Our Arrangement (Partybeetle Smut/Fluff)

I honestly don't know man

Poob had a splitting headache, last in the hospital bed after feeling the most pain in their life. They wanted to curl up and cry, wishing that the pain could disappear. They were sweating hot and thought they looked like a mess. Pest held their hand tightly and stroked their hair trying to comfort them. All he could think while looking at his lover was how strong and amazing they are for managing to do something like that.

Soon the doctor brought in a small baby, wrapped up in blankets sleeping. Poob reached out their arms to hold the new born, the second the baby was safe in their arms they burst into tears. "Pest... I'mz so tired," they looked up at him hopping he could take the baby for a moment while they rested. Pest nodded and lifted their child into his arms, "I'm so so proud of you, you deserve all of the rest you can get. Please, I don't want you to overwhelm yourself." Pest rocked the baby carefully as he watched Poob start to close their eyes and quickly fall asleep, they were so exhausted.

Pest rocked the child with care. Despite his usual annoyance with everyone he had always been good with small children, and he knew that he'd never have more love for someone than this kid. "Baby bug, you look just like your parents," he chittered happily.

During the months leading up to the child's birth head been working extra hard in therapy to better himself so he could be good to his family. Him and Poob had turned the spare room in Poobs apart into a childrens room and Pest had started living there with them. He still had his den where he kept his workshop and stash of money but instead of keeping himself locked inside all the time he spent more time with his partner prepping for the life change. Poob loved planning parties so of course they planned a gathering of friends and family to see the baby for about a month or two after the due date.

Once Poob woke up they still seemed to be in a lot of pain but they ignored that since they were so excited to greet the baby. Its little mandibles weren't fully grown, they were just little pinchers, and they had small paws like Poob. The baby whined as it was lifted up in their arms again. "We've beenz so busy making sure everythingz is perfect justz 4 u, wez hope u r happy at home z baby!" Poob held the child in protective arms.

Pest kissed Poob gently on the lips then carefully pet their baby on the head, not wanting to accidentally hurt it with his large and sharp mandibles.

It took a few months for Poob to fully recover but they managed to be their usual fun loving self for the most part. They were a little upset that they couldn't party for a few weeks but they did enjoy celebrating the baby's arrival with just Pest and their newborn. They were very vocal to their friends about how much they loved their little bug, Pest on the other hand didn't have a lot of connections to talk about it with but he did let the few people he did have in his life know how important his kid was to him.

Their little beetle quickly adjusted to the house and everything in it, even if it was pretty chaotic sometimes. It took some convincing but Poob managed to get Pest to agree to making the child's god parents Split and Bive, since Split was Poobs best friend and Bive was her girlfriend. Split had came to visit while they were still in the hospital and so did a few other friends, but Bive refused since according to her "doctors are all evil and going to inject us with mind reading nano chips!"

Otherwise, Poobs side of the family was quite happy to visit the baby as soon as possible. Pests side, not so much. Still, they had a lot of support and a nice place to take care of their kid. Pest and Poob didn't know a lot when it came to being a parent but they tried the best that could with all they had, and so far it had been going fairly well.