Hongjoong opens Jongho's bedroom door softly, knowing the toddler was going to be pissed for being woken up in the middle of the night but it was kind of important now for him to wake the toddler and take him to his grandma's house. Seonghwa had been having Braxton Hick contractions for a couple of days now, and at his last doctors appointment the doctor said he was dilated to a three, so they've been trying to get his water to break for a while now and he's been miserable.

Hongjoong pats Jongho's back, rubbing it softly as he leans down, "Jongho buddy, you gotta wake up. We need to get you ready to go to Nana's."

"Why am I going to Nana's?" Jongho whines, rolling away to cuddle into his pillow, "I wanna sleep!"

"You can sleep at Nana's okay buddy? We gotta go take mommy to the hospital so he can have baby sister."

"Why can't he have her here," Jongho whines, his lip wobbles as he tears up, "I want to go with you daddy."

Hongjoong kicks himself as he brings the boy in his arms and shushes him, "Buddy it's okay. We have to take him to the hospital, only the doctor can take baby sister out of mommy's belly."

"I want mommy," Jongho sobs, rubbing his eyes as he leans on Hongjoong.

Hongjoong shushes him, hearing the floorboards creak behind him and Seonghwa coos, "Baby," he pouts, coming over to kneel by Jongho's bed. The toddler reaches for him, hiccuping and sobbing. Seonghwa shushes him, hugging him and trying his best to not show he is hurting a bit, "Baby listen, me and daddy have to go to the hospital to get sissy out of my belly okay? Once she's out, we'll be coming home okay?"

"I go too," he sobs, sniffling and gasping for air, "Mommy please I go too!"

"Baby as much as I want you to come, you gotta stay with Nana's," Seonghwa pouts, kissing the top of his son's head and sighing when he feels a contraction slowly building. He looks Hongjoong for help and he understands immediately.

He clears his throat, "Come on buddy, let's get your bag and blankie packed. Nana is on her way."

While he is busy with Jongho, Seonghwa waddles his way to the living room and sits on his recliner. He moans slightly in pain as he relaxes a bit, feeling the tightening of his abdomen and takes deep breaths. Once Hongjoong's grandma showed up and took a very upset Jongho with her, Hongjoong claps his hands together and smiles, "Baby time!"

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"I'm actually not really nervous at all," Hongjoong comments as he watched the nurses strap a contraction monitor on Seonghwa's belly.

"Well that's good," the nurse giggles, "you're doing better than most dads. Some wouldn't even be conscious."

Seonghwa laughs, "Oh trust me, he's been doing his homework."

"Yeah this is the test," Hongjoong laughs, "The one I've been studying for nine months for."

The nurse laughs, continuing to hook Seonghwa up and check on him. That is until the doctor steps in and smiles, "How are we?"

"Tired but I'm ready to get this kid out of me," Seonghwa laughs, rubbing his belly and being careful of the wires.

She chuckles, "Well let's looks and see where we're a right now and determine if you want an epidural."

"I do," Seonghwa's eyes widen and he nods, "I didn't have one with Jongho so I'm getting one now."

The doctor laughs, washing her hands then putting on some gloves so she can check how far in dilation Seonghwa is. It was extremely uncomfortable for him and it kind of hurt, but with Hongjoong holding his hand and taking some deep breaths he managed to stay relaxed. She smiles and removes her hands, "You're at five centimeters, eligible for the epidural."

"Bring me the juice."

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"Alright Seonghwa are we ready?" The doctor asks as the nurses adjust the bed and help Seonghwa put his legs in stirrups.

"Yes," Seonghwa pants, the epidural was starting to wear off and he could feel his stomach tensing from the contraction wracking his body. Hongjoong has been there the entire time to hold his hands and get him whatever he needed.

"Are you ready baby?" Hongjoong asks Seonghwa, kissing his temple and taking his hand.

"Oh yeah," Seonghwa modded, "Let's do this."

"The next contraction you feel start pushing," the doctor instructs, lifting the blanket more and letting a nurse place a towel underneath him, "I can see the head, she's got quite a bit of hair."

Seonghwa feels a contraction starting up, and grips Hongjoong's hand and begins to push. The doctor praises him, as well as the other nurses in the room, "Good job Seonghwa! That was a nice push! Keep that up and her head will be out here soon!"

Seonghwa moans as he pushes, his chin buried in his chest as he pushes into the pressure. Hongjoong was so amazed and feeling so much pride that he leans over and kisses Seonghwa's cheek, "You're doing so good baby, so so good."

"Shut up," Seonghwa growls, gritting his teeth and baring down once more. He gives a powerful grunt and continues to push, his ears were ringing and it felt as if water was filling up in them from how hard he was pushing.

"A couple more and her head will be out!" The doctor instructs, "Push push push!!"

Seonghwa grunts one more time as he pushes, tilting his head back as he bares down again and feels a tiny pop. The nurses and the doctor cheer, but it's all drowned out as he pushes again. Hongjoong really wanted to look down, but Seonghwa made it pretty clear to him in the past if he did he would be smothered with a pillow when the baby was born. So for respect for his husband he stayed by his side and cheered him on as he pushed for the final time.

And the cries of their baby girl welcomed his hearing back.

"It's a healthy baby girl!" The doctor cheers, laying her on Seonghwa's chest when they put a towel down. Seonghwa was still catching his breath when she was laid on his chest, his eyes watering instantly as he holds her.

Hongjoong bursted into tears, and snapped a few photos on his phone before pocketing and brushing his finger against her tiny arm, "She's so perfect, so gorgeous just like her mommy," Hongjoong smiles, catching eyes with Seonghwa and leans in to kiss his forehead, "You did so good baby."

Seonghwa sobs, his fingertip barely brushes against her chubby cheek. Little Jooeun looks like her mommy but had her daddy's eyeshape and face shape. She had Seonghwa's chin, nose, lips, eyebrows, and she even had thick hair like Jongho did when he was born. Maybe Jongho did inherit Seonghwa's hair and not Henry's.

They take the baby away to be cleaned and Seonghwa delivers the placenta, when both were cleaned up and situated they got to hold their baby girl and take more photos. Seonghwa giggles when Hongjoong snapped many photos of them, his smile was never once faltering. Seonghwa ended up doing skin to skin with the baby, having some help from a lingering nurse and Hongjoong. Jooeun cuddles into him with a tiny grin on her lips, only for her to pout adorably and fall asleep.

"Kim Jooeun," Hongjoong chuckles, "The name fits her well I think, don't you?"

Seonghwa laughs, "Don't even think about changing it. I have her name painted on the nursery wall and I'm not redoing it."

Hongjoong laughs softly, brushing his index finger down her soft arm and her tiny hand curls into a fist at his touch. He smiles, "I love her, she's absolutely perfect."

Seonghwa hums, nuzzling his nose in her soft, thick, black hair before placing a gentle kiss on the top of her head, "We love you so much baby girl, wait until tomorrow when baby brother gets here and we're all together."

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Two chapters left!! I tried to make this pretty long but it didn't work out necessarily 😂 hope you all enjoyed!! Wasn't my best birth scene but it was good enough.