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His hand flopped into his lap as he stared off into space. Oh heavens, I didn’t ask Kodi not to say anything.

Does it matter who knows?

Of course it does. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do.

What does that mean?

Lennon actually didn’t have an answer. He had never thought about babies. About him having one, not now and not with a man who hadn’t declared his feelings.

You haven’t either, his animal pointed out.

Lennon groaned at the truth, placing a hand trembling over the top of his shirt and staring at it. He had a living thing growing inside him. Holy fuck.

Are you going to have a freak out now? You brought out the ‘holy fuck’ big guns.

It requires them. I’m pregnant.

See, there you go. It was easy to admit it.

Heat ran through him. I think I’m going to faint again.

His animal took control, and before he could protest, they were inside a heap of clothes, their tiny wings battling to escape the shirt.

Its tiny nose appeared first, right as the buzzer on the door sounded. The bat sang out in delight.

We don’t know if it’s Kodi.

It is.

He chose work.

You dropped him off there. It doesn’t mean he chose work over us, you dummy.

Lennon bristled at the comment. You’re the dummy when you can’t press the buzzer and are going to have to let me shift back.

I can.

To prove Lennon wrong, it flew to the screen and used its tiny, clawed feet, which were half the size of a fingertip, and wiggled them over the button. A gleeful tune filled the room when the door released.

But you can’t open the door.

Lennon rolled his eyes, waiting as his bat decided what it could do to prove him wrong. It sighed in defeat right as Kodi hammered on the door.

“Lennon, it’s me, we need to talk.”

The shift was fast, and Lennon found himself buck ass naked in front of the door, heart hammering as hard as Kodi’s fist on the door. You are a menace!

He’s seen you naked before. Maybe this will be the ice breaker you need to stop stressing. He’s never going to reject you looking like this.

Lennon scowled at his bats logic and stepped to the side to open the door, preventing the man outside from breaking it down and making sure it was just his head that was visible.

Kodi didn’t give him time to invite him in and stomped into the middle of the room as Lennon quickly shut the door. When Kodi swung around, his mouth hung open.

Not quite the ice breaker you wanted!

“Why… why… why are you naked?”

Kodi glanced away and Lennon, already an emotional mess, lost it. “I’m in my own home, and if I want to be naked, I will be!”