Way of Living
CloudxReno; occasional other pairings.
xXx
"Mine is bigger than yours..."
"No duh, huh...?"
Cloud chuckled and pulled himself off the couch, placing a hand on his back as it ached. "I can't wait till these two are born. They tire the crap out of me." He complained, walking towards his lover.
Reno smiled as the blond sat by the kitchen's table and next to himself. "It'll be over soon."
"A month isn't soon enough."
"Don't complain, will ya?"
"Says the one who is only pregnant of one baby..."
"Don't blame me for your inability to spawn more than one devil at once."
"Oh, shut up Turk..." Cloud muttered, looking away.
"Uhh, pushed some buttons?"
"What if you did?"
Reno blinked. "Sorry? Don't need ta be mad, ya know. We can have more kids if ya want to compensate your horrib—"
"Stop right there. I bet that isn't going to make me feel any better."
"Sorry, sorry..." the redhead chuckled. "Three kids are enough for two gay men that didn't want to get pregnant in the first place." He said, nodding. "Ain't that right?" Cloud smiled and nodded back, cringing and sitting straight on his chair. "What is it?"
The blond wrinkled his nose in pain. "Just a sting... I've been feeling some since this morning."
"Stings...?"
"Yes, stings!"
"... Why didn't you say that earlier?"
Cloud looked up as his lover got up and walked quickly to a phone, gasping at another sting. "T-they're more frequent than a while ago." He stated with a frown.
Reno rolled his eyes and sighed. "Cloud, you're pregnant, you're due in a month and you start feeling stings, no, cramps:what does that tell you? You should have told me!"
"Sorry..."
"You're impossible!" Reno continued, waving the phone around. "If you don't get to the hospital soon, you'll have to push that kid out of you! You may be hermaphrodite but DAMN, your body isn't prepared for a natural birth!"
"Reno, calm down...!"
"How do you want me to calm down??"
"Just calm down, damn it or you will follow me to the fucking hospital!" Cloud screamed, doubling over in pain. "Just... Shut. Up."
The redhead shifted, dialling the 911. "Sorry..." he whispered. He didn't want to upset his lover while he was in the state where he was in but he was just worried: after all, Cloud was going to give birth to his children. Besides, he was a Turk... He was lucky that he had a lover since his job wasn't exactly a routine: they were hated, not loved. "Hello? I need an ambulance..."
--
"What?? No! I mean, I bet there is still time!"
The doctor shook her head apologetically. "I'm sorry Cloud but it's already too late for a c-section... You'll have to bear with us and deliver those children naturally."
The blond let his head fall back, slamming it against the stretcher where he was in. "OH shit, no..." he whimpered, breathing heavily. The cramps were already killing him. "Reno...?"
"Reno's outside, he's fine."
"Can't... Can't he come in?"
"I'm sorry Cloud... But he may get too nervous and that may trigger—"
"The baby's birth, yeah I get it."
"Get ready." The woman smiled, patting Cloud's bent knee. "It's almost time to make these children welcome the outside world."
"Oh joy." Cloud felt like crying. He didn't want this. He hated this. He wanted to be home, talking with his lover and patiently waiting for the day where he would calmly walk into the hospital, be taken into a different room then the one he was in and wait until his doctor performed a c-section and effortlessly delivered his babies.
But nooo, everything had to be difficult to him! Now, instead of being where he wanted, he was in a scary-looking room, surrounded by two nurses that seemed oblivious to his pain as he laid there with his legs spread, just waiting for the dreaded moment where he would have to start pushing the two little devils inside himself out of his body.
"It'll be over soon." One of the nurses tried to reassure him, wiping the sweat off his forehead. "We already gave you an epidural and we only need to wait a bit until you're completely dilated."
"... Have you already had children?"
"Yes, a pretty little boy."
"Did... it hurt too badly?"
The nurse laughed softly at the blonde's questions. At least he was distracted. "Just a bit, hunny... Don't worry."
"How much is a bit?"
"The more you think of the pain, the more it'll hurt. Relax; it'll all be worth it."
Cloud pressed his lips together and nodded nervously. "Cloud, you ready?" Damn. Stupid doctor came back!
"N-no... What are you doing down there??"
The woman smiled. "I'm just checking your dilatation, don't worry." She explained, counting mentally. "Ten fingers. You're ready!" The blond almost screamed right there. "How are the cramps?"
"Painfully quick. I don't want to do this..." Cloud whimpered.
"I'm sorry but you have to." The doctor said, adjusting her mask and gloves. Once more, the swordsman wanted to scream at the blood on her fingers. "Whenever you feel a strong contraction, I want you to push with all your strength, got it? We all know you're a strong man so you'll be able to do this in no time." She nodded and smiled, seeing one of the nurses helping Cloud half-sitting, adjusting two soft pillows behind him. "Come on..." The doctor said softly, patting Cloud's thigh reassuringly as the blond bit his lip, slightly scared. "You'll get to know and hold your babies. It'll be alright."
"Easy for you to say..." Cloud whispered, taking a few deep breathes before nodding. "... let's just get over with this."
"That's my boy! C'mon, in three, two, one – push!!"
--
Reno jerked his head up, cringing as he heard his love's cries. "Shiva, it started, yo." He whispered, terrified.
For women, it was easy. Their body was prepared for such action: it was in their nature.
For men, it was risky. Their body was small, what made the task of delivering a baby extremely hard and painful.
The pregnant redhead outside could only squeeze his eyes shut and pray, pray that everything would be alright and that in a few days, he would return home still with a lover and with his two children intact.
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"You're doing a great job, Cloud!"
The blond tried to control his breathing, gripping the stretcher before he gritted his teeth and scrunched his face in agony, pushing as hard and for as long as he could before letting out a cry and fall back onto the pillows, letting out a small sob. "T-this is torture..." he whispered painfully.
"C'mon Cloud: do this for your babies!"
"Fine...!" Cloud exclaimed as he doubled over and pushed once more, his mouth opening in a silent scream until he fell back backwards, panting.
"One more time...!" The blond growled and gripped the stretcher, pushing with all his strength as a scream ripped through his clenched teeth. "I've got the head!! Great job Cloud, great job!" The female doctor beamed from under the mask, looking up at the pale blond. "Now it's time for the hardest part of delivering a baby."
"Oh, c'mon..." Cloud whispered, letting out a small sob.
"I just need you to put everything you have into one push. Just one push, hunny. Think you can do it?"
"I don't really have a choice... Do I?"
The doctor giggled softly, shaking her head sympathetically. "No... You don't. But it's always polite to ask, don't you think?"
"I guess."
"Let's push when I say three okay?"
Cloud nodded, terrified of what was to come. He just wanted to die. "O-okay..."
"So, one, two and three...!"
The blond summoned all of his strength and a bit more from god-knows-where and put it all in one push, screaming at the agonizing pain he felt. The blond pushed and pushed for what it felt like hours for him before his arms gave out and he fell backwards, barely registering the cry of a child, his child, and the doctor's praises.
"It's a boy, Cloud!" The woman beamed, patting the man's knee with the back of her hand. "Such a big, beautiful baby boy...! Now that one is here, you just have to keep fighting a bit more and the second will be too!" She said to the weak patient.
"I can't..." Cloud sobbed, shaking his head. "I c-can't!"
"You can, you're strong!" The energetic doctor said, lightly shoving the blonde's leg.
She hadn't even finished her sentence before a nurse burst in, nervously shifting from a foot to another. "We have a big problem!"
"What is it?"
"... The other guy started having cramps as well."
"WHAT...?" Both doctor and Cloud exclaimed, the last one rather weakly.
--
"This couldn't have happened today, yo...!"
"You're nervous, Reno..." Tifa tried to sooth the redhead, having just arrived. "It would be surprising if this didn't happen."
Reno shook his head, circling his arms around his tummy. First it had been a small sting so he hadn't taken notice... But he had felt three up till now. "My doctor is aiding Cloud: she can't be in two delivery rooms at the same time." He reasoned and clenched his eyes shut, listening
to another of Cloud's cries. It had been the one before this one that had triggered his cramps, he just knew it. So much pain in a single scream... It terrified him at a point.
"Reno?" The said doctor called, coming out of the room. "What happened, you too??"
The redhead looked up and then to the other room. "What are you doing here, who's with Cloud?"
"A skilled nurse, don't worry. It'll take a while until the other baby decides to poke his head out." The woman reassured, placing her gloveless hands on her hips. "... I'll send someone to prepare the room where your c-section will be done. I'll then call a doctor friend of mine, also very skilled, and he'll deliver your baby okay?"
"Is he trustworthy?"
"Totally."
"Okay then..." Reno sighed, cringing at his lover's loud cry. "Is... Cloud alright?" he asked almost carefully.
"Tired..." The doctor smiled, sighing. "But I guess it's normal. He's man, not prepared for giving birth, especially twins. But he's doing good, already put a sweet little boy out in this world."
The redhead cringed when he felt a cramp but blinked at the woman. "... He did?" he asked shakily. He hadn't heard a thing! Supposedly he should have heard a baby's cry and start jumping around and stuff, like in the movies!
"Yeah, right before the nurse came in to tell me of your state!"
"... Did the baby cry?" Reno asked, terrified.
The woman blinked and giggled. "Yes, don't worry. It's just hard to hear it out here with all the walls separating us."
"But I hear Cloud like he is right beside me!"
"That's because he screams too loud." The doctor giggled once more at Reno's pale features. "He's fine. Hold on a bit and one of my nurses will come to you and take you. I have to go back inside."
Tifa swallowed her comment t the doctor's sadistic side ad rushed to get to her before she entered the delivery room. "Excuse me!" she called, getting the woman's attention. "Reno told me why he couldn't go in... But I believe Cloud should get some support on a moment like this..."
"You can get in if that's what you're asking." The doctor said, motioning for the brunette to get in after her. "He asked for Reno but I couldn't let him get inside." She said, starting to sterilize Tifa.
"It's understandable, although, it wasn't very effective." Tifa smiled. "Reno still started having cramps too early as well."
"Damn men. They never listen to woman: I told them that their due date was in a month so that they could prepare. But nooo, they had to end up here sooner than that. I'm Dr. Jane, by the way." The doctor smiled and finished her mouthful, also finishing preparing Tifa and then herself, giggling at Tifa's cringe when Cloud let out another cry from inside the room. "Get used to it. It won't be pretty." She advised, kicking the door open. "Alright, I'm back with company."
Cloud whimpered and opened his eyes as someone cupped his face. "T-Tifa?"
"I'm here." She smiled, nodding. "It'll be alright, it's almost over."
The blond nodded, cupping Tifa's hands with his sweaty, shaking ones. "Thank you... For being here."
"You're welcome, hunny." The woman smiled and nodded once more, squeezing Cloud's hands. It stung a bit, seeing her best friend so shaky and pale. The last time she saw him like this, he had a mako poisoning. "Everything will be alright." She repeated smiling as she saw the first baby being born a few meters away, being carefully tended to by a nurse.
"He's beautiful... Isn't he?"
"Yes... He is."
"Cloud, ready to push another gorgeous baby to the outside world...?" Dr. Jane piped in after finishing talking with one of her nurses, watching as she went to prepare the room where Reno would have his c-section before calling to the other doctor. "Just a bit longer and you're free to go!"
The blond nodded, setting his jaw. "I'm ready." He said weakly, nodding. There was no escape, anyway. It was push the kid out and die after and fail to push the kid out and die trying. He preferred the first one, even if he died. Oh, but he sure he would die after this...
Die with SORENESS on his lower parts. He hated nature more than ever at the moment.
"You already know the ritual, don't you?"
"Yeah..."
"Well then. In three—"
"You don't even know how the ritual is."
"-TWO, one- push!"
Cloud rolled his eyes and gripped Tifa's hands, doubling over as he pushed as hard as he could. He didn't cry out but let out a couple of sobs: his back was sore, his legs were screaming for rest and he wanted nothing more than to have someone in his place. "You're doing well, keep it going." Tifa encouraged.
"C'mon Cloud, one more time... You're almost there." She said, looking at a clock. Almost two hours inside that room. Not bad. Some labours went through 15 or 18 hours. "So, PUSH!"
The blond pushed once more, letting loose a scream before slumping back. "I'm out of strength..." He breathed, hiccupping.
"No, you're not. The baby's near, just a bit longer Cloud." Said man sobbed, gripping Tifa's warm and reassuring hands once more as he pushed one more time. He had to this: for his babies, for Tifa, for His lover... He couldn't lose to exhaustion. "Good! I see a head for the second time this afternoon." Dr. Jane grinned, nodding at Tifa. "Now it's time for the super-push. Whenever you're ready Cloud, just don't take long."
Cloud breathed deeply a couple of times before growling and pushing, feeling Tifa squeeze his hands tighter as he screamed at the top of his lungs. Collapsing back down moments later, he cried and loosened his grip completely, having finally done his job. He cracked his eyes open just to see his baby on the doctor's arms before closing them again, falling victim of his tiredness.
He wasn't a failure, after all.
--
Reno blinked lazily, completely drugged as the doctor friend of Dr. Jane performed his c-section. "Reno, you still with me...?" He asked, receiving a weak thumbs-up. "Good." He smiled, blinking as a nurse came to whisper on his ear. "Want to know something good?" He asked, moving aside carefully some organs that were in the way of the redhead's womb.
"What?" Reno whispered, feeling Elena pet his hair gently.
"Cloud already left the delivery room." The doctor announced, making a cut on the other man's womb and muttering to a nurse about helping him. "You're the father of two healthy, perfect little boys already. Cloud is fine as well, just tired out of his mind."
Reno slowly registered the doctor's words and then grinned. "Cool." He whispered.
"Press carefully." The doctor whispered, watching the nurse press Reno's stomach carefully as he held the being-removed baby. He smiled as the child started crying once he was out of her mother, raising her after the nurse cut her cord. "Just look at the pretty young lady we have here. You know Reno, you're lucky: you've become a father and a mother in the same day, almost at the same time!" The man laughed softly.
The redhead grinned, seeing Elena smiling down at him. "Yay..." he cheered weakly.
"Let me just patch you up and you can go see your new family after a small sleep, okay?"
"Okay..."
If he waited 8 long months, he could wait a few more hours.
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When Reno woke up after being taken from his delivery room, he was greeted by the gayest scenario ever.
Balloons, flowers and teddy bears, all complete with postcards most likely saying 'Congratulations for the babies!' It was a scenario that every woman would love to be in.
Thing was... He was a man.
Hermaphrodite, sure...
But a man, damn it!
"God, take me out of here..." He whispered, sitting rather gingerly. His stitches hurt like HELL! Looking around, he smiled as he saw his lover on a bed next to his, pale, shit-looking but awake and damn happy as he watched their babies sleep peacefully. "Hey gorgeous..." Reno greeted weakly, getting the blonde's attention.
"That has to be the biggest lie ever, calling someone who gave birth to twins gorgeous on the day after to the birth." The blond whispered back, his voice raspy due to all the screaming from the day before. "They are gorgeous. All of them: Zack, Rod and Aerith..." He smiled, petting the baby girl's baby face.
Reno smiled and nodded. "So true... All this pain, mood swings, emotional pressure... It was all totally worth it."
"It was."
"Up to have more?"
"No fucking way."
"Thought so."
Cloud grinned, lying back down on his bed. "I'm so tired..." He whispered, closing his eyes.
Reno didn't reply, just smiling as he watched his love falling asleep before he darted his eyes to the twins, grinning. "Thank you..." He whispered, closing his eyes gratefully as he lay back down as well. "Thank you so much..."
Turks could be happy after all, he mused gratefully.
xXx
Theme: Double MPreg
Word count: 3091
As I wrote Cloud giving birth, I realized I'll be impossible to stand during childbirth. I hate people giving me orders and I can only imagine me yelling at the doctor. Nurses better keep pointy stuff away from me during that time. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
And I'm falling apart with sleep so ignore the ending. On another note, I'll go on vacations this Friday and won't be available on Thursday since it's my b-day so... See ya in two, three weeks x3
Here are the themes already done and waiting to be done (I'll be removing the ones already done!):
Valentine's Day / waterfall / treasure hunt - SWW
Beach / Hula - WIP
Snowboard - SWW
Cinema - SWW
Dentist - SWW
Cherry blossoms - SWW
Fight / Break Up - SWW
Reno fights over Cloud -SWW
Long business trip and reunion scene - SWW
Aerith's Birthday - SWW
Snowball fights / snow angels - SWW
Caffeine/Sugar - SWW
Porn Collection - SWW
Videogames - SWW
Disneyland - SWW
Painting Lesson - SWW
Session with a Marriage Counsellor - SWW
Popular Reno / Smart Reno - SWW
Lotion - SWW
Yazoo flirting with Reno - SWW
Kidnapped - SWW
Claustrophobia - SWW
Interrogation - SWW
Picnic - SWW
Disguise (Reno disguised as a woman XD) - SWW
Hurt (alternative, sad ending to Disguise) - SWW
Concert - SWW
Rain and Boom (RudexTifa, Reno gets a brother named Axel XD) - SWW
Cloud mistakes Axel for Reno, whose dead - SWW
Vacation - SWW
Reno's twin scars - SWW
Pets - SWW
Song - SWW
Dinner - SWW
Teddy bear - SWW
Birthday - SWW
Stalker - SWW
Spin the Bottle – SWW
Seduction – SWW
Proposal – SWW
Cutter – SWW
Dead Pet – SWW
Role-playing on the Bedroom – SWW
Purple Nail polish – SWW
Gift – SWW
I'm Fine – SWW
New Year – SWW
Comparison – SWW
Glasses – SWW
Photo Album – SWW
Karma – SWW
Hugs – SWW
Cloud teaches Reno how to cook – SWW
Addition – SWW
Breakfast – SWW
Puzzles – SWW
Turkey – SWW
Cheerleader!Reno – SWW
Reno fooling Kadaj – SWW
Shattered Dreams – SWW
Horror movie – SWW
Reno without hair gel – SWW
Hidden Truth – SWW
Long anticipated answer – SWW
Shopping – SWW
Setting an Example – SWW
Left Alone – SWW
Boredom – SWW
Laser tag – SWW
When The Fangirls Attack – SWW
Pups – SWW
Nightmare – SWW
Cheating – SWW
Blood – SWW
Exorcism – SWW
Promised Land – SWW
Island – SWW
Can't stop the rain – SWW
Ramen – SWW
Zoo – SWW
Double MPreg – done
Purring!Reno – SWW
Senses – SWW
Pillow Fights/Feathers – SWW
Shadows of the Past – SWW
Cloud stalking Reno – SWW
Surfing Cloud – SWW
Electric kiss – SWW
Drunken Singing – SWW
Sister – SWW
Baby issues – SWW
Acceptance – SWW
Slowly Dying Inside – SWW
Darker side – SWW
Silence – SWW
Death – SWW
Dying – SWW
Rage – SWW
Dreams – SWW
Love – SWW
Their Phobias – SWW
Drunk!Reno – SWW
Night on Town – SWW
Pirates – SWW
Schizophrenia – SWW
Morning – SWW
Santa!Cloud - SWW
If you're thinking about any other theme, please ask for it on a review, signed or not :D I'm aiming to the 200 drabbles! (And if I forgot about any theme you already requested, please point it out Dx)