A/N: Seems Bruce went on a little gender-bender-trip in the last chapter, thank you to those who pointed that out! (I wrote herself instead of himself). He will now hopefully stay male throughout the story.
There have been questions about Red's hair, and yes, he's a blond at the moment. I know I always write Red as having red hair and green eyes, but in the Circus Freak universe he actually has dyed hair (light, almost white hair with black roots as Robin first meets him) and blue-grey eyes… horribly confusing, isn't it? ;)
In this chapter you might find out more intimate details about Robin than you wanted… ;)
Kitty Litter of a Different Kind
Part 7: It's Gonna Take Time
"Three."
"It doesn't matter how many times you say that number, it won't change, Slade," Red X muttered.
They were still in the Batcave. The doctor was packing up and speaking quietly to Bruce while the three expecting parents were standing a bit to the side for some privacy.
"I know… but three!"
"Yeah… three…" Robin cut in, his eyes a bit glassy. "It's… can we do this?"
"Seems to me you'll be doing most of the work," X shrugged.
"Yeah, before, but after!" Robin explained. "Taking care of three kids, and-" the teen suddenly stopped speaking for a moment. "I'm… going… to… give… birth… to… three… babies!"
"We'll be there for you, Robin… getting our arms crushed if that is what it takes… I know you can do this," Slade told him seriously.
"Sure you can, kitten! If that prissy tiger could, so can you!"
"I think… I think I'd like to speak more with Nick," Robin mumbled.
"Good idea, I'll call Cecilia at once," Slade said and was just about to leave when Dr. Leslie approached them.
"Well, Robin, that's all for today, but before you leave Gotham I'm afraid I have to get a bit more personal."
"H-how personal?" Robin asked.
"Your whole anatomy is new to me. I've learned a bit during the scan, but I really need to check your… anus."
"What?" Robin choked, his ears slicked against his head.
"It will, if what you have been told has been true, become your birth-canal… I really need to check it, to figure out how it works, if I'm to be able to help you."
Something in that statement rubbed Robin the wrong way, and, surprisingly, it wasn't the embarrassing examination. He deiced to keep his feelings to himself for now, however. He nodded dejectedly. There just was no use in complaining as he knew the others would make him do it anyway.
"Good. We'll do it tomorrow after I've done some tests and gotten the right equipment," Leslie said briskly. "Have a nice day… and, Robin? Congratulations."
The teen cracked a smile then. He had seemed to forget that he being pregnant was a great thing, something to celebrate.
"I want ice cream!" he declared.
"It's lunch-time, Master Robin," Alfred said disapprovingly.
"And ice cream it is," Slade said decisively. Mouths were opened in objection, but closed again very quickly after a look from the man.
That evening a simple touch to Robin's ears from Red got the cat-boy purring.
"Heh… your engine started easily today…" the thief grinned as Robin scooted over closer to him on the bed. To make the trio as comfortable as possible three single beds had been pushed together and secured, and, after some inventive use of mattresses, it was almost as comfortable as their bed back in Jump.
"Is that my favorite sound in the world I hear?" Slade asked as he came out from the shower, having been the last one in.
"Sure is…" Red snickered, while Robin only turned so he could look back at the biggest of his mates and reach for him.
"Someone's in a cuddly mood," the white haired man established, and joined his two lovers on the bed. Robin only smiled and continued purring as he rubbed up against the both of them. It didn't take long for the kitty to get his lovers to join the game, and as he stretched out over Slade's naked body with Red kissing his neck and back, Robin was in heaven.
"Hmmm… yes, go on, Robin… stroke my cock…" Slade sighed, his eyes half lidded.
"Er… that's me, Slade," Red grinned down at him from over Robin's shoulder.
"Oh, sorry, thought it was Robin…. Robin? Damn."
"What? " the thief asked worriedly, glancing down on the teen in the middle.
"He's asleep," Slade answered and slowly turned over so Robin slid down onto the bed instead of being sprawled across him.
"Oh, crap… well… It's been a long day…" Red sighed. "I guess he needs his rest… Night," the now blond young man mumbled and stretched out on the hero's other side.
"Oh, no you don't," Slade told him and reached across Robin's back to grab Red's arm.
"Huh? What?" Red blinked before he was being more or less pulled into the air.
"I'm horny, and since Robin fell asleep… tag, you're it," the man smirked.
"What, you expect me to roll over just because you- HUPP!"
"No, as you just noticed, I'm very capable of rolling you over myself," Slade grinned smugly.
Robin yawned and snuggled in closer between his men. What a day it had been yesterday… finding out about the triplets, even seeing them… and then that great sex-session- wait. Robin sat up. What great sex-session? He remembered it starting, but…
"Oh, no, did I fall asleep again?" he groaned.
"Sure did, kitten…" Red muttered beside him. "And guess who was chosen as your understudy?"
"Ummm… I'd say sorry, but I know you love it," Robin grinned.
"Maybe you should apologize to me instead?" Slade suggested, rolling over to face them.
"Hey! I heard no complaint last night!" Red snorted.
"Only those coming from you."
"Oh, stop it!" Robin grinned. "I'll make it up to you! But right now… I'm hungry! I'm actually hungry!"
Since Robin's appetite hadn't been the best lately, this was big news and the trio hurried down to the breakfast table in case the feeling went away.
"Dr Leslie will be here soon, so don't run off anywhere," Bruce warned Robin after they had eaten.
The cat-boy flinched and looked nervous.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it won't be too bad, and we'll be there!" Red told him encouragingly. "If you as much as flinch, Slade will just kill her."
"You're sweet," Robin grinned.
"How about me, I'd be the one doing the job!" Slade objected.
"You're sweet too," the cat boy chuckled, his ears pointing upwards again.
"Good," the man stated. "Now, I realized that I actually forgot to call Cecilia last night, I'll go do that at once, and you can speak to them before the doctor arrives, maybe get some questions answered she might want to know about."
"Great!" Robin said and smiled. "I'll be right here… Alfred, are there any more pancakes?"
"We've just finished breakfast," Red pointed out.
"I'm hungry!"
"More pancakes, then," the old butler smiled. "It will only be a minute."
"Oh, I've been thinking… three babies… will we have to move again?" Robin asked Red and Bruce who were also still at the table. "I mean, I guess it is big enough now, but when they are older they would want separate rooms, and stuff… It's a shame, I love that place…"
"No problem," Red grinned. "We'll buy the place next to it, or maybe the whole floor, and knock through the walls!"
Robin blinked.
"We can do that?" he looked to Bruce for an answer.
"With a planning-permission, and if the current residents want to sell… But you need the permission from the owner of the building first."
"Oh… do you know who that is?" Robin asked.
"Me."
"Oh, damn, that's it then… I guess we have to move..." Red X sighed.
"Is he always like this?" Bruce asked Robin.
"Yup," Robin nodded sadly. "But he's right… we're screwed, huh?" he added with a grin.
"No, of course you have my permission. Just don't let Slade 'ask' the other people on that floor to move, alright?"
"I heard my name?" the man in question said as he walked in the door.
"Bruce is just afraid you'll scare people," Robin told him and then explained about their idea.
"Sounds good. We should get on it right away. It's better to have the rooms ready now, and not when the kids are old enough to be in the way too much."
"I'll start by contacting an architect I know," Bruce told them and got to his feet. "And I'll also arrange for someone to approach your neighbors. We must be able to offer them other apartments too… I'll take care of it," the man promised.
"Thanks dad!" Red smiled, making the bat's eye twitch just a little bit.
"Yeah, that's great!" Robin nodded before turning to Slade. "Couldn't you get a hold of them?"
"I spoke to Cecilia for just a moment; it seems that Nick is in labor. They are going to get in touch with us in a day or so."
"Oh," Robin looked a bit pale. "I hope he'll be okay."
"I'm sure he will, besides; it's his second time, right?" Red said. "Oh, look, more pancakes!"
This distracted Robin quite nicely.
"Fascinating!" Dr Leslie exclaimed an hour later.
"I don't understand what's so damn fascinating about my ass!" Robin growled.
He was lying on his side on a medical bed and was not comfortable.
"Me and Slade agrees with the doctor," Red claimed. "We love your ass… not that we usually shove cameras up it… Ow! No claws, Robin!"
The black-haired teen, who was clutching both Red's and Slade's hands for support, withdrew his sharp weapons somewhat.
"Fascinating…" Leslie said again.
"Maybe if you would tell us what you have discovered…?" Slade prompted.
"It seems that Robin's lower intestine splits in two, a little over ten centimeters in," the woman said. "The second 'path', so to speak, only opens when something pushes into his body, and otherwise it's is closed, almost like… like.."
"The epiglottis?" Red suggested, and got surprised looks from both Robin and Slade. Bruce and Alfred had not been invited to this examination, for obvious reasons.
"Exactly!" the doctor continued. "The epiglottis is a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing, and this one remains closed until something enters the body. I've gone up it quite a bit now, and found something that looks somewhat like a woman's cervix. I can't go beyond that, of course, since it's closed off to protect the babies."
"This answers another question too," Slade said.
"What?" Robin asked, annoyed that everyone seemed to be happy chatting away, when he still had an endoscope inside him.
"They must be my children." the mercenary explained.
"What, why?" Red X objected, sounding surprisingly annoyed.
"Well, if the opening is more than ten centimeters in…" Slade smirked.
The thief caught on quickly enough, while Robin snickered.
"You! If the kids are yours, they are gonna be born fatherless!" he roared and tried to kill the man, who easily held him at bay with one hand
"Oh, don't fight! You are more than large enough… not all of us can shame an elephant, like Slade," Robin snorted.
Leslie gave the white-haired man a curious look, something not missed by Robin.
"Okay, so now we know where they come from. Great. Can't you just pluck them out when it's time?" the teen asked her, before the woman decided that something else needed to be examined.
"I… I wouldn't dare, not unless there was a life and death situation." The doctor shook her head. "The ultra sound yesterday seemed to point to that you are carrying your children somewhat deeper than a woman would, because I couldn't see much detail, and, I suspect that the uterus is connected by blood-vessels to many of your main organs… you could bleed out in minutes."
"Damn," Robin muttered.
"Maybe this is a good time to talk protection?" Leslie smirked.
Robin just growled at her.
T.B.C…
A/N: Poor Robin. Icky and too personal and embarrassing examinations are a part of being pregnant, though… But Leslie is having a good time, finding out interesting things! Good for her! ; )
