Faints! Oh god people, so many reviews. I have never, ever in my life gotten so many! Thanks for all of you, they definitely gave me a boost and caused me almost too faint in class today. Just incredible people! You made my day. And as I promised, here's the next chapter and a lot will happen in this chapter. Yeah for babies. And please forgive me if there are any mistakes in the birth and all, I have never been pregnant before so I just have to do with researching it. So please enjoy and tell me what you thought of it.
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Merlin felt his whole body tense as another contraction ran through his body. It was a strange feeling, but he knew they would get stronger, or at least that was what Gwen told him. He would probably be put to sleep before they became too strong, Iseldir and Gaius had to do a caesarian section on him... and it scared him.
He was currently curled up against Arthur's chest, his husband slowly brushing through his hair. They were waiting for Iseldir and Gaius to arrive, knowing they could come barging in any moment now.
He felt a tear roll over his cheek, he was so scared. 'It's going to be okay.' Arthur whispered to him as he felt the fear in his lover's body.
'Yeah... yes, I know it's going to be alright, it just... They're too early, Arthur!'
Arthur pulled him closer to himself. 'Yes, but you know what Gaius said, there's a big chance they will live when they're born this early.'
'But it isn't hundred percent certain.'
The king clenched his teeth together, but didn't immediately answer. 'It's going to be fine, I promise you that.' They kissed each other gently on the lips as Arthur brushed his other hand over Merlin's belly. Merlin leaned into the touch, he may be scared, but at the same time it felt good to know that he would be able to hold his babies soon.
'...My mom isn't even here.' He whispered, he had wanted his mother next to him so badly, but she could never reach them in time.
'I know Merlin, but she will be there with you in your heart.'
It was then that the door flew open and Merlin clenched his hands tightly around Arthur's shirt, but as soon as he had tightened up he also relaxed. It was Gaius who was standing slightly panting in the door opening, his eyes fixated on Merlin before Gaius forced himself to soften those startled eyes.
'Ah Merlin, I got the message.' He said as he walked towards them, sitting down on the chair next to the bed. 'Are you sure that these are real contractions?'
Arthur glared at him. 'How can you say that these aren't the real ones, do you think Merlin's lying?'
'Arthur, calm down.' Merlin snapped before anyone could respond, he couldn't take Arthur's screaming at this moment. He took a deep breath as he turned back to Gaius. 'Yes, I think so.'
Gaius nodded slowly. 'I understand, but first we have make sure that it are the real contractions.'
'What can we do to know?' Arthur asked.
'Just wait and see if they remain and if they increase. I don't want to get the babies out if they can stay inside longer.'
Merlin sighed, but nodded. 'I already thought that you would say that, I guess we just have to wait and see w-.' He couldn't finish his words as he felt another contraction pulse through his body, instead he hissed out his words.
Arthur turned startled to him, grabbing his hands. At the same time Gaius was starting to count.
He eventually breathed deeply out as he felt as he felt the contraction end and he sank back down in Arthur's arms, they definitely were getting stronger. Gaius also nodded understandably. 'It was long enough, it probably is a real one.'
It was then that Iseldir came in, his eyes settled on Merlin as he pulled a chair with him. 'How is it going?'
Gaius looked at the druid as he answered. 'It seems to be the real ones, but I want to sit it out for a while longer, to make sure.'
Iseldir nodded. 'That sounds like a good plan.' He turned back to Merlin. 'Emrys, everything will be alright, just take your time and rest.' Merlin only nodded in reaction as he felt another wave of pain rush through his body, it was going to be a long night.
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Arthur stared nervously down at Merlin as he saw how his lover had another contraction, he was so clearly in pain. He brushed gently over Merlin's cheek, hoping that it would calm his lover down somewhat. He locked eyes with Lancelot for a moment and the other just shook his head, telling him he could do nothing more at the moment.
The others had also come to see Merlin, wanting to wish him good luck and of course just to see him before he gave birth.
It was then that Gaius cleared his throat, a bottle with a dark blue liquid tightly held in his hands. 'It's time.' He just simply said as he eyed Gwen and the knights.
They knew what it meant, they had to leave for Gaius and Iseldir were going to do the caesarian section on Merlin. They quickly said their goodbyes before leaving the room, Gwaine was the last one to leave, holding onto the door as he shot a worried glance at Merlin. The knight then looked at Arthur, the king only nodded in return, knowing that the both of them could do nothing for Merlin now. Gwaine gave him a sad nod in return as he closed the door.
Arthur returned to watching Merlin, making sure to hold him gently in his arms as Gaius and Iseldir took place at both his sides, they had traded Arthur's and Merlin's large bed for a smaller one, so both druid and physician could work on either side of Merlin.
Gaius sighed deeply as he looked with fatherly eyes at his ward. 'You need to drink this.' He simply said as he placed the bottle against the raven's lips. Merlin didn't hesitate to drink the fluid, knowing it would allow him to escape from the pain.
Arthur just stared nervously at the potion, he knew he could trust both Gaius and Iseldir and he knew what the potion would do, but still... he feared for the man he loved.
The potion would bring Merlin in a deep sleep, to a state that he wouldn't feel the pain of the operation anymore and afterwards it would just take a few hours for him to wake up, it was the best way to do it.
Merlin looked up at him, a small smile spread over his lips as he whispered. 'Will you be here when I wake up?'
Arthur placed a gentle kiss on his lips. 'Of course, I promise you that I will be there when you wake up, together with our children.' He whispered warmly back before he kissed the warlock again.
They just simply stared at each other before Merlin's eyelids slowly began to drop and it wasn't long before he was fast asleep. It was almost a scary sight, if you couldn't see his chest rising then you would think he was dead...
'Arthur.' His name was spoken to him as Gaius lay his hand on the king's shoulder. 'You should leave too.' He didn't want to leave, but... he knew he couldn't take seeing them cut into Merlin.
'My lord, I promise you that we will take great care of Emrys.' Iseldir added as he saw the hesitation in the blond's eyes.
Arthur just nodded, knowing that he wasn't able to speak, instead he just kissed Merlin's temple. It was hard to leave and even harder to close that door behind him, but he did it and immediately he felt Gwen's reassuring arms around him. He dropped his head against her shoulder, he should be strong for Merlin, but at the same time was he scared and he couldn't stop the big teardrops from staining his friend's dress.
They waited in the hallway for a long time, it felt like days, even though Arthur knew that couldn't be the case...
The knights tried to talk to him, but he didn't answer them, just to worried about his lover and his babies, how he so desperately wanted to hold those new lives in his arms... still that same thought also scared him, what if he was a bad father, just like his own?...
No, no, he shouldn't think like that, he had Merlin with him to correct him if he did things wrong, Merlin would know what to do...
His head snapped up as he heard the door open and a rather tired looking Gaius stood on the other side, a gentle smile spread over his lips as he looked at Arthur. 'Congratulations, you're the father of two healthy boys.'
Arthur just gapped in reaction, a tear slowly rolling down over his cheek. He... he had two sons... Oh, god... He was a father.
He stared startled at Gaius, unable to move and Gwaine gave him a little push, shoving him towards Gaius. He gulped once before he followed the physician back in the room, he immediately stiffened.
... The blood... Oh god... His just stared in pure horror at the blooded sheets, which they had tried to quickly change and hide, but still he saw the blood, Merlin wasn't supposed to bleed. A broken sob left his lips as he froze, fear taking over his mind.
Gaius who saw what was happening, quickly hurried back to him. 'Merlin is doing fine, the blood is only normal, he will wake up in a few hours.'
Arthur just nodded with wide eyes as he was pulled further by Gaius, his eyes shifted for a moment and they settled themselves onto a cradle. His breath hitched in his throat as he walked further, eyes widening as he saw the two new lives lying there, it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, they were the most beautiful things he had ever seen.
Iseldir stood leaned over them, whispering soft words as his eyes turned golden. He knew it was to protect his children, but he just wanted to rip the druid away from them.
It was that moment that Iseldir decided to look up, a warm smile spread over his lips as looked at Arthur. 'Do you want to hold them?'
'W-what... no, I can't.' He breathed out.
Gaius next to him chuckled. 'Of course you can.' He said with a smile as he pushed Arthur down in the chair next to the cradle. 'It are twin boys, but it will be clear to see who is who.' The physician said as Arthur looked into the cradle.
And he could only agree. One of them had his own blond hair colour and was slightly bigger than the other. The smaller one had pitch black hair, the same as Merlin's. Gaius slowly reached down to lift the blond haired baby out of the crib, carefully handing him to Arthur.
The king looked slightly panicked down at his son, fearing he would harm the child.
'He's the oldest one.'
Arthur just smiled down at the child, he was sleeping peacefully in his arms. It was just enchanting.
Gaius then switched the first baby with the dark haired one. Arthur sighed softly as he looked at his youngest son, just as beautiful as the first one.
It was then that the baby opened his eyes and Arthur could see his own blue eyes staring up at him, he had been expecting to see Merlin's, but... but they were like his own. It was then that that blue turned into a bright golden and Arthur could feel an energy wave rush over him before it ended and those golden eyes turned back to blue.
He blinked for a moment more as the baby went back to sleep. He looked up at Gaius. 'The baby has magic.' He breathed out, as if he didn't believe his own words.
Both older men turned to him and it was eventually Iseldir that softly chuckled. 'We shouldn't be surprised, he's a son of Emrys after all.'
'You're right, Hunith told me that Merlin had used magic ever since he was born, it isn't strange that his son is the same.' Gaius said before he took the baby back from Arthur and placed him into the crib. 'Did you have names already or do you want to wait till Merlin wakes up?'
Arthur shook his head. 'We already have names for them and... he told me to tell them their names when I saw them, they need to know their own names.' The last he said with a soft smile on his lips remembering his husband's words.
His softly looked down at both his sons and he couldn't help but feel pride rise is his heart. He first brushed his thumb over the blond haired boy's cheek. 'Your name will be Kay.' He smiled softly and turned to his second son, also brushing his cheek. 'And your name is Will.'
It wasn't long before the others also came to greet there new family members, there were a lot of warm words to him and his sons, but eventually he just turned back to sit down by Merlin, slowly brushing through his black hair. 'Our sons are beautiful... thank you.'
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The children were several hours old and Gaius was teaching him how to feed the babies, it was a scary job, but one he definitely enjoyed.
He didn't even notice the worried glances that Iseldir and Gaius gave each other, or how they kept looking at Merlin's body.
Eventually Arthur lay Kay down in the crib after feeding him and tucked them in as Gaius had taught him.
It was then that Gaius pulled him softly to the side and for the first time he noticed that worried expression... immediately his eyes shot to Merlin as he heard Gaius' words. 'Merlin should have been awake by now.'
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Gasps! Hides under her bed... Uhh... so the excitement hasn't stopped yet. What will happen to Merlin and... am I really evil enough to kill him? You guys just have to wait and see.
Oh and do you love the babies, because I do! Sorry for everyone that voted boy and girl, but I just knew that I wanted to do at least one boy and my original plan was also twin boys, I have been thinking and thinking, but eventually just decided on two boys. And the names, Will of course to Merlin's dead friend and Kay because I did some research and I came across that name, but I definitely are not going the use the personality that belongs to that name.
Oh and again, the more reviews the quicker I write, so give me at least another ten and I may be able to put the next chapter up tomorrow or Wednesday.
