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#MamaJiuWeek2022 #bingjiu
day 2 : difficult birth
// a/b/o

things have never been truly easy for shen jiu. difficult childhood, turbulent teenage with him presenting as an omega and the ordeals that followed, and chaotic love story followed by a difficult pregnancy.

all because of the neglect he faced as an omega. and the cheap suppressants he used to take.

the fact that he got scented for the first time ever at the age of 26 should be telling enough just how touch-starved he has been all his life.

who would've thought it'd be his little beast? who would've thought that luo binghe would be the one to show him love and safety?

shen jiu had met binghe when the boy was 16 and the latter had followed him like a lost puppy ever since.

it didn't matter to binghe if shen jiu kept chasing away because after all, he had 5 years on binghe. it was not right to encourage luo binghe like that.

but luo binghe? he was a stubborn little beast.

by the time he was 21, he had gotten his shit together while also growing strong and looking every bit of an alpha. and he spent a whole year steadfastedly wooing shen jiu with such a single-minded focus that it was scary and thrilling for the omega.

sometimes shen jiu thinks their match was made in hell.

nevertheless, shen jiu gave in, let binghe 'court' him, they got married after 3 chaotic years of dating, although only because shen jiu insisted he wanted to wait.

(he never told luo binghe why. it was because shen jiu's heart was too weak to handle the alpha leaving him eventually. what if luo binghe got tired of him after marrying one year into dating? shen jiu considered himself an acquired taste, after all. he wanted to test luo binghe)

shen jiu had gotten pregnant a month into the marriage. luo binghe had been so pleased about it, he bragged about it to everyone they met, much to shen jiu's embarrassment.

"but a-jiu, aren't you happy to have my baby in you!"

"shut up, you shameless beast!"

the pregnancy had not been easy but shen jiu wouldn't hear a word of what luo binghe had to say about his health.

no.

he is an omega and as much as he hated that society reduced omegas to their reproductive ability, shen jiu really wanted to be the best mother and mate.

he wanted to give birth to this baby and prove his worth as luo binghe's omega mate but he would rather take that to his grave than tell anybody.

the day of the delivery though, all hell breaks loose.

"what do you mean i have to sign this?! i want to save both a-jiu and the baby!" luo binghe slams his palm against the counter, his eyes burning with unshed tears.

"if it comes to that–" the doctor tries but luo binghe cuts him off.

"it will not. it better not."

"don't threaten the doctor!" sha hualing whisper-yells as she pulls luo binghe away from grabbing the doctor by the coat with the help of mobei-jun.

"i can't lose them, you get me?!" luo binghe yells.

"you know they have to do this." sha hualing says and luo binghe covers his face.

"a-jiu. save a-jiu." luo binghe mutters in defeat. the doctor nods and rushes away while luo binghe sits in one of the chairs.

he hated that he couldn't be with his omega.

"a-jiu would hate me if he knew i chose to save him." luo binghe chuckles darkly, "he would never forgive me if i let them save him and not our baby." he rushes to wipe his tears away.

"he wants to be a mother so bad but how will he be one if he–i can't–"

"you won't." both mobei-jun and sha hualing assure him.

they spend hours outside. luo binghe has no desire to eat, sleep or rest but they manage to make him eat something. he's a brat about it but his friends are used to that.

he hated so much that he isn't with his omega. the doctors had told him that if he couldn't control his scent from showing his agitation and stress, he should not be with his a-jiu, especially when the omega is in that delicate state.

he had to resort to leaving his scented jacket with shen jiu so that the omega feels safe, even if barely conscious.

it feels like ages later when a nurse finally comes out.

"w-where is a-jiu?! he's–"

"there were some complications, internal bleeding and such. but he will be fine, luo xiansheng. your omega is very strong." luo binghe finally lets out a breath of relief and he wants nothing more than to gather his a-jiu in his arms and never let him go ever again.

"and congratulations, luo xiansheng. it's a healthy baby boy. would you like to meet him?" the nurse asks kindly and luo binghe nods blankly.

he can barely register anything anyway.

he has a son now. his a-jiu is barely conscious.

he can't meet his son right away because the baby needs to be scented by the mother first, who is not awake and not fit for scenting at the moment.

"a-yuan..." he whispers, as he looks at the baby through the glass wall separating them both.

"i really hope a-jiu makes it. i...i don't think i can do it without him." he says.

hours pass by and it's almost 8 hours later that the doctors say his a-jiu is stable and awake, ready to scent their baby.

luo binghe has never run faster.

"what the hell are you panting for?!" he hears his a-jiu's croaky voice as soon as he sees him.

"a-jiu..." luo binghe runs to him and buries his face in his omega's neck, just to take the scent in, let it register in his messy head.

his body and brain need to know that shen jiu is okay.

"binghe, move! they're bringing our baby! i need to scent him!" shen jiu says, gently nudging him.

luo binghe shakes his head and buries his head further.

"our baby needs me right now...are you seriously competing with him already?" shen jiu reprimands and luo binghe looks up at him with a frown.

"i almost lost you and you're scolding me." he says and shen jiu huffs.

"almost. luo binghe, i will have you know that you will not get rid of me that easily." shen jiu says with a mean glint in his eyes that makes luo binghe smirk.

"never want to, a-jiu." luo binghe says and steals a kiss, much to shen jiu's shock and embarrassment.

safe to say, luo binghe is immature enough to consider their son his competition for his a-jiu's love and affection.

their son shen yuan definitely doesn't make it easy. always crying the second luo binghe tries to hug or kiss his a-jiu.

"your son hates me."

"our son, you brute!" shen jiu says, elbowing his stomach when luo binghe tries to bite his omega's ear.

"our son hates his own father." luo binghe says as he looks down at their son.

shen jiu is nursing their baby and luo binghe remembers seeing his a-jiu so fiercely protective and proud when he nursed shen yuan for the first time.

it was almost like the omega didn't care about how much pain he had to go through to bring the baby into the world.

"look at him, he's glaring at me." luo binghe says while shen jiu rolls his eyes and caresses his son's head.

"yes because his father tried to have his food." shen jiu taunts and luo binghe shrugs.

"he must learn how to share." luo binghe says with a wicked smile.

shen jiu smacks his alpha's head with one of a-yuan's toys.

"don't get ideas now!" he scolds and luo binghe fakes an upset frown and lays his head on his omega's lap.

"i will wait my turn, a-jiu~"

"luo binghe!"

luo binghe becomes a-yuan's #1 frenemy.

~the end~

ahhh i didn't expect it to get as angsty as it did😭 but shen jiu always gets me into that angsty mode😭 he's my poor meowmeow🥺

anyway, back to the beginning!!

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