Chapter 45: Baby Strife
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"Cloud...!"
"Yes?"
"...Cloud!"
"Yes?!"
"Either I wet myself or..."
The luminiscent blue eyes of Cloud Strife instantly widened at an alarming rate before he asked.
"OR?!" Heavy footsteps could be heard from the bedroom to the kitchen.
"I THINK MY WATER JUST BROKE!
"WHAT?!"
"HELP! THE BABY IS ESCAPING!"
"WHAT?!" The moment the blonde supermodel reached the kitchen, his face full of fear and pain and panic, Tifa Lockhart-Strife started laughing. His jaw dropped and his tongue started rolling on the floor.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you panic."
"...Whut-"
"I'm just messing with you, the baby isn't escaping." Tifa said with a huge smile.
"...You... You..." He expressed while breathing heavily. "You scared the crap out of me, why would you do tha-"
"Because my water broke."
"...What?" Cloud looked down at the wet mess he hadn't notice earlier on the tiled floor and he started screaming making Tifa scream as well.
"You idiot! Stop screaming!" Tifa yelled before she was carried bridal style towards the front door, Cloud opened the said door then ran out but went back inside again after a few seconds to go to the bedroom, seconds later, he was carrying a large bag that was including everything Tifa and the baby needs for the delivery, with Tifa still in his arms. "Stop panicking! I can walk!"
"No no!" He started running towards the front door again, then out, then went back inside again to retrieve his forgotten keys but when he went back out, Tifa started shaking him by the neck. "CALM DOWN CAPTAIN FREAK OUT!" He immediately stopped in his tracks because of the his blurred vision from all the shaking.
"Ayayayayayayayaya."
"Put me down!" Tifa yelled before he hesitantly put her down. Then Tifa pushed him towards the wall while holding both his arms. "Okay, breathe... That's right. There you go. Just calm down Grumpie." Cloud closed his eyes to inhale and exhale.
"Okay. I'm calm. I'm calm."
"You should be. I'm the one having the baby and look how calm I am."
"HOLY MOTHER OF-! WHY IS THIS SO PAINFUL! ITS FREAKING PAINFUL!" Tifa yelled while sitting on the passenger seat on the way to the hospital.
"Calm down! Calm down!" Cloud pleaded.
"I CAN'T CALM DOWN! I CAN'T CALM DOWN! ARE YOU KIDDDING ME?! YOU TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN WHEN I FEEL LIKE I'M SHITTING A KNIFE!"
"Okay! We're almost there! Just breathe! That's right! Breathe through your mouth like this!" Cloud started breathing through his mouth with his cheeks puffing in and out. Tifa started laughing loud at the sight.
"You look ridiculous!"
"Are you kidding me?!" He yelled, Tifa started laughing again before she whined loudly because of the pain. "Holy... Okay, we're almost there Trollie, baby please stop the pain for a while, we can't wait to see you too." Cloud said making Tifa smile despite the pain. After a few minutes, the contraction stopped. Tifa exhaled a breath then leaned back on the backrest.
"I'm sorry for yelling too much. It's just..." She said.
"I know baby. It's alright. You're gonna be alright." Cloud said before he grabbed her hand. Tifa glanced at him with a tired smile.
"I love you so much Grumpie."
"I love you more." Cloud said before he started parking the car outside the hospital. Once settled, he lifted the hand brake then he too leaned back to stare at his wife with a sweet smile. "Baby's coming." He said.
"I know... Are you excited?"
"Are you kidding? My chest is going to explode." He said. Tifa laughed.
"Let's go then? Yeah we better before the contractions start again." Tifa said before she opened the car door.
"Be careful Trollie, wait." Cloud said as he too went out of the car, then he opened the compartment to grab the bag. Then he went over to Tifa and held her hand to guide her towards the hospital entrance.
Tifa was pacing inside her private room while clutching her stomach, she was grimacing in pain while Cloud was holding her, Yuffie, Vincent, Aerith and Zack were inside the room as well, watching her.
"Rate your pain from one to ten, just how painful is it?" Yuffie asked with her arms crossed.
"Fifteen, I want to punch someone hard in the face, that kind of pain." Tifa said while holding her breath.
"Better not get in your way, a pregnant woman in labor's wrath shouldn't be taken lightly." Zack said as a matter of factly with a nod of his head. Just then, a middle aged male Doctor and two female nurses came in with clipboards, the said nurses were starstruck at the sight of too many celebrities in one room.
"Hello there Mrs. Strife." The doctor said. "How are you feeling?"
Here I am writhing in pain and he's asking me how I'm feeling, Doctor, can I punch you in the face?
"Trollie?" Cloud called.
"Right. I'm..." Tifa started screaming again while bending down causing everyone to wince.
"Ooohh." Zack expressed with a sour face.
"I'm going to have to request for everyone except the husband to go out." The Doctor said before he started wearing some surgical gloves. Yuffie smiled before she kissed Tifa on her cheek, Zack and Vincent smiled while Aerith nodded her head before they all went out the door, the two nurses giggling to themselves.
"Help Mrs. Strife lie down the bed." Cloud and the two nurses did and Tifa felt a little relaxed while on the bed, but kept grimacing from the pain and a few tears were coming out of her eyes, which Cloud would wipe away with his thumb. The doctor lifted Tifa's legs then placed both feet on the foot rest at the end of the bed. "Let's see if the baby is ready to come out." He placed his hand between Tifa's legs to check how dilated her cervix was, making Cloud perplexed at the fact that the male doctor's finger is inside of his wife's vagina. Then the Doctor suddenly smiled.
"Ten cm, we're ready to deliver the baby!" Both Tifa and Cloud's eyes widened at his statement, the blonde felt like passing out as he started to sweat.
"What?! Should I push now?!" Tifa asked while panicking, Cloud meanwhile looked like a fish out of water.
"I wonder what's going on there?" Yuffie asked while sipping her juice drink.
"I'm so excited to be an Uncle! I can't wait to see the baby!" Zack said while hugging himself like an idiot. A few people were passing by while whispering and giggling at the sight of the three supermodels on the waiting room. Then, they heard a scream which made them all jump. "Whoa, there it is!"
"Oh my Golly Wolly! It's starting! IT'S STARTING!" Yuffie exclaimed while shaking Vincent violently on his chair. Then a scream again. Zack shuddered.
"Oh man. Being a female is a pain." He said. "With your vajayjay being stretched." He said with a motion of his hand, Aerith stared at him boredly while Yuffie gave him a perplexed look while shaking her head, Vincent on the other hand became pale from both the shakin and the image.
Tifa screamed while she pushed to her heart's content for the last twenty minutes while Cloud was trying hard not to scream and humiliate himself from Tifa's thunder grip.
"Okay, give me one last push. Ahhh there, come on Mrs. Strife, push. Okay!"
Then they heard it, a baby's cry.
"Congratulations! A very beautiful and healthy baby girl!" Tifa stared at the life that just came out of her, her face and body full of sweat, before she smiled tiredly with tears coming down her cheeks, while Cloud was in a state of shock as he watched his beautiful baby daughter cry. And when a smiling nurse handed him a tool for him to use to cut the ambilical cord, his eyes rolled at the back of his head.
And he was out.
Tifa gasped and the nurses immediately went over to him to put him on the couch. The Doctor couldn't help but be amused at the sight of the tough looking Cloud Strife passing out like a tree being taken down.
"Is he gonna be okay?!" Tifa asked before the Doctor laughed.
"He will be, but we'll get him checked, but for the meantime." He said before the nurse handed the naked baby to Tifa and placed her on her chest. Tifa immediately grabbed her baby daughter before she started sobbing.
"My baby... Oh look at you..." She started checking the fingers and toes if they were complete, then she started caressing her small head very gently, a thin layer of black hair was there. "So beautiful..." She started sobbing harder when she saw that her eyes were brilliant blue. "Grumpie! Wake up for Shiva's sake! Come see your baby!" She started kissing her daughter's forehead while still crying, she felt like her chest was going to explode from the happiness she was feeling. "Thank you Doctor." She said with a smile and the Doctor smiled at a fatherly manner, she suddenly remembered her father, and mother.
Mom, Dad, here's your beautiful Grandaughter, please watch over her always. She thought while wiping her tears with her hands. There she heard a groan.
"Grumpie! Wake up! Oh honestly!" Then so very suddenly, a very alert Cloud Strife bolted up, then when he saw Tifa holding their baby, he rushed to her, completely forgetting to ask how on earth he ended up on the couch. He stared at Tifa then at his beautiful daughter before he smiled lovingly, Tifa handed him the baby and he carefully took her in his arms. Then he too started crying silently after staring for a while, he sniffed before he kissed his baby's forehead gently.
"She's beautiful, and she has my eyes." He said.
"She's so perfect." Tifa said quietly with a tired smile. Cloud glanced at his wife to caress her head while holding the baby on one arm.
"Are you okay my Trollie?" He asked gently.
"I'm fine, just tired..." She said. "I hope Mom gets here soon."
"She will." Cloud said. "I love you... I love you so much. Both of you." He said with another loving smile.
"I love you both..."
"Oh my Gods! She's the cutest thing ever!" Yuffie commented before Cloud placed the baby in her arms. "Oh Dorkoid she looks like you! But she has blondie's eyes."
"It's my turn to hold her! Come on Yuffie!" Zack whined with a pout.
"Wait for your turn Zackaroo!" Yuffie said while holding the baby possessively.
"You okay?" Aerith suddenly asked Tifa, that took her by surprise.
"Yeah... Just really tired from all that pushing."
"She's pretty, she's taking after me of course." Aerith said in the usual snooty manner. Tifa couldn't help but smirk.
"Of course she does."
Aerith didn't say anything else, but the genuine smile she showed was already worth a thousand words, and it deeply touched Tifa that she actually cared.
"Who's the best Uncle in the world, huh? Who's the best Uncle?" Zack said in an irritating baby voice while holding the baby in his arms.
"Creeper." Yuffie commented.
"I will spoil you rotten baby girl you know I will, of course you do." Zack said with the same baby voice before he laughed. "By the way, what's the name?" He asked as Vincent grabbed the baby from him.
"Clouda." Cloud said while eating a sandwich. Tifa gave him a perplexed look.
"What? Seriously?" Tifa said.
"You are a lame name giver Blondie. You suck!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Shut it."
"Krystal, after my mother." Tifa said while looking at Cloud. He smiled in return with a nod of his head.