Tekken5:DRfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken. If I did, there'd be more female characters.

Edited o8/13/o9


The Gift


Pink Tag

Hwoarang waited outside the delivery room of the general hospital for almost fifteen hours now. He paced around the immaculately white walls and corridors, obviously uneasy and worried.

"I'm gonna be a father... I'm gonna be a father..."

Repeatedly telling that to himself, he paced and paced. Sometimes, as he paced, he would hear Lili's scream of pain, as if she condemned him for making her carry this burden...

Giving birth...

Hwoarang kept on pacing... Pacing and pacing... Until a hand firmly held his shoulder.

"Your feet will leave markings, you know," the familiar voice said. It was Steve, carrying a paper bag with dough nuts and coffee. "You're too nervous."

His friend stopped his pacing and sat down with a sigh. "I don't know why I'm so nervous... I mean... What if the Princess doesn't like me anymore when she's done with all that screaming?"

The blond sat down beside his anxious buddy, placing the bag of dough nuts beside him. "Come on... Lili isn't that harsh. I'm sure she's feeling much better when she gets out of that delivery room."

Hwoarang felt relieved for a moment. "Steve's right... I'm worrying too much... I'm sure that my princess still loves me... I hope."

Someone walked towards the two of them. The voice that spoke was feminine and charismatic. It was Christie. "Hey, guys!" She gave her worried friend a big hug. "Congratulations, Hwoarang! You're a father!"

"He's too stressed out," Steve gave Hwoarang a slap on the back, laughing.

"Christie! Steve's been making fun of me! What am I supposed to do?!" Hwoarang winced at his words. "I don't know the first thing about being a father!"

"I'm an idiot..."

Christie shot an evil eye at Steve, then she turned back to Hwoarang. "Look, you're going to be a great father, Hwoarang. I'm sure that the child will love you. Now, don't go acting like you're a worthless father."

Suddenly, the delivery room sign's light was turned off. The doctor stepped out of the delivery room while removing his surgical mask and gloves. "Congratulations, sir!" the doctor said, looking at Hwoarang. "It's a girl."

"Congratulations, man!" Steve gave Hwoarang another slap on the back. Christie hugged him again. "You're a father, Hwoarang! That's great!"

The anxiety disappeared and puzzlement took over. Hwoarang just stood there, dumbfounded at what he just heard. "I'm a father... I'm a father..."

- -

Hwoarang looked at the nursery window, watching his daughter sleep. Her small arms moving slowly, her eyes steadily closed, fists tightly clenched.

"She's beautiful, Hwoarang," Christie said, firmly holding Hwoarang's shoulder. The three friends watched as the baby girl wriggled in her cocoon-like blanket.

"She looks like Lili," Steve said with a smile. "Lovely."

"You think I can see my little princess now?" Hwoarang asked, touching the glass separating him from his daughter. He couldn't believe that he was merely a breath away from his new life. "I want to hold her."

- -

Moments later, the three friends were inside Room 109 in the general hospital, watching as a nurse gently gave the baby girl to her mother.

"Thank you..." the pale and tired princess whispered. She laid still on her bed and held her baby girl in her arms. The nurse quietly left the room.

Lili kissed the baby girl's head, then she turned to Hwoarang. "Hey... Don't you want to see our daughter?"

As Hwoarang heard his wife's call, he immediately went to her side, slowing down his pace as he saw their baby girl. "She's pretty, right?" she asked her husband, smiling at him. Hwoarang took a seat and sat down right beside his wife and daughter. "She looks just like you, Princess..."

Christie and Steve just smiled at the happy family.

"Christie... Can you be her godmother?" Lili asked the Capoeira dancer, her best friend. Christie smiled even wider. "Of course!"

"Steve..." Lili began, but Steve cut her short. "Of course I'll be her godfather."

"Come on..." Christie spoke softly. "The four of us are like family. How can we say no?"

"Have you thought of a name for her?" Steve asked.

"I like Lilian..." Lili said, cradling her daughter. Hwoarang smiled warmly. "Lilian..."

The rest of the group of friends came bursting into the room, bustling with energy.

"Congratulations, Lili!" Julia came straight into the room and accidentally knocked Hwoarang off his seat. He swore in Korean under his breath, surprised and shocked to see the others there with them. Since when were all of them one big happy family?

"Well, is it a boy or a girl?" Marduk asked. The group peered at the baby girl in Lili's arms and saw a pink tag on one wrist.

"All right! I won!" Paul exclaimed as he launched a fist in the air. "Pay up, idiots!"

Grudgingly, Lei, Marshall and Marduk took out some dollars from their pockets, handing it to Paul.

"I'm rich! I'm frigging rich!" the American yelled repeatedly. Marduk wanted to punch Paul in the face, but King stopped him.

"That's it! The baby girl made me happy! Miss Lili, I'm gonna be her greatest godfather!" the boisterous American exclaimed triumphantly. Not long after, Jin, Xiaoyu, Kuma and Panda were in the room as well. Kuma was carrying a bouquet of carnations.

"Congratulations, Lili-chaaan!" Xiaoyu came running into the room, again, accidentally knocking Hwoarang off his feet. "She's so pretty, Lili-chan! She looks just like you! Hwoarang did a really good job!"

"Well... He was just himself," Lili smiled weakly. Jin, still ever so distant, simply uttered a low "congratulations" and turned away.

The whole day ended, and everyone from the tournament showed up at the hospital to congratulate Lili and Hwoarang. At the end of the day, Paul was treating everyone to dim sum. "Long live baby Lilian!"

"Aren't you going with them?" Lili asked Hwoarang, who was still seated beside her. He shrugged and grinned. "Nah... I'd rather stay here. With you and our little princess."

"Everyone came..." she said, relieved that the room was finally peaceful. Again. "They sure did."

The room was full of pink balloons, pink stuffed animals, pink flowers and a lot of other pink things.

"Hwoarang..."

"Yeah?"

"She's our daughter, right?"

"Yes."

"She's our daughter..."