"I am not going back in there," Noctus protested.
It had been two weeks since Menae had her pelvic bone corrected. Now, she was on the বিছানা of her form, crying out in pain, in labor.
"Please, Noctus, আপনি know I can't do this. If I do, you'll have to go in there either way since I'll probably break something, and I might kill অথবা baby," Cooro said. "Have a heart, Noctus. What if this were your daughter, Yami?"
Menae continued to cry out in pain. The labor came as sudden as a হৃদয় attack. Her water hadn't even broken until about thirty সেকেন্ড after undergoing labor.
"Yami is not my daughter, and I am not her father. She's simply someone who needs protection: my protection."
"Then at least help me out because আপনি still have a soul."
And that মতামত hit home.
"What, are আপনি trying to say, that I don't have a soul?!"
"Can't tell, do you? Are আপনি a proper fatherly figure for Yami? You're arguing about whether অথবা not আপনি have a soul while Menae might be bleeding out. Tell me, Noctus, what does that say about you?"
"Yami is not my daughter. And Menae is not my wife, what do I care? আপনি two aren't even married yet, and you're having a baby," Noctus pointed out.
"You're no better! আপনি wanted to have sex with Sanae when আপনি were 10, maybe even since আপনি were nine! And আপনি two weren't even married!"
"We were going to get married when-... when..." He tried to say, but couldn't find the words, so his brain filed in the blanks with thoughts of his haunting past... Noctus fell to his knees, defeated দ্বারা his past again while thoughts of his family being murdered, burned, vaporized, consumed, plagued, and mutilated... it was all to much. And while his mind was focus on his past, his eyes began to release pheremones of sorrow and grief: tears.
"Noctus... I know that your past won't let আপনি be, but listen to me, please: আপনি have to stop being like this. Your terrible past is no excuse for what আপনি do অথবা how আপনি act. Yami needs a role model, and she's looking up to you," Cooro explained, putting a hand on Noctus' shoulder which he quickly shook off. "She needs you, and so do I, but আপনি can't be like this... We can't just let our friendship rot like this..."
Noctus hasn't প্রদত্ত it much thought before, but it was true. He had become cruel. He had become heartless. He had become as devilish as death's sweet, beguiling kiss. And he was indifferent to it all. He didn't know how cruel he had grown to be. Could he make up for it all? All his life, he thought that his past was an excuse for his actions. But was it really? Could be really dismiss himself as innocent when Sanae, his to-be wife, had died in order to save whatever passed as a life, considering it belonged to Noctus?
"Fine. I'll do it," Noctus surrendered. "I'll do it because you're right."
Noctus approached Menae who was still crying out in pain.
He gave deep breath and ব্যক্ত "this again... great..."
---
"She হারিয়ে গেছে a lot of blood. I can't be sure if she'll actually die and to make it out not. Time will tell us, nothing more," Noctus diagnosed. When exactly did he get his pHD and become a doctor?
"So she might make it?" Cooro said, holding the baby carefully in his arms.
"A coin has both sides. Always consider the other side as well," Noctus added, not about to let Cooro have a clear mind after what he put Noctus through.
"So she might also die still..." Cooro said, understanding, preparing for the worst.
'Good riddance,' Noctus thought. 'I might miss her though. Might... she was fun,' Noctus thought.
"Sanae says I can only heal wounds. Anything outside of that... I can't fix. Diseases, homorage, insanity are things I can't fix. If she has enough blood in her body, she'll live," Noctus explained.
"And if she doesn't have enough blood?"
"Two sides to the coin, Cooro. Two sides to the coin," he said, and went to wash his hands.
Isn't enough, Yami want blocking his way as usual, asking irrelevant questions. Perhaps she'd learned? It could be, for all he knew. He went on to wash the substance off his hands. He used soap, water, regular procedure he'd learned and made a habit week ago.
He walked out, hands dry and clean. He looked at himself and felt odd. He felt... uniform. He felt civilized... And it features good in an awkward kind of way. He'd never experienced something like this before...
Noctus went to his room, but did not find Yami there. Where could she have run off too?
An academy faculty member was the door of Gatage's dorm. The sound of crying seemed to be coming from Gatage's room. Gatage looked... senior... And aged. Almost as though he should be bedridden at his age. Surprisingly, he wasn't, bedridden, but he was old. He could pass away at any second, with the proper set up.
"I'd simply like to inform আপনি that আপনি and your colleagues are very loud, and that's preventing the others from being able to study for an upcoming exam. Could আপনি please keep from making too many loud noises, if at all?" the member said.
"I will make sure that things remain under control... Thank আপনি for letting me know... I had no idea we were interfering with the other students' studies," Gatage promised.
"Thank you. I look অগ্রবর্তী to little to no complaints," he concluded, and went on with his day. Gatage left the door open. Noctus got curious as to who's crying, so he walked up to the entrance to Gatage dorm, and stuff beside the frame, not in the doorway.
"You know, আপনি don't have to be all sneaky if have nothing to hide," Tenae told Noctus. Wait, where she come from!?
Noctus was stalled দ্বারা Tenae, and he accidentally stepped into Gatage's doorway.
"Noctus, we have to talk..." He said, his voice strained and raspy with age. Noctus was going to compare Gatage to Tenae, but he didn't get Good look before she zoned off, if just big black blue cubed as a peek...
On the বিছানা was Yami, crying. She was crying as though she couldn't get a toy that she really wanted really bad, as best as Noctus could decipher it.
"She says that আপনি ব্যক্ত আপনি were not her father," Gatage ব্যক্ত simply. "Is this true?"
"Cooro and I were in an agreement, it just-"
"Answer... the question..." Gatage interrupted him.
Noctus sighed, and ব্যক্ত "yes... But Cooro and I-"
"It was a yes অথবা no question... nothing more... how do আপনি expect to raise her... if আপনি think of Yami like that?" Gatage and, interrupting Noctus again.
"I suppose... Do what my parents did?" Noctus shrugged.
"You will not!... she needs to be taught to be civilized and to life in this world. কোকো Island is gone now, Noctus... Let go of your past... আপনি think that your pay won't let go of you... But আপনি don't let go of your past..." Gatage explained. "She is a regular Mobian, not a Militian. Her life span is much longer than ours... She'll outlive in a decade অথবা so... আপনি cannot waste any আরো time... আপনি have to teach her what I have taught আপনি and what your parents have taught you..."
"But she's not MY daughter," Noctus protested.
"I'll be saved if she's not your daughter!... Lightning come and stroke me down now if Yami is not your daughter!... It is written in an accident book that 'the father is not he who impregnates, but he who raises the child...' She is your daughter.... Now go, and raise her as best আপনি can..."
Noctus achieved understanding, and walked towards Yami. He tried making sounds of waterfalls অথবা leave that he'd hard in Kindergarten not to long ago. Yami soothened her crying, and turned to Noctus, chasing him in her arms. She kept crying. On and on...
Noctus trailed his fingers through Yami's hair in order to help calm her down. He not doing the ocean sounds.
"I প্রণয় you, daddy..." she sobbed happily.
"I প্রণয় আপনি too Yami," Noctus concluded. "Watashi wa, musume o aishi teru..." He ব্যক্ত in his native language...
It had been two weeks since Menae had her pelvic bone corrected. Now, she was on the বিছানা of her form, crying out in pain, in labor.
"Please, Noctus, আপনি know I can't do this. If I do, you'll have to go in there either way since I'll probably break something, and I might kill অথবা baby," Cooro said. "Have a heart, Noctus. What if this were your daughter, Yami?"
Menae continued to cry out in pain. The labor came as sudden as a হৃদয় attack. Her water hadn't even broken until about thirty সেকেন্ড after undergoing labor.
"Yami is not my daughter, and I am not her father. She's simply someone who needs protection: my protection."
"Then at least help me out because আপনি still have a soul."
And that মতামত hit home.
"What, are আপনি trying to say, that I don't have a soul?!"
"Can't tell, do you? Are আপনি a proper fatherly figure for Yami? You're arguing about whether অথবা not আপনি have a soul while Menae might be bleeding out. Tell me, Noctus, what does that say about you?"
"Yami is not my daughter. And Menae is not my wife, what do I care? আপনি two aren't even married yet, and you're having a baby," Noctus pointed out.
"You're no better! আপনি wanted to have sex with Sanae when আপনি were 10, maybe even since আপনি were nine! And আপনি two weren't even married!"
"We were going to get married when-... when..." He tried to say, but couldn't find the words, so his brain filed in the blanks with thoughts of his haunting past... Noctus fell to his knees, defeated দ্বারা his past again while thoughts of his family being murdered, burned, vaporized, consumed, plagued, and mutilated... it was all to much. And while his mind was focus on his past, his eyes began to release pheremones of sorrow and grief: tears.
"Noctus... I know that your past won't let আপনি be, but listen to me, please: আপনি have to stop being like this. Your terrible past is no excuse for what আপনি do অথবা how আপনি act. Yami needs a role model, and she's looking up to you," Cooro explained, putting a hand on Noctus' shoulder which he quickly shook off. "She needs you, and so do I, but আপনি can't be like this... We can't just let our friendship rot like this..."
Noctus hasn't প্রদত্ত it much thought before, but it was true. He had become cruel. He had become heartless. He had become as devilish as death's sweet, beguiling kiss. And he was indifferent to it all. He didn't know how cruel he had grown to be. Could he make up for it all? All his life, he thought that his past was an excuse for his actions. But was it really? Could be really dismiss himself as innocent when Sanae, his to-be wife, had died in order to save whatever passed as a life, considering it belonged to Noctus?
"Fine. I'll do it," Noctus surrendered. "I'll do it because you're right."
Noctus approached Menae who was still crying out in pain.
He gave deep breath and ব্যক্ত "this again... great..."
---
"She হারিয়ে গেছে a lot of blood. I can't be sure if she'll actually die and to make it out not. Time will tell us, nothing more," Noctus diagnosed. When exactly did he get his pHD and become a doctor?
"So she might make it?" Cooro said, holding the baby carefully in his arms.
"A coin has both sides. Always consider the other side as well," Noctus added, not about to let Cooro have a clear mind after what he put Noctus through.
"So she might also die still..." Cooro said, understanding, preparing for the worst.
'Good riddance,' Noctus thought. 'I might miss her though. Might... she was fun,' Noctus thought.
"Sanae says I can only heal wounds. Anything outside of that... I can't fix. Diseases, homorage, insanity are things I can't fix. If she has enough blood in her body, she'll live," Noctus explained.
"And if she doesn't have enough blood?"
"Two sides to the coin, Cooro. Two sides to the coin," he said, and went to wash his hands.
Isn't enough, Yami want blocking his way as usual, asking irrelevant questions. Perhaps she'd learned? It could be, for all he knew. He went on to wash the substance off his hands. He used soap, water, regular procedure he'd learned and made a habit week ago.
He walked out, hands dry and clean. He looked at himself and felt odd. He felt... uniform. He felt civilized... And it features good in an awkward kind of way. He'd never experienced something like this before...
Noctus went to his room, but did not find Yami there. Where could she have run off too?
An academy faculty member was the door of Gatage's dorm. The sound of crying seemed to be coming from Gatage's room. Gatage looked... senior... And aged. Almost as though he should be bedridden at his age. Surprisingly, he wasn't, bedridden, but he was old. He could pass away at any second, with the proper set up.
"I'd simply like to inform আপনি that আপনি and your colleagues are very loud, and that's preventing the others from being able to study for an upcoming exam. Could আপনি please keep from making too many loud noises, if at all?" the member said.
"I will make sure that things remain under control... Thank আপনি for letting me know... I had no idea we were interfering with the other students' studies," Gatage promised.
"Thank you. I look অগ্রবর্তী to little to no complaints," he concluded, and went on with his day. Gatage left the door open. Noctus got curious as to who's crying, so he walked up to the entrance to Gatage dorm, and stuff beside the frame, not in the doorway.
"You know, আপনি don't have to be all sneaky if have nothing to hide," Tenae told Noctus. Wait, where she come from!?
Noctus was stalled দ্বারা Tenae, and he accidentally stepped into Gatage's doorway.
"Noctus, we have to talk..." He said, his voice strained and raspy with age. Noctus was going to compare Gatage to Tenae, but he didn't get Good look before she zoned off, if just big black blue cubed as a peek...
On the বিছানা was Yami, crying. She was crying as though she couldn't get a toy that she really wanted really bad, as best as Noctus could decipher it.
"She says that আপনি ব্যক্ত আপনি were not her father," Gatage ব্যক্ত simply. "Is this true?"
"Cooro and I were in an agreement, it just-"
"Answer... the question..." Gatage interrupted him.
Noctus sighed, and ব্যক্ত "yes... But Cooro and I-"
"It was a yes অথবা no question... nothing more... how do আপনি expect to raise her... if আপনি think of Yami like that?" Gatage and, interrupting Noctus again.
"I suppose... Do what my parents did?" Noctus shrugged.
"You will not!... she needs to be taught to be civilized and to life in this world. কোকো Island is gone now, Noctus... Let go of your past... আপনি think that your pay won't let go of you... But আপনি don't let go of your past..." Gatage explained. "She is a regular Mobian, not a Militian. Her life span is much longer than ours... She'll outlive in a decade অথবা so... আপনি cannot waste any আরো time... আপনি have to teach her what I have taught আপনি and what your parents have taught you..."
"But she's not MY daughter," Noctus protested.
"I'll be saved if she's not your daughter!... Lightning come and stroke me down now if Yami is not your daughter!... It is written in an accident book that 'the father is not he who impregnates, but he who raises the child...' She is your daughter.... Now go, and raise her as best আপনি can..."
Noctus achieved understanding, and walked towards Yami. He tried making sounds of waterfalls অথবা leave that he'd hard in Kindergarten not to long ago. Yami soothened her crying, and turned to Noctus, chasing him in her arms. She kept crying. On and on...
Noctus trailed his fingers through Yami's hair in order to help calm her down. He not doing the ocean sounds.
"I প্রণয় you, daddy..." she sobbed happily.
"I প্রণয় আপনি too Yami," Noctus concluded. "Watashi wa, musume o aishi teru..." He ব্যক্ত in his native language...
Amelia: When did আপনি go to a bar?
Bean: SHUT UP! Let me Finnish! I went to the bar at Eggman conference. Where all the people that have worked for Eggman can g-
Amelia: When did আপনি work for Eggman?
Bean: SHU-
Amelia: NO! আপনি are going to sit in the naughty corner Mr!
I hope আপনি like the sneak peek.