The Boy With A Child

Chapter 31

Primrose's POV
In the middle of the night, I felt someone laying next to me. I heard Onyx.

"You're cruel."

"Is that so? Would you like to tell me, what makes me cruel?"

"You went to bed, without me."

"Well..I didn't want to wake you. Your pain meds, make you so tired."

He kissed my neck.

"Shit. I didn't even think about that."

"How does your hand feel now?"

"Eh."

"Just "Eh"?"

"Mhm."

"How many times, have you been stabbed now?"

"No idea."

"Been shot?"

"Maybe like 4? I don't like to keep track."

"I don't blame you."

He put his hand on my chest.

"I wish, I kept my cool back then."

"Let's not go down that road again. It's okay. It happened. That's the end of it."

I kissed him.

"Everything, is in the past. Let's move on from it."

"I like the sound of that."

He put his arm around me. One of my hands went on my stomach while, the other one was on my chest. He kissed my stomach.

"I'm so excited. I didn't think, Marionette would ever get a sibling."

I kissed the top of his head.

"I think, you're more excited than, me and MJ."

"Yeah. Probably."

"You're cute when you get excited."

"You think so?"

"Mhm."

I ran my fingers through his hair.

"You deserve to be happy."

"Have I mentioned that, I'm glad I have you?"

"Yes. Many times. I've told you the same thing."

He yawned.

"Go back to sleep. It's fine."

                              Onyx's POV
The feeling of her fingers through my hair, always ends up relaxing me. I felt someone's arms go underneath mine. I opened my eyes. I looked and saw the top of Marionette's head. I smiled. I kissed the top of her head. I heard her crying.

"Princess? What's wrong?"

"She's scared to sleep again."

"Oh no. Did you have a bad dream?"

"Mhm."

Please don't be about me.

"Was it the same one as always?"

"I-I was getting hurt. Sophie just..laughed at me."

"D-did she do that?"

"No. Daddy? I thought monsters didn't exist."

Primrose and I just looked at each other.

What the fuck do I say to that?!

I couldn't find the words to, respond to that. I held her closer to me. My hand was killing me but, I had to do it. I was up for the rest of the night.

"Nyx? Have you been up all night?"

I nodded.

"I-I feel like I lied to her."

"I-I knew that's gonna be a problem for you."

"How do I respond to that?"

Primrose kissed me.

"I'm sure, you'll find a way soon."

"I feel like, a bad dad."

"You're not. You just want to do what every parent does. You want to protect her. She'll understand one day."

"You think so?"

"Mhm. She'll probably do the same thing when, she has her own kids."

I picked up my injured hand.

"Did your pain meds wear off?"

"I'm good for right now."