The First Moments With Your Newborn ~ Jung Taekwoon
Your smile was wide as Taekwoon walked towards you as at last the midwife headed towards the door of your delivery suite, giving the two of you some time alone, with your daughter resting tightly in your hold.
Taekwoon had a proud smile as he took a seat down beside you, peering over the side of the bed to be able to take a closer look at her. Almost straight away, the two of you could see Taekwoon’s nose, with it as striking as his.
He was more than happy to let you hold your daughter for a little while, the least he could let you do after the hours of pain and anguish you had been through in order to bring your daughter into the world, with Taekwoon by your side throughout.
“Doesn’t it just feel like a dream?” You asked him as you turned your eyes away from your daughter momentarily.
Taekwoon nodded straight away back at you, bringing his hand over the frame of your bed to rest against your arm, if you had a free hand, I’d really love for you to pinch me right now so that I know that this is real.”
You could tell that Taekwoon was beginning to get restless beside you, the more your daughter seemed to settle, the closer he edged towards you, getting a better look each time.
“Do you want to hold her in a minute?” You asked, knowing that although Taekwoon didn’t want to interrupt the moment between you and her, he was desperate to give her that first cuddle.
His bright eyes looked across to you in reply to your offer, slowly shaking his head. As much as he didn’t want to seem too keen, playing it as cool as ever, the smile on Taekwoon’s face told a different story as you slowly sat yourself up on your bed.
“Shall I just hold my hands out?” He nervously asked you, suddenly unsure as to what to do. “I know I’ve held babies before, but it feels so different knowing that this one is mine.”
“Just do what you normally do,” you encouraged.
Taekwoon held his hands out, moving as close to you as possible to make life easier for you, feeling you slowly place your daughter into his hold, waiting a moment to be sure before moving away.
“She’s just the best,” Taekwoon proudly chuckled as he moved back properly into his seat, sitting as straight as possible to be able to give his daughter as much room as possible against his chest. “How did we manage to make something so tiny and sweet Y/N?”
“Good genes,” you joked, slightly relieved to be freed of your daughter for a moment so that you could rest back in your bed and give your back a bit of time to rest again against the mattress.
Taekwoon’s head nodded in agreement with you as he admired the features of your daughter, knowing that plenty more would be revealed over the next few days too. “I can’t wait to show her off to everyone, she’ll have everyone wrapped around her little finger in no time.”
Almost as soon as you gave birth the two of you found yourselves messaging your friends and family to let them know that your daughter had arrived. Everyone was on tenterhooks waiting for your news, the boys especially had all gathered to all be able to be with each other when you eventually managed to call them.
Your smile was wide as you got comfortable and looked back across to Taekwoon. “No one is going to be more wrapped around her little finger than you.”
“You’re probably right,” Taekwoon quietly chuckled, careful not to wake your daughter as she slept in his hold, “I already feel like I’d do just about anything for her, especially making sure that she stays away from boys for as long as possible.”
“I think we’ve got a little while ahead of us yet before you have to worry about that,” you tried your best to assure Taekwoon. “I wonder if when she grows up her friends’ parents will have listened to your music and supported you.”
Your words sent a shiver down Taekwoon’s spine, shooting a joking glare across at you. “Don’t say that it makes me feel incredible old. I still feel like I’ve just debuted sometimes, and now look at me, I’m a dad, I actually have a child of my own.”
Despite the many children that Taekwoon had met through his career, and the many that had stolen his heart too, none made him feel as happy as he did right now. He’d felt on top of the world several times before, but never quite as high as he was right now.
“It’s going to take a little while for this to sink in,” he whispered across to you, “it’s surreal.”
“Don’t worry, you’ve got the rest of your life to remind yourself that you’re a dad.”
Taekwoon’s head continued to shake as he kept his gaze on your daughter, feeling his heart skip a little bit quicker anytime she did anything, from stretching out her hand to parting her lips, everything captured Taekwoon’s attention. “I can’t wait to take her home too; our house is going to be the busiest place in the city for the next couple of weeks with so many visitors.”
“I think there might be a queue outside our house before we even get home.”
Eagerness was seen all around your family and friends, for days they had been texting for updates, with you going over your due date, their excitement soon turned to worry, and then back to enthusiasm once they eventually got the text from Taekwoon.
“There’s so many things that I want to do right now, there’s so many emotions right now.”
You smiled back at Taekwoon, understanding exactly how he felt about what was going on. “Right now, I’m struggling not to cry, everything’s coming on top of me, I’m overwhelmed, sore, my body has never been through such a rollercoaster before,” you admitted.
“You’re just incredible,” Taekwoon simply told you, in awe of what you had gone through. “I know for a fact that I would have never been able to do what you’ve done today.”
“It was worth it,” you hummed, tilting onto your side to be able to get a better look of Taekwoon and your daughter. “And I know that I can use this pain for some time to get you to do whatever I want you to do for me, simply tasks aren’t going to be for fun for a little while.”
Being there for you was a breeze for Taekwoon, he had already done everything you needed whilst you were pregnant, but now that your daughter was here, things weren’t going to change.
“Whenever the two of you need me, I’ll be there,” he promised, looking between the two of you, “I’m going to make sure that you’re safe and protected all the time.”
Although your daughter had no idea what was going on, Taekwoon hoped that she knew how happy she had made him, how full his heart was knowing that he finally had a baby that he could call his own, one that he could keep forever.
“Do you still feel like you’re dreaming?” You smiled across at him.
Taekwoon nodded in reply to you, “ask me in about a week and I might start feeling like I’m living my life again, for now though, I feel like I’m in sort of film.
“You’re a dad now,” you reminded him, listening to Taekwoon chuckle.
“I’ll never tire of hearing you say that.”