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Sun Wukong was always someone who saw himself as deserving nothing but the best. Of course he would, he was the Monkey King after all, the one and only Great Sage Equal to Heaven! It was a given right that he’d accept only the best things life would have to offer, whether they be gifted to him or he’d get it himself.
This wasn’t only applied to himself though, as Macaque would quickly learn.
Even before he was given the title of the Monkey Queen, Wukong would always get him all kinds of fancy little gifts like jewels and weaponry, giving him only the ripest and freshest of peaches, heck, Macaque was probably the only one Wukong was even willing to share his peaches with. Regardless, Macaque was well aware of Wukongs spoiling habits and well, he couldn’t exactly complain about it, now could he? Not when Wukong would come back after an adventure or voyage with the rest of the Brotherhood and present him with a set of earrings that reminded the stone monkey of his beloved, all smiles and sparkly in the eye. Macaque wasn’t one for jewels, but he’d literally tear the house inside out if someone were to even try and steal them from him.
When they received their stone egg, the egg that inside contained their future child, Macaque saw it then and there that something in Wukong had awaken. His spoiling habits only increasing ten fold for the small egg. Wukong wasted no time in gathering only but the softest and finest fabrics and cloths alike, combining them all to make a makeshift nest that would be accompanied by pillows and a few stuffed toys. Truly, it was an interesting sight to behold, an endearing and amusing one; watching his mate spoil their child that hadn’t even hatched yet, and that of course included spoiling the stone egg with his attention and protection, going as far as even hitting flies out of existence should they dare hover too close.
“You really are committed to this whole dad thing pretty well, aren’t you?” Macaque snickered, grinning in amusement at his King who was laying on their shared bed , their bed in which the best had been built on, the stone egg right in the middle of it all surrounded by many (most likely stolen) fabrics, pillows, and teddies.
“Well, duh! What do you think I’ve been doing the past two months?” “Smothering and spoiling our son rotten is what I’ve been seeing. He hasn’t even hatched and you’re already giving him toys that he can’t even play with yet.” Wukong let out a small huff, reaching out a hand to gently readjust the stone eggs position in the soft pile of warmth and comfort. “Well, it’s not like there’s such a thing as spoiling your kid too early, mean, look at Queen Iron Fan and Bull! Red Son had only been conceived and Bull King was already making the kid his own playroom! Toys and swings and all!…Maybe I should make one for Xiaotian too. Mean, he is gonna be a monkey and all, so he’s gonna have alotta energy and stuff and-“ “Why don’t we save the possibility of house renovations for when our son has hatched, yeah? Least wait till we can actually tell what he likes and wants?” Macaque asked, a clear tone of teasing in his voice.
“Who’s to say we can’t tell now?” Wukong asked, raising a brow up at his mate as he raises a hand and gently cupped the back of the stone egg, a cheeky grin beginning to form on his face as he then spoke in a high pitched voice and gently moved the egg to make it seem as if it was speaking. “Yeah mama, I want soooooo many things! I want a playground that’s twice as big as the red boys! I want super big slides and super big swings and a SUPER big tree to climb up in! Oh, and I want to have desert every night before bed and not eat any stupid veggies!”
“For the love of god-“ Macaque snorted, unable to help the grin spreading across his face as Wukong was none the better, taking great pride in making the usually quiet and standoffish shadow monkey smile and laugh like this. “Mama? Seriously?” Macaque asked, raising a brow at the orange simian. “Why not like, papa or something? “Well for one, I’ve already claimed papa as my title. Two, it makes morse sense! Mean, you’ve always been the more maternal and the most ‘motherly’ out of us two, plus, it’s basically the first two letters of your name! Ya know? Macaque, mama, Mama Macaque, bam! It’s super cute too! Don’t you think so too Xiaotian? Yeah papa, mama is SUPER cute and perfect, you’re so smart! Why thank you son, you flatter your greatly!”
Macaque could only further laugh at the pure silly shenanigans that was his husband and unhatched child, unable to hinder the smile that grew on his face at the pure stupid hilarity of it all. “You really gonna use our kid to stroke your ego? Wow Wukong, wow.” “Hey, I’m not doing anything, it’s the kid who’s just saying what he thinks, he just happens to say only what’s right and what he wants.” Wukong responded triumphantly, cheeky smile never seeming to falter. “Speaking of what he wants, I think he’d really want you to join us in our empire of comfort.” “Oh, does he now? Is it really just him that wants that?” Macaque asked, raising an amused brow as he crossed his arms, fauxing a look of contemplation as he looked off to the side in supposed thought. “I don’t know, I’m pretty sure I have a few duties I need to attend to today…”
“Pfft, come on now! You really going say no to your son wanting to snuggle with his mama?” Wukong asked, exaggerated shock as he continued. “Surely you wouldn’t be so willing as to pass up personal snuggle time with your beloved king and prince, would you my queen?” “Hm, Well…When you put it like that…” Macaque muttered, a soft smile tugging on his lips as finally, though with very little persuasion needed, he gently crawled onto the bed and laid down. Now Wukong and Macaque were laying on the bed on either side of the stone egg, Macaque had to admit, the bed was surprisingly…Really comforting. More then usual. Huh, Wukong really wasn’t joking when he said he’d gotten only the best of comforts for their egg. Not a bad thing, though, god no.
Macaque raised a hand to gently place it on top of the stone, a small chirp leaving as he carefully tuned his ears. See, as much as having six ears can often be a hassle with how sensitive they tend to be, they could also be pretty useful, especially when you wish to hear the soft but strong heart beat of your cub within the layers of his stone egg. Who knew such a faint sound could provide him such a warm and comforting feeling. It still felt so absurd to Macaque, not only was he now the Monkey Queen and fellow ruler of Flower Fruit Mountain, mated to the celestial primate that could get on his nerves like no other yet make him melt at the same time like no other, and now after watching others start their own families and have children of their own, they’d finally get to do that as well. It’d be no easy feat, Macaque had seen from a distance just how tiring kids, especially new borns, can be.
Red Son having literally been only but a toddler had the fire power that would have allowed him to destroy the universe if not for them having to seal a large fraction of that power away in The Three Rings of Samadhi, didn’t help that kid had one hell of a fiery temper before and afterwards too. Pun not intentional. Literally anytime the kid would stomp his feet in a temper tantrum it’d leave burn marks in the floor.
Then you had Mei. Azure and Pengs daughter who while yes, is an absolute sweetheart of a girl, she could barely grasp words yet had an amount of sass that was twice the size of her own little body. She also had a terrible habit of biting things that weren’t meant to be bitten. Macaque’s tail would unfortunately be a victim to this habit at one point. Azure would be apologising all while Peng was off wheezing like the prick they were in the background as the shadow held his tail like it had almost been cut off. Sure as hell felt like it.
Regardless, he’s seen it that taking care of a child is no easy challenge, and he said as such to Wukong when they were discussing the possibility. Macaque will admit, he was a little surprised how thoughtful Wukong was about the whole thing, yet his confidence and excitement did not waver even in the slightest.
”We’ve done all kinds of crazy adventures in the past, haven't we? This’ll just be another one those, only this time it’ll be…Well, more special! You and me, Monkey King and Queen, exploring the treacherous lands that is parenthood with our beloved little prince, what could be better then that?”
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
The two shuffled closer together, Xiaotian right inbetween them as the two celestial simians tails intertwined with one another as Wukong placed his own hand ontop of Macaques on the egg. Soft and endearing smiles on either one of the monkeys faces as they basked in eachothers comforting presence and the underlying power and life they both could feel from the stone egg.
Soon.
Soon, this stone egg will be replaced with a small, warm body of fluff.
And neither of them couldn’t wait for that day to come any sooner.