A/N: Just a heads up! This story is going to jump forward in time quite a bit now and then. Sometimes mere days, sometimes weeks… these jumps will be more noticeable toward the end, and I think I have managed to make sure that you know what month Robin is in/how long it's been since last chapter every time (when it's important)… hopefully you won't be too confused! ;)

Kitty Litter of a Different Kind

Part 3: A Whole Lotta Spending Money

"This is perfect! Slade, isn't it perfect?" Robin cooed as he ran around the large apartment like a demented Energizer Bunny.

"I guess it's adequate," the man said dryly.

"Oh, get over it, babe, Robin's right! It's perfect! And just look at the view!" Red X exclaimed, making a rather good impression of an Energizer Bunny himself.

"Being a penthouse, it will make sure you can come and go unnoticed, and it's not overlooked," Bruce said, sounding very pleased with himself.

"The colors are awful, though…" Slade muttered.

The rest of the group looked around at the freshly painted white walls and gave the man strange looks before ignoring his sulking.

"Alfred must see this too!" Robin insisted. The old butler had excused himself from house-hunting for a while to have some tea at a nearby café.

"Come on out and look at the patio, there's a beautiful big roof garden out there," Bruce said to his young ward, who made a strange little pleased meow-sound and rushed away. More whoops of delight could soon be heard from outside.

Slade passed Bruce with something the millionaire almost thought was a growl, and joined his mate outside.

"This is perfect for going on missions, I can even jump down to the next building if I get my speed up," Robin declared happily as he looked around the secluded garden which managed to look almost like a real one, except all the plants were in pots of different sizes. It even had lemon-trees.

"Excuse me?" Bruce said as he came out the door.

"No missions Robin, out of the question," Slade said firmly.

"I concur," Bruce said, the men looking almost surprised at being on the same side for once.

"What? Of course I won't go on missions while I'm pregnant, but when the baby comes-"

"No," the bat and the mercenary said in unison.

"What is this? Lots of mother's work, even in dangerous professions! Red, back me up!" Robin growled.

"Sorry, have to side with the big guys here. You're good, Robin, but you are reckless, and you are still too easily distracted."

"I'm damn good, and I got everything under control now!" Robin snarled, his tail whipping behind him, and his ears were so flat against his head that they were nearly invisible. "It's not like I'm some out-of-contr- oh! Got you!" Robin chirped as he pounced on a balled up paper towel Red X had just thrown. He then looked up on the three men in front of him and blushed. "Well… I… I'm not like this when I focus!" he insisted.

"I just think you should do something less dangerous… like joining a SWAT-team," Red snorted.

"Bruce still got to be Batman…" Robin sulked.

"I had Alfred at home, taking care of you, and you were eight. Do you really want to leave a baby to be raised by these two?" Bruce gestured at Robin's mates, who looked mildly affronted, but didn't object since it seemed to work.

"At least consider some sort of… maternity-leave," Slade suggested. "You can still train and go on easier missions… surveillance, perhaps..," he added half heartedly, knowing Robin could never watch one thing for very long anymore, without growing bored. Unless the thing moved.

"Okay… I'm not giving up being a hero, though!" Robin warned them. "I can be both! I mean, we are going to be three people looking after one baby… how hard can it be?"

"Famous last words…" Bruce muttered.

The following week, since Robin still persisted on being pregnant, they moved into their new flat. Bruce and Alfred came by for a little house-warming party before they went back to Gotham.

"I hope you come back soon!" Robin pleaded with the pair. "I'm glad you've been able to stay so long, though…"

"Yes, but Superman is starting to bitch about looking after two cities…" Bruce smirked. "We will come by as much as we can, though. In the mean time, here's a little something from the both of us…" the man handed over a box containing a baby-blanket with circus animals on it, and a book of baby-names. Robin hugged the blanket, tears streaming down his face, before attacking the men with hugs and kisses.

"Is… is something wrong?" Bruce asked, a little uncomfortable with the intense show of affection.

"He's just happy and a little hormonal…" Slade explained and gathered the overexcited kitten in his arms. "Shhh… let's look through the book, shall we?"

It wasn't until later that night that Robin opened the book, though. All three of them were on their bed, their brand new bed, in their brand new huge bedroom. The mattress, sheets, frame and headboard were all specially ordered, because it was a rather huge thing, almost as wide as two double beds. Slade complained that it would be a bother to get up from in the morning, but stopped as Red made a remark about the feeble elderly. They needed it anyway, unless they wanted to be cramped or kick someone off. Besides, Robin more often than not ended up sleeping across the bed, or curled up in the middle, and now he could do that without causing his lovers too much trouble.

He was currently on his stomach, sprawled across their knees, as Red and Slade were sitting in bed reading. The alpha was deeply immersed in a book about some war or other, which was thick as a brick and, according to Red, 'didn't even have pictures'. Red's book was filled with pictures, since it was a comic.

Robin stretched and purred, the seemingly uncomfortable position suiting him perfectly. Red's hand scratched above his tail, and Slade's did the same behind one of his ears, which only increased the purring. The only time the sound lessened was when any of them had to withdraw their hands to change pages.

Despite the pleasure, Robin could still focus on the pages before him, although his mates didn't make it easier.

"What do you think we should call the baby?" he asked the others, eager to have them involved.

"How 'bout Bob? You know? Bobcat?" Red snickered.

"Idiot," Robin snorted and lashed out at him with his tail.

"Okay, okay… only joking. Leo, then? It's a nice name, isn't it? And cat-related."

Robin mulled it over.

"I kinda like Leo for a boy, but isn't it… you know… a little…?"

"What?" the thief asked, a bit annoyed at having his idea turned down.

"I think what Robin means is that people might see it as we are naming our son Mister Whiskers," Slade drawled. "But at least you didn't suggest 'Sylvester' or 'Tom'."

"… not yet, I didn't…" Red muttered.

"I don't want us to focus on that I'm a Ferocitas," Robin said. "This is a child, not an animal."

"Oh, come on kitten! I don't think we're getting a pet!" Red objected. "I'm sorry… just bad jokes, okay?"

"We're used to them," Slade snorted, making Robin snicker silently. "As for names, I seem to remember suggesting 'Dominic' or 'Alexandra'"

"Uh, heavy," Red muttered. "I want something fun!"

"A name isn't supposed to be fun, it's supposed to be useful," Robin snorted. "I don't want anyone to laugh… hey; do any of you have anyone you want to name the baby after?"

The older males looked at each other and then shook their heads and shrugged.

"Bruce's father was named Thomas…" Robin said thoughtfully.

"That's Tom again!" Red objected. "What about your folks?"

"John and Mary… Yeah, I'd like to honor them… Besides, I'm named John too."

"What about 'Richard'? It's not like you're using it…" Red grinned.

"Nah, too… stuffy," Robin shrugged.

"Some parents focus on the meaning of the names when they search for one," Slade said. "They might, for example, choose a trait they want the child to have, like being brave, and then pick a name with that meaning."

"Yeah, this book has a section for that too…Hmmm… brave… brave…" Robin flipped through the pages. "Amos, André, Andrew… nah, I'm not sure this is gonna help… I'd like a name that sounds good."

"Yes, but you don't wanna name the kid something which means like 'stick in the mud' do you? Or 'Slade', which means 'stick up the ass'," Red commented.

"Slade means valley or 'from the valley'," the older male growled.

"Suitable for a low-life," Red grinned, then winced as he had forgotten that Robin's legs were keeping him in place, so he couldn't duck the cuff to his head which followed. "Ow," the teen muttered, massaging the back of his head. "Anyway, I know I suggested Mercury, is that too out there? Could be both a boy and a girl."

"It's a bit out there, yeah…" Robin said. "But I do like the sound of it… let's put it on the maybe-list."

"There's a maybe-list?" Slade asked.

"Of course there is," Robin said, like that was something everyone had been informed of.

"Could Alexander or Alexandra go on it?" the man asked.

"You are just suggesting that because you have a crush on Alexander the Great!" Red grinned.

"Do not."

"Do too! You were the only one of us who sat through that crappy movie, and you have like shelves of books on him," Red grinned.

"X is right, you have it bad," Robin snickered. "Good thing he's dead, or I would have to chain you up."

"You think Slade would bottom for him?" Red asked, and the younger males burst out laughing.

T.B.C…

A/N: funny thing here… I had first written "Duracell-bunny" but my lovely beta Kiratoya said "Energizer-bunny"… I was all "Ah, the companies must have different names in Sweden/USA" but decided to look it up… and they are different things! The Duracell-bunny came first, however, and is the bunny I am familiar with (never heard of the energizer thing). The energizer-people first created their bunny as a parody of the Duracell one, but they won the right to the trademark in north America and Australia, so what we in Sweden/Europe knows as the Duracell Bunny is known there as the Energizer bunny! Weird, huh! It's an American show, though, so I went with my Beta on this… but you are free to substitute it in your mind! And look them both up on Wikipedia if you have no idea what ANY of them are.. .;)

About the subject of baby-names: already decided, but if you feel like guessing/trying to make me change my mind; go ahead... ;) And no, I'm not telling you about the boy/girl thing!

Next update? Well… when do you want it and why? ;)