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He had been at work when he got the phone call from Rin telling him to get to the hospital ASAP. Seijuro was a campaign swimmer, but he could have been on the track team if he'd wanted too. The 10 minutes it took him to get from work to the hospital felt like the longest 10 minutes of his life.

When he finally gets there and enters the room, he swears she has never looked more gorgeous then she does laying in the hospital bed. Gou's hair has been tied in a messy bun and she's panting with the strain. Seijuro doesn't mind any of that, what he notices are her eye's are alight and when she's smiles at the sight of him, he's still left breathless.

Gou knows at once he'd ran his way here. He looks dishevelled, yet still handsome and when he reaches her side and kisses her forehead, Gou knows that with him at her side she can do this.

Labour is not fun Gou figures early on. The pain is bad and even though the doctor tells her it will be a quick birth it feels like forever. Seijuro holds her hand and Gou think she might have popped one his fingers out of place but the thought is pushed to the back of her mind when another contraction hits. 'No more kids after this.' Gou thinks groaning through the pain.

"You can get ready to push now." The doctor says and Gou can only moan.

"I'm right here." Seijuro whisper's encouragingly pushing the free strands of her hair from her face.

"Don't leave me." She whimpers as tears slip down her flushed cheeks.

He brushes away the tears and looks at her with so much determination. "I'm not going anywhere, ever." Seijuro promise's and Gou believes him.

Rin who had been with Gou when she'd went into labour has fled the room as soon as his brother-in-law had made an appearance. He'd patted Seijuro on the shoulder and given a quick 'good luck' before escaping out into the hallway.

Like the doctor said it didn't take long before the room was filled with the hushed whimpers from their son. He's red and curled into a ball, but both parents think he's perfect. The doctor passes him to Gou, whose waited with baited breath.

Finally with him in her arms she's can look at her son who she's been waiting 9 mouths to meet. "Your perfect." She tells him, rubbing a finger across his rosy cheeks. He whispers slightly before becoming content in her arms once more.

Something wet drops onto Gou's shoulder and she looks up to see Seijuro wiping away tears, that silly grin present. "He's finally here!" He says it like he can't believe its true.

He pulls her into his arms and buries his nose in her bare neck, cradling the two to him. Seijuro will do anything for them, his little family.

"Do you want to hold him?" Gou asks tiredly.

Seijuro's eye's shine as reaches to take the small bundle. "Hey there, I'm your Dad."Eyelids flutter open for a few seconds. "Gou, Gou he's has my eye's." He exclaimed, making Gou giggle.

"Oi, is it okay to come back in?" Rin asks poking his head around the door to see the the little family gathered together.

Seijuro looks around and smiles. "Come meet your nephew." He say's turning so that Rin can see the baby cradled in his arms.

Rin steps forward carefully gazing down at his nephew. The last time Rin had seen a baby was when Gou had been brought home. "Do you want to hold him?" Gou asked surprising him.

He took him carefully from Seijuro who sat back beside Gou. "You did a good job." Seijuro said placing a kiss on her head.

Gou smiled weakly. "I had some help."

"Have you picked a name for him yet?" Rin asked.

Gou and Seijuro looked to one another. "We were talking and we thought Toraichi, after your Dad." Seijuro replied looking back to Rin when Go nodded.

Rin looked down at the small bundle. "Toraichi!" Rin said when the baby gripped his finger holding it tight. "I think it suits him."

Sometime later Seijuro sat in the chair cradling his sleeping son and looked to see Gou had dosed off. Even in his sleep Toraichi kept a strong grip on his father's finger. Smiling he settles into the chair to get some sleep himself. He's content in the small hospital room with his little family and as he falls asleep, he dreams of the years to come, teaching his son how to swim and all the adventures they will take together, the three of them and any other who might join them.

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