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Epilogue

Yuri

Six months later

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Resting my head inmy hand, I peered down on Gwen as she slept. Her hair was tousled to perfection, thick locks of brown curls twisted and draped across her face. Softly caressing her cheek, I smiled to myself as she closed her mouth and began to make this rumbling noise in the back of her throat.

I tried not to laugh, but it was funny to me that she still made that same noise in her sleep after all these years. The laugh came out as more of a cough, causing her to open one eye.

“What's so funny?” she asked, her voice dry and cracking as she rolled on her side to face me, snuggling up against my chest.

Wrapping my arm around her, I rubbed her back. “It's nothing.”

“It must be something.” Speaking into my chest, she wriggled herself closer.

Running my fingertips up and down her spine, she moaned softly. “It's nothing, I swear.”

“I was croaking again, wasn't I?” Tipping her face up, the corner of her lip lifted into a smirk.

“You were, yes.” Holding in my laughter, I did my best to not bust at the seams. “But it's so cute, I can't help that it makes me chuckle.”

Slapping my chest, she rolled away from me. “Do not call me toad. If you do, I promise you won't see my vagina for a month.”

“Is that right?” I said playfully, pushing my body over hers and poking her in the ribs. “You do realize that you'd be hurting yourself too, right?” Pressing my morning wood into the small of her back, I rested my chin in the crook of her neck. “You would be missing out on all of this.”

“You underestimate my inner strength.”

“No, I just know your hormonal sex drive wouldn't stand for it.” Cupping her belly, Gwen twisted her head and eyed me with a sleepy gaze.

“Just because I've had a higher sex drive lately, does not mean that I'm pregnant.”

Smiling, I bit my lower lip and bounced my eyebrows against my hairline. “I think you are.”

“Are you saying I'm getting a belly? Do I look like I've put on weight to you?”