Alone.

Mystery pops out of the forest near the den as well just after Kih had and she chuckled lightly as she watched him sneeze and she would walk up to lick his nose lightly once the sneezing was done attacking him. She sauntered over to the den with him, sticking close to his side with her crown lied gently on his shoulder as she closed her eyes lightly and let him lead her with his pads.

Kihyah looked out at the sunrise the different hues it made as it started to creep into the sky as he stood on the edge of the stone, only taking a moment to take in the breath taking view before he'd look back at Mystery. His mate pressed into his shoulder he licks her crown softly before leading them away from the edge to lay down together, his torso hitting the ground and he impatiently waited for her to join him giving her a soft whine as he looked up at her with his gentle silver eyes.

Mystery opened her tired orbs for a moment when she felt Kih stop at the rock edge and she gazed at the sun rise silently but her orbs lit up slightly to show her interest in it. When she saw her mate look back at her then she closed her eyes again with a tired sigh before he licked her crown and her auds lied back as she leaned into the lick. She followed him again as he moved them away from the edge. Feeling his torso drop and his shoulder move out of reach her orbs fluttered open as she almost lost her balance when her leaning post left. Hearing Kih's whine to her then she lowered her frame to the terra and lied herself down beside him with her back against him while she slipped her muzzle under one of his fores. Mystery squirmed lightly then as her stomach had seemed to cringe at her movements and she felt sick to her stomach for a moment as she lied there completly still while she waited for the feeling to pass, looking up at Kih for a moment to see if he noticed her obvious discomfort as she lied there.

Kihyah had felt her discomfort from the tension in her muscles when she had grown still, he licks the top of her crown trying to soothe her. When she turned to look up at him he pulled back to whimper softly to her as she looked up at him, he licks her cheek once. " What's wrong?" he asked, concern held in his voice and eyes. His nose sniffing her lightly not smelling any blood or unfamiliar scents on her, he blinked worry lining every muscle of his face as he stared into her jades that were etched with gold staring right back at him.

"I dont know.. My stomach.. When I lied down I just felt sick.." She tells him, slowly relaxing now that she felt Okay for the moment and his licks had calmed her down a bit. She leaned up slightly then to lick his chin and the sick feeling shot back into her stomach as she moved and she pulled back, to quickly, whining she felt like she was going to heave up something now but having nothing in her stomach at the moment she just gagged and dry heaved, whining lowly and closing her orbs after it was over and she didnt move an inch from where she was.

Kihyah listens smiling a little when getting the lick to his maw, but when she draws back looking terribly sick he whines long low and softly to her. His first instinct was to lick her neck moving up to her crown, he whimpers when she dry heaves fear now in his eyes. When she shut her eyes he grew anxious and started to groom her softly, starting with her face. Licking up both sides of her maw, his silver moon like eyes shut as he runs his pick tongue up over the bridge of her nose to start at her crown next. Every inch getting a gentle cleaning reaching her ears he'd take gentle care of them before moving to her neck. He was wide awake now, anxieties over taking him so that he could not sleep even if he tried.

Mystery continues to lie there, her heart thudding slightly faster than normal and her breathing was heavier too as she freaked out inside her stillness. Kih's grooming was the only thing that calmed her, her breathing went back to normal and her heart didnt thud as fast as it had. Giving out a light sigh she opened her orbs, looking up at Kih lightly as he groomed her and she knew he was freaking out inside just as much as she was. She felt ok now the sick feeling just lingering softly in her stomach but she didnt risk moving, her muscles just relaxed slowly but never really untensed completly as she was almost waiting for something else to hit her.

Kihyah just continues to groom her nervously, until he has nothing else to groom not wanting to risk moving since she was obviously sick to her stomach he turned and laid his maw across her neck gently resting it there to let her know that he was there and would take care of her as best he could. His silver orbs looking at her deep concern now etched into the corners of his eyes he whimpers softly to her. His heart beat pounding hard in his chest as his anxieties only grew about the situation, well at least she had stopped heaving he thinks to himself trying to ease himself.

Mystery's eyes went slightly out of focus as she had started to backtrack in her mind as to what couldve caused her to be so sick so suddenly. Deciding it wasnt anything she did on her way back home to the den she kept going back, smiling when a certain thought came to mind of before they came home then suddenly her eyes came back into focus and her auds perked as everything clicked in her head. No.. It couldnt happen that fast.. It was just last night.. But.. The other times? She thought to herself before she made sure there wasnt any other possible explaination.. There wasnt. "Kih.." She breathed, "I know whats wrong.." Turning her crown ever so slightly to look at him she tells him, "I'm pregnant.." A smile spreads across her maw and her tassle gently started to sway as she breathed the two words.

Kihyah's banner starts to wave proudly behind him as his auds perk on his head, a grin spreading across his maw from ear to ear. He knew of such things but he never imagined having any of his own, having been with his mate for a long time now it truly was a surprise but a great one all the same. He starts to murr softly to her grooming affectionately down her shoulder and shoulder blade before tilting his head into her neck to nuzzle up it to her maw giving a few tender licks there as well. " There's...really no words to describe everything I'm feeling right now but I know of five that can pretty much sum it up. I love you so much." he murrs heavily kissing her softly on the cheek with a tender lick.

Mystery smiles widely back at him when she saw Kih's huge grin and her tassle swayed faster beside his as she took what she had said in. Her body finally completly relaxed now that she knew she was completly fine.. Well, more than completly fine she was amazing and she murred lovingly to her mate as he licked and nuzzled her and she did the same to him, the sick feeling in her stomach pretty close to gone. She listened as he talked then, licking happily up his throat and she smiled at his I love you. "I love you too.. So so much." She tells him, whimpering happily to him as she tried not to move a whole bunch in her excitment.

Kihyah licks her crown affectionately before laying his head down next to her, " Alright. That means sleep..." he smiles nuzzling softly into her closing his soft orbs gently close as he lets out a loud long yawn that parts his jaw wide before coming back down so he could lick his chops softly. Now that he was sound in the fact that she was alright, even more then alright the exhaustion of being up all night was catching up to him again.

"Alright.." Mystery slid her crown gently under Kih's then and yawned gently after hearing her mates yawn and she almost shook her crown lightly but she stopped herself before she could make herself sick again. Giving out a content sigh then as she let her orbs slide shut and she curled her tassle around her cold hind pads and tucked her fore pads gently underneath her chest while she cuddled into her Kih warmly.

Kihyah curls up into her more, wrapping his form around her gently before he starts to drift off to sleep. Thoughts filling his head as he started to slip into a dream about having their own pups, falling asleep as he imagined three solid black pups running out of the cave screaming daddy daddy as he returned from a hunt with food for them all. His tail keeping it's soft wag as his dream and sleep over took his mind.

Mystery moves her crown as she feels Kih curl up around her and she fit right in the little spot inside his frame. She placed her crown beside Kih's now, licking his cheek lightly before closing her orbs again and her mind drifted as sleep pulled her under and she started to dream lightly about what their pups would look like and her tassle swayed also along with her Kih's in her sleep.

Kihyah sleeps soundly through out the day, tired to say the least as he barely even moves in his slumber. When the sun starts to rise he finally starts to rise however not moving his eyes just squeezing them a little tighter as he wanted to sleep more but knew he had to be up to go hunting soon. He yawns softly opening his maw wide as the yawn over took him, he shakes his neck softly out as he blinked heavily trying to rid his silver orbs of the tired haze.

Mystery woke gently as she felt Kih moving beside her and she heard his yawn as her auds flicked lightly. Her eyes fluttering open gently she whines just slightly as the light jabbed at her orbs and she shoved her crown underneath Kih for a moment as she waited for herself to wake up more. After a few minutes she pulled her crown out from under him to set it on his shoulder and yawn lightly with a soft, cute whine before her enamels came together with a gentle click as she let her orbs get used to the new light.

Kihyah smiles warmly when she hides from the sun underneath him, his tail slowly starts to wag his own eyes were shaded by the lip of the over hang of the cave. He nuzzles softly along her muzzle before turning softly to lick at the side of her crown. Soft murrs coming from him as his eyes started to adjust when she pulled back to give a yawn he hadn't followed her but instead had watched her yawn, his smile broadening into a wide grin across his ivories before he'd give her nose a playful lick. " Good morning." he laughs softly.

"Mmm, we slept that long..?" Mystery asks him, giving his own nose a gentle lick before nuzzling into his neck with a gentle murr before she moved lightly to cuddle closer to him but the same sick feeling she had gotten yesterday morning jabbed at her stomach. "Ugh.. I know I know.. Dont move.. Calm down.." She grumbles to her stomach, continuing her nuzzling into Kih's pelt with slow gentle movments so as not to upset her stomach further before she started to groom lightly up Kih's neck.

Kihyah smiles softly, " Mhm...leave it to us to play a little TOO hard." he says before he'd lick her auds gently. " Hold still love, I'll nuzzle into you. Just relax and enjoy, think of it as a vacation before our lives get turned upside down. Not that it's a bad thing, but the vacations still nice...even if your sick half the time." he says with a light chuckle, not moving from her even though the sound of her being sick made him sick he toughed it out not wanting her to feel left out. He hated being alone when he was sick, it wasn't a pleasant time to take on all by ones self. So he murred happily and nuzzled gently into her neck, his orbs shutting softly as they enjoyed a lazy morning.

Mystery chuckles lightly when he comments on them playing too hard. "What are you talking about? Theres no such thing as playing to hard." She grins up at him as he licks at her auds and she murrs gently to him before listening as he talked again. "Alright alright.. I'll sit still. Thats a pretty long vacation by the way, fun stuff." Smiles up at him, slowly lieing down onto her side again as he nuzzled into her neck and she sat still after that, giving him licks to his muzzle whenever he got close enough.

Kihyah pulls back softly to lie his head down behind hers closing his eyes softly as his murrs echo off the cave walls, his tail thumping happily behind him. " I'm told it won't seem that long once the pups are here." he chuckles softly, " That's what I hear that is..." he smiles as he listens to her breathing for a moment along with the soft drip of water from the ceiling above the blue pool, her heart beating gently so much so that he lost the pulse at times. His breathing calming a little more as he relaxed, his tail slowing softly as he enjoyed the moment with her.

Mystery smiles and slides her crown back until she felt his chin against the top of her crown and she murred gently back to him, her tassle flicking lightly as it showed her happiness with him as they lied there together. "I dont think it'll seem like it wasnt long enough when their here.." She tells him, licking his nose lightly before she sat still again and listened silently for a few minutes. After a little bit she looked up at him, nosing his chin lightly. "What are you thinking about..?" She asked him for once, he was the one who usually asked her that.

Kihyah shrugs lightly, " Oh the usual...how much I love you, what it'll be like being a dad, going hunting tonight for some elk...a few things like always...what about you? What are you thinking about love?" he asks her auds cupping lightly towards her to listen to her answer, remaining cuddled into her just giving the waves of nausea time to pass before they'd get up for the day. " Also about passing the time here with you so that we can go out and face the day together when you're feeling better." he grins softly his murring picking back up right where it had left of to speak with her.

"Same as you other than what it will be like being a Mom not a Dad." She smiles, cuddling closer into him as she wasnt feeling sick much anymore and she started to lick lightly at his chin as she closed her eyes gently. Remembering him saying something about hunting she stops her licking for a moment. "Your going to let me go hunting with you..?" She asks, slowly rolling over onto her other side to face him and tuck her pads underneath him gently.