Kanone woke up to a warm sensation on his neck. He panicked until he realized that he was in his bed, and that the sensation was Eyes' breath hitting the back of his neck. his lover was behind him with his arms wrapped around the older one, holding him protectively. Eyes had tried waking him up last night after Kousuke called, but Kanone was out. Kanone felt the body beside him move and he turned to face sleepy blue eyes. He smiled, "Good morning."

Eyes just mumbled the phrase back until he registered that Kanone was awake. His eyes snapped open and he tightened his hold on Kanone, "Are you okay?"

Kanone just nodded, "I'm fine. I'd rather not talk about it right now though, okay?"

Eyes began to protest before he remembered Kousuke calling again. At this thought he let go of Kanone and sat up which in turn caused his husband to look up at him questioningly, "Kousuke called last night, Ayumu had his baby."

Kanone was sitting up as well now, a little painfully, looking at Eyes, "Why didn't you wake me up? You mean I missed it..." He trailed off and looked down, sad that he hadn't been there for Ayumu, but relieved that at least Kousuke was there with him. He looked back to Eyes, "Why didn't you wake me up, you know how important this was to me."

Eyes narrowed his gaze slightly at Kanone, annoyed by how childish the supposedly maturer male could be, "I tried, but you were asleep. Besides, you needed the rest." Then something else occurred to him, "I never called Kousuke back to tell him we weren't coming."

Kanone shook his head and chuckled a bit, this had to be the most dysfunctional group of people he had ever seen. And he was right in the middle. Sighing and picking up the phone, he dialed Kousuke's number but got no answer. Slightly concerned, he tried Ayumu's number and got the same response. He looked to Eyes, "Neither of them are answering their phones."

Eyes got up and headed towards the bathroom, "Well, let's get ready and we'll head down there." Kanone nodded and 20 minutes later they were out of the shower and dressed. Checking his watch, Eyes was surprised they had taken so little time in the shower and then realized that they hadn't participated in their usual "activities" due to Kanone still being a little sore. Eyes gritted his teeth at the thought of the older Narumi, but calmed down when Kanone came up behind him and hugged him, whispering 'I love you' in his ear and kissing his neck. Eyes smiled at the comforting gesture and hoped that Kanone would be okay and hopefully talk to him about last night. "Later." He reminded himself, "I'll ask him about it later, there are more important things to concentrate on right now."

As if on cue Kanone grabbed his coat and turned to Eyes, "Ready?" Eyes nodded and they left heading as quickly as possible to the hospital.

When they arrived at their destination, the couple headed directly to Ayumu's room. Well, right after Kanone told another one of Eyes' loyal fangirls to 'stop fantasizing about his husband', breaking the poor girl's heart to learn that her current eye candy was gay. Kanone had always enjoyed doing this and smiled as the girl walked away crying and just looked innocently at Eyes' disapproving glare, "What? I can't help it if they don't know that the center of their universe doesn't exactly swing their way. They should pay more attention to what you say instead of your body, which is the only reason they like you." Eyes just sighed and grabbed Kanone's hand and led him to Ayumu's room. The slightly better mood that telling off the fangirl had put him in disappeared as Kanone walked into Ayumu's hospital room. Kousuke was sitting next to Ayumu's bed with his boyfriend's hand in his own. The latter was lying in his bed, seemingly unconscious and as Kanone walked up to Kousuke he could see the redhead had been trying to hold back tears, but had failed miserably.

Kousuke looked up as Kanone put a hand on his shoulder, his golden eyes glued to Ayumu. Kousuke stood up and faced Kanone, "Where the hell have you been?" He asked, grabbing Kanone's shirt by the collar but quickly letting go as Kanone winced from the pain, "Kanone...are you alright?" He asked, mildly concerned. He knew it would take a lot to keep Kanone from being here and had already gone through some horrid possibilities, most of which were dismissed as soon as the Blade Child stepped into the room. Now seeing that Kanone was not fatally wounded, Kousuke got angered again, "Why didn't you come last night?"

Kanone hesitated, "I...can we discuss this later? What's wrong with Ayumu? Where is my daughter?" Kousuke was the one to hesitate now, worrying Kanone even more, "Kousuke?" He pressed.

Kousuke sighed, "Damn." He looked up to Kanone's worried face, "I don't exactly where she is, Wilson took her for some tests right after she was born. There wasn't anything wrong with her I don't think, just standard tests for a birth like this."

Kanone sighed, a little relieved that his daughter was alright, as far as he knew. There was still an issue to be covered though, "And Ayumu?"

Kousuke looked down at his boyfriend and blinked away several more tears, "He fell unconcious shortly after he gave birth. He hasn't woken up or made any movement at all since then. There were a bunch of doctors in here but they made me leave and they haven't told me anything yet."

Kanone went pale at this statement, why hadn't they told Kousuke that Ayumu was alright? Kanone had heard of plenty of mothers dying during childbirth or shortly after. Kanone walked up to Ayumu and placed a kiss on his forehead, nobody in the room seeming to object to the display of affection. Kanone sniffed, promising himself he wouldn't cry. His voice, however, came out barely a whisper, "I should have been here."

Eyes ground his teeth together again, hating Kiyotaka for a whole new set of reasons now. His thoughts of torturing the older man were interrupted by a presence that quietly entered the room. Eyes turned to see that it was Ayumu's doctor, carrying an incredibly tiny baby. Eyes was amazed at the size of it, he had never really seen a newborn baby up close before, let alone held one. But he quickly adjusted as the doctor placed the newborn in his arms and whispered a couple of words to Eyes. The silver haired man nodded and looked back to his husband and Kousuke who were so occupied with Ayumu that they hadn't heard the doctor come in and leave. Eyes walked up to Kanone's side which caused the worried face to turn to him. His sad golden eyes lit up and his breath caught in his throat at the sight before him. His husband, his Eyes, holding his baby. Kanone fought back tears and stood taking the baby that was offered to him. Kanone looked her over and smiled, "She's beautiful." he whispered, grabbing Kousuke's attention. As the three men stood around the newborn only one thought ran through their head, "What are we going ot name her?" Kanone asked everyone in the room, knowing that all four men would have an input into the child's name.

The name offered was accepted immediately by all, "Hiyono." The three turned to look at Ayumu who had just woken up and caught Kanone's last question. Kanone smiled as he walked over to the now-conscious boy and handed over the baby. Ayumu smiled at Kanone then the other two men who all returned the smile. Ayumu looked down at the baby and then back up to Kanone, "You like it?"

Kanone, for a second, thought that Ayumu was talking about the baby, then realized he was referring to the name. Kanone, in a moment of pure love for Ayumu, bent down and softly kissed the boy on the lips, "It's perfect."

Ayumu looked to the other two who seemed completely unfazed by the affection that one's husband was giving the other's boyfriend. They both nodded their approval and Ayumu smiled down at little Hiyono. He knew then that everything would be alright, but then something occured to him. He had only been conscious for a little while after Hiyono was born, but he did notice someone was missing. He turned to Kanone, "Where were you last night? Why weren't you here?" He was a bit hurt that Kanone hadn't shown up when Kousuke called him, but knew that Hiyono's other father would have a perfectly good reason for missing her birth.

Kanone sighed and looked up when Eyes placed a hand on his shoulder. Kanone leaned back into the touch and then looked to the waiting faces of the other two men. He looked back to Eyes who nodded and Kanone turned to tell the others why exactly he hadn't been here to witness his daughter's birth.