Red son short stories

a promising addition

Screaming, cursing and yelling

all were present within the demon bull castle

The demon bull king had wished to accompany his wife when the first contractions started, but she refused, saying she wished him not to see her in a state

the demon tried to assure her that he would never think of her as weak if that was her concern, but he did as asked, he wished to not cause her distress through an already trying time

after all demon births were excruciating, far surpassing mortals

and the stronger the child was, the more agonising and long the birth would be

the average demon birth was a day and 4 hours

his wife had been going on for 2 days and just an hour

it was one of the stressful times in their lives positively

he spared no expense in ensuring his wife would have a safe birth, recruiting the best healthcare known in all the realms

keeping his distance but close enough in case there were any issues he would be there to help

and yet eventually

where the screams had grown a consistent

they had silenced

the demon bull king instantly perked up

rushing from where he was preparing their marital bed for his wife to recover he rushed to the spare rooms which they were using as a birthing station

knocking before entering, wanting to give his wife a chance to catch her breath he waited for those anticipating words of

"you can come in now"

bearly a whisper but the demon king heard them

opening the door slowly he was faced with doctors, nurses and midwives gathering their supplies

his heavy breathing and radiant wife looking at him tiredly as sweat covered her face and stained the covers

yet her signature proud smile was just as bold, looking with amusement at her husband as she moved her neck to beckon him closer

her hands busy with holding small a bundle of blankets

walking with a smile he placed a kiss upon his wife's head, sitting on the floor to do so and to properly see her

the medical staff made their way out, handsomely rewarded as all was deemed to be a safe birth and if any problems were to arise they were to be contacted, quickly leaving the family alone to celebrate their new addition

"do you wish to hold him?" Princess iron fan asked calmly

the question seemed to catch DBK off guard

when first walking into this room he was so focused on the well-being of his wife that only now did his attention shift to the newborn

the question seemed to answer itself as princess iron fan leaned over to hand her husband the child

and in doing so he found himself talking the bundle of blankets of her, only needing one hand to do but using the other for safety

looking down he finally caught his first glance of the child

a son

his son

looking down in adoration he balanced his hand lying upon the bed and used the other hand to move the blankets slowly away to reveal more