Chapter 13

Hide was calling Akira, but they were already there; the live feed had caught everything.

The CCG had a gurney and eased Kaneki onto it before rushing him to the operation room.

Kaneki was transferred from gurney to the operation table when his kagune activated with his pain and lashed out at Doctors trying to touch him.

"We need to restrain the kagune." Akira ordered the men as they were knocked aside by the flailing red kagune. "He's too violent."

Kaneki screamed, and a kagune hit a doctor and slammed him into a nurse and they tumbled through a surgery curtain.

One CCG member managed to grab one of Kaneki's kagune and twisted it before bending it. Kaneki screamed with the additional pain.

Hide saw the man and pushed him away from the injured kagune.

The kagune rolled up and returned back to Kaneki's back, but the other kept lashing out.

Hide looked at Akira. "He doesn't mean to hurt anyone. He's just in pain. He can't control his kagune well even when he isn't in labor."

A kagune hit Hide in the stomach illustrating his point.

Hide fell to the floor and gasped for air that was knocked out of his lungs moments before. He got back to his feet gasping, "See?"

Akira gave Hide a syringe. "Kaneki needs this."

"What is it?"

"A sedative so we can get close and perform the c-section."

Kaneki screamed and the two, Hide and Akira, ducked just in time as a Kagune flew over their heads.

Hide put the syringe in between his teeth and army crawled over to his mate. He held Kaneki's hand and kissed his cheek as Hide uncapped the quinque needle of the syringe. "Just relax." Hide cooed and stuck the needle into his arm and gave him the injection. "It will all be over soon."

The drug took a few minutes, but the kagune stopped moving and slowly returned to Kaneki's back. Kaneki grew calm. He was so tired.

"H-Hide?"

Hide smiled and brushed some sweaty white hair out of Kaneki's face and kissed his forehead. "Sleep for a bit Ken, you have earned it."

Kaneki slowly nodded and closed his eyes looking at his husband's smiling face.

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Kaneki opened his eyes and looked up at the white ceiling of the infirmary.

Movement was seen out of the corner of his eyes and he turned to look over.

Hide was gently rocking a little bundle of sheets in his arms. Hide looked up after hearing Kaneki shift and smiled. "Good morning."

It was about three in the morning, Kaneki had been out for eight hours now thanks to the drug.

Kaneki barely acknowledged Hide's 'good morning', his attention was glued on the bundle in Hide's arms.

Hide smiled. "Want to see our baby boy?"

"It's a boy?"

Hide nodded and gently set their newborn son in Kaneki's arms

Kaneki had never seen anything so beautiful.

Their son had a black tuft of hair and he was so small. His little hands were clenched into little fists and he was sleeping peacefully.

"He has my eyes." Hide grinned.

Kaneki felt tears in his eyes. He held his son closer to his body and kissed the newborn's forehead.

"We still haven't decided on a name yet." Hide reminded Kaneki.

"Kou." Kaneki said softly.

"Kou?"

"Yes. I like Kou."

Hide smiled softly. "Does that mean anything special my little bookworm?" Hide said, knowing the name had to be symbolic in some way for Kaneki to pick it.

"It means happiness and peace."

Hide nodded, "It's perfect."

"He will be our happiness and peace."

Hide sat on the bed with Kaneki. "We're parents now."

"Don't remind me." Kaneki blushed.

"Kou Kaneki-Nagachika." Hide grinned. "Good thing he has a short name to make up for his last name or it will take most of his time in school writing his name."

Kaneki laughed softly, trying not to wake Kou. Kaneki's smile disappeared and his kakugan activated.

Hide watched as Kaneki's kagune wrapped around Kou protectively, one wrapped around Hide and another rushed a doctor who just entered the room and drew a point at her throat, threatening her.

"Ken," Hide said softly. "Let the doctor go. She just wants to check on Kou."

"No." Kaneki growled.

"Ken."

"I said NO!" Kaneki yelled at Hide, waking Kou up.

Kou began to cry.

Kaneki's eye returned back to normal and his kagune retracted to return to his back as he tried to care for his son, rocking him gently to try to comfort him but Kaneki did not know what to do.

The doctor walked over and held her arms out. "May I?"

Kaneki was very hesitant.

"I won't hurt him." The doctor promised.

Kaneki bit his lip and shook his head.

"Please trust me." The doctor tried to coax.

"No. I have trusted too many doctors before. I know you probably wouldn't hurt him, but…" Kaneki bit his lip. "Please, just tell me what to do and I will do it. He's my son, I can take care of him."

"The child is probably hungry."

"Then get me a bottle and I will feed him." Kaneki replied.

"It's not that simple Mr. Centipede."

"What?"

"Ken," Hide said.

Kaneki looked at his husband.

"Kou is uh… he's a ghoul."