Chapter 6 - Morning, Secrets, Sickness, & Why?

Black Hat also stays where he was. He watched her, silently.

They slightly cuddled, nuzzling against each other. Staying in that quietness. A nice silence between them.

Eventually, they both closed their eyes and fall asleep together, peacefully. 

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It was the next morning, still early. 

Rachel felt well rested enough, waking up and opening her eyes. She saw that her boss, this eldritch demon was still asleep. She smiled softly. 

She gets out of there. Out from under the blanket and away from Black Hat's grip. She got dressed, putting her clothes back on. 

Rachel turned around, when she heard a low noise. It was from Black Hat as he started to wake himself. 

Black Hat had a hangover (considering he drank more than Rachel did). One of the only few human things that affect him. He hissed lowly, in slight pain and irritation, from the headache. He pulled a blanket over himself, refusing to come out. 

Rachel laughed quietly at that. She got a glass of cold water for him and painkillers (which she hoped when work on him). She kneeled down in front of him on the right side of that bed. "Black Hat, boss, here.." 

Black Hat moved this blanket and looked at her. He eyed that stuff before he reached out and grabbed them. He would've preferred poison, although he took these anyway. He puts the pills in his mouth and swallowed them with the glass of water. He drank it all the way down until that was empty. It was cold and refreshing. Leave it to Rachel to be reliable. 

"..thanks." 

Rachel had a smile. "It was no problem, you're welcome, sir. I'm gonna head to the lab now." 

Black Hat nodded at that, slowly. Not wanting to speak now, at the moment. Then, he closed his eyes again. 

After that, Rachel leaves and shuts the door behind herself. 

Rachel walked down the hallway, going into her room for a second. She puts on a scarf, to hide those marks on her neck. Hopefully no one will notice. 

She went to the lab now, walking in. She worked as usual. 

No one did question it (that scarf), except Flug. 

Flug was suspicious, although he didn't ask her about it or try to talk of that. 

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More days later - 

Everything was going well. 

Until something happened. 

Rachel started to get sick, like she was coming down with an illness. 

She would puke every morning, get dizzy and lightheaded, nauseous, sudden mood swings, as well as being exhausted all the time. 

That day, she got her work done. So she goes back to her room. Because she was tired again, she lays down on her bed and sleeps for awhile. 

Throughout the night and into the next morning. 

Which is when she wakes up and felt it again. 

Rachel ran over and rushed into the bathroom. 

She puked once again, yet it hadn't made her feel better. If anything, it caused her to feel worse. She knew that she has to find out what this is. It's ruining her life, even if it has been less than two weeks. It is affecting her work and she doesn't want her boss to get mad or something. She didn't tell anyone. 

Rachel gets dressed, in some comfortable and relaxing clothes, different from her usual style. She wears a gray sweater and dark sweatpants, with her converse. 

She goes out and over to the closest liquor store. In there, she gets some pills, different kinds. Bottles of water and a small box of a pregnancy test too. Just in case.. Since she did not know what this is. 

Rachel paid for everything, then she was leaving. 

She headed back to the mansion now. 

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Rachel was in her own personal bathroom, the door closed and locked. She drank down two bottles of water. 

Then, she takes that test. 

It has to be negative, right..? Wrong. 

She looked at it, noticing that it's positive. She's pregnant.. 

Rachel noticed how faded her hearing got, like static. How dark everything around her was. 

She almost collapsed, as she falls onto her knees. Although she kept herself from fainting or falling onto that tile ground. She held her head and puts her fingers through her hair. 

Rachel took some deep breaths, trying to process all of this. That still didn't get her to feel better, again. 

She started to cry. She was breathing, yet shakily. Her body tense, like she can't calm down. 

Would Black Hat even want a child? No.. he's a demon, after all. She won't tell him. Even if she slightly wanted to, part of her really wants to think that he is different than what others thought of him. 

Rachel snapped out of it. Out of these thoughts of hers. She gets off the ground, slowly. 

She takes off her clothes. She got in, turning it on now. 

Rachel was taking a warm shower, letting that water fall down on her skin and off her body. 

She sat down on the floor of it. 

Rachel stays there as her hair and body are getting soaked. 

She was thinking again, closing her dark green eyes. She cried a bit, silently, tears falling down.

After awhile, it seemed like, she calmed down and rubbed her eyes. She relaxed herself in here. In this warm water. 

Rachel decided to keep this a secret from the others, especially Black Hat. Who knows what her boss will do if he found out. 

That was the painful thought that she had, in her mind..