Hey everyone! I haven't really been writing as much as I would like to, so I decided to do this 100 themes challenge (emotions version). Each one will be around 500 words minimum or longer.
Theme: Birth
Characters: Zoro and Chopper
"Zoro! I need you to catch the baby!" Chopper shouted to the swordsman, holding the screaming mother-to-be's hand.
"Why me? I'm not the dad!" Zoro snapped, taking a step away from the scene.
"That doesn't matter! I can't do it so I need you to," Chopper explained, growing annoyed. Zoro cringed, looking at the woman. He didn't want to be here right now. Nami just said he had to keep Chopper safe while they were on this island, she never said he had to do any of this…
"Zoro, hurry!"
"...Fine," he approached Chopper and the woman. He reached his hands for the baby, looking away as he did so. Then after a particularly loud scream from the woman, the baby was out. And in Zoro's hands. The swordsman wanted to gag at the moist baby screaming and wiggling in his hands. Thankfully Chopper was there to quickly take the baby from him.
He quickly left the room to go wash his hands off only to bump into a man who was about to walk into the room.
"Oh, sorry. I was just going in to see me wife… I can't believe how late I am… Man, she's gonna kill me," he chuckled. Zoro's eyes narrowed. He then proceeded to wipe the gross liquid off his hands onto the man's face. He didn't care what Chopper said about the father not having to do anything with why Zoro had to help, it was the father's fault.
"Ah, what the hell!?" the man sputtered, as Zoro walked off to scrub his hands. Even though most of the gunk had come off on the man's face, he could still remember the feeling of… He had to stop himself from thinking of it. It was just too gross.
He may have seen a lot worse in fights, way worse, but something about birth... It was just too much for him. After scrubbing his hands thoroughly, he took a 20-minute stroll to the lobby of the hospital Chopper had brought them to. When he got there, Chopper was already waiting.
"Zoro, what took you so long?" Chopper asked.
"The hallways kept moving…" he grumbled.
"Oh… Hey Zoro, why were you so against helping me with the baby?"
"That was disgusting," he scrunched up his face at the thought of it.
"But birth is a beautiful thing," Chopper smiled. Zoro took a step back, staring wide eyed at the little reindeer. What could possibly be beautiful about the horrors that took place in that room?
"How was that beautiful?" Zoro questioned.
"It's creating new life Zoro."
"But the blood and other… stuff…"
"You've seen more blood than that though," Chopper seemed confused.
"Yea, but not like… that was different," Zoro blushed lightly. So what if it disturbed him? Zoro felt he should be allowed to be disturbed if he wanted to. And nothing was going to convince him that childbirth was beautiful. Ever.
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