Unknown Last Night

Kris Mackwood

It was going to be the beginning of the third week of Kris's pregnancy tomorrow. He was planning on taking Lan out to dinner tomorrow and share the good news with him during that dinner. Kris was planning on giving a pacifier in a ring box to Lan during their dessert, he hoped that Lan would get the idea from it. So now he was in the 'fifth' baby shop he entered during the past three hours, he still could not find the right pacy. He wanted it to be blue, as he was sure that the twins inside him were boys, no girl would kick him this much. And he wanted some sign on the pacy that indicated two babies. He had gone through thousands of pacifies during the past few hours but none of them caught his attention. That was when his eyes met 'the pacy'.

It was royal blue in colour and had two angels as a carving. It was rather unusual for a pacy but Kris did not mind it, this pacy was just up to the job. He went to the cashier and paid for it, there was 'buy one and get one free' offer in the store, so Kris got another pacy for free. He happily took the pacifies and made his way out of the shop. He was just setting his foot out of the shop door when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He suddenly stopped as his hand went to his chest. The pain was gone as soon as it came. He knew that this kind of pain could only be felt by a vampire when one of their family members was in danger. 'Mike' his mind screamed as he fished out his mobile phone from his pant pocket. He dialled his twin's number with shaking hands. He had a gut feeling that something was going wrong.

"What's up, bro?"

As these words were heard from the other side of the phone Kris visibly relaxed.

"Mike, are you alright? Did you get hurt?"

Kris asked in a worried tone. Something must have happened to Mike, Kris's instincts never lied to him.

"Nothing, bro. I'm fine. I just cut my finger while preparing dinner. Hold on, it just happened. How did you know it already? How come you've become extra sensitive since the day you mated?"

Mike questioned Kris. Kris knew that it was due to his pregnancy that he had become extra sensitive.

"Maybe after Lan mated with me, my powers increased."

Kris said smiling awkwardly. He could not tell the truth to Mike, not before telling Lan about it.

"Okay then, take care, Mikey."

Kris told and hung up immediately before Mike could question him and find the truth. Then he looked down at the bag which held the pacifies and smiled imaging Lan's face after knowing the truth. He happily walked to his car which he parked nearby and ignited the engine to head home.

When Kris got home, he knew that Ming and Lan were already home as he saw their car in the parking slot of their house. Lan was pacing in front of the door waiting for Kris. Kris had gone out without informing Lan and Lan was getting worried as Kris was getting late. Ming was already in the kitchen preparing their dinner, which was pasta. Kris hid the pacifies in the cabinet inside his car as he knew that no place in the house was safe to hide them. Then he turned to the back seat and grabbed the groceries he had bought earlier before he went 'pacy shopping'. Kris was originally planning on spending about one hour to find a pacy but as he could not find the right one during that one hour, he had spent almost four hours hunting the right pacy.

Kris slowly got out of the car, holding the grocery bags in front of him as a defence. He knew that Lan will be raged for not informing him about this shopping fiesta. Kris prepared his ears for the loud scoldings he will receive from his mate for skipping their round of lovemaking before dinner, but what actually happened left Kris speechless.

"Oh my god, angel, you are alright."

Lan said these words as he ran towards Kris and hugged him tightly, sandwiching the grocery bags between them. Kris could hear the eggs inside the grocery bags crushing from the impact, without thinking twice he dropped the groceries to the ground and hugged back his mate. He could feel Lan's heart beating rapidly inside his rib cage as if he was going to have a heart attack. Kris did not think that going out of Lan's eyes for a few hours would worry his Lan this much. If he knew he would put Lan in such a state before going out, he would have never gone pacy hunting, ever. As Kris hugged back his Lan, he felt warm droplets landing on his shoulders. His Lan was crying and the reason was his own stupidity. Realizing that he was the one who put his Lan into this state, tears started pooling in Kris's eyes.

"I am sorry, Lan."

Kris whispered repeatedly as his tears slowly streamed down his eyes. As Lan came to know that his angel was crying he loosened the hug and cupped his angel's face.

"Angel, please don't cry. Please don't cry."

Lan said in a soothing voice, wiping off Kris's tears with his thumb. Kris looked into Lan's eyes and gave a long deep kiss to Lan on his lips.

"I'm sorry, Lan. I didn't know, I would worry you this much."

Kris whispered as he broke the kiss and hugged Lan again. The scent that emitted from Lan soothed Kris's mind as the warmth in Lan's arms relaxed his body. Lan hugged back Kris and stroked his back, soothing his angel. After some time Lan felt that Kris had finally calmed down, so he loosened the hug and said,

"Come let's go in. Ming prepared pasta for dinner."

As the word 'pasta' reached his ears, Kris's face brightened up like the stormy clouds leaving the sky as the sun came up. He ran inside the house leaving Lan outside with the abandoned groceries. Lan picked up the grocery bags shaking his head while thinking about his 'recently became greedy' mate. For some reason, Kris was craving to eat Ming's pasta and this was the fifth night in a row, they were having it. It was not that Ming's pasta was bad, it was rather tasty, but it was getting kind of sick to eat it every day.

While Lan was outside, Kris was already inside gobbling down his first plate of pasta. For the past few days, he always had four plates of pasta for dinner, while a surprised Lan and Ming stared at him in horror thinking that he will get sick for eating in such a speed. After Kris finished his fourth plate of that night he felt full, so he stood up and washed his plate before he placed it on the rack and went to the bedroom that he shared with Lan. This was the daily routine. Ming and Lan did the dishes after dinner while Kris cleaned the house every morning. This chore gave enough time to Kris to sneak out the ring box that he bought the other day, into his car while he acted like he was having a stroll in the moonlight. Lan had actually prohibited him to step out of the house alone after it got dark, but Kris had a habit of taking strolls at night since childhood, so Lan could not stop him.

After his 'stroll' Kris came back inside and went to their room, Lan was already there dressed just in his pyjama pant. Lan never slept with his pyjama shirt and Kris had already given up trying to make Lan wear it. Deep down Kris loved it when Lan's firm chest pressed against his back when they spooned. Sometimes Kris would also remove his shirt so they could share their body heat under the quilt. Kris stripped out from his clothes and took his pyjama suit out of the wardrobe. Normally this would be the time when Lan pulled him to the bed for their daily lovemaking rounds after dinner, but today even after he dressed up in his whole pyjama, Lan did not make any move.

Kris slowly went to the bed and sat down beside Lan.

Lan was already seated on the bed with his legs crossed, which was odd as Lan always sat on the bed with Kris between his legs while hugging Kris from the back. Kris felt odd with the situation, his heart screamed saying that something was very wrong. Lan slowly stretched out his hand and stroked Kris's now chubby cheeks with his long fingers. Kris reached into this gesture as a cat purred into his master when they are stroked. Lan suddenly pulled Kris to his lap and hugged him while stroking his back. Lan rested his head on Kris's shoulder and he slowly whispered,

"Angel, promise me that you will never let me go, that no matter what happens you will wait for me, that you will believe in my love for you. Promise me, Kris."

Kris was literally dumbfounded. He did not know what had taken over his Lan to make him think that Kris will leave him or forget him. Kris smiled softly and replied.

"My Lan do you remember the promise I gave when we first kissed. I will never let you go, even death cannot tear us apart. Even if we die I will come and find you in our next life and every other life till eternity."

As if Kris's words calmed down all the storms in Lan's heart, Lan broke the hug and pulled Kris into the sleeping position.

"Let's just cuddle and sleep tonight. Is it okay with you, angel?"

Lan asked and Kris simply nodded. He was not the horny one in their relationship if Lan says no making love tonight, Kris was okay with it. Lan tightly held Kris from behind as his life depended on Kris's body and slowly drifted into sleep. Kris also slept peacefully in Lan's warmth not knowing that it will be his last night feeling this warmth for a long time.