I had the idea for this chapter for a while now I just needed to put it to words. Hope you enjoy, Dangerous Souls will be updated soon with an explanation!

25-The Name

"Congratulations, Davis-san, you have given birth to a beautiful baby boy!" the nurse declared as she placed the wailing infant on Mai's chest. Mai let out an exhausted sigh as she clutched her newborn son. It had been a rough day.

She was awoken that morning by contractions. She had experienced preterm contractions over the last several weeks so she didn't think much of it. She wasn't due for another week and a half and she was just tired and grumpy and huge. She looked at the clock and realized her husband wouldn't be awake for another hour to go to work, she couldn't wait to have her baby, it would save her from mornings like this.

She stood up and went to the bathroom to fully wake up and get started on the day. But as luck would have it, it wasn't going to be an easy day. Not at all. "Naru!" she exclaimed as she collected herself and ran out of the bathroom. "Damn it! Wake up, Oliver!"

Naru poked his head up groggily as Mai held on hand on her hip and the other on her bulging stomach. "Good morning," he said slightly irritated. He wasn't supposed to be up for an hour.

"My water broke," she blurted. That was all it took to wake the young man up.

It was early evening by the time their son was born. Naru never let her hand go even for a moment throughout the day. Not that he had a choice, Mai has a death grip. To the nurses in the room, his face was unreadable, but his wife could see the relief in his eyes that the worst was over. They were both reluctant when the nurse took their son away to be cleaned and weighed. But soon they were reunited with the boy that fell asleep on Mai's chest the moment he was placed there.

"Have you two decided on a name?" the nurse asked as she came around with a clipboard. The married couple gave each other a look and the nurse understood. "I'll be back, then."

"You'd think nine months would be enough time to figure out a name," Mai said with a breath as she handed their sleeping son to Naru. Suddenly, he didn't seem so awkward holding an infant.

"To be fair, we both didn't know you were pregnant until you were almost three months in," Naru retorted, looking down at the red squishy face in his arms.

"Still, we've spent the last six months bickering about what to name him," Mai said with another breath, resting her head back. "We've debated naming him after your father, then after mine, even after Monk and Lin. We've looked up countless English and Japanese names we could use, hell, I even started looking into Chinese names!"

Naru unknowingly smiled as his wife continued her tangent and the infant grunted in his arms. He was so small. Were all newborns this tiny?

"You know, there's one name I'm a little surprised you haven't mentioned earlier," Mai said, bringing the young man from his thoughts to look at her curiously. She merely smiled. "What about naming him Eugene? I think he would like that."

There were very few times that Mai caught Naru off his guard, this was one of those times. As he gazed down at their son, he noticed the dark chocolate brown fuzz of hair on his head that must have come from Mai's side, he had the same nose and lips as his, but his eyes were too swollen to see the color of them yet. But he knew they would be blue like his. "I think so, too."

His voice sounded stiff and strained causing Mai to raise a brow as the man lowered his head. She noticed the trembling of his shoulders and suddenly understood. "Eugene Davis, Gene for short. Yep, I think we've finally settled on a name." She reached over and used a finger to stroke the babe's cheek.

"Davis-san? Have you decided on a name yet?" the nurse from before walked back in with her clipboard. "There are also several visitors outside wanting to see you-" She stopped short as she closed the door and saw the scene before her. She gave a soft and understanding look. "I'll have them wait another moment. But they would like to know if you've decided on a name yet."

"We have," Mai said as Naru kept his head down, but gave a curt nod. "Eugene A.J. Davis. You can let everyone know his name will be Gene."

Just like with what happened in the England Arc, I knew Luella would love Mai, but might need to warm up to her, I figured that deciding to name your son after your identical twin who died would obviously be done, but it wouldn't be an easy thing for Naru to do. I think I hit that nail on the head with this, especially since it was Mai's idea. I think that might have made it a little easier on him.

Let know what you all think. Also, Dangerous Souls fans, I'm reaching the end of the current case and I'm wondering should I go immediately into the next one or have a post case chapter? What are your thoughts?

Thanks!