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Everyone had crowded to the hospital the day after Gou’s delivery to see the baby. Makoto did his best to control the commotion, but it was Rin who finally barked at everyone to keep it down.
“He’s beautiful,” Rei sighed.
“He looks like Makoto!” Nagisa grinned. “But cuter, like Gou-chan.”
“Hey!” Makoto looked affronted.
Haruka peered at the baby, his blue eyes scrutinizing the child’s green ones.
“Do you want to hold him?” Makoto asked.
Haru smiled. “I don’t think I know how.”
“It’s easy,” Gou handed him the baby, showing Haruka how to hold his head. “See? He loves his uncle already.”
“What did you name him?”
The baby’s name had been a topic of heated discussion since Makoto and Gou found out they were having a boy. Rin would constantly come up with names that “just so happened” to be the names of famous Japanese swimmers. Nagisa wanted a girly name for “tradition”. Rei urged them to pick a name that was beautiful. Haruka was mostly silent on the matter, but he couldn’t understand why Nagisa was so hell-bent that the boy should have a girly name.
Gou was adamant. No son of hers would be confused for a girl when the teacher called roll. Haru had secretly cheered, and Makoto had only smiled.
“His name is Minoru,” Gou rested back onto her pillows.
Rin looked over Haru’s shoulder at the small face framed in a blue blanket. “He looks like a Minoru,” he said approvingly.
“He looks like Makoto,” Haruka laughed when the baby stuck out his little tongue. “Hello, Minoru. We’re glad you’re here.”
“Let me hold him next,” Nagisa held out his arms. “He needs a turn with all his uncles!”
Gou reached out and tugged Makoto’s hand. “Get the camera,” she whispered.