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It was nearing dawn in the Bunnymund household, just a few hours ago three new baby bundles entered the world. A tiny girl and her two brothers were born to Bunny and Jack. Afterwards North, Tooth and Sandy had left the two new parents in peace with their new babies. Both were tired after the long, tedious labor Bunny had endured to bring the three new lives into the world.
When Jack awoke he found Bunny's side of the bed was empty, he sat up wondering where his mate could've gone. He noted the kits were gone as well, obviously their 'mother' had taken them with him when he had gotten up. Jack pulled the covers off his body and got up to go search for his little family.
As he walked down the hallway he heard a soft crooning sound in one of the nursery rooms, Bunny had made earlier in his pregnancy. Jack followed the soft voice and it led him to the middle nursery, Tharah's room. Jack peeked into the room and saw Bunny standing quietly holding little Tharah to his chest, he was nursing him. All the while, Bunny spoke softly to his son, reassuring the little buck as he nursed.
Jack stood in the doorway silently, not wanting to disturb them. Jack already knew Bunny would be checking on Tharah very often until he felt Tharah was stronger. They had nearly lost the little buck and it had made all of Bunny's motherly instincts go off like an alarm. He was nervous and edgy, Jack had wanted to try and reason with Bunny that their son would be fine, but he already knew Bunny wouldn't listen, a mother's instincts are stronger than logic.
Jack continued watching the pair, until he heard little distressed squeaks coming from his still unnamed daughter's room. He watched Bunny's reaction, Bunny barely flicked an ear. He wasn't trying to be cold toward his daughter or anything, he just feared if he left Tharah alone, the tiny buck would stop breathing again.
"Would you like me to bring her to you?" Jack asked softly, Bunny glanced at him briefly, then nodded.
Jack went to get his little girl, when he got to the crib he looked over the rail and saw his daughter crawling around as best she could, her little limbs still weak. Her blanket strewn across the mat of her crib. Jack smiled and started to pick her up.
"Oh little girl, your momma's busy taking care of your brother, but I figure your either hungry or just wanting attention." Jack said as he cradled her in his arms.
Once she was settled securely in his arms Jack made his way back to his son's room. Bunny turned to him as he entered,
"She hungry again?" He asked his voice a little hoarse. Jack nodded and began handing her to Bunny, Bunny started passing little Tharah off to Jack and made a trade off.
As soon as the doe was in Bunny's arms she began searching for food. When she found one of Bunny's nipples she practically attacked it, she was so hungry. Bunny winced as he felt her close her mouth around his sensitive nipple harshly.
"Crikey, for such a tiny thing with no teeth, you sure do bite hard." Bunny said reprimandedly as his daughter suckled from him.
"How's this one doing?" Jack asked as he watched his son's breathing pattern.
"He seems to be doing okay. I just can't ignore my instincts, ya know? They tell me to keep him close for awhile, just in case of a relapse." Bunny said shaking his head, feeling a little dumb for worrying so much.
"There's nothing wrong with that, I just hope you will still be able to sleep steadily despite your worry, because you can't mother these kits properly without a decent amount of sleep." Jack said running his free hand down Bunny's nose.
Bunny nodded in agreement, "Could you check on the other one, he's a quiet one."
"Little Zolo, huh?" Jack said as he turned to leave, Bunny grabbed his arm, stopping him.
"Ya just named yer other son." Bunny said "Zolo, it suits him."
"African dialect meaning 'quiet or tranquil'." Jack said thoughtfully as he and Bunny both went to check on the newly named kit.
They both entered the room, walking over to the crib to check on little Zolo, and the small buck rested quietly and securely in his crib. Barely making a noise, the two parents glanced at each other. Bunny reached into the crib and ran his paw over Zolo's small brown furred body. And Zolo gave them both a gummy smile as he felt his 'mother' pet him, but he remained asleep.
"He's doing fine." Bunny whispered as he straightened, still holding his daughter.
"Now what about her? She needs a name." Jack asked Bunny as they both glanced at their daughter.
"How about, Allirah?" Bunny said testing out the name, Jack tested out the new name,
"Allirah... It's perfect." He said happily.
Bunny smiled tiredly, he hadn't gotten much sleep after he had delivered his young, too worried about his son's health.
"Let's get these two back to their cribs and then you need to rest for at least maybe four hours?" Jack said as he took Tharah back to his room.
Bunny did the same with Allirah, both parents making sure each of their babies were covered with a warm blanket before heading back to their own bedroom to catch some more shut eye.