"Shit, shit, shit, shit!" Jack cried as he knelt next to Nani, the warrior panting from the pain. "You were just fine like five minutes ago! Why is the baby coming now!? It's a week early!"
"Spicer, calm down. You yelling is not helping the-"
"What am I supposed to do then, Chase!? We have a birthing panther here and I don't know how to deal with it! I'm not ready!" Jack cried. "Ow." He rubbed his head after Chase thumped him, calming him a little but not all the way.
"You have been studying those books non-stop for the past three months, we both know that you have the knowledge to handle this. You just need to calm down and think." Chase stated.
"Yeah...yeah, you're right." Jack took in several deep breaths. "Thanks."
"What do we do?" Chase asked.
"Alright, let's do this. I need some water, warm towels, and surgical tools in case something goes wrong." Jack said, gently rubbing Nani's stomach. Chase looked at Niso and Liam and the two transformed into their human forms before taking off. "That's what they look-" Jack shook his head. Later. "She'll need a stick or something in her mouth to prevent herself from biting her tongue off when the real pain starts happening." Nani let out a yowl at that comment. "Sorry." Jack chuckled weakly.
"Xina, go." Chase ordered the warrior who was standing at the opening. Xina nodded her head and left as well.
"I just realized that I'm going to have to look at Nani's...oh boy...or girl or..." Jack let out a sound that seemed to be filled with pure panic. "I don't think I prepared myself enough to see her...area." Jack made odd gestures with his hands.
"Have you never seen a va-"
"Please don't say it!" Jack interrupted Chase. "Yes, I've seen it. In books or on video. But looking at one in person...is a different tale."
"There's nothing to fear, it's just a va-"
"I'm not scared!" Jack snapped. "I'm just not prepard to see the other gender's...parts." Jack swallowed. "I can do this. I can do this." The young man glanced at the area he was talking about. "I can't do this! I can't do this!"
"Do I need to hit you again?" Chase asked.
"No. No thank you." Jack said in a soft voice. Niso and Liam made it back to the room by then, Xina right behind them with a stick in her mouth. The two males turned back to their feline forms and the three waited for more orders. "I...I..." Nani let out a wail and that snapped Jack out of his funk. Jack placed his hands on Nani's stomach and felt for the baby. "It's close! Put the stick in her mouth!" Chase quickly did what Jack intrusted. "Push, Nani!" Nani wailed again, the stick almost falling out of her mouth and after what felt like forever, a small, gray kit came out of her. Jack lightly scooped up the kitten and placed it in front of Liam. "Lick it, clean it, whatever." Jack spoke quickly before going back to Nani and returning his hands to her stomach.
"Is there more than one?" Chase asked.
"I'm not sure, she didn't seem to...there's another one!" Jack moved himself a little closer to where the kit would be coming out of. "You're going to have to push again, Nani." Nani let out a half-hearted meow. "Come on, Nani! You can do it!" Jack saw Nani tense up as she struggled to push the kit out. "Just a little more!" The stick shattered in Nani's mouth and the second kit came out. Jack took the kit to Niso and told him to do what Liam was to the other one while Chase made sure Nani didn't have a splinter in her mouth or on her tongue.
"She's fine. How are the kits?" Chase asked, rubbing Nani's head as the warrior breathed heavily.
"We got a boy and a girl." Jack said as he checked the kits. "They're so cute!" Niso and Liam carried to kits to Nani and the little ones crawled up to Nani's stomach and started nursing. "I'm an uncle." Jack added softer.
"More of a Midwife, actually." Chase corrected. "You assisted Nani with her delivery."
"Would you just let me have my moment?" Jack huffed.
"Why did you have us gather warm towels and water if it wasn't needed?" Chase asked.
"They're for me." Jack stated and plunged his hands into the bucket. "I'm currently covered in...birthing...juices...and I need to wash myself off."
"'Birthing juices'?" Chase raised a brow, trying his best not to laugh.
"I've been through enough at the moment, I do not need your sass." Jack finished cleaning his hands before sitting down next to Chase.
"I'm glad that they came out as feline." Chase said.
"If they came out as human, that would have been so much harder." Jack sighed. The group sat in silence for several moments before Jack spoke up again. "So, any ideas for names?" He asked Nani. The panther glanced at her kits before looking at Chase. Jack noticed Chase's eyes going wide before they closed and Chase bit his lips and shook his head. "What?"
"She wants to name the male Raja." Chase explained. Jack let out a quiet 'aw'. "And she wants to female to be Zelda?"
"Really!?" Jack perked up. "You're gonna name her Zelda!? That's so cool!"
"Do I want to know?" Chase asked.
"These cubs are going to be the awesome-est warriors ever!" Jack suddenly stopped and yawned, blinking slowly several times afterward. "They're going to be big and strong and cool." Jack mused.
"Looks like someone's adrenaline's wearing off." Chase chuckled.
"Nah, I'm wide awake." Jack rested his head against Chase's shoulder. "Wide awake..."
"And I'm a female named Alice." Chase scoffed.
"I'd be okay with that." Jack said, hugging Chase's arm. "I don't care what gender of name you are, I love you for you." Chase kissed the top of Jack's head before picking him up as he stood.
"You can handle Nani and the kits for the night, correct?" Chase asked the warriors. The three nodded and watched their master carry Jack out of the room.
"Buy Nani, I'll see you tomorrow...later? What time is it?" Jack asked.
"Bed-time." Chase answered.
"I could use some ice-cream right about now." Jack said as he played with a strand of Chase's hair. "Chocolate, preferably."
"You are not consuming sugar right before bed." Chase stated.
"But, dad." Jack whined.
"Would you cease calling me that? It makes this relationship awkward." Chase sighed.
"There are plenty of couples that-"
"Do not even go there." Chase warned. "I already know what you're talking about and I will not partake in that. Others may do as they please, but I am unable to be a part of the..."
"Daddy kink?" Jack yelped when Chase suddenly dropped him, thankfully they were in the bedroom by that point.
"You just had to say it, didn't you?" Chase pinched the bridge of his nose. "How do you even know of these things?"
"Remember all that research I've done? Apparently, kinks are very common in sexually active relationships." Jack moved several of the remaining pillows off of the bed.
"Well, we're not in a sexually active relationship." Chase said.
"We could be." Jack looked Chase in the eyes as he spoke. The young man sat down on the bed, hands behind his back and legs spread. "Take me?"
Chase did not need to be told twice.
