Archive of Our Own

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It was a beautiful day in digital hell. The circus’ resident polyamorous throuple was barely waking up when the eldest felt a wave of nausea wash over her. She moved away from her partners as fast as possible as she vomited. The other two sat up, wondering whatever was wrong. The first looked at her partners with a pained look in her eyes.

“I don’t feel so good...Can someone pass a bucket or something?” Gangle groaned.

Pomni nodded, but she soon felt a wave of nausea wash over herself. She vomited into the bucket before passing it to Gangle, who didn’t have time to ask questions before she was vomiting again and the bucket was overflowing. Zooble patted both of their partners' backs, hoping to provide some form of comfort.

“What the f[@#$]k is happening?” Pomni groaned.

Zooble shugged. “I don’t know. Should we get Caine or something?”

Gangle and Pomni both looked up at Zooble, surprised. Zooble looked back at them, obviously concerned for their health.

“You must be really worried, you suggested asking Caine.” Gangle croaked before vomiting into the bucket again.

“I think it’s time for a new bucket, at least.” Zooble said.

The girls nodded, the both of them groaning softly. Zooble gently untangled themselves from Gangle’s ribbons and went to the other side of the room, where there was an almost empty trashcan. The girls were lying in sickly pain as Zooble raced back with the trashcan, and not a moment too soon, as Pomni started vomiting as soon as she got her hands on the can.

“I’m gonna go get Caine, okay?” Zooble said.

The girls nodded from their nest, still groaning slightly. Zooble tucked the pair in before they ran off to find Caine, which took longer than expected.

“Zooble! There you are! Where are Gangle and Pomni?” Caine said.

“They’re in Pomni’s room, and they’re both sick. Could you come help?” Zooble asked.

Caine’s eyes quite literally and cartoonishly widened in surprise. He immediately spawned into Pomni’s room and summoned Zooble right behind him, only to see the girls both vomiting into the trashcan at the same time.

“Well, this is quite the conundrum. I didn’t code this sickness in, so I can’t fix it. I’m sorry, Zooble. Tell you what, I’ll let them skip the adventure today, okay?” Caine said.

“Who’ll watch them in that case?” Zooble asked.

“Well, I will, of course!” Caine announced.

“Don’t you think you’d be better off doing whatever you do when we’re not adventuring?” Zooble said, trying to shoo Caine.

“Why?” Caine asked.

“Well, uh, I’m literally dating these guys, so can I take care of them?” Zooble asked.

Caine’s eyes lit up. “That’s so sweet of you, Zooble! Of course you’ll be allowed, you beautiful bumblebee!”

Zooble nodded. “Can we also get some more buckets, please?”

Caine nodded and added about 50 buckets to the room. Zooble ‘smiled’ at Caine to try and get him to feel like he’d done a good job and could leave. Caine seemed to get the hint and he despawned, presumably to give the others their adventure. Zooble sighed and made sure their partners were comfortable and warm.

“Zooble? Could you pass a bucket?” Gangle asked.

Zooble passed both Gangle and Pomni the buckets. The pair then proceeded to start violently vomiting into their buckets. Zooble pulled the blanket further up on their partners when they noticed that Gangle was nodding off. Zooble chuckled slightly and put a hand on Gangle’s chest. Pomni stared at Zooble, who smiled and lied down in between the others. Pretty quickly, Gangle fell asleep and Pomni started to get tired. Zooble just pet both of their heads as they fell asleep.

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Several years prior, Caine was looking into the files when he noticed a bug that he hadn’t accounted for: pregnancy was possible. Caine had just chuckled to himself. It didn’t matter if he left this bug in, because if nobody could have steaming hot fun times, nobody could get pregnant. Yeah, everything was fine. At least, that’s what he’d thought. Now, Caine was staring at the code, which had the gamerule for pregnancy on two of the people.

Well, that was an easy fix. Caine went to fix the code when he suddenly started to reconsider. Pregnancy meant someone had boinked, and judging who was pregnant, it appeared that it was the poly throuple. Caine remembered Pomni mentioning that she had loved kids, and Gangle and Zooble had agreed. He considered the thought of letting two babies into the circus. It would certainly mean chaos, but it would also mean that someone would appreciate his adventures.

It was decided. Instead of removing pregnancy, Caine would be adding pregnancy tests, which would probably lead to joy, right? After a moment’s consideration, he also added peeing as an optional mechanic. After more consideration, Caine added a corner store with an apathetic NPC employee to sell the tests, as well as a few other things. It couldn’t look too suspicious, could it? Otherwise, they’d suspect he knew.

After a few minutes of generating code, it was done. There was a corner store just outside the tent, and the corner store sold pregnancy tests, as well as a collection of baby stuff. After even more consideration, Caine gave them the ability to change clothes, which he realized would also help. Caine also gave everyone enough money to buy whatever they wanted. He smiled to himself. Everyone would appreciate him now, wouldn’t they?

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Zooble woke up after they had fallen asleep with their partners snuggling them. Both of their partners were still asleep, so Zooble decided to get out of bed to see what they could do to help. They counted the number of full buckets, which was pretty large. Zooble sighed and started carrying them out one by one, deciding to dump them in Jax’s room or something. Suddenly, Caine appeared. Zooble jumped at least a foot in the air and spilled some of the now cold vomit on themselves.

“I have an announcement to make! May I collect Gangle and Pomni?” Caine asked.

“They’re kind of asleep, Caine. Please let them sleep, they’re sick.” Zooble said.

“Fine, fine. I still have an announcement to make, so could you come to the main area?” Caine asked.

Zooble groaned. “What’s the announcement?”

“Head to the main area, and you’ll find out!” Caine said.

Zooble groaned and started heading back to Pomni’s room to collect more buckets. However, Caine stopped them in their tracks and glared at them. Zooble glared back, obviously pissed.

“It’ll take all of five minutes, and there won’t be an adventure afterwards. If your girls were awake, they’d also be asked to see the announcement.” Caine said.

Zooble kept glaring at Caine as they tried opening Pomni’s door, only to be summoned to the ‘main area’ of the tent by Caine. Zooble glared at Caine, which they shifted to Jax when they noticed he was trying to sneak up behind them. Jax turned away and started whistling as soon as Zooble looked. However, he stopped whistling when he saw that Zooble was covered in vomit.

“What happened to you, Zoobie?” Jax asked teasingly.

“F[@#$]k off, it’s none of your business.” Zooble said.

Jax kept grinning. “Come oooon~ We know you wanna tell us~”

Zooble wrapped their hand around Jax’s skinny neck and he stared choking. However, Caine broke it up as soon as Jax’s face turned a ridiculous shade of pink. Zooble just kept glaring.

“Well, now that that’s taken care of, let’s start with the announcement! I created a store for you guys, and you can earn money by completing the objectives on my adventures! You’re all starting off with $1,000.” Caine said. “You might be wondering, ‘whatever can I buy there?’ Well, the answer is quite simple! Anything, from ice cream cones to pregnancy tests!”

“Why the f[@#$]k would we need pregnancy tests when we can’t get pregnant?” Jax asked.

“Well, that’s the fun part: you can! I didn’t realize you could do those nasty activities here, but life finds a way, I guess.” Caine said.

Zooble’s soul left their body. They could get pregnant here?!? Zooble felt the fear wash over their body. That explained the vomiting and fatigue from Pomni and Gangle.

“Caine, we can’t really go to the bathroom here, and you do realize you need to pee on pregnancy tests to make them work, right?” Ragatha said.

“I do, and I added an optional urination mechanic just for this issue!” Caine said too excitedly.

Zooble’s soul was in another land as they kept thinking about the consequences of their actions. They wondered if they should buy some pregnancy tests for the girls who were currently asleep in Pomni’s room. Zooble started walking out of the tent as soon as Caine passed out debit cards. They immediately went to the store where there was a cashier NPC playing on its phone. Zooble went straight towards the pregnancy tests and bought four before racing back to the tent.

When they got back to Pomni’s room, Zooble saw that the girls were waking up. Pomni and Gangle looked a lot more rested after their 5 hour nap. However, the girls’ faces morphed into shock upon seeing Zooble’s bags. Zooble put the bags on the floor and showed the girls what was inside, which shocked the both of them.

“How did you get pregnancy tests? I thought you couldn’t get pregnant here.” Gangle said.

“Apparently, you can and Caine added a store and some tests. And, well, you show some of the telltale signs of pregnancy, so...” Zooble said.

“But we literally can’t piss.” Pomni said.

“Caine added that as well for some reason. However, we only have one unisex bathroom, and Jax is in there right now for some reason.” Zooble said.

The girls looked a little surprised, but they each took two pregnancy tests and crawled out of their nest. After about an hour, Jax left the bathroom and the pair walked into the bathroom. Zooble waited impatiently for the girls to emerge, and about a few minutes after they first took the tests, the girls returned with two positive tests each. Zooble looked like they were about to faint.

“Maybe we should’ve thought about our actions more thoroughly.” Zooble noted.

“Agreed.” Pomni said.

“I think it’s important to know that I have a history of twins in my family.” Gangle noted.

Zooble actually fainted at that. The girls stared at them when Jax suddenly appeared.

“What’s broken them so bad they’re unconscious?” Jax asked

“None of your business, Jax.” Pomni said.

Jax rolled his eyes and grabbed the pregnancy tests from Gangle’s ‘hands’. Pomni immediately shoved Jax to the ground, to which he screamed like an actual rabbit.

“Wait, are you also pregnant? You shouldn’t kill me, you might also kill the baby!” Jax yelled, trying to save himself.

Pomni paid him no mind and started strangling him. Soon, Ragatha and Kinger appeared and noticed the mess of Jax dying and positive pregnancy tests. The pair just watched in confusion and awe as the tiny jester strangled Jax. Ragatha and Kinger shared a confused look and stared at Pomni.

“What’s going on?” Ragatha asked.

“Jax was trying to get up in our business, so Pomni’s trying to kill him.” Gangle said.

“That’s nice. What happened to Zooble?” Ragatha asked.

“They fainted.” Gangle said.

“But why?” Ragatha asked.

“It’s none of your business.” Gangle said, picking up all four tests.

Ragatha nodded, not wanting any issues. Just then, Pomni released Jax and started working on a new goal: dragging Zooble away. Gangle noticed this and started trying to help, but their combined strength wasn’t enough to make them even budge.

“Hey, Ragatha, wanna know why Zooble’s out cold?” Jax asked.

“I swear to f[@#$]king god, if you tell her, I’m sending you to Jesus.” Pomni hissed.

“Pomni and Gangle said it’s not my business, so it’s not my business.” Ragatha said.

“Well, they’re both-” Jax was cut off by Pomni lunging at him.

“SHUT THE F[@#$]K UP!!!” Pomni yelled.

Suddenly, Pomni felt a wave of nausea wash over her and she ended up throwing up all over Jax, who coughed dramatically. Ragatha and Kinger stared at Pomni, who realized she was being watched and got off of Jax. Pomni and Gangle soon scampered off to Pomni’s room, but not before attempting and succeeding to wake Zooble. Ragatha and Kinger shared a look before Jax spoke.

“Pomni and Gangle are pregnant.” he said.

“How can you be so sure?” Ragatha asked.

“I saw the positive tests, and judging from Zooble’s reaction, they’re the ‘father’. I’m sure they’ll tell us eventually.” Jax said.

“Whaaaaah?” Ragatha said.

“I’m gonna love those babies like they’re my grandchildren.” Kinger finally said.

The other two stared at him for a moment before going off to do their own things.

Chapter Text

It was late one night, and the circus’ resident throuple were sleeping peacefully in each others’ arms. However, this peace wouldn’t last long, as two of them were pregnant and one was starting to show. Gangle was having a hard time trying to find a comfortable position to sleep, which wasn’t helped by the fact that she was showing at just six weeks. Gangle looked jealously at Pomni. From the looks of it, Gangle was indeed having twins, but Pomni was having a singleton.

Gangle sighed. She was so tired, but her stupid baby bump was keeping her wide awake, even though it was so small still. Gangle tried lying on her side and her back, but it was nothing like wrapping herself around her partners. However, with her ribbons wrapping around themselves, it was impossible. Gangle sighed and fluffed her pillow a little, hoping that it would help her sleep. However, after two more hours of trying everything from listening to her partners’ snores to the military method to the 4-7-8 breathing method, she was still wide awake.

Gangle sighed once more, lying on her side. She was exhausted, but she had such trouble falling asleep, even before she had gotten knocked up. If she was remembering correctly, she had had trouble falling asleep even before the circus. Gangle sighed a third time, getting up out of bed.

F[@#$]k it, I’m gonna go get some snacks. Pompom and I have both been craving ice cream, anyways. Gangle thought.

Before she left, Gangle made sure both of her partners were comfortable. As soon as she finished, she grabbed her debit card and slipped out of the tent. Once she reached the store, she saw the cashier was chewing on some bubble gum, which was impressive, especially given its lack of a mouth. Gangle went straight to the ice cream isle and got both chocolate and strawberry ice cream, and after a few minutes of consideration, she grabbed a bottle of hot sauce.

The cashier NPC apathetically checked out the stuff and Gangle went back to the tent afterwards. As soon as she arrived back in her room, Gangle grabbed a bowl and a spoon and gave herself big scoops and topped them off with hot sauce. She sat on her bed, where her partners were both fast asleep and still snoring. Gangle took a bite of the ice cream and smiled widely as she tasted it. This was exactly what she had wanted.

Gangle put a ribbon hand on her small bump. She didn’t know if everything would go right and she’d be able to actually meet the babies, but she felt a connection. Just then, Gangle heard stirring from the nest. She looked over and noticed that Pomni was waking up, yawning softly. Gangle looked Pomni in the eye, obviously confused, but Pomni just looked back, noticing Gangle’s ice cream and hot sauce. Pomni gave Gangle the puppy-dog eyes, to which Gangle just sighed.

“I bought this ice cream for both of us, Pompom. Yes, you can have some, the tubs are on the table.” Gangle said.

“Thank you, G.” Pomni said, getting out of bed and grabbing a bowl.

Pomni dished herself some ice cream, and after a few minutes, added a generous amount of hot sauce, which made Gangle giggle. After only about an hour, there was no trace of ice cream nor hot sauce besides their containers and the messes on their faces. Just then, Zooble started to stir, which startled the giggling girls. Zooble looked up at the girls, glaring slightly.

“What are you doing awake? It’s three in the morning. You two need rest, especially considering your pregnancies.” Zooble said.

“I couldn’t sleep, so I bought ice cream and hot sauce.” Gangle said.

“I woke up after having a weird dream where I was just chilling in a large body of water, and Gangle had ice cream.” Pomni said.

“Well, you two need to go to sleep.” Zooble said, gently pushing both girls down.

“We’re not tired, though.” Gangle said, giggling.

“We’re adults, Zooble. We can go to sleep at healthy times.” Pomni said, also giggling a little.

Zooble rolled their eyes and left the room, leaving the girls wondering what they were doing until they returned with as many blankets and pillows as they could carry.

“Will you sleep if I expand the nest?” Zooble asked.

“Maybe.” Gangle said.

“Probably.” Pomni added.

Zooble immediately got to work tucking in their girls and making the nest as comfortable as possible. Pomni and Gangle kept giggling to a joke only they got. As soon as the nest was completed, Zooble crawled in and started snuggling their girls. The girls were both obviously giggly, even a few minutes later, but it didn’t take longer than an hour for Pomni to fall back asleep. However, Gangle was still tossing and turning. Zooble turned over and put their hand on Gangle’s forehead.

“You good, G?” Zooble asked.

“I can’t fall asleep.” Gangle said, snuggling closer to her partners.

“Have you tried keeping a journal?” Zooble suggested.

Gangle’s eyes widened in surprise. She hadn’t considered that. Gangle looked back at Zooble before smiling slightly. She thought that was a good idea, but she was so excited she wasn’t sure she could speak without waking Pomni. Gangle got up and grabbed her sketchbook, turning to a new page to write on. After about an hour of writing her thoughts on the page, Gangle finally started to fall asleep. Before she knew it, she was out cold with her sketchbook clutched tightly to her chest.

Zooble let out a sigh of relief when they felt Gangle’s body relax and heard her breathing even out. They gently took the pencil from Gangle’s ‘hand’, noting its sharp point could hurt her. As soon as the pencil was completely removed from the bed area, Zooble felt that they could sleep easier. However, after a few minutes, Zooble noticed something they (stupidly) hadn’t noticed before: Gangle was showing.

They knew pregnancies weren’t supposed to show until they were in the second trimester, but here it was, a bump on Gangle when she wasn’t even two months along. Zooble contemplated asking Gangle about it when they remembered that Gangle had mentioned a history of twins. Zooble felt a wave of fear pass over them. They were barely adjusted to the notion that they’d have two kids, but three? Three was more than they’d even tried to anticipate.

However, Zooble couldn’t help but feel a wave of excitement wash over them. They knew they’d have more responsibility than anticipated, but they’d always secretly loved kids, and the thought of having three tiny things running around, calling them whatever parental nickname they chose was energizing. However, a wave of worry washed over them. What if the kids all looked like them and inherited their stupid removable pieces? Zooble slapped themselves. Their girls weren’t carriers for their DNA, they also had their own.

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Gangle shot awake suddenly, gasping for air. She looked out the window and saw that it was daytime. Her partners were nowhere to be seen, which made her somewhat upset. However, only moments later, Zooble walked in, carrying an obviously tired Pomni. Gangle looked up, smiling a little.

“That f[@#$]king b[@#$]tch. He shouldn’t have done that. He knows you’re pregnant!” Zooble said.

“Well, he did, and it’s in the past. Let’s just get back to the nest.” Pomni said quietly.

“What happened?” Gangle asked, which startled the other two.

“Jesus, I thought you were still asleep.” Pomni said.

“I just woke up. What happened?” Gangle asked.

“The adventure was a high stress, heavy lifting one. Thankfully, it’s in-house, so we could escape.” Zooble said.

Gangle nodded. “That part’s good, at least. But Caine should’ve known better.”

Zooble placed Pomni next to Gangle, and Pomni quickly latched on to Gangle. Gangle instinctively latched onto her as well, and Zooble watched, tucking them in.

“I’ll go out and make sure Caine doesn’t bother you. You two can go back to sleep.” Zooble said.

The girls nodded, and after a few minutes, they were both asleep. Zooble made sure the girls were comfortable and went out to buy them some snacks. The adventure was still going on, so Zooble snuck past it before slipping into the store and buying as many snacks as they could carry. They didn’t care that they had just spent $150 on potato chips and donuts, they just wanted their girls to be happy. When they got back into the tent, Caine noticed them carrying the snacks.

“Why do you need so much junk food, my dear Zooble?” Caine asked.

“It’s not for me, now let me go give it to those I bought it for.” Zooble said.

“Why did you buy it for them instead of having them buy it?” Caine asked.

“For one, it’s just human decency, and secondly, they’re asleep.” Zooble responded, walking into Gangle’s room, where their girls were still sleeping.

“Okay, then, I will not try to stop you.” Caine said, vanishing.

Zooble put the bags on the table and looked into the nest, where the girls were still asleep and cuddled up. Zooble chuckled quietly when they saw this. Gangle and Pomni were very comfortable-looking in their warm, safe nest of blankets and pillows. Zooble contemplated waking them up to let them know that they’d gotten snacks. However, they decided against it, instead making sure the girls were warm. As soon as the second blanket was over the girls, they seemed to relax further.

Zooble sat on the bed, and after a little bit of consideration, crawled into the nest. The girls didn’t seem to react to Zoobler at first, but when Zooble grabbed a blanket for themselves, the pair seemed to notice, even in their unconscious state. Zooble noticed that the girls were scooting closer to them in their sleep. They wondered if the girls were cold and internally questioned whether they should give them another blanket.

After a few hours, the girls finally started to wake up. Zooble was still in the nest, but they were inches from nodding off. The girls shared a mischievous look and started poking Zooble in increasingly ridiculous places. However, Zooble didn’t stir until Pomni poked them right under their wing. Upon feeling that touch, Zooble jumped at least a foot in the air. The girls started giggling hysterically. Zooble gave the girls a playful eyeroll, which only made them giggle more.

“You’re silly, you know that? By the way, I got you snacks.” Zooble said.

Gangle and Pomni scrambled out of the nest and to the table upon hearing this and grabbed the bags, which were full of potato chips and donuts. The girls climbed back into the nest and started eating the snacks, to which Zooble started chuckling. The three partners just sat in the nest for the next few hours, talking while the pregnant ones ate the snacks. However, Zooble was having a hard time keeping their eyes open. After only twenty minutes, they were nodding off. The girls quickly noticed and poked hem awake.

“You good, Zooble?” Pomni asked.

Zooble yawned and stretched. “I dunno. I think I’m just tired.”

“Have you been getting enough sleep?” Gangle asked.

“I’ve been pretty worried about you guys and the tiny versions of us inside you, to be honest.” Zooble said.

“Have you been losing sleep over that stuff?” Pomni asked.

“A bit.” Zooble admitted.

“Go to sleep.” Gangle said, basically shoving Zooble down.

Zooble sighed. “Fine, but only if you promise to keep resting.”

The girls looked at each other.

“We promise, but only if you promise to take care of yourself.” Pomni said.

“I promise.” Zooble said.

It was starting to get dark, so the trio cuddled up, snacks put back on the floor, and started falling asleep. The girls started using Zooble as a pillow, which Zooble was too tired to mind. The trio eventually fell comfortably asleep, and it was the best night of sleep any of them had ever had.

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It was an amazing day, at least by Pomni’s standards. However, she quickly realized something was different when she looked in the mirror. Pomni put her hand on her belly, a wave of excitement washing over her. She was finally showing, six weeks after Gangle had first started showing. Yeah, her bump was still small, but it solidified the reality of the baby on the way. Pomni felt the smile on her face growing as she put her hand on her bump and could notice the curve.

Pomni looked in the dresser Caine had recently filled with clothing and grabbed a slightly looser outfit. After she changed into her looser outfit, she removed her hat, eventually choosing to replace it with a red ribbon. After Pomni tied up her hair, she flopped onto the nest, feeling great about her pregnancy thus far. Just then, Gangle walked in with a look on her face that meant she was probably gonna throw up soon. Pomni got up as quickly as she could and passed Gangle a bucket.

“You good, G?” Pomni asked before Gangle violently vomited.

“I’m pretty sure it’s just morning sickness, Pomni. I’m fine, don’t worry. By the way, you seemed pretty happy. What’s up?” Gangle asked.

“I’m finally showing! My bump’s not that big yet, but it’s there.” Pomni said, pulling her clothes close to her body to show off her small bump.

“That’s amazing, Pompom! Can I touch it?” Gangle said.

“Of course!” Pomni said.

Gangle put her hand on Pomni’s little bump, smiling slightly. Pomni looked at Gangle’s larger bump with admiration and excitement. She gave Gangle the puppy-dog eyes.

“Do you wanna touch my bump?” Gangle deadpanned.

“Yes.” Pomni said, nodding slightly.

Gangle sighed. “Go ahead. You know, you could’ve just asked.”

“I didn’t wanna seem rude.” Pomni said.

“You’re not, Pompom. Tell you what, you can touch my bump whenever if I can touch yours.” Gangle said.

“Deal.” Pomni said.

Gangle smiled. Just then, Zooble opened the door. The girls looked up at Zooble, who had a soft expression on their face. They realized their hands were still on each other’s bumps. Zooble looked like they wanted to ask if they had consent to touch the bumps.

“Hi, Zooble. What’s up?” Pomni said.

“Nothing much. Are you showing today?” Zooble asked.

“Finally.” Pomni said.

“That’s good.” Zooble said.

Gangle and Pomni slowly removed their hands from each others’ bumps. Zooble decided to sit on the nest and looked at the girls. The girls decided to sit next to Zooble until Caine dragged them on the next adventure. After a few minutes of sitting together, Caine spawned in and dragged them away. Zooble, however, used their skills in escaping Caine to evacuate their girls, especially given the previous adventure.

Zooble and the girls were soon back in the nest, all cuddled up and warm. The girls looked very sleepy as Zooble cuddled them. However, Zooble still had a burning question of consent. Despite this, Zooble kept their non-existent mouth shut. The girls were both half asleep, so it was just human decency to let them sleep and ask them later. Zooble pulled the blanket over the girls and made sure they were comfortable before they lied down.

After lying there quietly for several hours, Zooble felt very relaxed. They had taken the opportunity to try to draw something, as it had been a while. Zooble had also made sure that every movement they made was subtle enough to keep their girls asleep. After a while, they were getting bored of trying to draw, so they picked up one of the books Caine had spawned in. After having been quietly relaxing for almost 7 hours, Zooble felt Pomni start to stir. Just then, Caine spawned in.

“Why did all three of you skip the adventure?” he asked.

“The last few adventures you’ve sent us on have been labor-intensive, heavy lifting adventures. These guys are pregnant.” Zooble said.

“Well, what connection do those two facts have?” Caine asked.

“Well, you’re not exactly supposed to do heavy lifting when you’re pregnant.” Pomni said, yawning a little.

“I thought it was just if you’re showing.” Caine said.

“One, that’s stupid, two, both of them are showing and Gangle’s been showing for six weeks.” Zooble said. “Now get out, Caine. These guys are tired and they need their rest.”

Caine vanished at that, and Zooble let out a quiet groan. Pomni scooted closer to Zooble, who looked at her and started petting her head. The small jester girl snuggled closer and let Zooble pet her. After another two hours, Gangle finally started to stir. The other two smiled softly at her as she sat up, yawning softly. As soon as Gangle was awake, the three walked out of the room and to the ‘living area’ to talk to the others. Jax, Kinger, and Ragatha were sitting there, looking exhausted.

“Tiring adventure?” Zooble asked.

The three all nodded, looking the trio up and down.

“What were you three doing, napping?” Jax asked sarcastically.

“I don’t think what these two were doing qualifies as napping at this point.” Zooble said.

“What the f[@#$]k do you mean, Zooble?” Jax asked.

“Seven and nine hours of sleep doesn’t sound like a nap to me.” Zooble said.

The girls glared at Zooble, who just shrugged. Jax immediately took this opportunity to start teasing the irate girls.

“What are you trying to do, hibernate?” Jax said.

“For your information, they’re both 12 weeks pregnant.” Zooble said, flipping Jax off.

Jax just rolled his eyes playfully. “If they’re really 12 weeks pregnant, why is only crybaby showing?”

Pomni jumped out and started growling like a rabid dog. Jax just started chuckling, putting a hand on Pomni’s head as if to keep her away. Zooble gently pulled Pomni back.

“Don’t stress yourself out, I can deal with him for you.” Zooble whispered.

Pomni still looked upset, but she sighed and nodded at Zooble, who proceeded to rip Jax in half, surprising everyone and no one at the same time.

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It had been two weeks since Pomni had first noticed her developing bump, and it wasn’t much bigger. However, it was growing, thankfully, so she knew her baby was okay. Gangle’s bump, on the other hand, was very noticeable, especially for a twin pregnancy, which the trio had all accepted Gangle was probably having. Zooble had thankfully finally gotten the courage to ask if they were allowed to touch the bumps, and both of the girls had happily accepted.

Pomni put her hand on her bump, feeling happy about her baby’s development. She looked over at her partners, who were both peacefully asleep. Pomni chuckled slightly, her hand still resting on her belly as she rolled over. Pomni decided to try to fall asleep, and after a little while, she found that she was as excited as a kid on Christmas. She eventually decided to use Zooble as a pillow for the upteenth time. Pomni put her head on Zooble’s chest, feeling the gentle rise and fall as they softly snored.

Despite the comfort of the snuggles, Pomni still found she was having a hard time relaxing enough to fall asleep. It wasn’t that she wasn’t tired, she just couldn’t make herself relax enough to nod off. However, Pomni quickly found that as fate would have it, she would be needed. Pomni heard Gangle’s soft, even breaths turn erratic after a few minutes of lying there, and it came to a head when she saw Gangle shoot up. Pomni sat up, hoping that Gangle would want to talk about it.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

Gangle turned around, obviously shocked to have heard Pomni’s voice. However, instead of answering, Gangle broke down and reached for Pomni’s hand. Pomni pulled her closer and started petting her head, hoping to provide some form of comfort.

“It’s just a dream, the’re fine.” Pomni heard Gangle whisper to herself.

“Are you okay, Gangle?” Pomni asked.

Gangle sniffled and snuggled into Pomni’s embrace. “It was just a nightmare. I know you want me to tell you what happened in it, right?”

“I’d prefer it, yeah.” Pomni said.

Gangle sniffled again. “Well, it was about me losing the babies and you guys hating me for it.”

Pomni gasped a little, pulling Gangle closer. “We would never hate you, G. If you did lose the babies, we’d grieve with you, but I don’t think you will.”

“What makes you so sure?” Gangle sniffed.

“You’re stronger than you believe you are, G, and we love you. If something happened to make you lose the babies, we’d fight it for you. You know why?” Pomni said.

“Why?” Gangle sniffled.

“Because we care, silly. Now, let’s get to sleep before Zooble wakes up and goes after our heads, okay?” Pomni said.

Gangle laughed a little bit at that and Pomni smiled upon hearing Gangle’s adorable giggle. After a few minutes, Gangle and Pomni were sleeping in each other’s arms and using Zooble as a pillow, a role which had been given to them ages ago. After a few hours of sleeping like this, the trio all woke up to a dawn that came all too soon. However, Zooble saw how sleepy their girls looked and tucked them in again immediately.

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It was early in the morning, and Pomni was listening to Zooble’s soft snores. Gangle was also asleep, but her almost silent breathing wasn’t super easy to hear. Pomni felt the exhaustion tug at her bones, especially given that she hadn’t been able to sleep well in almost a week. She didn’t fully understand why, but she didn’t question it as she fell fast asleep. Sleep was something to be grateful for in general, but being 20 weeks pregnant definitely helped her actually want to sleep. As soon as she woke up, Pomni wanted to go back to sleep, but she felt a few light shakes. She opened her eyes to see Gangle standing over her, trying to wake her up.

“We should go out, Z’s already saving our spots.” Gangle said.

“I don’t wanna get up, though.” Pomni complained.

“Well, too bad, it’s healthy for you, now let’s go.” Gangle said, offering Pomni a ribbon.

Pomni slowly got up, yawning and stretching. As soon as she got to the couches and sat next to Zooble, she felt her eyelids start to droop, and she was barely awake when she felt something she hadn’t felt before. It was like a tap, but it was from inside. Pomni shot up in surprise, which confused everyone in the area.

“What’s going on, Pompom?” Zooble asked.

“I felt something inside me.” Pomni said.

Everyone was looking over at this point, and Pomni put her hand gently on her bump, which was a lot more noticeable by now. Pomni felt the sensation again, and she started to smile.

“I think the baby’s kicking.” she said.

“Lucky. I can’t feel these guys yet.” Gangle said.

“They probably died because you’re such a bad-” Jax was cut off by Zooble promptly committing first degree murder.

Gangle started crying, to which Pomni rushed over and petted her on the back, offering as much comfort as she could. After a few minutes, the pair fell asleep snuggling on the couch. Zooble continued making a mess of Jax for the next two hours with Ragatha and Kinger watching in shock and awe. Suddenly, Caine spawned in, which made everybody mad.

“No adventure today, sadly, but I do have an announcement.” Caine said.

Everyone held in their sighs of relief.

“Zooble, could you wake them up?” Caine asked.

“Why? They have a hard time falling asleep at night.” Zooble explained.

“This announcement directly affects them, so wake them up, Zooble!” Caine said.

Zooble kept glaring at Caine, who floated over to the girls. Caine pulled out a comically large megaphone from his back pocket before yelling ‘wake up’ into it. The girls both shot up, obviously startled. Caine stuffed the megaphone into hammerspace and dusted his hands.

“Anyways, back to the announcement.” Caine said as casually as he was capable of.

Gangle and Pomni were still recovering from the shock as Caine started speaking. Zooble walked over to comfort their girls, who started relaxing.

“I’m putting a prenatal care clinic next to the store, and I’ll be giving ultrasounds!” Caine said.

“Prenatal care is a lot more than ultrasounds.” Zooble said.

“Well, I betcha the author doesn’t know the first thing about prenatal care, so they decided to make it as simple as possible.” Jax said.

Everyone started staring at Jax like he was going cuckoo.

“Will you stop doing that?” Zooble asked.

Jax just started laughing to himself. Zooble glared at him, and everyone else just stopped looking at Jax after a few moments. Everyone looked back up at Caine, hoping for an explanation.

“An NPC will be doing everything else.” Caine said.

Everyone nodded at that, except for Jax, who started laughing.

“I bet the author won’t show anything but the ultrasound, though, because they still don’t understand prenatal care.” Jax said, to which Zooble threw their arm at his head and knocked him out cold.

The girls eventually got off the couch, and along with Zooble, they walked into their room and crawled into the nest, falling fast asleep. Zooble decided to stay on guard against Caine and Jax. After a little while, it started to get dark, so Zooble went into the nest and went to sleep, snuggling their girls gently. However, as it got later in the night, Gangle felt herself waking up. She felt a feeling of guilt wash over her. Pomni had felt the baby in her move, so why hadn’t Gangle?

Gangle pulled her knees to her chest as she sobbed. She put her ribbons on her bump, hoping she’d derive some form of comfort from it. Just then, she felt Zooble stir, to which she cried even harder. Zooble put their hand on her back, and when Gangle looked over, they had a gentle expression on their face. Gangle put her face on Zooble’s chest, and Zooble pulled her closer.

“What’s wrong, G?” Zooble asked.

“I haven’t felt any movement, but Pompom has.” Gangle whispered.

“You do realize that all pregnancies are different, right? Also, it’s possible that the ones inside you got your ribbon limbs.” Zooble said.

Gangle internally facepalmed. She hadn’t thought about that possibility.

“Thanks, Z. I didn’t think about that.” Gangle said.

Gangle felt her tears subside after a while, and she also felt Zooble fall back asleep. Gangle was about to fall asleep again when she felt a tiny tap from the inside. Gangle sat up. Had she been dreaming? She put her ribbon on her bump, wondering what that sensation was when she felt it again. Gangle felt a bit of joy fill her body. The babies inside her were determined to prove Jax wrong. Gangle started shaking both of her partners awake in her excitement.

“What’s going on?” Zooble yawned.

“Whazzit?” Pomni mumbled.

“I felt a little kick!” Gangle said excitedly.

“Gangle, it’s three in the morning- Wait, you said you felt a kick? That’s amazing!” Pomni said.

Gangle smiled happily. The other two looked very happy for Gangle, who was now far too excited to sleep. This excitement was passed on to her partners, who were now fully awake. The trio stayed up doing their own thing for a few hours before they all just passed out from exhaustion.

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Zooble was holding both of their girls’ hands as they walked over to the clinic. As soon as they opened the door, Caine spawned in with an ultrasound machine. Caine was in a comically oversized doctor’s coat, but otherwise, he was in the same exact outfit. The trio stared up at him, confused.

“Who’ll be first?” Caine asked.

Pomni raised her hand. After a few moments, everyone was in position for Caine to rub goop all over Pomni’s big ol’ belly. The trio all stared in shock as Caine squirted the goop onto Pomni’s belly and started rubbing the stick all over her belly. The trio stared at the screen, which flickered to life. Caine made sure they could all see what was on the screen.

“Well, this is what your child looks like right now. Do you wanna know the gender yet?” Caine asked.

The three looked at each other, nodding in agreement.

“Sure, why not?” Pomni said.

“It’s a girl.” Caine said.

The trio looked at each other, already brewing baby names. Caine pointed out a few features on the child, including her hat and a three-fingered plastic arm. After a little while and a picture taken, Caine helped Pomni clean the goop off her belly and had Gangle sit down where Pomni had been. Caine helped Gangle lie down and squirted the goop on her bump, and he put the wand on top.

“Two heads! How surprising!” Caine said.

The trio just rolled their eyes. They’d known it was twins right from when Gangle had started showing at six weeks. Caine, however, still looked surprised.

“They’re fraternal, too. They’re in different sacks. It looks like they’ve inherited Gangle’s masks, look at their head shape.” Caine said.

The trio did in fact look at the head shape and see that they had mask-faces, exactly like Gangle’s. Just then, they got to watch as one of the babies kicked.

“That one’s a little feisty. I wonder why...they’re not bending their leg.” Caine said.

“We’d like to know the genders on these ones, too.” Gangle said.

“They’re both girls. Zooble never did pass down the Y chromosome, did they?” Caine said.

“I guess I didn’t. I’m a little disappointed that there isn’t a boy because I have the perfect name for a boy.” Zooble said jokingly.

“For the last time, even if we were having a boy, we wouldn’t be naming him Sawyer!” Gangle said.

“But why?”

“It’s a stupid name for a baby, can you imagine saying ‘Do you want to hold Sawyer?’ No, because Sawyer is an old man’s name!”

Pomni giggled softly at her partners’ banter.

“At least I have a really good name for a girl.” Zooble said.

“It better actually work for one of our daughters.” Gangle said.

“Karma.”

“F[@#$]k no.”

“But why?”

“That’s a hippie-[@$$] name.”

“I like it, Zooble. We can name the one in me Karma.” Pomni said.

“Pomni, noooo!” Gangle said.

“Pomni yes.” Pomni responded.

The trio continued their banter as Caine took a picture on the ultrasound. After a little while, the three partners ended up going back to the tent. Once they got back to the tent with their ultrasound pictures, Jax appeared.

“Where were you?” Jax asked.

“F[@#$]k off, Jax.” Zooble said.

Jax noticed the pictures in the girls’ hands. He reached over, but before he could even touch them, Zooble started strangling him and shoved him to the ground. Zooble gave the girls a look, and they scampered off to their room, immediately crawling into the nest, the ultrasound pictures clutched to their chests. The girls eventually started to nod off, and Zooble finished killing Jax. When Zooble got there, the girls were asleep. Zooble tucked them in, making sure they were comfortable.

After an hour of setting up some frames and putting the pictures in them, Zooble put the picture frames on the wall. They stood back to admire their handiwork, ‘smiling’, knowing that they’d seen their daughters. Their daughters. Not someone else’s daughters, *their* daughters. It was still so surreal to them that they had not one, but three daughters on the way. It was still so surreal that they were going to be a parent with both of their partners.

Zooble sat down in the nest, feeling the warmth emanating from their partners. The girls were still peacefully asleep, which was becoming more and more normal as they got more pregnant, but Zooble had a feeling that as the babies got stronger, they’d keep their mothers up a little more. However, by the looks of it, the girls were enjoying their deep sleep while they could. Zooble decided to lie next to the girls and read a book while they slept.

After relaxing for around 10 hours, it was getting late, so Zooble put their book down. They saw that the girls were still fast asleep and Pomni was snoring a little. Zooble pulled the blanket up to their chest and they laid down, ready to sleep. However, their insomnia demons struck again and wouldn’t let them sleep. Zooble wondered why it was them and not their partners who were being kept awake, but after a few minutes of the 4-7-8 method, they were out cold.

The next morning, the girls woke up to Zooble fast asleep and the ultrasound pictures hung up on the wall. The pair looked happy upon seeing the only pictures they had of their babies hanging for all to see. Gangle sat up first and took a few moments to stand up. Shortly after, Pomni also got out of bed and walked with Gangle to the couch area, where they got into an intense makeout session. Jax stared at the girls, who were making out over their pregnant bellies on the couch.

“You people are weird.” Jax said.

“We don’t care.” Pomni said before kissing Gangle’s cheek.

Jax rolled his eyes and groaned. However, the girls were too deeply in love to care about the opinions of a certain purple rabbit. The pair kept making out as Jax glared at them.

“Get a room.” he said.

“That’s exactly why we’ve spent the last 21 weeks eating for more than one.” Pomni said.

“That’s honestly disgusting and I didn’t f[@#$]king ask. Please let me stop watching that, it’s disgusting.” Jax said.

“Will you stop bullying Gangle?” Pomni asked.

“Why would I?” Jax said at the exact wrong time, as Zooble spawned in.

“Because if you don’t, I’ll mutilate you.” Zooble said.

Pomni looked at Zooble with bedroom eyes after a moment, and Zooble rolled theirs. Jax looked from the girls to Zooble, and Zooble sat next to the girls, who promptly moved their makeout session to Zooble’s lap, which disgusted the heck out of Jax (he doesn’t understand yuri gang). The group didn’t care about Jax’s opinions, though. All the trio cared about was cuddling and maybe making Jax gag. After a few minutes, Jax just f[@#$]king died of yuri.

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It was nighttime, and Gangle was staring at the sky. The day had been amazing. First, Zooble had taken her and Pomni on a short retreat on a hill hidden behind the tent. Then, the trio had spent the whole day there. Now that it was nighttime, nobody had wanted to go back to the tent, so they were just lying on the blanket with only one more blanket to cover them. As nice as the day had been, Gangle was ready to fall asleep. Except sleep evaded her like she was a plague.

“Having trouble falling asleep?” Zooble asked, which startled Gangle.

“A little, yeah.” Gangle answered, yawning.

“Did you forget your sketchbook inside or something? If so, I can go get it.” Zooble said.

“You don’t have to, Z, I’m doing fine.” Gangle said.

“I insist. Now lie down and close your eyes while I grab your sketchbook and a pencil.” Zooble said.

Gangle obeyed, and within ten minutes, Zooble was back. Gangle opened her eyes, and Zooble gave her the sketchbook, to which Gangle started writing her thoughts and emotions down, as well as developments in her pregnancy, like hiccuping and the kicks becoming stronger. Gangle wrote until she had no more coherent thoughts, and eventually, she was just writing whatever came to her mind, which was mostly just jumbled letters.

“Still can’t sleep?” Zooble said.

“Nope.” Gangle responded, popping the p.

Zooble gently put their hand on Gangle’s forehead and started petting her gently. Gangle felt the exhaustion weighing on her bones, but as soon as her eyes closed, one of the babies kicked her. Gangle kept trying to fall asleep, but it wasn’t working. Zooble decided to try something different upon seeing Gangle fail to fall asleep, putting their hand on her bump. As soon as they did that, they felt a tiny kick under their hand.

“What are you doing?” Gangle asked.

“I’m trying to get the babies to relax.” Zooble responded.

Zooble felt the movements slow underneath their touch, leading to Gangle sighing in relief and knocking the f[@#$]k out. Zooble also felt the babies relax through Gangle’s bump. They sighed, snuggling closer to Gangle and gently moving Pomni closer. Pomni barely reacted, still snoring as loudly as ever as she was pulled closer. Zooble felt amazing between the sleeping girls, petting both of their heads. Zooble put their hands on each of the sleeping girls’ heads. This was truly heaven.

However, despite the warmth they felt both physically and emotionally, Zooble was having a hard time falling asleep. Zooble pulled the blanket more against their chest and tried lying on their back. This proved futile, as they didn’t feel any sleepier. Zooble spent the next few hours tossing and turning, trying their usual method of the 4-7-8 method before the military method and even deep muscle relaxation. Their efforts were futile, and they wondered why they were having such a hard time.

Zooble felt their partners’ breaths on either side. They felt like they should be able to fall asleep just fine. It wasn’t them who was pregnant, after all. They decided to close their eyes once more, hoping that would work. Nope. They were still wide awake, and they wished that they weren’t. They deeply wished they were in the land of nod with their partners. However, their insomnia demons had returned to haunt them, which made them deeply angry.

Zooble suddenly knocked out with no warning, as if hit by an invisible sleeping dart, and when they woke up, their girls were stirring. Zooble looked around, and noticed it was barely dawn, but despite the digital nature of the dawn, it was still beautiful. Caine was also standing over them, T-posing menacingly. The trio stared up at Caine, who looked very excited as he T-posed as menacingly as he could. The trio just glared.

“What do you want?” Zooble asked.

“For you to go on the adventure. It’s gonna benefit you, I promise!” Caine said.

“How would your stupid adventures benefit us?” Zooble asked.

“It’s a how-to on parenting. Would that benefit you?” Caine asked.

The trio looked at each other, then looked at Caine. It was decided. The trio started glaring Caine away. However, Caine remained steadfast in his attempts to get them to go on the adventure. After a few hours, the trio were all sitting at a school table.

“Here’s your first lesson in parenting: shake the baby if they’re crying.” the NPC teacher said.

The trio looked dumbfounded at Caine’s stupidity. Zooble looked at their girls, obviously wondering if they should help with the inevitable evacuation. The girls nodded, looking exhausted. After a few minutes of contemplating, the trio escaped the NPC teacher.

“Well, that was weird. What the f[@#$]k would Caine know about childcare anyways?” Pomni asked.

Jax suddenly spawned in with his evil grin. He approached Gangle from behind and looked like he was about to push her. However, his attempt at killing the unborn children was unsuccessful, as Zooble threw him down the infinite staircase they had for some reason. He died at least three times on the way down, and Zooble just laughed about that.

“What’s falling down the stairs?” asked the oblivious Gangle.

“A piece of garbage.” Zooble responded casually.

Pomni, who had seen the stupid purple rabbit try to kill the twins, started laughing at that. Gangle looked very confused, so she looked down the staircase, only to see Jax dying for a fourth time.

“Why did you shove him?” Gangle asked, smiling slightly.

“He was trying to kill the twins, so I’m preventing him from doing that.” Zooble said casually.

“Thank you for that, O Knight In Shining Armour.” Gangle said, jokingly bowing.

“You’re quite welcome, my sweet little princess.” Zooble said, scooping up both of the girls.

“Hey, I’m almost as tall as you.” Gangle said playfully.

“You only weigh a little more than your mask, you little silly. Pomni weighs more than you, and she’s a tiny, skinny little thing.” Zooble said.

“I’m not that small.” Pomni said.

“You’re not even four feet tall. You’re pretty small and cute.” Zooble said, poking Pomni’s cheek.

Pomni blushed and scowled a little. “I’m not cute.”

“Yes, you are 100% cute. Now let’s get both of these cute girls to bed so that they can rest.” Zooble said.

Pomni and Gangle didn’t argue about that as their strong, loving partner carried them.

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Pomni and Gangle were sitting together on the couch, messing around. Gangle knew she was pregnant and ready to pop. After having somehow hacked in the internet, she had learned that twins are usually born at about 36 weeks, and she was 39 weeks along. Pomni was also fast approaching her due date, and she looked like she was also ready to pop. Just then, Gangle felt a rush of pain shoot through her frail body and she gasped.

“What’s wrong, G?” Pomni asked.

“I think it’s time...Pompom, could you bring me to the nest? I think I’m most comfortable giving birth there.” Gangle said.

Pomni ran off, and for a moment, Gangle thought she was getting abandoned until Zooble came running with her on their shoulders and scooped Gangle up.

“To the nest!” Pomni said.

Gangle felt herself fall a little bit more in love with Pomni at that moment. As Zooble ran as fast as they could, Gangle felt herself fall a little bit more in love with them. Gangle had no regrets dating her partners as she was gently placed in the nest, which was rearranged so that she might give birth more effectively. Gangle thought that her partners were amazing and that she loved them, but her thoughts were cut off by another contraction.

“Should we get Caine? He might be able to help you.” Pomni said.

“I think I can do this.” Gangle said, feeling the next contraction.

Pomni and Zooble looked concerned, but they understood and grabbed Gangle’s ribbon hands. After three hours, the contractions became consistent and Gangle was pushing as hard as she could. The pain was almost unbearable, but once she heard what Zooble was saying, she knew it was worth it.

“She’s crowning! Come on, G, you can do it!” Zooble said.

Gangle pushed as hard as she could, and she felt the child pass through the hole that had been spawned in to push out children. However, she didn’t hear crying. Gangle had also noticed that the babies weren’t kicking much this past week. Did she lose them? It would explain why she hadn’t given birth until now. Gangle felt tears start to stream down her cheeks, at least until she heard a snipping of a ribbon and a baby crying. Zooble ran off, carrying a small, crying child with a piece of ribbon (likely her umbilical chord) hanging off as Zooble went to clean her up.

“You’re doing so good, Gangle. Keep going, okay?” Pomni said.

“Is the baby doing okay?” Gangle asked.

Pomni laughed. “Can’t you hear her? She’s doing just fine.”

Gangle let out a sigh of relief, and after a moment, Zooble came in with the child still crying but cleaner with almost no umbilical chord hanging off. She had a face that looked like Gangle’s mask, but it was about the same shade of pink as Zooble’s face. She also has a white ribbon wrapped around where her mouth was supposed to be. Both of her arms and her right leg were ribbons, but her left leg was a kind of plastic peg leg. Her torso looked like a pink dress with thin black stripes running down it. In short, she was beautiful.

“Did I really create that?” Gangle sniffled.

“You did, G, and she’s alive and well. Let’s get the other one out, okay?” Pomni said.

Gangle nodded, already feeling the next contraction. After a grueling two and a half hours, she felt baby number two start to crown. Zooble was already trying to calm baby number one, who was still screaming her little head off when baby number two popped out with an even louder cry. At least, after the umbilical chord was cut.

“Good job, Gangle. Now you’re almost done, just need to get the afterbirth.” Pomni said, taking baby number one from Zooble.

Gangle nodded and watched as Zooble rushed to clean off baby number two. As soon as baby number two was brought over, Gangle saw that she had a body type similar to Zooble’s, but she had a blue base with black spots. She also had one of Zooble’s eyes, as well as her left arm being a claw and her right leg being an orange and blue striped mess. Her face was a lot lighter than her sister’s, but it was still a powder pink. She was just as beautiful as her older sister, just a lot louder.

As soon as the younger twin was placed next to her sister, both of them started relaxing, much to the relief of their parents. Zooble ran off to the store, leaving a heavily pregnant and newly postpartum pair to take care of the babies, much to their shock. Thankfully, the twins were nodding off in the bassinet they’d been put in. The girls looked at each other, obviously contemplating names.

“I like Jennifer and Lisa.” Gangle noted.

“I like names like Ashley, May, and Rose, but those can be the second parts of their names.” Pomni said.

“So the older twin can be Jennifer Ashley and the younger can be Lisa May.” Gangle noted.

“Yep. The still-unborn one is Karma Rose, in that case.” Pomni said.

“I’m still surprised you agreed with Zooble’s name pick.” Gangle said.

“It’s a pretty name, and it’s more creative than a flower or a month.” Pomni said.

“It doesn’t mean anything nice, though.” Gangle said.

“Karma is defined as the universe giving you what you deserve, and I think Karma Rose will be very good karma, isn’t that right?” Pomni said.

Gangle reluctantly nodded. The girls just sat there as Gangle finished delivering the afterbirth and promptly passed out. Soon, Zooble showed back up with a box of formula, three bottles, two pacifiers, and three pink blankets. They also had a pot full of water, which they put on the stove.

“Why are you boiling water, Z?” Pomni asked.

“I gotta sterilize these things, don’t I? We don’t want the babies getting sick, right?” Zooble said.

“Oh, right, you do have to do that. Let’s hope these guys don’t get hungry while you’re sterilizing their bottles. Also, why did you only get two pacifiers?”

“The first baby doesn’t have a mouth, so I think she’ll be fine.” Zooble said.

“Gangle and I named them while you were gone. Wanna hear what names we picked?” Pomni asked.

“Sure. You already promised me the one in you would be named Karma, so I do wanna know what these guys are gonna be named.” Zooble said.

“Gangle and I picked Jennifer Ashley and Lisa May.” Pomni said.

“Those are beautiful names. Which one’s Jenny and which one’s Lisa?” Zooble asked.

“The older one is Jennifer and the younger is Lisa.” Pomni said.

Zooble picked up Jenny and swaddled her in the new blanket. As soon as Jenny was swaddled, Zooble put her back down and did the same for Lisa. Pomni smiled knowing that Zooble cared so much about the babies. She put her hand on her bump, knowing that the baby would come out feeling safe and loved. Pomni looked over at Gangle, who was still asleep from the effort of giving birth.

Pomni pulled a blanket over her, hoping to offer some comfort, especially after she had pushed two watermelon sized half plastic tiny little things out her hole. Pomni sighed contentedly. She knew she’d have to do the same exact thing Gangle had had to do in around a week, but the little potato she’d get out of it was worth it.

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Pomni was dozing off, as it was nighttime, when she felt a sharp pain shoot through her body. Her partners and the twins were asleep, so Pomni decided to ignore it. However, the pain persisted. She knew that a week prior, Gangle had experienced these exact symptoms before giving birth to Jenny and Lisa, but she still decided to ignore it. It was three in the morning, after all. However, Pomni couldn’t fall back asleep with the pain shooting through her body.

After two hours of enduring the pain, Pomni decided it was finally time to wake her partners when she noticed that there was a large wet spot around her crotch and pants. Pomni groaned softly. Her water had f[@#$]king broken while she was still asleep. As soon as she had managed to wake her partners, she motioned to the puddle before biting back a loud scream.

“You’re in labor, aren’t you? Well, let’s set up the nest for delivery, G.” Zooble said.

Gangle nodded and helped Zooble rearrange the nest in order for Pomni to deliver the baby as effectively as possible. Pomni looked over to her side, only to see the twins sleeping peacefully. Pomni sighed in relief. She hadn’t woken the babies yet. However, she knew she soon would with the delivery of their sister. Pomni bit bag another scream of pain as the next contraction hit and she removed her shorts. Pomni felt Zooble grab her left hand and Gangle grab her right.

“Push. I know you can do it, Pompom, I believe in you.” Zooble said.

“If I can do it twice in a row, you can do this, Pompom.” Gangle said.

“I really hope so.” Pomni said.

Pomni felt a surge of pain, and she started pushing, but when she saw Zooble’s face fall, her own mood fell. Gangle looked in herself, and her face fell as well.

“What’s wrong?” Pomni asked, fearing the worst.

“She’s sideways. I’m just gonna turn her around really fast, okay?” Zooble said.

Pomni felt a weight lift off her chest, immediately followed by the sensation of Zooble’s fingers up her birthing hole.

“There we go, she’s the right direction now. Carry on, I’m gonna go wash my hands.” Zooble said, their hands messy with birthing goop (idk what to call it please know what I mean).

When Zooble returned and gripped Pomni’s hand again, she pushed and out popped the tiny girl she’d been carrying for nine months. Zooble immediately went off to clean her, leaving Pomni and Gangle alone with the twins, who were waking up to the sounds of their new sister squalling. Gangle sighed and picked up Jenny, hoping that they’d be able to avoid a meltdown. Thankfully, she was successful and the twins were simply curious. Just then, Zooble returned.

“Well, here’s our youngest child, guys.” Zooble said, passing the swaddled newborn to Pomni.

The girl looked like Pomni way more than Zooble. She was still pretty obviously Zooble’s child, but she was more like the short jester. Pomni held the tiny thing close to her chest. Her partners looked ecstatic to see the newborn, who was starting to relax and fall asleep.

“Karma Rose, our beautiful little baby.” Pomni whispered to herself.

“Our third beautiful baby.” Zooble said.

Gangle chuckled to herself. “We’re so cringey.”

“That’s why you love us.” Zooble joked.

Just then, the door opened, revealing a certain purple rabbit. Zooble immediately rushed over to make sure the jax[@$$] didn’t hurt the babies. Jax poked his head in the room and saw three babies, all of which were very sleepy. However, he wasn’t allowed to do anything else thanks to the mother hen that was Zooble.

“What the f[@#$]k do you want, Jax?” Zooble said.

“I heard noises, and it was interrupting my beauty sleep, so I came to investigate. Do you have a problem with that, Zoobie?” Jax asked.

“Yes, now f[@#$]k off before I make you dig your own grave.” Zooble said.

“How about no?” Jax said.

Zooble grabbed Jax by the ears and dragged him outside. The last Pomni and Gangle heard of him, he was begging their partner for mercy, mercy which he wasn’t going to get. The girls put the new baby in her bassinet, making sure she was swaddled and comfortable. Then, they waited for Zooble, who returned covered in dirt and bits of purple fur.

“Let’s get back to sleep. I have a feeling we’re gonna need it.” Zooble said.

The girls nodded, knowing that sometimes, it was best not to ask questions. After that, the trio fell into a comfortable slumber, wrapped in each other’s arms despite the fact that two of them were filthy.