"Beautiful" (Omegaverse Michael x Noah)

~36~ "Willow."

~Michael~
I breathed heavily as Rose held my arm, giving me the anesthesia through a needle as I wanted tried to calm down the stress and thought that my labor was so early. Noah sat on the bed next to me, massaging my ears and praising me while Rose put an oxygen mask on me filled with more anesthesia or whatever, just something to make me sleep. I laid down as I felt more and more sleepy, Noah tried to stand up but I completely panicked when he let go of me. "I'm not leaving my love, you're okay.." He sat back down, at least just until I fell asleep.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6.." Rose calmly counted, trailing off as my head felt fuzzy and I closed my eyes.

~Noah~
Michael's grip on my arm softened as his ears fell down against his head, I took a relieved sigh and stood up off the bed, leaving Rose and Sara to do their job. As much as I hated leaving him alone in this vulnerable state, I knew I better do what Rose asked.

I left the room and slumped down into a chair next to the door, running a hand through my hair, the distress so bad I could smell the scent of charcoal coming off of me. "Hey- Alex told me what's happening." Posi sat down next to me, I basically ignored her, shaking my leg and leaning my head back against the wall.

"He'll be fine, he's strong."

"I know he is— I'm just worried because he wasn't due for another two weeks."

"Babies rarely come on their due date, or even close to their due date. I was three weeks late, my mum had to induce, at least Michael doesn't have to do that." She snickered, I chuckled slightly before sighing.

"I wanna go in there so badly." I groaned, whipping my tail back and forth annoyed. Lily, Lia and Alex walked into us, Alex immediately going into the room to help her wife with the surgery. Lia sat down on the floor next to me and Lily just stood beside Posi, eating a bag of chips that she offered I to Posi.

"He gripped my arm so hard before he fell asleep, I have nail indents." I huffed, I could still feel the desperation in his grasp, how badly he wanted me to stay and I said I would, but I can't. And ultimately I know it's better that I'm not in there, my instincts would just make me a pain in the ass to everyone.

Lily suddenly pulled out a deck of cards from the pockets in the overalls she was wearing, "How much shit do you have in there?" I chuckled, she placed the cards on a small side table next to Posi, emptying her pockets to reveal a whole pharmacy of shit. Advil, random games, her phone, pads, tampons, even her entire wallet. "What is the need for your entire wallet?" I widened my eyes, crooking an eyebrow.

"I place a lot of bets with Elias." Lily smirked.

"Do you win?" Posi asked, Lily opened up her wallet in response, revealing at least a 100 bucks worth of five and ten dollar bills. "I bet you 20 bucks I can beat you at go fish." Lily said to Posi.

"Pfft, I have no money." Posi crossed her arms, slumping in her chair with a laugh.

"Alright "Posi" flower, If I win you have to go on a date with me, if you win, I'll give you fifty bucks."

Posi's face turned red for the slightest second before she made a hmph sound, "Bet." Posi held her arm out as they shook hands.

"You're on, Beckett." Lily pulled Posi closer to her.

"Never say my last name again, Mintz." Posi narrowed her eyes with a smile, letting go of her arm.

"Daddy issues?"

"Beat me and I'll tell you all about it on our date."

"Seems like you're kind of excited."

"Yeah right, more excited for the potential free food." She laughed awkwardly, turning her body to the side table as Lily brought up a chair and they started to play the game. I crooked an eyebrow at them, leaning my head back against the wall and closing my eyes, just attempting to pass the time somehow.

"Noah- can your scent calm like even a little bit." Lia coughed, the distress scent completely overwhelming the hallway about an hour later.

"Shut up." I grumbled, I was already using every strength within me not to yell at everyone, which I know I have a tendency to do when I'm stressed out.

"Go fish— do you have a four?" Lily and Posi were still playing the game, I swear this might be the longest "go fish" game in history.

"Sneaky bitch." Posi huffed, handing Lily a four of clubs, leaving her with only two cards, while Lily had around the same.

"I'm beating you, you might as well give up." Lily smirked, she had at least twenty pairs of cards on the table, beating Posi by at least 6 or 7 pairs, it was pretty obvious who was gonna win.

"Fine, fine, I forfeit." Posi rolled her eyes, placing her cards down on the table with a tisk of her tongue.

"Didn't know you wanted to go out with me that badly." Lily cleaned up the cards, probably already mentally planning their date. I watched her put everything laid out on the table back into her pockets, before she put away her wallet she pulled out at least 50 bucks and handed it to Posi, who's eyes lit up with confusion.

"You don't have to give me anything—"

"You play a good game, consider it a compensation for dealing with me, Friday night good?"

"Uh- s-sure." Posi's face was red as she stuffed the money down her bra, having no other pockets handy right now. I heard the sound of a door opening and I lifted up my head quickly, looking towards the sound that was Rose walking out with a clipboard in hand.

"Congratulations, a healthy baby girl." She smiled, I wanted to fucking cry right there, I only barely managed to compose myself. "Noah may go see them. Also please remember that he just had surgery and he will be in pain for at least three or four months." She stepped out of the way for me as I rushed in, closing the door gently behind me as to not make too much noise.

My mate sat up in bed with an exhausted smile, looking down at the baby girl who was wrapped up in a blanket in his arms. His tail wrapped around himself as both a comfort and defence. I calmly walked in further, slowly sitting down on the edge of the bed next to him and wrapping my arm around him, getting a proper look at the baby.

She had a small amount of bright, slightly wavy red hair on top of her scalp, Michael carefully handed her over to me, letting me hold her. I felt her cuddle up to my chest and my heart just broke, I wiped away the small amount of tears welled up in my eyes.   I rocked her gently and laid my head in Michael's hair, kissing him. "You're fucking amazing." I whispered to hi.

"What's her name?" I asked him, the baby slowly opened her eyes, they were a shade of blue I immediately recognized to be Michael's.

"Willow." He said, moving a bit of the blanket away from her face. Willow yawned, her eyes becoming heavy as I stood up and placed her down carefully in the crib.

I sat back down next to Michael, massaging his ears, it didn't take him long to fall asleep, but I kept having to reassure him I would keep both Willow and him safe, he didn't want to leave her alone even just to sleep, but eventually, he did.