Soft pillows and marled blankets. Rugs that felt good under his feet. Their apartment was lovely. Talon had done a good job with the basics, but he wanted more comfy stuff.
So now he was spreading it all around the apartment, putting the pillows hither and yon on the couch and on the floor, placing the rugs just so, and then putting them in different places because he wanted to see where they looked best.
Mercury wanted to leave his mark on the house. He wanted it to be super comfy before the baby came, and there were a few things he was probably going to have to move into storage until after the baby was big enough not to run into things when he crawled.
He tested that out. He. Yes, Mercury thought he was a son.
He twirled a little bit, listening to his body. Listening to the babe inside him, he thought. It was as if going with Kami and rescuing that other dragon had unlocked some communication between him and the baby.
Speaking of which, Mercury looked around, satisfied with where everything was now, so he pulled on a soft sweater overhis even softer sweater and tucked his feet into some shoes so he could wander down to the med bay. He wanted to visit his new… Well, he wasn’t going to say “friend.” Could one say “friend” if somebody had tried to eat one?
It didn’t matter because he thought that particular dragon needed friends, and he was going to make an effort.
He understood about needing friends, so he toodled down to the med bay, stopping on the way to pick up cupcakes.
Because cupcakes were the best way to make friends. He knew it. No question. Cupcakes were the thing.
He smiled at the young dragon who was sitting in the little lobby seating area.
“I’m here to see Dannol,” he said. “He’s the new dragon that came in.”
“I’m not sure if he’s having visitors.”
“I’m the one who brought him here. You can tell him that I would really like to see him please. He knows me. I am Mercury.”
“All right.” She left, a confused look on her face, and her expression when she came back was even more confused. “The doctor says if you want to visit, you can go in.”
“All right, thanks. Can you show me where?”
Dannol’s room was at the very back of the med bay, and Mercury knocked on the door. “Hello, it’s Mercury. Can I come in?”
The response was a low growl, and he thought that might be a yes, so in he went.
Dannol was laying on the floor, all dragon-y, but he was much more colorful and less clear than he had been before.
“Hello, I hope you remember me. I’m the one who brought you here. I wanted you to know that I brought you cupcakes, and your hoard is here, and boxed up safe in storage, waiting for you to get an apartment.”
Dannol blinked at him.Are you serious?
Mercury shrugged. “About which part?” He motioned to himself. “I’m Mercury, these are cupcakes, the hoard is upstairs, but I can show you pictures. It’s in storage because we didn’t know where else to put it, so we put everything very nicely in many boxes so that you could have it when you were done.”
“No one took it?”
“Why would anyone want to take your hoard? It’s yours.”
He didn’t have a hoard; he didn’t really need one. He didn’t think he was really the hoarding dragon type, but if he was going to hoard something, he’d decided it was going to be tea cups. Tea cups seemed like a lovely thing to collect.
Are you insane?
He looked at Donnal. “No, I’m pregnant, and I’m here, and I want to be your friend, and I brought you cupcakes. I’m assuming that I can just toss them into your mouth if you want, or you could shift, whichever. I don’t really care, or you can save them for later. I got three red velvet, three devil’s food, three spice cake, and then three butter, and there’s all different kinds of icing.”
He came in and sat in one of the chairs, putting the cupcakes on the table. “I hope you don’t mind; it’s really hard walking around with a baby sometimes.”
Dannol lifted his head, sniffing the air.I’m glad I didn’t eat you. I would have felt bad knowing you had a baby.
“I’m glad you didn’t, too, because then my mate probably would have killed you.” He shrugged one shoulder, then grabbed a cupcake to unwrap it. “Open up. I’ll toss in a red velvet.”
To his surprise, Dannol opened to him and let him throw the cupcake, which was kind of fun, it was like a carnival game.
