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"Rinus!" I barge into the office. "Nova, you smell like Cain" he notes.

"I need birth control, what can I take?" I ask.

"You aren't being safe?" he squints at me.

"Have you met your brother?" I whisper. "Why are you whispering, wait are you hiding from him?

" he laughs. "No not hiding just um..". "Nova he can smell you" he continues laughing.

"Yea thats why I used Indi as a distraction" I say.

"Indi mama is playing hide and sneak" we hear Cain's voice outside the door.

I move as fast as I can and sit under the desk placing my finger on my lip to tell Rinus to hush.

He shakes his head and thats when Cain walks in.

"Rinus" Cain greets him. "Is Indi's mother in here? " he asks.

I couldn't see what he did or mouthed but Indi apears at the coner of the desk.

"Found you!" Cain mimics what he thinks a little girls voice sounds like.

I burst out laughing which makes Indi smile.

"Hi mama, isn't daddy silly. Gawd you are too cute!

" I grab her and kiss her face. "Why are we under the desk? " Cain squeezes in hunched over.

"Um I'm working you three" Rinus huffs. "Okay see no fair Indi looks more like you every day, I carried her.

" I stare at my cutie pie. "My love she only has my eye colors but she is your twin" he laughs.

"Rinus what do you think?" I ask. "I think you are bothering me" he replies.

"Uncle Grump answer the question" I mimic a little girls voice.

"Do not teach her to call me that" he snaps.

"Answer the question then" Cain laughs. "Give her to me" Rinus sits across from us staring at Indi then the two of us.

"In my honest opinion she has Cain's eyes and looks more like Nova but that could change, isn't that right my little sea slug" he coos.

I scrunch up my face and look at Cain who smiles and kisses me passionately.

"Aw come on we don't want to see that" Rinus hugs Indi close.

"Nova I will have someone come and give you something to drink for the birth control because you two clearly can't keep your hands off each other.

" he shakes his head. "We can too" I protest. "You couldn't walk three times last week" he argues.

"Only cause my legs were asleep" I try not to blush.

"Ah never mind here it is, drink this" Rinus stands up and then sits back down with a mug.

"What is it?" I ask. "Its better not to ask" he blows kisses at Indi.

"Are you sure its going to work" I squint at him.

"Of course, its magic not a piece of copper" he shakes his head.

"You better be right Rinus, Nova and I want to wait til Indi is about one minimum or two maximum before giving her a sibling" Cain states.

"Or you could just not release inside her" he answers.

"Don't be ridiculous thats our favorite part" Cain shakes his head.

"Nova drink the liquid" Rinus orders. I stare at the liquid in the cup and brace myself.

I chug as fast as I can but then realize it actually tastes sweet.

"So how long do we have to wait for it to work?

" Cain asks. "See what I mean" I laugh. "You encourage it" Rinus rolls his eyes.

"I do not" I protest. "You couldn't walk three times last week and twice this week" he points out.

"My legs were asleep" I blush. "You can go at it tomorrow" he sighs.

"What are we supposed to do all day?" Cain groans.

"We are spending time with Indi as much as we can before we meet with the people Vato has selected.

" I tell him. "I want to take Indi outside to get some sun today" I tell Cain.

Cain quickly runs to the room to get her little sun hat and some blanket and pillows while i wait with Rinus.

"Ready?" he smiles. I was slightly nervous for her to be around people, but I nod

"Indi look at daddy" I point to Cain and bump into someone.

"My Queen I apologise" Tariq bows. Hi eyes go wide when I turn around to face him.

"Is that her?" he whispers. "Haha yes and you don't have to whisper" I laugh.

"She is adorable, looks exactly like you but with Cains eyes" he smiles.

"See my love Tariq thinks so too" Cain laughs.

"Tariq wh.." Ares stops when he sees us.

"Hi Ares" I wave. I had been avoiding him since our training.

Also Cain and Indi, well especially Cain kept me busy.

"Thats her" Ares says softly. "You can come closer she doesn't bite" I say.

"I'm not worried about her" he teases. To my surprise Cain doesn't growl at that very obvious flirt attempt.

"We are going outside to get some sun" I say as he walks around to inspect her.

"I can't believe you created something so beautiful" he mumbles.

"Well Cain helped sort of" I joke. "Hey!

" Cain laughs. "Do you want to join us?" I ask.

It felt weird to not invite them. "We are doing something for Vato so maybe later" Ares says.

"Okay, have fun" I reply as I walk into the garden.

Cain sets up under a tree giving us the perfect sunshine to shade ration.

I lay Indi down and she takes in her surrounding.

"My curious little angel" I smiles. When she becomes fussy I sing "If your happy and you know it clap your hands" i grab her little hands and clap them.

Indi smiles as I continue and giggles as I smile at her.

"My love you should add this to her music box" Cain kisses my temple.

When I run out of appropriate songs to sing I start singing some bangers.

"There's a she wolf mmhmm hmm awhooo" Indi makes happy noises and I howl some more.

"What are you doing?" Ares appears. "Singing Shakira's she wolf, Indi loves it" I kiss her little hands.

"Nova sang some Gaga as she called it and Indi liked that too" Cain laughs, "Its Lady Gaga baby" I correct him.

"We have been learning earth songs, mostly female singers.

I can't wait to hear more when the time comes" Cain says thoughtfully.

"Well I will leave you to it" Ares walks toward the men who gravitated toward me as I sang.

Growling at them they all head back to train or whatever it is they did all day.

After feeding Indi and Cain burping her I lean against Cain while Indi laid against me.

Cain wraps us in his arms placing his hands over mine.

"Do you really want eight kids?" I ask after awhile.

"I want as many as you will give me" he whispers.

Indi had fallen asleep. "Cain just answer and don't give me its your body blah blah blah.

Was Zaros right?" I question. Letting out a long sigh he say "Yes he was right".

"Would you be mad if you only got four?" I press.

"Of course not, it would be a blessing. I did not marry you because I want you to pop out children for me" he adds.

"Why did you marry me?" I ask. "My love you ask me this every other day" he laughs.

"I like hearing your answer. "I loved your strong will, your know what you want attitude, your caring side, the fact that you challenged me, your intelligence and curiosity and those soft plump lips.

But of course I love your entire body" he kisses the top of my head.

"I never thought I would love anyone as much as I love you and Indira" he leans on my head.

"Yea we are pretty awesome" I smile. "I want to celebrate you" Cain says.

"Why?" I ask. "You won't be 25 forever" he says.

"Oh you mean my birthday" I smile. "Yes, when is it" he demands.

"Its next week on the 3rd" I say. "Why didn't you tell me that doesn't leave many days to plan" I could see him frown even though I wasn't looking at him.

"I don't like celebrating it" I answer. "Why?

" he asks. "Just don't but I feel like since being here every major event we have had something goes wrong and disrupts it and I just want to have peace for awhile longer" I admit.

"I understand but I'm throwing you a celebration.

..it will be.. you know what I won't tell you" I lean back to look at him and he is smiling.

"Cain.." I start. "You will love it baby" he kisses my forehead.