Wild Ch. 8: Group Hug! 2

Story by Evertide on SoFurry

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#8 of Love in the Wild


This is the result of an RP between me and Nauta Sinneau. No, I will not give you his screen name.

Disclaimer regarding incest and pronouns as before.

Stormtalon and Asahi (c) him, Nauta Sinneau.

Nivalis (c) me, Si "Evertide" M.

Stormtalon was nude, given his seven-month pregnant belly and his shirts too tight to be comfortable on his breasts. He looked almost more female than male now as he sat next to the full-term spotted hyena herm, leaning back against a tree as shi leaned against him, his wings around hir body. Asahi had been quite calm during hir labor so far, though hir abdomen gave an occasional twitch from contractions and kicks from hir baby, to which Storm's belly often replied with a kick of its own. After laboring with their help for some time, shi wanted to go outside, and there they were. "So this is what I'm going to be going through," he said in wonder, stroking Asahi's round belly.

Nivalis nodded, sitting on front of them and stroking Asahi's hand. "More or less. All births are different but hir body's more like yours than the doe from a month ago." He gently patted Asahi's tummy and licked hir cheek. "That's it, Asahi. Just let things happen."

"Mmmf, easier said...I feel like I just ate a whole buffalo and it's coming back out..." shi groaned softly, letting out a deep breath, closing hir eyes and flicking one of hir ears.

Stormtalon stroked hir belly gently while keeping hir embraced in his wings as shi squeezed Niv's hand. Storm was already sporting a thick sheath from the closeness and Asahi's body openly on display for them, as well as various other factors. Premilk beaded at Asahi's breasts with each contraction but shi wouldn't let them suckle hir since shi would need it soon. "You're getting pretty wet there, hon," Storm said with a chuckle as he pointed at Asahi's chest.

Niv noted hir dripping breasts and snickered. "You know...Storm just started lactating too, and I think that's incredibly hot...especially the thought of a baby drinking from them, don't you?" He was asking both Storm and Asahi but also fantasizing out loud.

Storm blushed a bit, looking down at his chest: sure enough his arousal had triggered his premilk production, and beads of the substance were forming at his nipples. "Uhhh, damn it, Niv! I'm leaking too!" he exclaimed with a chuckle, his cock peeking out from under his belly as he caressed Asahi, nuzzling hir neck.

Shi let out a gentle moan, hir own erection partially hidden under hir squirming, tensing belly. The contractions were subtly moving closer and lasting longer; shi could mentally chart their progress. "Mmmf, I'm so fuckin' horny but I can't do shit!" shi grunted in annoyance, clawing at the ground.

Niv cocked his head in curiosity and giggled. "Why is that? You're never too pregnant to sate your urges," he asked, trying to lighten Asahi's mood as much as he could. "Y'know Asahi, how about we try walking around? I think that would help out quite a bit."

"Yeah, let's walk around," Storm said in agreement with a grin.

Asahi moaned a bit, leaning forward; it just made hir breasts drip more, lines of milk running down hir belly. "Okay, if you guys think so...." The griffon brothers dutifully helped hir stand up, Storm having a little trouble himself, and with Niv's help they were able to get Asahi to hir feet, but not before shi let out a deep groan from a sudden contraction and fluid began dripping from hir sex, down the back of hir ballsack and thighs as hir erection throbbed. "Ohh fuck, what was that?" shi asked in mild fear, looking down at hir swollen belly, unable to see.

Niv took a close look at the fluid as he helped Asahi stand up. "I think your water's starting to break, that means you're moving along." He put one of Asahi's arms over his shoulders and rubbed hir back to try to comfort hir.

Asahi groaned, flicking hir tail and wiggling. "Dammit...it tickles...hehe." Shi chuckled a bit and reached under hir tail to wipe up the fluid, sniffing at it and licking it. "Mm...some of my juices in there too, I think."

Storm nodded and petted hir tummy, his other hand sliding down hir rump. "Well, we all know how messy a birth can be," he said as they walked slowly, supporting hir from both sides, though shi walked quite well for being in labor, much less at term.

Niv's eyes widened at seeing Asahi lick off hir own water, his own sheath firming up from what shi just did, how pregnant shi was, what shi was going to do...he was finding himself as aroused as his brother and their friend. "Wow...I don't know if I'll be able to stop myself from fucking Storm's brains out when he's in labor if he's anything like this."

"What's stopping you now, bro?" Storm asked Niv with a grin, massaging Asahi's belly while shi labored.

Hir ears perked up at that and shi looked at both of them, pre dripping from hir shaft; all three of them had hard-ons by now. "Yeah, come to think of it, why don't you two just fuck each other? And let me watch?" Shi grinned, reaching down to rub hirself a bit awkwardly.

Niv looked at Storm with a raised eyebrow and a lustful grin, then back at Asahi. "Can we?" He was surprised how turned on his laboring friend was by the process.

Shi shrugged. "Only if I can suck your griffon off," shi said nonchalantly with a lick of hir chops.

Storm's eyes widened and he looked at the grinning hyena. "Can you do that in labor?"

Asahi winked in reply. "Dear, you've not seen many hyena births, have you? We go hunting while in labor sometimes. I thought you guys just wanted a personal experience to show you what you're in for, but if you're in the mood to fuck, by gods I want to be part of it." Shi reached down and stroked the herm griffon's rigid shaft to exemplify hir point.

Niv's smile and eyes widened and he nodded. "Such a fearsome herm..." he said, implying how impressed he was with Asahi's strength. "Well then, let's get to it!"

Storm leaned over to lick his brother's cheek, lifting his tail and steadying himself on Asahi's shoulders as shi crouched down in front of Storm, licking down his belly before finding his cock, nuzzling and lapping at it while taking in his scent. Hir crouched position caused a squirt of fluid to jet from hir femsex while shi rubbed hir own cock before taking the griffon's into hir muzzle, moaning around it. "Mmmf, which hole do you want...ooooh gods, Niv...shi's almost as good as you..." Storm panted.

Niv shook his head in astonishment. "Whatever, if I don't cum soon my balls are going to burst!" He moved up behind Storm and wrapped his arms around Storm's growing midsection firmly but lovingly, passionately licking Storm's cheek as he moved his shaft to Storm's sex.

The big herm griffon squawked happily as he felt his brother sliding up behind him, the baby kicking firmly as Niv caressed his belly. The hyena expertly worked Storm's thick shaft even as fluid dripped out of hir laboring body, forcing hir to tense momentarily as it squirted now and then, careful not to bite down.

Niv noticed Asahi's occasional tensing and snickered. "Hey now, don't forget that I have first dibs! I've grown quite fond of that." He tickled Storm's sex with the tip of his shaft and purred. "Just you wait until you're as big as shi is, I'll never leave you alone," he whispered breathily into Storm's ear before he slipped it in, moving one hand to Storm's chest.

"Ooooh, gods..." he panted as his brother filled his cunny, squeezing Niv's cock inside of him with his slick muscles, all while Asahi sucked on his prick, teasing him with hir tongue as hir cock bobbed and spurted pre onto the grass, the ground turning a bit muddy beneath hir from the leaking fluid.

Niv growled in pleasure at being in such an intimate yet sensual situation with his brother and friend: Asahi was eventually going to push a pup out of hir, and shi was oraling his mate while he pleasured Storm's other bits. He chuckled, "Almost hard to believe that we're going to be doing something like this in a couple of months, isn't it?" he asked as he hilted, rubbing Storm's breasts.

Milk dripped off the griffon's nipples while Niv stroked them, and he yelped in pleasure, feeling his balls tensing. "Ohhh yesssss!" he cried both in response to Niv and in lustful pleasure.

Asahi felt his cock twitch before he unloaded hot griffoncream into hir muzzle. Shi yelped happily when Storm came, and almost simultaneously gasped when hir belly tensed, causing a gush of fluid to spray from hir nethers as shi fell backwards in surprise, the griffon's cum showering all over hir face, chest and belly while shi grunted and moaned in the muddy grass, hir water having fully broken. "Unnngh, that was a big one..." shi said with a cummy grin.

Niv slowed his pace and looked at Asahi in concern, still rubbing Storm's belly and breasts. "Looks as if your water broke, Asahi. The contractions are probably going to get harder now and you'll feel more pressure. Should we get you back to your feet...or should we keep going?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the cum-covered hyena but licking his mate's cheek.

"Keep going...I still have this to take care of!" shi said while panting, lying on hir back while stroking hirself, watching the two griffons mating.

Nivalis gave Asahi a horny wink. "Can do."

Storm moaned and arched his back against Niv, panting louder, an occasional jet of cream still spurting onto Asahi even as shi jerked off. "Oohh, fuck that's so hot," he said with a grin.

He resumed his tempo while he watched the full-term hyena jerk hirself off while he had sex with his brother. He whispered in Storm's ear again, "On your knees, right now."

Storm chirped and did as Niv told him, slowly crouching down on his knees over Asahi while shi looked up and grinned at him, stroking his balls with hir free, muddy hand, arching hir back and groaning with the strong contractions as hir belly squirmed. It almost seemed as if the contractions were making hir even hornier.

Niv clasped his hands on Storm's hips as he took his mate from behind, licking his beak both from pleasure and from watching Asahi. "*purr* Now if only Storm could be as optimistic about birth as you and I are. I could swear that you're not in pain: you're loving every second of it! If this is how you are now, I can't even imagine what you'll be like when you birth." He grunted and thrusted more forcefully, starting to growl from how aroused he had become.

"It's an incredible feeling..." shi groaned as shi winked at him, licking hir muzzle and panting as Storm's belly brushed against hir own, the two pregnant herms panting and moaning in unison, as Storm milked his brother's shaft. "Ooooh yeah, murrr...."

Niv yelped in a sudden jump of pleasure, shooting jets of pre into Storm; his arousal was getting to him fast but he held off his orgasm. "*grunt* Why did I have to be the one to be born male and nothing else? It's almost *argh* not fair! I wanna do this too!" He leaned over so that Storm could hear him easier. "I hope you're paying attention, love."

Stormtalon moaned and shivered, panting and nodding slightly, looking back at his brother and then Asahi, who moaned out loudly as shi came, splashing his belly with hir seed, and he gasped from the sight. "Oooh it's hard to...when I'm so...horny...mmmf!"

He growled louder as increased the force of his thrusts again, feeling himself quickly approach orgasm. "Well, you better believe that I'm going to need some *hiss* personal attention of my own when...you get here...!" He gave a few more thrusts and hilted as his balls contracted, roaring in climax as he sprayed his thick seed into Storm's body.

"Yes, love...ooooh!" he groaned as Niv came inside of him, the two herms' babies kicking together as their bellies touched, Asahi panting and moaning as hir climax subsided and labor became the first thing on hir mind. Storm remained crouched over hir on all fours and dripping fluids, milk and cum, all over hir body. "Ooooh fuck, that feels so good, bro...mmmf...."

Niv came harder than he usually did, so much that quite a few spurts of his cum came back out of Storm's sex and onto his own crotch. He attributed that to being so turned on in the first place. He panted as he started to come down from his climax, still cumming a bit. "*pant* How you holding *pant* up, Asahi?"

Shi moaned and looked up at them with hir eyes widened and teeth clenched, gripping hir thighs as the white birth sac just began to part hir folds. Shi slowly but urgently got on all fours, lifting hir tail and sitting up. "Mmmmf, like I gotta get up...put more pressure on it...so it goes faster...." Shi gripped Storm's shoulder and stood up, hir dripping cock right in front of his beak as fluids streamed down hir thighs.

His own eyes widened upon seeing that Asahi had already come so far, getting a second wind and dismounting Storm. "Wow...that barely took any time at all!" He went behind Asahi and held hir hands. "Would you feel better squatting so you can catch the pup?"

"Unnf...." Shi leaned against a tree, digging hir claws into the bark, a sign of how difficult it was though shi otherwise hid it well. "One of you can...I'm too busy pushing...." Shi grunted and moaned, straightening hir upper body as shi squatted, closing hir eyes and pushing firmly, the pup sliding out a couple of inches, hir vagina opening up a bit wider before shi panted and looked around. "Rub me; hold me; lick me if you want, anything helps..." shi said reluctantly, looking a touch overcome by pain for the first time.

Niv nodded and looked to Storm. "I'll take the bottom half, you take the top." He knelt in front of Asahi and rubbed hir belly, noting that its bulge had descended just a bit. "That's good, just go for it and let yourself open up."

Stormtalon quickly knelt behind hir, his belly pressed against hir back gently while he caressed hir sides and breasts. Shi lifted hir head and moaned loudly, thighs quivering and muscles pushing hir baby. The baby slid down a few more inches before the sac popped open, the brown and black muzzle of the hyena pup visible between hir folds. "Ooof, can you see it yet?" shi asked, breathing deeply.

Niv nodded excitedly. "Yes, Asahi, the head's about halfway out." He gently took one of hir hands in his and guided it to hir stretching sex. "Feel that? That's your baby, it's almost here."

Shi grinned widely and panted, hir eyes snapping open at feeling the emerging head. "Oooh, that's my baby...oh my god, I can't believe I'm giving birth..." shi gasped as shi leaned against Niv, pushing again, the head sliding out slowly up to the shoulders, and for the first time the baby squeaked, dripping all over.

"That's it! You're doing really good, hon...this is the hardest part," Storm said, remembering the doe as he rubbed hir belly.

Niv's heart leapt at hearing hir pup squeak but kept his concentration. He said to Asahi, "Okay, Asahi, use both of your hands to turn it on its side so the shoulders will come out easier; just do what you can handle. Lean all your weight on me if you have to, we'll keep you up." He whispered to the pup, "Come on, sweetie, we've been waiting to meet you."

Asahi reached between hir legs, having trouble getting a good hold on hir baby's head with all the fluid on it, gently turning the baby and wincing as hir body pushed again. Shi cried out momentarily, but the shoulders slowly spread hir folds, and in a couple of minutes, they emerged, and shi let out a pant of relief. "Ooooh, gods, mmm...so hard...I've never been stretched that much..." shi grinned a bit, hir face a mix of pain and love.

"Good girl. It won't be long now," he said as he held his hands over Asahi's, their hands covered in birth fluids and a bit of hir blood. "Just breathe deeply and give yourself time to stretch if you can hold off pushing for a little bit, it's almost over...." He readied his hands to catch hir pup if shi would not be able.

Shi nodded, panting again. "How do I keep my body from doing this...if I were on a hunt and I went into labor...I need to learn to control it better...." Like a hyena, shi was already thinking labor should be more of a choice than it was. Still, shi held off pushing long enough to give hir sex time to relax a bit, and then hir body decided it was time to get the baby out. At least, with a mighty heave, the baby slipped a good six inches, up to its belly, the umbilical cord becoming visible, and from there, it slowly slid out into Niv's hands. "Oh my god, it's out! My baby!" shi gasped, too weak to move for several moments as shi panted deeply.

Nivalis looked at the soaked life in his hands and then spoke as calmly as he could to Asahi. "Asahi...look at your son." He waited for hir to look down at him as he presented hir with the squeaking pup. "You're a mom, honey."

Shi whimpered softly, cutting the cord with a claw and taking hir son in hir arms, sitting down on the grass. It was a rare sight, a hyena crying, but shi sobbed happily and openly as shi held hir firstborn to hir breast, stroking his back and closing hir eyes. "Ohh, thank you, guys...I really can't say how much it means to me to have you here." Shi looked up at both of them, glowing with motherly love for hir newborn.

Niv nodded and let hir fawn over hir son. "It was our honor. May we share other moments like this."

Storm nodded as well, giving hir cheek a soft kiss. "You really showed me something special, Asahi...we're very proud of you."

Asahi whimpered again from the overwhelming emotions shi was feeling before shi made a face of discomfort. "I...uhh, feels like something else...mmfm!" Shi grunted and tensed as the afterbirth slid out, and shi squirmed a bit. "Uggh, is that everything?"

He looked at the afterbirth and said, "Since I'm sure you don't feel like eating it, I'm going to bury the afterbirth, and I'd like to do so in my grove."

Asahi looked at the fleshy mass and let out a disgusted moan. "Be my guest, hon...and you're always welcome in my home. I hope you'll allow me the honor of attending your own birth." Shi reached up and stroked Storm's belly, which gave a kick in response, and Storm blushed.

"Thanks, Asahi." Storm crouched down to kiss hir hand, giving hir pup a gentle pet on the head.

Niv smiled at them connecting again, once again idly wishing he could have firsthand knowledge of what they were going through but knowing that it wasn't possible. Not by any means available to him, anyway. "I think we'd both be happy to have you with us." He scritched Storm's tummy at seeing their grifflet answer. "Or perhaps I should say, all three of us, hm?" He took off his shirt and set it on the ground, carefully picking up and wrapping the afterbirth and wrapping it. His exercise was definitely paying off: he was quite close to having a physique like his big brother's, though his smaller overall size (well, in most ways) made him more of a miniature version of a different color.

Storm cocked an eye at his brother, looking away as he collected the afterbirth, and standing up slowly, holding his belly and grunting. "Well, at least one of us has his figure back," he said with a smirk, winking at Asahi. "Now you'll have to be careful who you let mount you...."

Shi giggled and waved a hand at him. "I'm not letting anyone in there for a long time, believe me!"

Niv snickered. "Oh come now, I know you liked it! I certainly enjoyed it," he remarked, sticking his tongue out at Asahi and leaving the afterbirth alone for the moment as he returned to hir. He took a closer look at the pup as the pup nursed, petting his still-wet fur, before he raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Well well, I guess good looks aren't the only thing this pup inherited from his mother. It seems that Storm's rubbed off on you, little guy." He directed his gaze to the pup's backside.

Asahi blinked, and felt between his legs. "Oh my...." Shi giggled. "I've got a little copy of myself...well, he does look more boyish than me," shi observed with a lick of the pup's forehead.

Storm poked his brother in the side and chirped, "Yeah, rubbed off all right. Shi swallowed my cum." He snickered, and Asahi just winked at them. "Come on bro, let's leave them some time to themselves."

He laughed into the crook of his elbow at Storm's joke, not wanting to use his messy hands. He then nodded at Storm and picked up his shirt; blood and other fluids soaked through it. "I'd rather not leave them all alone. We should tell hir tribe."

The older griffon blinked, and perked an ear. "I think someone from the tribe is coming this way," he said as he looked in the direction of the sound.

Niv followed Storm's gaze, but their visitor was not a hyena. It was a large, predatory canine Niv had come to call a dire wolf. The animal seemed to have been separated from its pack and had a very hungry look in its eyes. Niv's eyes narrowed as he moved in front of his mate and friend. "It must have smelled everything. Asahi, can you stand up?"

"I can now," shi said with a growl, scowling at the unwelcome visitor before Storm put a wing around them.

"Hon, I know you want to protect your baby but leave it to us..." Storm trailed off as he nodded to Niv, knowing that his brother was the only one in any condition to do anything about the threat, with one herm having just birthed and another very pregnant. Storm quickly led the hyenas into their hut.

Niv kept his body tensed and ready for an attack by the wolf, waiting for the wolf to make the first move. He had left his weapons in the cave, not expecting to need them, so he knew that even though he could probably handle the animal, he wouldn't get off without a scratch. Its hunger would also make it fight with particular ferocity. On the other hand, his friend and mate were counting on him.

Storm ducked into the hut, making sure the mother and son were safe, and stuck his head slightly out of the flap to watch. It aggravated him that he couldn't help, as he ran a hand over his belly and sighed, the baby kicking as if to remind him of the responsibilities he had to consider.

The wolf glared at Niv and growled, but seeing that the protector of its prey wasn't going to move, it crouched and leapt. Niv sidestepped it, but it quickly spun around and jumped at Niv again. It didn't knock the griffon over, but gave Niv a glancing bite to on the shoulder while Niv kneed it in the gut, both of them stepping back for a moment.

His brother winced at the attack, curling his fingers and becoming more upset as he watched. Asahi tugged on his tail gently, and he pulled back inside the hut. "You shouldn't let yourself get so upset when you're pregnant," shi said, patting his tummy. He nodded and sighed, sitting next to hir on his shins and hoping his brother would remember his training.

Nivalis and the wolf stared each other down before the wolf started to circle around the griffon. Niv turned his body to continue facing it. This went on for a little while before the wolf faked jumping forward in its circle, then zigzagged to Niv's side to try and tackle the griffon again. Niv held its jaws at bay by closing his hand around the animal's neck using the other to shield his face from the wolf's nails, receiving a good few slashes in the process and crying out from the pain.

Storm winced as he heard the yelps outside, clawing at the ground angrily and lashing his tail. "I want to go out there and help him!" he grunted, looking towards the door.

The hyena rested a hand on his arm. "You're helping us, and your child...that's more than Nivalis would ask of you," shi said calmly before she returned hir son to hir breast, smiling down on him.

The grapple didn't last long before Niv threw the wolf to the side and, expecting the wolf to counterattack, greeted the wolf with a foot to its chin in its mid-pounce, causing it to yelp and falter in its attack, winding up with Niv pinning it on the ground with his whole body. But the wolf was strong for being so hungry, or maybe that strength came from its desperation; it rolled to its side and closed its jaws on Niv's lower arm. Nivalis shrieked in pain but maintained his pin.

Storm nestled up close to Asahi, putting his arm around hir again and sighing, resting his head on hir shoulder. He looked at the newborn, purring softly to the pup as he gently stroked his back. "He has your eyes, Asahi," he said quietly, smiling slightly, trying to stay calm and let his brother fight for them.

Niv knew that now was his chance, cursing himself for letting his emotions cloud his mind earlier in the fight. He reached up with his free hand and then brought his claws down on the wolf's throat, striking a mortal blow. The wolf immediately released Niv's arm and scampered back, emitting a sound that was a mix between yelping and gurgling. It staggered for a moment before it looked up and saw Niv standing over it with a rock in his uninjured hand. Niv muttered, "Know that I don't hate you," before he brought the rock down hard on the animal's skull, killing it instantly. Niv then turned to the hut, holding his bleeding arm, the blood making his white fur look like bloody snow.

Storm heard the sounds of the fight cease, and crawled out again. Upon seeing his injured brother he leapt to his feet, stumbling a bit from the weight as he rushed to his brother's side. "Niv! Are you okay?" he cried, putting his wings around Niv.

The white griffon shook his head, growling from the pain of his injury. "It got me pretty good, I need to clean and bandage this fast. If Asahi doesn't have anything that can clean it, we'll have to pour scalding water on it."

As if on cue, the hyena mother came out of her hut, pup in one hand and a bowl of crushed herbs forming a sort of paste in the other. "Here, Nivalis. This will soothe and treat the wounds," shi explained. He presented his arm and shi applied the herbs to his bite wound, and it numbed the pain quickly, all while shi held the baby to hir breast.

Niv let the hyena mother soothe his wound, taking some of the mixture in his other fingers and putting it on a few scratches he had received from the wolf's nails. "You're a real lifesaver, Asahi," he said quietly, panting to regain his breath. "Guess it's only fair, huh?" he said with a chuckle, scratching the newborn hyena on the back of his head.

"You learn some things in the tribe. It's just herbs and plants from the forest. I can show you which ones sometime if you like." Shi smiled and gave him a peck on the cheek, as well as Storm, to which the pregnant griffon chirped. "Besides, I owe you guys a lot. Come back anytime you need something, or just for some company."

Storm nodded and hugged hir, mindful to be careful of the infant. "You know we will, Asahi."

Niv nodded, smiling warmly at his...family, such as it was. "Of course. You're going to see more of us," he rubbed Storm's tummy, "and more often in a little while, make no mistake about that." He rose to his feet and picked up the shirt that held the afterbirth before coming back to the three. "Well, we should head out now. But before I go, can I give him a kiss goodbye?" he asked, looking at hir son.

Asahi nodded and held hir son out a bit for Niv, though not as much as shi would to offer him for holding. Shi wasn't ready for that so soon. Storm smiled warmly at them. "And yes, I think we'll be having our own little birthing ceremony in a couple of months...I'll try to let you know beforehand, but you know how these things can go," he remarked with a wink at Asahi.

Niv leaned in, his face happening to be quite close to hir chest, but quickly chased dirty thoughts out of his mind as he gave the baby a kiss on the top of his head. "We'll just let you two get acquainted and let someone from your tribe know that you've birthed." He nodded at Storm's comment, nuzzling Storm's shoulder as he wasn't in a good state to hug his brother. "By the way, do you know what you're going to name him?"

Asahi smiled, flicking an ear as he kissed hir baby. "That's fine, I'm sure they'd like the news. And I'm not sure what I will name him. Our tribe usually does not name our offspring in the first week of life. His name will come in time though." After another quick hug to Storm, Asahi padded back to hir hut slowly. "You two be careful, and take care. I'll see you soon, I hope."

Niv nodded and, picking up the shirt that contained Asahi's afterbirth, turned toward Asahi's tribe and stayed close to Storm as they walked. "See? That wasn't so bad. And even if it was, just look at how happy shi was at the end," he said comfortingly.

"Yeah...but then I wasn't feeling hir pain through it. Or rather, I was imagining it, and it scared me. Shi's stronger than I am." He fluttered his wings. "But I hope with your help I'll be all right."

Niv sighed and stopped, setting down his shirt and holding Storm in a one-armed hug. "Storm, I'm doing everything I can to teach you about the power that will come to you when you need it, but I don't know if I'm getting through to you, and if I'm not, that's starting to scare me. I'm not the only one who'll be with you." He pressed his toned abdomen against Storm's very pregnant stomach.

He murred and held Niv close, purring to him and feeling the little one rumbling about inside him. "You are, hon. I'm just a big sissy when it comes down to giving birth. Not something I ever thought I'd be doing, you know." He smiled a bit and rubbed Niv's firm chest and tummy. "You look really good, bro...like me, seven months ago."

Niv chuckled, trying to maintain his serious composure. "Mmf...I can't stay upset when you compliment me like that." He patted Storm's tummy before picking up his shirt and moving back along.