Mei paced the outside of the emergency room. Yuzu had been in labor for about 8 hours already, and Mei was growing more and more worried by each and every passing second.

"Prez, you know that the average time for a first birth is about 14 hours." Harumi spoke up trying to calm down the raven- haired girl. "The fact that she's doing this without epidermal is a merit in itself."

"My wife isn't a weak woman…" Mei grimaced. However, Mei hated the thought of Yuzu going through pain for 14 hours or possibly more. 8 hours and she's not even fully dilated yet… Mei rubbed the bridge of her nose and concluded that it was gonna be a long night.

"Well there you go Prez, you just put your worries to rest." Mei glanced at Harumi a little confused. Harumi smiled knowingly. "Jeeze, for someone so smart you don't really get the obvious…. 'My wife is not a weak woman.' Now, repeat that to yourself as many times as you need."

Mei smiled. "I'm just scared."

"I know, I would be too. You're about to become parents of a little girl." Harumi pointed to the chair next to her. "Now sit your royal butt down, because when they let you in that room to witness the birth of your daughter it's gonna blow your mind." Harumi laughed.

"Harumi, this isn't the time for jokes." Mei said coldly. "Your best friend is in there pushing another human out of her! And then we're gonna raise the said human… And… And…." Mei let her words trail off. "And… I don't know…"

Harumi threw an arm around Mei's shoulder. "Jeeze, I haven't seen you this riled up since we all went out for Yuzu's birthday."

Mei blushed. "Ugh… I tried to forget about that night."

"Prez, I understand why you're so uptight. You and I may not be that close, but Yuzu is almost like a sister to me. I trust that woman with my life, and I don't believe she has bad taste in people. Thus, you're also someone I could probably trust with my life. That kid you're about to have is about to have the greatest parents in the world." Harumi pulled Mei close and smiled brightly. "In my opinion the greatest compliment a female can ever receive is 'You're gonna be a great mom.' So, believe me when I tell you, that I think both you and Yuzu are gonna be great moms."

"Thank you, Harumi. Also, don't think that you won't be having aunty duties." Mei smiled.

"That works, the best thing about being an aunt is that I can give the kid back to you when I'm done spoiling it." Harumi laughed as Mei slowly started to regret those words.

"Mrs. Aihara?" A doctor popped out of the double doors.

"Yes sir, that's me."

"Alright Mrs. Aihara, it looked like your wife is fully dilated and we are about to start the second phase of labor, which is the whole pushing phase. Typically, this stage is about 2 hours for first time moms, however your wife, as well as your child seem to be ready for this."

Mei sighed in relief. "Is… Is she ok?"

"Yes, your wife is more than fine actually. If you'd like you're more than welcomed into the room to watch the birthing process."

"Oh.. Uh…"

"She'll be in there!" Harumi slapped Mei's back. Mei looked back at Harumi a little unsure. "Come on Prez, your wife is waiting for you."

Mei gulped. "D- Do I have to wear anything special?"

The doctor smiled. "We'll give you some scrubs." The doctor turned away and headed back into the room.

"Go on. I'll be out hear waiting." Harumi crossed her legs and pulled out a magazine. "I'll hold back Himeko, and Matsuri when they get here."

Mei smiled. "Good, that'll help. Thanks again." Mei walked into room and saw Yuzu. Sweat dripped down her face. Her hair was a mess, and he face had a look of pain, and happiness strangely enough. Yet to Mei she was still beautiful as ever.

"M-Mei…" Yuzu said in between breaths. "You're… Here." Yuzu grunted in pain.

Mei tried to reach out to help, but quickly pulled back as the doctor handed her a green surgical scrub.

"Y-Yuzu… A- Are you ok?" Mei stuttered.

Yuzu chuckled. "I wish I could lie, but unfortunately… I'm not." Yuzu bit her lip and tried to hold back the screams and grunts that were fighting to get out. The pain was so much, she felt like her spine was about to crack. The stretching of her cervix and vagina made her want to explode. Yuzu concluded that she would rather take a bullet to the leg than feel this pain.

"Mrs. Aihara you can sit next to your wife and hold her hand if you'd like."

Mei nodded, and quickly made her way to Yuzu's side. She instantly grabbed the blond's hand. "I guess that was a dumb question…" Mei started wiping the sweat off of Yuzu's head.

A shot of pain erupted throughout Yuzu's body and she screamed, no longer able to bit back the pain. She gripped Mei's hand. Mei gripped back. She had no idea when this monster strength came from within her wife. It was almost terrifying; however, it wasn't the strength of Yuzu's grip that made Mei want to cry, it was hearing her wife cry out in pain. Mei watched as the doctors calmly worked on her wife and child.

"Y-Yuzu… Just, just breath ok babe?" Mei's voice deceived her, she wanted to be brave and confident for Yuzu, but this was all so new and sudden to Mei that she was almost petrified.

Yuzu nodded and tried to regulate her breathing, maybe if she had something to focus on it would help her focus on just getting their baby out and safe.

"Good job Mrs. Aihara, the baby is crowning already. Keep it up."

Mei started feeling excited. "You hear that Yuzu? She's almost here."

For what felt like minutes to Mei was actually hours in reality. At 6:05 am Yuzu and Mei became parents with their first daughter. The doctor had cut the umbilical cord and was now doing so measurements of the baby. Mei whipped the sweat from Yuzu's forehead. Tears flooded Yuzu's eyes.

"I-Is she ok? Did I do it?" Yuzu asked a little scared.

Mei laid her forehead against Yuzu's. "Yes, she's perfectly healthy. You did amazing my love."

"Mrs. Aihara, this is your daughter." The doctor said handing the baby to Yuzu. Yuzu reached up and cradled the fragile baby as if it was made of glass. She moved the blank out of the way of the baby's face.

"Hi there beautiful…" Yuzu whispered. Mei watched carefully and closely.

Slowly the baby opened her eyes revealing two bright green eyes looking up at her parents. Mei's eyes welled up in tears.

"Oh… Oh my god…" Mei put her hand over her mouth. "She already looks like you…" This was the second time in her life that a simple look made Mei fall head over heels for somethings.

Yuzu smiled. "Do you want to hold her?"

"Y-yes!" Mei reached down slowly and cradled the baby. "Hi baby… I'm… I'm your mommy." Mei said "We're your mommies…" Mei rephrased looking at Yuzu. The baby simply looked around the room again and fell asleep.

Mrs. Aihara. Do we have a name in mind for her?" One of the nurses asked.

Mei and Yuzu looked at each other. "Mikoto" Mei said.

"Aihara Mikoto…" Yuzu whispered looking at the green-eyed infant.

All of a sudden Matsuri paraded into the room. "Alright! Time for pictures!"

Harumi followed behind "I tried to hold her back…"

Himeko peaked over the two girls looking towards the infant. "Can we meet mini Aihara yet? I'd like to start exercising aunty duties…"

Mei's eye brow twitched in annoyance. Yuzu sighed and laid back, she felt her body growing limp, the past 12 hours had taken a toll on her and she was exhausted. "Babe…" Yuzu reached out and caressed Mei's cheek.

Mei kissed Yuzu's hand. "Don't worry, I got it. Sleep now."

Yuzu smiled and fell asleep. Despite this, it didn't stop the other women from taking pictures of the new parents. However, the baby still needed to undergo medical evaluations, thus was taken by the nurse. A nurse was also placed to monitor Yuzu's health. Mei watched interested yet confused by all of the things going around her. She felt like a child watching adults be busy.

"Well, Mrs. Aihara, your wife is in good health, and will probably be knocked out for a while, but other than that she will be fine."

"Thank you." Mei bowed as the nurse left.

"Hey… Come here…" Mei heard a voice softly call out to her. Mei turned to see Yuzu half asleep. Yuzu giggled softly. "You look worse than me…"

"Shush… You should go back to sleep." Mei scolded half-heartedly.

"I will as soon as you get here." Yuzu scooched over a bit to make room for Mei. Mei crawled into the hospital bed and cuddled Yuzu. "How's our baby?"

"She's perfect." Mei laced her fingers with Yuzu. "They're doing some medical evaluations right now." Mei yawned, she had been up since Yuzu's water broke, which would now be at least 36 hours.

Yuzu giggled. "We're parents now…" Yuzu laid her head against Mei's.

Mei smiled and kissed Yuzu's cheek. "Mmhmm… I love you."

Yuzu sighed happily. "I love you too…"

The two fell asleep on the small hospital bed without a care. All they dreamed about was the future of their family.