Dr. Shamal, Pre Valentino

"Oh, hell~o lovely! Care for a drink?" A babe in a black mini walked passed.

"Ew," She gave me a look-over and ran away, playing hard to get.

"I'm a doctor!" I shouted, running after her.

She stopped for a second, thought about it, and continued to run, "Get away from meee!"

"Oh-" My phone rang in my pocket, forcing me to recall that I was a doctor.

I looked at the number, putting each patient in my phone, and I saw that I was being paged by Rokudo Hakumei, "Dr. Shamal, come quick, the baby is coming......I can't make it to the hospital......"

"Ok, I'll be over right away," I hung up, not reminding her to breathe deeply because she was already doing so.

I arrived at her house twenty minutes after she called, Tsubaki texting me the address. The door was unlocked, so I entered the house and cautiously penetrated the unfamiliar territories. She was sprawled across the couch, a pail of water and a stack of towels by her head. She groaned from the pain, her contractions quick in secession.

"Impressive. You've been in labour for about twenty-five minutes or so, and you still managed to prepare everything I need," I was amazed at her for holding everything together and for being alone this whole time.

She smiled, aching in every inch of her body, "Thanks.....There isn't anything I wouldn't do for my son....Or my husband.............."

Rokudo Hakumei, Post Valentino

I woke up, warm in bed, wrapped around my baby and my love. Valentino was breathing softly, deep asleep, and Mukuro was already awake, watching over us both. I grinned softly, careful not to move my face too much and disturb the baby. He, Mukuro, reached over our boy and kissed my forehead.

"Happy birthday," I whispered, looking at the digital clock on my nightstand.

He grunted, uncaring about such trivial things in the face of his wife and child, "Today's not my day. It's Valentino's."

That was true, technically Valentino was delivered at three in the morning, so his day of birth was the ninth of June, "Hm, now this date can never be forgotten."

"Now why would you ever forget it in the first place?" He asked in mock fury.

I stroked Valentino's Velvet head, "I couldn't, but with the way you work, you might."

He snorted mutely so as to not wake the baby, "Anyone else would have said I was too narcissistic to forget, but you make me out to be so noble."

"Becuase killing is so noble," I chuckled, sure to stay quiet.

He rolled his eyes at me, "You know what I mean."

I was about to respond, but Valentino woke up and started crying. Having read the books twice, I knew exactly what to do. I picked up my son, rising slowly to the floor. I decided that I should try feeding him first, so I pulled on my shirt so he could feed. That did the trick, so I sat on the edge of the bed while he drank. Mukuro watched in a mixture of awe and revulsion.

"You never see a baby fed naturally before?" I asked.

He shook his head, "I've just never seen a woman's body used like that before."

"Tsk, you are such a pervert," I liked that about him, but I'd never let him know that.

He shrugged, "Eh, that's your opinion."

Dr. Shamal, Pre Valentino

"Is that right....." I barely listened, checking on the baby's progress.

"How's it looking?" She asked nervously.

I sat up and looked at her seriously, "Everythings looking good so far, but this may take a while."

"Great," She grunted, shifting around on the couch.

Rokudo Mukuro, Post Valentino

I woke up earlier than normal, scared down to the deepest fathoms of my core. It took me a few moments to see why, but it became clear when I looked at my family. Family. To me family was a word used to tie the mafia together, just meaningless bonds that people put blind faith into. Family had always hurt me, and I would it back in return.

Until Hakumei. She was like a personified version of my views, a woman that blindly believed, stupidly trusted in a man like me, however, I loved that about her, and secretly, she inspired me to never let her down. I truly did love her, and even if I despised the thought of unconditional trust, she was the only exception, the thing I would trust with my life. I can't explain it, or even how it connects to Hakumei, but she was the single most vital thing in my life. Until Valentino was born. Looking at my son, my son, I felt like everything in my past, in life, was wrong. He and his mother, my family, had changed my perspective, and I knew that that was a good thing. They made me feel like I wasn't so terrible, like I was capable of doing good, like I didn't have to always be the bad guy. They made me realize I had a family, a real family that I actually care about and would do anything for.

That fear I felt, that was me worrying about caring for my son and doing good by him. It was me worrying about his mother. It was me, terrified of the future and how many opportunities I would have to either disappoint my son or become a good man in the eyes of the only ones who matter. That fear, it would never be known to another, nor would the new me that only my family would know.

Dr. Shamal, Pre Valentino

The father showed up a few hours later, but I didn't even see him for how busy I was birthing his son. I heard the mother say something to him, but everything was lost to me as I worked on helping her deliver this baby.

Rokudo Hakumei, Pre Valentino

As I laid on the couch, pushing, crying, and breathing, trying to have my baby boy, the door opened again. Great, someone probably was here to rob from me. Awesome.

"Hakumei?" A voice called out, concerned for my screaming.

"Mukuro? Is that you?" I panted.

He ran into the living room, "Hakumei!"

He froze for a moment before walking over to the back of the couch and grabbing my hand, "You made it. I told you you would."

He laughed, "You're so stupid. You shouldn't be happy to see me right now, you should be yelling at me, cursing me for putting you here in this position in the first place."

"Where'd you get that idea?" I laughed.

"TV," He explained simply.

I shook my head, "I love you too much, and I love our son."

The doctor, who looked oddly familiar, shrugged, "She'll be singing a different tune soon enough, trust me, I've seen it a million times."

Rokudo Hakumei, Post Valentino

After I set the baby in his crib to sleep, I sat back on the bed, kissing my husband and stroking his face, "I'm so sorry for what I said. I didn't mean any of it, I swear. It was my hormones in their last, epic struggle."

He kissed me back, wrapping his arms around my neck, "You'll just have to make it up to me."

I pushed him away, "You have no idea what it's like having a baby, do you?"

He shrugged, "I wouldn't be the first guy to be in the dark.
I rolled my eyes, "You win that one. Well, I'm hungry, so hows about some breakfast?"

Vendicare

"It is time."

Yeah, here's the next chapter! I felt like I left too much out in the last chapter, so I decided to tell more of how Valentino came into the world. So, here it is.

Thank you everyone! Currently this story is my second most reviewed fic, so I just want to thank everyone! I'm crossing my fingers that this'll become my most reviewed.