Ohma had learned quickly that being a father was exhausting, which he had sort of grasped upon seeing other people with children. But what Ohma didn't know, and wasn't prepared for, was being the father of twins.
He wasn't upset or put off when the two of them learned that kaede would be having twins. In fact, Ohma was proud that his machinery worked so well that it was able to fertilize kaede with not one, but two babies. However, the pride was quickly overshadowed by a slight fear. What if he wasn't enough for two kids? What if kaede deemed that he was unfit to be a father and left him? All of the what if's filled Ohma's head for the next few months until kaede gave birth to her two boys, Kono and Tomo.
Once his boys were born, all of Ohma's doubts flew out of the window and were replaced by the overwhelming desire to protect these two new lives. He was ready to take on the challenge of being the father of twins, and knew that Kaede'd be there by his side every step of the way.
But now, at three in the morning on a Sunday, Ohma wondered if it was all worth it. The baby monitor was beeping and he could hear the crying down the hall.
He looked over at kaede, hoping that kaede'd get up and help get the kids back to sleep, but kaede were out cold. Ohma couldn't blame her, though, giving birth to twins had probably been extremely stressful on her body.
Since he thought of himself as an okay partner, he grabbed a shirt, threw it over his head, and willed himself up and out of bed. As he stole a glance at himself in the mirror in the hallway, he smiled at the completely domesticated and content appearance. He'd remembered when things were much different—lonely and rugged—just a couple of years ago.
"Hey, what's going on?" Ohma said gently upon entering the twins' room. Kono was standing up in his crib, grasping the railing of his crib and peering over at Tomo, who was wailing for some unknown reason. Kono looked thoroughly concerned for his brother. Once Kono noticed his father, he made grabby hands at him, silently pleading for him to pick him up and take him to his brother.
"Hold on." Ohma patted Kono's head gently before turning his focus back to Tomo, picking up him, and bouncing him up and down on his hip. He skillfully scooped up Kono in his other arm and watched Kono reach for Tomo and try to put his hand over the crying one year old's mouth.
"That's rude." Ohma chuckled, nudging Kono's hand away with his nose.
Tomo began to calm down as Ohma continued to sway back and forth and let the twins look out the window of their bedroom at the night sky. He hummed as he continued to coax the crying twin back to sleep, while the other twin had already fallen fast asleep.
After twenty minutes, Ohma's arms began to feel numb and he searched for another, less painful option. He gently laid the twins down in their cribs before grabbing a futon from there bedroom and laying it on the ground, settling onto the futon equipped with the twins.
Ohma sighed as he laid down, making sure each baby was secure on his chest and asleep, before falling back asleep himself.
At some point in the morning, Kaede woke up and were mildly concerned at Ohma's absence in the bed. Ohma sometimes liked to go out for early morning runs or grab an early morning snack, but his running shorts were on the floor and it was too quiet in the kitchen. Kaede frantically began to search the house for her partner, wondering if he'd had enough and left in the middle of the night.
However, upon nudging open the slightly ajar door to the twins' room, her heart lurched into her throat at the sight of Ohma and her babies. Each of Ohma's arms was wrapped around a baby, each twin was snuggled into their father's chest, and all three of her boys were fast asleep.
Kaede made sure to get her fill of photos before placing herself beside Ohma on the futon, laying an arm across his abdomen, and dozing off.