The next morning came quick with the sound of heavy rain and loud thunder. Scourge was snapped awake by a loud clap of thunder.
“Jesus Christ that was loud...” Scourge panted, running his fingers through his quills.
But when he looked to his side, Sonic was gone.
“Sonic?” Scourge questioned, looking round the room frantically.
He looked till he saw the light on in the bathroom, seeing his uke's shadow move beneath the partially closed door. He could hear a pained groan coming from inside.
“Sonic?” Scourge called louder as he got up and went to the bathroom door. “Are you okay babe?”
He opened the door to see the smaller male slumped against the corner of the bath tub, sitting on the cold tile floor - his fur drenched in sweat, his eyes closed, and his breathing irregular as he shivered. Plus there was the unmistakeable scent of vomit in the room even though the toilet had been flushed.
“Sonikku?” Scourge breathed, moving to kneel beside his mate. “What's wrong?”
The extremely sick male was barely able to open his eyes to look at his boyfriend.
"Sc-Scourge?" He murmured quietly.
“Sonic, are you alright?” said male asked, resting his hand on Sonic's cheek.
"I...I don't feel so good." he murmured.
“Have you been throwing up?” Scourge asked, although he already knew the answer.
The Uke slowly nodded.
"Do you want anything?" Scourge asked, wanting nothing more than for his poor Uke to be as fit as a fiddle right about now.
"Can you take me back to bed?" He asked, his voice sounding raspy. "I don't think I can move..."
“Sure love.” Scourge said as he picked his love up and carried him into the bedroom.
Sonic sighed heavily once he was placed back in bed.
"I'm sorry..." he whispered, looking up at his mate with tear filled eyes.
“Why are you sorry Sonic?” Scourge asked as he frowned, sitting down on the bed. “You've done nothing wrong...”
"Because you're worried about me," he whimpered. "I'm sorry for making you so worried..."
“It's not your fault you're ill Sonic.” Scourge said matter-of-factly as he laid down next to the poor Uke. “It's just something that happens. And I don't mind being worried about you, it shows I care doesn't it?”
"...I guess so..." he murmured, curling up closer to his mate.
Scourge opened his mouth to continue speaking to the blue male when his mobile phone went off. Reaching over to the bedside table, he took his phone and looked who was calling him.
“It's Shadow.” the green male said, looking down at the younger male.
“Answer it.” Sonic said tiredly.
Scourge did just that, and when he he answered he put the phone onto speaker-phone.
“Hey Stripes.”
“Hey.” came Shadow's deep voice form the other end.
“What's up?” Scourge asked as he gently stroked Sonic's headquills.
Sonic closed his eyes at the soothing feeling, though he stayed awake to hear how Meph was doing.
“Just got back from the Hospital.” Shadow said.
“You have? Did you find out what was wrong with Meph?” Scourge asked curiously, hoping the pale-streaked male was alright.
“Yeah,” He sighed heavily. “Come to found out... Meph's pregnant...”
Scourge's arctic eyes widened at that. “What?! I thought only females could get pregnant...” He said, slightly unsure of himself.
“Yeah, so did I.” Shadow murmured, sounding like he was still having a hard time believing too. “The doctor told me there's actually people in this world called 'hermaphrodites'. They can either be a 'chick with a stick' or a 'guy with the goods'. As it turns out, Meph just so happens to be one of those kind of guys. He may be a guy on the outside, but he's female on the inside... And now those insides are carrying my pup.”
Scourge was absolutely shocked, he blinked a few times before he smiled, chuckling a little. “Well congratulations Stripes. You've got yourself a family!”
“Yeah,” Shadow chuckled. “I didn't think it was possible between me and Meph, but it seems I've gotten one sooner than I expected.”
“So it seems.” Scourge chuckled back. “Well, I'm happy for you Shadow.”
“Thanks.” he smiled before asking. “So what are you and Sonic up to? Usually I've heard his voice by now...”
Scourge blinked, looking down to find his sick Uke fast asleep. He smiled and chuckled, kissing his love on the head.
“Sonic's not very well.” He explained. “I think he's got a really bad tummy bug.”
“Really?” Shadow asked. “He seemed just fine yesterday when I saw him...”
“Yeah. He started looking really tired and he said his stomach was hurting him just after you went...” the green male explained, looking down at the blue male and stroking his head.
“Maybe he's coming down with something.” Shadow thought.
“It's possible.” Scourge admitted. “I hope it'll pass soon though.”
“So do I.” Shadow said. “Well, I have to go, Meph just woke up and he's calling me. Tell Sonic I said hi and get well soon.”
“Will do Stripes. Tell Meph me and Sonic say hey and congrats.” Scourge chuckled.
“I will. Later”
Shadow then hung up the phone.
Scourge shook his head as he put his phone back on the bedside table. “Straight to the point as always...”
Then, he looked down at his sleeping boyfriend. He frowned, remembering some of the symptoms that Shadow described Meph having. 'nausea and tiredness'. No, it wasn't possible, Sonic couldn't be pregnant as well... Could he?
Scourge sighed heavily. He doubted it... It probably was just a stomach virus and he was sleeping it off.
Slowly, he stood from the bed and quietly made his way downstairs to make something for Sonic to eat when he woke up.
Hopefully, he'd be better by then.
As he made his way downstairs he could faintly hear the blue Uke groan in discomfort as he moved to curl up from the loss of warmth.
He made some food for Sonic and set it to the side as he made himself a little something to eat before he sat down at the table to eat. As he ate by himself – the table just not seeming right without Sonic there – he couldn't help but think about what Shadow said earlier...
'there's actually people in this world called 'hermaphrodites'. They can either be a 'chick with a stick' or a 'guy with the goods'.'
'Could it be that Sonic just so happens to be one of those kinds of people? A hermaphrodite? And he just doesn't know it?' Scourge thought. 'it could be possible...'
'And if he is... Then that means...' Arctic eyes widened as he realized why Sonic was acting the way he was. “Sonic's pregnant!”
