I love that I got this request which is kind of a similar thing to that other one for a DBK fam portrait- the two families got such different energies, it was fun making them the same but opposite

“Unexpected.”

Last night, MK was rushed to the hospital. He was fine, of course. Or at least, as fine as someone in labor could be. As soon as Red Son was told by MK that his water broke, he immediately went into panic mode. He was going to use his fire, but then he got worried because he didn’t know if that would be good for MK or the baby. So in the end, he drove. He ran a bunch of lights, luckily, not getting pulled over.

Now, Red Son was agonizingly waiting to be okayed to go see MK. He had been kicked out of the delivery room because he was ‘stressing MK out.’ He wasn’t that bad, was he!?

……

Ok, he would admit he was panicking a lot. So..that..yeah..now he understood how that would stress a pregnant person in labor out.

He sighed, ran a hand through the tuft of hair that grew up from his widow’s peak. He bounced his leg repeatedly as he waited. He just wanted to go see MK! He wanted to know if he was okay! Plus, he also wanted to see their baby.

“Uh..Mr, Red Son?” A voice called out. He lifted his head and saw a nurse. “Yes?” He answered. The nurse smiled. “You may see him now.” Redson didn’t need to be told twice. He immediately stood up, rushing to the delivery room where MK was on a bed. Red Son went over to him, a soft smile tugging on his lips. He brushed some hair out of his face. “You look exhausted..” he murmured. MK chuckled softly. “Hey, Red…” he smiled. “I am..” Red Son wiped some sweat off of MK’s forehead with his sleeve, then kissed it. “You’re very brave, y’know that?” Red Son asked him. MK smiled confidently, proudly. Even though he was exhausted, his smile still shone. “I do. You are too, though. I saw how you were panicking. I think you were more freaked out than me.” He laughed. Red Son flushed out of embarrassment. “That-..That doesn’t…shut up…” MK laughed more. There was a short pause before Red Son spoke again. “So..what do they look like..?” He asked hesitantly. MK lit up. “They went to do tests a while ago! I-I actually-Gosh, Red, you won’t believe this, but there’s—“

He was cut off when four nurses came into the room. Wait, why four? Red Son saw they all held babies. It took a moment, but once Red Son processed what he was seeing, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped.

“FOUR!?” He exclaimed in an embarrassingly high voice. MK grabbed his hand and squeezed it, trying to calm him down. “That’s uh-that’s what I was getting at..”

Well. This was certainly unexpected…

Red Son felt like his head was spinning and all the insecurities bubbled up. What if he wasn’t a good parent? What if he let all of them down? WHAT IF—

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt MK squeeze his hand again. He somehow began to calm down.

He blinked, exhaled slowly. “Well…that explains a lot…” He murmured. MK laughed at that.

Alright. He could do this! Right? No! No, don’t even think bad thoughts! He could do this! He was going to do this!

The nurses went over to them and handed each of them two babies. Of the two babies in Red Son’s arms, one had MK’s facial features. His nose, lips, jaw. Overall, very MK. But the baby had Red Son’s bull features. Little nubs where horns would grow, a tail with a little tuft of fur, bull ears. Oh, and now that Red Son saw his eyes, they were purple, just like his.

The other baby was more like MK. He had little monkey features and MK’s eyes. But he definitely had Red Son’s nose.

Oh, and on another note, both of them had some shade of burgundy hair. It was thick for a baby.

The two in MK’s arms were similar. One of them actually had traits of both of them, demon-wise. When he said that, he means like..both monkey and bull traits.

“Congratulations! You have four healthy boys.” The doctor(who apparently had gone in the room at some point) said.

Woah, four boys? Yikes. But that’s okay! Red Son loved them. They were beautiful.

They went home early in the morning. Once they got back, they set all four babies in a crib(somehow, they all fit). Once MK hit the bed, he was out like a light. Red Son didn’t blame him. It was a stressful night for Red Son, and he could only imagine how it felt for MK, who literally gave birth.

He sat down on his side of the bed and sighed. He brushed some hair out of his face and kissed his forehead. Then he changed and went to bed himself.

It took a while, but MK and Red Son finally decided some names! There was Baozhu, Xiaoli, Xinyi, and Xinyu. Baozhu, so far, was a pretty calm kid. He was curious, but also clingy. He was always attached by the hip to MK or Red Son. Xiaoli was more energetic and playful, always roughhousing with one of his brothers. Xinyu didn’t seem to mind. He was just as energetic as Xiaoli. But he was also pretty mischievous. And Xinyi was a calm baby, but he did like playing. He usually played with Baozhu, since he was calmer than his other brothers.

Now, Red Son was up and making breakfast. Pancakes! He gave the babies their food, scolding one of the more playful ones for throwing said food around.

He flipped a pancake over with a spatula, a hand on his hip. He then felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist and a kiss on his nape. “Mornin’…” mumbled a tired MK, who most likely just woke up. Red Son hummed softly. “Morning. I made pancakes, if you want any. O-Or I could make something else-“ He replied. Red Son felt MK shake his head against his shoulder. “No, this is good..long as there’s some pomegranate there..” Red Son smiled proudly. “Well, we are always in stock of that.” MK laughed softly. Then he went over to the babies, kissing their foreheads and saying good morning.