(Two Days Later)
Whisper had gone into labor earlier that morning. At first, she didn't understand what was causing her pain. She was panting heavily, dropping her head.
"Whisper, what's wrong?" Beau asked, raising his pointed ears up. "It hurts..." she whimpered. Beau jumped, eyes widened in fear. "Oh, no! It's not-" the Shepherd mix shouted in panic.
"I... I think so..." Whisper whimpered, looking up at him. Beau said he would go get Rita while she rested. After helping his mate lay down, he galloped out of the building and dashed off to get Rita.
During his time away, Whisper laid on her left side, panting heavily. The pain was growing worse by the second. She felt like she was dying, it hurt that badly.
It took no more than an hour before all of Whisper and Beau's pups were born. Unfortunately, Beau had to wait so he wouldn't get stressed out.
When Rita came out, she smiled at the new father. "Are you ready to meet your family? You're a father to five healthy puppies," the afghan hound mix asked. Beau stood up, looking at her.
"I'm... a father...?" He whispered, feeling ecstatic. "I'll leave you guys be. I gotta check on Rose and Dodger to see how they're holding up," Rita nodded.
"Okay. Thank you, Rita," Beau said, giving her a nod. "It's no trouble, kid. It's what a gang does for each other. I'll be sure to let your gang know. They'll be happy to hear the new additions to the gang," Rita informed.
Beau nodded. Whisper had been apart of Sammies gang when she turned 9 months old. It's been 3 months since joined. Little Liam will be disappointed to hear that he's not gonna have alone time anymore. He had become more independent the more he grew, just like his mother.
Beau walked into the room where his mate was. She laid on her side, facing the door. Beau saw five puppies nursing from her. He couldn't be more happier to see them.
He walked over and licked her on the head, getting her to open her eyes. "Beau?" she whispered, her voice weak. "Easy. You need your rest. You deserve it. They're absolutely beautiful," Beau said, laying beside her so he was pressed against her back.
Whisper glanced down at the pups, who were sleeping. Beau looked down at them, seeing what they looked like.
The male on the furthest right was reddish brown with blonde markings on his cheeks, and blonde spots over eyes. He had white markings on his muzzle, between his eyes, on chest, throat, and under belly, black spot on entire back and shoulders. He had pointed ears, and a pink nose.
The eldest female was lack on her back, hips, and top of tail. She had white on muzzle, large stripe between the eyes, socks on all four paws, chest, throat. Burnt orange on legs, on cheeks. Red on upper part of head and ears. Ears are mix-matched like Rose.
The male pup in the middle was blonde with black on his backend, back and sides, shoulders, left side of his face and both floppy ears, and black stripes around his legs. White on muzzle, between the eyes, on throat.
The youngest girl was white with blonde on back and head. Black spot on left side. Reddish brown mix-matched ears.
The baby of the bunch was another boy, who was hite with blonde on back and head. Black spot on his left side. Reddish brown mix-matched ears.
He smiled, finding it hard to believe that he was a father. It was amazing. "Let's name them tomorrow," he said in a whisper. "Okay... I'm exhausted anyway..." Whisper said, yawning.
Beau licked her and laid his head beside hers so that their noses touched.