As the tournant’s date crawled closer, many people felt a strange sense of urgency. They realized that while Sera’s plan would most likely work, their lives remained at risk.
In the past, fighting wars, surviving in dreadful environnts and hunting monsters wasn’t an issue. They had nothing to lose, so death didn’t seem too scary. However, with Kim and Sam’s proposal, an avalanche began inside the large friend group.
Everyone got hit with reality. They loved their partners. None of them could imagine living on without their constant presence and support.
They all suddenly found sothing precious, which made the upcoming tournant harder. The fear of death surrounded everyone as the days passed, and nobody knew how to climb out of this self-destructive panic.
The couples tried comforting each other, but since both sides struggled with the sa feelings, it led nowhere.
Luckily, through the haze of uncertainty and fear, a ray of hope began shining...
"Are you certain? How can you tell?" asked Adam, while lying in the bed naked next to his fiancée.
The tall man’s muscular arm gently embraced Lilith’s naked shoulders as the young woman snuggled close to Adam. A small smile brightened her usually emotionless expression as her hand caressed her belly tenderly.
She glanced up into Adam’s yellowish-orange eyes and gave a quick kiss on his neck...
"Yes, I’m sure. I can’t quite explain the feeling... It’s like a feel sothing growing inside . It’s definitely a soul! Sera told about her early pregnancy. She felt a similar weird sensation in her belly about two weeks into the pregnancy!"
Adam stared down at Lilith in disbelief. However, his fiancée’s next words finally shook him awake...
"I’m pregnant, Adam! We’re going to be parents! You’ll be a father!"
His entire body trembled as a wide, joyful grin spread across his face. Suddenly, he began laughing, which surprised even Lilith. Nobody ever heard Adam laughing. He was always serious and expressionless, yet upon hearing such good news, even he couldn’t hide the joy crushing his soul.
He raised his shaking hand and began slowly moving it towards Lilith’s belly. His fiancée didn’t care to wait, though. She simply grabbed his wrist and pressed his hand onto her naked abs.
The large, rough hands gently moved along Lilith’s fair, warm skin. A wide smile spread across her face as her entire body burned with love and excitent.
This was what she had desired most since Nick’s birth. She felt jealous upon hearing of Agnes’s pregnancy, but now she could finally experience the beauty of motherhood herself!
"We need to get married!" declared Adam, while Lilith’s mind kept imagining how their baby would look.
Suddenly, her eyes went wide as Adam’s words pierced through her thoughts.
"What?" she asked, thinking she must’ve misheard her fiancé.
A gentle smile spread across Adam’s lips as he leaned down and gave a tender kiss on the top of Lilith’s head.
"We’ve been engaged for months. I think it’s ti we made it official... This baby is an amazing blessing, and we could make it even better by getting married before the tournant!"
"Before the tournant?" shouted Lilith as her excitent turned into dread and urgency. "That’s less than a month away! I need to plan out all the details in less than a month?! I-I don’t..."
She began hyperventilating, but a mont later, Adam’s muscular arms embraced her thin yet curvaceous body. His presence alone was enough to even out her heart rate, but when his deep, rumbly voice reached her ears all the fear left her body.
"Don’t worry, my love. We’ve amazing friends who can help with the planning... There’s no need for a large ceremony, and we already know who’ll officiate us!"
The excitent returned to Lilith’s face as she recalled Sera’s promise. Her body also began trembling as she could barely hold herself under the pressure of the overwhelming happiness.
"Okay Adam! Let’s get married!"
With that, they quickly planned a few major points of their weddings, then got dressed and wrote to all their friends to gather inside Sera’s mansion.
...
"What do you think Lilith wants? She never writes to us and suddenly calls together a group eting? Pretty suspicious." said Sarah while playing with Leslie’s long, bright red hair.
"Eh? She writes to constantly. We sotis have conversations for half an hour... I do agree this eting is unusual, but she isn’t the silent type she pretends to be!" said Lucy, and multiple people nodded at her words.
"Yeah, I love the late night chats we sotis have." said Cass... "Sotis even Adam joins us on the holo-screen and the four of us talk for hours." said linda while Joan agreed... "They even ca over after our proposal and brought us cake!" said Kim, while her tail gently wrapped around her fiancé...
Everyone told at least one story about Lucy and Adam, which made Sarah confused and outraged...
"Why does she talk with all of you?! I thought we were friends too, but we’ve never been close... I never noticed she hated !"
Her face turned red, but soon a thought popped into her mind. She glanced down at Leslie’s head on her thighs. The pair of stormy eyes narrowed in suspicion as she asked her boyfriend...
"Do you also have a secret relationship with Lilith?"
Leslie burst into laughter as he said, "Of course not! I’m also not that close to Lilith, so calm down!"
However, Sarah’s eyes further narrowed. She knew the telltale signs of Leslie’s lying or when he tried hiding so information.
After a second of scrutiny, he relented and, with a deep sigh, said, "While I’m not close to Lilith, I sotis play so gas with Adam online..."
As Leslie’s words reached her girlfriend’s ears, she burst into tears and began weeping...
"They hate ! Why do they hate ? I’m a kind person who loves all her friends equally! I thought all of you loved , but I guess you’re all dirty liars! You all hate !"
The gathered people glanced at each other with discomfort, but Leslie was already familiar with his girlfriend’s antics. He sighed with annoyance, then pulled a piece of candy out of his pants pocket.
He didn’t ask for consent, just simply unwrapped the sugary treat and pushed it into Sarah’s mouth. As the sweetness spread, her weeping stopped and a joyful giggle took its place.
She began kicking her feet in happiness, leaving no traces of the previous depressed, self-loathing ntal episode.
"I think they don’t like you because of your emotional instability!" said Lucy with a light chuckle, which nearly caused Sarah to begin sobbing again.
"Hey Lucy! How about you shut the fuck up and mind your own business?" answered Leslie angrily, then tossed another candy to her girlfriend, which kept her calm and happy.
As Sarah cald down, the others began arriving too. A portal opened, and a tiny girl waddled through it. Her black hair with white lines was kept in pigtails as her freezing blue eyes with black lines stared at the ground... Little Jo was only a few months old, yet she could already walk!
Nick followed her close by, watching her every step and awaiting the eventual fall. Behind him, the two children’s parents appeared with Vicky, Henry and Henry’s own parents.
They quickly greeted everyone when another portal opened. Lydia, Thea and Lin were the first three to appear, but Astrid and the others followed closely. Thea’s family also ca through, and finally Xinya closed the portal.
The giant lounge room inside Sera’s mansion suddenly felt quite small as close to fifty friends gathered together.
A few people were missing, though. Hestia went away to run so errands, while Jas and Mary continued working on the Colosseum’s broadcasting system. Professor Collins also stayed at ho, since he could barely move on his own as age finally caught up with him.
As the people conversed, the lounge room door opened. They all glanced towards the pair walking through, and suddenly everyone’s eyes went wide with shock...
"I’m dreaming right?" "Is this an illusion?" "They aren’t wearing robes!" "What’s with their faces?" "Are those..." "Are they smiling?"
Many similar questions echoed inside the chamber as Adam and Lilith stepped forward. The tall man wore a regular shirt and pants, while his fiancée had a pretty dress covering her curvaceous body. They both grinned at the gathered crowd, which caused the initial wave of surprise.
"Hello everyone! Thank you for gathering here today!" shouted Lilith, her voice silencing all the shocked mumbling.
"We invited you here because of and my fiancée have two important matters to announce. First—" before Adam could’ve continued, Lilith cut in full of excitent... "I’m pregnant!"
A few happy cheers went up in the gathered crowd, but most people just sighed and said, "Finally!" and "Took you long enough!". It wasn’t a secret that they’d been trying for a baby, and after months, everyone knew this announcent would co sooner or later.
However, just because they expected the announcent, didn’t an they weren’t happy for Lilith and Adam. After the initial cheers, everyone personally congratulated them. There were also a few bets made about the baby’s gender and if there’ll be only one or maybe twins or triplets.
Afterward, when everyone beca silent again, Adam and Lilith glanced together, their smiles widening in excitent. They then glanced towards Sera, who had a knowing smile stretching across her face... She already guessed their next announcent and gave the couple a reassuring nod...
"Second, with the news of our baby’s arrival, we finally decided to end our proposal and evolve our relationship a step further! We’ll get married before the tournant and everybody here is invited!"
This ti everybody cheered so loudly, the entire mansion began shaking!
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