"Why don't you try holding her?"

Jaehyuk looks at his husband dumbfounded, blinking as Asahi holds the newborn baby to his chest. It's an endearing sight, one that melts his heart and makes his insides flutter.

So with extreme care and reluctance, Jaehyuk takes the baby from Asahi's arms, his heart pounding relentlessly as he settles back against his chair next to the hospital bed and attempts to relax with her new weight against his chest.

A gulp slides down the alpha's throat, heavy with nervousness as he peers at her delicate, tiny frame, still very afraid that even a miniscule action from him would hurt her.

From the corner of his eyes he could see Asahi snickering under his palms, resting against the pillow of the hospital bed, looking all sorts of tired and drowsy. Jaehyuk's heart aches when he sees his omega's face but before he could discern anything to say to his lover—

his daughter starts squirming in his arms and Jaehyuk panics.

"Oh my god—Mada! She's waking up, what do I do?"

"Relax," The omega tells him, slight playfulness tinged to his voice, "As long as you don't drop her, you'll be fine. She's just a baby."

The alpha pouts at him but he does as told, being as gentle as he possibly can while handling his daughter. His rigidity starts to subside eventually and soon, Jaehyuk feels more comfortable while handling her.

His daughter sleeps soundly against his firm chest, her little hands rising and falling with him as he takes long deep breaths, all of them making his heart flutter. This is possibly the most beautiful sight in this whole world for him.

"Mada—"

When he looks up to his husband again, he realizes Asahi is fast asleep as well, resembling their daughter in so many ways.

A chuckle leaves his throat and Jaehyuk carefully reaches forward to peck his omega's forehead, all the while keeping his daughter close to his heart.

He swiftly sits back up again, watching Asahi sleep with a soft smile on his lips. Childbirth is draining, he is aware of that and Jaehyuk is beyond proud of his omega for being this strong, his appreciation and reverence for his husband swells to an unimaginable extent.

As Jaehyuk continues to Asahi, a soft almost inaudible cry from his chest steals his attention soon and Jaehyuk smiles down at his daughter, cradling his baby with utmost fragility and preciousness.

He kisses the small, warm expanse of his daughter's forehead as her soft wailing echoes around the unit and soon her eyes flutter open, blinking at her father which Jaehyuk is sure hasn't even registered in her young brain yet.

"Hello," Jaehyuk whispers softly, all his initial fears washing away as her small arms reach out to him and he stretches his index finger out for her to experimentally curl and squeeze, "Nice to meet you, sweetheart. I'm your daddy."

At the moment when his daughter responds to him with another soft cry, small hands fisting his index finger tightly, Jaehyuk wonders how in the world did someone like him even create such a precious life.

He holds his daughter close to his chest, one hand slipping to drop on Asahi's smaller ones on the bed who is still fast asleep.

Jaehyuk smiles, squeezing the small hand and whispers with love dripping like honey from his heart, "Thankyou for giving me the chance to experience this life with you and her, Mada."