Izuru Kira lay at Gin Ichimaru's side in bed, tired, and not feeling very well. He'd had some bad morning sickness earlier, and still felt a little queasy. Gin sat beside him, tending to and worrying over his beloved lieutenant. He was three days past due.
The lieutenant gasped and sat halfway up.
"G-Gin…"
"What? Is it time?"
"Yeah… I think I felt a contraction."
While Gin gathered things, Izuru, with some effort, hauled himself out of bed, wincing when another weak contraction occurred. Gin put a hand on his lover's shoulder to steady him. "Ready to go, Izuru?"
"I guess so."
The now-panting lieutenant laid down heavily on the infirmary bed, an arm shielding his eyes. Gin had hurried off to find some Squad 4 member with childbirth training, and Izuru was quickly slipping into full-blown labor.
"Gin… *huff* ….uhhh…"
Tears of pain were now threatening to spill out of the lieutenant's eyes. Frowning, Gin stroked his hair, squeezed his hand; craned his neck to see how Hana thought it was coming along, and whispered a few words of comfort to his agonizing lover: about all he could do.
After eight hours total of labor in the infirmary, Izuru finally gave birth to Rai Ichimaru, who had deep blue eyes and lavender hair, and several minutes later, Ayumu Ichimaru, with blonde hair and robin's egg blue eyes, much like Gin's. Gin cradled little Ayumu while an exhausted Izuru held Rai.
"They're wonderful, Izuru," Gin told his lieutenant softly, "Well done."
Izuru blushed. "They are beautiful, aren't they?"