Astra PoV
Watching the seconds tick on down felt somewhat surreal, though with but a few thoughts in my mind I pushed the timer back again and again; I so wanted to get this over with, but despite the writhing in my belly and the 'warning' clanging in my head, I kept myself from popping just this moment for a single, simple reason.
That reason had red hair, startling sky blue eyes and one hell of a set of lungs as she let out long, pained cries over and over again, her usual composure long since gone; even with all of my aid she just... wasn't having the best time right now, which really pained me to admit.
Rhefia was at her usual spot, coaxing the Nymph through as much of this as she could, while I sat beside her clutching her hand and offering her another point to push out her emotions, right behind the thick strip of leather that was being chewed up between her teeth.
Her eyes - which were usually so clear and full of light - were currently wet with tears and cloudy with pain, and every few seconds she vocalized that pain as she bit on that leather harder while squeezing my hands with a strength I didn't know she possessed.
"C'mon my love, you're doing alright... everything'll be just alright, so long as you keep pushing..."
For the last hour or so I had been repeating various affirmations to my wife, helping her through this as much as I could before falling silent whenever her 'anger' spiked thanks to the pain; trying to navigate this whilst also having my own womb writhing with the yearning for freedom that my own children were displaying.
Time lost meaning as I just continued to help her as best I could, and eventually, after what felt like an eternity, Renna finally managed to push out the first child, alleviating some of her pain and filling us all with relief as we watched Rhefia quickly handle the child.
Cleaning them off and then wrapping them up in a fresh, clean towel, Rhefia handed the baby off to Kalia who began to hug her close and soothe her as best she could, making sure to keep herself close enough to Renna so that she could see but also giving her the space she still needed.
The second baby took another bit of time to emerge, but thankfully it was a lot less painful than the first, almost popping out when its time came as it slid into Rhefia's hands and nestled in immediately.
The Deerkin gave Renna a few more moments and observed her stomach before finally declaring this 'over', beckoning Kalia over to hand the Nymph her two daughters; I got close as well, gently brushing against her and staring down at my first ever daughters sired through my seed instead of through my womb.
The firstborn was a redhead just like her Mama, her milky skin almost glistening in the light while her lungs were more than capable of producing enough oxygen to cry and cry, and after a few moments of that she opened her eyes to reveal these gorgeous, brilliant amethyst irises that were speckled with glints of red and blue.
Meanwhile her sister was sporting tufts of violet atop her head, and she opened her vibrant ruby eyes almost immediately, looking at us curiously and just tilting her head from side to side, though the moment her sister accidentally smacked her she did let out a little cry.
Both of them were absolutely adorable, and although I desperately wanted to congratulate Renna and admire my two new children I sadly was unable to do so as a sharp bout of agony blossomed in my womb, forcing me to take a step back.
Giving Renna a tight smile, I accepted Rhefia's hand and walked over to the other bed, promptly flopping down and letting the time drain down to zero to initiate the birthing of these five babies, which flooded me with another rush of agony.
Wrenching my legs apart and gripping the sheets hard, I immediately began to curse the lying System since this hurt like hell, though when I felt something instantly crown I couldn't really think about anything anymore.
What was pushing itself free wasn't a baby but instead an egg, and it was a rather large one at that, coming in at almost a dozen pounds already and easily larger than my head, explaining the pain that I was currently feeling.
Besides the fact that it gaped me immensely and felt like it was tearing me apart, it was an otherwise 'easy' pregnancy since the egg decided to slide out of me quite smoothly, plopping down into Rhefia's hands and surprising the Deerkin for just a moment.
It was a large, smooth orange and red egg that honestly made no logical sense in how it fit inside of me or slipped out, but I wasn't going to question it whatsoever especially not when I was immediately thrust into another bout of pushing.
Knowing that there were four more on the way definitely wasn't helping right now, though the numerous blessings of my System made itself known many times over as I pushed hard and felt another weight leave my belly.
This one was a green tusked baby that immediately started letting out a loud cry the moment it was free, announcing her arrival to the world and shocking me a little since she was also quite the large thing already.
That same dark green as her Dama and the same kind of facial structure cut through my pain for a moment as I snickered at the idea of Shelur being so dominant in the bed and with her seed that even our baby would just be her but younger.
Like before though I was forced to think about something else since the third was on the way... and it was somewhat fitting that the three pups all decided to wait to come out together... and it was also very fitting that they were quite aggressive too.