Fake Fan Fiction / Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Sugar RUSH ❯ Prescription? Does That Mean It's A Drug? ( Chapter 14 )

Sugar Rush 14

 

Another week sails by…

 

Leon entered the pet shop and wanted to do nothing but crawl into bed. He was exhausted. Andy insisted that he and D accompany her on mass shopping trips all over town and some places he was sure she invented just for the hell of it. He had gotten desperate and said in front of Nestoir that she looked a bit tired. Naturally Nestoir insisted that they return to the shop. Andy had looked daggers at him as Nestoir carted her off to bed. D smiled wanly at him and collapsed beside him on the couch. “How're you holding up lovely?” D leaned against Leon and was glad that he was not nauseas, just a little tired.

D looked to see Leon reaching into his pockets, he frowned. It was true that Leon had slowed down in his smoking, and yet… D wrinkled his nose. Before he could say anything the offending cigarette was pulled from Leon's mouth before he could find his lighter. “Are you out of your mind?” Leon looked up startled into deep purple eyes.

“What are you doing out of bed” Leon asked watching in horror as Lord D tossed his cigarette into the trash.

“Not that is any of your concern, but my father has deemed me healthy enough to be out, I repeat; are you out of your mind?” Lord D pulled D to his feet and looked him over head to toe. “Three weeks is the time when the child is starting to develop crucial body and brain matter, you would expose him to the horrors of second hand smoke, I forbid it. I got up just in time.” Lord D shoved D behind him protectively and glared at Leon.

Ryo and Dee chose that moment to enter the shop to begin their shift. Dee was happily puffing on a cigarette. Lord D rounded on him with a furious glare. Dee looked confused trying to figure out what he had done wrong. T-Chan stood at Lord D's feet and growled at Dee. Dee thought they got along, why he had shared his steak with the beast. Leon mimed smoking and tossed the imaginary cigarette away. Ryo's eyes widened in understanding and he took the offending object from Dee's mouth and snuffed it out. “None of that shall continue in this pet shop. We have not one, but two pregnant people here and their children could be in…”

“Oh how you do go on, I am sure they understand.” Lord D frowned at his father who had interrupted his tirade. “Your face is flushed; you look tired, ready to go back to bed?” Sofu asked innocently JJ was immediately at Lord D's side ready to offer aid.

“I'm perfectly fine father, you know that.” Lord D grumbled and accepted J.J.'s aid in sitting on the soft couch. Leon did a double take as D sat beside his father. With his hair grown so long, the only way to tell them apart was to look at their eyes. Leon would hate to sneak up on the wrong D in a dark room. But… Leon thought, he could recognize D by smell, he wouldn't say the same for JJ. “Don't worry Leon,” Lord D said with a smirk. “In a few months, no one will mistake the two of us.” Lord D placed his hand on D's tummy. D blushed and looked away from his father.

“How do you do that?” JJ asked, “How do you always seem to know what someone is thinking?” Lord D smiled and winked at JJ. JJ stared at Lord D's mouth before flushing and looking away.

“You mean like how I know what you are thinking right now?” JJ blushed brighter and stood.

“I am sure my grandmother is looking for me.” JJ practically ran from the shop and bumped into Berkeley. “Hi, bye,” JJ said and walked off down the street.

Berkeley entered the shop and scanned the dark interior. He found three look-a-likes and had to blink several times to clear his vision. Was he seeing double? Leon laughed and stood taking D by the hand. “We had a tough day and I am sleeping.” D nodded gratefully feeling a hint of nausea coming on. Leon's timing was perfect. Berkeley was so intent on staring at Sofu that he did not notice Ryo and Dee sitting on a love seat. Sofu smiled and left the room supposedly to check on the Princess. Berkeley sighed and noted Ryo and Dee for the first time.

“Ah, hello, haven't seen you two in a while.” Berkeley said. His attention was snagged by Ryo. “You are looking well,” he said pointedly ignoring Dee. Dee wrinkled his nose vowing to punch him if he even looked inappropriately at Ryo. “So you guys went from homicide detectives to body guards, how does that work?” Berkeley said and sat opposite Ryo and Dee.

“We became friends with the pet shop owner and things went from there. The princess is from his kingdom, well it's not his kingdom, he is a Count…” Ryo began to explain. Berkeley stared at him in much the same way he always had. “But Dee and I have a nice three bedroom house not too far from here. Bikky has a room and we have an office for our computer and Bikky does his homework in there.” Ryo hoped that would make it plain to Berkeley that he and Dee shared a bedroom, a bed.

“The man I met yesterday, does he own the shop?” Berkeley asked.

“Why yes, he does,” Dee said for the first time realizing that the grandfather that Little D always spoke of, the one who owned the shop, were one and the same. But when D mentioned his grandfather, Dee had always pictured an ancient Chinese man, not the vibrant man that had diligently cared for his son and grandson these past few weeks. Berkeley studied Dee and Ryo as they spoke hoping for some clues to the situation that they now lived in. Just what, he wondered, was going on?

 

Break

 

Leon entered the room and headed for the bed shedding his shoes en route. D looked at him oddly. “Oh, did you want something?” Leon asked playfully and turned to see D staring at him in horror. “Oh I suppose I could see to you…” Leon knew full well what D wanted and decided to play with him. D's lower lip trembled and Leon sat up in a panic.

“Well if you would really rather not…” D said in a strained voice before he turned away from Leon.

“Huh?” Leon muttered and pulled D into his lap. “I was joking, what's wrong with you?” Leon said gently and wiped the tears from D's face.

“I don't know!” D wailed and hugged Leon tightly. “I'm tired, and I feel nauseous and you are the only thing so far that makes me not feel sick and my hair is getting beyond what a normal person should have to deal with, how does my father do it? And High Prince Daphnus they must be insane.” Leon kissed D deeply halting his torrent of words. D inhaled a shaky breath and leaned against Leon who stroked his back.

“Everything needs a plan, we will get through this.” Leon said rationally. Usually it was D who was rational in the face of Leon's tirades and yet, Leon felt that D was incapable of doing more than breathing deeply right now. “First, I will make love to you, which will get rid of the nausea, then we will sleep, you won't be so tired, when we wake up, I bathe you and then I'll cut your hair. Sound good?” D nodded slowly, Leon suppressed a chuckle and laid him back on the bed.

 

Break

 

Ryo opened the door and stared in awe as the regal lady before him asked for Sofu D. he looked up at the moon and back to the beauty with her fangs barely concealed. Ryo wondered how she managed to speak with incisors that long. Sofu chose that moment to come from the back of the shop. Dee smirked as he realized that Sofu had stayed in the back of the shop as long as Berkeley had visited and that Berkeley had asked pointed questions about the shop owner. Ryo had tried to hint subtly that perhaps Sofu was not interested, but his hints, he feared fell on deaf ears. Ryo looked at the vampire and wondered if she was perhaps the reason behind Sofu's refusal of Berkeley.

Sofu reached out a hand and smiled. “Lady Aurora, how nice to see you again, you are here to inquire after my patients I am sure.” Sofu said.

Aurora pouted, “Lady Aurora?” She questioned.

“Auri,” Sofu said with a smile. Ryo grinned and disappeared in the back of the shop.

 

Break

 

Sofu D found Leon sitting on the couch in the dark with his head in his hands as if his world sat squarely on his shoulders and demanded his attention. Lord D sat across from him also deep in thought. “Where is D?” Sofu asked, Leon looked up startled that he had not heard Sofu enter the room.

“He's sleeping,” Leon said gruffly. He ran a hand through his hair and looked bleary eyed at Sofu. “I don't get him anymore, I mean, not to embarrass you, but. At first, sex between us was spontaneous, it just happened when we felt like it, now it seems like a prescription. Today he burst into tears…”

“And tomorrow he may fly into a rage,” Sofu said as Leon paused trying to think of a way to aptly describe his dilemma to Sofu D as Lord D seemed to be ignoring him. “Young man, I do believe you should understand that his body is going through some very significant changes. I would like to say I understand, but it would be arrogant of me to do so.”

“But you carried him,” Leon said and for the first time Lord D looked up and realized he was not alone in the room.

“Yes I did,” Sofu said and smiled as his son went back to thinking what ever it was he had been thinking about. “And it is the same with a female carrying a child; each change is different for each person. Andy is pregnant now as well and I am sure her feelings are vastly different from D's. It is slightly more disturbing to D what is going on in his body. A Kami can control each individual emotion in their body, unless those emotions and feelings are caused by another. An example would be your intimacy; he can not control those feelings.” Sofu said and blushed slightly, “but he can control the inside of his body most of the time, his comfort levels, everything, even the length of his hair. And now all of that has been taken away from him. His hormones are on a roller coaster of ups and downs.”

“We explained it would be a difficult process, what exactly did you expect?” Lord D said softly as he looked directly at Leon.

“Well, you know, he'd get all round and cute, and then we'd have a baby in nine months.” Leon said with a sigh, he was so confused.

Lord D stood to his feet and turned his back on Leon. “I really wish it were that easy,” he said before he went back to his room.

“Hey,” Leon said getting Sofu's attention back. “Is there really such a great chance of D…dying? I mean… you survived.”

“Barely,” Sofu said sadly. “It took a lot out of me and I nearly did lose my life. It can be done. D is extremely young; his body may not have the fortitude to survive…” Sofu paused at the look of terror on Leon's face. “We will do all that we can, I am leaving to return to Chicago next week, but I will return when his time is near. His father is now capable of returning to his duties as a physician and I trust his work, more than he obviously trust mine,” Sofu said trying to lighten the mood. “Get some rest, you'll be no use to D exhausted, and I don't mean the” Sofu cleared his throat,” prescription, he will need your loving support and encouragement. This is harder on him than any one here may realize.” Leon nodded his thanks and went to his room. He found D sitting up in bed looking for him.

“I did not go far, how about that bath?” Leon said. D smiled and stood gloriously nude and stretched. Leon appreciated the view. Perhaps they could be spontaneous. Leon took D into his arms and held him tightly. There was no nausea to quell, this time it would be just the feelings, just him and just D. D sighed and melded his body to Leon, enjoying the feel of the jeans abrasiveness against his bare sensitized skin. D sighed and fell back onto the bed, Leon grinned this, he thought as he kissed his way down the length D's body, was the love of his life.

 

Break

 

Andy stood in the throne room and circled the area. Sofu had agreed to return for the ceremony and so she could…Yes, she thought, that would be perfect, D would be here… She returned to her original stand point and grinned, this wedding would be fantastic. “There you are,” Andy looked up and smiled as Queen Victoria walked to her. “I was told that you were here busy planning away, so have the two suspects had any input?” Victoria asked with a knowing grin, for well she knew of Andromache's penchant for taking over the planning of any major event. Andy looked sheepishly away and nodded. “What are you ideas?” Victoria asked next. Andy brightened and she pulled out her note pad and pen, eager for the Queen's input.

 

Break

 

The sun streamed into the room as Leon held a pair of scissors, “Stand up strait and hold still,” He said to D who looked over his shoulder at him. “How do you expect me to keep it even if you keep squirming?”

“Are you sure that you know what you are doing?” D said he was wearing only his pants and a pair of slippers. His hair was still wet from their bath. “Not too high, but not too low, mid-way I think,” D said.

“I know we already discussed it.” Leon said smiling, “When I was in college, we were too broke most of the time to afford a haircut, so a bunch of decided to cut each other's hair, I became the best at it and soon everyone came to me. It was a way to keep cigarettes.” Leon ended with a shrug, he began to snip at D's hair brushing through for even ness every now and then. “There,” he said after a while.

D shook his head and smiled at the lightness. He ran his fingers through and leaned up on his toes to kiss Leon's mouth. “Thank you.”

“Have I told you that you are wonderful?” Leon said to D, remembering Sofu's warning about love and encouragement.

“Every moment of every day,” D said and moved to put the rest of his clothing on. “You tell me when you hold my hair back for me when I am sick, when you massage away the cramps and nausea, you tell me that you love me when you look at me. I feel our child inside of me, and it's there that I feel your love the most. You are wonderful too. I had never before imagined that I could feel this, have this, thank you.” Leon grew worried as tears once again clouded D's eyes.

“Please tell me those are happy tears,” Leon said and pulled D into his arms.

D laughed softly, “Very happy,” he said and returned the embrace with all of is might.