Never had he thought about having a kid, much less with you, his rival. He always tend to despise you because of your attitude and behaviour. You always managed to rile him up, made him go beyond his limits. That's why he wanted to avoid you as much as he can.

Though, he found himself missing you the longer he wasn't in your presence.

Opposites attract, after all.

That was the reason why his feelings slowly building up behind his stoic facade. He wasn't used to feeling like this, the warmth he longed to feel whenever he had a chance to be with you, even if it was just full of annoying banter.

Even after all that, he ended up being with you, sitting on the couch snuggled up to you while you were holding your firstborn child. The little boy was sleeping so soundly in his mother's lap as he just got his fill of milk, clinging to you like his life depended on it. Just like his clingy father.

"He's got my eyes, huh..." Ryu said while looking at the boy in your arms, admiring how the baby got a part of him as well as yours.