"No," Jun immediately rejected him, startling the man holding him. However Kazuhiko's arms did not fall from his body nor did they tighten around him. They did not stop from rubbing his back in comfort. "Why not?" Kazuhiko asked him, his voice cracking just slightly as he did so. Jun pushed against him, slipping out of his embrace. "Because you are only asking because of the baby," Jun replied, ignoring the stinging sensations building in his nose and eyes. "No, I'm not," Kazuhiko denied, his chest beginning to ache. "I swear it, Jun." "I can't trust you!" Jun cried out in harsh whisper, his grievances rising in his stomach. He didn't blame Kazuhiko, honestly he didn't. They had been naive, neither aware of the potency of pheromones that came with the heat, nor knowing how their physical compatibility could call to the Alpha on an instinctual level, instructing him to claim his omega. And no one knew more than Jun how the ties of a family could bind a person to the desperate point that had lead Kazuhiko to reject him. So no, he didn't blame him... but it didn't mean that deep down he had forgiven him nor forgotten about it. Kazuhiko's heart beat painfully, each thud loud in his ears and causing painful jolts about his body. He deserved these words, no matter how much they hurt to hear. Jun was not a heavenly saint, there was only so much a person could truly bear and with his seed once more bearing fruit inside Jun's fertile body, the omega's pain, his fears of what had happened last time he had fallen pregnant had resurfaced. Only this time, Kazuhiko was here for Jun to spill out his sufferings upon. "I understand," Kazuhiko said, finally, possibly breaking both their hearts, but adding before the pain became too much to bear; "so I will wait and I will prove to you that I will not run and abandon you again. I will earn your trust no matter how long it takes Jun. I love you." Jun saw the earnestness in his melting brown eyes, but was not ready to accept it at face value. Instead, he lowered his head and leaned forward until his forehead rested against Kazuhiko's chest. "Alright," Jun allowed him this chance. This one and only chance. Kazuhiko let a sigh of relief escape him and pressed a kiss upon the silken, midnight tresses atop Jun's head. After pressing a second kiss, a sly grin curved his lips and he grasped Jun's arms to steady him as he stepped back a pace. Jun glanced at him, questioningly. "I just have one last thing to grab from my car," Kazuhiko told him, taking the little stick and placing it on the sink behind Jun. "What is it?" Jun asked, curiously. "My luggage," Kazuhiko said, cheekily. "I'm moving in with you!" Jun let loose a slightly strangled cry. ***** The apartment really wasn't big enough for the family of four, especially knowing that there was also a little one on the way, but Jun refused to rely on Kazuhiko thus could not move out and Kazuhiko refused to leave him be. Kei and Kou really did not mind the cramped conditions. Kei beamed with happiness each morning to see that his daddy was still there, he could even put up with his annoying little brother sharing his room and crying loudly for no reason at times. Kou instinctively adored his new omega parent, seeking comfort in Jun's lap whenever possible and Jun thought nothing of placing the child upon his knees to placate him. At night, Kazuhiko would not press his luck by seducing Jun, no matter how tempted he was to bury himself inside the omega's deliciously scented body. It did create for him some very painful mornings where he would have to lock himself in the shower to relieve himself, with only a hand and his memories for comfort. His restraint was both endearing and a tad frustrating for Jun as it softened his resolve and crumbled the protective walls he had been trying to build around him since discovering that he was pregnant again. It was frustrating that he couldn't use Kazuhiko's wandering hands against him, but the man had pressed no further than a few kisses upon his forehead and an occasional hug. He would wake a little sleepily in the morning to find cooling sheets as Kazuhiko left him each morning for the shower and he couldn't help but feel a little sour over that as well. It wasn't until the end of the fourth week of their cohabitation that Jun discovered that he had been draping his sleeping body over the Alpha, pressing his own morning member against Kazuhiko until the man had, had to escape for cold waters less Jun find himself waking up flat on his back! Whatever barriers Jun had been trying to place between them completely dissolved at that point, but he did not let Kazuhiko know this. "Who are you trying to punish?" Eiko had asked him. "Your Alpha or yourself?" Eiko knew most of the situation, leaving out the finer details of course. She had chided Jun for relying on the knowledge that omega child prevention medicines were also suppressants, as that did not mean all suppressants available on the market also prevented children. Jun had just used the one his mother used to supply him, a cheap brand and he'd never thought about it's efficiency before. Eiko also knew of the Kazuhiko's proposal and Jun's rejection of it. How could she not, she had been listening in while paying half a mind's attention to their children. She recognised that what Jun felt for Kazuhiko was more than the simple affection of what a single mother might feel for the father of his or her child. However, she also knew that Jun had to figure these things out for himself. Besides, she had slightly softened her stance on Kazuhiko, as the man helped about the shop for free, while Jun was feeling tired or when it was particularly busy leading up to Mother's Day. Upon the twelfth week of Jun's pregnancy, the two men left their sons with Eiko and her husband and went to the hospital for a prenatal scan. Jun's symptoms had not worsened with the knowledge that another child had taken root inside him. In fact, he had only been physically sick a couple of times more. He was a little sleepier in the mornings, but otherwise he had felt fine. If it wasn't for the tiny, firm curve of his stomach, he might have thought that the whole thing was a mistake and that the small white stick was faulty. Naturally, the ultrasound would reveal the truth of it, there was indeed a tiny, wiggling foetus in his womb and he was coming to the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. Kazuhiko's smile was impressively large and his blue eyes shining with unshed tears as he held the small black and white prints of his third child, of his and Jun's precious little one. He'd taken them back from Jun to glance over again after he unfastened his seat belt a while later, after pulling up outside the apartment. He then turned towards Jun, reaching to cup the man's face in his hands and seal their lips together with all the emotions spilling from him at that moment. Jun almost helplessly returned his kiss, how could he not be moved by the joyous spring of love and happiness portrayed in such a tender moment? Kazuhiko helped him out of the car, though he did not need it and entwined their fingers together, refusing to be parted from Jun. Not that Jun attempted to untangle himself with much effort. Their hands remained firmly joined as Kazuhiko shared his joy with Eiko and Kei, the latter looked a little dubious as he tried to comprehend that the blob in the picture was a baby in his mummy's tummy. That night, perhaps swept up in the mood of love he had felt pouring off of Kazuhiko with every loving gesture, with each token of affection, he turned to Kazuhiko in their bed and offered himself up on a silver platter. Kazuhiko, who felt tortured each and every night lying beside Jun and not being able to touch him, could not refuse. His fingers stroked and teased every part of Jun's body until he was quivering beneath Kazuhiko, each touch felt as if it left a brand upon Jun's skin, each gentle brush felt as if he'd been lightly stung with sparks of electricity and each kiss felt suffocating, drowning him in pleasure. And that was before Kazuhiko pierced the rim of his twitching hole with his painfully hard member. The man hissed as Jun clenched around him and spilled instantly in between them. It took all Kazuhiko's will not to coat Jun's inner walls with his seed as well with the first thrust. Much later, as they curled up in each other's arms, they talked of nonessential things, of Kou's first birthday that was rapidly approaching as well as Keiichi, who would turn six in the summer, a few of months after. With this thread of conversation, Jun admitted that he would be turning twenty six in a couple of weeks. Startled, Kazuhiko found himself saying; "Why did you not tell me sooner?" Jun chuckled, clearly hearing the pouting reprimand in his words. "I've never really celebrated my birthday, so I didn't think about it," Jun said honestly. Kazuhiko's arms tightened around his body. The man knew that most of the affections Jun gained growing up were from his grandmother, but even then the woman had not been one to make a big fuss about things. "We'll be celebrating it properly from now on," Kazuhiko told him, a little gruffly. "The day you were born is definitely an important one. Without you, I would not be the happiest man alive right at this moment." Jun buried his face against the warm chest, trying to hold back the water from leaking from his eyes. Kazuhiko made it impossible for him not to care for him, not to fall deeper into the spell the Alpha had woven over him. How would he ever recover if Kazuhiko were to abandon him again? Kazuhiko did not know, of course, just how much he was affecting Jun, how he was chaining the Omega even more tightly to him, but if he did, he would be beyond ecstatic. And so he continued to speak in the afterglow of their night; "We'll go to a family restaurant to celebrate. Just the four of us." "Sure," Jun found himself agreeing, before he finally succumbed to the heaviness of sleep.