25 ~ Cope

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"H-Has this ever happened before?" Robin examined the page, he was the first to get to the library since Harry shouted for the whole family to meet in there, he was going to attempt to ignore the fight from last night. "No, not from my generations anyway-"

"What happened? Harry? Louis? Are you okay?" They heard Anne's heels click as she came down the corridor, she peaked her head around the entrance and sighed, seeing them all safe. She made her way down the steps and towards Robin, Harry and Louis.

"L-Louis cut his finger and it went on the book and-"
"A new page?!" She gasped, pushing past Robin and skimming the new folio of knowledge on their situation.

"Read it to me Harry, I don't have my glasses." He began, running his index finger under the first paragraph, "no matter what gender, the baby grows incredibly quickly compared to just shifter born or human born foetus'. Ranging from it being fully developed in two to four months."

Harry looked around for Louis, "that's why it's already kicking-" he nodded but as he was about to continue all the boys came in laughing, shoving each other boisterously. "What's up?" Sebastian scoffed while the four of them crammed in between their family, Louis getting pushed back and forth.

"The book's changed?!" Dexter smiled excitedly, making Harry frustrated at how happy he sounded, "I'm trying to read it, if you would shut u-"
"Let me see!" Jordan nudged Louis out of the way, sending him even further backwards so he couldn't even see the thing that was actually for and about him.

Dexter span around, watching Louis fall. "Maybe you should just go downstairs for a bit while we all sort this out-"

"No!" Louis yelled, the family paused and circled to the shortest person in the room. Harry caught his eye and grinned a little, loving how he was sticking up for himself and against his brothers.

"Y-You can't do this! I-I want to know everything and anything I can, I know you are all my family now but you can't just push me out of an opportunity to learn how to cope with...this." Louis looked down at his bump and stroked his hand across the thing inside of him. "Please."

Anne took Will and Sebastian's shoulders and reared them out of the way for Louis to go to his husband at the table. "Thank you," he muttered, as Harry took his hip and the brothers settled, being quiet.

"A-As I was saying..." Harry left the first paragraph and made his way to the Male part of the chapter. It showed a diagram of where the baby was growing and labelled it.

The baby was apparently in front of Louis' intestines, making its own womb for it to live in. "It would have to be born via caesarean section with shifter doctors, it is normally a difficult procedure and the few operations that have occurred, the mothering Male has..." Harry gritted his teeth at the end of the sentence, Louis' breath hitched as his nails gripped the edge of the desk.

"D-Died."

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Louis stumbled to Harry's bed, sitting down from the pain. He wiped away the tears that formed in the corners of his eyes because of yet another terrible outcome that could surround the boys in a few months time.

The discussion of the consequences was still going on outside, Harry came in and closed the door behind him, the brothers disagreeing on this being true and it still just being fun and games.

Harry stood with his back planted to the wooden entrance of his room, out of breath from crying. "L-Lou... t-there's still a chance-"
Louis shook his head and didn't look up.

"Har-"
"NO! No! Don't you dare say anything like that Louis. Y-You can't go, y-you can't leave me-" the gap between the two closed as he ran towards Louis, hugging him tightly while he was leaning over him.

"I'm not going to leave you Harry, I promise."
"P-Please keep it, please." He collapsed between his thighs and begged, begged for him to stay alive.

"I promise." Harry calmed but still had his head down.

"Harry?" He hummed, "please can I tell someone-" the bed dipped as he sat up off of the floor, "Lou- your mum, w-we can't Louis I'm sorry-"

"Ariel... I want to tell Ariel."

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