Naming The Twins
1375 Words
After the match and after handing then cash rewards to them because handing them earlier would make them lose their coin pouch anywhere during the match so they would receive the coveted belt they had some precious stones embedded into it courtesy of Michael.
There were emeralds, rubies, sapphires, topaz and diamonds even that adorn the leather belt. It was not a simple belt but it was a humongous belt that gladiators that of 10 feet tall would fit around their waist. It was about a foot wide and three feet wide with a huge round polished iron crest of Gracehaven in the middle and the stones were adorned in an arrow directional manner if you get what I mean.
Four groups of people made the championship belts possible and they followed my stencilling for the singles match, handicap and the tag team titles. The Gracehaven's crest was highly polished and was mixed with tin ores properties.
When it comes to the crown and sceptre, it was a simple design and was even adorned with diamonds and rubies around the crown and the sceptre had sapphires and emeralds around the handle.
With Michael around, even if these precious stones were much sought after by other traders such as appraisers and auctioneers, but to us and the champions of the matches, it was just a part of a decoration. They could only covet these for a month and the end of the month would be another run for the championships.
Some of the wrestlers came to ask some of the pioneers if they could do some training on their own free time to enhance their strengths after hours.
When I look at it on a different angle, this shows a positive aspect of this event. People are willing to train in order to become stronger. Not only for wrestling, but even the non participants also wanted to join in the regime and they were made up of militant and non-militant.
I smiled and wondered if one day these people would take up exercises and sports as a way of healthy living.
I walked over to the infirmary where Heather had done nursing the twins as they now we're able to open their eyes and recognise my voice as their Daddy.
The moment I entered and I greeted Heather, the twins would open their eyes and scan their surroundings and when they saw me, they would flash their toothless grins and chuckle and I would walk towards them a step at a time as I clap my hands and said "Daddy's here... When is the time for you to go home...? Whee... Whee..." And all those baby talk and noises that only babies would understand and others might think me as a crazy old man. Hahaha.
God... Having twins before the age of 20 suddenly turns me as an old man already. Hahaha.
"Dear... Have you gotten the new cribs ready in the next room? There's 2 for each of them and also their supplies, one light blue and the other light pink, right? There's also a twin baby stroller for them too, right and 2 baby floor rockers for them to sleep in before they were placed in their cribs? "
My gosh... I forgot that being a daddy right now was to juggle being a leader and being a full-time house husband and run errands for the Queen as well. Now we have a Prince and Princess and golly... I haven't thought of their names yet. Hahaha.
We think of their names later on, shall we?
"Yes, my Queen, I had already gotten the weaver production team to attend to your requests. The items had been completed and also been disinfected before they were brought upstairs."
The twins were intently watching me talk to their mother and I can't help noticing that they were wearing baby gloves. "Oh... What do we have here? The Prince and Princess tag team? Hahaha. Now let's tag and fight your daddy. Dushum... Dushum... The Prince or whoever in this side had punched its daddy in the nose. And now a tag had been made and this baby here also attacked daddy's big nose."
I pulled on their tiny gloved hands and extended it so they sort of punched my nose and made the other one tag themselves and then continued to punch my nose as well. The twins chuckled and giggled and this brought a surprise to Heather and the nurses because the never knew the twins knew how to play around with their Daddy and knew how to laugh gleefully too.
"Look, dear, these two are really enjoying themselves. Hahaha. Look how cute they laugh. See how one would laugh the moment they punch my nose. Hahaha. So cute...!"
Then suddenly two sets of names entered my mind and these two names would represent greatness in the future to come. "Darling, could we name our son Jesus Raphael Macleod while our daughter as Angelica Mae Macleod? We could call our son Jay-R for short and Amy for our daughter."
"Huh? Such nice names. Jesus Raphael... For for a royal and Angelica Mae too. So I could call them in abbreviations and when they do something wrong in the future I would shout Jesus Raphael or Angelica Mae... Hahaha. I love their names, my dear husband. How do you ever think of their names, eh?"
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Author's Note:
Because those are both the names of author's children. It's true. I'm not lying. JR was born in 2006 while AM was born in 2010.
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Yeah...those names would really make a difference as both of them would have different visions and future.
"Whee whee... Which one is the boy and which one is the girl? At least they should have different coloured gloves for me to differentiate. I can't be peeking between their legs every time, right?"
I explained as I felt that looking at their peepee and dingding would not be a good thing right now.
Heather laughed and told me to observe carefully. There was a red string on the left wrist of the baby while the other was a blue string on the right wrist of the baby.
"Now you should know which is the boy and which is the girl right? Hahaha. Silly old man... I miss your hugging you know... See how this long cloth had to wrap my belly and hips to tighten it up?"
"I can't do any hard work at all for some time and would need to go for massage regularly. My insides were turned upside down by these twins. I wonder what reconstruction they had done while they were inside. Hahaha."
I reached out and pinched Heather's nose as I told her that I missed her too. "The bed is too big for me to sleep alone and I felt cold most of the nights. How many more days before you would be coming home, dear?"
"Last week of May, Your Majesty. About a month before the end of Spring. At least the weather's not too cold when the babies return to the domain. The Queen had made great progress in the recovery. She could stand up. Walk a little bit and have to stay in bed for at least 20 hours a day." one of the nurses mentioned to me as I acknowledged.
"Guess you and the twins could join me watching the wrestling match from the balcony by then. So after the confinement, you could walk outdoors? Push the babies in their twin stroller around the courtyard and meet their godfathers and godmothers?"
"Yeah... I heard a new King was crowned today. The referees were worshipping him after he was crowned just for the joke of it? Hahaha... From the sounds of those cheers and jeers and laughter, I guess the citizens were really excited and had their time worth nearly 7 hours of entertainment."
"That's right my dear... That's right. And it only costs 150 extra silvers for the champions to make their time worthwhile in the ring. All in the names of sportsmanship."
Heather nodded her head and knew that the sum was just a speck of what had been earned within the month by itself.
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