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"Are you nervous?" Nanami asked. He had been watching Mahito for a while now behind his tinted glasses. Mahito, who was sitting on the most comfy sofa in the teachers' break room and gently rubbing his swollen belly while looking down, his brows knitted together.
It wasn't an easy task to convince every person involved in any way with the proper functioning and safety of Jujutsu High to let a curse into the sorcerer school. But Mahito had proven that he could be, well, not exactly trusted, but he had turned against Geto and shared precious information about his plans. The fact that Nanami trusted (and loved) the patchwork curse was also a strong argument. The love part wasn't made public at first, though.
One other reason was that Mahito was now a runaway, and a traitor. Geto would come for him eventually, and the safest place to hide was Jujutsu High. Then it was revealed that Mahito was pregnant, so he definitely needed protection, now more than ever.
"I feel like it's eating me from the inside." Mahito replied without looking up.
"Have you been sick today?"
Mahito's body did not take well to the pregnancy. It seemed that despite being fathered by a human and carried by a curse, the fetus itself was fully human.
"Yeah… Couldn't make it to the bathroom, so I puked through the window. I don't think it hit anyone this time."
Mahito managed a tired smile, and Nanami inched closer. He got down on one knee and cupped Mahito's pale face into his hand. The curse's cheek was cold and clammy. Mahito leaned into his touch and Nanami removed his glasses before their foreheads touched.
"Nami." Mahito said very softly. "I think you put every particle of you that wanted to kill me into this kid."
Nanami didn't laugh. Mahito wasn't even halfway through his pregnancy. If his health kept declining at this rate, there was no way he would reach full term, and they both knew it.
Even if Mahito got an abortion now, or tried to get rid of the fetus on his own, he was so weak that he might not make it anyway. And, for some reason, he really wanted this baby.
"We'll find a way." Nanami kissed the bridge of Mahito's nose. "To save you both."