Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ The Last Bearers ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Identity

 

It took five days before I finally became pregnant and another three weeks for us to figure it out. After that, I was confined to the bed to ensure that I didn't risk losing the baby. In this strange new world, anything could happen. Hayden was always gone during the day, clearing the forest (he did leave a good amount of trees for the local wildlife) and doing other various chores while I tried not to strain myself doing the housework. As the months fell away, I became more and more pregnant. Hayden built furniture and made clothes, trying to keep them a neutral color since we didn't know the gender of the baby. Hayden built what he called the “birthing room”. We had been given the knowledge on how to deliver babies along with everything else.

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Chapter 4

“What?!” Aidan demanded, his eyes flashing. “Daire has been put in confinement with Aleksei?!”

“Shhh,” Caelyn pleaded at a whisper. “Don't yell so much.”
“I don't understand. Why the hell would they put Daire in confinement with Aleksei? Isn't it only for one person?” Aidan said, barely lowering his voice.

“Yes, but the rumor is that Aleksei did something at the binding ceremony that made John angry and he's punishing Aleksei by throwing him in confinement with Daire. See, according to Alden, Aleksei can't be punished in the normal way.”
“What do you mean `in the normal way?'?” Aidan asked.

“I'm not so sure myself,” Caelyn answered. “All I know is that Aleksei doesn't respond to being locked in a small windowless room by himself for days at a time. He just doesn't care.”

“So why drag Daire into all this?”

“Think, Aidan! Aleksei hates the idea of Daire being his mate and doesn't want anything to do with him. By locking him in the same room as Daire for three days, John is ensuring that Aleksei isn't going to do whatever he did again.”

“But what exactly did Aleksei do?”

“No one knows.”

Aidan sighed softly in annoyance. “I just hope he's all right.”
Caelyn's grey eyes were filled with worry as he answered, “So do I.”

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Daire sighed softly as he leaned back against one of the cold walls. He could understand how Aleksei felt at home in a cold, dark room with no one else present. He was a cold person.

“Excuse me?” Aleksei's cold voice demanded through the darkness.

Dare let out a small eep of surprise, his hand flying to his mouth.

“I am so sorry!” he gasped. “I didn't know I said that out loud.”

There was silence for a while.

“What do you mean?” Aleksei finally asked.

“What?” Daire asked.

“What do you mean when you said I was a cold person?”

“Um…nothing really,” Daire said quickly.

“Tell me!”

Daire cringed. “It's just…” he took a deep breath. “I don't know if anyone's told you this, but it's true. You don't seem to give a damn about anyone or anything. You push me away even though you don't know me at all. You don't even want to give me a chance or get to know me at all.”

The tears he was struggling to hold back came forward. He reached up and gently brushed them away, glad it was dark.

At least Aleksei can't see me crying. He thought.

“Why the hell are you crying?” Aleksei asked.

Daire mentally cursed himself. He had a really bad habit of voicing his thoughts out loud without even knowing it.

“Well?” Aleksei demanded.

Daire shook his head and tried to control himself but he couldn't stop the tears from flowing out of his eyes.

“I'm waiting.”

“I don't give a damn!” Daire managed to choke out. “Just leave me alone you cold heartless bastard!”

“Is that all you have to say?” Aleksei asked coldly.

“No!” Daire yelled. “I'm not done you jerk! Any normal human being who had an ounce of humanity in him would understand what I'm going through. I've just been taken from my home, my life and thrown into this place and I'm alone and I'm scared to death. And now knowing that I have to spend the rest of my life with you makes it even more unbearable. Any normal human being would feel compassion but I guess you can't do that, can you? You have nothing but ice running through your veins. You've made my life a living hell. I hope you're happy.”

He felt sort of bad for yelling at Aleksei like that, but he didn't regret it at all. He knew he was speaking only the truth. He couldn't take the words back now.

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Caelyn and Aidan were slightly afraid to see the state Daire was in after spending three days alone with Aleksei in confinement, but Daire had grown on them so they waited outside the confinement area. Aleksei was led out first, surrounded by several guards. His red hair was a mess and his clothes were wrinkled, but he looked fine otherwise. Caelyn and Aidan knew that he was fine because he glared coldly at them as he passed. A few moments later, Daire appeared led by one of the other guards. He managed a weak smile when he saw them.

“Are you okay? You look like shit!” Aidan blurted out, earning him a jab in the ribs from Caelyn.

Daire laughed. “Yeah I probably do. I haven't been able to shower in three days.”

“Well you didn't miss much. Oh yeah, one of the other Bearers had his heat and made the Breeders go nuts. Maybe it was a good thing you and Aleksei weren't there. Things sort of got out of hand. But it wasn't anything the guards couldn't handle.”

As Aidan jabbered on, Caelyn studied Daire's face further. He was smiling, but his smile didn't quite reach his eyes. He made a mental note to try and talk to Daire later, privately. He got his chance a lot sooner than he thought. Daire excused himself from breakfast to take a shower and Caelyn made up his mind to skip breakfast to talk to him. He wasn't that hungry anyways. The two of them didn't speak until they were well out of earshot.

“So how was it really in there with Aleksei?” Caelyn asked softly as they walked to the dormitories.

“Not that good,” Daire admitted. “It was a long three days.”

“What happened?”

“Well, for the first part of the first day, we sat in total silence. I accidently voiced my opinion about him being cold and as you can imagine, Aleksei didn't exactly take that lying down.”

Caelyn nodded, wincing at the image of Aleksei's angry face.

“We ended up getting into a shouting match that lasted the majority of the first day. Day two was spent in silence for the majority of the time. This morning, we got into another argument.”
“What did you fight about?”
“Does it even matter?”

“Well, yeah.”
“It wasn't really that important. Just the usual him being a bastard and stuff.”

Caelyn was silent for a while.

“I'm a little bit surprised,” he finally admitted.

“Why's that?” Daire asked, turning around.

“I just didn't think you'd yell at Aleksei. I thought he'd be the one always yelling at you.”

Daire blushed. “I felt sort of bad about yelling at him, but I don't regret it. He deserved it.”

Caelyn smiled. Daire went into the community bathroom and stripped. He stepped into one of the showers and turned it on. He sighed softly and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to untangle his hair.

When he had finished, he switched the hot water off and toweled himself off. He pulled on a new set of clothes and threw the dirty ones in a hamper. Caelyn was waiting in the dormitories for him to finish. Without saying a word, the two of them headed for their first class.

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It was apparent how much had changed between Aleksei and Daire when Daire stepped into the room. Aleksei looked up and sent a cold glare at his mate that made everyone else feel frigid, but Daire simply returned the glare. Caelyn put a hand on his shoulder, wondering for the first time if he would have to restrain Daire. The blonde-haired boy simply took his seat and pretended that Aleksei wasn't there. Alden looked at Caelyn in surprise. Caelyn shrugged.

Daire's new behavior did not wear off after several days or even several months. He acted the same towards everyone else, but when Aleksei was around, he would become silent and moody. Life at the Institute settled down in the aftermath of Daire's arrival, though the talk did not die down. Rumors flew of Daire and Aleksei's standoff in confinement and their new standoff. People were even starting to place bets about the nature of their relationship and whether one of them was going to crack or not.

“Well, this has brought about one good thing,” Aidan muttered to Caelyn one day.

“Oh yeah? What's that?” Caelyn asked as he watched Daire take his lunch tray to the garbage can.

“He's given us a hobby to kill the time.”

Caelyn snorted but couldn't deny that Aidan was right. Things had certainly become interesting when Daire arrived at The Institute. There hadn't been so much excitement since he'd arrived, unless you counted the Bearers going into heat, but that always ended the same-the Bearer and his mate would go do their thing and the lust would stop. They never knew how things would turn out between Aleksei and Daire and each day was as exciting as the one before.

At first, Caelyn had been surprised when Daire occasionally lashed out at Aleksei—he had never known the blond to be capable of being mean, but he grew used to it. He realized that it was Aleksei who pushed Daire so far and, in turn, Daire pushed Aleksei, causing both of them to do things no one would have otherwise thought them capable of doing. He had a feeling that Aleksei loved Daire but was trying to deny it and he was pretty sure that Daire was smitten with Aleksei, but since Aleksei was denying his own feelings, Daire was not making it easy at all. Somehow things would work out. That was one thing he was absolutely sure of. No matter how hard Aleksei tried to deny it, Daire was incredibly good looking, kind (though he didn't always show it), and sincere.

“He's going to make a great mate. Aleksei just doesn't see it yet,” he said to no one in particular.

To be continued…

 

Note from the author: I am so sorry for abandoning this for a month now. I had no idea of where this was going for a while, to be honest. I needed to move the plot ahead but I didn't want to make it go too fast. I might go back and add in some more detail later, if I can think of any, that is. I'm sorry!!! In regard to the twins Hayden and Harou, the reason why only one gets pregnant at a time is because you all know how the whole reproduction thing happens with the sperm and the egg and it's the same for the twins. Only one of them is able to fertilize the other at a time. Does that make sense? It depends on who's dominant and who's submissive. Review? Please?