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As they waited for Sandy and Tooth to show up, North still kept a wary eye on the now pregnant Easter Bunny as the rabbit paced nervously.
North knew Bunny was worried about how the others would react, nonetheless he knew Bunny's fears were illogical, Tooth and Sandy would be happy or in Tooth's case ecstatic.
"Bunny, you should not stress, is not good for you or the baby." North said softly, almost as soon as he said the word 'baby' Bunny's hands flew up to cradle his still flat stomach, his eyes had a far away look in them. He still couldn't believe that he was pregnant, it just didn't seem possible, yet it was. North watched Bunny mentally fade in and out of the present, worried that he would pass out North walked over to Bunny and gently guided him to a chair and had him sit down.
"I know this is a shock for you, Bunny and I know you are scared-" After hearing the word 'scared' Bunny seemed to snap out of the daze he was in and come back to the present, if only for a moment. "-but you need to keep it together, you have all our support to lean on should you need it." North said comfortingly.
Bunny raised his eyes to meet North's, he gave a shaky smile, "Thanks." He said in a small voice as the sound of shuffling sand and hummingbird wingbeats entered the room. Bunny focused his attention on steadying his breathing, by taking controlled inhales of air and slowly releasing it in a controlled exhale.
"Hey, why did you send out the signal, North? I was just on my way to collect a tooth that a young boy lost during his first baseball game in New York-" Tooth paused as she got a good look at their furry friend, he was still not all there mentally, his posture was tense and uncomfortable.
Tooth flew over to him "Bunny?" No response "Aster?" Tooth called, Bunny hadn't responded even to his middle name that normally always got his attention.
"Tooth!" North called, and Tooth diverted her attention to North " Bunny is in shock, he came to me early today to help diagnose some sort of illness he had been fighting for a few weeks." Sandy brought up a question mark over his head as Tooth narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"That's unusual for Bunny to be sick for weeks." Tooth stated, she and Sandy also knew that Bunny very rarely got sick. They both flew or floated over to North. "I thought that too and did a full health check on Bunny, all his vitals checked out good, I took an xray, and noticed something unusual, a small circular form lying in his lower belly." Tooth and Sandy exchanged nervous looks, dreading what North was about to say, "and I then did an ultrasound on Aster and it turns out-"
"And it turns out that I'm up the duff. Got a bun in the oven. Pregnant." Bunny finished exasperatedly, scaring the others as he spoke for the first time since they had arrived.
There was a beat of silence then in a flutter of movement Bunny found himself trying to keep his balance and hold onto a squealing, ecstatic Tooth Fairy that had attached herself to his ribcage in a bear hug. Sandy managed to attach himself to one of Bunny's legs.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you!" "Congratulations! How many are you having?" "When are you due?" "Does Jack know? Is he happy?" Tooth was talking a mile a minute, and Bunny was starting to feel a bit frazzled as he tried to gently pry Tooth off of him and at the same time calm her down so he could answer her questions.
"Tooth, calm down shelia, to answer yer questions. I don't know how many I'm carrying or when I'm due to give birth. And no Jack doesn't know, I just found out myself, so of course he wouldn't know." That last answer was said in a somewhat sheepish manner.
"Well you must tell Jack as soon as possible!" North proclaimed excitedly, Sandy and Tooth nodded in agreement.
"I'll get around to it once I'm sure I have convinced myself that I am carrying Jack's kits, and no don't read into that as I've been cheating on Jack, because I haven't." Bunny said hastily before they could even get the possible thought of Bunny cheating on Jack in their heads.
"For now we have celebration for the new 'mother-to-be'! Felix, begin dinner preparations immediately!" North called as he and Sandy went to the kitchen to help start cooking.
Bunny rolled his eyes at the 'mother-to-be' comment and watched as other two males walked off. He hadn't counted on Tooth shoving him from behind to get him into the dining hall.
"Come on let's get you fed! You are much to skinny." Tooth said as she continued to shove Bunny who gave very little resistance. "You are eating for more than one now, you must be starving." Tooth continued, Bunny would've said he wasn't hungry but knowing Tooth, she would force feed him if he dared say anything. Tooth would probably force feed him even if he didn't say anything anyway.
Bunny groaned as the thought hit him, this was going to be a long pregnancy.