Kihyun groans, rubbing his thirty-nine and a half week belly as he made his morning tea and feels his baby kick wildly, "Kyunie, ease up a little will you? I think my insides are bruising."

"Is he kicking again? Or is it the Braxton Hicks?" Shownu asks as he comes up beside Kihyun to make his coffee.

"Kind of both, they're not intense but they're like mild cramps right now," Kihyun makes a face, "Plus he's kicking me and he made me gassy all night long along with hiccuping."

Shownu hums, cupping the belly and getting his face close enough to speak to his son, "Changkyun, take it easy on your mother, we know you're close to getting here but your mother needs at least a small break from the kicking," the baby punches lazily at his hands, his feet were at the top of the bump now, meaning he will be here any moment now. Shownu smiles, "Stubborn already, like mommy."

Kihyun giggles, running his hands through Shownu's hair as his husband kisses his belly before standing back up straight, "You tossed and turned all night too."

"I can't help it! This kid makes me want to pee every hour and moves when I'm finally comfortable! Not to mention I'm fighting these Braxton Hicks!"

Shownu chuckles, "You know you never snored either until here recently."

Kihyun narrows his eyes, his jaw set, "Are you just trying to piss me off at this point?"

"I'm not trying to make you mad," Shownu laughs, "You're just hormonal and pushing through your last few days of pregnancy."

"Yeah and you're walking on thin ice with my mood swings," Kihyun grits, rubbing his belly when he feels his belly tighten and slightly cramp up, "I'm getting my ass back in bed. I need to edit photos today but I'm pretty sure any day now he'll be here."

"Get some rest, when you feel up to editing the photos you can edit them," Shownu kisses him, walking out of the kitchen to go shower, taking his coffee with him.

~•~

By later that evening, Kihyun was experiencing more intense and painful Braxton Hick contractions, making it hard for him to cook dinner and even get comfortable. He sat in his recliner, rubbing his belly and wrinkling his nose slightly as the baby barely kicks and moves. He was positioned more lower in Kihyun's uterus, his head was putting a lot of pressure in Kihyun's hips. Honestly, he felt as if he was sitting on the baby's head from how much pressure he felt. Kihyun always has his legs spread now for that fear of crushing his baby's head.

"Ki, you coming to bed?" Shownu whispers, standing by the recliner as Kihyun hums.

"Yeah, I'm just trying to wait until this passes," Kihyun groans, "They're getting more intense."

"Labor doesn't actually start until your water breaks, these are just fake contractions to prepare your body for the real deal."

"Yeah, they just feel like when I ovulate and cramp, only a little bit worse," Kihyun sighs, "Help me."

He holds his arms out, Shownu instantly pulling him out of his chair but gently. His husband had no trouble when it came to upper body strength and lifting things. Kihyun holds his lower back as he waddled down the hall and to their room, where he immediately grabs the four pillows on the floor and throws them on the bed. He sleeps with five pillows, one for his head and the other four are placed around his body for comfort.

Once Shownu helps him get comfortable with the pillows, he throws the blanket over his legs, knowing Kihyun gets hot in the middle of the night and will always kick their shared blanket off of him and Shownu. He has his own thin blanket he just places on his legs that he can pull up any time. Shownu crawls in bed, kissing Kihyun before kissing the belly, "Good night little man, go easy on mom tonight okay?"

The belly jerks a little, the baby wasn't kicking or anything, until it jerks again slightly. Kihyun giggles, "He has the hiccups."

"He's already growing more," Shownu chuckles, lifting the over sized band T-shirt to see a stretch mark free belly but was stretched very thinly, "Pretty soon your belly will be gone and we'll have a baby in our arms."

"It's crazy to think about," Kihyun yawns a little before humming, "I want it to end but at the same time I don't. I'm gonna miss feeling him move and feeling his little kicks. The hiccups are cuter to be honest."

They watch, every so often giggling and chuckling as the baby hiccuped and Kihyun's belly moves with each hiccup. Eventually, there's no more movement until the baby rolls to the right side of Kihyun's belly and falls asleep. Shownu chuckles, not once had he removed his hand as he kisses the belly once more where the baby moved before sighing, "Night babe," he kisses Kihyun once more before turning his bedside lamp off and rolling over on his back.

Kihyun sighs slightly, leaning back against the headboard and stare up at the ceiling, slowly drifting off to sleep.

~•~

Kihyun woke with a sharp pain in his back and belly, the cramp was really intense. He moans slightly, sitting up slowly and rubbing his belly, "Well that's a wonderful way of waking me up."

"You literally just woke up and you're so sarcastic," Shownu laughs, finishing getting dressed and Kihyun's eyes widen.

"Oh my god babe I'm sorry! I slept through my alarm-"

"You didn't, the power went off last night due to the lightning storm. Luckily my phone alarm woke me up five minutes after my actual alarm was supposed to go off."

"But I didn't make you coffee or-"

"Babe," Shownu laughs, leaning down and kissing Kihyun gently, "It's alright. I'm a big boy I can make my own breakfast and coffee."

"I know but-"

"You need to rest," Shownu nods, "okay? You need to rest as much as possible and not push yourself."

Kihyun pouts, "I like making your breakfast though, makes me feel like I'm the best housewife version of a husband."

Shownu chuckles, kissing the tip of Kihyun's nose, "Baby you're better than the best, but even the best needs a break every now and then. Especially when they're thirty-nine almost forty weeks pregnant and ready to deliver any day."

Kihyun giggles, laying back to watch Shownu finish getting ready for work, "Do you want me to stay home today just in case?"

"No, you go ahead and go," Kihyun makes a face, feeling another Braxton Hick coming up and rubs with slight pressure, "Don't worry about me. When I call and say we need to go then you can come home."

Shownu didn't want to, but he listened to Kihyun and went to work on time. Kihyun fought through the Braxton Hicks and finished editing the photos before posting them online and taking a break. The whole day he started noticing a consistent pattern, and finally at lunch when he was making himself a bowl of chicken and dumplings, he felt a painful cramp and wetness running down his legs.

He gasps, looking down to see water covering his feet and soaking into his socks and his sweatpants. He curses, removing his sweatpants and his socks before a very painful contraction wracks his body. He gasps again, leaning against the counter and gripping onto it as he waits for the pain to go away. When it finally did he hurries and cleans the amniotic fluid before calling Shownu.

"Hey babe, I'm in the middle of a lesson-"

"Well my water broke."

"Oh shit-" he hears laughing and Shownu shushing his students before coming back on the line, "You sure it's your water?"

"Pretty sure because it doesn't smell like pee," Kihyun wrinkles his nose, throwing the articles of clothing he used to mop up the amniotic fluid in the washing machine and starting it, "But I started keeping track of contractions and so far they're not close enough to where we need to go to the hospital yet."

"Are you sure you don't need me to come home Ki?" Shownu asks, "I will leave right now."

"No, finish the day and when you get home we'll wait it out unless it's time to go by the time you get here. Are the bags in your car?"

"Yep, all packed and ready to go when you are."

"Good, alright I'm going to finish cleaning this up, I'll keep you updated. Love you."

"Love you too, keep me updated."

Kihyun hangs up the phone and let's out a deep breath, rubbing his belly that was slowly growing hard to the touch, "You'll be here soon baby boy."

~•~

Finally that night at 8:35 pm, Kihyun fights off one more contraction with moans of pain and sobs, before nodding his head, "I think we need to go to the hospital. How far apart are they?"

"They're five minutes apart and lasting about two minutes," Shownu notes, using both of their phones for timers and using a piece of paper to write the log down. So far, they've been monitoring them since he got home from work and he's noticed they were starting to get more intense.

Kihyun nods, "Let's go, they're getting really really bad."

Shownu helps him out to the car, minding his swollen feet shoved in a pair of fuzzy socks and sandals. Kihyun had a T-shirt of Shownu's on and a pair of leggings, which soon enough he won't need them because he'll be delivering their baby boy into the world.

"It's baby time!" Shownu cheers, holding Kihyun's hand as he settled into the passenger side of the car.

"I swear to god this is the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life," Kihyun moans, holding his belly and breathing just like the birthing videos showed him.

"It's all going to be so worth it baby," Shownu kisses his cheek, shutting the door and rushing to the driver side. He was ready to turn the car on when Kihyun grabs his hand, gripping on to it as he moans softly.

"Ow ow ow ow ow owwwwww," he cries, breathing heavily while holding his husband's hand and the other cupping the bottom of his baby bump.

"Breathe Ki," Shownu coos, being the hand that Kihyun holds as he fought the contraction until it passes. When it does, Kihyun nods and they start their journey to the hospital. The drive seemed to take two hours when it was only forty-five minutes, Kihyun was having another contraction by the time they pull up to the emergency room drop off.

"Why does this hurt!?" He sobs, throwing his head back against the head rest on the seat as Shownu raced inside to grab a nurse and a wheelchair. When he comes back, Kihyun had already opened the door and was trying to get out but was struggling a little with his belly.

"Here baby let me help," Shownu whispers, placing both of his hands on his hips and gently lifting him out of the car and helping him walk to the wheelchair. Kihyun holds on to him, feeling his legs are a little weak and worried he was going to fall.

Shownu gently sits him in the wheelchair, and once he's comfortable he lets out a heavy sigh, "Babe, what time is it?" Kihyun asks as he rubs his belly.

"It's just now 9:20," Shownu smiles, "This is going to be an early morning baby."

Kihyun sighs, allowing the nurse to push him inside and get checked in. It only took about an hour for Kihyun to get hooked up to machines to monitor the baby and the contractions, get changed in a gown, checked his progression, and to once again lay back in bed and wait some more. The doctor walks in with a smile on her face, "How's Kihyun doing?"

"I'm hurting," Kihyun makes a face.

"Well, you're far enough you can get the epidural," The doctor smiles, "Since you're at a six I can go ahead and see if the anesthesiologist will come in and give you the epidural if you want?"

Kihyun nods, "Please!"

~•~

Finally, at 6:49 in the morning, Kihyun was finally fully dilated and ready to deliver. He was still numb from the epidural, which he was thankful for, but now it was time to push as the doctor and the team of nurses ready for the baby's arrival.

"Alright Kihyun, go ahead and give me a nice push," the doctor commands, standing at the end of the bed and putting her gloves on.

Kihyun responds to the command, baring his chin into his chest as he pushes and pushes. The nurses count down from ten, making sure Kihyun is pushing the entire time. Shownu kisses his temple, holding tightly onto his hand as he whispers in Kihyun's ear, "You're doing so good baby."

Kihyun grunts, pushing a little on the stirrups as he pushes again and again. The doctor would every now and then comment on how much hair this baby had, how dark it was. Kihyun finally feels a small pop and the nurse beside him cheers, "Yay! His head is out."

"Come look at your baby papa bear," the doctor chuckles, patting the baby's face gently with a soft cloth.

"If you take one look I'm ripping you to shreds," Kihyun snarls, watching with eyes like a hawk as Shownu was already looking right at the baby and his eyes water.

Shownu is the kind of man that hardly shows any emotion, so when he looks back at Kihyun with tears in his eyes Kihyun couldn't help but get teary eyed as well, "He's so beautiful baby, keep pushing so we can see him!"

Kihyun bares down with all of his might as people all around cheer for him and praise him. Soon enough, he feels this unbearable pressure in his hips and then it was gone. Only to be replaced by a screaming and crying baby being laid on his chest. He was still in shock that it was all over, that he didn't have time to really hold his baby before Shownu was instructed to cut the cord and they take him away to be cleaned.

While Kihyun is getting cleaned up, Shownu takes as many pictures as he can and getting the information about their baby boy. He was six pounds and fifteen ounces, twenty inches long and of course was just so tiny compared to the size of his mommy's belly. Born on January 15th at 7:15 am. After baby was cleaned up, they put a diaper and tiny blue hat on him before swaddling him in a hospital blanket. The nurse smiles as Shownu pockets his phone, "I think your daddy is ready to see you," she giggles to the baby, gently handing him to the new dad.

Shownu was shown how to probably cradle his head and hold him, the dad smiles down at the baby who was whining and staring up at him with his little dark blue eyes. Shownu chuckles, "Oh quit that whining, I know you don't like being removed from mommy but you can't stay in his belly forever! You will run out of room!"

"Shownu~" Kihyun calls, smiling as he makes grabby hands to his husband and baby, "I want to see him." Shownu chuckles, leaning down to rub their noses together before walking over to Kihyun with the baby in his arms. Kihyun was teary eyed, and the blasted tears didn't fall until he had the tiny newborn in his arms and his whining stopped.

Kihyun giggles waterly, holding his baby close and letting the newborn's tiny hand wrap around his index finger, "You're so tiny baby boy~, so so tiny."

"I never expected him to be this tiny," Shownu whispers, brushing his index finger down the baby's arm. It was so soft, he felt like his hands were too rough compared to the baby's skin.

"I'm a mommy," Kihyun sobs, leaning down to kiss the baby's nose, "I can finally say I'm a mommy to Son Changkyun."

~•~

Awwwwww!!!! Baby Showki has a name and yes it's I.M.'s name 😂 hope you all enjoyed!