AN: This may or may not turn into like a threesome couple thing... I don't know. Its kinda what I want but... meh. We'll see.

"So what do we do now?" Tyki asked as he and Cross were sitting in the main room of the cave after their discovery of the dragon stone. Cross was sitting in front of the fireplace smoking. He was really pissed off so he was glaring at the fire like it was the fires fault everything was so fucked up right now.

"Honestly… I don't know… It might be best you take him away… he may never trust me again and I don't blame him. I fucked up so bad. He seems happier with you now anyway…." Cross said after a while. He saw how Allen was with Tyki now so maybe Allen would be happier with Tyki instead. "And according to the stone you're a better match for him than me…"

"I don't know Marian…. I mean I like Allen… I do but… I don't know…" Tyki said with a sigh. He didn't think Allen would be happy with him. He had come to care for Allen and he knew Allen trusted him…but he didn't think Allen would be happy away from Cross honestly.

"I don't think he will ever be happy here again Tyki. I broke his trust. So its better if he leaves this cave and gets away from me. So you should take him away. But you can't leave him alone…" Cross retorted still bitter about all of this even if it was his fault.

"I can't leave." A voice said earning both Tyki and Cross' attention. Tyki of course didn't recognize the voice but Cross did. Both looked to see Allen standing in the doorway.

"Allen…. What do you mean you can't leave? Wouldn't you be happier away from me…?" Cross asked staying where he was as much as he wanted to go over to Allen. He didn't want to scare Allen off which was why he stayed where he was sitting.

"No… I love you Marian. I agreed to be your mate and you promised to love me and only me. I mean… I'm not going to lie… I'm still…scared… and upset about what happened…. And yeah I like Tyki…he is nice. But I love you Marian. So I don't want to leave… but I am scared about… being intimate again… and apparently dragons have control issues when they…. Need to mate… and I don't know when I'll be okay again to do that again…And some other stuff…" Allen said as he awkwardly messed with the edge of the blanket he had wrapped around himself. Lately Allen often had a blanket or some sort of like shawl wrapped around himself. It was hard telling Cross how he felt about everything. But he had to tell Cross before he got sent away. He didn't want to leave Cross despite what happened before. If he had wanted to leave or felt like he would never be able to trust Cross again then he would have just left.

"Allen… I won't ever touch you again without your permission if you want to stay. But if you want you can leave whenever you want…" Cross said finally stepping up and taking a few steps closer to Allen.

"But… what about when….you need to… do stuff…?" Allen asked concerned about when Cross would go into like heat again. He didn't know how often that sort of thing happened.

"Well… I'll just have to leave during that time… I really don't want to hurt you again." Cross said reaching out but didn't touch Allen. But he was really happy when Allen accepted and took a hold of Cross' hand.

About two months later Allen was standing in his room staring at himself in the mirror before getting dressed. He was more so looking at his stomach which was the….concern. His stomach had a defined roundness to it which wasn't like from overeating or anything. It wasn't overly round but it was clear what was going on. This only confirmed what Allen thought two months ago since his stomach had only continued to grow which was what he had been hiding under blankets and wraps. After a while Allen got dressed and left the room to go find Cross. It didn't take too long to find Cross since there weren't many places for him to hide in the cave. Cross was sitting in his library reading a book until he noticed Allen come in.

"Hey… you okay?" Cross asked since it was unusual for Allen to seek him out lately. Even after their discussion a few months ago Allen still kept his distance from Cross which the red head allowed. He couldn't blame Allen for avoiding him even after all this time. Although at the same time he kind of wished they could go back to normal.

"Um… I mean… yes… but… I'm pregnant…" Allen said which took a while for him to get out since he was rather uncomfortable and nervous right now. It wasn't easy to tell someone that you were pretty sure you were pregnant with their child. And on top of that it wasn't exactly good news to Allen…or to Cross… Yes they wanted originally to have children… but… the way Allen got pregnant…could have been better. Once Allen said that and Cross stood up Allen took the wrap he had around his body off so he wasn't as hidden. Cross could see the roundness to Allen's stomach. There was no way it was from Allen overeating since he was only just recently starting to eat a good amount of food. Which thinking back on it was probably because of this without him even realizing.

"I'm sorry Allen… This wasn't how I wanted this to happen…" Cross said as he walked up to Allen who surprisingly didn't pull away. With a non verbal approval from Allen, the red headed dragon pulled Allen into a gentle hug. There was no way this was easy for Allen. Cross was filled with so much regret. And there was nothing he could do about it. But he would try his best. He would be there for Allen and this baby. Cross wanted to make Allen as happy as possible. Which was one reason why he allowed Tyki to stick around since Allen seemed happy with him there. Even if it made Cross rather jealous.

"You are kind of… small compared to most women I've seen at this stage…" Tyki said as they all sat in the main room eating dinner together. He honestly wasn't too surprised to learn Allen was pregnant. He had noticed Allen's stomach when Allen would use him as a bed before but he didn't really think much of it at the time. Plus it would explain why Cross hadn't gotten into an aggressive heat cycle. If his mate was pregnant, a heat cycle wasn't necessary.

"You've seen many pregnant women?" Allen asked looking over at Tyki who realized now how that sounded.

"I usually live with a clan okay? A lot of them have mates and kids. My brother has two kids himself. So…yeah. But I have yet to have kids… It wasn't something I was interested in." Tyki retorted defensively.

"So… how exactly is he to…give birth…?" Tyki asked to change the subject as best he could but also because he was curious. Even with all the couples in the clan he was from, Allen was the first male mate Tyki ever met that was pregnant so he didn't know how that worked.

"He doesn't really… He gets put to sleep under a spell and the baby gets cut out. There's a specific person who knows how to do it. So when the time comes I'll find him and bring him here." Cross answered for both Tyki and Allen. Of course Allen had no idea how any of this worked since he was new to this stuff. He wasn't raised with dragon culture like Cross and Tyki were. Allen didn't really like the idea of being cut open but it couldn't be helped.

"Have you had enough to eat?" Cross asked Allen when the three were done eating. Of course now that they knew Allen was pregnant both Tyki and Cross were constantly asking if Allen was okay or if he was hungry. And they knew for less than a day… This was going to get really old for Allen really quick. But… he wasn't going to turn down more food right now. Food was good regardless if Allen was pregnant or not.