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1:55 am
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Loud, thundering screams ran throughout the hospital floor. Y/n squeezed Shouta’s hand in a death grip, he pursed his lips but ran alongside her gurney to the nearest room.
“SHOUTA! IT HURTS!” His breath raced as he fumbled with his phone. “I know, baby, I know- just hold tight.”
He went to his own speed dial and called his friends, Hizashi, Kayama, and Toshinori.
The call revealed Hizashi sitting at his radio station, he called out to Shouta, “AND HERE’S ONE OF MY BEST BUDDIES- YOU ALL KNOW HIM, PRO HERO ERASERHEAD!”
Kayama joined the call, sitting with Toshi at what seemed to be a coffee shop. “Hey fellas, what’s up-”
Shouta yelped when Y/n squeezed his hand in agony. “Y/N- mm is having the baby!”
No sounds came, except for Y/n’s screams until Hizashi screamed along with her. “WHAT?”
Kayama and Toshinori began babbling over the essentials, “Is she okay? She’s screaming so loud- don’t worry, we’re coming down there right now, which hospital are you at?”
“I’m coming too- sorry Little Listeners, but y’all just heard, MY BEST BUDDY’S HAVIN A BABY! I’ll have to cut our sow short for a while, but…” Shouta tried to calm everyone down, “No, no Hiz, just do your talk show, I only needed to tell you the news-” “TOO LATE SHOUTA” Aizawa continued trying but only received a blank ‘did you enjoy the quality of your call’ message on his phone screen.
He muttered, “they can never take no for an answer..”
His wife began again, “BABY! BABY, I NEED YOU! IT HURTS!”
“Y/n, I love you, but I can’t feel my hand.” Y/n frowned when he pulled one hand away to switch it with the other.
The doctors led her into a hospital room, number 3000. She sat up, her head spun to the head nurse. “No- wait, don’t I need an epidural?” The nurse rested a hand on her shoulder massaging short circles into it, which- in all honesty- did nothing but annoy Y/n more. “I’m sorry Mrs. Aizawa, we’ll get it as fast as possible. Nurse Remi, you heard her, go.” Y/n’s eyes crossed and she slammed her head into a pillow as a sharp, dull pain came to her lower back. Her thick thighs were cramped. Her whole bottom half felt as if death- with a Midas touch- had laid its finger on her waist and allowed its rot to creep down.
She screamed, and gripped the sides of the bed, red bursts of radiating energy surging through her. The bed ripped from the wall and began to rise from the ground. Aizawa activated his quirk to get her down. “Sho-Shouta…. It burns, it really burns. It feels like death. I wanna get this baby outta me! Tell them to get it out!” Shouta got up onto the bed with his wife, slowly, gently stroking her drenched coiled locks from her face, kissing her tear-soaked cheeks. “I’m scared Shouta. I’ve read about bad things happening, what if something happens? This is more terrifying than I thought, I-”
He shushed you, massaging your cheek while out of the corner of his eye, he saw the nurse hanging a bag into the hook. “Baby, I’m not letting anything happen, okay? These doctors and nurses are some of the best- you deserve nothing less than that. This baby,” He put his hand on your stomach, is going to have one hell of a good time, okay? Now, I need you to look me in the eyes,” He raised her head to make her look at him. She put her hand on his. “And tell me of that perfect little love you were dreaming about a few nights ago. Romantasize me, serenade me with your imagination.”
She sniffed, “Well,” The nurse gently grabbed her hand and inserted the IV, twisted the cap, and let it flow through her veins, and her muscles started to relax. She took a deep breath. “I had- that dream. The baby.. It was air, air, with a picture. But the picture wasn’t clear. It was changing- constantly. Sometimes it had my eyes, sometimes it had your black eyes- and even red ones! Like when you use your quirk. The skin seemed almost clear, but small flashes of a tan, or caramel, either an equal mix of both of ours or more like me- they were rarely ever simply like you, genetics I guess. And their hair! Oh, the hair was beautiful and luscious every time. Sometimes it was wavy, others coily. And a few times, they looked just like you baby! Tired, and sleeping in our arms. Others were peppy- kinda like Hizashi. And sometimes simply reached up at my head, to play with one of my dreads, they’d pull at it, and it hurt, but pleasantly.”
She looked up at Shouta and noticed his grin. He smiled back and nodded to her to continue.
“We all lay on the bed together. We’d play like you’d dangle your hair over their face. Or I’d blow bubbles onto their stomach. They’d be warm. We’d be so happy. It was so warm in my chest, I started crying. And you asked what was wrong and I said-”
“This is the most beautiful sight and feeling I’ve ever had.” A tear went down your face. “yeah.”
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4:05 am
A loud crash woke both you and Shouta from your nap. He sat up, hugging you closely and reaching for his capture weapon. You both hear a faint, ‘Sir, you can’t be in here, you aren’t on our list-’ “LIKE HELL I CARE! SHOUTA!” The door almost slammed open and Hizashi ran over to the bed. Kayama and Toshi carefully walked in, both trying to calm the nurses surrounding them. “Hiz! They’re about to call security on us! You’re lucky we’re pro’s or we’d be screwed!” Kayama slapped him across the head and Toshi went to the other side of the bed to chat with Y/n.
“Sorry, we’ve been rushing around trying to get here, we tried a few hospitals til Hiz showed us the tracker he had on you, heh.” Y/n got up and hugged him. “Thank you for making your way here. It’s nice to have all of you. It’s sweet.”
Kayama reached over the bed. “Of course, we’re here babes.” She went around to hug you too. “It would be devastating to not! We’ve been waiting for the little girl for the longest!”
Hizashi cuts in, “We’ve been waitin’ for the little guy for the longest.” Kayama rolled her eyes. “So,” Hizashi made himself more comfortable on the bed. “How long we talkin’ about? The kid’l be here soon, right?” Shouta sighed. “‘Zashi, it’s gonna take a while.”
“Hey, I thought you said the dam broke.”
Kayama chimed in, “So?”
“So?” Hizashi stomped his foot. “Where's the beaver?”
You just smiled at him. He wasn’t stupid by any means, he just didn’t think before speaking.
“I barely even know how long it’s been- Sho, how…”
“It’s been about..” He sighs. “Two hours, baby.”
You shot up, “TWO FUCKING HOURS? IT’S ONLY BEEN TWO HOURS-”
“Y/n, the baby. They wouldn’t want you this mad, baby. C’mon, I wanna hear more about the dreams.”
Y/n took in a deep breath and rested in between Shouta and Hizashi. Kayama sat at the end of the bed while Toshi stood near the window.
“Oh, you mean those ones about the baby? Have you had more?” Y/n sighed. “Not yet, but it’s nice to think about them, you know? Remember Kayama, the way the faces changed constantly? It was dreamy. I want to see what my child will look like.”
Kayama smiled, “It’s nice to hear about her-” “Him.” “Shut up Hizashi.”
Y/n and Shouta softly laughed. “Well, I ended in the cake story. Okay so, this time they were on the floor. We all were. And they were still a baby, maybe a few months. Shou, you were holding them” You motioned your hands, “Up over your head, and they were giggling so much. You were flying them around. Hawks was on the TV so I assume they were pretending to be him. But then there was another one, where they were a bit older and spinning like a ballerina. And a really nice one, they were about seven years old, and they had their hair locked up. And they saw Rock Lock on the T.V. They were flying around the house with duct tape, making things stick to the ground or ceiling then shooting them with a nerf gun.”
Kayama cooed. “Such an angel, destined to be a hero from the very start. How adorable.”
Y/n smiled, “I know, I already brought a few toys and hero merchandise for the kid. It’s funny though, I was the same way. Always playing make-believe that I was a supe.”
A knock came on the door. “Mrs. Aizawa, I’m here to check your vitals and show you your menu for that night. I’ve been told you haven’t eaten anything for a while.”
“Y/N! Why haven’t you eaten? The kid needs to eat too!”
“I know, ‘Zashi, we were having a night together and I was planning to cook after.”
The nurse took your temperature and checked your medicine. “Any symptoms since a doctor was last here?”
Y/n shook their head. “No, I am a little bit hungry though. And I feel a bit more dilated, was that something I should have mentioned?”
The nurse gasped, “Of course! Hold on, let me go get your doctor and we will go ahead and check that out for you. Hold on tight.”
She ran out of the room and the other three looked stunned. Shouta was the first to speak. “Baby, why didn’t you say anything?”
She shrugged. “Didn’t realize til she had said something.”
A tall woman with bright pink hair and tan scrubs came into the room. “Alright, Mrs. Aizawa, I’m going to ask everyone to please move out of the room for just a minute,” She pulled a pair of blue gloves onto her hands and went to the end of the bed. Everyone in the room exchanged looks. “Unless of course, you are comfortable with everyone else in here. I’m surprised you all do, the guys- I mean most of the time any of the males get too uncomfortable.”
“Well uh,” Toshinori began to move towards the door. “I wouldn't like to make you uncomfortable Y/n, I’ll just head on out, maybe check out the cafeteria.”
“Oh no, Toshi you can stay in if you want, I don’t care.”
“I know Y/n, but- don’t take this the wrong way but… uh”
She grinned with a chuckle. “I get'chu, go ahead and see if they have any Zuppa soup down there, you know how I like it!”
“Alright, see ya!” The doctor looked at her as he closed the door. “Nice friends. Now, let’s get in here and see how close the little one is.” She lifted your hospital gown up and spread your lips. “Ohh you are very open Mrs. But from what I heard, I don’t even believe you show be dilating this fast, hold on, lemme check…”
Y/n and Shouta shared a look. As he noticed her breathing increase he spoke up, “Is.. is that dangerous? Is the baby in danger? Does she need surgery?”
The doctor reached her hand out to touch Y/n’s “Oh no darlin’ not from what I can see right now. Now let’s see, it's,” She checked her watch. “8:42, about four hours since a doctor last came in right? Okay so you went from two centimeters to seven in that time so… I’d say about one and a half each hour. So if that's right, you should be ready to give birth in possibly two hours if there is no delay.”
“...are.. Are you serious? That soon?” Y/n looked at Kayama and Shouta. “O…okay that’s cool. We’re ready.” She took a deep breath and Shouta rubbed her back then came to her face. “Baby….our baby is almost here.” She sniffed and brought her to her face, nodding. “Oh my god Sho-” She sobbed. “We’re having a baby!”
He took her head into his chest as she cried. He looked over and Kayama was too. “Hey Kay, can you go check on my class?”
She sniffed and stood at the door. “Sure can Sho, Hiz, you and Toshi are coming with me.”
Hizashi, who was sitting there on his phone, looked offended. “What? Me? But why??”
“Because they should be allowed to have their space. And you’re on your phone so why do you care?”
He showed her his phone screen, “I was looking for some ‘Put your hands up’ merch for babies!” He smiled with all his teeth.
“Seriously Mic, that’s one of the main things you do as soon as you hear they’re on the way?”
“Hell yeah! I’m ready for them! And wait til the kids find out! By the way, what should we tell them exactly?”
Y/n gasped, “That’s right, I forgot we didn’t even shoot a message!” Shouta put his hand on her stomach. “It’s fine, Mirio and Mydoria have Eri and Shinso should be with the rest of the class. They’re probably lounging or something.” He thought for a minute. “Let’s just tell them one of us had to take a sick day and the other was there for moral support. I don’t want them getting rilled up or anything.”
Y/n yawned, “Yeah, I guess.. Thank you guys so much,” She hugged Kayama and Hizashi. “And tell Toshi I said that too, and makes sure he doesn’t over-exert himself- you know him, he’ll be the main one rushing around trying to prepare for the kid.” She giggled before laying down. Kayama kissed the top of her head and walked to the door. “Bye Sho, text us for any and all updates! Capiche?”
He chuckled. “Alright, later guys.” After they fell asleep, he laid down right next to his wife, curling his body around hers and taking in slow deep breaths.