Taehyung had been sitting on the stool for two hours and hadn't moved. He sat there, staring at Jia while continuing to grasp her hand. His cheeks were stained with dry tears; his eyes were bloodshot red, and his lips were swollen from continuous biting. "Baby, please wake up. I'm scared. I'm incomplete without you. I feel like I can't breathe anymore. Please wake up~"

Jia gently opened her eyes and tried to blink a few times to clear her vision. She checked her surroundings before softly looking at her husband, who had his eyes wide open when he noticed Jia regaining her consciousness.

"Tae? Don't be so dramatic." Jia spoke softly.

Taehyung's eyes welled up with tears once again. He stood up but immediately regretted not having done so in the previous two hours. He shook his head at the anguish in his legs and sobbed like a baby, crouching down and placing his head in the crook of her neck.

Jia smiled at the big baby and caressed his head lovingly. "Tae, love, I'm fine! Stop crying. Okay, tell me, how is our baby? Did you hold her?" Jia inquired cutely but was shocked when she felt Taehyung shaking his head in her neck. "Why didn't you see her? You wanted a girl, so why didn't you-"

"You didn't wake up and I love you more than our babies." Taehyung pouted as he stood straight. Jia shook her head in disbelief. She had no clue if she should feel happy to know that Taehyung loved her so much or angry to see how stupid he was.

Their moment was interrupted when there was a loud cry from the crib that was placed near the bed.

Jia said, "Tae, go fetch our baby from the crib," and Taehyung got up with a firm nod. However, he became concerned when he noticed his adorable little daughter crying. He had no idea how to approach her and pick her up. What if she breaks?

Jia sighed and pressed the button near the bed. Soon a nurse barged in with Namjoon.

Taehyung ran to Namjoon as a little child does on seeing his parent. "Hyung, my baby is crying. Pick her up. Do something. I don't know how to-"

"Tae, calm down and come with me," Namjoon said, motioning for the nurse to leave with a gesture. He approached the crib after she left, and Taehyung followed him like a lost puppy.

Namjoon took the crying baby in his arms and handed it over to Taehyung. "She won't break. Just be careful." Taehyung smiled and cradled his daughter in his arms. Just holding the baby caused his eyes to tear up with joy.

Taehyung never imagined this moment to be so priceless. The small face of his daughter, her tiny fists balled while she wailed, exposing her gums; her adorable plump cheeks, and then a small mole on her nose made Taehyung feel like he was the luckiest man on the earth. Now after Ji-hu, she inherited the mole from him as well.

"Baby?" He spoke softly, as though attempting to communicate with his daughter, and the infant magically stopped crying the moment Taehyung spoke. She blinked open her hazel eyes and looked at Taehyung as if she was trying to decipher what her father was saying.

"Oppa, she used to kick always when Taehyung talked to her or placed his hand on my belly. She had been papa's girl since the time she was inside me."

Namjoon chuckled at Jia's words. Suddenly he remembered something. "Jia, why didn't you do a gender reveal? Didn't you want that?"

"Tae refused. He wanted to keep it a surprise. Moreover, he was unaware of how it feels to hold the baby and know the gender after birth. He wanted to experience that feeling." Jia informed and turned to face Taehyung, who stood near the crib, gently cradling the baby. His eyes were filled with adoration for his daughter. His eyes smiled and shone brighter than the smile on his lips. "Look at him, hyung."

Namjoon smiled as he looked at the father, who was adorably conversing with his daughter. "Jia, take care of this duo. Their bond will be stronger in the future." He warned the mother cutely, still looking at Taehyung while Jia nodded with a smile. She wouldn't mind if their daughter loved Taehyung more. He was deserving of all the affection. Also, she knew that Ji-hu was mumma's boy.

Namjoon fished out his phone and snapped a photo of Taehyung with his baby. He showed it to Jia and she felt more than happy to see a cute bond between father and daughter.

"Tae, show Tia to Jia now," Namjoon spoke but laughed at the rhyming words. "Jungkook surely came up with a great name." He mumbled lowly, but audible enough for the couple before shaking his head with his dimple smile.

After hearing the name, Taehyung's eyes widened. He walked over to his wife and passed on the baby to her, who placed the baby on her chest and began feeding before wrapping the blanket around the two of them.

"Tia? Jungkook said that?" Taehyung inquired as he sat on the hospital bed beside Jia.

"Yes! He made that name by combining the two of yours."

Taehyung smiled at that, feeling grateful to have such an amazing friend and brother, who knew exactly how to make Taehyung happy. He loved it and chose to name his daughter "Tia."

Taehyung then began tenderly caressing Tia's head as he watched her calmly fill her stomach, while Namjoon felt like a proud father upon watching the small, happy family.

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By 3 a.m., Namjoon had completed all of his work duties. He returned to Jia's room to join his friends, who had been waiting for the baby for more than two hours. Namjoon was relieved to be able to enter the room as a friend rather than a doctor.

Except for Hoseok and Song-yi, he spotted all of his friends in the room when he entered. Taehyung's parents had also arrived after Yoongi informed them of the news.

Namjoon sat on the couch that was placed nearby, but the rest remained standing around Tia's crib. While the infant slept peacefully, the others continued to stare at her with whipped eyes that barely blink.

Jia sighed for the nth time. She told her friends to sit down and that she would let them know when Tia would wake up. But no, none of them was taking that. They preferred standing around the crib.

Jimin had face-timed Hoseok, who showed the sleeping beauty to him. Song-yi and the two kids also focused on the girl. Song-yi softly whispered in Ji-hu's ear, which was audible to everyone present in the room. "Ji-hu, look at your sister. Your small baby sister." She smiled when Ji-hu's eyes sparkled.

"My sister? She is my sister?" He inquired with a smile which made Song-yi nod her head. 

"Aera, I have a sister. I will share her with you. But you will have to stay with us, only then I will share." The little boy explained to Aera, who sat next to her. She nodded her head with a smile, making Ji-hu hug him.

"Of course, she will stay with you. We don't do child marriage but you can be in a live-in relationship for now." Hoseok commented to the kids who did not understand a word but nodded anyways. Their friends laughed at Hoseok's remark. 

"Why are they like this?" Jia whispered in Taehyung's ear as she continued to stare at her friends. Taehyung, too, was staring at them with a bored expression.

"Please remind me again why we are friends with these dorks?" Taehyung inquired and then shook his head in disbelief when he noticed Jungkook and Jin pushing each other.

"Guys, you all will scare her," Namjoon commented, rubbing his temples because of tiredness.

"Says the one who got to see and hold the baby very first. We don't need your suggestion, Mr. Doctor." Yoongi mocked and then glanced at the doctor with hooded eyes, earning a sheepish smile in return.

Jimin disconnected the call and continued staring at the baby with his friends.

"Appa, eomma, why don't you both sit at least?" Taehyung inquired with a concerned tone, drawing a look from the two. How could they sit peacefully when they could see the people who were ready to take Tia in their arms as soon as she woke up? They deserved it first, after all, they were the grandparents. If they hadn't brought Taehyung first, Tia would not have come to this world.

"Fine, do whatever you all want," Taehyung said, motioning Jia to lay down on the bed before joining her and hugging her carefully.

Namjoon, on the other hand, lay down on the couch too.

The three of them had closed their eyes and drifted off to sleep until they were startled awake by a loud shriek. More like, just Taehyung woke up. 

Taehyung was about to walk to the crib but was annoyed when his friends and parents were shouting and yelling. They were trying to calm the baby without noticing how they were scaring her with the weird faces they were making.

Taehyung stood on his feet and walked near the crib. He pushed Jimin a little and pulled the crying baby in his arms, who instantly stopped crying.

Everyone was shocked would be an understatement. It was just two hours since Tia was born, and she was already comfortable in her father's arms.

Taehyung noticed the look on everyone's face. It seemed like they all were dying of hunger if they wouldn't get the last piece of bread. They were looking at the father with hopeful eyes which made him sigh.

"Guys, calm down. I'll give Tia to you all. But let me sit on the bed first." Taehyung spoke and sat on the bed while Jia was still sleeping. When Taehyung looked up to call his parents, he noticed all of his friends along with his parents around Jia's bed which made him sigh in disbelief. 

He first passed Tia to the grandparents, who had teary eyes. They cradled her as if she was a porcelain doll. "Welcome to our family, my love." The grandfather spoke with whipped eyes, making Tia chuckle.

They continued to play with her for a few minutes and then Yoongi came ahead with Shin-ah. They both were equally excited and happy to hold their respective sibling's daughter. Shin-ah couldn't believe that she would get to see Taehyung's second child grow up, while Yoongi was really excited to hold the baby girl this time.

Ji-hu was really close to Yoongi, who always spoiled his nephew and now it was Tia's turn.

Tia cried a little when she went into Shin-ah's arms, which broke Yoongi's heart. His eyes watered and unconsciously, he took her in his arms, and he felt all the mixed feelings. A lone tear slipped out of his right eye and landed on Tia's cheek. She instantly stopped crying and stared at her uncle.

"Never knew he can be so soft," Jin whispered in Jungkook's ear, making the younger nod. They continued to glance at the happy uncle who held adoration in his eyes. It reached out to everyone, who was watching him closely, and maybe Tia must have felt too.

"I feel so happy to hold you. You brought me all the happiness, my world." Yoongi spoke softly and pecked Tia's head lightly, making everyone coo at the uncle's softness.

He pledged to not give Tia to her mother even. He would play with her all the time. He smiled and looked up, only to notice Jungkook and Jin who were glaring at him while Jimin started complaining.

Yoongi hesitantly passed Tia to Jimin, while Yoona, Jungkook, and Jin stood closer to the shorter male who held the baby with a wide smile. "I'll make sure to teach you how to spoil your parents' private moments so that all our attention would not be distracted from you. I'm sure you wouldn't want that anymore, right? Don't worry, Ji-hu will help us too."

Jimin looked up at Taehyung with a proud smirk while the other three tried to control their laughter.

"I won't stop till five kids. So I'll need your help in babysitting all of them." Taehyung flipped his fake long hair proudly, earning a smack from Jia who had woken up a few minutes back.

"And you'll sleep on the couch from now onwards," Jia announced with a glare, making everyone laugh.

Tia was looking at everyone with her cute doe eyes but soon she began crying when a loud voice was heard from the other side of the room where Namjoon was sleeping.

When everyone looked in the direction, they noticed Namjoon sitting on the couch and looking down. Their eyes followed where he was staring, only to notice a broken vase.

"How can someone be so clumsy in his sleep even?" Jin commented, earning "sorry" from the clumsy doctor, while laughter from the rest.

They all knew by now, that Tia would be an apple of the eye of everyone. They were looking forward to spoiling her with everything.

Taehyung and Jia hugged each other as they glanced at all the happy faces in the room. "I love you, Tae," Jia spoke lovingly and pecked Taehyung's lips.

"I love you more, baby girl," Taehyung answered in between the kiss and soon deepened the kiss.

"There should be a minimum of two years of an age gap between two kids," Namjoon remarked and the couple broke the kiss nervously. They forgot the presence of their friends and family in the room.

"I'll be gifting them a box of condoms on their next anniversary," Jin commented and everyone cracked into laughter. 

"Thank you, my love, for making me the happiest man alive. You gave me the biggest gift today. We both will be sharing our birthday because of you." Taehyung hugged and praised his wife. He pressed his lips against Jia's again, avoiding all the stares this time.

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This chapter took me the longest. I wrote it and read it so many times that I now can't read it anymore.

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