True Love (Meliodas x OC/Reader x Zeldris)

Chapter 21

Ban jumped at you, "Lil, listen to me! This isn't what you want, remember? You're tired of fighting! Do you want to prove that bastard of a goddess right by destroying everything?!" You looked at him heading towards you through the corner of your eye, "Dark Blast Inferno," flame-like dark matter gathered in your hand which you sent flying at Ban. King grabbed him out of harms way at the last second. "Shit, she's not listening to anything I'm saying," he muttered, standing on King's chasteifol. You were unleashing heavy blows of light and dark magic mixed together on Tarmiel and Sariel. You hit them with a major ball of magic energy, causing them to fly into the ground. You dropped from the sky, creating a decent sized crater at your feet. Ban and King stood in your path to the unconscious Archangels. "Lil, they're done. They can't fight anymore," Ban started to plea. "Move Ban, King. I don't want to kill you too," you growled, your voice full of malice. King sighed and didn't want to use it but he was desperate, "Lilith! There's no need to do this, you can live a peaceful life and have a child with the Captain, like you wanted 1,000 years ago..." Ban looked at him shocked, "What are you talking about?!" "Gowther went through her memories, she was pregnant with Captain's child and was thrilled. She lost the baby before he even knew she was pregnant..." King responded.

You stared at King, astonished, before dropping to your knees in your normal state. You put your hands on the ground to steady yourself, you tried so hard to forget. Zeldris and Meliodas stopped when they heard you screaming, coming to your aid immediately. "Gowther, now!" you heard Merlin yell, before the three of you passed out.

"What'd you do to them?" Ban asked Gowther. "I put them in a dream-like state. They shouldn't wake up for a while," he responded. "I wonder what they're dreaming about?" Diane pondered, "They look so much more peaceful now!" You had collapsed onto your stomach with Zeldris and Meliodas strewn across your back. Gowther reached down to peek into your dream state, "They're dreaming of what they want most. A peaceful life. Interesting.." he informs them. "What's interesting?" King asks, staring at how strange it was at how calm you appeared asleep when seconds ago there was nothing but rage. "Captain is holding a small boy resembling his brother with white hair and Lilith and Captain's brother are holding the hands of a small blonde girl with hazel eyes," he states matter of factly. Diane squealed with delight, "Oh my god, they're dreaming of having babies!!" Ban and King frowned, "Isn't that a little weird? Their kids would be half-siblings AND cousins," Ban pointed out. "I agree with Ban, it's weird," King muttered. Merlin looked at the two of them, "King, you're a fairy with a giant. Ban, you're barely human with a fairy that looks like a child. Neither of you have room to talk." Diane giggled at Merlin scolding them. "King, put them in your Pollen Garden and I'll put a Perfect Cube around that." "I think it's pretty clear they'll break out of that with ease," Ban commented. "It's to keep the Archangels out, not keep them in," she explained.

Ludociel, Tarmiel, and Sariel approached the group surrounding your unconscious bodies. "Why are you protecting them?" Ludociel questioned them in an angry tone. Elizabeth and Mael joined your friends to protect you, "Listen brother, they defeated the Demon King, doesn't that count for anything in your eyes?" Ludociel looked at the protective barriers around you with irritation, but Tarmiel and Sariel seemed to consider what Mael was saying. "If they can defeat the Demon King, they're an even bigger threat than I thought!" he yelled at Mael. Elizabeth approached the three Archangels, looking each of them in the eyes before speaking softly, "All they want is to live their lives without war like everyone else. They're not monsters and..." Tears started rolling down her cheeks, "They have to return to the demon realm, they sacrificed being free to live where they please, where their friends are, all to protect Britannia!"

Tarmiel and Sariel looked to their brother before joining Elizabeth and Mael. "You two as well?" he scoffed but realized he definitely stood no chance against all of your allies. "Fine. I'll leave them be for now, but I'll be waiting for the moment they inevitably wage war against us again," Ludociel threatened, before taking off into the heavens.

"Man, I need a drink!" Ban complained, to which the Sins and knights agreed. "Should we wake them now?" King asked but Elizabeth shook her head, "Let them rest and I'll heal them. Then we can wake them."

You woke up feeling like you were hit with a sledgehammer in the head, not wanting to open your eyes. You were laying on your side, an arm around your waist from someone behind you and yours around someone's in front of you. Cracking your eyes open a bit, you see a head full of black hair. You smile to yourself and hug him tightly, pulling him slightly closer. 'Meliodas must be behind me then,' you thought to yourself. You feel him nuzzle his face in your white hair and squeeze your waist. "What happened?" you croaked out. Zeldris pulled a pillow over his head, he grumbled a complaint but you couldn't quite make it out. "The last thing I remember is you on the ground screaming," Meliodas mumbled into your hair. Zeldris grabbed a pillow and swung it back, hitting his brother in the head, making you giggle. He wasn't a morning person.

You heard thundering coming up the stairs, "Incoming," you warned them both. The door to whatever room you were in slammed against the wall, Zeldris grabbed the pillow on his head and flung it with more force than necessary at whatever poor sap came through the door first. He didn't even open his eyes or move the rest of his body, he was really just trying to sleep. You heard Ban gasp and cough, he must've gotten hit in the stomach, but he recovered quickly and jumped on top of you yelling "Captain! Lilith!"

"Why the hell are you yelling?!" Zeldris grumpily shouted. Meliodas and you giggled and hugged Ban, "Ban!!" you yelled in unison. You heard Zel exhale heavily through his nose. Ban finally got off of you, allowing the three of you to sit up. Your room was full of your friends' happy faces. "What happened?" you asked them. "Ludociel showed up being a dick as always and you three went nuts," Ban answered. "How'd we get here? Also where is here?" you were full of questions. "After you started screaming, Captain and Zeldris came to find you. That's when we had Gowther put you to sleep," Merlin spoke. Meliodas looked at you, his hands behind his head, "Oh that's right. Why were you screaming? You weren't injured." You looked down, not wanting to meet his eyes, the rest of the room grew quiet. "Hmm? What's wrong?" he asked you again. Zeldris was just as confused as his brother.

You looked at your friends gathered in the small room, "Can you guys give us a minute?" you asked quietly. They nodded and started filing out of the room. You looked at your black haired lover, "You too Zel, I need to talk to Meli alone right now." He hesitated, then reluctantly got up and walked out of the room, closing the door. You turned your body to face Meliodas, grabbing one of his hands but avoiding his gaze. It hurt too much remembering, but you never told him about it either, making this even harder. He lifted your face by pushing your chin up, so he could look in your hazel eyes, "What's the matter, Lil?" he asked quietly, voice and eyes filled with worry.

You sighed, feeling your throat getting tight as you were about to start crying, "Remember when we lived in that small village south of Camelot?" He was searching your eyes to figure out what was wrong, you seemed to be stalling. "Yeah...about 1,000 years ago? We lived in a tiny cottage, you got pretty sick for a little while when we were there," he put his free hand on your cheek, "but, what does that have to do with now?" You leaned into his hand, tears started rolling down your cheeks, dropping on the sheets below you. "I was so sick because," you managed to choke out, "because I was pregnant! But, I lost the baby..." You started sobbing and he yanked you into a tight hug, "Oh, Lil, why didn't you tell me?" he whispered soothingly in your ear, stroking your hair. You could hear the sadness in his voice, "You ran into an Elizabeth shortly after, and I didn't want to burden you with something so trivial..." you murmured into his neck. He abruptly broke away from the hug and stared deeply into your eyes, "Never say that again! Losing our baby was not trivial, you should've told me so we could've mourned together..." He kissed you softly on your lips, "I love you, Lil. I hope you don't believe it was your fault.." You continued to cry in his arms, but more from relief and happiness until you fell asleep.

Zeldris knocked on the door softly after the sound of your voices stopped. "Yeah?" Meliodas called quietly from the other side of the door. Zel slowly opened the door, entering the room before closing the door as quietly as possible when he saw you asleep in Meliodas' arms. "Is she okay?" he whispered. Meliodas looked down at your tear stained cheeks, "No, but she will be," he responded. Zeldris sat on the side of the bed and looked down at you in adoration, "Why was she so upset?" Meliodas sighed and looked down to admire your features. He looked back to his brother, tears welled in his eyes, "She was pregnant about a thousand years ago and lost it. She never told me because she didn't want to burden me with the pain, she held onto it by herself all these years." Zel looked at your face, pain in his eyes, "Why would she carry that burden alone?" was all he said.