I was so happy to hear the cute little confession from my Chocopie but Dan seemed to feel otherwise... 

He stood right in front of me and grabbed his Pup who was dashing towards me at top speed with closed eyes...

 "Not happening Pup!" He said shaking his head left to right after picking his son like a sac of potato while my Bear squirmed around in his Dadda's stronghold to reach me with a pout and no success.

" Sorry to break it to you Pup, but Lexie is already taken and Dadda is going to be the one marrying him, so find your own sweetheart somewhere else!"  Dan says smirking at me and carrying his angry little protestor to the living room, still on his shoulder.

 On the other hand, I wished to drown myself in a river this second because I might be blushing hard simulating the colour of hellfire! I patted my cheeks to dissipate the blood and followed after the duo.

I think I might land straight in hell for breaking the pure heart of my Chocopie... However, I was thankful to his Dadda for interrupting us at the right moment so that I didn't have to come up with an excuse to politely decline my Bear's proposal, and it would have turned into more of a disaster if I had just played along with his words. Even though he's a baby right now his words hold meaning and I wouldn't want to just discard them by considering it as a child's play...

 As bad as I felt for the son, the Dad was making me feel equally dizzy with happiness at what he had said.

 'Now who is the Devil here, huh???' My inner Devil smirked.

'He's just having a taste of what he deserves' My angel sided with me but it felt more like a diss....

 Sigh~

        We are now seated on the couch in the living room as my Honeybun wails to his hearts content still in his father's arms, hiccups following loud sobs unable to control the anger after the little betrayal he had felt.

As soon as he's released from his Dadda's clutches, he crawls into my lap and I hold him tightly ss usual murmuring soothing words in his tiny ears, but the words fail to reach him as he continues negating everything and just snuggles closer to my chest crying harder.

"Bad Dadda!"

More crying....

 "Jan found Lexie first!" He says trying to look angry at his father but failing miserably since his round cheeks looked chubbier as he pouted making him look cuter, except the crying part of course which was making me anxious by now.... I was getting worried that he might exhaust himself crying buckets, his face had already turned red as tomato and this is where my lack of social skills showed bright and clear! (⁠*⁠﹏⁠*⁠;⁠)

Although my Honeybear kept wailing, his stupid Dadda has this wide grin making him look like a Devil's... He seemed amused by how I didn't give in to his son's requests and still tried to sooth him with supportive words. In total the big kid was enjoying his victory over his little dopplegangler that is his Pup.

Though glimpsing at Dan's face only reminded me more of what he had said before... Like where did the marriage even come from?? We had just started dating for God's sake! 

Although it didn't stop my heart from happily skipping all over the place with a stupid smile that kept making it's way on my lips. Shaking the glee off my body, I carried my attention back to the Meatball in my arms and tried calming down my poor Sunshine again but failed to come up with any suitable words yet again...

After rejoicing for a while and deciding I that his Pup had enough life lessons for today, Dan brought my Bear out of his hiding with some struggle and a lot of negotiation. Ultimately Jan gave up and sat in his Dadda's lap still keeping the angry bunny face refusing to meet eyes with his Dadda.

Dan thinks hard for a second and then proceeds to stand his Pup on his thighs and makes him look into his eyes. He almost whispers in his Pup's ears which thankfully makes my Chocopie stop sobbing almost immediately.

 Well  ""almost whispers""  since I could hear most of the things he had said... Maybe he wanted me to hear all of it? 

And if the sudden marriage declaration wasn't enough, the soft one-sided conversation became the death of me...

"Listen here Pup, since Jan is still a baby, Dadda needs to marry Lexie to keep him with us, otherwise Lexie will have to go back to his home and marry someone else... And that will make Dadda sad... Even my Pup doesn't want that, right?  So why not let Dadda have Lexie? He can be Jan's Mumma!" He said winking at his Pup

My brain felt like it had forgotten its functioning since the words 'marriage' and 'Mumma' kept playing like a broken record, still processing all the words that had travelled through my ears...

 Did I hear the right thing??? What if I'm not good enough as his Mom and Jan ends up hating me???

 'Dingdong you got a new notification:-  This is common sense exiting this whack body... right now!' my Devil said in disbelief.

'Really you fool??? That's what your dumbass is concerned about? Did you not hear the entire thing? That hot Daddy wants to make us his bitch! Although his dick tastes like heaven but there's no way in hell we are going to be treated like a whore again!' my Devil spat angrily.

 'He's not! He is saying it out of love, he really cherishes us and wants to be a family... We always wanted that right?' my Angel reasoned.

 Before they could bicker among themselves I closed the blinds to my subconscious and brought myself back to reality.

Actually, I wouldn't mind playing the mother if someday we do turn into a family... But for now, I think Dan was just trying to negotiate his way out with my Honeybun so he said that without much thought, and it was kinda cute!

 'This is no time to be oogling at their cuten....' before my Devil could speak any further I was interrupted with a soft voice...

"Mumma!" Jan said tilting his head cutely as if asking for confirmation. I didn't know what to say... My heart wanted to be a part of this lil family, but my mind reminded me that this might be just a dream.

Reluctantly I looked up at Dan who was already staring at me with a smile and love in his eyes... His gaze held truth and his son's reflected purity making me believe that all of their words held meaning and no hidden intentions whatsoever making me to reach out for my Babybear...

 "I know it's too soon for you Babe, but I don't think I can wait any longer... You can be his Papa/ Dad too if you don't like being called Mumma... I'm sorry if it made you uncomfortable, but I do see us becoming a family in the future and I would rather express it now than wait for the right time..." He rambled on.

Tears start flooding down my cheeks.... and it doesn't take long for the father-son duo to panic.

 "Dadda! Lexie doesn't want to be Mumma... Does he hate me too?" Jan asks almost on the verge of crying himself...

 I feel my heart clench at his words and I tighten my hold on his time baody...

 "Sorry Honeybun... but... Lexie's just very happy to be your Mumma... So happy that he doesn't know what to do or say!" I choke out quick words of affirmation in almost cracked voice.

Well, though suck proposals should have been followed by happy laughter and cheers... My lil Bear and I break into waterworks and Dan, who was previously panicking, finally calms down pulling both of us into his strong safe arms...

  "I thought... I scared you with my fast advancement..." Dan says with an audible sigh, scooping us into the same position we were seated, he transfers us to his lap kissing both of our heads frequently.

We spend some time in silence as my eyes run dry and our Pup eventually exhausts himself to sleep, finally settling down the chaos...

 "Thank you Lex..." Dan whispers in my ears causing my body to tingle with joy and I nod with a blush coating almost all of my existence!

'I'm ready to play his bitch, the snotty brat's momma and everything else, if that means having this Daddy to all ourselves!!' my inner Devil makes an unwanted appearance, adding a crack to our peaceful moment...

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After a period of time, Dan gently places me back on the couch as I decide to play dead since I didn't know how to face him after the whole ordeal that took place just now.

Thankfully he doesn't notice as he takes my Chocopie from my arms and whispers, 

"I'll tuck this Peachybutt in his bed and then we are going to grab some Dinner for you..." he says placing a soft kiss on my temples as if he knew all along that I wasn't sleeping!

'Yeah! You do suck at pretending asswipe!" My Devil breaks into laughter making me bang my head against the couch though the material being soft didn't help much...

I held my ground and didn't budge from my place not replying to Dan's words whatsoever earning a soft chuckle from him.

I couldn't help but have mixed feelings about this whole family thing- getting anxious, smiling like an idiot as well as wanting to tear up and run into an oblivion... I couldn't stop the whirlpool developing inside me, so I just took a cold pillow and buried my face in it, since not only my cheeks but my entire body was feeling hot for some reason.

Dan returns shortly after that and plays along with my weakness drama, waking me up by patting my head gently,

 "Hey beautiful, sorry to disturb your Me time but you need to have something in that little stomach of yours..." He says lifting me up again but this time it's princess style.

'Wohooo! Perks of having a sugar Daddy' my Devil rejoiced.

This little piece of shit is the only reason I'm gonna crack my skull open against a concrete pillar and die one day!!

 Not now of course!  

 Well back to my husband to be... (Wish you could have him right!?).

 He refuses to let me climb off his lap and sit somewhere else so after a little squirming and denying we finally settled that I will continue to sit in his lap! Arthur serves us dinner and the whole time I'm burning with embarrassment while Dan seems to be having the time of his life.... While Arthur seems to be completely unfazed with our actions, his mask face right in it's place without a crease.

Sigh~

For the first time I don't want to see the expressions behind that mask and I am really thankful for his professionalism!

We finally finish our dinner and I try to get back to my feet which I'm thankfully allowed. Dan and I walk out of the dining hall towards his bedroom which was making me hella nervous since it will be the first time I enter the adult-rated territory at my peak consciousness.

I stop in my tracks my anxiety taking over me... My brain fills itself with nothing yet tons of gibberish that I fail to decipher...

'The place is enormous so maybe I'll get showed into another room... Maybe they won't need me after awhile... Maybe his words were joke... Maybe he's just one of the person sent by my Centre to cage me here instead...' 

My thoughts run wild as my palms start to sweat, I'm about to turn towards the exit and make a run for it but soon warmth engulfs me... A sweet and comforting Vanilla-choco scent fills my senses making me relax, evening out my unconscious erratic breathing.

It was funny how the single thing that scored me to death also pulled me in... Dan interlinked our fingers and held my hand tightly... Without a word he led us to his room, waiting for me to follow his steps every now and then but with my own accord. 

"We are going to sleep in my bed from today Love, if it's overwhelming for you I can arrange something else... But... I really want to hold you to sleep every night henceforth since otherwise my nights will be busy travelling between our rooms, checking on you the whole while not that-"

Chuckles...

"Let's go to bed Dan..." I cut off his nervous ramble... Guess my anxiety is rubbing on him too... Well, that's bad since I'm the certified ticking time bomb of emotions here and I won't allow anyone to take that from me... Also he's good being his goofy self!

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