•Ghost BC• ~Oneshots and HC's~

Papa IV/Copia x Reader pt.2 - Pregnant

Continuation of Conceiving
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A few weeks later you started feeling sick and bloated. You couldn't figure out why, but you thought back a bit to what happens with Copia. Could you be pregnant? Probably not, but you decide to test anyways. What's the worst that could happen?

You test and wait a few minutes, still a little queasy, and you check.
Two blue lines.
Positive.
Your pregnant.

You stare at it for about 3 minutes, just staring at it.  There's no way.
You take another test. It's positive too.

You grab both tests and run to Copia's office.  You don't knock and throw the door open, scaring him and causing him to knock over a stack of paperwork.
"Y/n! What's the meaning of this!" He looks up at you.

You slam the pregnancy tests on the desk in front of him.

He stares at them with wide eyes.
"I-is this..."
"I'm not joking." You say.
He stares at them for a while, not sure what to do or say.

"Are you mad at me?"
"No."
"You seem mad."
"I'm not," you say.
"You're not?"

"Nope." You say. "I'm not mad at you,"
He sighs. "I'm just... worried..."
"About what Pa-"

"Copia," he corrects. "Please... it makes this feel... less strange..."

"Sorry, but what are you worried about?" You ask.
"I'm worried Seestor might force us to marry, since you're going to be my Prime Mover," he says. "And... not anything against you, I just..."
"You just don't want to, I get it."

"I just don't want to be forced into something, when I don't want to do it."
"I won't have her force you into anything, I'll make sure of it." You say.
"How?"

"Because if I leave, I take the future of the ministry, the Clergy, and the band with me," you say. "I have the leverage, because I have what she wants," you say. "I'll make sure nothing happens to you or the baby, I promise."

"You really mean that?"
"I do," you say. You give him a sympathetic smile and put your hand on his leg.  He gives it a quick squeeze before letting it go. "I'll get you out of this, Papa."

"I know you will." He sighs. "I just wish this wasn't happening to us." He rubs his eyes.
"I know, Copia, I know," you lean your head against his shoulder.

You both sit quietly for a moment. You notice his breathing has slowed down and his muscles have relaxed. You doze off, almost immediately. You wake up an hour or so later, to see Papa staring at you, with a soft look on his face.
"You're tired, aren't you?"

"Yeah," you say.
He rubs your leg.  "I'm glad you're here with me."
You look at him, and you notice his eyes have a far off look to them. You can still tell he feels awful about this. You reach up and lightly caress his face.

"When are you going to tell the ghouls?" You ask.
He sighs. "I...I don't know," he says softly.
"You know you have to, Papa. They deserve to know."

"I know, but... you see, ghouls are like children to me. I'd hate to upset them." He says.
"You know deep down they'd be more upset if they had to find out on their own," you say.
"I know, I know..."

"I mean it, if you don't tell them, they'll keep bugging you until you do. They'll never stop."
"I know."

"When are you going to tell them?" You ask.
"...tomorrow during practice," he says.
"Don't overwork them," you say.
"I won't," he says.

You sigh, and roll over to face him. "Promise me you won't overwork them, or push them too hard this time."
He nods slowly. "I promise."
You smile.

"Good. Now, go to sleep."
You nod, and snuggle up to him. You close your eyes, and within minutes, you're fast asleep.
You wake up the next afternoon, and sit up in your bed. You stretch, and yawn, and then notice Papa sitting in the chair by the window, looking out at the street below. You get up and walk over to him.

"Whatcha doin," you ask.
"Thinking," he says. he sighs, and rubs his face. "I don't know what to do about this." He groans.
You put your hand on his shoulder. "It'll be ok,"
"But what if it's not, what if Seestor-"

"Seestor has no power here," you say. "We do."
He looks up at you. "Are you sure?"
"I'm damn sure, she'll do anything to keep me here to have her heir, and hell, I'll do anything to strip away any power she could have had over what we do or how we choose to raise the baby," you say.

He sighs. "You are quite the confident woman, I'll give you that,"
"I like to stand my ground," you say.
"Well, you're certainly standing your ground, and I am glad of it," he says. "I'll try to be more like you, especially if this is going to be our first child."

You grin. "I'm glad too."
"So what do we do now?" you ask.
"We wait," he says.
You sit down on your bed. You look over at the clock.

"Just so you know, practice should start in about 20 minutes," you say. "You know how the ghouls get when your late,"
"Yeah, yeah, I know," he says.

You chuckle.
Before you head to sleep, you remind Papa again to make it to band practice on time and he rolls his eyes and waves you off.

~Time skip~

You walk down the the band room and knock on the door before opening it. You hear the music stop and you step inside. The ghouls look at you, happy to see you but confused as to what you're doing here. You look over at Papa, he gives you a weak smile.

"Is it time?" He mumbles.
You nod.

"Time for what, what's going on?" Dewdrop asks.
Papa sighs. "Ok, I have an important announcement," he says, straightening his posture a little more to try and look more confident.

"Uhhhh, ok... what's up?" Aether asks, setting his guitar on its stand.
"Um, via... odd... circumstances... Y/n is now my Prime Mover, and we are... we are expecting." He says, holding a fake confidence to hide his, still very apparent, fear.

"What?" Aether asks, taken aback.
"What do you mean 'via odd circumstances'?" Swiss asks.

"It's... a very long very complicated story."
"What the actual," Swiss says, looking at you with confusion. "What?"

"Long story short, we fucked after the tour," you say. "And now I'm pregnant."
"What?"
"What the actual," Dewdrop says.

"Is this a joke? Or is this real?" Rain asks.
Aether walks up to you and holds his hand out. "May I?"

You nod and he placed his hand on your stomach and closes his eyes. 
"I can definitely feel a life moving within you," He says. "Yeah, yeah your pregnant, this isn't a joke," Aether looks back at the others.
"I know," you say.

Rain looks like he's gonna pass out. "I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe this is real," He says, in disbelief. Dew looks over at Rain.

"Uh, you should sit down," he says.
Rain just stares blankly and slowly starts to sway to the right.

"Sit down, man, you're gonna fall," Dew says, grabbing Rain by the shoulders.
Rain slowly sits back down. "What's going on, why am I...?" He mumbles.
"It's just shock man, just stay sitting," Dew says.

"Welp!" Papa claps his hands. "Enough practice for today! Dismissed!" He turns quickly on his heals and leaves the room. You say goodbye and follow him.  You follow Papa up to his room and he flops down on the bed and groans.

"That... could have gone better..." he mumbles.
You sigh and sit next to him and rub his back.