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"A-Alois ...!" Ciel gasped, clutching her belly with wide eyes.

"Alright! I-It's alright, Ciel! This is ...this is good! It's really good! Just breathe, ok? In and out..in and out…" Alois comforted his wife, gently rubbing her tummy and taking a couple of slow deep breaths to demonstrate.

Ciel looked into the blonde's eyes and tried to mimic him as best she could.

"That's good, my dear, that's good." Alois smiled tensely before he turned his head and screamed. "CLAUDE!"

Alois hurriedly covered Ciel with a large bath towel.

The last thing Alois needed was Claude trying to glimpse a peek…..

Ciel tried to keep breathing but the pain seemed to grow stronger and she closed her eyes, clutching Alois's hands as she whimpered, "It really hurts, Alois!"

"CLAUDE!" Alois screamed again at the top of his lungs.

The blonde would never admit to Ciel but he was close to panicking.

The baby wasn't supposed to come this soon!

What if something was wrong?!

What if Ciel didn't make it?!

"Ooooh…." The bluenette groaned, sitting up on the bathroom floor and curling forward.

Alois's eyes widened.

What if Ciel had the baby right that instant?!

Alois didn't know what to do!

He decided his best plan was to shout again desperately, "CLA—"

"I'm here, Highness." Claude's emotionless voice came from the doorway.

Ciel groaned and squeezed Alois's hand while he looked up at his butler with wild eyes.

"The baby's coming! Call the midwife! Call the doctor! Call the police! Help!" Alois shouted as if it were all Claude's fault.

Claude adjusted his glasses calmly.

What were the police going to do?

"Isn't it a bit early, master?" Claude asked, looking down at Ciel nonchalantly.

"That's why I said to call for help immediately! Don't be daft! Hurry up!" Alois roared, gathering Ciel into his arms.

"Right away, Highness." Claude replied emotionlessly, walking calmly out of the room.

Alois was left alone with Ciel and his hands trembled as he tried to determine what to do to help her.

They didn't offer Lamaze classes in the nineteenth century.

Most expectant fathers had no idea about childbirth or much less, how to help their wives through it.

Alois felt that perhaps the best way to start was with a simple question.

"Ciel, what can I do for you two?" Alois asked gently, rubbing soft circles into Ciel's belly.

"I want to lay down…." Ciel breathed, raising a hand to her face once the pain had passed momentarily.

"Then let's get you to the bed." Alois said with a reassuring smile.

Alois made certain that his steps were sure and his grip was gentle as he carried Ciel bridal style over to their floral-covered bed and laid her on it.

Alois helped Ciel get comfortable, fussing over her, fluffing the pillows behind her, and tucking her in before he kissed her forehead softly.

"Alois, don't leave me!" Ciel cried with wide, fearful eyes.

The bluenette reached out for the blonde and Alois grasped her hand, sitting down on the bed with a chuckle.

"Oh, Ciel! Don't be silly!" Alois chided, giving his beloved a bright smile. Then his face became very serious, his eyes intently staring into Ciel's as he promised solemnly, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay right here beside you the whole time."

The next hours passed by in a blur.

Alois tried to help Ciel around on the bed, down on the floor, leaning against the wall, wherever she felt most comfortable.

Ciel clung to Alois for support, panting and gasping through the pain.

Alois smiled at Ciel reassuringly and spoke to her in a low, soothing voice trying to keep her calm.

At first it was strained whimpers, then moans, then groans…..

By the time Ciel progressed to screaming through the pains, the midwife had arrived and was working between the bluenette's legs while she clutched onto Alois who held her steady.

"It's almost over. It's almost over. You're doing great, Ciel!" Alois said with a happy smile, trying to cheer Ciel on.

The blonde smiled to keep himself from screaming.

Alois didn't know if Ciel was doing great or not.

Alois, like most expectant fathers of his era, was completely clueless.

Alois had been deeply horrified by the last few hours. It wasn't the blood that scared him, no, he just couldn't stand to see Ciel in so much pain.

Hannah stood beside the midwife holding the towels.

Her face remained neutral, but the maid wanted to scowl in frustration.

Why had her master not left the room like every other man did?!

The midwife had come too soon, now it wasn't necessary for Hannah to so much as wipe Ciel's forehead.

How was her plan supposed to work?!

"Alright, dear, let's push one more time." The midwife cooed to Ciel.

Alois gripped Ciel tight and braced himself for another ear-splitting scream.

But Ciel didn't respond, she just laid her head down on Alois and tried to catch her breath

"Come on, Ciel!" Alois urged, rubbing firm circles into Ciel's lower back. "Push!"

Everyone in the room was too focused on the task at hand to pay attention to anything else.

From the shadows of the night, a pair of amber eyes peered into the bedroom window.

Sebastian stood outside, watching.

It had been a long time since he had seen his former master and during that time, he had been wandering about aimlessly.

Sebastian had once again grown bored and he had returned to find the one thing that had intrigued him…...Ciel.

Sebastian's eyes widened as he observed the scene in front of him.

There was Ciel, his Ciel, out of breath in the arms of Alois Trancy.

The blonde looked concerned.

Alois was saying something to Ciel that Sebasisn couldn't determine…..

From his position at the window, several important details about the room and its current inhabitants were hidden from Sebastian's view.

Sebastian frowned and turned on his heel, walking away.

Ciel must be having one of her asthma attacks….

In his absence, his former master had sought comfort in the arms of Alois Trancy.

Sebastian's frown turned into a scowl.

That was his fault and he knew it.

If he hadn't been so negligent, then this wouldn't be so….

Did he really expect one as proud and frail as Ciel to wait on him to return?

The dear thing could barely dress herself.

Sebastian grinned.

No, it had to be Alois.

He was actually perfect for the job.

Ciel belonged to Sebastian, and she always would, but Sebastian needed someone to keep the bluenette, to watch over her while he was…away~.

Sebastian stalked off, disappearing into the night.

One day, he would return and take back what was rightfully his.

In the meantime, let the clingy, insecure, foolish boy look after her.

Sebastian was confident that no matter what, Ciel would always truly belong to him.

After Sebastian had turned away, Ciel had all but collapsed.

Alois had caught her just before she fell on her belly.

Helping the midwife, the blonde turned the bluenette onto her back and squished the pillows behind her.

Alois let Ciel grip his arms while he held her legs and got shoulder to shoulder with the midwife while they both coached her.

"One more, just one more…."

"You can do it, Ciel!"

"I CAAAAN'TT!" The bluenette screeched while she bore down hard.

Alois's eyes widened.

The midwife's hands were empty and then all of a sudden, they were full of something pink and whimpering.

"Ciel…." Alois breathed in wonder as he found himself staring down into a tiny pair of sapphire eyes just like his wife's.

"It's a little girl." The midwife said with a smile as the newborn began to cry quietly.

Alois let go of Ciel's legs and held out his arms carefully as the midwife swaddled the small baby and placed her in Alois's grasp.

Ciel laid back against the pillows, gasping for breath as Alois slowly moved to sit beside her.

The bluenette's eyes were squinted shut until Alois called to her, "Ciel, look at our new baby."

Ciel cracked her eyes open and glanced down at her daughter before she began to sob desperately.

The baby whimpered in concern.

"Ciel! What's the matter, my darling?! She's beautiful! Look at her!" Alois tried to reason with his wife, raising the baby up closer so that she was almost in Ciel's face.

"I still hurt!" Ciel squeaked.

The midwife blinked and moved down between Ciel's legs again.

"Alright, Mr. Trancy, if you want to hand your daughter to one of our attendants, I think your wife still needs you." The midwife smiled at Alois.

Alois's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "You mean ...?"

"AAAGGHHH!" Ciel cried out in pain, earning a sharp wail of fear from her newborn in response.

"We aren't quite done yet!" The midwife cried cheerily over the noise.

Another baby girl, smaller than the first, was born thirty minutes later.

Ciel and her new daughters were cleaned and bathed.

The babies were fed and Ciel was given some water.

Hannah never got the chance to touch either Ciel or the children, the midwife and her assistants cared for them instead.

All Hannah got to do was hold the towels.

As Ciel lay resting, the midwife and her helpers kept a close watch on the new mother.

While Ciel has sailed through the ordeal problem-free, that didn't mean that there was no need to monitor her condition.

Delivering twins meant a higher risk for everything and anything going wrong, and so, to Hannah's dismay, the birth attendants showed no signs of leaving.

Hannah was looking for an opportunity and they weren't giving her one….

While Ciel was being looked after, Alois took the chance to spend a few moments alone with his new daughters.

With both of them diapered, dressed, and swaddled tightly in soft blankets, Alois carried the little girls to the room that had been converted into their nursery.

"Here we are, my loves~." Alois whispered to the babies as he gently sat down in a rocking chair.

Beginning to push it back and forth, Alois grinned at the babies.

The blonde was so beside himself with joy he didn't know what to do.

Ciel had not one baby but two….

Both of the little girls looked like miniature, chibi versions of Ciel with chubby cheeks, cute little pouts on their tiny pink lips, fluffy bluenette hair, and Ciel's brilliant, sapphire eyes.

The blonde's children were just as beautiful as his precious Ciel.

It made Alois's heart swell with pride.

Now Alois would have three people that loved him and needed him…

Alois was very careful of how he held his arm, both of the twins were so little that it made him extra cautious.

But the babies seemed perfectly comfortable and at ease in Alois's grasp.

The little one on Alois's left managed to poke her tiny hand up over the blanket.

When she began to whimper, Alois slipped his right pinky finger into the baby's hand and gave her a soft grin.

Alois had heard that newborns couldn't smile, but he could have promised that the baby looked at him happily while she squeezed his finger tightly in her miniature hand.

"I love you too." Alois giggled.

The blonde glanced over to the other baby when he felt a small tug around his neck.

The baby in his right arm had latched onto the corner of Alois's black neck bow and was sucking gently on it, using it as a pacifier while she closed her eyes.

Alois chuckled to himself.

It didn't matter that Alois wasn't the one who physically conceived the babies with Ciel, he was the one who had helped Ciel through the pregnancy.

Alois's face was the first thing the twins' saw earthside.

Alois was the one who truly cared about all three of the bluenettes.

"I may not be your father." Alois quietly confessed to the babies in his arms. "But I am your Daddy now. You two and your mother are mine, and I love all three of you very, very much."

The babies quietly cooed up at Alois and drifted off to sleep in his arms.

"Sleep well, my littles~." Alois said with a loving smile.

Alois was completely in love with his new family!