Simon rubbed Naoki's back and watched as the younger male slept peacefully against him. He couldn't help but feel affection for this boy. This boy who opened up new emotions for him as well as Itzel. This warm feeling in his chest that he's never felt before having Naoki around, it felt so natural.

"You know, he cares about you too." Itzel said after a few moments of silence.

Simon looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Hm?"

"You think he only cares deeply for me, but that's not true. He cares for you too, and would do so more often if you held him like that with no intention of sex." Itzel replied.

Simon went quiet again as he looked down at Naoki. "...what did you ask him?"

This time it was Itzel's turn to be confused.

"When you and Naoki were alone...what did you ask him?" Simon asked.

Itzel frowned slightly, hesitant that Simon would tease him to no end about what he asked of the neko. "I-I'd rather not say..."

"I won't tease you...I just want to know if it's something I need to compete with." Simon answered in honesty.

Itzel sighed softly. "I just proposed that we go to town...just him and I...you can have your days with him, and I'll have my own separate days to spend with him. We both have to make an effort to give him equal attention, you know."

"Mm..." Simon replied softly.

Naoki's sleep was really deep so there was no chance to wake up and hear that conversation. And he would really like it. To hear all that from both males. Never the less he was sleeping so there was no way for him to do that.

This time Naoki slept full twentyfour hours. As he woke up he slowly opened his eyes being confused with where he was for few, really moments. His dreams were so real this time so it wasn't really that strange.. especially after sleeping for so long.

Simon and Itzel didn't speak anymore after that. They took turns keeping Naoki warm in between Itzel keeping an eye on the offspring until they hatched into small, bird-like creatures that he found to like mashed worms like normal birds. Simon was holding Naoki once again as the neko awoke and he looked down as Naoki looked around in confusion, all while Itzel was feeding the newborns.

"G'morning", he said as his maroon eyes rested on Simon. "Or.. I don't know how long I slept.. Is it evening already? Or night?"
Naoki felt now so much better than before. His body was a lot stronger.. and something in it changed as well. Was that hormones being gone from the eggs?

"It's morning. Late morning, but still morning." Simon replied as he played with a few locks of Naoki's hair. "Do you feel better?" he asked softly.

"Different.. and yes.. better", he muttered, giving Simon a small, soft smile as he touched his blonde hair. "How's Itzel.. and those eggs? Are they actually babies.. or just.. creatures? Do they understand human's language? Or is it too early to say anything?"
Yes.. ever curious Naoki was back. How would it be even possible for him to be gone for long? His ears perked and the tip of his tail swished, showing Simon all too well how curious his neko was.

Simon chuckled softly seeing how the curiousness in Naoki was alive and well. He had to admit, he missed this side of the young male, maybe more than he would admit. "You want to see them?" Simon asked the neko as he continued playing with his hair just as small chirps could be heard in the background.

Naoki grinned and nodded his head.
"Yes.. Can we? It's kind of strange.. but somehow because they were inside me.. well.. Uh. Nevermind", sighed Naoki, blushing quite deeply and then squirmed a bit. "So.. Let's see them.."
The boy turned around and slowly got up. He still was feeling a bit off but it at least he was able to stand and walk by himself. Then, before he took even one step forward, he felt just how insanely hungry he was. Naoki touched his stomach, rising his eyebrows.

Simon chuckled once again knowing what Naoki was trying to say and he slowly rose from the bed with him to walk him over to the box Itzel had the creatures in. Itzel even through the trouble of building a best for them, since they looked like small, vulnerable bird offspring. The owl shifter was perched on the box and he was busy feeding them regurgitated worms from his beak to theirs.

Naoki's eyes rested on Itzel and then the small birds. He took a step back, a bit intimidated with that picture, but he felt Simon behind his back.
"H-he.. looks like a dad.. I mean.. he is..", muttered Naoki, feeling like running away since there was so many emotions inside him, overwhelming him.