Alois rested against Naveen, he had never been so exhausted. He looked down at the infant in his arms, the daughter he thought he would never hold.
"She's perfect." He said with a smile.
"Of course she is Precious, she's our child. I am so proud of you." Hannah watched the family from a chair in the corner. She had to admit that when it was advised that Alois lie down and prepare for the child's arrival, she hadn't expected Naveen to get behind him, allowing his mate to lean back against his chest and hold his hand the entire time.
When Alois had begun to panic, as Hannah was leaving them, it was Naveen who suggested she stay to help her son calm down. It had been clear that Alois needed her as Naveen had said. Twenty-three hours of labor had been hard on Alois but even still, Naveen never left his position. Even now, Naveen was still behind his mate, his emerald eyes filled with love for his family.
"Hannah?" Alois called.
"I'm right here my son."
"Hannah, I couldn't have gotten through this without you. You even helped Naveen, before we decide to let anyone in, do you want to hold her?" Hannah smiled as tears filled her eyes and she made her way to them.
"Are you sure I should be the first?" She asked. Alois nodded.
"Like I said, I couldn't have gotten through this if you weren't here." Alois handed the newborn to his Mother and Naveen wrapped his arms around his mate.
"Thank you Precious one, I know this was difficult, you are nothing short of amazing. Never let anyone tell you differently. I love you so much."
"I love you too." Alois closed his eyes.
"You're beautiful Lenora, and you are very much loved." Hannah said cradling the infant. Soon you will get to see the rest of your family, I am your grandmother, my name is Hannah and I love you very much. You and your mother and uncle are precious to me. It is my hope that you always know this." Hannah softly kissed Lenora.
"Would you like me to go and get Luca and Victor?" Naveen asked, bringing Alois out of his near sleeping state.
"Yes, I suppose now would be a good time." Naveen carefully shifted Alois and leaned him back against the pillows.
"I can sit up you know, it hurts to but you don't have to-"
"Just relax, I know I don't have to. I want to take care of you, both of you. If it hurts you to move by yourself at the moment, I don't want you to."
"Naveen." Hannah said quietly.
"Yes miss Hannah?"
"You've done very well." Naveen smiled, she had never said such things to him before.
"Then you approve of our relationship, are you able to trust me?" He asked hopefully.
"Let's just say that I may be able to be a bit more civil with you from time to time."
"It's a start, thank you miss. Hannah." He disappeared into the hallway.
"How are you feeling?" Hannah asked as Alois propped himself up against the headboard of the bed.
"I feel really tired, having babies really hurts. Lenora's worth it though. I love her."
"Of course you do, you've waited so long for her."
"I'm just really happy she's not going to kick me anymore." Hannah chuckled softly.
"She still may, babies tend to do these things in play."
"Yeah, but it won't be as bad. I-"
"Brother!' Luca cried rushing to the bed, Victor was close behind.
"Hello Luca, victor."
"Brother, is she here, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, and yes, Hannah's holding her." Luca smiled.
"Luca, if you lik you can sit with Alois, I'll help you up.' Naveen offered.
"I don't want to hurt him."
"Sitting with me isn't going to hurt me."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Luca allowed Naveen to pick him up and set him on the bed, he wasted no time in hugging Alois.
"I was so scared. I didn't know what was going to happen, and I didn't even- Alois held him close.
"It's okay now, It's going to take some time but everything is fine."
"Can I see her brother?" Alois nodded and Hannah brought the infant to her Mother. Luca looked at her curiously as she lay quietly looking up at him.
"Hello there," he greeted happily. "I'm Luca, you have my name in yours 'cause brother loves me so much. You're very tiny, and your eyes look just like my brother's, he's your mommy. I like you very much and when you're big, I'll play with you and visit with you too." He looked to Alois.
"That's okay isn't it brother?"
"Of course, I want you, Hannah and Victor to come see her as much as you want to. Do you want to hold her?"
"Really?" Alois nodded, he helped Luca position his arms and carefully gave her to him.
"Brother, I like holding Lenora."
"Good, does that mean you'll help me and Naveen take care of her for a few days?"
"Yes, your highness."
"May I hold her next?" Victor inched closer.
"Yes Victor, when Luca's had a turn you can." Naveen promised. After several minutes, Victor had his turn.
"She's nice, I like her, she isn't even crying."
"She's probably sleepy like her mother. They've had a long day." Naveen explained to his younger brother.
"Naveen?"
"Yes Victor?"
"I know you said Lenora was inside Alois, but why did she go there in the first place, that doesn't sound like a nice thing to do to your mommy." Alois had to stop himself from laughing at the expression on his mate's face.
"No Victor that's not how it works," Luca said patiently.
"Then why was she there?"
"Because, first our brothers liked each other and then Naveen told my brother he loved him and kissed him then they called the adoption place and brother got a baby."
"Boy, adopting doesn't sound nice at all." Alois covered his face with his hands to hide the amused smile.
"Well then, should we let the rest of the family in?" Naveen asked hoping to stop the conversation.
"Can we see her again later?"
"Yes Luca."
"My mommy said sometimes demons who adopt give them back because It's too much to take care of them. Naveen, Alois, you won't send her back will you?"
"No, I promise you she's not going back." Alois said trying failing to stop himself from chuckling this time.
"That's good, because I like her." Victor said as Naveen led them out to play with the Michaelis children. He returned with Ciel.
"How'd you do this three times, I wasn't sure I was going to make through one. You're insane." Ciel laughed.
"First one's usually the worst, you don't know what to expect and all that, but having children will surprise you. You didn't think you could and yet, there they are. How are you feeling?"
"It bloody hurts, even worse than the time you stabbed me. It was really hard to get her here."
"Alois, if it was easy, they wouldn't call it labor." Ciel said.
"Guess you're right."
"Sebastian's downstairs with the children, he says he's happy for you and to tell you that your nursery is missing a few cats."
"What is it with Sebastian and cats?" Ciel shook his head.
"He's mental maybe."
"That's a nice way to talk about the one you love." Ciel shrugged.
"He doesn't care, we're mates, if we don't get on each other's nerves a bit here and there, we aren't doing our jobs." Alois laughed.
"Do you want to see her?" Ciel walked closer and smiled.
"She's beautiful. She looks a lot like Naveen if he had blue eyes she would look exactly alike."
"You can hold her if you like."
"I would actually." Ciel took Lenora in his arms.
"Hello little one, you know, your mother's a bit off-'
"Hey." Alois crossed his arms and glared at his friend.
"But, he'll be good to you, you really do have a good family.
"You were right Ciel, she is worth all that." Alois said as Ciel gave Lenora back.
"I'll let you rest, you need it. I'm really happy you finally got your family Alois." Alois was now cuddling his infant daughter.
"So am I."