Stitching A Broken Heart

Chapter 10

Three months later:

Macaque laid in bed gently caressing his large stomach excited that any day his baby will be born, but also scared that he won't be a good mother, his thoughts were interrupted by a very strong kick in the ribs making him wince in pain "hey, now that wasn't very nice" Macaque said rubbing the sore spot where the baby kicked, he then felt another kick but it was gentle and didn't hurt much like the baby was trying to say they're sorry "apology accepted" Macaque said petting his stomach. He sits up and looks at the blue orb sitting on the vanity Iron Fan gave him to call on if he needed anything and slowly stood up wobbling back a little before getting his stands right, he knows he should be in bed resting and not moving around too much, but he can't help it he was going stir crazy laying in bed all day he needs to move around a bit at least

Macaque then waddles up to the open window and breathed in the spring air letting out a sigh as he looks at the small saplings of the mangoes, peach, and plum trees imagining them big, tall, bearing ripe delicious fruit, and hearing the chirps and laughter of his cub as they climb and swing onto the branches. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt something wet land on his hand, he felt his cheek and felt tears running down his face "damn hormones" he said wiping his eyes, his stomach growls along with a craving for tangerines and beef 'I know that I shouldn't give into my cravings, but I can't resist' He thought and began to walks to the kitchen

But as he made his way to the kitchen he felt a sharp kick on his side "what did I say about kicking too hard" Macaque said rubbing the spot that was kicked, he felt another sharp kick "ow! What's gotten into you?" Macaque asked looking down at his stomach. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his stomach making him double over in pain, he then heard something wet dripping on the floor and looks down and saw a puddle with a bit of red under him and the bottom hanfu had a wet spot under his belly "shit" he said grabbing his stomach in pain "I...I need to g-ah!" Macaque was caught off as he slipped on the liquid on the ground making him land on the ground on his side. Macaque let out another cry of pain as another jab of pain shot through his stomach as tears filled his eyes

"Have to...get...to my room" Macaque said slowly crawling to his bedroom, he let out a cry as another jab of pain went through him "it's okay, were almost there, j-just...hold on" Macaque said crawling to his room a little faster. Finally he made it to his room, but his journey wasn't done yet, he crawls up to the vanity and reaches for the crystal orb but it was too far "come on" Macaque said wincing in pain, finally his finger touched the orb and it glowed "Hello, Macaque" Iron Fan said answering the orb "Jiějiě" Macaque said in pain "Macaque? What's wrong, is everything okay?" Iron Fan said sounding worried "the baby....t-they're coming, ah!...p-please...hurry!!" Macaque said wincing in pain "Don't worry, I'll be there soon, just hold on!" Iron Fan said and the orb stopped glowing "okay...just hang in there...aunt Iron Fan is on her way" Macaque said laying his back on the bed side

A few seconds later Macaque picked up the sound of wind blowing and saw Princess Iron Fan running up to him "are you alright, are you hurt?" Iron Fan said picking Macaque up and placing him on the bed "no....just...the normal contractions" he said his face scrunched up in pain laying back on the bed, Iron Fan check under Macaques hanfu "they're not here yet, so we must wait" Iron Fan said gently petting Macaques hand, Macaque looked at her before gasping in pain. During the entire time they waited, minutes turned into hours and Macaque was miserable tossing and turning in his bed trying to get comfortable as a contraction hits, his claws ripping the bed sheets as he felt another cramp, Iron Fan was at his side the whole time never leaving, and when she does she would leave to gather some towels, check up on Red Boy, getting a bucket of hot water, or to make Macaque some tea

By now it was sunset and Macaque could feel the contractions getting closer and closer together "okay, they're getting closer, soon I need you to start pushing understand" Iron Fan said wiping the sweat off Macaques forehead, Macaque nodded and closed his eyes as he bears through the pain. Soon the pain felt really close together "alright and push!" Iron Fan said and Macaque pushed as hard as he could, he then stopped to take a breath "alright, your doing good, another push ready" Iron Fan said, Macaque nodded and closed his eyes "push!" Iron Fan said and Macaque pushed again groaning loudly in pain until he stopped "I can see the head, Macaque just one big push!" Iron Fan said and Macaque with renewed strength pushed as hard as he could "keep pushing, they're almost here" Iron Fan said, and Macaque let out a loud scream that echoed across the house and collapsed onto the bed exhausted, when he was about to fall asleep he heard the most beautiful sound his six ears could have heard

A baby's cry

Macaques eyes shot open as he sees his big sister holding a bundle in her arms "it's a boy" she said and began to clean the crying cub. Once she was done she placed the cub into a new softer blanket and turned to Macaque "would you like to see your new cub?" Iron Fan said with a smile, Macaque nodded and held his arms out as Iron Fan passes his newborn cub to him. When the cub was in his arms he looks down at his newborn cub after the cub had calmed down and looks at him for the first time, the cub had dark brown fur with a hint of orange, four small ears, and a bright orange face marking, shaped just like Sun Wukong, but had two flame like markings on the side of his little face. Tears filled Macaques eyes as he cuddled his cub closer to him "what will you name him?" Iron Fan asked, Macaque had thought of a few of them until one came to the top of his head

"Qi Xiaotian"

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In the late of night Macaque was asleep with Qi Xiaotian asleep in his arms when he woke up to the feeling of the blanket shifting, he turns to where it was coming from and saw Red Boy awake and climbing up to Macaques bed "what are you doing up at this hour?" Macaque whispered, Red Boy looked at the bundle of blankets in his uncles arms in curiosity, and Macaque followed his gaze "oh so you wanted to meet the new baby huh?" Macaque said, then shifted around for Red Boy to see "Red Boy, this is Qi Xiaotian" he said showing the one year old the newborn cub, Red Boys eyes widened and filled with stars at the sight of the baby cub his little tail wagging behind him