WHO: Greed & Zoe w/Jonah and Theseus WHEN: January 15th [Backdated] WHERE: Zoe and Jonah's apartment, Pharmacy WHAT: Period math WARNING: Violence, more than one person peeing on sticks
Zoe was sure Jonah wasn't happy with how much time Greed was spending at their place but the snow was piling on the city and it was easier for him to be at her place. She wore a super warm sweater/sweatshirt thing that showed off her naked shoulders and went down past her hips that was perfect for snuggling. Right now tho she was sitting on the sofa and painting her nails . It was a very summery tropical peachy pink fade. She held up the nailbrush, "Come on, let me paint your nails..." she said to Greed. _____________________________________ "Why do you want to paint my nails? Pink is so not my color." He called over from the kitchen fixing his favorite tea. He hardly drank anything else. He liked the way it smelled.
He looked up, coming over with two fresh cups and snuggled in beside her, making sure he jostled her enough for a peach streak of polish to go right across her finger. _____________________________________ "You'd look pretty!" she said with a grin as she worked on her pinky. "Thank you--" she started to say when he got her tea and then cried out, "Hey!" and pouted at him as he caused her to get polish on her finger. "Just for that, I'm gonna use the hot pink one." she wiggled her fingers at him for him to give her his hand. _____________________________________ He took a big swig of tea, mumbling as she reached for his hand. "One. One finger." He wasn't going to let her paint his whole hand, not pink. She was crazy. _____________________________________ She grinned and let out a happy squeal, taking a sip of her tea first before she held his hand and started to paint his fat finger's nail pink, "You want a different color on the other four? I think I have black, gold, red, and snowflake in the bathroom..." _____________________________________ "Gold?" He was like a dragon with a hoard. The mention of gold was his weakness, for Greed it represented money and expensive. He wasn't even thinking now how tacky it would look on his nails, though he would bathe in gold if he could. _____________________________________ She nodded and looked at him as she finished his finger in the pink, "Uh huh.... should I get it...?" she raised her brows as if she was trying to tempt him. _____________________________________ "Like shiny gold?" His eyes practically had stars in them, swirling around his dilated pupils in circles. _____________________________________ She chuckled and wrinkled her nose, "I'll show you..." she got up from the sofa and waved her hands just in case they weren't totally dry, "But I'll dump you if you get gold teeth.." she said as she walked into the bathroom and rooted around for the nail polish. _____________________________________ "I've had a few gold teeth before. Back in the old days." In the beginning when things were a little different than they were now as far as hygiene. He actually had a mouthful. It was a way to metro his gold safe when he was running low. _____________________________________ She came back with a sparkly classy gold, well it would look classy on her, might not on him. "Okay but if you get them again, automatic dump." she sat down again and shook the bottle to show him, "Want me to give you a manicure too?" _____________________________________ "I've gotten those before. Please spoil me." It wasn't unheard of for fancy guys to get a manicure. It got rid of all the dirt and grime and made him sparkle. Just like his bright white teeth and his golden highlights. _____________________________________ She grinned, "You're such a girl." she put her legs in his lap to better hold his hand and she worked on shaping his nails, "I bet you get facials and spend hours at the salon." she looked up from what she was doing to say, "I already know you have more products than I do." she pointed the nailfile at him, "Which makes me sad." _____________________________________ "I like being pampered and made to look good." It was all a part of the outside visual. It was important. Though Zoe could argue he looked good in a paper bag and a beard. He liked being clean cut and handsome. "There's nothing wrong with a little product!" It didn't count that his entire bathroom was full of hair and every day hygiene products. _____________________________________ She picked up the gold nail polish and turned his hand so she could start painting his nails (which had nice rounded tips), "OKay... but you don't need any of them. I wake up to you. I see you without your products in your hair, before you wash your face, when you got scruff and drool on it and you are still more handsome than any other man in New York." _____________________________________ "What are you trying to say?" She was a purist when it came to him being in his natural glory. She liked the scruff, the fluffy, blonde hair, walking around in flip flops and t-shirts. But Greed was all about style. _____________________________________ She shrugged as she painted another nail of his, "Nothing.. just you seem to try awfully hard to be handsome and I don't understand why. You're beautiful naturally." and she wasn't saying it in a hippy dippy beauty from the inside way. _____________________________________ "Well I like doing it up a little. Makes me irresistible." He watched her with an odd curiosity as his nails gradually turned a.unique shade of gold. It shined in the light, bright and glittery. He was entranced. _____________________________________ "You already are." she looked up and smiled at him, "I think you're your most kissable in the morning, with nothing on you but scruff on your face and your natural smell." he wore expensive aftershaves and colognes but she liked him smelling like skin and soap. Fresh. She blew on his fingernails before taking his other hand. _____________________________________ "So now I'm not irresistible?" His smile wilted. Like he lost his edge with all the fancy fixings and clean face, not a five o'clock shadow. Note she was painting him gold, did that make it worse? _____________________________________ She laughed and leaned in to kiss his cheek, "You're the vainest little girl I've ever met." the fact he could even question it was so hilarious, unless she was really mad or hurt, he never had a hard time getting her to say yes to him. _____________________________________ "You didn't answer my question," his face turned grumpy, she was making this sound so much worse than it was. _____________________________________ Her mouth dropped open and she pinched his nipple through his shirt cause he was being a brat, "You're a handsome jerk at all times, there." _____________________________________ "Hey!" He jerked his unfinished hand from her to rub the afflicted nipple. What was she trying to do? Rip it off? Those were not easily replaced! "I can't get a new one of these..." He was being a big baby, it was part of the Greed package. _____________________________________ She grinned, "Aww, I wouldn't want you to.. I like these, they're cute." she put her free hand on his pec like it was a boob and groped it. _____________________________________ He popped her hand, turning himself away from her gropes. "That hurt." As if it had actually made him bleed. He'd had far bigger scrapes and bruises during sex, her playful pinching was nothing, he was just found what he did best when being overly dramatic. _____________________________________ She put the brush back in the bottle, "Oh I'm sorry... okay, from now on, I promise I will never ever grope you again." she closed the bottle and put it on the table, bringing her hands to herself, "Ever." she knew how to handle him when he was being a gigantic man child. _____________________________________ "I didn't say that! I just said no ripping my nipples off...unless we're in the middle of foreplay. Then I'd be okay with it. And groping is always an open door." He was being a big brat, she deserved it with her titty twister. _____________________________________ She looked mock thoughtful, "Ohhhh okay, I get it. So you're saying no groping your moobs annnnnd no foreplay." she furrowed a brow as if to see she had that right. She was totally teasing him and enjoying it. _____________________________________ "No!" He sat up straight, forgetting completely that her nail polish now had him matching his shoes and his watch. "That is not what I said!" He grabbed for her hands to put on any part of his body he could without her squirming away. "Grope! By all means!" _____________________________________ She burst out laughing and struggled as her hands landed on his chest and his thigh, "Nooooo, you don't want groping and foreplay!" she waved her hands around, her hands going all over him. But her hands did end up on his chest and she pinched both his nipples through his shirt this time for being a baby. _____________________________________ He smacked her hands again. "I said they're attached!" Fine. If she was gonna be so rude he'd give her something to grope. Which was what he had nicely tucked under those slim-fitted jeans. Now he'd seer her eyes go wide. _____________________________________ She blushed a pink that matched her nails when he moved her hands to his jeans. She shyly leaned forward and her hand rubbed against the crotch of the pants before her nails scratched lightly against the material to send little vibrations through his junk. _____________________________________ It was the little surprises that perked the Sin's curiosity and kept him interested. She still had cheeks like rose petals and didn't once look him in the eye, but the action was enough to get him going. He jerked her into his lap, his hands sliding over her perfectly round rump, pushing her closer to him and quickly turning this sweet little moment into something hungrier and sexual. That was what he said in that silent but tasty kiss. _____________________________________ She let out a surprised noise that ended in a muffled mmmm against his mouth as her arms went around his neck and she kissed him like she could only kiss him here, with all her passion. Before things got too heated, she broke the kiss and furrowed her brow, a little out of breath as something had been niggling her since she saw a box of her tampons in the bathroom when she got the gold polish, "Um... do you remember when we started..." she pointed between them, "you know... being together..." she said in a way that implied she meant sex. _____________________________________ He made a another lunge for her mouth.she was talking, they didn't need to talk now did they? "I don't know, a few months?" Ew, was she on the rag? Doing thst thing mortal girls did that he still want used to. _____________________________________ She looked worried, "What? Really?" She frowned and stayed in his lap as she counted on her fingers and did what every boyfriend except him would recognize as 'period math'. At the end of it she looked troubled and confused, "You... I mean, you said you can't... right?" she pointed at his crotch, "You can't make... I mean... you're firing blanks, right?" _____________________________________ "What are you----" he counted with her but he had no idea where she was going with this. "I don't care about the blood, I'll still dive in." It would be weird, but a first for everything. Then she started to sound a little panicked. Pointing, asking if----"well yeah. I've been having sex for centuries and nada." Lust has never been pregnant, and it was a good thing for the excesses, at least between them didn't cause anything reproductive. Whatever the Sins did have world be destroyed by their own bodies in some way. He'd never heard of his siblings getting pregnant. _____________________________________ She started chewing on her newly done nail as she thought about it and shook her head as if she was mentally talking to herself, "You're sure?" she shook her head again, he just said centuries so of course he was sure. She took a deep breath and said the dreaded words that followed period math, "I'm late..." _____________________________________ "Yes I'm sure. Don't you think there'd be mini me's running around by now? Fuck yes I'm sure." But he's never had sex in the presence of a Virtue. He was tempered, things had gotten a little shifty. He wasn't sure what long term effects would do to either of them. "What do you mean you're late? Late for work?" He didn't deal with these kind of conversations because they never came up. _____________________________________ She covered her face with her hands and then dropped them and looked at him, "My period. Is late." oh god, this stupid lovable man of hers, she had to get him to enroll in biology at a high school or something. She took another deep breath, "Remember how I told you that a woman gets her period every four weeks? Okay, you and I have been having sex longer than that and I haven't gotten my period...." she knew he would never be able to connect the dots so again, took one more deep breath and said, "Which could mean nothing... could be stress.. hormone change, my body isn't used to the sex... or....... pregnancy." _____________________________________ "Yeah but aren't you taking stuff or whatever?" They'd fibre it in Kansas without anything except her pills and this didn't happen. "You're not pregnant there's no way." But he couldn't be certain. Were there televising with Virtues? Temp want Charity though, she didn't negate him. They were fine. Fine. _____________________________________ She looked sheepish and more worried, "No.................." she said in a tiny voice. She threw up her hands, "We'd broken up! And you'd said that you couldn't have... so I thought, and I didn't expect us to get back together and do this..." _____________________________________ "Why'd you stop? Of course we were going to get back together!" He would have worn her down until she said yes eventually! It didn't matter, there wasn't any way...was there? _____________________________________ She looked at him in frustration and her hands were open as she shook them back and forth, "I didn't know that!" she frowned and looked on the verge of panic as she said, "AND you SAID you COULDN'T!" so when they did get back together, she didn't bother being careful, he was sterile and she didn't plan on being with anyone else. _____________________________________ "I've never impregnated anyone before!" Hell, he should have been the poster boy for shooting blanks! She was freaking out and he didn't know what to tell her. This was new. "I don't know do Virtues make shit happen?" Since they were the opposite of Sins and all. They hadn't exactly told Jonah about it yet, so he was still trying to keep that on the down low as long as he could. _____________________________________ Her mouth dropped open and she said with her voice raised without meaning to, "I'm not pregnant!" though it was more like she hoped she wasn't. She stood up off his lap and put a hand to her head because of the head rush. "What? You think Jonah could make you..." she pointed down the hall towards his room, "Are you serious? They don't even want us being in a relationship but his Virtueness can put a Sin baby in me!?" _____________________________________ "I don't know!" She expected him to give a straight answer. In truth he wasn't around Virtues enough to know what any ling term effects happened. She was off him in a split. "I'm not diseased for fucks sake."
Jonah heard the commotion, and he couldn't help but hear Zoe's loud exclamation. As soon as he opened the door, Samson came bounding down the hall to whimper and cry to get in Zoe's lap. "What's going on?" Jonah asked concerned. This was turning into a nightmare. _____________________________________ "I'm not saying you are." she said as she looked at him with a slight glare as she started to pace, she just needed to move around. It would help somehow. She scooped Samson up and held him like he was a stuffed toy for comfort as she kept pacing, "Nothing!!" she shouted at Jonah when he showed up and stuck his pointy nose into it. Maybe she was freaking out a little bit. She just needed to take a breath. _____________________________________ "Are you pregnant?" Jonah asked, "you kind of screamed it." And here Greed was looking so smug. "Is that possible?" He liked to Greed exJonpectantly. This was a disaster. _____________________________________ She turned red and her mouth dropped open, "No!" and then she frowned and said pathetically, "I don't know.." in a smaller voice.. she hugged Samson to her, forgetting for the moment that this was none of Jonah's business really. _____________________________________ Greed shrugged in reply with his hands up. "I don't know! It's never happened before. There's also never been you around before. It's probably your fault!" He pointed at Jonah like he'd made it all happen in the first place. _____________________________________ She looked at Jonah, "Could you do that? It doesn't make sense right...?" she knew the church was all about making babies, but with a Sin? _____________________________________ "Why is this my fault?" Jonah put his hands to his chest in defense. "God I hope you're not pregnant with a Sin, I'd almost hope it was someone else's." Greed popped an eyebrow upward. "Did you just suggest she slept with someone else?" Seriously he was going to wring Jonah's neck and snap it. _____________________________________ Zoe's eyes went wide and she stalked over and smacked Jonah on the arm a couple of times while trying to juggle Samson at the same time, "Are you saying I had an affair and got knocked up!?" she had thought the situation couldn't get worse and here was Jonah proving her wrong. _____________________________________ "I'm not saying one way or the other. I didn't think he was capable being a Sin." Greed stood and made a lunge, knocking Jonah to the ground which set Samson off into a defensive tizzy. "Why would it be someone else's when you're the king of sex is bad shit!" For that Greed punched him in the face. He'd only been waiting to do it forever. _____________________________________ Zoe was stunned when Jonah didn't even try to retract his insult but stuck with it in that he wasn't sure if it would be someone else's baby. She went, "OH!" when Greed jumped on Jonah, the puppy jumping down and barking at the two. "Chance!" she grabbed his arm before he could hit Jonah again and pulled on it, trying to drag him off the Virtue. This was not going to get them anywhere. _____________________________________ Greed was ready to wail into Jonah's oh so perfect and gentle face. It made him mad. The dog had a hold of Greed's pant leg and was tugging on it as hard as he could go in between growls and muffled barks. The Virtue was grabbed by the collar of his shirt with Greed ready to drag him across the apartment with his facedown into the floor. "Fuck you fucking Virtue." Jonah did not fight back, but he took a few more punches from Greed who was ready to wail that puppy across the room. "Get the dog off me!" He was going to kill it if it didn't stop. _____________________________________ Good Lord, he was a behemoth! She was like a little paper doll trying to stop him. "Chance!!" she yelled his name again and when her pulling on his arm did nothing, she dropped to the floor to where Jonah was and held up her hands in a protective and pleading manner, "Please!" he scared her when he went darkside like this... he'd done it before when he hit the police officer and he'd ended up shoving Zoe. She cowered, ready for the blow if he didn't have the sense to stop his rampage. _____________________________________ She didn't scream at him to stop and that was probably the only saving grace. There was a lot of anger coming out just looking at Jonah's face, like he still felt the Virtues were doing this to get him in a trap to destroy him. Lust's niggling may have died down to a dull poke, but ever so often those worries bubbled up and made a guest appearance. This was one of those times. He stumbled off of Jonah, clenching his fist as if he still needed to punch something. The puppy still had a grip on Greed's pant leg, jerking it about because in his little doggie mind he was hurting his owner. He let go when Jonah sat up, trying to focus. He couldn't even scold Greed right now for his nose pounding all the way through his eyeballs. _____________________________________ Samson ran into Jonah's lap, licking his owner's face as if to see he was okay. Zoe scrambled up and went to Greed with great concern on her face as if he'd been hit instead of Jonah. She put her arms around his neck and held him to her, when he did that it scared her. Last time he punched a Virtue, she'd checked on Patience first and then was ready to go with Greed. But this time Greed came first. _____________________________________ Jonah had to get through the pounding headache before he could actually get to his feet, which was no time soon. Greed packed a wallop.
And Greed couldn't even comprehend how he felt about this. It sounded so awful, horrible, like the world was going to end if she was indeed pregnant. _____________________________________ She held him tightly, her hand touching the back of his head as she kissed his cheek and then his lips, "Are you okay?" she asked softly, worry and fear on her face. _____________________________________ "I need to go outside for a minute." It was too stifling in there, like he was going to suffocate if he was in the room any longer with that Virtue. He was calmer than he had been, but Greed was confused with a lot of questions that she couldn't answer yet. _____________________________________ She nodded and let him go. She wanted to go with him but let him have a moment to cool off by himself. In the meantime she got ice in a dishtowel and brought it back, leaning down next to Jonah and putting it on his face even though she was still irritated by his insult. _____________________________________ The moment Greed was out of the apartment Jonah felt like he could breathe again. The two of them in there was polluted air just rotating around until the bottom literally fell out. He took a deep breath carefully taking the iced towel from Zoe. "I'm sorry, that came out all wrong." He was on the defense because the idea of the Sins procreating was something he felt he had to fight, and that was as embedded in him as Greed was with himself. There were some things no matter how much a Sin and a Virtue tried to get along were going to be oil and water. "Forgive me." His eyes dropped because he couldn't look at her right now with feeling guilty. It didn't matter what he did, he was the underdog in this Sin verses Virtue war. It was a strange place to be in. _____________________________________ She sighed, he looked so pathetic... "Well... I guess Chance punching you a few times was punishment enough." She kissed his temple as a peace offering since they were the same height on the floor. _____________________________________ It was a truce for now, but what lay ahead of them all was going to be a challenge. He couldn't help but wanting to involve himself. As if he could save this poor girl if she went down this route with Greed. It seemed an impossible route to come out of without losing herself and to have something like a live growing that was in any way related to a Sin. But that would be another discussion when the air wasn't so thick between them.
Greed stayed outside for some time, letting the cold slide into his lungs and clear out that nasty Virtue cloud that had been looming over him for months. Not only was he giving Zoe something awful and hateful to deal with but it was because of Jonah that it could even happen. _____________________________________ Zoe left Jonah after that and went outside in the hall and felt a little panic when Greed wasn't there. She went downstairs and let out a breath when she saw him standing in the cold. She slipped her arms around him from the side and she snuggled into his side. _____________________________________ His breath came out in a ghosted pattern in front of his face as he breathed in and out. He should be shivering, but it felt relaxing, cooling off that steam that had built up in just a few seconds. He looked down at his feet, eyes glistening over the gold sequin that paraded around his shoe sole. "You don't want it because it's mine right?" As if she had an abomination inside if she was indeed pregnant. _____________________________________ Her mouth dropped open and she held onto his shirt as she kept one arm around his middle and looked up at him, "That's what you think?" _____________________________________ "What am I supposed to think? You freak out yelling at me like this is some tragedy that's going to plague the earth. I'm not Lucifer. I didn't set loose the Anti-Christ." They'd all feel a little silly if this was a false alarm. "You always acted like it was horrible you couldn't have kids, that I couldn't give it to you, and then the only person that makes such a thing possible is a fucking Virtue." Greed himself couldn't even do something that in this world was so natural. Was he anything but greed that he wanted it too? _____________________________________ She sighed and touched his cheek, "Chance... I'm freaking out because I'm not ready for kids! If I ever have kids in this life, I'd want them to be yours. If, and that's a big IF, I'm pregnant right now, I'm gonna love the crap out of this baby because it'll be half me. And half you. A little Greeky sinful caramel Ava." they had fun playing house with the baby he had stolen. And the way she was talking now... it was apparent she'd thought about it before. _____________________________________ "And if you are?" He turned to look at her finally having enough of staring into the bright lights of his gold and black shoes. "I can't even do that normally without Jonah." He said his name with such bitterness. It felt like a third wheel squeezing it's way into his life whether he wanted it or not. Perhaps he should step back and think that maybe this his how it was for Zoe with him having Lust in there. Three was stuffy, four was a definite crowd. _____________________________________ "If I am......" she was going to get overwhelmed so said, "...then we'll deal with it then. I should probably go get a pregnancy test from the store..." she put her hands on his sides and tried to look in his eyes, "So? You told me no kids. It's not like I don't know. Who cares about Jonah? This is about you and me, no one else." _____________________________________ "But I didn't do this without stinky Virtue." It grated on his nerves to think there was still something out in this world he was not allowed to have on his own. He wanted to channel a little Envy and skin Jonah. He'd feel much better. He took another deep breath. Now he was the one freaking out a little..but he stopped when she focused his eyes on her. "You mean that pee test?" _____________________________________ "There's a chance that you didn't do anything." she nodded, "Yes, the pee test." she was in her big sweater but he was in his thin shirt, "You wanna get your jacket and go to the store with me?" she was going to suggest he stay here but she didn't think him and Jonah being alone was the best idea. _____________________________________ "Would you get my coat?" He was not in the right mindset to step back into thst apartment without hitting Temperance again. He was fine out here, he could think with a clear head. Then he'd go where she wanted. _____________________________________ "Of course." she put her hands on his cheeks and gave him a sweet kiss, "Do you promise you'll still be here when I get back...?" she was worried he was too stressed and was going to leave. or go to Lust... _____________________________________ He nodded his lips soft against hers as a solemn promise he would still be standing there when she returned.
Jonah was on the couch, having composed himself enough for some herbal tea to ease the pain. He looked to the door as Zoe walked back in. "Are you ok?" He stood offering to go with her if she needed company. He assumed Greed had left. _____________________________________ She walked over towards him and then past him looking for Greed's jacket, "Yeah.. just going to go to the drugstore for a..." she waved her hands around, wiggling the fingers while making a face, "...the stick.. that you pee on." she ran a hand through her hair and then frowned as she looked at him when he offered to go with her. "Jonah... that's sweet but Chance is downstairs, he's going to go with me..." that frown stayed in place, "None of us should freak out.. there might not be anything to freak out over. But... no matter what he is and what you think of him, he wouldn't abandon me." she hoped anyways. _____________________________________ "I'll be here when you get back." The headache wasn't going away quickly and Jonah needed sleep. Samson snuggled against her leg but quickly followed his owner back onto the couch where he curled up.
Greed practically launched Zoe when she came back with his coat. Now he was cold. _____________________________________ She nodded to Jonah and left, relieved when Greed was still there. There were cracks in their realationship stil that let others doubts get through and into their heads. She handed over the coat he grabbed at and said, "Jonah thought you'd leave me." which any shitty guy would have done upon hearing news of possible pregnancy. _____________________________________ There was odd curiosity on Greed's part. No doubt he was still confused, but he wanted to know as much as she did if it was even possible. He still thought he was shooting blanks, but what if there was a possibility and what if she was? What did he do with a baby? He gave Ava up because of Zoe's convincing argument. It wasn't a stray puppy. He couldn't keep it. But this one he could. _____________________________________ Zoe had a lot of questions on her mind too, she shoved her hands in her pockets as they started walking down the street and she bumped her hip against his, "Talk to me.." _____________________________________ He bundled up in his coat, walking in his thoughts. "I was just thinking how I couldn't keep Ava...but this one I could keep." It was possessive, insane possessiveness, but it was greed. It was something he didn't have that he could have and that made whistles go off in his head.
The drugstore was a few blocks away, but it felt like ten. "Come on," he grabbed her hand and drug her with him, "we're going to slow." He wanted to know already and was oddly excited. _____________________________________ "Whoa!" she said as he pulled her along, "Chance.. you know that if I am, you can't press a button and out she pops, right? It's nine months of me getting fat first." as always he saw a new toy to play with and she was looking at the reality. _____________________________________ He stopped, measuring her with his hands and open space. "How fat?" He was ready now! To Greed this wad a puppy. _____________________________________ She raised her brows, "FAT fat. My boobs will get bigger but so will my stomach. Like this big." she took his hands and put them way out there to showed how big her stomach would get, it was pretty massive. "For months. Plus there's cravings, and I'll be throwing up a lot, and there's pains and grossness." _____________________________________ He was generally excited about the massive boobs, but as she explained the rest he made a little face with his lip turned up. "But you deflate when it's out right?" _____________________________________ She closed her eyes and sighed, "Yes.... but it's a lot more complicated than that." she held his hands before he tried to measure her boobs in public, "A baby isn't like Ava... she was a bit older. Babies are tiny. They need so many things. I can't afford a baby! My room is so tiny, where would I put her? And we certainly couldn't move in with you." she was trying to show him a baby was not practical. _____________________________________ "So where are you putting her?" In his head they already had this in the bag and they hadn't even stepped inside the store for the pregnancy test. "Does this mean sex is over?" He whimpered a little. _____________________________________ She looked at him like he had grown another head, "Ohmygod... Chance!" she threw his hands back at him, "We don't even know if I'm pregnant yet!" he was freaking her out gain, "IF I am there's a lot more to consider than just sex and room." she kept walking towards the store and tried to think of it in terms he could understand, "If we had a baby, you know that she'd require attention, right? Like ALL the time. And if you weren't around to help it'd mean all my time would be sucked up into taking care of the baby. Remember Ava? Can't go anywhere or do anything without the baby. And you are crazy if you think you aren't changing her diapers and babies poop A LOT." _____________________________________ "It would take away you from me?" He didn't like anything stealing time from him. Even Lust he ignored so he could have the time he wanted with Zoe. _____________________________________ She sighed, "Not take me away away.. but our time would be focused on the baby, not on each other. Babies need to be fed and they don't sleep, babies are a lot of work." she looked at him and paused, just looking at his features. _____________________________________ Greed was a lot of work on his own, to have something else to take care of, did he want it to infringe on his Zoe time? "Oh," he said simply. Ava had been a little work, but she wasn't a tiny newborn, abs she had been someone else's. _____________________________________ She took his arm and allowed herself a moment to fantasize as she said, "She'd be cute tho..." bumping her hip against his again. He was super handsome and if the baby was born with Zoe's eyes, Greed would be a goner. _____________________________________ He was still excited but now there were a million different things he hadn't thought about. "Who would she look like?" He wasn't going to be deterred until she told him it was a false alarm. _____________________________________ She hesitated because she'd thought about this before. She looked at the snow on the ground instead of at him, hugging his arm as she started carefully, "Well.... both of us. She'd have your blonde hair and insane smile, and I like to think she'd have my eyes so you'd always melt when you see her." granted, he'd always said he wanted to fuck her eyes but at the same time she knew he adored her eyes, if their child had those big brown eyes, Greed would be easier endeared to her and maybe wanna stick around for the hard parts. _____________________________________ "She sounds like she'd be one sexy little baby." But she wouldn't stay little forever. She would grow and get big and one day be as old as Greed looked. She wouldn't stay a small child forever and that was still something Greed had never been so he didn't think about how she would grow. _____________________________________ She rested her head on his arm, "Probably, but that'd be your daughter, it means when she grows up all sorts of sneaky guys will wanna date her. But I'd teach her how to punch them, just like I punched her daddy." and she gave him a big toothy smile. _____________________________________ "She's not allowed to date. That means she's not mine anymore." He still spoke of this hypothetical baby as they reached the store, the little bell going off as they walked in. Greed picked up a carry basket and headed down the aisles. There were about twenty different pregnant tests. He started to pick up one of each. _____________________________________ She chuckled at that, he sounded like a dad already and it kinda made her heart sing. Despite the fact that Greed was mentally and emotionally five in certain departments... she really did think that he would make a wonderful father. It'd be hard... but she still wanted this one day for them. She looked at all the tests he was collecting, "Uh.. are you planning on getting me a big gulp?" because she did not have that much pee inside her for all those sticks. _____________________________________ "I dunno which one works better. Would the big gulp help?" He craned his neck over the aisle. "How bout a slushie?" _____________________________________ She frowned and touched his wrist to look at the one he was holding, "I don't know which one works better either.. maybe we should ask someone?" she shook her head, "No.. I'm too nervous for a slushie. I might pee before we get home... I rather have some hot cocoa with mini marshmallows." she put her arms around his middle, with that worried look on her face as she stared at the box. She was hugging him like he was a teddy bear that made her feel better. _____________________________________ He took the basket and disappeared around the corner to the clerk behind the counter. Greed was a sight, expensive clothes, a basket full of tests and gold nails.
"Can I help you?" The woman asked looking over his physique abs stopping at his nails. She wasn't sure what to make of it.
"Yeah, which one of these works the best?" He dumped the whole basket into the counter. _____________________________________ Zoe stayed behind to look at all the other boxes in the same aisle that was meant for pregnant ladies. It was dizzying. The lady at the counter looked at the mess Greed made and said, "The brand names work better I've heard... most knocked up girls buy this one." she pointed at one of the boxes. "Or can buy a couple if you want a second opinion." _____________________________________ He tapped his fingers on the counter pushing another box over with the one she picked. Then another. Eventually all the boxes were shoved towards her to be bought.
"Nice nails," she said as she began checking the merchandise, nearly bagged up when he threw a keychain in there. _____________________________________ Zoe was thankful for a little space but was super grateful Greed was nearby. She wasn't pregnant. She couldn't be. It was freaky to think about. Okay yeah, one day she wanted kids. But one day. Far far in the future. She picked up a little baby knit hat at the end of the aisle that had a yellow bow on it. She felt the material and thought what if it was now....? Her eyes caught a pair of shoes and she looked up to see her grandfather, "Gra--Mr. Moreau...!" she said in surprise and literally threw the baby hat away from her, over her shoulder into another aisle and then ran a hand through her hair as if that's what she had been doing all along, "Hi..." _____________________________________ "Thanks," Greed fanned a giddy smile, "my girlfriend did it." He pulled his hand back looking it over with pride. "I like gold."
"And these are for your girlfriend too I'm guessing?" Greed nodded not losing his smile. "She's pregnant we think." He air pumped his arm and took his bag greedily.
Theseus meanwhile tried to get through introduction with his granddaughter. "I was stopping in for some coffee before my afternoon meeting." He needed some air from Poseidon abs took a walk, which of course led him near Zoe's. _____________________________________ The Clerk smirked, "Mot guys wouldn't be that thrilled." this guy was interesting. Meanwhile, Zoe was nervous and just nodded, "Oh, that's great." she folded her hands behind her back and said, "Oh.. um, so Happy new year." it was really a couple of weeks past but still appropriate to say it she guessed. _____________________________________ "It's like getting a puppy," Greed sounded so exited. He had to be on something the clerk thought as she handed him his receipt.
"You seem nervous," Theseus pointed out. "What's---" but Greed had already turned the corner with his bag in the air announcing really loudly, "I have the pee tests!" _____________________________________ "Me?" Zoe squeaked out and pointed at herself, "I'm not.. nervous.. I.. just..." she was struggling to find words but was such a horrible liar. At Greed's loud proclamation she closed her eyes and turned a shade of red as she then opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder, holding her hands out to Greed, "Chance... you remember my grandfather, right? Mr. Moreau?" her eyes widening at him as if to silently say for god's sake shut up... _____________________________________ Theseus looked between her and Greed. "Pregnant?" This was definitely somewhere to step in and be concerned. This would cause a war. "Are you nuts?" He had no room to talk about being careful, but this was a far more delicate situation. One that would have her killed and not just by the Greeks. _____________________________________ Zoe covered her face with a muttered, "Ohmygod..." because she could die of embarrassment on the spot. It was like having your dad catch you buying condoms but much worse because you were buying a pregnancy test which meant hey guess what, you were already having sex and now might have the spawn of hell in your stomach. She dropped her hands and looked at the floor like a child, "No...." she said in a small unsure voice. Well that's why they were getting the tests damnit. _____________________________________ Theseus pointed his finger towards her like scolding a child. "You know if you're carrying one of him in you it's going to start a war." He was angry, he shouldn't be but it came out to get the better of him.
"Why?!" Greed ground out with as much anger as Theseus slapped in his face.
"Because everything Greek and Christian will be out for your heads to destroy that thing." _____________________________________ Zoe looked taken aback and whether she was pregnant or not, her arms crossed over her stomach protectively, for herself and if anything was inside her. She looked to Greed with panic in her eyes, was her grandfather right? She hadn't even thought of what a baby might mean outside of them. She was worried about practical stuff like space, time, money. Goddamnit, she hated this supernatural bullshit! _____________________________________ Greed shrugged as Theseus ripped through that excited moment with a very sharp and twisted knife. "There are only seven of us..." what the rest of his siblings did he had no idea about, or if they'd ever dealt with this kind of thing. Either way there were still only seven of the Sins, seven Virtues. That's the way it was, there was nothing more. Fuck Theseus for ruining the mood. He wanted to kill him. _____________________________________ Zoe was getting increasingly more upset as she looked at Greed, "What does.. what does that mean?" if she was pregnant, would they kill the baby? Would they try to kill her? What about this war thing her grandfather-- she looked at Theseus, "Why would the Greeks care?" she was only a quarter greek afterall. _____________________________________ "Because this," he pointed between them "are opposites sides of the spectrum. The Greeks want power as much as the next lot, even if they are sitting down on their asses now pretending they still rule the world." He was mainly throwing his father under the bus there because that's exactly what he thought of the Olympians. _____________________________________ Zoe took a step back, bumping into Greed as she looked at Theseus, "I...." she was too scared and nervous to even think of this giant ass apocalypse her grandfather was painting and in the process ripping apart any chance of the family she wanted one day. _____________________________________ Greed's hands went to her waist, holding her in place, using him as a wall so she wouldn't slip right to the floor. "It's something to think about," Theseus said to them, his eyes casting downward. She was going to be in a lot of trouble if this was the case. "It's not fun and games." It's something they both needed to get out of their minds, because obviously she had not learned anything from the last time Theseus had found her. He knew Greed was relentless, he'd gotten her but for gods sake they needed to be more careful. "Both of you need to be more careful than this if this relationship of yours is going to be a thing." _____________________________________ When Greed's hands went to her waist, he'd feel her kinda fall into them a little, she was never good with confrontations with her family but he was supporting her so she was still standing. She wanted to tell Theseus that he knew a fat lot about not being fun and games, was that why he kept abandoning his children? Because it wasn't fun? It stung when he talked about her and Greed like... like.. they were stubborn teenagers instead of adults in love. Okay so she might have gotten accidentally knocked up and that wasn't really mature but.. "We don't even know if I am yet... and Chance can't..." she pressed her lips together, "He isn't.. he..." she waved her hands in front of her, "The universe arranged for him to not have children. This is... we're just going to double check. But this is not a 'thing', it IS a relationship.. a real one." _____________________________________ Theseus didn't know what it was like to keep a relationship because he so often abandoned anything that could possibly be something special to him. He ran when things got hard, with Zoe there it was like being slapped in the face with what he could never stand up to before. He simply left his heart out of the mix for the purpose to not get burned. In the process he just made everyone else miserable and that was okay until now. "You're acting like teenagers," he cut a glance back over to Zoe. She wasn't going to bend on this no matter how much he tried to split them up for fear that she would get shredded in the process. "By all means if you want this then you'll have to face the thunder when it hits." What he was learning too little too late was that running didn't keep the past or the future from turning on its head, it only delayed it---but when it caught up the world was in complete chaos. _____________________________________ She was defensive and hurt as Theseus was acting like a parent when he had only been there for her a couple of times before and even then he skimped on his promises. He never took her sailing, he never contacted her again after she left his hotel. She'd tried a little with her small gift of baked goods but she didn't want to scare him off. And here he was telling her what she already knew, Theseus did not get involved if it meant his own neck. "We will face it. We have before." because it was how much they wanted it, not just her. No one helped them, no one wanted them together cept them. She added, "Don't worry, no one's getting you involved." she took Greed's hand and pulled on it to go down the aisle and leave. Theseus would be safe and alone. _____________________________________ He was skeptical. He had every right to be after tangling with the Sins he had tangled with already. "Zoe!" Theseus said with authority. She needed to listen to him. "I am involved now." He clenched his jaw, his eyes heavy. He might be a deadbeat but he was coming into his own without even realizing it. It only took thousands of years to realize what it was like to be a father again. "You need to be careful. Baby or not, this relationship will come with a price." He looked at Greed right in the eyes. "I might still be unwilling to accept it, but I won't---" could he watch another child he cared about be cut down to ribbons because he didn't do anything about it beforehand? _____________________________________ Zoe stopped and let out a breath when he used that i-am-your-father-and-you-will-listen-to-me tone even though he was no such thing. She looked at him, "You won't what? You think I don't know there's a price to pay for this? That every single person on the planet that knows about us hasn't tried to get us to pay in blood and tears? You are NOT involved. You think you're a hero because you looked after me for a day or two? You are the man that walked out on my grandmother, who raised your daughter all by herself, who raised ME all by herself. THAT'S being a hero." she pointed at the ground. Being a parent was a full time job, you couldn't just show up and say your piece when you felt like it. _____________________________________ "I'm just saying that I don't want to watch you die." His lip stiffened as he took a step back. He wasn't leaving. "You should be happy, just don't get too carried away without thinking about what it will do for those who don't want the same." To Greed this was all babble trying to pull her away from him on a tightly locked string by blood. Theseus wasn't cowering and that's what Greed wanted him to do. He'd fucked his sister, now he was trying to lay claim on Zoe too? _____________________________________ "Who's asking you to watch?" she threw her hand up as she said it. He was good at sticking his head in the sand. "No, because if I thought about what others wanted, I wouldn't be him. Because no one wants us together. So I have to think about what makes us happy or what makes others happy." _____________________________________ "I am asking myself to watch because---" his voice became stuck in his throat. It wasn't the kind of words he said often, "because I care." It wasn't a game, a mirage of any kind, he really meant that and he was as scared as she was. _____________________________________ That wasn't what she expected to hear and she kinda just blinked, taken aback. In many ways she was still a little kid, just wanting the love of a family she had to grab onto in bits and pieces. She didn't know what to say, she wanted him to care, she wanted a (grand)father in her life but she couldn't give Greed up for that. _____________________________________ He put his hands out in defense before she started to rage at him again. "You don't have to say anything. I just wanted you to know. I'm not here as an enemy." He'd messed up, he was mending bridges, at least the ones he felt needed to be mended. He wanted to be something of a hero again even if bit him in the ass later. It always did have a way of bubbling back up. It was time wasn't always a coward. _____________________________________ She kept watching him like this was all some trick and then squeezed Greed's hand, staying close to his side as she looked at her grandfather, "Neither is he.." she said quietly, meaning Greed. "I don't expect you to ever like him. And yes he is an asshole, and he is a Sin, and he is a jerk, but he's so much more too... will you give us a chance to show you that?" _____________________________________ Theseus didn't want to say yes, but he had a feeling it was the only way he was going to get her----was with Greed attached. When it came to the rest of the Sins he would think of an escape route later. Greed looked at with a little gaping mouth. "I'm not an asshole, I'm a fantastic asshole." He put his free hand with the bag roped around his wrist up to his chest.
"What do you want to show me." He didn't see them like they saw them, and there were very few on their side. _____________________________________ She gave an amused look to Greed as he claimed he was a fantastic asshole. He was. She looked back at Theseus, "That for every tear he's ever made me cry, he's also made me smile. Just... for once. Just one time don't look at him like a Sin and forget the stupid Greek Christian myth immortal stuff. Just.. look at him like a person. Look at me like your granddaughter. And try to understand why I picked him as the man I love." she wasn't forced or influenced or tricked into loving Greed, she fell all on her own. She didn't expect her plea for 'one time' to be now. But sometime in the future, when he was ready. _____________________________________ "It's a stretch, but maybe I can in time." Now he just saw something that could still destroy her. Greed was practically buzzing she was shining him like a new penny and throwing it right at Theseus' forehead. Take that bitch! _____________________________________ She smiled a little, "That's all I ask... even if it takes days or months or years... just keep an open mind about... keeping an open mind." She rested her head on Greed's arm as she looked at her grandfather, no dad liked the man that came to take their little girl away, he always seemed like the devil. In this case it was kinda true. _____________________________________ He took another deep breath. "Whatever the outcome I want to know." He pointed towards the bag Greed held and stepped aside to get his coffee. With Theseus' back turned Greed very promptly put his boot the air as if to kick him out. He was ready to go. He wasn't sure what was worse. A Virtue sitting at home like a vulture or her grandfather coming out like a bear. Shoot them all in the head. _____________________________________ She nodded and watched him turn away. She looked at Greed and squeezed his hand telling him she'll be right back, letting it go and quickly going over to her grandfather. She craved family, she couldn't help it. And Theseus had said he cared. It was more than he'd given her before. So before he could protest, she hugged him, one of her loving hugs with a squeeze that had managed to make a Sin melt. _____________________________________ It caught him by surprise. Before Theseus could turn to say anything in reply she had already turned the corner. He finished making his coffee and contemplating on why so much of her was reminding him of Sophia. That woman. She'd raised her really well, he just wished he could go back and say he wished he'd not skipped out on time to be with her. Now there was no going back or saying he was sorry. Too much time had passed. _____________________________________ When she and Greed got outside the store, she let out a breath and hugged him tight, she needed it. She wanted to feel him and be with him. This was a lot to take in. As if maybe a baby wasn't enough, now there was an entire immortal war to consider. All she wanted was a family but it was too much to ask for.. _____________________________________ "Maybe we could find a portal and jump through time and skip the war?" He squeaked out as she clung onto him. He hated her grandfather for souring this entire experience. He let her have her cry out but he wasn't going to let her keep it up. Eventually she was going to find out what the outcome was, because he wanted to know. "Come on, time to go pee on a stick." Now how long was that wait? _____________________________________ She held him tighter when he mentioned the war... all over a baby that might not exist. She was nervous about this and took his hand as they started walking back to the apartment. She touched her nose with the back of her hand and asked, "Can you pee on a stick too?" she knew it made no sense, but she just felt scared. _____________________________________ "You need me to pee on a stick?" He was confused. "I thought only you did that?" At least that's what it always showed in movies. _____________________________________ "Noooo.. I don't need you to." she kicked at some snow, "I just feel.. I don't know. I know it's stupid but will you please do it too?" she made a pleading face towards him, "I just feel ridiculous. And really really scared.." _____________________________________ "So you need me to pee too." He got it. Kinda. She was a little crazy in the head sometimes too. _____________________________________ "Not need... just.. would be nice if you did it too. You don't have to." she kicked more snow and then frowned as she looked at him, "Am I crazy?" she just didn't want to do this by herself. _____________________________________ "Yeah you are a little whacked in the head." He grabbed her around the middle and spun her around before putting her back on her feet. "You know the only way I'm gonna be able to pee on a stick is if it's taped to the toilet bowl." He couldn't hold it himself and hit a clear mark. But he guessed it was the principle of it. She wasnt gonna do it otherwise. _____________________________________ She squeaked in surprise when he grabbed her and spun her around but by the time she was on her feet again, she was smiling. "Try?" she took his hand again as they got back to the apartment. She was more nervous when they got in with their bag of sticks. Jonah was asleep on the couch so she was careful to not make too much noise even if she wanted to just kiss Greed to calm her nerves. _____________________________________ He wanted to run around Jonah beating pots and pans but if the stupid ass were awake he couldn't get away with anything. He flung his coat of in her room dragging her with him to the restroom.
He pulled out one if the boxes chugging the plastic and then looked it over. "It looks like a thermometer. You sure you don't poke it up?" He had no idea. Now how the hell was he going to do this? "You first or me?" _____________________________________ She made a face once he got her in the bathroom, "It says on the box to NOT do that." she nervously thought about it and then said, "Um.. you first." she wasn't gonna watch him pee, so she turned around so he had some privacy. It didn't matter if he hit the stick or not, it was just the fact he was gonna do it with her. _____________________________________ "Jesus fuck how am I gonna do this?" She could hear as he fiddled with the belt buckle, the clank of metal teeth opening as he slid down his zipper. He'd managed through medieval Europe and the black plague, but this? Trying to hold two separate things at one time and pee on the mark? Fucking hard. He most definitely did not hit bullseye.
He tossed it in the sink, washing his hands. "Your turn." _____________________________________ "Wipe up any spots..." she said with a wrinkled nose when he finished. When he was done, she was so nervous, she found she actually did need to pee. "Okay.." she said with a big breath and then looked at the bag filled with sticks, "Um... you pick one." there were way too many kinds. "And I'll pick one." they should do two so they were sure. _____________________________________ "I told you it was hard to do!" He stopped down any places he'd hit while trying to juggle this crazy request. He washed his hands again and dumped out the bag which also had packs of jello, the keychain and condoms. He pulled out the test the girls said most people buy.
"They say that's the name brand. Most girls use it." Greed was all about paying top dollar for a name. _____________________________________ She held his face in her hands and gave him a big kiss, "I know.. thank you." she knew how ridiculous it was but it made her love him more that he went along with it. Most guys wouldn't have. She nodded when he picked the top brand box and then looked curiously at the jello with a raised brow and then held up the keychain. He'd been busy.. _____________________________________ "That's for her." He pointed at her tummy. "The jello is for me." He had a craving the moment he saw the box. So he'd picked up about ten boxes. "Go pee on your stick already." _____________________________________ Zoe's lips parted but no sounds came out, she was surprised and so moved by that. He got a keychain for their daughter.. whether she was in there or not. She kissed him again, "Don't look." cause that would be weird. She marveled at the pink keychain again and then set it on the counter, taking the boxes to the toilet. She opened them up and read the instructions before she undid her jeans.. this was gonna be so weird and nervewracking. _____________________________________ Greed sat up against the wall, reading the back of the condom boxes. He'd never used them. Even in Kansas when he bought them they never used the first time because they'd never actually had sex that time. He ended up blowing the condoms all up into balloons. So he'd see what it was like and if he could stomach putting one on.
He'd turned the water on so he couldn't hear her. He took one perk over his shoulder but immediately went back to reading the box, bringing up something completely unrelated to what she was doing or what it was for so it would still her nerves. "I want another tattoo. This big ass skull with my name under it."
Once she was done he looked up and craned his neck. "What's it say?" He asked as she set them on the counter next to his which was obviously blank. _____________________________________ She was thankful he turned the water on and she made faces as she held the stick under and it was just weird weird weird. She asked, "Where?" when he said he wanted another tattoo.. a big one. She liked his tattoos. She'd always dated assholes but wholesome assholes, Greed was kinda her first bad boy who dressed like a good one.
She scooched up her underwear when she was done with both and set them on the counter as she washed her hands, "We have to wait... the good news tho is," she held up his stick, "You're not pregnant." _____________________________________ "I'm thinking at the base if my neck. Damn that would be hot." He giggles as he watched her set the tests aside.
"Great. I don't want to be fat." If he were ever a girl like the rest of his siblings he might just blow a gasket. He didn't look up, just grabbed her hand and pulled her down into his lap. _____________________________________ "As long as it's not on your neck, I like kissing it." she was feeling the nerves again and let out a yelp of surprise as he pulled her into his lap. She looked at him and just was so grateful he was here. "You know.. I've never had a pregnancy scare before with any of my boyfriends.. but I'm glad that if it had to happen, it's with you." he was being amazing through all of this. _____________________________________ "If I were a chick I think I'd be mental." There was no way he'd deal with all this shit. "I mean seriously mental." He'd probably be a lot like Lust, but this was why he was never a girl in the first place. He positioned her facing him, using the close proximity to his advantage for a kiss. "Why because I peed on a stick." He shrugged. Why not. It was weird, and he knew she'd never get through it otherwise. _____________________________________ She grinned a little, "Yeah, it's pretty insane.. plus we bleed every month we're not dealing with stuff like this." she let him take some kisses and at his question she nodded, "Yeah. And because you're here with me. A lot of guys wouldn't do that. They'd freak out and just say to call them when I had the results. And I know you keep thinking that a baby is like a toy but my grandfather told us a war might break out if I am pregnant, and you're still here. Peeing on a stick. For me." and she gave him a loving smile. _____________________________________ "Yeah, no wonder I never wanted to be a girl for a reason. I'll happily just be the fuck toy." No wonder Sloth was a drag as a girl. So much depressive stuff. He gave her a peck on the lips. "Did you really think I would wait for you to tell me?" He rubbed noses, "we've covered this before. I'm not most guys." He wasn't ashamed of anything. _____________________________________ "No, not just a fuck toy anymore..." he was hers now and he was way more than just some dildo. She lowered her gaze, "I know.. I'm grateful for it. I want my grandfather to see that too. That yes we've had some really bad times.. but we have good times too. That you aren't like other guys." she put her hand on his chest, "I doubt he'll ever like you.. but I just would like him to accept you.. accept us." part of her was also trying to not think about how they still had long minutes to wait for the results.