Chapter 171

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May 21st
Harry (27 weeks)
Atlas (2 years)
Iris, Ivy, Asher (1 year)

Draco's POV
  "Where are youuuu?" I shout creeping down the hall as three toddlers attempt to hold in their giggles. "I think I hear something" I say out loud making my way into the common room where three kids were obviously hiding.  Atlas was behind the couch, Ivy was under the table, and Iris was trying to hide herself beside the couch.
   The giggling goes silent as soon as they see me, and I look around the room trying to 'find' them.  "I swear I heard something" I whisper, scratching my head.  Taking a step closer I spin around trying to find the sneaky kids until I end up by Iris.
  She watches me wide eyes while sucking on her thumb.  I walk a few steps by her before turning around lunging at her "Gotcha!" I shout, picking her up.  She screams signaling for the others to run.  Atlas dashes to the other couch while Ivy crawls away as fast as she can.
   Throwing Iris back on to the couch I race to get Ivy scooping her up as she begins to thrash around giggling.  I placed her next to her sister, and they immediately burst into laughter watching me now go for my son.  He sees me coming and stands from his squatting position running as fast as little legs will take him.
  "No!" he shouts trying to get away right before I snatch him up.  Out of breath I walk him back over to the girls throwing him onto the couch as well. He begins to giggle before going quiet.  Herb soon rushes by opening the door. 
  "Well you're back early" I laugh looking at the big grumpy man walking through the door.  "Yeah they didn't need me for anything" he huffs clearly irritated.  "Dada!" the two girls shout standing up on the couch.  His scowl is immediately replaced with a smile.
  "Oh hello my little monkeys" he smiles coming over to the couch.  He scoops both girls up one sitting on each of his forearms.  "So what were you guys doing?" he asks me before turning to give each girl a kiss. They squeal and Iris leans onto his chest while Ivy plays with his cheek.
  "We were playing hide and seek" I say proudly making Blaise chuckle. "Sounds like fun" he whispers looking between his two daughters.  "Pway" Iris whispers, sitting up on his arm more.  He looks at me with a kinda concerned face.  "Come on Blaise it's not that bad plus it's a total workout" I joke.  He nods setting the girls on to the ground which made Atlas slide himself off of the couch to join them.
  "Wase!" Ivy screams before waddling away.  Iris soon hobbles the other way as Atlas squeals dashing off to somewhere.  "Wase?" Blaise turns to me for translation.  "It means chase which stands for tag.... But mostly we just chase and grab them... put them on this couch" I instruct him before running off towards one of the girls.
   Atlas soon screams, and I turn to see Blaise chasing after the kid as Iris waddles across the hall trying to sneak past him.  Instead I leave Ivy and go to grab her.  I must have surprised her because she screamed with the most terrified look on her face, but it quickly turned into a laugh.
  My son was soon thrown onto the couch, and Iris followed close behind.  We both high five before turning to search the room for Iris.  "Just be quiet, and you might hear her giggle" I suggest.  "Got it" he replies before inching forward, keeping our mouths shut. 
  We stay silent besides the spaced out giggles and squeals from the two caught behind us.  "Iris?" Blaise calls out after hearing nothing.  "Iris!" he calls again, getting no response.  By now Atlas was almost passed out on the couch, and Ivy was waddling around looking for her twin.  "Sissy," she whines, catching up to Blaise.
    "Iris" Blaise yells even louder, his tone becoming more serious.  Ivy clings onto her dad's leg as a smile giggle comes from the other little girl we were looking for.  "Da" the little girl whispers sitting up from her spot tucked away in the corner.  "Were you sleeping baby?" he whispers, walking over to her with his arms out.
  Ivy stays latched onto his leg as he reaches Iris scooping her up.  "Is it time for a nap?" he tickled her stomach.  She doesn't respond, but turns into Blaise's chest yawning.  "Well Atlas is practically passed out as well" I motion to the half awake kid on the couch.  He was face first on the couch, his butt up in the air. "We will have to finish this another time" He laughs, bending over to pick his other girl up. 
  She giggles as he places her on his hip.  "This one is going to be a problem to get to sleep" he sighs as I walk back over to my kid.  "If I give Atlas to his papa they both will be out in less than a minute" I joke as the toddler on the couch shoots up.  "Papa?" he asks after hearing me say his name.
   "Yeah you wanna go see papa?" I ask standing in front of him.  He reached his arms out to me making grabby hands.  "Do you wanna walk?" I asked him, cocking my head to the side.
  "No," he mumbles, reaching his arms out further for me.  I nod picking the child up, laying him against my chest.  His arms hang over my shoulders, and he immediately yawns into my neck.
   "Well I'll see you later Blaise" I call back to him as he readjusts the girl on his hip.  "Yeah I'll talk to you in a bit" he chuckles, not taking his eyes off of his girls.
   I was proud of him. I knew he was happy to have children, but at the same time he was terrified.  You can easily tell he loves them no matter how much he says he's not showing his love for them.  He is and it's obvious.
   His worst fear is that the girls will grow up hating him because he doesn't express emotions the same way everyone else does.  I'm always telling him not to worry, because those girls already love him so much.  You can tell just by how excited they get when they see him.
    Without realizing it I had already made it to my room, and I about ran into the closed door.  "Hello love" I call opening the door for the two of us.  I immediately regret it as Harry shifts sitting up with exhausted eyes.
   "Were you sleeping?" I whisper, closing the door behind me.  He rubs his eyes with a yawn.  "I wish I just can't sleep," he mumbles, his bottom lip quivering.  "Oh baby don't cry" I whisper my voice dripping with concern.
  "Atlas buddy" I nudge the sleeping child up.  He sits up with a pout until I turn so he can see his not very happy papa.  "You wanna go make him feel better" I coo kissing his head.  "Papa" he mumbles reaching towards him.
   I walk the desperate child over, and Harry quickly takes him into his arms.  "It okie" Atlas mumbles laying against his chest.  His eye lids already becoming heavy.  Harry lays back down, and Atlas readjusts himself so he wasn't on E- I mean he wasn't on our little girl.
   The toddler uses one of his free hands to grasp Harry's fingers while Harry's other hand goes to his back rubbing it softly. I crawl over the both of them taking my spot. 
    "I feel alone" I whine getting a quick slap on the arm from my ornery husband.  Not saying anything I pout to myself. Waiting a few minutes Harry shifts over a few inches resting his head on my chest. 
  Doing this Atlas slides in between us, surprising me when he doesn't wake up.  I smile at this wrapping my arm around my lover's shoulder. 
  He hums to himself, while I trace random patterns on to his back.  "How's the baby?" I whisper, kissing the top of his head.  "She's a little demon" he responds bluntly making me hold in a laugh.
  "I love you so much" I chuckle while he wraps his arm around our passed out child. "Mhmm love you too" he mumbles practically asleep.
   I sigh a happy sigh content with how my life is at the moment.  "Fuck I gotta go to work tomorrow" I groan coming to the certain realization.
  "Babe either go to sleep or stay quiet"
"Sorry love"

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