Chapter Five.

A child, barely weeks old was in the capsule, sleeping soundly letting out soft mewls not aware of the very confused omega that was staring with a face full of confusion.

Rishio prided yey'rself with the ability of always expecting the unexpected, meaning that yey rarely got shocked.However the presence of the child in the capsule sent shock waves down yey'r body and back up to yey'r brain.

Yey was broken out of this trance when the child and woke up. With a stretch and two consecutive blinks, the child woke up and swept a look around getting startled by the presence of the strange person before vas. Not recognizing the person before vas, vas let out small sniffles that lead to ear bursting screams that seemed to confuse Rishio even more.

With a screaming infant before yey, Rishio racked yey'r brain desperately, trying to remember what one is supposed to do during this scenario. Yey did not hate children, as yey would take care of Naama's when yey requested it, but right now yey was still recovering from the shock of having a child in yey'r house.

The child's screams were getting louder and louder and Rishio was still grasping at straws to try and comprehend what was happening.

Then something came over Rishio, yey rushed towards the child, gently picking vas up to yey'r chest and started rocking vas to try and comfort the child.

Rishio felt as if yey had been pushed to the back of yey'r mind as yey watched yey'rself handling the child, as if yey was having an out of body experience. Yey was sure that yey was not the one gently soothing the child, that was gradually calming down, it was yey'r but not quite yey'r exactly, for yey had no control over yey'r actions.

But as quickly as it happened as quick as Rishio felt back to normal, the child in yey'r arms sleeping soundly.

Probably nothing, just a mild trance from the shock, Rishio thought brushing the events that had just happened away.

Setting the child down back into the capsule, as it was the only safe place for the child in Rishio's house, yey sat back down to try and gain back composure. Sweeping a look around yey'r house yey concluded that it was not ready for a child.

Taking a better look in the capsule, Rishio discovered that there was a bag inside at the feet of the child. Upon further inspection, yey discovered it was a diaper bag.

Count on an alpha to think of everything, Rishio thought releasing a sigh of relief.

Yey estimated that what was in the diaper bag would only last a day, yey decided that the next day was dedicated to shopping, buying all the necessities that a two week old infant, Rishio assumed, would need.

Speaking of necessities, what do infants eat?, Rishio asked yey'rself,

"I am definitely taking Naama with me." Rishio said to yey'rself.

A violent sneeze came out of yey'r startling the child but not waking vas up. That is when Rishio looked down on yey'r clothes then remembered that yey was drenched because of the rain. Whipping yey'r head to the child yey noticed that vas was damp from yey'r holding vas.

In quick actions, Rishio grabbed the diaper bag and gently picked up the capsule the as fast as yey could yey headed to yey'r bedroom with a mission to change the child's clothes as soon as possible, the only thing worse than a child is a sick child, Rishio thought to yey'rself.

First of all yey quickly changed out of yey'r clothes not wanting to make the same mistake twice, then after thirty minutes of applying the complicated art of changing a sleeping infant's clothes without waking them up, Rishio emerged victorious, almost had three panic attacks at the scare of having woken up the child, but victorious.

Placing the child back into the capsule that yey placed on yey'r bed, yey backed away from it by tiptoeing as quietly as yey could heading to an armchair yey used when yey was reading in yey'r room. Yey sat down as quiet as yey could almost throwing the chair out when it let out a squeal at yey'r weight, yey turned to the child, hoping that vas not awake letting out a sigh of relief when yey saw vas still sleeping soundly.

Slumping down the chair in sheer exhaustion yey thought to yey'rself,

"Why the hell do I feel like I am handling a ticking time bomb?"

This is going to be a long night, was Rishio's last thought as sleep slowly encroached yey'r making yey'r unconscious within seconds.

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Naama was at Rishio's door knocking the paint off it as yey rapped on it continuously. Rishio did tell yey'r that doing so pisses yey'r off but Naama was never one to listen, Besides Rishio was at fault first for not telling that yey was back,

"So tit for tat, " Naama thought as yey knocked louder.

Yey heard stomps approaching the door and smiled to yey'rself knowing yey achieved yey'r goal.

What yey saw when Rishio opened the door could only be described as a demon that the humans had long defeated, with dark circles under yey'r eyes even darker than Rishio's complexion followed by messy, dirty clothes that adorned yey'r body.

"I thought I gave you the damn key!" Rishio rasped out directing a death glare at Naama.

"OH FU..." Naama started surprised at yey'r friends demonic tone then burst out into laughter yey added'"Did you catch a cold or something?"

Rishio released a pained sigh and thought to yey'rself,

"It is too early and I am too tired for this."

The reason to Rishio's exhaustion was that the child woke up in the middle of the night and only went back to sleep two hours ago causing Rishio not to get sufficient sleep adding to the fact the yey was sleeping on a chair which was not all that comfortable.

"Just get in." Rishio said irritably to yey'r friend who found yey'r misery quite amusing since yey was still laughing.

Trudging into the house with yey'r friend behind yey'r, yey feel heavily onto yey'r favorite chair in yey'r living room closing yey'r eyes to try and make the persistent headache go away.

"Did you actually catch a cold, it was rained heavily last night, were you still outside?" Naama asked as yey settled yey'rself on a chair facing Rishio's.

"No I do not have a cold, only idiots catch colds." Rishio responded opening one eye to look at yey'r friend.

"Then why do you look like shit? The visit could not have gone that badly,could it?" Naama asked all laughter leaving yey'r voice.

Rishio paused for a while before sitting in an upright position, a serious expression falling on yey'r face.

"Gur contacted me." Rishio replied.

"Who di.." Naama went to ask before realization crept on yey'r face and yey'r heart fell into yey'r stomach. Rishio just nodded at the sight of Naama's relization.

Swallowing words that seemed to be stuck in yey'r throat , Naama asked, "What did they want."

Rishio was at a dilemma,yey did not want yey'r friend involved with what was going on, however on matters concerning infants and how to take care of them, Rishio's best bet was on Naama. The only way for yey'r to get Naama's help was to tell yey'r everything, and so that was what Rishio did.

At the end of Rishio's narration, Naama burst out laughing again,

"Waiiiit, so you are telling me that now you have to take care of the child of the people you hate most? What happened to your life this past week?"

"That is what I would love to know, I am lucky that I took two weeks off." Rishio answered not phased by yey'r cackling friend.

"Why don't you give it away?" Naama asked seriousness returning into yey'r voice.

"I cannot do that."Rishio shortly answered.

"Why? Because in my perspective you do not owe them anything, they did not actually set you free, you fought for your freedom." Naama stated.

"I know that, but I cannot give the child away."Rishio replied, " They threatened you , your family and mum."

Naama snorted then replied,"I would like to see them try." to which Rishio immediately answered,

"No you would not." With a firm tone.

Naama took one look at Rishio's face that was full of worry and decided it was best if yey dropped the topic.

"Fine."Naama started, "You can keep it. Where is vas by the way?"

Right on cue the child started crying followed by Rishio bolting out of yey'r seat to vas, leaving Naama shocked.

A smile crept onto yey'r face when yey slowly caught jist of what might be happening,

"Well, well this child might not be all trouble." Naama said to yey'rself as yey stood and headed towards yey'r friend and the child.

"Why won't vas stop crying?" Naama entered the bedroom with the question directed to yey'r by yey'r friend.

"I fed vas and let vas sleep so why.." Rishio asked yey'r friend desperation slowly seeping into yey'r voice.

Approaching them, Naama noticed that Rishio stepped back but it seemed like yey was doing so unconsciously as the desire for Naama's help was still present on yey'r face. Naama could not help but let out a quiet snicker because now yey had proof that what yey thought was happening was indeed happening, but yey would keep that information to yey'rself for now.

Stopping at yey'r tracks, Naama saw that Rishio visibly relaxed and stopped holding the child to yey'r chest, Naama almost busrt out laughing again at the knowledge of how clueless Rishio was to what yey was doing, but held it in, yey might not look like it but yey had self control, that was what yey thought about yey'rself anyway.

"Have you changed the diaper?" Naama asked Rishio who in return gave yey'r a blank look.

"I am sorry the what." Rishio asked, clearly confused.

"The diaper? Pandora's box? The holder of demonic stenches?" Naama asked clearly amused.

Rishio slowly lifted the child up who kicked in resistance, nothing Rishio could not handle, and slowly sniffed the child's diaper are and almost retched at the scent making a disgusted face that made Naama keel over with laughter not being able to hold it in anymore.

"That ..." Rishio paused gagging before continuing," That smell cannot be coming from this infant."

Naama who was wheezing with laughter asked," How could you have forgotten such a basic thing to do?"

" I did not know that children this age poop." Rishio answered horrified at what yey just discovered.

"What did you think they did?" Naama asked not yet recovered from laughing.

"Not poop." Rishio answered immediately while looking at Naama.

Naama burst out into a fresh bout of laughter almost losing balance as yey leaned on a wall for support while looking at yey'r friend through yey'r tear filled eyes.

"Yeah sure laugh at the person who needs your help." Rishio stated in a monotone voice directed at yey'r friend.Looking at the child's face,who seemed to have no idea what was going on, then back at where the horrid stench was coming from Rishio could not help but shiver at the horrors that awaited yey'r.

Heading to the bed as it was the only available flat surface yey had, as the capsule was placed on the table that was in yey'r bedroom and placing the child on it, Rishio proceeded to open the bottom part of the onesie the child had worn exposing the diaper. Trying not to retch again, Rishio reached for the diaper but was stopped by Naama.

"Hold on," Naama started gaining yey'r composure, " If you do not want to get poop and pee all over your bed I suggest you place a cover on top of it." Naama said as yey walked towards the two of them.

Rushing to the closet, Rishio brought a clean leso and showed it to Naama.

"Not the best option but will do." Yey relpied.

Rishio gently placed it under the child then under Naama's guidance, proceeded in the diaper change.

Almost twenty minutes later, Rishio was kneeling beside the bed clearly drained by the exercise.

"Why was that so hard?" Rishio groaned out looking at the child who went back to sleep after the change.

"Even Orish was not that helpless during diaper changes." Naama said from where yey was seated on the chair Rishio had used as a bed the previous night, also drained from what they had both gone through.

After regaining back yey'r strength, Rishio stood up and carried the child back to the capsule and turned to face Naama ,

"Why would anyone want a child?" Rishio asked calmly, very interested to know why anyone would want to suffer that much.

"Fuck I do not know, I guess because they are cute or something."Naama answered dismissively still not recovered from the ordeal.

Heading towards the bed, Rishio sank down on it with a groan,

"Not even a full day has passed." Rishio remarked.

Naama let out a chuckle and said," Do not worry the first twenty four hours are the hardest."

Rishio looked at yey'r smiling friend and asked,"It gets better?"

Naama just snorted as yey'r answer, that was all Rishio had to hear.Falling backwards on the bed Rishio released a breathe then said," I am supposed to go shopping today, come with me cause I clearly need you help."

Naama looked at yey'r exhausted friend then said haughtily, "I am going to go shopping but you should stay home. You are useless to me anyway."

"You will go alone?" Rishio inquired turning to give yey'r friend an incredulous look.

Standing up from where yey was seated and heading towards the bedroom door Naama answered,

" That is what I have just said, beside after what we have gone through we can both agree that you will be more problem than help, but..." Naama stopped in yey'r tracks and turned to face Rishio then continued,"You are paying for everything." Then walked out of the room

"I will send you the total cost of everything to your ringer once I am done so that you can transfer the money to the seller." Naama shouted from the living room as yey left not even waiting for Rishio's reply.

Letting out a defeated sigh, Rishio closed yey'r eyes trying to sleep before the child decided to wake up again.

Rishio woke up with a start, having slept for so long without interruptions from the child did not sit well with yey'r brain.Violently sitting up and looking at where yey left the child yey found the child looking back at yey'r, throwing small kicks in the air.

"Hello." Rishio felt that yey should say something to break their staring match, the child responded by blowing a bubble with vas saliva.

"Speaking of the child, does vas not have a name?" Rishio asked yey'rself.

Yey stood from the bed and headed towards the child with a mission of searching for vas name in vas belongings.Going from the diaper bag to the clothes' tags to the child, Rishio found no name anywhere. Kneeling beside the capsule in level with the child, Rishio found yey'rself staring at the child's eyes and asked vas, " Do you know you name?".

One did not immediately know the gender of the children born to the alphas and omegas because it was only when a child reached a month old did their gender be revealed. After being born and for a whole month the alpha infants looked like the omegas, black pupils and a normal infant body, after a month their eyes would gradually turn golden and slowly start sprouting their wings. Therefore until the children's gender is discovered, they were not referred by 'yey' or 'gur' but with 'vas'.

The child just stared back clueless at Rishio.

"Thought so." Rishio replied to yey'r own question.

Then a carving on the inner side of the capsule, where the child's head laid caught yey'r eye. On further inspection, yey discovered it was no carvings but writings,

"Ourine." Rishio read it out loudly. The child seemed to respond to that as vas turned to yey'r.

"Oh!" Rishio remarked in surprise," Well then, Ourine nice to meet you." Yey said looking at Ourine who seemed to smile at this making Rishio smile back unconsciously.

Their moment was cut short when Rishio's ringer beeped signifying that yey had a message,taking it out from yey'r pocket Rishio saw that it was a message from Naama.It entailed pictures of what yey bought, Naama also wrote that yey would not be able to bring back what yey bought to Rishio since something came up from home and Orish requested yey'r back home so it would all be delivered by a beast from the seller before dusk.

At the very end of the message Naama wrote the price of all yey had bought.

"WHAT DID YOU BUY WITH ALL THIS MONEY?A WHOLE MANSION?"Rishio burst out with a shout at the cost yey had just seen.

Rishio's sudden shout startled Ourine who started crying in response.