Chapter 133 - 3.73 Baby Girl
Warning: if you’re uncomfortable with males giving birth, then you can skip this Chapter. There are two cute mini theaters in the end tho ;)
Oliver gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a winter morning, three weeks earlier than his due date.
Prior to this, they had moved temporarily to Oliver’s maiden home, the Royal Palace, where there would be many royal doctors standing by. Doctor Verren, as Oliver’s attending obstetrician, was also only one call away. Not only that, Oliver would have his nanny — Haga — to accompany him whenever Lu Yizhou needed to go out to take care of something.
That’s why, when Lu Yizhou was cooking healthy meals for them in the kitchen one morning and heard Oliver’s sharp gasp from the bedroom, he promptly dropped everything off and dashed to the omega, finding him curling on the bed as he cradled his huge belly. His face crumpled in pain and sweat beaded on his forehead. "A—Altair..." Oliver’s lips were pale from the pain, trembling. "It hurts. It hurts so much..." His eyes were misty and he gasped again when another contraction kicked in. The blanket had been flung aside and Lu Yizhou caught a glimpse of wetness that was running down Oliver’s thigh.
His water had broken.
In his life, this might be the closest Lu Yizhou was from being flustered.
Calm down, calm down, Lu Yizhou. He had read at least twenty books about pregnancy and the mechanism of going into labor. He had even signed himself up to those breathing classes that were reserved especially for pregnant beastmen. His preparation was impeccable. Yet nothing could brace him from the sight of his mate gritting his teeth in pain, suffering a clear agony which he couldn’t relieve. Numbness shot up his spine and it was solely because he had been repeating this scene in his head over and over again could he move mechanically to lift Oliver up in his embrace and send an emergency signal to the doctors available.
Not even ten minutes later, Oliver was pushed into the operating room.
Lu Yizhou changed in record time and stepped inside dressed in a sterile scrub and mask. Oliver almost cried in relief as soon as he saw him even though he had only been absent for less than two minutes. Lu Yizhou’s heart twinged in pain as he saw the suffering Oliver was going through.
"Altair... Altair..." Oliver reached out weakly and Lu Yizhou grasped his cold and clammy hand in a strong grip before he bent down to drop a kiss on the omega’s sweaty forehead.
"I’m here," he murmured. "How are you doing?"