[TADC] 📜🎪 M A K I N G ◦ A N ◦ N P C ! - Act 9

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⊹˚₊·‧Chapter 9: Maze

When they woke the next morning, they were still embraced.

Ragatha felt a lot like a comfortable pillow, so it took Pomni a moment to realize what was going on.

But then she started to realize.

She… she had made out with Ragatha, yesterday. A lot. Like… a lot a lot. Almost an unhealthy amount, if one could call it that. And… and she also had blurted all that stuff out about… being a parent…

Cautiously, she lifted her head, only to be perplexed to see a smiling Ragatha watching her.

“Good morning,” she whispered, delicately, as if she wasn’t sure if Pomni was already truly awake or not.

Pomni was. More awake than any energy drink could ever make her. Her heart started to pound uncomfortably quick and strong again. 

Somehow, Ragatha sensed it.

“It’s okay. All of this is… wanted.” she tried to assure her in a soothing voice. Though her own anxiety seeped through her tone, and she added, “Or… is it…?”

Pomni made an effort to remain composed.

There was no sense in panicking.

This was all…. highly unusual, and way out of her comfort zone, and felt like she had made choices within a dream without thinking about actual consequences. But———but it was okay. Right?

She looked into Ragatha’s caring eye. 

Then she felt some locomotion under her hand—the baby. Pomni had kept one of her hands on Ragatha’s belly for the whole night.

This finally calmed her down. Helped her clearing the fog.

“Yes,” she finally said, “All of this… is wanted.”

Ragatha formed the most beautiful smile Pomni had ever seen on her. It conveyed a whole novel; relief and trust foremost, but there was so much more. The way she was still in her nightgown, still a bit sleepy… it made everything feel authentic, as she was not hiding anything from Pomni at this very moment. There was genuine joy about Pomni’s statement, while it was clear that she would absolutely respect boundaries. Then the ease, the deep relaxation, the unmovable certainness about her wanting this baby…

It was almost too much for Pomni.

She slowly lifted her hands and put them on her own face.

Ragatha chuckled. “What are you doing…?”

“I’m afraid I’ll get another nosebleed soon,” Pomni muffled into her hands, making Ragatha chuckle even more.

“I’m so lucky to witness you like this,” the other woman commented to that. “I had no idea how cute you actually could be.”

Pomni’s head felt hot. Surely, the blood emote would not be far from happening.

“While you hold your non-existent nose… How about we talk about how to go from here?”

Pomni gazed at her, having a hard time following her words. Had Ragatha always been so damn pretty? How hasn’t she been able to see that before? How mesmerizing her mouth moved when talking… the same mouth that could kiss so demandingly. Oof.

But there has been a question, hasn't there?

Pomni nodded. To whatever the question was.

“I… remember well what you said yesterday, Pomni. About being proud and wanting the others to know. And while I find that… i-incredibly touching. Like, dangerously touching,” Ragatha said, while focusing her eye on something other than Pomni, blushing, “I… I really would like things to go slow.”

Pomni nodded again, even though only part of what Ragatha said had reached her.

“G-good. I’m glad you understand. I would like to give it another week or two, to see how… how our relationship evolves. And in case they haven’t figured it out by then, I’d like to tell them. Both about the pregnancy and… your involvement in it. Okay…?”

Another nod. 

Whatever Ragatha requested of Pomni, she would do it. 

“Good…! Good. Okay. Then… how about we start our day? I think Caine’s adventure for today will be rather boring again. Pretty sure he makes them that way to go easy on me. Which is… actually sweet, now that I think about it.”

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The trance Pomni found herself in didn’t stop after getting up; It would continue to taint her thoughts in the most peculiar way. The way some cartoon characters would float after being smooched? Have heart eyes? Had their heart stretched out through their chest?

That’s how Pomni felt. She tried her best to let nothing of this shine through and hoped dearly that she wasn’t… actually doing any of these things and just feeling as if she did. But it wasn’t easy.

She constantly wanted to be close to Ragatha, constantly felt the need to touch her belly, feeling how her baby—their daughter—was doing. Look in her pretty face, and tell jokes to make her laugh.

At the same time, she was on the verge of another meltdown. Everything was so uncomfortably new, her feelings too overwhelming. Hopefully she would calm down asap, and be her normal self again. Swooning this hard couldn’t be healthy.

She also might’ve gotten a little… protective. When Ragatha dropped something, Pomni was there to pick it up for her; when Ragatha sighed, Pomni checked in to see whether she was exhausted or worried and needed help. One time, when Jax was grabbing Ragatha on her shoulders after trying to make her agree with something he said, Pomni even karate-chopped between them, standing in front of Ragatha like a fierce gremlin, ready to attack.

Not being close to Ragatha almost hurt, physically. So Pomni would find ways to cheat her way through the day. By holding her hand when nobody was watching, making sure she would sit next to her when there was a chance for it, like inside a roadtrip adventure, and by sometimes creating situations where they could be alone. 

As far as she could tell, it all amused Ragatha greatly, which made this whole game as sweet as could be. She even provoked Pomni’s desire, by sometimes touching her belly when Pomni was looking, or making sweet little sounds when the baby was kicking, when nobody but Pomni could hear her, while grinning knowingly.

One day, as they were just walking through a labyrinth adventure, Pomni, who was at the end of the line anyway with Ragatha next to her, stated: “Oh whoops I got a stone in my shoe! Keep going, I’ll catch up with you guys,” making Ragatha chuckle joyfully.

She then got down on one knee, acting as if she was trying to get something out of her shoe, and once the group had vanished behind the next corner, she turned towards Ragatha, gently grabbing her belly through her concealing skirt, smooching it.

Ragatha chuckled even more and gently brushed over Pomni’s head.

“Hello little pea,” Pomni mumbled in a playful voice people used to talk to pets or children, through the layers of fabric while snuggling her face against it, “Are you having fun, hiding under everyone's noses?”

FLASH.

Oh.

Oh no.

Oh f !?$% g no.

“Wow. Have fun explaining that.”

When Pomni lifted her head, slowly, dreading, she saw Jax standing at the corner, just lowering his camera.

“It’s………………….not…………………… as it……. looks………….” Pomni stuttered slowly, her poor, constantly overstimulated brain desperately trying to find a way out of this situation.

Jax snorted.

“Sure. I’m sure this all is just a biiiig misunderstanding.”

“Jax…” Ragatha tuned in.

“I-it is. You know me, haha,” Pomni said while standing up and making a ‘Gotcha’ movement with her fist, by swinging it in a half circle, “...always catching me in… situations that can be… misinterpreted…”

Jax shrugged and closed his eyes.

“Yes, that’s you. I'll make sure I’ll ask Ragatha about it,” he agreed in a somewhat demeaning tone, then opened one eye and observed her while continuing, “Later. When we’re alone again.”

Pomni’s world seemed to shift.

“Jax!” Ragatha repeated, now a bit more urgently.

“What do you mean by that,” Pomni asked, toneless.

“Oooh, what? Didn’t Ragatha tell you about us? Oh, my, my. How uncomfortable for all of us.” He said, his calm demeanor in stark contrast to his words.

“Jax, please!” Pomni heard Ragatha exclaim behind her. It sounded dull, as if she were underwater.

“What, dollface? You’re playing games with poor moi and clowndown over here; that’s genuinely hurtful.”

Pomni took a step towards Jax.

“Jax, please, stop. This isn’t funny.”

“You’re acting as if I’m lying! Am I lying, Raggy?”

Ragatha didn’t answer.

The world shifted even more.

“And after all the nights we spent together! After all the times I’ve laid my hands on you, after all your sweet little moans… after I made you cry—”

He couldn’t finish his sentence, because Pomni had jolted him to the ground, choking him.

“POMNI!” Ragatha yelled and came running, trying to pull her off of him. 

“What the f !$% k why you always do thiissss” Jax retched out, both laughing in shock and with tears in his eyes. He was in pain, but visibly amused, too.

“STOP LYING!” Pomni yelled and clutched her fists even harder, making him writhe and gag under her.

“Pomni!! Please! Please, stop!”

“What’s your deal, huh?! Why are you bothering Ragatha so much?!”

Jax just continued laughing. Then, another flash.

Pomni stared into the camera he was still holding, now over his head. Then, she punched it out of his hands.

“No! My precious WackyCam™!”

She punched his eyes with both of her fists afterwards.

“Pomni, I beg of you! Let go!” Ragatha appealed to her, trying to hold Pomnis arms. “He wasn’t lying!”

This caused Pomni to stop in her tracks.

What?

She saw the others coming back around the corner to see what all the fuss was about.

“CAINE!” Jax now screamed, “I’M BEING PHYSICALLY ATTACKED AGAIN! I NEED THOSE TWO AT THE TIMEOUT ZONE!”

From then on, things happened quickly—Caine appeared out of nowhere, making a shocked expression. “Nonono, this isn’t family friendly at all!” he exclaimed and snapped his fingers. Whatever happened after that, Pomni could only speculate about, because the next moment she was in an unfamiliar, dark room with a big, softly glowing fish tank in the middle.

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