"This is Alya Cesaire of the Ladyblog, coming to you live from Ladybug's hospital room." Alya was behind the camera for this interview, with the focus on Ladybug sitting up in bed. The audience could see her face and one shoulder, but the other was covered with a blanket. She was obviously nursing a baby under that blanket. "I've managed to talk her into an interview, because we loyal fans are just dying to know all about her new baby. First things first, what were you thinking during that press conference three days ago?"
"Well, to be honest, for most of the time, I was just thinking, wow, I need to pee. Like, a lot. And the chairs they had us on weren't very comfortable. But really that's just a day in the life of a pregnant lady" she chuckled.
"So then your water broke - we all saw that. What happened next?"
"Well, the team helped me get to the hospital."
"Did you all show up in your uniforms or did you de-transform?"
"I'd rather not go into too many details there. By the way, thank you for agreeing not to reveal which hospital we're at. I don't want to give away anything that could put my identity at risk. I do so much for this city, is it really too much to ask for my son to have a normal life? He can't do that as Ladybug's kid."
"I understand. Can you tell me how your labor went?"
"Well, I actually had a C-section scheduled for next week, so after I got checked in to the hospital, they got me all drugged up and by then my OB had arrived so she went ahead and did the C-section. It was kind of surreal how fast it went."
"Everything went alright, then?"
"Yeah. We're both doing well. I mean, I'm in quite a bit of pain, but that's normal."
"And how is new motherhood?"
"Difficult, but amazing! Right now I just get to snuggle the baby a lot. The nurses here have been super helpful, but we're having a hard time getting my milk to come in. That can happen when you have a c-section, so I've been supplementing with formula. Other than that, this little man is doing-"
She was cut off by a cry from her baby under the blanket. He kept crying as she adjusted something under the blanket before taking him out and holding him to her shoulder, patting his back to burp him. He was wrapped in a second blanket. The only thing visible on camera was one arm and his head, which was covered with thick black hair. "Sh-sh-sh wittle one. Have you got a bubble in your tummy?" She bounced him and patted him, but he just kept crying. "Sorry," she mouthed at the camera.
"Here, let me try," said a voice from off-camera. It was Chat Noir. He reached out for the baby, and the audience could see his head, torso and arms on screen.
"Watch his head," Ladybug said as she gently handed the baby to Chat.
"I know," he assured her. Then, to the baby, "Hey little bug, Daddy's got you. Sh-sh-sh-"
"Chat!" Ladybug exclaimed.
At the same time, Alya asked, "Wait, Chat Noir is the father?!"
"Fu- um this is bad." Chat was obviously panicking. "C-Could you please edit that last part out?"
"I can't. We're live."
"Seriously? My wife is going to kill me!"
"You mean you haven't told her yet?" screeched Ladybug, "I thought you said -"
The baby started to cry harder.
Ladybug turned to Alya, "Turn off that camera. Now! This interview is over!"
The feed on the Ladyblog went black.
In the hospital room, Alya told her friends, "Okay, it's off."
Chat Noir quickly removed the slightly ridiculous black baby wig from Emma's head and she stopped crying almost immediately. "Pound it!" he said, holding out Emma's little fist with one hand while he cradled her in the other arm. Ladybug and Alya completed the three way fist-bump, then everyone busted up laughing.
Author's Note: Baby wigs are an actual thing. Look them up when you're having a bad day and need a laugh.
Also, I know I'm probably displaying my ignorance by using my hospital stays after I had my two babies as a reference, since I live in America, but I'm really trying to write a little bit every day, and if I start researching, I can't stop and I end up not writing anything.
