New Kittens part 7 (end)
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New Kittens, end
The triplets looked over their babies, who were sucking noisily at Popsey’s belly. VJ nudged Deev. “One looks like us.”
Jas sighed. “Two look like you. The colors anyway. None look like me.”
Jas was all one color. The new kittens were all spotted or tabby. “I had hoped…”
“But two are shaped like you were.” VJ pointed out. “Granmumsey says.”
“One of those looks like you two too.”
“Yes,” said Deev. "He looks like all three of us. And the others look like Baba and Daddy, Baba and Popsey, and Daddy and Popsey. So they are all perfect.”
“My kittens.” Jas sighed.
“Popsey.” VJ walked the long way around Popsey so he wouldn’t get to close to the kittens. Baba had hissed at him after baby Delshad was born. But Popsey just rubbed his face against VJ’s neck. Everything was all right. “Which kitten goes with which name?”
Popsey purred louder. “You know Delshad. He’s the biggest now but won’t be for long.”
“Just like me,” VJ piped up.
“He looks just like Baba,” Deev said.
“That he does.” Popsey nudged Baby Delshad closer to his head and gave him a good licking down. Baby Delshad tried to squirm away, but Popsey wouldn’t let him go. “Come say hi, in case he forgot you.”
The triplets all took their turn touching Delshad’s nose. He meowed at them. It wasn’t real words yet, but Popsey had said to be patient. They hadn’t been born knowing how to talk either.
“And this is Vahid.” Popsey plopped the spotted kitten in front of him and licked them thoroughly. Baby Vahid cried the whole time.
“He’s hungry, Popsey,” said Jas. The sound of his crying brother made him squirm.
“He’s been eating pretty much since he was born this morning. A few minutes to meet you won’t hurt him.”
VJ took a tiny step close and touch his baby brother’s nose. Vahid squeaked and VJ jumped back. The other two didn’t dare touch him. Popsey put him back and got the one who looked like all three of them. “This is Javed. He was born last night.”
“He’s why we are staying with Aunties and Uncles.” VJ reminded his triplets. “Babies cry and if we want a good night sleep, we should stay with them.”
Popsey laughed. “You probably got more sleep than I did.”
Baby Javed took a wobbly step towrad them. The triplets backed up. Popsey laughed. “Come say hi.”
Baby Javed’s eyes weren’t open yet, but he kept going forward as if he knew his big brothers were here, so VJ moved up until Baby Javed’s little nose brushed his leg. Baby Javed lifted a paw to touch him. Deev and Jas came closer. Baby Javed greeted them too. Popsey tucked Baby Javed back against his side. “I think he’s going to be an explorer. If you think he’s in danger, you can stop him, but if he just goes too far come and get me. Exploring is important and you boys won’t mind if he’s in you room or even in your bed.”
“You used to sleep with your little brothers. Granmumsey says.” Jas was hopeful.
“When the kittens are older.”
“Thank you, Popsey.”
“The last one’s sleeping,” said Deev.
But Popsey lifted him anyway and put him in front of the triplets. “And this is Shiva. Your sister.”
Baby Shiva yawned, closed her eyes and settled back to sleep. She was striped like VJ and Deev, but instead of just greys she was also oranges and blacks and browns with a white stomach and a white bit under her chin.
“We have a sister? Like Annie is?”
“Hopefully not too much like Annie,” Baba said from the doorway.
Popsey licked Baby Shiva. “She’s our special little girl and you’ll have to share her. There isn’t one for each of you.”
“We know, Popsey.” Jas hung his head. “Baby Shiva was so tiny and cute.”
“She is, isn’t she, and we almost gave her a name that meant pretty or sweet, but I worried she’d never forgive us, so we picked one that means charming and eloquent instead.”
“Ellakwint?”
Popsey licked VJ’s nose. “It means that everyone likes her.”
“Of course everyone likes her.” VJ couldn’t imagine anything else. “She’s our SISTER.”
Popsey licked up VJ’s jaw. VJ groomed him back. Then he laid his head against Popsey’s side and looked down at his new babies. “I love all of them.”
“I do too,” said Deev. He fixed the fur behind his ear that Popsey had ruffled then joined VJ. Jas liked being groomed, so he stayed by Popsey’s head until Baba and Daddy came to join them. Daddy looked so tired that Jas groomed him too. Then he lay beside his brothers and watched his family sleep.
New Kittens, end
The triplets looked over their babies, who were sucking noisily at Popsey’s belly. VJ nudged Deev. “One looks like us.”
Jas sighed. “Two look like you. The colors anyway. None look like me.”
Jas was all one color. The new kittens were all spotted or tabby. “I had hoped…”
“But two are shaped like you were.” VJ pointed out. “Granmumsey says.”
“One of those looks like you two too.”
“Yes,” said Deev. "He looks like all three of us. And the others look like Baba and Daddy, Baba and Popsey, and Daddy and Popsey. So they are all perfect.”
“My kittens.” Jas sighed.
“Popsey.” VJ walked the long way around Popsey so he wouldn’t get to close to the kittens. Baba had hissed at him after baby Delshad was born. But Popsey just rubbed his face against VJ’s neck. Everything was all right. “Which kitten goes with which name?”
Popsey purred louder. “You know Delshad. He’s the biggest now but won’t be for long.”
“Just like me,” VJ piped up.
“He looks just like Baba,” Deev said.
“That he does.” Popsey nudged Baby Delshad closer to his head and gave him a good licking down. Baby Delshad tried to squirm away, but Popsey wouldn’t let him go. “Come say hi, in case he forgot you.”
The triplets all took their turn touching Delshad’s nose. He meowed at them. It wasn’t real words yet, but Popsey had said to be patient. They hadn’t been born knowing how to talk either.
“And this is Vahid.” Popsey plopped the spotted kitten in front of him and licked them thoroughly. Baby Vahid cried the whole time.
“He’s hungry, Popsey,” said Jas. The sound of his crying brother made him squirm.
“He’s been eating pretty much since he was born this morning. A few minutes to meet you won’t hurt him.”
VJ took a tiny step close and touch his baby brother’s nose. Vahid squeaked and VJ jumped back. The other two didn’t dare touch him. Popsey put him back and got the one who looked like all three of them. “This is Javed. He was born last night.”
“He’s why we are staying with Aunties and Uncles.” VJ reminded his triplets. “Babies cry and if we want a good night sleep, we should stay with them.”
Popsey laughed. “You probably got more sleep than I did.”
Baby Javed took a wobbly step towrad them. The triplets backed up. Popsey laughed. “Come say hi.”
Baby Javed’s eyes weren’t open yet, but he kept going forward as if he knew his big brothers were here, so VJ moved up until Baby Javed’s little nose brushed his leg. Baby Javed lifted a paw to touch him. Deev and Jas came closer. Baby Javed greeted them too. Popsey tucked Baby Javed back against his side. “I think he’s going to be an explorer. If you think he’s in danger, you can stop him, but if he just goes too far come and get me. Exploring is important and you boys won’t mind if he’s in you room or even in your bed.”
“You used to sleep with your little brothers. Granmumsey says.” Jas was hopeful.
“When the kittens are older.”
“Thank you, Popsey.”
“The last one’s sleeping,” said Deev.
But Popsey lifted him anyway and put him in front of the triplets. “And this is Shiva. Your sister.”
Baby Shiva yawned, closed her eyes and settled back to sleep. She was striped like VJ and Deev, but instead of just greys she was also oranges and blacks and browns with a white stomach and a white bit under her chin.
“We have a sister? Like Annie is?”
“Hopefully not too much like Annie,” Baba said from the doorway.
Popsey licked Baby Shiva. “She’s our special little girl and you’ll have to share her. There isn’t one for each of you.”
“We know, Popsey.” Jas hung his head. “Baby Shiva was so tiny and cute.”
“She is, isn’t she, and we almost gave her a name that meant pretty or sweet, but I worried she’d never forgive us, so we picked one that means charming and eloquent instead.”
“Ellakwint?”
Popsey licked VJ’s nose. “It means that everyone likes her.”
“Of course everyone likes her.” VJ couldn’t imagine anything else. “She’s our SISTER.”
Popsey licked up VJ’s jaw. VJ groomed him back. Then he laid his head against Popsey’s side and looked down at his new babies. “I love all of them.”
“I do too,” said Deev. He fixed the fur behind his ear that Popsey had ruffled then joined VJ. Jas liked being groomed, so he stayed by Popsey’s head until Baba and Daddy came to join them. Daddy looked so tired that Jas groomed him too. Then he lay beside his brothers and watched his family sleep.