AN: I lost my soul to anime again. If any of you follow me on tumblr I think you already know this lol Especially on Wednesdays. I also finally came up with a new name for this thing I am doing. Kazoku means Family in Japanese. I think it fits considering that's the overall theme here. I think. Anyways Hope you guys like it.

His Voice

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"I…," started Sam, his eyes lifted to Mercedes, unsure of exactly what to say. Her hand rested comfortably on her swollen abdomen. "What do I say?" He prompted.

Mercedes shrugged. "Anything. He likes your voice."

"My - voice," whispered Sam. He propped himself on his elbow and touched his wife's stomach. "My voice." He repeated, not knowing how to process this information.

Mercedes watched the man's concentrated face break upon feeling his son kick. "You feel that?" She giggled as his face returned from shock. "I told you!"

His hand hovered over the area, terrified in both good and bad ways. Swallowing, he replaced his hand in a spot slightly lower from where it was placed before.

"I'm Sam," he waited for a moment, almost deflated. "Your father." Then he felt the kick. "Nice to meet you too buddy." He said with a quiet chuckle.

Mercedes ran relaxing fingers through her husband's hair as he attempted to talk more; this was a shock to her that he felt so shy in this moment. Mercedes figured Sam would jump at the chance to speak to their son before he was born. Ever since she started to show Sam's more protective side began to show. He also began to shy away from her, almost as if he was afraid that if he touched her she would break.

He looked up at her and gave his best crooked smile. Not a smirk, not a grin and not a full smile but something in between. It was awkward and adorable to her.

His thumb rubbed over the smooth skin of her stomach. "…my voice."

Mercedes noticed in that moment Sam's walls began to come down. That becoming a father was starting to dawn on him. That this was real, that in a few months there would be a little him running around. All it took was the baby to respond to his voice.

Since then Mercedes would wake in the middle of the night to hear Sam talking to their son. Sam would always wait until he thought Mercedes was asleep to spend quality time with their son. Mercedes always pretended to be asleep when Sam would do this, She found it adorable how gentle and almost vulnerable Sam sounded when he spoke to their son. Her cover however, was blown when one night when Sam was telling the baby the story of how they met. The second he began talking about the Justin Bieber Experience she lost it.

Sam didn't seem to mind though. He just looked up at her with those bright green eyes and smiled then continued on with his story. Mercedes found herself relaxed against his baritone voice. She almost cried when he pressed his lips to where he assumed the child was.

"I love you already, Benji."