The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL eps 93: Suffering Together

EOTL ( Essence Of The Light) - EOTD Season 2 - The Story of Xavier and Sera

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"Xavier?"

Sera's voice made Xavier detach from his dizzying reverie. The man looked at Sera again, then put on a smile to cover her immortality.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I was just thinking something." Xavier quickly removed the lid from the cream and sniffed it to distract Sera. There was no smell of anything, only the sweet musk aroma of coconut and vanilla was quite gentle. "This cream is from a coconut?" guess later.

Sera nodded her head. "Yes, said Dr. Nathan, all the main ingredients of the cream are natural ingredients, so you don't have to worry. Doctor Nathan told me about coconut oil, mustard oil, vanilla and Epsom salt."

"Ah, Magnesium sulfate." Xavier nodded his head slightly, showing his approval. "Epsom salt has the ability to be anti-inflammatory and relieve swelling, it can also relieve pain due to swollen feet due to your pregnancy. Remind me to bring Epsom salt in the form of crystal circles for you later, you can also take a bath or soak your feet with a mixture of water and Epsom salt to relax all the aches, joint pain and inflammation in your body." Xavier took a pinch of the cream and applied it to Sera's ankle. "Let me apply it for you" he continued.

"Not necessarily Xavier. I think you look a little tired tonight. What if you rest? I-I can apply it myself...."

"Applying itself?" Xavier frowned, looking at Sera with a reproachful look. "With that big belly of yours, you can't even see your feet from your point of view, can you?" Xavier's smile widened, filled with affection. "Then, how can you bend over and reach for your own ankles to apply this cream?"

Xavier's rhetorical question made Sera's cheeks flushed in embarrassment. He knew what Xavier was saying was true and he had gone silly insisting he wanted to apply the cream to his feet. Even Nathan's doctor had told him that Sera should get the help of someone else to apply the cream to his feet. However, Xavier looks grim and has a lot of thoughts at the moment and Sera really doesn't want to make Xavier more tired than he should be.

"I-I'm really fine. Or better we sleep first, tomorrow we can apply this cream."

"Sh." shh." Xavier hisses to stop Sera's rebuttal. "I won't let you sleep uncomfortable tonight. Let me give you some help to ease your suffering, Sera." Xavier's hands began to move gently applying the cream to the entire area of Sera's swollen legs and rubbing the area very gently. The cream felt cold and pleasant on Sera's skin, making Sera unable to argue any further.

Sera's eyes were reunited with Xavier's eyes, and she was stunned when she saw a sad expression on Xavier's face that was so thick it almost made her chest feel sliced.

"What's wrong?" Sera could not help but extend her hand towards Xavier. In an instant, Xavier moved closer, received Sera's helping hand, then cupped the tiny fingers to her cheek.

Xavier's eyes were closed and Sera could sense how Xavier seemed to have trouble getting words out.

Is Xavier sick? This guy's never acted like this before?

"Xavier's? You why?" Sera asked back anxiously as Xavier was speechless.

Xavier sighed deeply, as his eyes opened, his gaze pierced deeply towards Sera, filled with torment that mingled with regret.

"I'm sorry, Sera."

Xavier's voice sounded hoarse, filled with sadness. It made Sera bite her lips, as if feeling the same pain in her heart. For some reason, this pregnancy seemed to make her feel a deep empathy for her husband. Xavier's suffering was his pain, while Xavier's smiles and laughter were also able to make his heart explode with happiness.

"Why are you sorry?" Come to think of it, I don't know how many times Xavier always apologized to him. Does this man think that the destiny that unites them now is a mistake caused by him?

"You're pregnant because of me. We should have borne it both ways, but right now you're the only one to endure all the suffering of this pregnancy." Xavier replied with a heavy tone, his voice grumbling.

Sera immediately commented a smile and looked at Xavier with a clear view. "Who said I was suffering?"

The question made Xavier's expression even more grim, as if Sera had hit him on the head with wood.

"You're clearly suffering. Don't you know that I'm always watching you?" Xavier could not say clearly that he could not take his eyes off Sera for a second.

Xavier installed surveillance cameras all over the house, when he could not see Sera directly, then he would watch the woman through surveillance cameras. Had Sera known how possessive and possessive Xavier was of her, perhaps Sera would have run away in fear and run away from him.

After all, when it came to Sera, Xavier seemed to be unable to contain himself. It was very difficult to take his eyes off the woman. Sera seemed to have become an obsession for him, looking at Sera and making sure she was okay, as important as making sure her lungs were still running the respiratory system and her heart was still running the blood circulation system.

"You are tired when walking, your feet are swollen and sore, your stomach is so distended that it makes your small waist in pain because it stretches to the maximum extent to withstand the weight of your body, you also often have shortness of breath at night and your sleep is uncomfortable because you can't find the right position." Xavier reconnected in a slow voice as Sera made no sound. He took Sera's hand, then directed it to the lips to be kissed. "A baby is created together by two partners, it takes a man and a woman to create a life that grows in the belly of a woman. But why is it that only women suffer in the process of bringing the baby into the world? Why are we men made useless in such a way and can only look at our pregnant wife suffering alone, then busy cursing ourselves for our actions that make our wife pregnant?" Xavier's expression seemed to show his hatred for himself. "Not to mention that later you have to experience contraction pain or feel the cold of the operating table when they remove your baby."

Sera's heart warmed when she heard what Xavier said. He felt how sincere the man was when he thought about it. During this time, people always viewed Xavier as a vile killer who had no compassion, when in fact, he was, Xavier is just a naive man who has no experience in dealing with social relationships with others.

For Xavier, everything was rigidly emblazoned and separated by a firm boundary line. Wrong means wrong and must be punished, right means right and must get an award. All are determined only from two contrasting colors. There is only black and white and no room for gray.

Sera understood very well that Xavier was someone who had high justice. A person who does good will have his right and a person who does evil will have his effect. That is why the concept of creating a joint child that is connected with the suffering of pregnant women alone without the prospective father can help anything, is a difficult concept that cannot be accepted by the man.

Sera pushed her body back to lie down, putting her head on the pillows piled up on the headboard, then extending his arm towards Xavier motioned wordlessly for the man to lie down with him on the bed and Xavier accepted it without a second thought. The man laid his body on the rest of the narrow bed, laid on his side carefully so as not to crush Sera, and then supported her head with one hand.

Her eyes were fixed on Sera, while her fingers moved around the side of her beloved face, while Sera's lips extended a gentle smile towards Xavier, looking at her husband with her glittering clear eyes.

"Everything is created fairly. You'll get your share later." Sera smiled gently, looking at Xavier with a hint of ignorance.

Back Xavier's forehead wrinkled. "What do you mean?" then he asked curiously.

Sera's hand moved, cupping Xavier's cheek.

"People say, when a child is born and when a father holds his baby for the first time in his arms, the father will be willing to give up his whole world for his child." Sera's voice was slightly stifled by the haru feeling when the woman finally spoke. "A father may not suffer when his wife conceives and gives birth. But the responsibility of a child who grows up later, is in his hands. When the child needs protection, when the child needs a place to go, when the child needs a strong shoulder to support it. Even when his son needs his father to walk by his side to release him with happy tears when he's getting married, that's where you'll play a father, as a parent to our children."

Xavier brought his face closer to Sera's face, his expression filled with the same sense of haru.

"You think I'll be long enough to get my kids to their wedding?" ask her then with a stifled voice.

Without hesitation Sera nodded her head. "of course. Are you worried about your illness? If that's what you think, then you can calm down. Rest assured, the three of us, me and our twins, we will save you. You're gonna live old and I think, even if you age, you're gonna be the most handsome dad in the world who's gonna make your kids proud of you."

Xavier chuckled at hearing that, his eyes softened as he gazed towards Sera. Will you accompany me until I get old? The question resonated in Xavier's mind, but he dared not utter it. Instead, Xavier asked another question.

"Then we agreed to suffer together and be happy together?" xavier asked later, his voice sounding solemn, like he was making a promise.

Sera chuckled and her heart was touched by the fact that Xavier's heart was not as frozen and as thick as people thought. This man always put himself as an antagonist, but who would have thought that the antagonist in this story turned out to be soft-hearted? Truly Sera was grateful for the opportunity to get to know Xavier further so that he did not rely on his first impression which was wrong with his assumption that Xavier was a terrible monster.

"of course. After all, do you think I would let you just waltz in without tasting the pain of being a father? Just wait when our child is born, I'll give you a night vigil to hold and soothe, change diapers and drink bottle milk to our children in the middle of the night when they're starving." Sera could not help but laugh when she reconnected her sentence. "Oh yeah, don't forget, you should also learn to replace diapers when they pup. I know you have great guts and are very strong in dealing with terrible things, but I guarantee you will definitely tremble a little when facing baby pup. And remember, you have to face two at once."

Sera's laughter was contagious, making Xavier laugh too. Somehow his heart felt light after his conversation with Sera. All the problems can be thought of later, which is important at this time he can hold Sera and make sure this woman is okay in his arms. For later, Xavier will try harder so that any evil plans that will attack them, will not be able to touch Sera and her family.

"How are they today? Are they acting well?" Curiously, Xavier rubbed Sera's stomach and as if the baby inside the woman's stomach recognized her father's touch, they began to kick, kicking, punching and rolling around in a narrow space that was divided together in Sera's womb, made Sera grimace and rub her stomach which stiffened and tightened until it felt hard.

"Ouch!" Sera could not help but complain and Xavier's face paled. His eyes stared intently at Sera's protruding and hardened stomach on several sides, showing just how powerful the kicks of the two little boys inside were.

"What can I do?" Back Xavier looked frustrated, confused because he could not bear the pain and suffering of Sera. "What do I do to get them to stop kicking?" he asked panicked, rubbing Sera's stomach to relieve active movements in there.

Sera grimaced, but she could not help but chuckle at Xavier's reaction. The man always reacted the same when he felt two babies kicking in Sera's stomach. First astonished, then changed in horror after it ended in panic and fear. The pattern was always the same, and the effect was the same, warming Sera's heart.

"Why do you want to stop our baby from kicking? They're just too healthy, they won't hurt me." After saying her sentence, suddenly one of the babies seemed to be elbowing so hard that Sera had to stop her words and sigh deeply under Xavier's anxious gaze. After successfully mastering himself, Sera laughed again. "Well, right, that's a testament to their apparent health. We should be grateful. Fetal movement is one of the markers of health conditions as well as fetal growth and development, the more active our babies the healthier they are in here." Sera moved her hand and cupped Xavier's hand which rubbed her stomach to help her desperately. "Now, let's start counting."

"Again?" Xavier seemed to be inexhaustible with Sera, but he only asked again and did not argue.

Sera pressed Xavier's hand on her stomach, then sighed deeply.

"Of course again and again and should not be bored. Night is our baby's schedule and when our baby is active is the best time to count. By calculating fetal movements, in addition to knowing the health condition of the fetus in the womb we can also find out early if the Little One is experiencing a dangerous condition, which is not the case, such as fetal harm and prevent the fetus from dying in the womb. You remember the count, don't you? Dr. Nathan also said that starting from seven months of gestational age we must do the calculation of baby movements regularly without being missed."

Xavier actually had thought to buy a ultrasound and heart rate detection device for the baby to be more practical so whenever he wanted he could monitor the baby in the stomach Sera. But he ultimately did not do it. This activity of counting the baby's movements has become a valuable ritual that will not be exchanged for anything.

Xavier then nodded his head, already beginning to count inwardly even as he replied.

"In two hours, the minimum fetal movement should reach a minimum of ten movements." Xavier's forehead wrinkled as he felt another thrust from Sera's stomach. "In my opinion, the two of them only needed a short period of time to meet ten times the minimum movement. They are very active. It's been five by my count." it's worth it then in a tone of amazement.

Sera laughing. "Xavier, if the baby moves in a row for one time, the count remains one move instead of five," he said softly. "So my count is one now."

"Still one? Then we're still waiting for nine more movement packs?" Xavier asked quietly, then his voice stopped as their baby moved again inside Sera's stomach after giving a short pause. The two babies seemed to move to and fro, twisting, elbowing, kicking on two opposite sides to feel all over Sera's stomach. That made Xavier laugh. "I don't know which one of them is moving here. But they both seem to be active, right? That can count as 'two'?" tanyanya.

Sera grinned widely. "Okay, that's number two. Now we wait for the third one" he said in the same rarity.

The two pairs of humans were engrossed in their own drenches, preoccupied with their delightful counting rituals at night, immersed in warm hugs and cheerful laughter, covered in a pleasant mist that makes them seem to not remember the dangers that may come.

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