Chapter 48
Arra grunted in pain. Acnologia stood by nervously doing everything he could to help her through her labor. She strained herself again gasping for breath after every contraction. Sweat dripped down her face soaking into her hair. Another push and then she glanced over to him panting.
"I think it'll be one more push and one of our girls will be here. Ready to be a papa Lolo?"
"Of course."
Arra grunted again as she made another push, shortly after the first crys of a baby were heard. Acnologia quickly gathered the small squirming bundle into his arms. Gazing down at her he felt as if he couldn't move in that moment. His whole world was entirely centered on the tiny creature he held as it wined and moved about. Arra for her part was given a brief respite from labor and watched as the new father bonded with his first little girl. He didn't even seem to realize that tears were falling down his face. As the child tired he held his breath and reached his hand in front of the baby. Tiny fingers curled around his own bringing a rare smile to his face devoid of all the years of agony and insanity. Arra smiled softly for a moment but then grunted in pain again as a new bout of labor rushed through her. Hearing her strained voice immediately snapped Acnologia out of his daze. Gently setting his new daughter in the crib he went back to helping his mate. His second daughter came quicker than their first. Arra breathed out a sigh exhaustion etched into her features. The two girls were taken from their crib and placed on the bed between their parents. The oldest they named Blairra, and the younger of the twins they named Milarria. Though less than a hour old their personalities were shining through. Blairra was verry vocal while Milarria would just scrunch up her face and complain softly at her sister's noise. Both took a lot after their father. They both had tanned skin with dark hair and sharp eyes. Blairra took a bit more after him since she already had the signs of having his spiky hair. The parts that took after their mother were their ears which were pointed and their eyes which were bright green. Milarria's hair was slightly curly since it was so short, she would more than likely have wavy hair as she got older. The family fell asleep like this happily together smiles spread over the new parents' faces.