A New Member of the Family

Jason, Dick and Kaden sat at the table to breakfast, Alfred having had come over that Saturday which was a rare thing indeed. He cooked them breakfast and cleaned up while they ate and made a remark about Jason's cleanliness in the bedroom, to which Kaden laughed. Jason stuck his tongue out at the boy and Dick slapped him in the back of the head playfully, earning another laugh from Kaden.

"Oh, that's funny to you?" Jason asked, tickling the little boy's side.

"Ah, nooo! Papa help!" Kaden called with a laugh. Dick wiggled his eyebrows at Jason and then got to the feet and began tickling Jason.

"No, dammit Dick, stop, I swear to god, I'll shoot you!" Jason said with a laugh, falling out of his chair. Dick laughed in amusement and followed the man down to the floor, ticklish fingers finding their way back on his side.

"Hurry Kaden, let's get him!"

"Get him!" Kaden called with a shrill laugh as he joined his papa on the floor to tickle his dad.

"No, stop it both of you! Or you're both grounded forever!" Jason called with a laugh.

"Time to settle down for now, and finish your breakfast," Alfred interrupted with an amused grin on his face. Jason sat up on the floor as Dick and Kaden retreated to the table to finish breakfast. He sighed contentedly with a smile on his face before he rejoined them. Kaden stuck his tongue out at Jason and Jason made a face at him, this time earning a slap from Alfred.

"Okay, I get the sense that today is pick on Jason day," he said in an amused tone. Dick leaned over and pressed a kiss to the man's jaw.

"It's just our way of showing you we love you. Right Kay?" Dick asked. Kaden gave a nod and smiled at his father.

"So Kaden, what would you say if daddy told you he thought about getting you a dog?" Jason asked, sipping his coffee. Kaden looked up and his eyes lit up as if it were Christmas again.

"Really?! I can have a puppy?!" he asked with a huge smile. Jason glanced over at Dick and gave a shrug.

"I was serious last night. Don't tell me you're not?" he asked. Dick just sighed and shook his head, kissing the man again.

"Sure, you can have a puppy. We'll go down to the pet shop later today and you can pick one out, how does that sound?" Dick asked Kaden. Kaden's face lit up and he nodded eagerly.

"Okay!" he said cheerily, scoffing down his breakfast.

Later, apparently, had been every fifteen minutes. Jason and Dick were both slightly annoyed after a while, but also amused at Kaden's eagerness. So when noon finally came around, and Dick and Jason decided to go out for lunch, Kaden dressed quickly and happily dragged his dad and papa down to the car.

"Woah, slow down kid, the animals will all be there when we get there, I promise!" he said with a laugh. He exchanged glances with Dick who snatched the keys from Jason's hands.

"Hey! I wanted to drive!" Jason called with a mock pout. Dick rolled his eyes.

"Every time you drive the Lamborghini, you give me a mini heart attack. I'm driving this time."

"Tch, buzz kill." And So they all hopped into the car and let Kaden pick out where they were going to go. Naturally, they ended up at the local pizza place, and after that, it was off to the pet store.

Kaden practically dragged Dick and Jason into the store, the most excited look on his face as he ran around the store, looking at all the different animals. Jason seemed a bit interested too, except in animals that were less fluffy and more...scaly.

"Here you go, Dickie-bird. Imagine this fat sucker crawling up on you at six in the morning," Jason said with a grin, pointing at an iguana chilling on a branch underneath a light. Dick shook his head.

"No, absolutely not. Not in a millions years," he said with a little laugh. Jason grinned and opened his mouth to speak, but Dick had been saved by the bell. Kaden came runnign back with a smile on his face.

"Did you find yourself a puppy?" Jason asked, bending down in front of the boy. Kaden nodded eagerly and took both their hands and dragging the amused couple halfway across the store.

"Right here! I want her!" Kaden said, pointing to a lone puppy sitting in a cage all by herself. Kaden knelt down in front of the kennel and the little puppy, at least four moths old, came prancing over, tail wagging a million miles an hour, licking Kaden's little fingers. The puppy was a beautiful shade of golden brown with a black muzzle and a white star burst on her chest.

"Aw, she's cute! What is she?" Dick asked.

Jason looked over the cage and read aloud "rhodesian ridgeback pitbull mix." Moments later, one of the employees came over with a smile on her face.

"Did you find everything okay?" she asked. Jason grinned at her and Dick shot him a warning glare. But, he did it anyway.

"Yeah, we found everything just...fine," he said looking her over. She blushed a bit and flashed a shy smile and Dick just roller his eyes and facepalmed behind her. Jaon shuckled a bit in amusement and pointed to the dog.

"We'd like to take her home. So, how much is she?" he asked. The girl knelt down and looked at the puppy.

"Ah, this one is an interesting one. We originally thought she was a pitbull, but we found out later she's ridgeback mix. But nobody wanted the poor girl. Because she's a pitbull," the girl explained, flashing a sad look up at Jason.

"We'll take her," he said with a shrug. She smiled up at him and pulled a leash out of her pouch and latched it onto her collar and led the little puppy to the counter.

"She's about $120. I'll even throw in some pet food," she said with a smile, leaning over the counter.

"Just don't tell my manager." Jason winked at her and Dick, again rolled his yes, playfully jabbed him in the side with his elbow when she wasn't looking. So the girl came back with a food and water dish and a large bag of puppy food and rang it all up, excluding the food.

"That'll be $128," she said.

"I got this," Jason said smoothly, digging in his wallet and pulling out a $100 bill and a $50. "Keep the change," he said with wink, handing the leash to Kaden.

"Yes, thank you daddy!" he said cheerily, hugging his father before rushing out of the store with the leash in hand.

"C'mon, let's go Star!" Kaden said cheerily, leading the dog out of the store.

"Star?" Jason asked, quirking an eyebrow. Dick laughed and gave a shrug.

"Let the kid have his fun." He pressed a quick kiss the the man's lips.

"By the way, I ever tell you how adorable you are when you're all fatherly like this?" Dick asked with a rather seductive edge in his tone. Jason turned and grinned at him, wrapped his arms around the man's waist.

"Why don't you tell me more," he purred, pressing his forehead against Dick's, a rather seductive grin on his face.

"Dad, Pa, come on!" Kaden called impatiently, wanting to get home and play with his new dog. Jason laughed breathily and raked a hand through his hair before he turned and grabbed up the dog food and the dish.

"I love the kid, but he's a little cockblocker," he said jokingly. Dick laughed in amusement and pressed a kiss to his husband's jaw.

"Behave the rest of the day, and maybe tonight I'll make it worth your while," he purred into the man's ear. Jason wiggled his eyebrows.

"You got a deal."

"Dad!" Kaden called again, and even Star gave a short bark, little tail wagging through the air.