Jeez, college is really tiring as I'm not used to going to school everyday, but it's pretty great. I love the subjects that I'm doing and I'm having fun. It looks like it's going to take a while for work to pick up, so I ended up writing this chapter (and planning the next two chapters)! This is a pretty short update, but I like it. (But I can be a bit of a sucker for fluff. Don't worry though, not all of these will be fluffy, I know not all of you enjoy fluffy one-shots.) Anyway, I hope you enjoy this update!

SUMMARY: Tōshirō couldn't stop staring at the girl in his arms. Everything about her amazed him. He was so fascinated by her. She was his miracle.

Chapter 4: Miracle

He couldn't stop staring at the newborn baby in his arms. He always thought that the phrase 'miracle of life' was overused, but that sentiment had gone out of the window now. He knew that it was cheesy, but he couldn't help but think the infant in his arms was a miracle.

Tōshirō knew how biology and genetics worked. Not in huge amounts of detail, but he knew enough. He knew how a baby developed from a mass of cells and DNA into an actual child, but regardless of that he still ended up amazed at the result. A fairly small newborn child, with a not quite full head of black hair, with large, bright turquoise eyes which were staring back at him. It didn't really surprise him that the baby was small (given how small he was when he was a child, and Karin wasn't exactly tall either), but he honestly didn't expect the baby to be so light. It was strange. Not only was he actually holding a real life newborn baby, he was holding his baby.

Karin was sleeping now, in a room away from all the noise, exhausted after being in labour for 13 hours, leaving Tōshirō alone with the child. His baby girl. When family members and friends came in to see the baby, the little girl kept her eyes opened wide, fascinated by all of the different people walking into the room. Tōshirō introduced all of them to her, honestly surprised that she was managing to stay awake for so long. 'Then again the bright colours were probably keeping her interested' he mused. When Renji held the little baby she had tried to grab his hair a couple of times.

By the time things had quieted down and visitors had left, his daughter had fallen into a deep sleep. Tōshirō wrapped her warmly in a blanket and set her down gently in the cot that Unohana had lovingly provided. The fourth squad captain had seemed quite excited at the prospect of having another child running around.

The little girl had been born over an hour ago now, and he still couldn't stop staring at her. Her eyes were gorgeous. A lot brighter and much more full of curiosity than his, despite that being where she got them from. She had inherited her skin and hair from her mother, the fluffy strands on her head being exactly the same shade of Karin's hair. He wasn't completely sure, but it looked like his daughter had inherited Karin's bone structure as well. Admittedly, Tōshirō was completely biased, but he knew that his daughter would be amazingly beautiful. Hell, she already was.

Even though he knew the processes of reproduction, and the development of a child in the womb, and he knew that because of how genetics and DNA worked his child was obviously going to look similar to himself or his wife Karin, but he simply couldn't stop himself from being amazed. He knew it was cliché and cheesy, but he did honestly feel like the 'miracle of life' was a valid phrase now. He leant down and gently stroked his daughters cheek and smiled. This little girl in front of him, his baby, his daughter, was his own little miracle.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm sorry to those who don't enjoy fluff as much as I do (saying that I'm not particularly one for long fluffy stories, but I do love fluffy one-shots like the sap I am) I swear there will be less fluffy ones later on. In fact I personally wouldn't say that the next two chapters are particularly fluffy. Sweet maybe, but not hugely fluffy. The next chapter, chapter 5 will be 'Scarf'. The one after that will be 'Wish'.

Actually thinking about it chapter 7 probably won't be hugely fluffy either, the prompt for it is 'Play'. I may or may not end up writing smut...I honestly don't know at this point, I'll figure it out later on. I will be honest here and say the chances of there being smut or least some sexual themes at some point is probably pretty high. (I'll say so in the author notes in the beginning of the chapter if it's above a T rating so if anyone doesn't like reading smut they can avoid it.) But anyway, I hope you liked this chapter, it would be great if you let me know what you thought of it. I absolutely love reviews. Who doesn't? I hope you look forward to the next chapter, 'Scarf'!