Reno was slightly confused as he and Aerith got into his bed, who was now a week overdue. He hadn't touched the shoebox since he acted out the forgiveness scene, because he really didn't want to act out sexual fantasies with their figurines like he had planned to. Just holding the real Aerith gave him more satisfaction, but there was something more to it than that, he just hadn't figured out what it was yet. She positioned herself in bed to face him, smiling momentarily before the familiar worried expression appeared on her face.

"You're sure there's nothing wrong with our baby?" Aerith asked him for the zillionth time. "I don't know why they don't want to come out yet. I did everything the doctor told me to…" Aerith started crying from the stress, and Reno grabbed some of the Kleenex he kept nearby and gently wiped the tear streaks off her face when she was done, then got more Kleenex for her to blow her nose with. She wanted to cry again at his thoughtfulness, but managed another smile instead. Aerith had realized that she loved Reno two weeks earlier, when a major earthquake hit at night, damaging the building and cutting off their utilities, then Tifa went into labor. He got to finally use some of his training, and by the time Tseng and an emergency team finally arrived, Tifa and her twins were all cleaned up, and the babies were eagerly nursing. Aerith didn't want to ask Reno how he felt about her, and she didn't want to freak him out by confessing her feelings if he didn't share them, since he had gotten roped into all of this.

"I don't know much about babies, but if the doctors aren't worried, I don't think we should be." Reno tried to reassure her, but when she still looked a little upset, he put his hand on her cheek and kissed her. She started to respond, then suddenly pulled away and cried out. "What is it?" Reno asked in alarm.

"I…I think our baby is finally ready to meet the world." Aerith explained, then cried out from another contraction. "And they're not wasting any time."

Reno paled and shot out of bed, then picked up Aerith and started carrying her to the elevator to go the roof. They were at his place now, at least until the penthouse was declared structurally safe. He had surprised himself by liking having her there. Reno had never had a woman stay longer than one night, but Aerith was different. The elevator reached the roof, and Reno hurried to his helicopter and made sure she was safely strapped in before getting into the pilot's seat. That's the main reason he bought a condo in this building, the helipad on the roof. He contacted the hospital before taking off, and their was a team waiting when he landed on their roof. He handed Aerith down to them, wondering why they were staring at him.

Aerith tried to laugh between contractions. "You're not the one who's supposed to be in their birthday suit." she managed to tell Reno, who started to turn red. He usually slept naked, and had forgotten that in his rush to get her to the hospital. He reached into the helicopter and grabbed a jumpsuit, putting it on in the elevator ride to the maternity floor.

"This baby sure is a fast one." The doctor said when they arrived in the delivery room.

Reno smiled at the unintentional compliment to his child. "I'm gonna go see if our entourage is in the waiting room, I'll be right back." he told Aerith, letting go of her hand. He hadn't taken more than two steps before she suddenly screamed. "What's wrong?" he exclaimed, hurrying back to her and she partially collapsed against him.

"The baby's stopped moving, and they're pressing against a cluster of pain nerves. And we can't safely reposition them without surgery." The doctor explained. "I've never seen anything like it."

Aerith screamed again, and then the pain medication finally took effect, and she just laid there shuddering. She wanted to tell them to go ahead with the surgery, but she couldn't find the energy, and everything suddenly seemed so hazy and far away. Reno felt her hand go slack in his, and he turned to the doctor.

"What's wrong with her now?" he demanded to know.

"Part of it is the pain medication, and that particular nerve cluster also has serious side effects if subjected to continuous pressure." the doctor replied.

"Is one of those side effects death?" Reno asked nervously.

"Yes, it's ironic that women would have a pressure point spot that can cause death in the birth canal. And if we operate to get the baby safely out, she won't be able to have any more. We need a decision now before she becomes a real Angel." The doctor had recognized them, and the necessity of saving two lives overrode his disappointment at guessing the wrong date of birth for Aerith's offspring.

Aerith made a noise that sounded almost like words, so Reno leaned closer to her. "What was that?" he asked, and Aerith mumbled again. "Please love our baby as much as I love you?" Reno repeated, dumbfounded. "You're not dying, Aerith, I won't let you." He watched her eyes start to close with a growing sense of panic. "I…I love you too Aerith, so snap out of this, you're going to be just fine." Reno heard himself saying, and was about to tell the doctor to go ahead with the surgery when Aerith gasped. "What now?" Reno asked.

"Well, I'll be…the baby just repositioned themselves." The doctor said. "I've really never seen anything like this."

Aerith recovered enough to push when necessary, and a little while later, their son cried out his indignity at being manhandled by strangers. He calmed down when he was finally handed to his mother who smiled at him and kissed his little face.

"I'll go tell the others everything's okay." Reno said, and went out to the waiting room, where the other two couples and their babies were waiting. Yuffie had been staying with Tseng, and Tifa was back with Cloud as well, until the penthouse was declared safe.

"It's a boy, and Aerith will be just fine." Reno told them, and there was a huge sigh of relief coming from them all. They had gotten nervous when they saw more medical personnel heading into the delivery room.

Tseng looked at the jumpsuit Reno was wearing, that could have only come from the company helicopter. "The baby caught you sleeping, didn't he?"