WinterRose61 - You're in luck, since we have planned more flashbacks around Ace's healing and interaction with Marco.
Ooooh, but we didn't originally plan to have more focus on Thatch and Haruta, but I talked about it with Kawaii-Chibi and she agrees it would be a nice touch to have a chapter focused on them a bit! It won't be posted instantly since we will be jumping around in time, but do look forward to it! Thank you so much for joining in another story!
Witch68 - I'm not a native English speaker myself but the internet has told me surrogate is the right word haha. And yes and yes! There will be a surrogate and you will know the person! (though in another gender). and you won't have to wait long to find out since this chapter is of the birth of theit child!
Marco and Ace are both so adorable! 3 Thank you very, very much to read once again!
The name of this story has changed! I had it as "Our perfect family" everywhere else, and on here I named it "Our happy family", which is still nice, but hahah I saw it and went like "... something's off about this" XD
Ages:
Marco: 37
Ace: 23
Relationship status: Happily married!
Hearing a lot of noise in the breakroom he finishes up his visit in the washroom to check out the noise. A few steps away from the door he stops to make sure all his clothes are fixed and he catches part of the conversation going on between a fellow doctor and... oh no...
"ehm... do you mean the maternity ward?"
"DOES IT LOOK LIKE I GIVE A SHIT OF THE NAME! I JUST NEED THAT PINEAPPLE THERE!"
He quickly opened the door to see his husband being pulled away from his fellow doctor by security.
"What's going on-yoi?"
Ace's eyes instantly latched onto him and he yells as he fights the security guards "THE BABY IS COMING!" – at the same time a calm announcement came over their intercom "Doctor Newgate, your presence is requested in the maternity ward."
"Huh?" – "LET ME GO YOU STUPID, I NEED MARCO!"
He didn't have time to process what was going on but he quickly walked up to the security, telling them that it's fine and that the freckled man is his husband and he'll take care of it. After some assurance that the seemingly violent man won't hurt him, the security guards reluctantly let go and leave the area, telling him he just needs to page them, and they'll come back and that they'll stay close by for now.
After Marco thanked them and they left, he turned to his husband and bonked his head "Ace, what the hell-" – "We don't have time, c'mon!" Ace grabbed the blond's hand and pulled him out of the breakroom and in the direction of the maternity ward.
"What's going on Ace, I'm worki- " – "The baby Marco!"
"Baby? Ow shit, Haruta went into labour-yoi!?" He normally never cursed but he wasn't prepared for this, there should be another week left.
"YEA! We were just in the drive-through and then the sea just flooded out of her!"
Marco was having a real hard time following, until Ace opened a random, he couldn't even stop him and tell him to knock for obvious privacy reasons.
"I got him!"
"Geez, about time."
Marco looked wide eyed at the scene, Haruta was laying on a hospital bed, legs already propped up while she had a whole bag of McDonalds with her.
"I ehm.. hi Haruta…. Are ehm are you okay? Any pain?" If she was already prepped to go, then the contractions would already be few in between.
"Nah pineapple, these people already shot my back."
"They gave you an epidural-yoi?"
"Yea, yea that shit" she then looked Marco right in the eyes as she reached for a handful of fries and pushed them in her mouth, daring him to do something about it.
He was about to mention that she shouldn't be eating but a nurse was next to him in an instant "Ah ehm, we ehm tried to take the food away from her, but ehm… she tried to bite."
"…. Just…. Just let her have it."
In the background he could hear Ace tell him hysterically of the events before they got here, "We were 5th in line Marco, 5th in line! When it just gushed out, we could have easily drove off and come here that very moment, but no, NO! She made me drive further and still do the order and get it!"
Haruta, without any remorse offhandedly commented "I was hungry, I am not giving birth on a empty stomach"
"… Let's just start-yoi…"
"One sec!" Haruta called and quickly inhaled the rest of the food before almost throwing the bag of waste at poor Ace to catch. Why did they ask Haruta to be their surrogate again…?
"Alright, are you re-" – "I got this."
Marco watched on how Haruta ushered a nurse away that had brought a napkin for her hands, only to decline it and spit into her hands, rub them together for a moment, and then turn around to wipe them off on Ace's sleeve. … Has Ace been dealing with this all the time when Haruta's been over at their place…..
"Urgh, now I feel like I am going to shit myself."
Ace took hold of Haruta's hand with his only free one and pleadingly asks to not shit on his husband.
"Hmm, maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't, he did take my coffee away."
"Caffeine isn't good for you when you're pr-" He stopped when he got glared at.
'This is their baby, she's been healthy all the time, it could be worse, just breath Marco.' Were his thoughts as he walked towards Haruta's open legs, they already had a talk before everything started that he was going to be the one helping the birth, so it was fine.
"Oi Marco, like what you see? I made Ace wax it just for you." Haruta wiggled a bit when he got in front of her… opening. He closed his eyes for a moment, trying not to let it get to him and not get frustrated with his team here, he needed to be calm… cool, calm and collected. He ignored the statement and started his assessment, ignoring the conversation going on above him.
"Ace, give me my phone for a second"
Ace handed it over, not daring to refuse.
"Oi Marco, smiiiillle!"
Click!
"What are you doing-yoi!" He raised his head from between Haruta's leg when he heard the shutter sound.
"Recording the birth or your kid, duh"
"Wha- why are you taking pics of me looking here?!"
"Everyone makes picture of the parents and occasionally the doctor while it happens right? I'm helping you since your hands are busy!"
As Haruta grinned at him he decided to ignore her and continue his assessment.
"Oii oiiiiiii Marco, need a light for in there?" Haruta laughed as she waved her flashlight of her phone around. "Don't ignore me pineapple!"
Marco could feel the pitying looks from the nurses, looks that will probably stay for weeks as rumours would spread.
Everyone knows him as a serious and calm person. Most of his colleagues were already surprised when they met Ace, that he so hyper and 'full of life' compared to him.
And now there's this crazy lady that was having his child… He could picture the others looking at him with pity and talking how 'it's always the best souls that it happens too'…. He should take time off for like a year… maybe the rumours will have stopped then.
"Haruta" he spoke seriously to get her attention "We're going to get started."
"Yea, yea just go for it, whatever" Haruta rolled her eyes, thinking it won't be much worse than it was now. But it quickly changes to "ow holy fucking shit!" not much later as she gripped at Ace's hand. IT was starting to become uncomfortable really quicky "Fuck fuck fuck fuck – WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT!?"
Ace didn't know what to do but tried to comfort her "it will be al-" - "DON'T YOU START WITH THAT" Ace eeped and would have jumped away wasn't it for Haruta having a death grip on his hands.
"Haruta-yoi, Ace is right, everything will be -" - "Don't fucking say anything while you're between my legs Pineapple!"
"…Concentrate on your breathing-yoi"
"Breathing be damned!"
Wanting to get back slightly at Haruta, Marco stepped a bit out from between her legs and started his previous sentence anew, only to have to dodge Haruta 's phone being hurled at him.
Letting out another scream she yelled again "HOW MUCH LONGER!" - "The head hasn't started to appea- " She screamed again while pushing out of instinct "And never mind, I see the head."
Marco and Ace were both praying for everything to go well, and that all would be over soon because their hearing is going bad right now.
Only half an hour later they got the baby out and Marco cut the cord, and no matter how hard it was to have to give his own baby away, he gave to baby to one of his nurses to take care of it while he took care of Haruta. Making sure everything was alright with her and they got the placenta delivered too.
Haruta was cursing and seething, because why did she need to give birth to a sack too?
Luckily it all went well and he was soon able to release Haruta from the probably very uncomfortable position she had been laying in and clean her up.
In the middle of cleaning her up he heard a thud and looked up, only too find his lovely husband to no longer be standing next to Haruta.
"Huh, where-?"
"On the floor."
"Oh…"
Yeap, there was Ace, his husband, sleeping on the floor… it was a miracle he didn't have sleep-attack during the birth with everything going on… but it seemed now that everything was done it got to him.
He finished cleaning up before taking off his gloves and lifting Ace in a nearby chair before making his way over to Haruta.
While she was grumbling about the amount of stitches she had to get and the amount of food she wanted as compensation, Marco reached for her head and kissed her head. "You did absolutely amazing."
Haruta quieted instantly, looking shocked at him "Did... DID YOU JUST KISS ME!?"
Before he could answer the nurse from before walked back in with the baby, handing it to Marco.
"Congratulations, she's a healthy baby girl. 7 pounds 20 ounces and just under 20 inches."
Marco smiled and looked between the baby, his husband and Haruta "Thank you, Haruta. Honestly"
He leaned forward to be able to give her the baby, she was the one to birth her so of course she deserved to hold her too.
Haruta looked at the baby in her arms with stars in her eyes, but Marco also saw how exhausted she was. Not long later he brushed some of Haruta's hair back and took back the new-born.
"Sleep for now, you've done amazing. I am putting you on bed rest for a while, you did need quite a few stitches."
Even while Haruta cursed him a bit for it, her eyes quickly shut, and her breathing evened out soon.
Marco looked lovingly at the sleeping baby in his arms and gently, with a trembling finger, reached out to brush through the blond strawberry coloured hair. He didn't immediately know where the colour came from, both Haruta and Ace had dark hair, but he also knew it wasn't unusual for it to start of light and get darker later. But either way, she was absolutely beautiful and he couldn't help but smile.
"Doctor Newgate."
He turned around to his nurse and a few other of his team standing behind him, he didn't even notice them entering. "Yes-yoi?"
"We, your whole team wants to congratulate you on the birth of your healthy daughter."
He smiled "Thank you."
"We know that since the birth was planned next week, you had taken leave starting in the middle of that week. But with this already happening now, we've all just spoken with each other and want you to take the rest of this week, and the start of next week off too. We will all be working together to cover your shifts so you can be with your family."
"Guys… You don't have too" He does want to stay with his family, with his new-born, but he also knew how many more hours his team would need to make to cover him for his time and it wasn't their responsibility to do that.
He immediately got different reactions back that it was okay, he was always working hard and also chipping in for them when they needed it.
"You deserve it Doctor, please enjoy this special time with your loved ones."
"I-.. thank you, thank you everyone. I- I don't know what to say, just thank you so much-yoi."
His team smiled at him, one in the middle spoke up a bit louder "Just send us some picture every now again of the beansprout".
Marco laughed and looked gently at the baby in his arms "I will. I definitely will."
After a few more exchanges, they all said their goodbyes and parted ways. Marco took a seat next to his husband as he cradled the baby in his arms. With one hand he reached for his husband's hand and kissed it. "Thank you, Ace." The man couldn't hear him, but he will make sure to repeat it later, he couldn't be happier.
This is the best gift life could have given him.
A little bit over 10 minutes later, Ace started to stir next to him. As he woke up, he saw him looking at him and blinked before looking down a bit, blinking and looking up again, changing between looking at him and a little bit lower.
After the umpteenth time he laughed softly "You're not sleeping anymore, Ace." Marco leaned down a little so Ace could peek under the blanket their baby was wrapped in. "Meet your beautiful daughter, she's completely healthy, is about 20 inches and weighs 7 pounds 20 ounces."
Ace tried to say something, but nothing really came out, with trembling hands he reached for the baby and took a strand of her hair between his fingers. Marco smiled at the first interaction before he heard a sob.
"Huh?" He saw that Ace had tears streaming down his face and he knew people got emotional over these things, but he never imagined Ace to start crying.
"Ace, babe, are you okay? What's wrong-yoi?"
A single broken word left the freckled one's mouth.
"Mom? What do you mean Ace?" Yes, Haruta was technically the mom and she laid on the bed, but Ace wasn't looking at her, he was still holding onto that one strand of hair as if his life depended on it, but at the same time holding it as if it could break.
"H-her hair colour. It- It's the same as my mom's."
Marco looked confused for a moment Ace never met his mom. His grandfather must have told him and sent him a picture of her. "It's a lovely hair colour" He smiled at his husband, but he couldn't stop a small frown from appearing on his face. There was a very high chance that the hair darkened, it happened with almost all light-haired babies... He doesn't want to break this emotional moment, but he also doesn't want Ace to get attached only to see it slowly disappear in a few weeks' time.
"Ace..." He spoke gently to get his attention, but his focus stayed on the hair, he bit his lip for a moment before trying again "Ace, please look at me for a moment."
Ace slowly let the hair fall down and looked at Marco, waiting to see why he sounded so serious. "Ace... I …" he let out a sigh and took hold of Ace's hand with his free one. "I really don't want to ruin this moment for you, but the hair colour... Ace, there is a very high chance that it will become darker. That it will not stay this strawberry colour."
"It- It won't stay this way?"
His heart broke at the question "I'm sorry Ace. There is a chance that it will stay this way, but it is more likely to change then to stay. I just wanted you to know from the beginning."
Ace nodded and sniffed a bit "I- It's okay, I'm sorry for this. She- she will be beautiful no matter what."
Smiling gently, he squeezed his hand "she will be."
"Can I hold her?"
"Of course, you can, dear. Make sure to support her head." he carefully transferred his hold on the baby to Ace, Ace taking over as if handling a delicate flower.
Marco smiled as he saw how Ace's tears dried and started smiling instead as he looked at their child.
"Oh" His husband sounded surprised "Marco, she- she has freckles!" He said in a louder whisper, not wanting to wake her.
"Hmm" he looked over and in the new light where Ace held her, you could indeed see tiny spots over her cheeks "She does, just like her perfect daddy."
Ace blushed and laughed, weaving fingers through their baby's hair "She's perfect".
Laughing Marco leaned over and kissed not one, but two freckled cheeks, one a lot smaller than the other "You both are-yoi."
Sometime later a knock was to their door and Marco got up to answer, letting Ace sit with the baby in his arms. He opened the door to see the nurse holding some papers.
"These are the papers for her name, I thought I would come and bring them."
"Thank you, I will return them to you later." He smiled and accepted them before taking a seat next to Ace once more.
Humming his husband looked over "what did she bring?"
He tilted the papers so he could read "these are the papers were all her birth info is on, her height, weight, parents, all that stuff. And also, the place where we will need to write her name."
"Oh..."
They both stayed quiet, looking at the one blank spot on the paper that needed to be filled in. They had of course already looked at a lot of names together and made a list of the ones they both liked the most, but officially choosing one right now seemed so much more … intense...
Moments later both spoke up at the same time "Marcy(-yoi)". Surprised they looked at each other before laughing that they not only had spoken at the same time, but had said the exact same name, minus the speech tick part.
"Well-yoi, I guess we have decided then, haven't we?"
Ace smiled and looked at their baby girl "We have... Our little Marcy."
Tada! Their first child! They will have one more child that we will introduce in the next chapter. But for those that are not a fan of kids, no fear! There will be plenty of chapters with a focus on just Marco and Ace themselves.
If someone's name is in between (...), then this person exists at the time, but doesn't appear in that chapter.
Example: Marco: 41, Ace: 26, (Marcy: 4)
In this chapter Marcy exists, but she won't appear/have a lot of importance. The chapter will fully focus on Marco and Ace.