I woke up a couple hours later and rolled over in Meliodas' arms, kissing his lips sweetly and consequently waking him up. He grinned and kissed me back harder, eyes still closed and half asleep. He inhaled sharply as I slid my hand down his pants and grabbed his dick, stroking him slowly. His hand immediately groped my chest roughly, "This is my favorite way to wake up," he whispered, shoving me onto my back to pin me down and suck on my neck. I moaned in his ear quietly as he grinded on me, biting my neck in response. I pulled his shirt off, admiring his muscular body then stripped out of my own. His mouth found my nipples, licking and sucking each of them softly, a stark contrast between his attention to my neck. I was getting impatient, I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck, pulling his body closer to mine and whispered, "Just fuck me now please, Mel," before forcefully kissing him again. He grinned mischievously, "Well, well, well, someone's needy." He kicked his shorts off and yanked my own off before pinning my arms down, "Tell me how badly you want me," he demanded, immediately reminding me of the first time I'd slept with him.
I kissed his lips hard, "So badly, I'm gonna go insane if you don't fuck me right now, please!" He shoved his cock inside me, making me moan in almost a relieved kind of way, kissing and sucking on my neck again. "Ohh Meliodas...you feel so good," I panted out, I felt him smirk against my neck, proud of himself for making me turn into a mess every time he touched me. "You always have been a little slut for me," he growled in my ear, nibbling it suddenly and making me gasp, "Are you gonna cum for me?" I whined in anticipation, wanting him to stop teasing me and get me there immediately. He chuckled at my whininess, increasing his pace and fucking me harder, the way I liked him to handle me. Just as I was about to cum, I sunk my teeth into his neck, making him hiss in surprise as I'd given him no warning. It caused him to cum, the pain from my teeth and the pleasure from my pussy squeezing his cock was too much to take. I reveled in the feeling of his blood in my mouth and his cum in my pussy, eventually releasing his neck.
He smiled softly at me and kissed my forehead, "I love you, Ali. You're my world, don't forget that." I gave him a warm smile and hugged him tightly, "I love you too. The road to here was a long and painful one but I wouldn't change it for the world," I whispered, gazing into his blue-green eyes happily. He grinned and rolled off me onto his side, squeezing me against him again. "I could've done without the whole me dying and being an asshole thing, but other than that, yeah," he admitted, his voice wavering a little. I sighed, "Mel...that was like 35 years ago, stop feeling so guilty about things like this. I know you feel guilty about Asta thinking I loved my other kids more than him because you're his dad and not Zel...that's not something you need to feel guilty about either. If anything I should, it's my fault for not making him see I love him just as much as my other kids. I hope Rin and Mira don't grow up feeling the same way..." tears started to well in my eyes. He hugged me tighter, shoving his face in my hair, "No, I don't want you to feel guilty about that. We both tried to reassure him...he's just stubborn," he mumbled into my hair, "Rin and Mira know you love them just as much as their older siblings...especially Rin. He wants to be by your side constantly," he giggled.
He was right, his youngest mini-me was like my little shadow. I sighed happily and relaxed my entire body, enjoying this moment with him. It wasn't particularly late yet so I contemplated getting up but decided to stay put for a little longer.
—Astaroth's POV—
"Did you have fun in Britannia, Rin?" I asked him as we walked down the hall, we were heading to the garden in the back of the castle. It was my favorite place to go when I wanted some alone time, probably because I spent a lot of time with Mom there when I was younger. She told me the day Dad had visited the demon realm when I was conceived was the day Uncle Zel showed her the sunflowers he'd had put there. I knew Uncle Zel loved me like his own, but I also knew that that day was when he threw Dad out of the demon realm and asked him what he did to deserve being treated so horribly by Dad. It wasn't a happy day for anyone, and it made me sad at first, but Mom told me she always loved the sunflowers because it reminded her of how happy me being born had made her. That she was thankful that day happened despite the pain it'd initially caused.
"I didn't like the mean lady," he exclaimed bluntly, looking up at me with a scowl. It made me laugh internally, his face was too small for such a big scowl. "Merlin? Yeah I don't know a lot about her except she used to be a member of Dad's group but she switched sides," I replied, "Did you meet our big brother?" He nodded, "Mmhmm. He seems nice...Asta, Momma loves you. She doesn't regret you having a different Daddy than Azy, Niya, or Maimai. And when she was sad it was cause she hurt Uncle Zel...not that she made you with Daddy." I looked at him with shock on my face, "Oh yeah? Did Momma tell you that?" I couldn't believe Mom would say something like that to him but where else would he have heard it from? He shook his head, "No...I just feel it. You don't feel it? You should, you're like Momma and I now." I was even more confused now, I had no idea what he meant. How could he just...feel it? "It's okay if you don't know what I mean. You can learn. It's not like how Momma and Daddy can hear each other's thoughts, it's just feeling how they feel. Like you feel sad sometimes and Maimai feels worried right now," he commented reassuringly. We got to the garden and I sat down on the ground to stare at the sunflowers, he sat next to me.
"How do I learn then, Rin?" I asked him, curious if this was possible or he was just getting lucky at guessing what I was thinking. "I dunno, I guess just focus on mine or Maimai's or Momma's energy...Momma learned real fast but she's been alive a long, long time so that's probably why, she's smart," he spoke as he absentmindedly played with the dirt we were sitting in. I'd always been able to pick up the slightest differences in energy but now that I could feel Rin and Mom's, it was like I could feel two different types of wavelengths. Like a map of the castle, I could feel Rin right next to me, Mom and Dad were in their room, Maimai was with Yami and the girls, and Uncle Zel was with Azy. The others were scattered around. I closed my eyes and decided to try focusing on Mom since she was midway between where Rin was next to me and where Maimai was, the furthest away.
"Are you trying to focus on Momma?" he asked me, I peeked down at him from the corner of my eye, this was strange for me. "I am and I'm not su-" I started to say when it hit me all at once, my eyes teared up immediately. "You feel it right?" his quiet voice was laced with sadness as he picked up some dirt and let it flow slowly out of his small hands. "She feels...guilty...and sad? Because she thinks it's her fault I thought she didn't love me as much?" I looked down at him, extremely confused and shocked. "Yeah...you can't feel everything we feel and you won't always know why, but sometimes you can...Momma loves us all a whole lot," he smiled to himself as he drew our family as stick figures in the dirt. All of us were smiling. "I don't understand how this works, Rin," I admitted, though being 5 and born this way he probably didn't either, it was like breathing for him. He looked up at me, his big brown eyes were piercing my two toned eyes, "I don't know either, but I'm happy you and Maimai are like me and Momma now. I don't feel as lonely anymore," he admitted, it made my hearts hurt for him.
Had he been feeling lonely his entire life? Feeling all this emotion from Mom for his whole life must've been hard when he didn't have anyone else to talk about it with...well, besides Mom that is. I didn't understand what he meant until now and now that I knew how...I could feel the relief he felt from Maimai and I sharing this with him, Mom's guilt, and Maimai's anxiety. He stood up and wrapped his arms around my neck in a hug, "I love you, Asta. I'm sorry I hurt you, I didn't mean to," he sniffled. I hugged his small body against me, "It's alright Rin. I accept your apology and I love you too, little man."
—Amaimon's POV—
"Uncle Maimai, are you okay?" Lenny waved her small hand in my face. I could've sworn I just felt Astaroth's...feelings? He felt...guilty or sad...about Mom? I had spaced out when I felt it, it'd washed over me like a tidal wave. "Huh? Oh yeah, sorry Lenny...I just need to go talk to Uncle Asta, okay? You gonna be alright with Levy and Mira?" I asked her, I'd been sitting with them as they colored on some paper. She nodded happily and went back to her drawing, it was of her parents Azy and Iseldis, which made me smile. I started to walk out of the room when I felt a small tug on the back of my shirt. I looked down to see Mira's tiny hand holding me, "Maimai...you're not okay...I can tell, what's wrong? When Momma and Rinny came back...you have the same lonely look now that Rinny, Momma, and Daddy do..." Tears welled in her blue green eyes, she had Uncle Mel's eye, hair, and skin color but she looked like a tiny replica of Mom and Niya.
"What do you mean, Mira? We're all okay, little lady. We're not lonely...but I do have a question, why'd you lump your Daddy in with us?" I asked her sweetly, trying to comfort her but Uncle Mel wasn't the same as us so I needed to know what she meant. "I don't believe you...You have the same look in your eyes...Daddy's always had it just like Momma and Rinny but now you do and it makes me sad cause I don't know how to help you," her tears spilled over, making my hearts wrench. I patted her head, "Mira, we're not lonely I promise. How can we be lonely when we have all of the rest of our family? I'm gonna go talk to Momma and Uncle Mel then I'm gonna go find Asta, okay?" I reassured her then walked away, I was too preoccupied to keep trying to make her feel better. I felt guilty about it but not only did I need to know how I was feeling Astaroth's feelings...I needed to know why Mira thought her Dad had the same look in his eyes as us.
I knocked on the door to my parents room where I felt Mom and Uncle Mel. I knew better than to open the door, one because of privacy but two because the three of my parents were sex crazed teenagers and I didn't wanna see that. "Just a sec," I heard Uncle Mel groggily say, so they were sleeping. He cracked the door open, his blue green eyes half open. I stared into them intently as he asked, "Yo...what's up Amai?" I sighed heavily, "I need to talk to you and Mom, can I come in?" He stared at me for a few moments as if he was trying to comprehend what I'd just said, I must've woken him up in a strange part of his sleep cycle. He nodded, "Hang on..." he closed the door and I heard him mumble to Mom then some shuffling. The door suddenly opened wider, he stared at me sleepily and waited for me to come in then shut the door behind me.
Mom was sitting on the couch in their room, a little more awake than Uncle Mel. "What's wrong, Maimai?" she asked me, patting the couch next to her. I couldn't help but giggle, Uncle Mel looked like he'd fall back asleep in the chair any second. It was like Dad, he didn't wake up easily normally and usually Uncle Mel was the opposite but not right now. "Two things. I just suddenly...felt...Asta's feelings? I think? Also Mira asked why I have the same lonely look in my eyes that you and Rin and apparently Uncle Mel have, now. I figured it had to do with us being gods but Uncle Mel isn't, right?" I got straight to the point, Uncle Mel was wide awake now. Mom giggled, "Meliodas essentially was a god at one point, he had a tremendous amount of power, more powerful than the original Demon King who was a god created by Chaos. Perhaps that's why?" she pointed out. "But Uncle Mel...you still have so much power...is it not the same as before?" I asked him directly now that he was fully functioning.
He had his hands behind his head as usual, "No, it's not the same. I sacrificed that power to break mine and Elizabeth's curses and destroy the Ten Commandments before Az and Niya were even born. Right after the second Holy War ended. But your Mom here said the same thing about me before the first Holy War. I didn't wield that power because I was afraid of myself but it was still lying dormant inside my body. Maybe that's why?" he sounded as confused as I did. "But Uncle Mel doesn't have any godly ki, right?" I looked at Mom since she'd been like this since Rin and Mira were born. She focused on him for a little bit, I could suddenly feel all the love that she felt for him, it was intense, like a warm fire washed over me all at once. I never knew someone could love another that much, was this how she felt about Dad too? She tilted her head and giggled, "He does, just the tiniest bit. I'm guessing he was born that way but none of us knew. I wonder if your Dad does too?" He looked at her with a little bit of surprise then sighed, "Maybe anyone with godly ki just has what those who don't deem as a lonely look in their eye? I wonder why?"
Dad suddenly came in the room, "What's up, Ali? You made it seem urgent..." he glanced at me before sitting in the chair next to his brother. "I just needed to see something and it's easier if you're right here," she giggled at his unamused face. She focused on Dad and rather than fire I felt...tingly? Like I had an electric current going through me but it was the same intense amount of love she'd felt for Uncle Mel. She really did love them the same. "I don't sense any godly ki in you, sorry Zel," she grinned at him, he tilted his head in confusion. "Why would you think I might?" he asked her. "Mira says I have the same lonely look in my eyes that Ali and Rin and now Amai has. We wondered if it's something only those with godly ki have and so far it seems that way," Meliodas told Dad, who narrowed his eyes at him. "You have godly ki?! What the hell?!" he exclaimed, making Uncle Mel giggle. "It's faint but probably reminiscent from his original intrinsic power, Zel. He was likely born that way," Mom explained. He huffed, "Whatever, at least I still have my original magic." I couldn't help but giggle myself, watching my Dad act like a jealous sibling was comical.
"Mel, don't you dare," Mom scolded suddenly when Uncle Mel giggled and looked at Dad, "Maybe that's why I have two kids who are gods and you only have one." Mom made a rock appear in her hand and threw it, hitting Uncle Mel in the face right between the eyes, "Stop antagonizing him!" Dad rolled his eyes, "Whatever. At least all my kids have the same Mom." Now Uncle Mel and Mom were mad at Dad, "What the hell do you mean by that, Zel? Half my kids are from you and half from Mel, so what's that make me?" Mom growled at him, throwing a rock at him too. Dad started to stutter out an apology and looked at me. I shrugged, "I don't know what you're looking at me for, you're the one that said it." Mom glared at both of them then looked back at me, "Anyway, if your Dad and Uncle are done being fucking children...Maimai, you felt Asta's feelings suddenly because you both have godly ki now. You probably will feel mine and Rin's as well. Maybe your Uncle's but I doubt it since his is so weak," she glared at him again. I laughed, Dad and him were pouting and glaring at each other.
"So will I feel them all the time?" I asked her, I didn't know if I could handle this but then again, this is what Rin had been dealing with for all 5 years of his life. Not to mention Mom feeling his as well as everything with Dad and Uncle Mel and their bizarre connection between the three of them. "You won't, I don't feel Rin's all the time and he doesn't feel mine all the time either. I'm not really sure why it happens or why some feelings are felt and others aren't. It'll take some getting used to but you probably understand your baby brother a lot more now, don't you?" she explained. I nodded, the poor little guy must've been overwhelmed and if Mom was the only one like him, I didn't blame him for acting out. Dad and Uncle Mel had stopped pouting now, undoubtedly because of their connection with each other and Mom. They knew and felt each other's feelings but also thoughts and anticipated each other's actions. It was strange watching the three of them interact sometimes, they all still maintained their own personalities, thoughts, and feelings yet also had a collective bucket of all three. Like when Astaroth, Azriel, and I went with Mom and Uncle Mel to Britannia and were accosted by Arthur's Holy Knights, when Uncle Mel threatened them, I felt Dad's energy from him as well. Like they were both being channeled through Uncle Mel's body in that moment. It's why when they bickered it didn't last long and why they no longer fought over Mom.
I was only 3 months old when Mom got pregnant with Astaroth but Azriel and Niya were 12 or 13. They told me about the day Uncle Mel had come here and what Dad had said. They also told me that Mom wasn't herself for the first few months she was pregnant with him. I think they thought she was regretting it and didn't want him, but it wasn't that. It was that she was upset she'd hurt Dad again. She wanted my younger brother and was happy that it happened, she loved Uncle Mel and my younger brother was a product of that love. It was a strange feeling to suddenly know this and I wondered if Astaroth had this realization, and if what I'd felt from him earlier had something to do with it. "Okay, I'm gonna go talk to Asta now...Thanks Momma," I grinned at her, then snickered at my Dad and Uncle, causing them to both glare at me. They were over their argument between them but Mom was still pissed at them.