~•almost five months after the party•~

Shōto's POV:

I opened the front door to my and Katsuki's house after a long and tiresome day at work.

"I'm home!"

The sound of Katsuki's footsteps approaching brought a wide smile to my lips. I'd really missed him and had been eager to go home ever since I left the house this morning.

He quickly went up to me and threw his arms around me.

"Fucking finally.. You took forever to come home..."

I placed a gentle kiss on his forehead as I happily returned his embrace.

"I'm sorry. It's been a really busy day today. I missed you so much."

He replied with a hum before closing the distance between our lips.

We just stayed like that for a while, enjoying the moment until Katsuki eventually broke the kiss.

"I missed you too, idiot."

With a chuckle, I reached out to put my hand on his stomach. Any time now, our baby girl would be born. Katsuki didn't have the patience to wait until she was born as he was too curious, so he insisted on having the midwife reveal her gender.

I leaned down and kissed his belly.

"Hi there. We really can't wait to meet you, our beloved daughter. Your parents loves you so incredibly much!"

Katsuki chuckled and stroke my hair lovingly.

"We do, so hurry up and come out already, you little brat!"

I shook my head with a smile on my lips. His attitude would never change, huh?

"You sound just like Mitsuki-san. Like mother, like son."

He glared at me as I stood back up.

"Hah? Are you comparing me with that rude old hag, ya damn bastard?"

Yes. Yes, I did.

"Yeah, definitely. You two are next to identical both looks- and personality wise."

He frowned, but I knew he was actually happy to hear that as he really treasured his mom wholeheartedly.

"Asshole." He muttered, a small smile taking shape on his lips.

Such a Tsundere.

I stretched my arms out with a yawn.

"Ah~ I'm so tired and hungry!"

Katsuki placed his hands on his hips with a confident grin as he heard me say that.

"Heh-heh! Lucky you I've made dinner! If you're a good boy, I might just let you have some~"

With a smirk on my lips, I leaned my face closer to his.

"Am I not always?"

His cheeks flushed as he averted his gaze.

"Not at all... Let's go eat, dumbass."

He was so cute when he was flustered.

"Thanks!"

When I first met Katsuki, I didn't expect him to be able to cook at all judging by that sharp tongue and hot-headed temper of his, but I was very wrong. He was a great cook and everyday he spoiled me with the tastiest meals. I had grown up eating food cooked without love by the Todoroki family's chefs. I always thought the food they made had no real flavour. It was flavoured and of top quality, but the feeling wasn't there. I definitely preferred Katsuki's cooking over their cooking. Katsuki's food was the best as his food had that genuine flavour I'd been longing for all my life.

We both sat down by the smaller table in the kitchen as it was too much of a bother to set the large table in the dining hall when we were only two people in the household. Well, for now at least!

"Oh~ Okonomiyaki! What a lovely surprise! Itadakimasu!"

A small smile took shape on Katsuki's lips as I cheerfully dug into my okonomiyaki.

As all the dishes he cooked, the okonomiyaki he made was exceedingly delicious.

"It tastes great!" I exclaimed after I'd swallowed my first bite.

Katsuki chuckled confidently.

"'Course it does. I was the one who made it, so obviously it would taste friggin' awesome!"

He and his adorable pride... The truth was that he actually didn't know how to handle compliments, so he had a tendency to put on an overly confident act to hide behind whenever he was flattered or embarrassed. That was also why he had a bad habit of insulting people close to him. He was either too embarrassed or scared to express his true feelings as he most definitely was afraid of being ridiculed, rejected and hurt. My guess was that he'd been deeply hurt in the past for expressing his love with words, so his rudeness didn't bother me at all. I'd only have to take a glance at his face or analyse his actions in order to tell what he was thinking. He was easy to read after all.

Katsuki's POV:

After dinner, Shōto and I watched a movie together before we went to bed.

However, that night, I suddenly woke up to feel a wet sensation between my legs.

I had already had trouble sleeping the past few hours as I probably was going through another set of false-alarm-contractions.

I drowsily pulled my cover to the side and turned the lamp on my nightstand on in order to be able to tell whether the liquid was real or just a dream.

The sheets under my butt was indeed wet, and it didn't take long for me to realise what the liquid was.

"Shōto! Wake up!"

He hummed in response as I gently shook his shoulders.

He was still half asleep as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"My water has broken!"

It literally only took a split second before he was fully awake, staring at me with an expression that seemed to hold a mix between surprise and excitement.

"It has?! She's finally coming out?! I'll call the hospital right now!"

He was quick up to his feet and grabbed his phone before dialling the hospital.

After a moment, he hung up and met my gaze with an overjoyed smile on his lips.

"They know we'll be arriving now. Are you feeling okay? Any contractions yet?"

I had to admit that I was in pain. At some points it really hurt like a bitch.

"Yeah..."

He looked at me with a pained look on his face as he knew he couldn't take my pain away.

"I'll go grab the bags and put them in the car. Just wait here for a short moment until I come back. I'll help you get into the car."

Help me get into the car? I could do that on my own! A bit of pain wouldn't be able stop me!

"It's fine.. I can do it myself."

I focused on keeping my breathing steady for a short moment before I stood up from the bed and walked towards the closet to get dressed.

It really hurt and it was a kind of pain I'd never experienced before. It was very different from normal pain.

Once I was dressed, I took a couple of deep breaths before I started walking towards the front door, Shōto following closely behind with the bags.

"Are you sure you're going to be fine on your own? Don't push yourself too much..."

I stubbornly nodded as I made my way forward.

It didn't take very long until we both were in the car, making sure we didn't forget anything.

"I think we have everything, so let's go."

Shōto paid me a worried glance before he started driving.

Personally, the pain was becoming more and more unbearable. Luckily, it didn't hurt like fucking hell during every contraction; some of them were less painful and some were straight out horrible.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! It hurts! It hurts, Shōto! Fuuuck!"

I cried out in pain as one contraction in particular made me experience the worst pain I'd ever gone through.

"It's okay Katsuki..! We'll be there any moment now, so keep being strong for just a while longer, okay? You can do anything, because you're the most amazing person in the world!"

The tears ran down my cheeks as I kept fighting the urge to give up. I had to stay strong for my family's sake!

About two minutes later, Shōto parked the car in front of the hospital and stepped out of the car.

He went around the car and opened the door for me before helping me up.

"Please lean on me. I won't accept no for an answer as it's obvious that you won't be able to walk by yourself now."

I grabbed his shoulder, not caring about pride at all as the pain I went through was greater than my pride.

Shōto locked the car and helped me inside the hospital where we were met by two midwives. They made us follow them to a labour room where I was told to lay down.

A few hours went by and eventually I felt how it all was starting. It was time.

"He's going into labour. Prepare to deliver."

I grabbed Shōto's hand, squeezing it as I pushed for the third time.

"Katsuki. You're doing great! Keep that up and it'll be over soon! I love you!"

I loved him too.. So fucking much..!