“Don’t worry, a doctor is on his way here right now.”
In contrast to Tomoya’s distraught Tomoya, the man in black uniform is calm and tells Tomoya that the doctor is on his way here, Tomoya is relieved to hear that.
“Anna, it’s all right.
The doctor is on his way here right now.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
The doctor arrived less than two minutes later and Anna was carried by stretcher to the LDR room, which is a room that combines a labor and delivery room and a recovery room.
“Wait….”
Just before entering the LDR room, Anna raised her voice.
“Tomoya,……, stay by my side,……, stay by my side,…….”
Tomoya looks at the doctor, and the doctor nods his head.
“Of course, I’ll be by your side, Anna …….”
――Tomoya gently spoke to Anna.
An expression of relief appeared on Anna’s face when she heard that.
She had originally come to the party to have Tomoya present, on the chance that she might go into labor during the duration of the party, but the sudden contractions seemed to have caused both of them to panic.
Anna is carried into the LDR room, and Tomoya enters the LDR room wearing what looks like an operating suit on top.
“Anna.”
Once in the LDR room, Tomoya runs to Anna and holds her hand.
“Tomoya….”
Anna looked anxious, but when she caught sight of Tomoya, a look of relief came over her face.
“The cervix has not yet fully opened.
Let’s wait a little longer.”
“Yes.”
It was his first time being present at a birth, Tomoya’s face was filled with nervousness.
“I’m sure you’ll be fine.
We’ll be with you.”
“If the father looks like that, the pregnant woman will be more anxious.
Smile, smile, smile.”
The nurse pointed her finger at the corner of her mouth and asked him to smile in order to relax Anna.
Tomoya becomes calm at these words and says.
“Anna, it’s okay, I’m here for you.”
–He calls out to Anna with a soft expression on his face.
“Yeah, yeah, Tomoya, I love you ……, I love you …….”
“Me too, Anna, I love you Anna.”
“Tomoya,…….”
Anna’s face breaks into tears.
The words of love from her beloved Tomoya calmed Anna’s heart more than any words could have done.
◆◇◆
“The cervix is now fully open.”
Two hours had passed since she was taken to the LDR room.
During that time, Tomoya stayed by Anna’s side, holding her hand, wiping her sweat, rubbing her back, and doing his best to help her relax.
“Yes, inhale briefly, exhale long~”
“Suuu~ Huuuuuuuuuuuuu”
“Yes, you’re good. I can see the head now.”
“Suuuuuu~ Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”
“Yes, that’s good, keep breathing.”
“Ah~, the shoulder came out, too.”
The delivery went smoothly, and finally…
“Waah, waah”
–I heard the voice.
It was the sound of a new life being born.
“Yes, the baby is born.
It’s a healthy baby girl.”
The amniotic fluid on the baby’s body was wiped away, and the baby was brought before Tomoya and Anna.
“Baby ……, me and …… Tomoya’s baby …….”
Anna’s hair was plastered to her face with sweat and her expression was one of exhaustion, but when she saw the baby, her face broke into a smile.
“Yes, the fruit of our love.”
Anna reached out and touched the baby, feeling its warmth.
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About two hours had passed since the birth.
Anna leaves the LDR room and lies in her suite with the baby in swaddling clothes.
The baby was sleeping peacefully in the swaddling area.
The baby’s skin, which had been pale from being soaked in amniotic fluid, has now returned to its skin tone.
Anna was lying on the bed, looking at the baby lovingly and enjoying her happiness by lightly poking her cheeks and holding her fingers.
“Good work, Anna.”
Tomoya enters the bedroom.
“Tomoya….”
Anna smiles when she sees the face of her beloved Tomoya.
Tomoya goes up to the bed and looks at the baby’s face.
“So this is my baby. ……”
The baby was born in the same year as Orie’s first child, Tomoe, but Tomoya had never met her and had little sense of having a child, but the child in front of him was different.
He was present at the birth, and now, right in front of him, she’s sleeping peacefully.
With such a child in front of him, Tomoya’s paternity was steadily awakening.
“Haha, her cheeks are so pudgy.”
He poked the baby on the cheek with a timid hand so as not to wake her up.
“Oh, look, look, she’s got my finger.”
He places his finger on her hand and is pleased that the baby has grasped it.
He does the same thing as Anna did earlier.
“Oooh, oooh, oooh.”
The baby wakes up and starts to cry.
“Eh, eh!”
Tomoya is surprised at the suddenness of the situation, but–
“Is she hungry?”
–In contrast, Anna calmly picked up the baby, put out her breast, and began to feed the baby.
The baby stopped crying and sucked hard on Anna’s nipple, sucking out her breast milk.
When she finished nursing, she lightly patted the baby on the back–
“Burp!”
–She makes the baby burp.
“Aaaaahhh.”
The baby is full and has a big smile on his face.
When she tried to put the baby to bed-
“Oh, can I hold her, too?”
–Tomoya said.
“Of course, you can hold her and love her …….
This child is Tomoya’s child. ……”
The baby moves from Anna to Tomoya.
Tomoya was very nervous about holding the baby for the first time and held it carefully as if handling a fragile object.
“Kya, Kya.”
The baby screamed cutely in Tomoya’s arms.
“Hmmm, you are so happy to be held by daddy.”
Anna lies down.
“Sorry, I’m going to sleep for a bit. ……”
“Oh, have a good night…
I’ll take care of this girl for you. ……”
“Yeah, thanks …… and …….’
Presumably she had consumed a considerable amount of energy during her childbirth, and fatigue had built up.
Today, thanks to advances in medicine, the mortality rate in childbirth is extremely low for both mother and child.
However, the energy expended in the process of childbirth is so great that it can be said to be life-threatening.
Tomoya headed for the living room with the baby in his arms.
In the living room, Ayane, who was with Tomoya, and Kanae, who were playing separately, heard about Anna and rushed back to their room.
“How is Anna?”
Miyako was concerned about Anna’s condition at first.
“She is fine, but she was very tired and fell asleep after breastfeeding.”
“Well, I’m glad to hear that. ……”
Miyako was relieved to hear Tomoya’s words.
“Let me see the baby.”
He sat down next to Miyako and handed her the baby.
“It’s adorable …….
It looks just like Tomoya’s when he was little.”
“Oh, yoochi, yoochi.”
“She’s really cute ……, I can’t wait to have him too.”
The baby of Ayane and Tomoya will surely be as adorable as this baby.
As Tomoya and the others were having a good time with the baby at the center…
“Excuse me.”
–Kondo came into the room.
“What is it?”
“There is a member who has challenged Shikii-sama.
How do you want to respond?”
It was an unpleasant report that ruined the pleasant mood.
“We’re watching this girl, aren’t we?”
“No, I refuse the challenge.”
“Do you mind losing points?”
“Yeah, no problem.
Not only this time, but from now on, you can refuse all challenges and give them as many points as you want.
I want to be there for Anna and her now.
I’ll try again next time for the senior member position.”
“Understood”
Kondo left the room.
“I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. Tomoya-kun.”
“Tomoya-kun.”
“When I saw Anna who desperately gave birth to my child and this baby, I don’t care about some senior member or something like that.”
Tomoya answered Orie’s question while holding and nursing the baby.
The next day, Kondo appeared again and told Tomoya that his points had been reduced to zero.
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“Name?”
The next morning, after a good night’s sleep, Anna left her bedroom and sat down on the living room sofa to eat, with Tomoya as her attendant.
“Yes, the baby’s name.”
“Yes, of course, I’m thinking about it.
This baby’s name is …….”
All eyes in the living room were on Anna.
“Yuna, this baby’s name is Yuna-chan.”
“Yuna huh ……, yes, that’s a good name.”
“I know, right?”
“The name is very good.”
Tomoya praised Anna’s taste, and Anna’s face was triumphant.
“I wonder if she took the character for ‘friend’ from Tomoya’s Tomo?”
“Yes, I did.”
“The truth is, I wanted to use the character of Tomo as it is, but I thought that would be too bad, so I decided to use a name with the character of Tomo, which is read the same way. ……
I wanted to give her a little bit of a connection to her real father. ……”
Tomoya listens to these words with a perplexed face.
Tomoe was Tomoya’s child with Orie, he had no connection as if he had no awareness or sense of fatherhood, but now it is different.
The time that Yuna and Tomoya can spend together is limited.
Once they leave the island, Tomoya will have to become a stranger to Yuna.
He knew this, and it was the result of his own actions.
However, Tomoya wanted to stay with Yuna and watch her grow up, together with Anna.
“Well then, we’re off to play!”
Miyako, Ayane, and Kanae also stood up in response to Orie’s words.
“I’m sorry, it’s like I’m kicking you out. ……”
“Fufu, it’s fine. It’s a limited time without the child drinking…”
“I’m sure you’ll be able to find a way to do a good job raising your child, Tomoya.”
After saying that, Miyako and Ayane took Orie and the others out of the room.
“Tomoya,……”
“Hmm?”
“Oh, you know, ……, are you feeling a little tired?”
“Eh? Eh?”
“For making you witness the birth…….
Now that I think about it, I feel like I showed you a great part of me. ……
I hear that there are couples who break up because of that…”
Anna is looking down and looking uneasy.
Tomoya hugs Anna.
“There’s no way that’s the case…
Seeing Anna, who risked her life to give birth to my child, made me love her even more.”
“Tomoya ……”
“Thank you Anna.
You gave birth to my child…”
With Tomoya’s words, the sadness disappeared from Anna’s face.
Instead, she put her head on Tomoya’s shoulder with an expression of happiness.
“Tomoya ……, may I say one selfish …… thing?”
“What is it?”
“I want to wear a ring,…….
Just while we are on this island, I want us to be a real loving couple and the fruits of that love, parent and child,…….”
Tomoya took off the necklace hanging around his neck and removed the ring.
He then placed it on the ring finger of her left hand.
“Is this okay?”
“Yes!”
I couldn’t be happier.
Anna, who had thought so, knew that there was more than that, and her expression was filled with happiness that could no longer be described in words.