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Her wings were grand, a rich gold color, each feather divinely tipped a lovely shade of blue-green. She had removed her tiara and was now brushing her wet hair, it was quite annoying to brush when dry due to the tight curly texture it had, so she always showered first. Shadow Milk diligently preened her wings, gently he plucked old feathers and removed the thin, papery casing that was around new feathers. Golden Cheese had said to redeem themselves he and his minions had to serve her and that preening was part of that, but Shadow Milk hadn't seen any of her cheesebirds doing this for her prior nor had she made his minions do it. But Shadow Milk was sure he was much more than just a servant to her based on the "fun" they had had about a month ago and the white gold and diamond ring that looked newly made in a blue velvet box he'd found hidden behind her own yellow gold jewelry while snooping around in her drawers. Golden Cheese kept glancing back at his face, the left half of it was was bandaged due to what had happened when he tried to destroy the timeline, though he never got to see the injury, the cheesebird healers and other beasts said you could see his skull through the injury and that he had "far too many eye sockets" (according to a Colby Jack cheesebird). Originally he thought Golden Cheese was looking back at him because of the aforementioned bandages and injury, but she never looked at him this much while he was preening her, and never like that.
"...Why are you looking at me?" Shadow Milk asked, in a rude tone.
"...What do you mean..?"
"Don't play dumb. You've been looking at me on and off for a while now."
Golden Cheese blinked, giving him the same conflicted look she was giving him before, "Well I was talking to-"
Shadow Milk cut her off, "Just tell me flat and simple, no need for a story."
Golden Cheese sighed, "You knocked me up." There was no way he heard that right. He wasn't the fatherly type, no kid would want him as a parent. Plus he wasn't even fully redeemed yet, nor did he want to be.
"I-... Come again..?"
"I said, 'You knocked me up.'" Golden Cheese repeated, finally turning her whole body towards Shadow Milk instead of just her head.
"I... uhm-... you-..." Shadow Milk lost his cocky persona and struggled to find his words, stammering. There was no way this was real. She was probably just joking around with him, messing with his head so he knew how it felt, "You're kidding me.
"And exactly why would I be doing that?"
"You uhm..." Why would she do that? "You just... Wanted to get in my head!"
"And why would I lie to do that? I can do that by simply just being radiant. I don't need to try to get your attention, I just have to exist and you do the hard part for me." Something made Shadow Milks heart beat faster at that, what was it..? Love? ...Blegh, love. What a weird thing.
"So you're not kidding..?"
"No shit."
"So... You ready to see the look on Smoked Cheeses face when we tell him?"
"Hell yeah I am."