Dante sighed as he waited in the OB's waiting room, Priya had gotten in an hour ago and still hasn't come out. He needed to get back to the shop. He's been trying to find and take the most well-paying jobs, he needs to make sure he can take care of Priya and their baby, he doesn't want anything bad happening to them. But this was hard, he had to do the missions at night so he could be with and take care of Priya during the day. He was so tired but he's able to force himself to stay awake. Maybe he could get a few minutes of sleep while waiting for Priya to get out.
Yeah, I'll do that.

Dante was about to put his head down but the door to the office opened before he got a chance. As Priya walked out, the OB said: "Remember to see me again after your eighth week." Priya said she would and walked over to Dante, who stood up and said: "Ready to go?" The young girl nodded and took his hand, walking outside with him. As the demon hunter got in his car, he thought about how Priya hasn't snapped or cried for no reason. Either she is controlling it really well or it hasn't gotten to her yet. He quickly drove back to the apartment and got out, waiting for Priya. She slowly got out, well, to Dante it seems slow. She took his hand and walked inside with him, closing the door behind them and saying "I'm going to take a nap, want to join me?" Everything inside the demon hunter screamed at the offer of a nap, he was so tired. He smiled and said "Sure." 

As soon as they were upstairs and in their room, Priya got on the bed first and then Dante. They snuggled close to each other and relaxed, Dante fell asleep in mere seconds while it took Priya a few minutes. When Dante woke up, he heard faint sizzling, it was coming from the kitchen. What was that noise? Wait...
She's cooking! Dante thought and immediately jumped out of bed, running into the kitchen to see Priya cooking something a skillet. He quickly rushed over and took the wooden spoon away, saying "Are you crazy? You can't cook! If you get hurt you'll also hurt our baby!" Priya backed away a bit before starting to cry.
Damn. Dante thought, knowing he should have been more gentle. Now, because of her new hormones, she probably won't stop crying. He would much rather have her being angry and yelling at him, he doesn't like seeing her cry. This is only the second time he's seen her do it but he still hates it.

He looked at the skillet for a second, it looks done so he turned the stove off. He set the wooden spoon down and took his girlfriend into his arms, holding her small body against his large frame.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you, I'm just thinking of you and our baby, I don't want either of you getting hurt," Dante said gently and stroked Priya's hair.
"But it's already past 8 so I thought I'd make dinner." The young girl said and sniffled. Dante's eyes went wide.
"I've been asleep for 12 hours?!" The demon hunter said and rushed into the bedroom, he put his boots and coat on and started rushing out of the apartment.
"Sorry, I have to get back to work." The cambion said and rushed down the stairs and into his shop.

Dante sat at his desk and sighed, how could he sleep for so long? He needs to keep working. He needs to finish paying off his shop plus he now has Priya and their baby to take care of. Priya says she can take care of herself but Dante doesn't believe it. He remembered that for three weeks, every night all night she would sit outside his shop and read. She would get more and more dirty and she would look more exhausted. If she could take care of herself then she would have been able to find some place to go or at least spend the night. Suddenly Dante placed his hand over his chest right where his heart is, it hurt. He loves her so much, he cares about her more than anyone, she's even carrying his baby and yet for so long, he let her live on the streets. Who knows what she has encountered. She had no place to sleep, no place to get cleaned up, and she had nothing to eat, all for three weeks.

I can't believe I let her go through all that. Dante thought as he heard the phone ring. He sighed and picked up the phone, surprised at the job. There was a wedding going on but it was being attacked by Hell Wraths and Hell Lusts, the pay for it was amazing and instantly the demon hunter knew how to make up for everything he let Priya go through. He said he would be there soon and grabbed his weapons, rushing out the door.

Priya smiled and walked down the stairs to the shop, descending the last step but stopping there, frowning when she saw that Dante wasn't there. She looked down at the bowl of chicken scampi she planned to give to him and frowned more. She sighed and walked back upstairs to cover the bowl, but as she reached for the aluminum foil she realized Dante always seems exhausted after his jobs and he works all night so he doesn't have time to eat, plus he is working to support her and their baby. Priya emptied everything from the small bowl she had into a bigger one and put more in it. She added a bit of extra lemon juice and also added salt. She mixed it up and tasted it, pleased at how amazing it tastes. She covered the bowl and walked back downstairs, putting it on his desk for when he gets back. She yawned lightly and looked down at her stomach, saying "Okay, baby, time for bed."

~

Dante sighed as he stepped through the door to his shop, that was the biggest pain. There were a ton more of the Hell Wraths and Hell Lusts than the guy had said so Dante was caught off guard. But because of that, he was able to charge a really high price that most would say is unreasonable. He only took two steps into his shop before smelling something that made his stomach gnaw at his insides, he was having hunger pains and what he smelled was some kind of food. He saw a covered bowl on the desk, no doubt that's what's causing the smell and left there by Priya for him. He walked over and sat down at his desk, removing the aluminum foil to reveal chicken scampi. He never had it before but Priya cooked it so it must be good, he's only had her cooking a few times but it's really good. He picked up his fork and stabbed a piece of chicken while twirling it around some fettucini. He ate the bite and dropped his fork.

It was amazing! His stomach growled and demanded more, he hadn't eaten in what feels like forever, he's been so busy he hasn't had time to eat. Despite his stomach demanding him to scarf down the food he chewed his bite slowly, enjoying it. He hasn't had something so good in ages. He picked up his fork again and started eating, trying to place all the tastes. Salt, lemon, garlic, butter. Not much but the combination was so good. The cambion finished his food and pushed the bowl aside, remembering to take it up so Priya wouldn't do it. She always insists on cleaning up everything and after everyone. Dante sighed lightly and leaned back in his seat, propping his feet up on his desk though quickly putting them back on the floor, forgetting something.

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a thick wad of bills, all hundreds. There was a total of seventy-five thousand dollars. It took awhile to get up to that price but after some arguing about how he was misinformed and could have died because of him, that guy not knowing what Dante is, he had gotten a nice sum. He removed 5 thousand from the wad, putting the rest in the drawer to his desk and getting up and leaving again. He was going to get something that would make up for what he let Priya go through.

~

Priya yawned and sat up in bed when morning light hit her in the eye. She was hoping Dante would be there but he wasn't, instead, there was a stuffed bear. It was black with red paws shaped liked hearts and eyes were dark green and the bear had a happy smile on it. The young girl smiled and picked it up, hugging it tightly, but then the bear started talking and it said in a sweet voice "Will you marry me?" Priya immediately pulled away and looked at the bear in shock, but then she noticed something, there was what looked to be a tear in the chest, no, not a tear, a slit as if to put something in it. She reached in and gasped at what she pulled out. A big beautiful ruby and diamond engagement ring.