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“I’m becoming a father.”
No one said anything. They all just sat there, staring at him with their eyes as wide as they could get and their lips parted in confusion.
“You’re kidding, right?!” Joe asked.
Finn shook his head and bit on his lip again.
“Well, wha-, who- ha?!” Ian seemed to want to ask questions but couldn’t make the sentences.
“You know my assistant Clara, right? Well… she’s the mother. We’ve had feelings for each other for quite a while now, but none of us said anything until… this one night we kind of got drunk and you know the rest. We started officially dating after that, but when I was about to tell you, Aiden’s situation happened and then one week after Hector came around, she told me she was pregnant. At first, we decided to, um, you know, abort, but then, none of us could get through it. We even went to the clinic, but canceled the moment she was about to go in.”
“You’re seriously becoming a father? Like… for real?! A FATHER?!” Max shouted, unable to control his joy.
“Yeah… I guess I am…” He chuckled nervously and looked down at his fidgeting fingers.
“She must be in her 5-6th month? Right?” Aiden asked, hugging Edwin tightly from behind as his eyes sparkled with excitement. He had always been whipped for kids. Finn nodded without looking up.
“So? Boy or girl???” He almost screamed with how high his voice was.
“It’s a girl!” Finn smiled brightly as he replied, looking up at the older who squealed and jumped up, ran to him, knelt in front of him, and hugged him as tight as he could.
“I’m so happy for you, Finn! We’re gonna have a little adorable princess running around.” He said as he felt tears gathering in his eyes.
Finn was someone who never showed any interest in anyone, and that was when it suddenly hit Aiden. His blood froze as he leaned back and looked at him, terrified. “But… do you love her? Or are you just being together for the baby?” He hesitated while letting each word out.
Finn chuckled and punched his shoulder lightly. “Of course, I love her, dumbass! I wouldn’t sleep with her if I didn’t. She’s the cutest. You’re gonna love her!” There was so much passion pouring out of his words and his eyes that Aiden couldn’t help but break into happy tears for his friend as he hugged him again.
“I’m sorry, these are happy tears!” He said with his shaky voice as they all laughed at him.
“But Finn… your parents…” Brad started and was cut off by Ian. “Are they okay with this whole thing? They’re so conservative…”
“They were not, actually. They were this close to murdering me, but that’s when the next big news comes. We’ve been busy arranging everything and you’re all invited to my wedding next weekend.”
Again, no one said anything. They were all looking at Finn with their eyes so wide, their eyeballs could pop out any second.
Max and Ian looked at each other and both let out a very high note noise that had the rest of them bringing their palms to their ears and wincing at the frequency of it as the two hyper men/children jumped up, and hugged each other before running to Finn, literally throwing Aiden to the side and squeezing him between themselves.
“You’re really an adult now! I can’t believe it. I’m a proud father.” Ian exaggerated as he rubbed his head on Finn’s chest.
“Hey! You’re not married, nor are you having any kids, and YOU are the proud FatHer? If anyone’s a father here, then that’s me!” Finn said as he flicked the two annoying/lovely’s foreheads and had them let go of him with a big laugh.
And then, not even a second later, his whole face fell.
“Oh my god… guys…” Finn said, and everyone stopped their laughter and looked at him in worry. “I’m gonna be a father. Oh fuck! IM GONNA BE AN ACTUAL FATHER! What do I do? I don’t know the first thing about kids! Oh my god I’m gonna be a horrible father!” His breathing pattern got messed up as he seemed really close to a panic attack.
Edwin jumped up and sat beside him, having Max move aside. He started rubbing Finn’s back as he told him to follow his lead in breathing in and out. Not three minutes later, Finn was calm again with Edwin’s help.
“I know this came to you when you didn’t expect it at all, but it’s here now. Your cute baby and your soon-to-be wife are with you now. And I know you, Finn. You’re a very kind and caring person. You’re gonna score the father AND the husband role. You love them both, don’t you?” Edwin said with a warm tone as he kept on rubbing soothing patterns on the other’s back.
“I love them. I love them so much. I couldn’t stop crying when we heard her heartbeat. I cried longer than Clara.” Finn laughed with his eyes full of tears.
Edwin chuckled as he looked at him. “There’s no need to be afraid. There’s still time to learn. I believe you’re already going to those classes they have for new parents?”
Finn nodded at the question.
“Amazing. You’ll learn all the essentials by the time the princess comes, and we’re all gonna be there to help you. Something tells me we won’t be able to get Aiden and Ian out of your house anymore.” He laughed as he looked back at Aiden who was just looking at him with all the love there was in the world. The older just smiled at him and sniffled.
“Let’s go shopping tomorrow, then. All of us. Aiden has to help me pick a suit.” Brad said excitedly as he smiled so wide, his eyes disappeared.
Aiden noticed Joe had been silent this whole time and turned around to see what the reason was. Just as he had expected, Joe was sitting there, silently crying tears, looking at them. When Joe noticed Aiden, who was approaching him, he stood up and hugged him. “I love us.” He said in such a spoiled tone that broke everyone’s teary state into loud laughter. Seconds later, everyone joined them and they group-hugged for minutes. They were a damn good group of friends.
After a while, when they were all calm and composed again, Brad cleared his throat.
“I have to tell you something, as well. I’m not a father or a husband, but I’ve been seeing someone. Actually, you know her. Mia.”
“Tiny?! You’re dating tiny?!” Aiden screamed yet again from where he was, wrapped in Edwin’s arms.
“You call sis Mia, tiny?!” Max asked his brother in disbelief.
“Well yeah! We’re pals!” The older replied, shrugging and looking back at Brad.
“Hmm, we met through tinder. Actually, I wasn’t expecting much, because well, it’s tinder we’re talking about! But she’s a great woman. She’s just so passionate about her work and the patients. She’s so busy but always finds time to go out with me. I just can’t wait for us all to hang out and let our girls get to know each other as well. I’m sure they’ll become good friends.”
“Wow! I’ve never heard Brad talk so much! He must really like her!” Ian teased the older, and they all laughed and decided to have a gathering with the two new people in their lives soon.
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It was 3 AM when the boys left. Normally they’d stay the night, but since they were going to meet tomorrow to go shopping, they decided it was best to sleep at their own places.
Aiden pinned Edwin to the wall as soon as they were alone. He would have kissed the soul out of his gorgeous boyfriend sooner, but he knew the other was super shy when it came to those acts and didn’t want to put him in an uncomfortable position.
Pausing the kiss, he looked deeply into those big eyes that were looking back at him in surprise.
“What?!” Edwin giggled and pecked his lips again, leaning back against the wall he was pinned to, imprisoned between two muscular arms at each side of his head.
“I just love you so freaking much.” Aiden said, not able to tear his eyes away from him. The way he had comforted Finn, made him sure that everything would be just fine, had been so damn hot. Not in a sexual way, in a ‘how can you be so damn perfect’ kind of way.
“I love you too, baby. Can we take this to bed, though? I really wanna lie down. My back is killing me.” Edwin said, caressing the older’s cheek with the back of his hand and placing a quick kiss on his nose.
The younger took one of Aiden’s wrists and took the palm to his lips as he kissed it before intertwining their fingers and making the other follow him to their bedroom. They washed up. Aiden dried his lover’s hair with a towel while he sat on the counter next to the sink.
“Lie on your stomach.” The older told Edwin as they got into the bed.
The other followed and let his head rest on his arms. He didn’t even need to ask to know Aiden was going to give him a massage. The older moved and placed each of his thighs on either side of his thighs as he started massaging him, starting from his neck, to his shoulders, downward.
They were silent. Aiden focused on the way his fingers moved and Edwin deep in his own thoughts.
“Aiden…” He called, and the other hummed.
“Why didn’t you and Ian hug tonight? You know, when everyone was hugging you…” He was talking slowly and in a quiet tone.
“Why do you ask?” The older said with the same tone as he continued massaging him.
“I just don’t want you to avoid each other because of me. I’m not gonna make a fuss out of a hug.”
Aiden’s hands stopped as the older tilted his body to the side to be able to maintain eye contact with him. Edwin looked to the back as well, so that they could see each other in that position.
“It’s not because of you, baby. Why are you so precious?!” Aiden said in the softest tone as he brushed Edwin’s hair out of his eye.
“Then why? Everyone hugged each other, everyone hugged you except Ian.” Edwin said as he turned around slowly, making Aiden rearrange himself and move in between his legs.
“It’s not that easy…” The older said as he let his fingers run up and down on his boyfriend’s lean thighs. “We used to be together, Edwin. Meaning, we’ve been close and Joe had been there, seeing and hearing us going at it. He might not show it, but he really hates it if Ian’s attention gets divided. I’m sure Ian didn’t hug me because he didn’t wanna risk upsetting Joe. He’s as much whipped for dimples as I am for you.” Aiden explained as he wrapped the younger’s legs around his waist and leaned down until their faces were just barely away.
“What do you say we buy some curtains for our bed tomorrow? I really loved the shadows they made on your flawless skin, defining every shape and line on your beautiful body.” He whispered as his hands caressed the fragile skin carefully and in a feather-like touch.
Edwin bit his lip and arched his back as he kept looking at him and circled his slim fingers around the muscular biceps. “I say that’s a brilliant idea.”
Aiden smiled at his lover genuinely and pressed their lips together once again. The younger melted right away and let his hands travel to the black strands of hair, bringing him even closer.
“Thank you for loving me.” Aiden whispered into his ear just before the dreamland took over them.
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