My Guardian Nightmare

Chp. 27 - Eos

"I'm back, Dr. Maraya." The nurse came back with a clean brown envelope, handing it to the Dr.
"Thank you sweetie." The doctor smiled and then opened the envelope and pulled out a paper, she then walked over to CQ.
"Here's Eos' actual birth certificate."

,,Yup. There are many genders, actually. People go with that, which they find the most comfortable to be talked to. To example, there are also people that were assigned male at birth and then decided to be females when they're older. Or vice versa. Then there are people that want gender neutral pronounces, because they don't want to be male or female. And... that's pretty much the three basics, I guess." Nightmare explained to Error.

CQ took carefully the birth certificate, looking at the other adults, before looking slowly at the paper.
,,Birth Certificate..." She mumbled quietly the text while reading. Like in movies.
,,This document acknowledges that Eos Queen was born to Crayon Queen at the Hospital... Weight... Length... Date... Signature.. Sex. ... Why is there an X?"

'Oh...' Error was quite fascinated now.
'That's cool! But what does that have to do with the Doctor calling me they...?'
Error wondered before blinking when CQ began to read the certificate, blinking in confusion at the x.

"Your child is androgynous, Ms. CQ." The doctor replied to CQ's confusion and Comyet gasped.
"Wait- So Error- Er... Eos? Has no gender?"
"No Ma'am, Eos Queen was born without a gender when they came out of Ms. CQ.
It should explain why their skeletal structure looks neither male nor female, as even despite being skeletons, being born biologically a male or a female differs in their structures still."
The Dr. explained and Comyet couldn't help but gasp excitedly.

"Oh my stars! An Androgynous baby!" Comyet couldn't help but squeal while Asy blinked.
"I- Wow." Asy glanced at Error and chuckled a bit.
"Huh?" Honestly, Error... Eos? Was just confused by all of this.

,,...That. The doctor calls you they because you were born as a they." Nightmare answered, sounding quite curious.
Meanwhile, CQ stared at the birth certificate, then at the doctor and then at Error/Eos, whatever.
,,I have... so many questions right now." She said honestly.

,,How can losing the memory for a short time make that much... damage? Damage. And who in their right mind would sneak into my house, find my important stuff, put a wrong birth certificate in it - with the signature of some doctor, mind you - and change the name and gender of a f... baby? Because I swear to god, if I find them..."
Oh. OH. Was CQ angry? It seemed like it.

Geno was just confused and looked up at the doctor.
,,So... Error is not my little brother?" He asked confused.
"Am I not?" Error looked at Geno. A bit sadly though.
"What? Oh no no, they're still your little brother, young one... And that wasn't the case Ms. CQ, your child's birth certificate has never left this hospital, meaning, when you and your child got discharged, there's a high chance that someone else gave you a false birth certificate and got you to leave with them before we could give you the real one." The doctor said sadly.

"We never actually finished checking up on your child before you were suddenly discharged."
Dr. Maraya then glanced at Error/Eos. "So there's quite a few things we were never able to check on lil' Eos."
"Being called Eos is weird... Can... Can I be called Error still...?"
Error shyly fiddled with his... Their? Thumbs, the Dr. Sighed softly, she figured this would happen.
"Whatever you're more comfortable with, sweetie."

CQ looked at Error and sighed. She quietly whispered something to herself and took a deep breath in and out. 
,,What was there, that needed to be checked?"
She asked then, in a way to calm tone. Or maybe she was just tired.

"Their SOUL is one of them... The reason why he has glitches, we mostly deducted it as Pixlexia, as it's a really rare case but we didn't have a thorough investigation, and there's the factor with one of his eyelights being white, when usually, both eyelights have to be the same."
The doctor spoke, glancing at Geno for a bit.
"And it appears that there wasn't enough thorough checking on your first born as well... Same with your youngest."
The Dr. frowned while Asy then thought for a bit.

"I think the reason why Geno and Fresh went unchecked is because of lack of money... Right?"
Asy whispered, glancing at CQ in confusion, then at the Dr. who nodded a bit.
CQ nodded to, looking at Asy. ,,Geno... wasn't even born in the hospital."
She mumbled to him. ,,I wasn't- Back then I was still... you know. Out there."

Geno was looking at the Doctor and tilted his head.
,,What do people even check after babies come?" He asked curiously.

"To make sure that the babies don't have health problems hun." The doctor softly spoke.
"To make sure that there's no more hurt Gen Gen."
Error attempted from what he could understand, scooching closer to Geno before looking at Fresh and then carefully holding his hand in worry before glitching a bit at the touch, he didn't let it phase him while the doctor just watched in concern.

Geno nodded understanding. ,,Is it so that they can help the babies then with their hurts?"
He asked then curiously, coughing slightly.
"Yes little one, you are correct." Dr. Maraya smiled gently before glancing at CQ.
"If you have time, now that your children are here, would you like me to check on them too?"
Dr. Maraya softly asked. "It'll be helpful for you in the long run, Ms. CQ."

CQ looked at Error and Geno, before nodding. ,,Alright."
She answered and looked back at Dr. Maraya. ,,I guess it would be the best choice."
Dr. Maraya nodded lightly. "Alright... Also, don't worry about expenses, as we have three choices for you. We can have the hospital cover the payment and you can pay it in installments whenever you can, have your employer pay in full and you can just work for them until you can give back the pay, or you can pay in full time."
Dr. Maraya spoke, tilting her head lightly.
"I don't mind paying for you in full time, neither does Comyet." Asy spoke, glancing at CQ.

CQ stared at Asy. ,,E-eh?" She said, quite confused.
The woman rubbed her arm and stared at Asy, before looking at Dr. Maraya.
"This is still your choice in the end CQ." Comyet spoke softly while Asy ruffled CQ's hair.
Dr. Maraya just looking at CQ expectantly.

CQ looked at Dr. Maraya ,,Uhm-" She said and massaged lightly her temple.
,,I guess I- Uhm... I guess... I could-" The woman blinked and took a breath.
,,Uh... I will just- I will just pay in installments... If you- If you really don't mind. Not that I could pay differently, but still-"
She mumbled, avoiding eyecontact with Comyet or Asy.

"Are you sure CQ? We don't mind helping."
Comyet spoke softly while Asy then frowned a bit.
"Comyet's right, we don't mind helping at all hun."
In all honesty, Asy knew this was coming really.
CQ, stubborn as she was, shook her head. ,,No, no it's okay. I can do that."
She grinned lightly, before her grin dropped and she looked away.

"Okay..." Asy trailed off with a sigh while Comyet frowned, but nodded anyways.

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Appearantly Error is an Eos.

And no, we do not know how hospitals work.
☆Own laws and stuff☆

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