"Hello, Sweetie." Lust smiled softly to his husband as Horror let out a shaky breath. "P-pumpkin?" he asked shakily as his voice started to waver from emotion. Was this really happening? After everything that had happened to him, was he finally reunited with his loved one. Silently he prayed to the stars that this was really not a hallucination or dream. That he wasn't going to wake up and find himself on his bed with the crushing reality hitting him that he was never going to see his husband again. Slowly he took a step forward his; eye sockets stinging with tears. "Is it... really you?" He watched as Lust nodded, "It's me, Sweetie... it's me." the familiar silky voice answered. A tear fell onto the wooden floor as Horror looked down. A smile crept up onto his face as the answer reached his ears. It's really him. He felt his face heat up as more tears joined the one on the floor. "It's really you..." he whispered, "It's... it's really you." Lust instantly moved from his spot as soon as he saw the tear slip from his husband's eye. His soul ached at the sight of it. He never liked it when his husband cried. It just never seemed to suit the other. He gently took his hands into Horror's and guided him towards the bed, where he made the other sit.

"Shh... don't cry," He wiped away a tear from the weeping monster, "You know I hate it when you cry." Lust took note of the dark circles under Horror's eye sockets. Once again, he felt his soul tighten. Had Horror even been sleeping? If he was, then he clearly wasn't getting the right amount of sleep and, that just ate away at Lust. Had his husband even bother to take proper care of himself? A purple tear fell from Lust's eyes, but he quickly wiped it away. He couldn't cry. He didn't deserve to cry. He put Horror through so much over the year. Horror didn't even know if he was alive! "But he's here and, that's all that matters." Lust felt arms wrap themselves around his waist as he was brought into a hug. But he didn't mind. Slowly he did the same and hugged Horror back. Closing his eye's Lust allowed himself for just a moment to pretend that he was back at home. That Horror had just come back from a rough day at work. That they weren't currently in a fucked up place.
"Why...?" Lust opened his eyes at the question. He rubbed Horror's back to comfort the other, "Why what?" He asked softly. Horror tightened his grip on Lust for a split second before speaking, "Why didn't you leave?" He felt Lust tense at the question and, he frowned slightly. The cultist seemed to be able to leave at any time so why had Lust stayed? He had to know. Lust looked away from Horror. "Lust?" He called out to the other, "Pumpkin... please." His husband turned back to Horror as soon as the well-known nickname was said. Stars, he never got to tell Horror, did he? "I... I couldn't." Horror cupped the other's cheek as confusion washed over him. He couldn't...? "What do you mean you couldn't?" Lust closed his eyes but, not before Horror saw the pain embedded in them. "Pumpkin, what do you mean?" Lust let out a shaky breath before steeling himself.

"Remember the day when I got kidnapped?" Horror nodded. How could he forget that day? "Earlier I-I found out that... that I was..." Lust brought a hand toward his face. "You found out what, Pumpkin?" Horror gently pressed for his love to continue. Lust clenched his fist to prevent them from shaking, but his hands still trembled slightly. Forcing the next sentence out of his throat, Lust finally broke out into tears. " I-I found out that I was pregnant!" Horror froze. "W-what?" Lust tried to wipe away the tears, but they kept on falling. "I-I'm so sorry, Horror. I-I'm so sorry..." Lust sobbed onto his lover's chest as the guilt and regret finally caught up to him. Horror sat there in shock at the information. Lust was pregnant when he got kidnapped? A full year had passed which would mean... "The baby had been born." Horror tightened his grip on Lust. Their baby had been born into this... this hellhole?!

"I-I had to stay! I had to!" Lust gripped onto the other's shoulders; tears still streaming down his face. "I had to protect our baby, Horror! I-I couldn't leave them here! I just couldn't!" Horror wiped away at the purple tears that fell from his husband's eyes and smiled at him. "Lust... It's okay..." Lust stared at him with an uncertain look, "We... let's go get the baby together, okay?" Lust looked down in thought before he sadly shook his head. "I-I can't... " He looked away, "I have to... I have to help him with the ceremony." Horror frowned sadly he didn't want Lust to go. As if reading his thoughts the other gently cupped his cheek. With a slightly forced smile, Lust spoke out the once silky voice now shaky. "Don't worry about me, Sweetie. Go get our child and I'll find a way to slip out of the manor." Horror set his hand on top of the other hand and nuzzled into it.
"I love you, Pumpkin." Lust let out a warm laugh and kissed Horror. After a few moments, he pulled away from Horror and allowed the familiar sentence to be spoken after so long.
"I love you too, Sweetie."