Rudra came back home and was surprised to see that Karna, Neatwit , Max , Skyla , Jhonny , Fatty Kalash and his girlfriend as well as Bo , Medivh and SMG were all present in the living room.
Rudra knew that they had logged out of Omega after the win at the battle for city of whispers as the last few days had been strenuous for all and they needed to detox a bit.
However as he had some work and meetings left he could only log out much later which is why he was surprised to see the others at his home as they were supposed to be enjoying their time off.
Rudra looked at Naomi and the swell on her belly and instantly his heart melted , her wife had swelled up soo much in the last one and a half month that he did not meet her as his heart ached at the thought that he was away from his family at such a critical time.
Rudra ignored everyone as he went straight towards Naomi and gave her a smooch before holding her belly lovingly and giving it a kiss.
Naomi smiled brightly at first before pouting as she said " the baby is not even born but it seems you love it more than me ".
Everyone in the room chuckled including Rudra as he said " Ofcourse .... Not ".
The long pause made Naomi's face puff even more as she teasingly slapped Rudra on the arm .
As the loving couple talked amongst themselves , Jhonny who had seen Rudra for the first time in real life after his tier 5 promotion asked SMG " When did the boy became red skinned and a tattoo freak? ".
SMG almost choked on the water he was drinking as he could not understand how Jhonny could be so clueless.
Jhonny continued " It's the gaming pod , he must have tanning UV installed inside . What a smart lad, however maybe there is a risk of radiation, i need to talk to him about this later ".
SMG could not understand wether to correct Jhonny or even where to start explaining if he could , as in the end he just gave up and let it be.
However what Jhonny truly missed was the sadness in SMG 's eyes when he saw the loving couple as inside them there was a longing for the warmth of Naomi.
Hiding his feelings back well , SMG swallowed his emotions alongside the water.
Finally Rudra had given Naomi satisfactory attention and hence he stood up and looked around the room and said " So ….. why are you all here ".
It was at this moment that Neatwit shouted " YES ! I WON THE BET , GUILDMASTER DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING"
Karna cliqued his tongue and handed him a bundle of money as Neatwit smiled in satisfaction.
Rudra who noticed this development said " Notice what? ".
Instantly he activated his god's eyes as although his head ached severely from using the skill he tried to make sense of what unusual phenomena was going on around him.
Finding nothing he sat back down clutching his head as he closed his eyes to refocus on reality for a while before opening them up and asking again " notice what ? ".
It was at this moment that Karna stretched his tshirt to give the dumb guildmaster some hint.
Rudra saw this still did not understand what Karna was trying to show him as only when he saw everyone around him wearing a half blue half pink tshirt did he realise that everyone was wearing the exact same tshirt.
Rudra said " What is this ? Some new movement to support a new gender? Why are you all wearing the same tshirt ".
Skyla slapped her face at this question as she gave Naomi a look of pity and the two women said at the same time
" Men. "
Instantly Neatwit and Medivh felt offended as they felt that they had better social reading of a situation compared to their clueless guildmaster and that branding them alongside the other idiots of the room was not fair. However they also knew that should they exclude themselves from the idiot men club they would never gain access into the club again , and although idiotic the men's club was still a better place to be hence they drank the insult and stayed quiet.
Karna said " think idiot think " as he popped open two crackers as both blue and pink flakes dropped from the cracker.
Rudra said " what is this , I've seen this stuff in those gen… ".
Rudra's voice trailed off as he covered his mouth and found a place to sit as he looked incredulously at his wife .
Naomi laughed and said " Yes we are having twins , one boy and one girl ".
Everyone cheered as there was an atmosphere of genuine joy and excitement in the house , however Rudra was just smiling sitting in the corner as he could not utter a single word at this moment.
Rudra felt a whirlpool of emotions as he started to laugh and cry at the same time as for the first time since the band had been together did the others see their guildmaster so vulnerable and human .
There were tears of joy in his eyes as Rudra remembered dead mama and papa Rajput as they would have been the happiest hearing this news.
Rudra hugged Naomi tight as he said " You have made me the happiest man in the world ".
The couple enjoyed each other's warmth as a beautiful moment was created , and after a while Rudra asked max to jump in too and eventhough the kid was a bit awkward at first in the end all 5 of the Rajput family members shared a moment of joy and embrace.
As Naomi felt her heart turn to mush the two Rajput men felt their resolves being strengthening that come what may , both of them would always protect this family from all threats .
/// Chapter 3 of today's 5 chapter montage , a little change of environment from the constant wars , hope you all enjoy ! ///