Chapter 10:
Estonia sighed as he walked back towards the room, the words of the nurse still echoing in his head. He stopped as he got to the door of the room Ukraine was in. He stared at the handle of the door as his hand held it. He wondered if he should tell Ukraine about their child they would call Kalyna. He sighed again as he opened the door to find that Ukraine was awake and holding one of their babies while Belarus held the other. Russia seemed to have disappeared from the room.
"Ah. Estonia," Ukraine smiled at him. "I was wondering where you went."
Estonia took a deep breath as he looked at Belarus. "Belarus, can I talk to Ukraine in private?" Belarus stared at Estonia for awhile before handing him the child she had and walking out. Ukraine smiled before her face filled with concern.
"Is… s-something wrong Estonia?" she asked. Estonia walked over to Ukraine and sighed.
"Ukraine, it's about the other one," Estonia replied.
"Oh! You mean Kalyna, right?" Estonia nodded. "What about her?" Estonia was silent as he let the child in his arms suck on his finger. "E-Estonia? Y-You're scaring me…"
"They said that Kalyna might not make it."
"W-What?" Ukraine's face was pale. "W….Why not?"
"They said she has bad lungs so they don't know if she'll actually live. They put her on oxygen right now but…." Ukraine's eyes welled with tears as she heard this. Her child might die? She wanted to scream and demand to see her child, but she was frozen from shock. Estonia sat down next to Ukraine. "It'll be hard, I know… but we just have to believe she'll be okay." Ukraine nodded as she placed her head on Estonia's shoulder, crying. Estonia placed his head on hers, knowing it was the only way he could comfort her with a child in his arms.
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"So, what are the names of the boys going to be?" a nurse asked as she filled out the birth certificates.
"Well…." Estonia began as he looked down at the child in his arms. "His name will be Villem…"
"Hm…? That's an interesting name," the nurse chimed happily as she wrote it down. "And the other one?" Estonia smiled at Ukraine and nodded, indicating that it would be alright to do a Ukrainian name if she wanted. Ukraine looked down at the child and closed her eyes with a gentle smile on her face.
"Dmitrii…" she softly replied. The nurse nodded as she wrote it down. "Two I's at the end…" the nurse nodded and added the other eye. She stood up.
"Sign these when you're ready," she smiled. "I'll be back to check on you two later." With that, the nurse walked out. Once the nurse was gone, Estonia looked over at Ukraine.
"Dmitrii?" Estonia asked with curiosity.
"Da. It's a Russian name. I thought… it would be nice…" Estonia nodded.
"It's a wonderful name Ukraine." Ukraine smiled at Estonia as he placed Villem down in the small bed made for him. He did the same with Dmitrii before walking back over and signing the certificates. He handed them to Ukraine to do the same. She did so as the nurse walked back in. The nurse walked over and took the certificates.
"I have some news to tell you."