Author's Note: I went on holiday but I'm up and writing again now, I'm afraid I will no longer respond to your reviews in each chapter as I received an email the other day saying that this is now against the rules, I'm not sure if it was the truth or just a stupid chain, but I thank you all very much for them and they're very valuable and make a big impact on my writing. And yes…I updated in less than a month xD
Disclaimer: I do not own KND. Sob.
"She's fine", the nurse told him and Wally sighed, "but I'm afraid the baby has slight jaundice…but it's nothing to worry about. It should be fine! Jaundice is very common in the first one or two weeks of a baby's life" she added seeing the worried look on Wally's face and he sighed again, relieved.
"Can I go and see her and the baby yet?" he asked.
"Well, you could have been in there all through the labour, but she didn't want you to see her in pain and she said that you didn't want to watch anyway. Now she's asleep so you'd better not disturb her. But your baby's in the room with all the other babys. He's perfectly healthy!" the nurse smiled at him, leading him down the corridor.
"My…baby?" Wally said seeing a tiny baby wrapped up in blankets with a piece of paper saying Sanban stuck on the side of the side of the plastic hospital cradle.
"Yes, he's your son! Congratulations on becoming a father", the nurse said. Wally beamed down at his son and watched the little baby stir in his sleep and watched his eyes open, his eyes focusing on him…his long little delicate eyelashes and chubby cheeks.
Although having some sleep it was not proper and Wally suddenly realised how tired he was when he looked around the room and saw many infants sleeping.
"Buhbye little mate!" he said to his baby, before going to the canteen and having a cup of tea and a teacake.
A few hours later and Kuki was awake and Wally went to visit her. As he walked into the ward he looked at her and saw how out of place she looked in the unflattering hospital nightdress and how physically drained she looked, but as he walked nearer she looked up and smiled at him. He sat on the chair by her and she took his hand and he gave her a bouquet of delicate pink roses that he had bought at the hospital gift shop, kissing her forehead.
"Well done Kooks", he beamed at her, "well done. He's our lovely bouncing bundle of joy! I love him…he has your beautiful coloured skin, lovely big eyes, cute chubby cheeks and the most delicate eyelashes you ever saw!"
"I'm glad you like him!" laughed Kuki, "because he's yours!"
"And yours, honeybee! Are you okay? Was it painful?" he smiled back.
"Of course I'm okay!" Kuki reassured him, "it was painful but then I had a medicine and I could still feel the pain, but it didn't feel connected to me. It was strange!" she said.
"I'm glad you're okay", Wally said embracing her.
"So, what are we going to call the baby then?" Kuki asked him.
"I don't know…Japanese name or a European name?" Wally asked uncertainly.
"Well…he might get teased for having a Japanese name knowing the world today", Kuki said sadly, "maybe if we give him a European first name and a Japanese middle name?"
"That's fine with me!" Wally smiled at her lovingly, and got a notepad out of his pocket and a baby name and meaning book and they happily jotted down names for ages.
"What about Richard? It's nice and normal unlike our names, and has a nice meaning…powerful ruler and brave one", asked Kuki.
"I'll go along with that, I like the name Richard!" agreed Wally, " you can also choose the middle name".
"What about Yasuo? It means peaceful one…" asked Kuki.
"Richard Beetles? Richard Yasuo Beetles?" he said, watching an anxious look form across Kuki's face, "I love it!" they embraced and Wally kissed her before running to the telephones. Hoagie answered.
"Hello? It's Hoagie here".
"Hi Hoagie! It's Numbuh 4! Wally, your pal."
"What's happening are you okay? Is Kuki okay?"
"We're more than okay."
"Has Kuki given birth yet?"
"Yes, a few hours ago, we have a beautiful baby boy!"
"What's he called?"
"Richard Yasuo Beetles"
"That's cute…what does it mean?"
"Richard means powerful ruler and brave one and Yasuo means peaceful one…gotta go see you later. Kuki's walking down the corridor…" Wally said happily, slamming the telephone down.
"Hi Wally! I'm going to see Richard now, you'll come too?" Kuki said.
"Of course I'm coming!" Wally laughed.
They both stood embracing looking at Richard.
"He's gorgeous, Wally, and he's all ours!" Kuki said gazing into Wally's eyes, then looking back at the tiny infant again.
"You know what, Kooks?" Wally asked her.
"What, Walls?" Kuki asked him.
"Although we're a family now you're still my best friend…" he said hugging her closer, "you've got a friend in me".
Author's Note: So there you go. The end of the story. But we have left Ado behind, haven't we. –Winks- Look out, as I'll be releasing a sequel pretty soon
