful mother," Levi replied, voice low and sincere, tentatively reaching out to brush his fingers through the hair behind his mate's right ear.
"S-Say it again... T-That you..." The omega's voice was barely more than a whisper, cracking under the strain of emotion that rose up in his throat.
Levi smiled and pulled his pregnant mate from his seat and into his embrace. Arms full of strength and warmth enveloped the brunette, providing security and protection and Eren couldn't help but relax into those now familiar arms. He buried his face in the crook of Levi's neck, keeping the onset of tears from the alpha's sharp gaze, and wrapped his own arms loosely around the alpha's waist in return, his growing belly brushing up against Levi's firm abs with light pressure.
Levi gave him an affectionate squeeze and laid his cheek on the crown of Eren's head. "I love you Eren..."
The omega's breath hitched and the tears fell, leaving salt against Levi's neck and Levi wasn't fooled when the younger angel tried to press his face further against his skin and muffle the soft sobs. He didn't say anything, simply holding the other male against him and rubbing soothing hands up and down his back, husky crooning rumbling from his chest until Eren had cried himself dry. He put him to bed, slipping in next to him when the brunette refused to let him go at all. The alpha stretched along the length of his mate's body and very carefully slipped one hand beneath the loose fabric of the omega's shirt to flatten his palm over the little fleshy mound that was their children as he pressed his nose to Eren's hair and kissed his temple. "You've no idea how much I love you Eren... I'll never be able to repay you for everything you've given to me."
The omega sighed as if he was exasperated by the alpha's confession and furled closer to the taller male, smiling ever so slightly in his sleep once he'd made himself comfortable against Levi's chest. Eren still hadn't said he wanted to be rid of the pregnancy, even after the unexpected and overwhelming news that there would be more than one to birth and that made Levi smile as he let silver eyes drift shut, palm protective spread over where his children slept between the two of them.
TBC...