Alix had stayed back. Though it was a big day for the couple, she couldn't muster up the courage to just join the party at the hospital as if it was nothing. Instead, she chose to look after the sleeping kids. As she was dozing off on her chair, she felt a tug on her knee and she looked down.
Ailun was rubbing his sleepy eyes with bed hair pointing in all directions.
"Pastry aunt…" he yawned once. "Where is Uncle Jin and Uncle Nian?"
"Hospital."
He blinked once.
"Your brother or sister is going to be born today."
His eyes went wide and he took a step back frozen. "M-My brother or sis-"
"Sshh. Others are sleeping."
Ailun frantically waved his arms. "I want to go too!! I want to meet my brother or sister too! Why did nobody take me…?" He was on the verge of crying.
"You were sleeping. It's not the end of the world. They will be back."
If Alix was right then Ai would stay the night at the hospital for post delivery monitoring and then return tomorrow.
