Breaking the news (2)

[Rey will you shut up for once. You are being annoying.]

"Huh! Why? Aren't you excited that I'm going to be a big brother? Cause I can't stop thinking about what all I'm gonna do."

Rey had been going on for what seemed like an eternity, about how he'll be the best brother in the world, which irked Sophie.

She was not very excited about another person hogging Rey's attention and time.

[For god's sake Rey, you have other important things to do beside fawning over your unborn sibling. Come back to reality.]

Sophie vented out her anger on Rey, startling him.

"Ok, ok! Calm down, I'll stop talking about my sweetest and cutest sister if that is what you want."

[That is all well and good, but when did your imagination run off to you supposing that you'll be having a sister?]

Sophie was annoyed that the thought of Rey having a younger sibling alone was stressful enough for her and now he wanted a younger sister on top of that.

"Oh that!.... Honestly I didn't understand a words the you just said. Hehe..."

[*sigh* Why do I always forget to take your intelligence into account? In simpler words, why did you suppose that you'll have a younger sister and not a baby?]

"So that's what you meant. I just wanted a sister whom I can spoil as much as I like. Just thinking about me gets me all giddy, hehe!"

[So you are a siscon.]

"Sisc... no way. Don't try to sexualize my unborn sister you degenerate and perverted system." Rey suddenly got defensive and his face turned red slightly.

[Ah, so now I am a degenerate and a pervert? Who is the one who keeps lewd magazines under his bed?]

"That...." Rey was speechless at the allegation by his system, "You can't attack me on personal grounds you know? That is just not fair." Rey meekly muttered in embarrassment.

[If I hadn't seen you peeking at the nurse in your dad's clinic, I would have thought otherwise with the face you are making.

Tell me honestly, you only stayed there for the nurse, didn't you?]

"What are you saying and how can you even think of me doing such a thing?

I am a loyal friend and I won't do such indecent acts even if the nurse was absolutely gorgeous and wearing pink panties. My friend comes takes priority over some panties."

Rey spoke, more like recited, in a continuous and monotonous way.

[Reaalllyyy...] Sophie was not at all convinced by Rey's words and if she had a body, Rey would have been pierced by her gaze.

"Stop leering at me, pervert! And don't bother me anymore, I am going to sleep. I have to make my parents think that I am angry, so that I can get what I want."

[First of all, I can't leer at you and even if I could, I won't. And what do you want from your parents that you have to use such a method?]

Rey didn't reply to her and just hit the bed and dozed off.

(Next day, morning)

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Rey was sitting at the dining table alongwith his parents, having breakfast. And for the last 15 minutes, none of them even uttered so much so as a squeak.

Rey stared at his parents and they stared at him.

"Um... I guess your mother has already told you about the pregnancy?" Nathan hesitantly broke the silence with what he understood to be the main topic of discussion.

*Nod*

Rey slowly nodded his head in agreement, trying to keep up his pretense.

He wanted to force his parents to buy him some things under the pretext of being displeased by the sudden pregnancy. And for that, he needed to come out as unhappy and serious.

"Rey I know that this is all a bit sudden, but try to understand. We have always wanted to have another child, but with how things were in the past, it made it really difficult for us. So we decided that until you were responsible enough, we'll not have another child."

"...." Rey didn't respond, he knew what his father meant by things in the past and he understood that part of it was his fault. Instead he kept staring at his father, asking him to continue. But this time, his mother spoke up.

"We thought that it'll take 5-6 years at most but who knew that we'll have to wait for 15 years. And in that moment of happiness, I couldn't control myself." Amanda dropped her head in embarrassment.

"No matter how badly you guys wanted it, shouldn't you have thought about its impact on my- no our social lives? What about the people, they will spread all kinds of rumours."

"Rey you know, in a time when human life can exceed 100 years, pregnancy in the 40s is not as big of a deal as you may think. Even the emperor and his brother are 10 years apart."

"But we are not royalty and it is really hard for....."

"What if we promise to never scold you again for anything?" Rey's father sensed what Rey wanted and decided to not drag this out any longer but Rey seemed to be more persistent than he thought.

"Dad, am I supposed to be swayed by that offer into accepting this?"

Rey acted like a saint and indirectly told his father to offer something better.

Nathan looked at Amanda with a hopeful expression, which she replied to with a slight nod.

"We'll increase your pocket money."

"Dad if you seriously think th...."

"50 gold"

"How many times do I...."

"80 gold"

"Dad I just told yo...."

Nathan again looked at Amanda and with a heavy heart spoke.

"You'll be able to sleep for as long as you like. We won't wake nor taunt you regarding how much you sleep.

If you are still dissatisfied, I am afraid you'll just have to accept it."

Giving Rey permission to sleep as much as he wanted was the last thing they could offer and probably the one they were most reluctant to give. And if he still didn't agree, there was only one solution- beat him till he accepts.

"*sigh* Dad, you know that I am neither greedy now desperate for sleep." this statement made Rey's parents and Sophie spit blood, they couldn't believe that Rey could be this shameless and kept talking.

"I would have supported you guys regardless but now that you are offering me something, it will be rude of me to decline."

Although Rey wanted to get some items from his parents, getting the permission to sleep was probably better than anything that he could have gotten.

And so he shamefully accepted the offer but still pretended like he was a nice person who didn't plan for all this.

"Enough you two, let's finish breakfast first. You still have to go to work dear."

Amanda butted in and made the two boys finish their long due breakfast after which Rey and his dad left for the clinic.

It was a clinic only in name and in reality, it was a full fledged hospital with many facilities. But Nathan still liked to call it a clinic because it reminded him of how it all started, with a small clinic which gradually grew into a large hospital.

Rey's dad was one of the best when it came to healing others despite not being a healer. He was a very famous and reputed doctor but because of an incident in the past, he was defamed and lost his right to practice in the capital and nearby areas.

But he still had his skills and with the help of Ed's father, he managed to build a hospital where people from neighbouring towns also came. Though it was not as big and advanced as his previous one but it was nice nonetheless.

After separating from his dad, Rey directly went to see Ed who was sitting all alone in a room very similar to the one Rey was staying in previously.

"H-hi! How are you doing n-now?" Rey was feeling awkward, now that he had calmed down unlike the previous day where he was overflowing with emotions.

"I am fine. Why don't you sit down?" Ed was also acting awkwardly as he was meeting Rey after almost 2 weeks.

"If you insist." Rey took up the offer and sat on a chair next to the bed.

Both of them were unable to look at each other and just kept appreciating the beauty of the floor and the walls.

[Why are you getting all nervous for? It's not like you guys are meeting for the first time nor is Ed a girl. Just talk normally like you always do.]

Sophie was getting irritated by the way the two of them were acting, fidgeting and stealing glances like a young couple.

"So... when are you getting discharged?" Rey decided to listen to someone sensible and broke the silence.

"Uncle said in a day or two probably."

"That's nice." with this, Rey was out of conversation topics and the silence prevailed again.

"Um... you know... I'm gonna be a big brother soon." Rey tried to keep the conversation going with the only other topic he could currently think of.

Ed didn't reply to him but just looked at him, "Really? We'll be big brothers soon?"

"Yep, my mother told me about this yesterday."

Ed's lips slowly curved upwards after getting the confirmation, revealing his pearl white teeth.

"That is the best news I have ever gotten!" Ed was getting excited at the prospect of being a brother.

"I know!" Rey was also getting hyped up seeing Ed and they both hugged each other in that moment.

"We are gonna be brothers. We are gonna be brothers!!!"

Both of them started chanting like kids in unison as they couldn't control their happiness.

They both shared the same sentiment of wanting a younger sibling really badly and this news was the best thing that could have happened to them.

After that the mood gradually lightened and they went back to normal. That's when Ed decided to drop a bomb on Rey.

"One more thing, I got a legendary class."

"..." Rey was flabbergasted at the unexpected revelation by Ed.