162. Unnecessary Burden

Niel watched Elric quietly, his hands on the baby bassinet as he rocked both Luca and Lusha to sleep. It had been a daily struggle doing it alone for the twins never surrendered to a slumber without Niel's presence, often leaving Elric feeling dejected.

The two infants had their googly eyes wide open with not a wink of sleep in sight, as if mocking Elric's attempts to coax them into sleep. They appeared entertained by his relentless efforts waiting for him to give up, or maybe it was the fact that him and Niel had just fought yet again, shifting the air in the room to a rather tense one.

Elric had wanted to leave and follow up on what had been happening with Yeon's situation but his fated vehemently refused, labelling him a hinderance to the operation.

It had been a tug of war, each of them daring the other to go to the extreme while none of them acting on it; and seeming how heated their arguments had become, the help was dismissed by Niel after Elric had gone to breastfeed once the twins had awoken.

It didn't end there. They continued to debate inside the infants' too, Elric often loosing it however, despite his raised voice, somehow, Luca and Lusha seemed unbothered while they sucked away onto their pacifiers.

"We can take them with us!" Elric had whispered.

"No, we don't have to be there! Why risk even more danger upon ourselves? Yeon's dad already assured us they have enough manpower as it is..."

"I promised Yeon I'll be there if something like this were to happen in future!"

"And what are you going to do there? You'll only be a burden to everyone!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"None of us know what Mora is capable of, or whoever may be behind this. It may be her father or it could as well be Mijin calling out for attention by using her brother. Nothing has been confirmed yet."

"Then you go!"

"Absolutely not! You'd sneak out as soon as i leave!"

"Do you have any idea how Yeon felt when he didn't have any witnesses during his first attack? He was dejected! What about second time when Mora blackmailed him and he had to share the same roof with her? He was scared shitless! His life may be in danger babe he needs a us!"

"Keep your voice down will you? And stop swearing in front of our kids!" Niel whispered back, pointing at the bassinet. "Look, even if I wanted to go I can't leave now. Yeon's parents assured us all would be fine since the police are involved. Stop meddling and being irrational about this."

"Irrational?"

"Be smart about this Elric, you've already done enough by tracing Yeon's location..."

As much as Elric hated to admit it, he knew Niel was right to have stopped him from going. He'd concluded moments later upon calming down. Still, finding out that Mora had a team to help her escape just showed how much influence she had while under supervised detainment and outside.

"Can't you just use your scent? We have been at this for hours and they are still gazing up at me." Elric spoke begrudgingly, his eyes on the Luca and Lusha.

"I told you they'll become dependent to it. They need to rely on their own scent and sleep normally."

Elric looked up at Niel, his expression sarcastic. "You've done that several times whenever you'd want a quickie. What's stopping you now?"

"Can we argue later please? I'm exhausted."

Sighing, Elric replied, "We've never fought this long, and I hate that you were right about the matter. Who knows? Anyone of us could have been shot dead today."

"Language please. Luca and Lusha are picking up words as we speak."

Elric frowned then stopped rocking the bassinet. It was no surprise to him that the moment the ended, they began to whimper, followed by a loud wailing.

"I'll take over. You can rest your arms for a while."

"They don't want to feed, my scent has no effect on them. Only Haesol accepts me..."

"Not all infants are the same. It's not your fault either so stop comparing them to Haesol."

"I know you don't like her because she's Mijin's." Elric smirked. "Have some fucking empathy babe will you."

"Elric, please. Language..."

"Yea yea...I know. You've been nagging me the entire evening." Elric still felt irritable and opted to leave, lest he lost his temper yet again.

Upon his fated's departure, Niel let out a sigh of relief when the door shut. A few minutes apart from each other would probably be best for each of them to cool down abit. Besides, the news concerning Mora was rather upsetting. The last update they'd received was from Yeon's dad confirming that Yeon had been found but not in a good state and that they were on their way to the hospital. It had been hours now and no update concerning Mora and the men that took Yeon.

Thinking back, he laughed at how petty their argument had begun from the threesome suggestion to Elric's major concern being that Niel was with him out of obligation, while in Niel's point of view, they wouldn't have been fated if Elric hadn't wanted to screw around with him out of fun. Now that he was more calmer, he found it ridiculous to have encouraged their tiff to grow. He put the blame on himself, wishing to have stepped down earlier and be the bigger person. "He is probably still going through postpartum stress." He said to himself. "Even so, how can he be so irrational to think of bringing the kids in the middle of a police operation? I've never seen him this upset and irrational before even while he were pregnant."

Looking back at both Luca and Lusha, Niel smiled. He extended his hand and tapped his index finger to each of their noses. Funny that both of them had his features more than Elric's. Maybe that was why he was more jealous. "Cut him some slack will you? At least tomorrow, pretend to drink up a little longer so he can leave me alone, okay?"

Niel laughed at himself when all the response he got were baby babble sounds. Maybe it was true that both Luca and Lusha were draw to him though he knew this to be temporary. The older they became, the more attached they shall become towards Elric.

After rocking them for a little longer, Niel fell into the temptation of using his scent to put them to sleep. Good thing Elric hadn't been around to nag him about practicing what he preached.

"What happened?" Niel asked, seeing his fated deeply lost in thought once he got to the living room.

"I just spoke to my informant and they confirmed everything to be settled, for now."

"From the look on your face, this is not good news why?"

"Two people died from the gunshots."

"What?"

"Don't worry. No one that we care for, and I was right to think Mora alone had been involved."

"How did she escape though?"

"I don't know but the guy that was with her was her lawyer and lover, or so I'm told. Mora committed murder too."

"What?"

"Let me put it simply. She suffers from an incomplete marking and the only person who could have helped her, died by her hand. That means she will continue to constantly experience recurring heat cycles which I'm betting are torturous considering she'd been drugged while in heat. Additionally, even if her marking was to be completed through intercourse by another, she'd still succumb to painful heat cycles, forever trapped in her own agony. Being psychotic is a demerit to her healing, not that she will ever recover. She was laughing at her own demise. Now, she is a murderer who shall be charged and will be convicted. That seems to be her fate for presently.

Her latest act confirms her a threat to Yeon's life. The pictures she'd had of him, his hair, random videos of him. Who knows what sick plans she'd planned? Just thinking of what she did to her brother leaves a bad taste inside my mouth. She would probably have done worse to Yeon."

"Yet you wanted to go, with the kids..."

Elric scowled. "Are we still on that? You were right and I was wrong. Haven't we already established that?"

"Pardon me." Niel laughed. "So, that threesome thing, are you still into it?"

Elric's face suddenly lit up. "You'd approve?"

"If you still want it, why not."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, though since it would be my first time, I hope you don't mind if I watch before joining in."

Clapping his hands excitedly, Elric inquired. "Where are we going to do it?"

"Here, inside the playroom."

"What about the kids?"

"We'll send them to your mom's. She'd be excited and we'll use the excuse that we are little taking a little break from parenting."

"Sounds like a great idea."

"Good. Then, pick a date and let me get ready. I hope he is into bondage."

"You have no idea."