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The next morning, after a good night's sleep and a full breakfast, Ciel was finally strong enough to visit the babies she delivered.

Rachel had left hours earlier to help Vincent care for Mina.

Sebastian was glad, he wanted to spend some time alone with Ciel and their newborns.

Sebastian carefully took Ciel down to the neonatal unit in a wheelchair, purring happily with each step.

Ciel's eyes widened as they came to three incubators.

Inside each incubator was a very tiny, very pale, chubby-cheeked baby.

All three had thick tufts of Ciel's bluenette hair.

Two of them were larger, Ciel looked at the measurements and noted that they each weighed five pounds, but the third baby was small, weighing just over four.

The littlest baby was the one Ciel reached for first, sliding her finger into the incubator's hole and gently rubbing her smallest son's tiny cheek.

The quiet whimper the baby let out broke Ciel's heart.

"What's wrong with them?" Ciel asked Sebastian with a frown. "Why are they here?"

"Nothing's wrong with them, kitten~. The doctors were just watching them. They said things are always dangerous for multiples but our sons have done really well! Would you like to hold them?" Sebastian asked.

Ciel nodded eagerly and Sebastian sent for a nurse.

Slowly, carefully, the babies were removed from the incubators and swaddled.

After the newborns had been sustained intravenously all night, Ciel wanted to try to nurse, which proved to be a harder task than it had been with Mina.

Ciel had two of the babies on her at once when the third began to wail in Sebastian's arms, sensing he was missing out on something that his brothers had.

"Hurry up, kitten." Sebastian chuckled as he gently tried to bounce the baby, offering the tip of his recently-washed finger to pacify his hungry son.

"I can't 'hurry up', Sebastian! You know that!" Ciel huffed.

The other two babies nurses like they didn't have a care in the world while their brother continued to loudly express his disgruntlement.

Ciel sighed as her head throbbed.

Three at once…..

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The larger two were named Demetri and Derrick.

The smallest of the babies was named Phinian.

Sebastian disapproved of the babies' names not starting with the same letter, but Ciel was insistent on Phinian.

"Why?" Sebastian asked his omega when they filled out the triplets' birth certificates.

"Because he looks like a Phinian." Ciel sniffed.

"Their names won't match." Sebastian huffed.

"Phinian is much smaller, he doesn't match." Ciel reasoned.

Sebastian looked closely at Ciel and she glared back at her husband.

Ciel had come close to bleeding to death, so Sebastian let Ciel have her way on the matter.

"Very well." Sebastian sighed reluctantly. "Phinian it is then."

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Ciel and the babies were released from the hospital and the triplets were taken back to their birthplace to settle into their lives.

Thank goodness that Sebastian had located Rachel and Vincent….

Grandmother and grandfather were always on hand to help and if Sebastian and Ciel ever needed help, it was now.

Three babies meant three times the work, three times the stress.

There was not a dirty diaper, there were three.

There was not one hungry baby, there were three.

If one baby cried in the night, he woke his brothers up and the halls of Michaelis manor rang with the wailing of three infants at once.

Ciel was nearly beside herself with sleep deprivation.

Still trying to recover, the bluenette felt like she always had a baby in her arms or at her breast, or both.

Sometimes it was a challenge for Ciel to even get to the restroom when she needed to do so and that was with her alpha and her parents helping at every possible turn.

Mina was bewildered by the arrival of her new baby brothers.

The little girl didn't know what to think and when the babies cried, it scared her so that she clung to Rabbi for protection and comfort.

Ciel felt like she never saw her daughter anymore, being able to take Mina for a few fleeting moments here and there, until one of the newborns needed her again.

One morning, Ciel sat in the nursery, rocking tiny Phinian with dark circles hanging under her eyes.

Sebastian walked in and smiled, speaking quietly, "You look beautiful, my sweet kitten~."

Ciel looked at Sebastian as if he just called her the foulest of names, "I look like I've been run over in the street."

"I think you look beautiful." Sebastian insisted with a gentle purr.

Ciel looked out the window with a long face, as if she had been condemned to die.

Sebastian frowned in concern.

In between caring for the babies, Sebastian had barely had fifteen minutes a day with Ciel.

There hasn't been any cuddling or even any talking…...and Sebastian knew that needed to change.

"It will get easier as they age." Sebastian reassured Ciel quietly.

"Will it?" Ciel asked with a humorless laugh.

Three.

Three boys.

Now it was one to cry, one to need changed, and one to be hungry.

One day, it would mean one teenager to steal the car while another teenager snuck out unnoticed while yet another teenager sampled Sebastian's wine down in the cellar.

Ciel furrowed her brow as she thought.

Easier?

What drug was Sebastian taking to make himself think that it would ever get easier?

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No, it didn't get easier but it did become more manageable as the new family eventually settled into somewhat of a routine.

The babies started to sleep through the night and Ciel was finally able to catch up on her rest once they weaned.

Mina celebrated another birthday and Sebastian returned to work once Ciel was feeling like herself again.

Although, Sebastian did hire a skilled housekeeper to stay with Ciel during the day and attend to her and the childrens' needs.

Sebastian had emailed pictures of the babies to his assistant months ago, instructing the man to forward them to everyone in the office.

However, once Sebastian returned to work, no one was safe from being trapped for a good twenty minutes talking about the new additions to his family if they had a chance encounter with the proud alpha in the hallway.

Sebastian's employees found his return to be a bit tedious, but Sebastian seemed to be even kinder than before, and having a happy boss was never a bad thing, so the employees of Michaelis industries tried to take Sebastian's bliss in stride.

One evening when Sebastian came home, he and Ciel ate dinner together after they fed their children and amazingly, Mina and the triplets nodded off early.

Carefully, silently, walking on their tiptoes, Sebastian and Ciel tucked their little ones in and snuck away to their room.

Sebastian turned on the monitors and closed the door with a sigh.

This may be the first chance that he and Ciel got to spend quality time together since the birth of the triplets…..

"Alone at last~." Sebastian purred to Ciel, watching the bluenette start to take her clothes off to get in the shower.

Ciel caught sight of the excitement in Sebastian's eyes when she slipped her bra off and exposed her heavy breasts.

Ciel scowled at Sebastian, "If you say you want another baby, I'm afraid I can't guarantee your safety."

"No, kitten." Sebastian chuckled, moving his gaze to meet Ciel's and giving her a charming smile. "I just wanted to spend some time with you."

Sebastian also stripped down and he held Ciel's hand while they walked together to the shower.

In their large bathroom, Sebastian and Ciel took their time, washing each other off in the warm, wet, steamy, water, kissing here and there.

Ciel kept trying to cover herself with her hands but Sebastian kept moving her arms out of the way.

The fifth time Sebastian had to grab Ciel's hands, he held her wrists and looked intently into her eyes while the water poured over both of them.

Sebastian glanced over Ciel's body, taking in the naked, exposed form of his mate, then his tapered eyes flickered back up to Ciel's.

"Beautiful." Sebastian said simply to Ciel.

Ciel swallowed hard while Sebastian stared straight through her and into her heart, reaching into the depths of her soul while he spoke, "I think that you're beautiful, my beloved kitten. Don't hide from me, I'm your alpha."

Sebastian could see the pleasure in his omega's eyes…..

What was it?

Did Ciel think that he'd be…..disappointed?

Ciel kissed Sebastian hastily, freeing her hands and putting them on either side of his face.

Sebastian let out a deep purr and they stumbled out of the shower together.

Sebastian gently dried them both off, not breaking their kiss.

Clumsily, they made their way over and fell onto the bed, still kissing.

Ciel was doing well and healing quickly but Sebastian knew that his omega was not ready and that was alright…...

That was the difference in their bond from other mated alphas and omegas.

Sebastian and Ciel didn't need sex, they just needed each other.

Sebastian admired Ciel, loving every new curve and every minuscule new line on her body, kissing her sweetly from head to toe while Ciel cooed softly and tangled her fingers in his hair, loving the attention that her alpha lavished on her.

When Sebastian pulled away, his eyes were deep and intent as he looked down at Ciel, who was flushed and breathless.

"I love you, Sebastian." Ciel whispered.

Sebastian purred as he replied, "And I love you, my sweet kitten~."