After being swatted away Kuro stood to the side to finish his speech, watching Aoba work with a slight smile. It isn't until the angel turns to look at him that the tall demon can feel his face falling. The turbulence inside the smaller male seems so inviting and he has to fight the urge not to slip right in there and take what's seemingly being offered openly. He resists the temptation of becoming that stable force in the young angel's life, knowing it would lose him his ultimate prize. Instead his smile becomes fixed and he watches Aoba walk away before turning to the sink to finish the clean up, hanging up the wash cloth so it doesn't mold.

He does not respond to his big brother right away and it isn't until he's half way out the front door that Kuro speaks up. Dani pauses, the soft voice from behind him far more frightening that he's ever heard before. It is only one simple word, but it is enough to get Kuro's point across. “Don't. . .” There is no threat in his voice, no anger, no warning. It is a simple order, spoken in such a way that Dani actually turns back to look at his brother with wide almost terrified eyes. Kuro however is already settling on to the couch, his back to the room and a his bathrobe laid over him like a blanket. Beneath it he's already conjured some clothes to use until he can go shopping.

Dani stares for several minutes, beyond confused and frightened, trying desperately to try and figure out what it was that scared him so much. Unable to find his answer in Kuro's back he slumps and backs outside slowly, closing the doors softly. Once clear of the porch he takes to the sky and flutters to the barn. Entering through the open loft door he flutters down to his nest and settles in. He lays for a few hours, staring at the roof with a blank expression, his mind abuzz with questions. [i]'This is so frustrating. Normally I'd go to Himura and ask him about this. Kurotama has never sounded like that before, I'm sure of it! Or if he has, I wasn't around for it. . . .Not that I pay much attention to the little runt since he left home'[/i]

Dani rolls his eyes at himself before rolling on his side and continuing his musings. It isn't until a couple hours past midnight that he notices something odd. Hearing strange sounds coming from below he clears away some of the hay to look through the knot hole he found the night before which gives him a perfect view of the area beneath him. “Oi. . . .Mama. . . .What's up?” It takes a second to find her, but when he spots her laying on her side rather than standing his eyes go wide. “Uuuuhhhh. . . .That's not normal. . . .” Leaping out of his nest he lands in the middle of the pitch black barn and looks to the mother cow for a good long minute before moving in closer. “You're. . .Is it baby time!?” The soon-to-be mother cow looks at him and lets out a cow bellow before dropping her head back down.

As a breeder he knows that each animal is different when it comes to their birthing practices and what's normal for any given species. “Um, I don't know, are you suppose to be laying down?” He can feels a mix of panic and excitement rising. Since hell beast are not technically alive he's never seen the emergence of life before and he really wants everything to go right for his first time. Like a rocket he shoots out of the barn yelling loudly. “Kurotama, Aoba! Baby coming, it's coming now, she's all goopy and crap!” Kuro hears him before he even opens the door and is on his feet by the time Dani crashes in still speaking in a loud voice. “It's, the baby's coming! I've seen, I recognize, it's time!” Kuro nods, trusting his brother's judgment and grabs his shoulders firmly.

“Dani! Dani, go back out there, and just talk to her, calmly. We'll be right out, okay?” The smaller demon nods rapidly and shoots out the door just as Aoba reaches the bottom of the stairs. Kuro whips around with a broad, genuine smile and strides forward quickly. “Little Mouse, it's time! Mama's giving birth!” Taking Aoba's hand in his own he races out after Dani, moving slow enough that the still sleepy Aoba does not fall flat on his face. Once inside the barn Kuro snaps on some lamps for light and slides up beside Dani to look at Mama. She is on her feet, but by the yuck issuing from her Kuro has to agree, she's close.