Won't You Stay This Time?

Caring Butler

~~Claire's POV~~

It had been a few days since I had given birth to the triplets and I was officially off bedrest. Hide, Ziva, and Corrin had made headlines in the London paper due to their rare birth, but no one really knew how miraculous their births were. I could feel what power each one had and Tsuyoi was right. Corrin has the power of the stars, or dark and light, just like I do. Ziva has the power of light like Jihi. And Hide has the power of the dark, which was a new single power in our family. I had decided that I wouldn't keep their powers a secret from them as my mother had and I would make sure they knew from an early age. After all, if it wasn't for our powers they would never get to see their grandmother.

In fact, we were planning on calling mother here to see them. This would be the first visit of the year, and it was a fantastic reason for her to visit. She would get to meet all four of her grandchildren.

Currently, I was feeding Corrin. His small size worried me to no end, so I wanted to make sure he got as much milk as he needed. Of course, I didn't neglect Hide and Ziva either. All of my children needed milk, it was their only source of nourishment. Because of this, I would switch the pattern in which I would feed them. The first time it might be Ziva, Hide, then Corrin. The next time it would be Hide, Corrin, then Ziva. And the last rotation of the pattern before it went back to the first would be Corrin, Ziva, then Hide. It was the third rotation at the moment. Ciel was bathing Ziva while Hide lay asleep beside me.

Looking up from my nursing little Corrin, I watched Ciel bathe Ziva. Sebastian had taught him how to clean a baby, so he was doing well. Ziva would let out little baby noises every now again with a smile since Ciel had yet to get any water on her face. He smiled down at her like any loving father would, I could already see the father-daughter bond beginning to grow. It pained me to think that she may never see the world in all it's beauty.

I was pulled out of my thoughts as Corrin's suckling slowed and stopped, signaling that he had fallen asleep with a full belly. I pulled him away from my breast and laid him down beside Hide.

"Ciel, it's Ziva's turn to nurse", I called quietly to him. He nodded.

"Alright, love. I'm about to dry her off now", he replied. He lifted Ziva out of the large bowl of water and laid her on her back on a small towel. She began to cry as he dried her off, making sure to be careful but thorough. Wanting to be timely about getting her over to me to nurse, he put a diaper on her, picked up her pink blanket, and wrapped her in it before handing her to me. I smiled up at him and he smiled down at me. Ciel leaned in and kissed my forehead.

"Our little family", he said before picking up Corrin to bathe him next now that he had eaten.

"Yes, our little family", I smiled. I put Ziva to my breast and it didn't take her long to latch on and suckle for her milk. I would have to change her to my other breast midway through her feeding, but she was the one who didn't mind the exchange and didn't cry as much when it happened.

Unlike his brother and sister, Corrin hated baths. As soon as his skin touched the water he began to cry. Ciel made calming 'shh' noises to sooth him as he bathed him. It worked on occasion, but not every time. I wanted to make him love baths when he got bigger, I could imagine him in the bath playing with the rubber ducky and it made me smile.

A little while later, Ziva's suckling slowed a little bit after the breast change just as Corrin's had when he was feeding. I carefully removed her mouth from my breast and laid her beside her brother Hide before picking him up to nurse him. My breasts were sore from nursing, but Lenora said that would be normal since I wasn't used to a child feeding from them, let alone three.

Corrin's crying soon stopped as Ciel lifted him out of the bath and dried him off, carefully but thoroughly again. When he was done, he picked up Corrin's little outfit we had picked for him.