Reunion((Kazuma))

[Teneile]

Three weeks.

It was torture to the young red head and yet with the help of Gastian it had been bearable, if just. She wasn't good, she didn't sleep well, and she barely ate, but Gastian had been living with her for three weeks now making sure she got the bare minimum of what she could. It would take days and days to recover from all of this, but she could do it, if only he would come home. They talked a lot and Gastian took her to visit when she could which sadly was only on sundays, she missed his touch and she missed his smile. He was miserable in that place though she did her best to make him feel better, even giving him an ultrasound picture of the twins, that were forming in her stomach as he stayed in there. She took him books, and tried to do what she could, touching was kept to a minimum incase one of the guys went off, and so it was very hard for Teneile and Kazuma who were such a physical couple.

Gastian had recieved the call that Kazuma was being released today, one day early, but he had not told Teneile, knowing she would go all out with a party, and everything when Gastian knew it would be best for them to just be together, for a day or two. Alone. And so it was then that he had brought the redhead outside, she had been dedicating herself to doing nothing but working non stop on the nursery. The babies weren't even due yet, but the nursery was almost done. She had bought and had delivered a matching set of the furniture and things they had bought in New York some time back, and so that each of the children would have a place to sleep on their own.

"come on now, relax, he comes home tomorrow and you don't want to be all puffy and fainty when he gets home he'll be angry." Gastian said as he sat on the swing sideways. The swing was a bench swing and it hung beneath the house, where they could see the ocean and smell it, much time was spent down here lately, it was the only place she would sleep. Gastian sat so that his legs took up the whole bench as a dancer, he was in excellent shape. Teneile's rump was in between his legs and her body was leaning up against his chest as he swung, one foot on the ground to keep the motion steady and gentle as he lulled the redhead to sleep. She was showing more now, as much as she had with little Zea towards the end of her pregnancy.

Teneile finally passed out as Gastian stroked her hair and helped her sleep. Sometimes he was happy he was gay, girls were a pain in the ass to deal with, and yet at times when they were so vulnerable, he sometimes wished he wasn't.

[Kazuma]

Three long weeks, they had felt so much longer for Conrad being in the clinic. It had been torture for him not to see her but at times it had been for the best especially the first few days as the pumped him with detoxifying and nutralizing agents for the juice running free in his system. Those nights had been the worst so bad part of kazumas bill was to replace a bed and the door to his room. But soon after that period had been over and he was finally thinking a bit again for himself his days were spent quietly the only thing keeping him sain that first week was knowing Teneile would visit him once they allowed him to have visitors.

That first Sunday had brought hope back into his life, he had been sure she wouldn’t come and would have left him. But she had come to visit and reassured him she was still his, even bringing him some books. Their first meeting had been a blessing even if it had been monitored and watched but the guards of the clinic. In the past it had happened that a patient had attacked his visitor and so meetings were always watched to some point.

Time went on and Kazuma got better slowly, his mood swings and violent tendencies calming as he spent time here. It did though remind him of prison at times, the guys were monitored at all times for the fact that everyone was a loaded gun waiting to go off. Their time was either spent in their rooms, in common areas or in the facilities gym which help relieve a lot of tension in the air. He day that teneile had brought him the ultrasound had been the happiest day besides their marriage, and it had been that picture that had driven him even harder to beat this and get back to were he was truly needed.

A white minivan pulled up to Their home “Don’t worry mister Sagara…they wouldn’t have released you if they didn’t think you were ready” said the driver who have been an attendant at the clinic as well. Kazuma was nervous it was written all over his face. The knuckles on the hand around his suitcase were white. He loved her so much and wished to be their but he was still afraid of himself and the idea he may have broken this marriage far beyond the line of repair.

“Thanks” Kazuma said as he opened the door and stepped out. He was still larger then he normally was though not nearly as bad as he had gotten, but while his body was still different his eyes were the eyes of the man she married and not the idiot he had been a week weeks ago. He knew were to go Gastian had already told him were he and Teneile would most likely be when he got home and so he walked to the bench swing which lay beneth the house.

There they were and he dropped his suite case seeing them…seeing her.He knew her form so well and he could see the bump she had now, it was the same bump she had with Zea. He walked closer moving quietly. And Gastian looked up at him cold eyes looking at the giant man which could snap him inhalf. The swing stopped and he maneuvered himself from under her, letting teniele lay there.


When he came close to kazuma the husband only had one question “How is she” he asked softly
“Shes a wreck thanks to you” Gastian said as he jammed his finger into Kazumas chest. “Shes barely eating anything besides her shakes..and shes not sleeping at all…and yet she’ll still mention how she misses you even though you don’t deserve to be on the same continat as her” Gastian said angrily Kazuma could barely look at him . The make dancer shook his head “I’m going into the house to gather up my things…I’ll see you to when you get back inside”

He said leaving Kazuma who could only walk over to the bench she lay on and gently pick her up with his arms. He then sat back down on the bench sitting her body in his lap laying her head against his shoulder which she seemed to cuddle right into In her sleep.

He would rock with her and let her sleep holding her the entire time. Waiting for when he eyes opened

[Teneile]

It was a dream. Certainly it was. For Kazuma would't be back til tomorrow, and today would be the longest day of her life. She sighed as Gastian moved, she couldn't sleep without being held anymore, and gastian had come in handy. Though she refused to even go in their bedroom, Gastian had been using the spare, and she had been working non stop on the nursery, getting everything perfect. Perfect for when he came home. She heard hushed but harsh whispers as she shifted on the bench, she groaned almost waking when arms took her again and settled her against a large warm body. She snuggled up her overly exhausted body settled back into him. She had.. not been to see the psychiatrist. She couldn't bring hersself to do it, as much as Gastian wanted it, she was afraid that with her past and now with Kazuma the doctor might tell her to leave, and she knew she couldn't do it. Not til he got a second chance.

She felt a hand on her cheek, and lips in her hair, and on the skin of her face. She slowly woke. In three weeks no one had done the for her, Gastian must have lost his mind. She inhaled the scent that lay aganst her nose, it was.. no.. she must still be dreaming. She grumbled in her half sleep.

"Kazuma come home.." she would whisper softly as she nuzzled further into his large broad shoulders. She could feel a smile on lips at her cheek.

She heard her name.

That was all it took. Her eyes shot open, as dark circles as they were, they were wide and bright with surprise as before her was the man she wished to see the most. Tears poored from her poor over tired eyes as she pressed her lips to him passionatly hungry for a kiss and to make sure it was him. Sure enough, his hand went to her legs, and she knew then it was him. The kiss broke as she just sat there in his lap staring at his face.

"It's.. really you.. all those nights.. the dreams.. but this time.. you're really here." she whispered as she looked into his eyes never once tearing her own from his, she couldn't bear not to see him right now.

"How are you?"

[Kazuma]

‘Teneile” he said her name softly and got a reaction he could have only prayed for. She was tired and he could see it but before he could utter anything or react her lips were pressed against his own hungrily kissing him truly for the first time in several weeks since his behavior had begun to change. His hand traveled to her legs stroking them. They were still his weakness when it came to her and loved to caress them while they kissed.

When it broke she stared at him and went off. She clearly wasn’t sure it was him and he knew what that was like having dreamt about her so many times when they had been apart. “After a hello kiss like that you can only imagine how I’m doing” he said with a light smile. His hand came up and cupped her cheek within it “I’ve missed you baby…missed you so much” he said to her lightly before leaning back in and capturing her lips once more, needing to feel them against his own right now.

He let it break softly “How have you been…have you been eating alittle bit more” he managed to ask her as he held her unwilling to let go. One of his hands were already cupping her little belly from were she was showing.

[Teneile]

She had missed him too. There was no need to say it, he knew it from the kiss and the kiss alone as she looked into his eyes. He reached up and she did her best not to flinch. She had even flinched at Gastian a time or two, but slowly she was getting used to the fact that she was not going to be hit. She smiled softly at him and he asked her how she was doing. Her eyes fell for a moment as she lay her head on his shoulder and watched his hand come to her stomach that was growing a bit. She wouldn't be able to dance during this pregnancy. She would be far too big. She reached down and pulled up the tshirt she wore that had stretched out over the bump and let his hand rest on her bare stomach, a long sigh of relief came as tension seemed to flood from her body.

"I .. am okay." she said honestly. She wasn't good or great but she was okay. She wasn't fine, but she was okay, it was the only word that summed it up. But she wasn't bad.

"I .. try to eat." she said softly. "But.. I .. don't want to cook, and raw beef makes me sick with the babies, and so I just kinda stick to the shakes you made me last time." she said looking up at him again.

"Please don't be mad. I .. try I do! I ate veggies yesterday!" she said looking up and pleading with him. "Maybe now that you're back.. I can.. be better still."

[Kazuma]

His hand rested on her bare stomach now softly cradling around the bump that had formed there. She looked cute when she was pregnant, she had possessed such a glow around her when she had been carrying Zea always running her hands over her stomach looking so serine as she did so. They were memories one which he cherished even though Zea had never grown to know this world, Kazuma and Teneile still loved her even if they had never truly met her.

She told him something that worried him, she had tried to eat but couldn’t seem to manage mainly sticking with the meal replacement shakes he had made for her last time. They were good, packed with protein vitamins and amino acids but it was still not as good as real food for her. She pleaded with him not to get angry, that she had tried and even managed with some vegetables yesterday and all he could do was hold her. He held her for all that it was worth shushing her alittle trying to bring down her worry.

He didn’t blame her for being scared, it was his own fault that she couldn’t fully trust him anymore not to be angry and not to hit her. He swore he would never lay a hand on her again but it was a promise of just words with nothing right now to support it. “We’ll fix this” he whispered to her. “This…this is all my fault and I want to fix it.”

“Our babies are going to come to this world knowing us the way Zea would have known us …happy, in love, trusting each other and always smiling” he sighed “But to do that the first thing we have to start doing is getting some real food in you…how about we go inside, and I can cook us something…any thing you think you can manage to eat? “

[Teneile]

"I know.. we can do it Kazuma." she whsipered.

His hand on her stomach would send her to sleep if he didn't stop soon. It was very relaxing when he did that for her, giving the twins something to relax with and giving Teneile's ever growing body a bit to relax as well. She snuggled up in his arms as he told her that she would eat now if she could. And he would cook for her just as he had before, when they were alright. He said he wanted the twins to know the parents that Zea would have known had she had the chance to be born, and Teneile smiled. she wanted them to know that family too, she wanted them to be loved and know the parents that would be happy and love them unconditionally.

"I want eggs, and sausage." she said with a smile. "You always make really good breakfast. And.. I want coffee.. with the vanilla in it." she said as he rocked her there on the swing his hand stroking her stomach.

"I .. want to make you dinner tonight. Maybe.. we can grill.. the dogs would like that a lot. How about steak? And we can make mashed potatoes and veggies." she said as she looked up at him and pulled her shirt back down over the bump that was now her stomach, but it was cute, she was one of those women that adored being pregnant.

He picked her up and she clung to him as he began heading up the stairs with her, she could hear Gastian calling his lover to come pick him up saying Kazuma was home and that his work here was done. As the couple entered the house Teneile got out of Kazuma's arms and her small arms wrapped around Gastian who had grown close to the red head over these past weeks and held her close. You would think if nothing more, he was her brother the way he looked at her and touched her cheek.

"You'll be alright kiddo." he said with a smile as he kissed her forehead. "You know my number, and you know where I live, you can come over any time, and you have to anyway because I want updates on the kiddos, Lord knows they're too cute for comfort when I saw them at the doctors." he said with a smile.

"I know." she said as she nodded and Gastian took her head in both his hands.

"And you better eat, I mean it, no more losing weight, you're too skinny as it is, so eat kay? Cuz he's home you have no reason not to now." she said as he stroked her cheek with his thumb.

"Okay." Teneile nodded softly as he hugged her tightly. They had become very close in the weeks that had passed. They stayed like that, Gastian clinging tightly to the young dancer. His eyes closed, a soft smile on his face.

"Call me okay? Cuz, I'll worry if I don't hear from you." he said as he pecked her cheek and picked up his bags and headed out without so much as a word to Kazuma. Teneile looked over at Kazuma now that they were alone and smiled softly.

"Want some juice?" she asked Kazuma as she opened the fridge and got out the carton of orange juice getting some glasses out of the cabinet.

[Kazuma]

They went inside, he looked forward to cooking for her and watch her eat something. He had nodded to her idea to grill tonight but he wasn’t sure if she was going to really be in any shape to do that. After he got her to eat the next thing he wanted to see was her in a nap, he wanted to fall asleep with her just for a little bit an lay in their bed which he had not been in for so long with her.

Inside he let her go and he watched as she went over to Gastian without so much as a seconds pause and wrapped her arms around him. He hated to see her hug other men but this was okay, Gastain had been there for her when Kazuma couldn’t be. He had let his life slow just to take care of her the way you would expect a real friend to do so. If it had not been for him Kazuma feared that he would have had to call his parents to the west coast so that she would not be alone while he had to be gone.

He didn’t say a word to Kazuma, he didn’t blame him. He knew her friends would hate him now and for a long time to come, it was just something he was going to have to learn to live with. He left and Kazuma looked at Teneile. “Yeah sure…some juice would be nice” he said to her

While she poured the Juice he went to the fridge and pulled out the eggs and the sausage from the freezer. He really didn’t want to waste much time as he got everything out. First thing he did though was set up some coffee for her, while she was restricted from caffine during the pregnancy a cup wasn’t going to kill her and if it got her to eat then he could drink a whole pot for what he cared

“So…what did you guys do this last week while I was gone?” he asked her softly. “It feels like I’ve missed so much being away for so long”

[Teneile]

She poured him some juice and sat it down beside him and the stove as she pecked the back of his shoulder softly. Leaning against him she took her comfort from him for a moment. She moved away from him and sat at the table, she couldn't really get on the counter without help anymore with her stomach the way it was. She put her juice in front of her and sipped it softly while he asked her what she and Gastian had been up to lately. She sighed for a moment and took a sip of her juice, he likely wouldn't like the idea, Gastian had basically taken over Kazuma's spot in everything except making love. Teneile wasn't the kind of girl to cheat on Kazuma, even when he was gone for three weeks.

"Well.. we walked a lot on the beach, and he took me downstairs a lot to help me sleep, cuz.. I couldn't. Umm.. he helped me work out a little in the dance room but kept me on half an hour only because of my pregnancy and lack of intake." she said as she put her jawline in her hand and looked up.

"But.. umm.. what I worked on most was when he slept, and it was the nursery. I .. finished it.. it's what I've been working on since you were gone and, it took a lot of work but.. it's perfect in every way. I spent a bit of money to get it perfect but.. it'll always be perfect til they come home, and get to live in it." she said softly with a soft smile on her face.

"Gastian kinda did things around the house. Mowed the lawn, cooked food, tried to get me to eat, held me so I could sleep, we watched a lot of TV and he went to my doctors appointment with me. He wouldn't let me drive so, he had to go." she chuckled.

"How was.. umm.. the clinic?" she asked softly.

[Kazuma]

He listened as he began to set up everything, he felt so out of sorts, it was a familiar feeling but he was getting back into it. It sounded like Gastian had did a good job to keep her occupied. But it seemed that what she had done the most was the nursery the very thought of the room made him smile. The room would not be perfect though for him until both little bundles lay in their cribs, only then would he be happy.

She asked him how the clinic was and he sighed a bit just as he put the sausage in a frying pan and began to crack a few eggs. “It..It kind of reminded me of Rikers” he said softly, she knew nearly everything about his past so he knew she would understand what he said. “The food was better though” he joked “And..they gave me time to think when we were locked in our rooms for the night” he sighed “Their doctors made me go to counseling three times a week…said I was a special case because…because you and me”

He beat the eggs, adding a small amount of spices to them and a small amount of shredded cheese. He figured she always was a fan of cheese so it was always a safe bet to add it to her eggs. The next thing that could be heard was a sizzling as he poured the eggs out into another pan. When he was done he reached out and took the juice she had poured for him and drank some he looked over he turned to look at her.

“I was given a number…to a different counsuler…one for wives and girl friends” His eyes looked down at the floor “Their not really suppose to give relationship advice but…its some one to talk to, they said she was once in the same situation a long time ago so its not like shes just some therapist with no experience” he turned back toward the stove

“Did you have Gastain clean out the rest of those drugs like I asked?” he asked softly “those things weren’t safe for you to touch” he said as he took the spatula and began to break up the cooking eggs.