There was nothing unusual for today, as the baby was sleeping peacefully on their cribs and the white bear slept on the carpets close to their cribs.
However, Zander woke up and started to play on his own, which made the bear woke up too and attend to the baby.
Lil Thing nuzzled Zander’s hand that stretched out through the gap between his crib and licked his fingers, which made the baby giggled.
His noise caught Joel’s attention, as he was standing right in front of the door and immediately went into the room to see that Zander was already awake.
Seeing Joel, Zander stood up and raised both of his arms, asking Joel to pick him up.
"Up! Up!"
The twins just celebrated their one year old birthday three months ago and because of everything that was going on around them, the king and the queen didn’t throw a feast for their birthday, instead they celebrated it with a few people that were close to them.
It was an intimate celebration and the twins might not remember that, but all of them, who gathered that day could feel the closeness.
These two were their bundle of joy and happiness. The mark of how everything started to go well for them.
"You are awake, Zan." Joel picked him up and he placed both of his hands on his face, while giggling.
"Joe... out, out," he said repeatedly, pushing Joel’s face toward the door. He wanted him to take him out. The baby didn’t like to stay in one place for too long. "Out... out, go go..."
"Okay, okay." Joel laughed. He really enjoyed his new status as the twin’s personal warrior. They were so adorable. "But only for a while, okay?"
"’Kay." But, Zander turned his body when Lil Thing didn’t come with them. "Lil Thing, Lil Thing out too... go go. Zen too. Zen go out."
However, Lil Thing didn’t budge, it curled its body next to Zenith’s crib. The baby was doing his usual favorite thing, taking a nap.
"Lil Thing will be with Zen. Zen is still sleeping, let’s go out with me, okay?"
Zander furrowed his brows, but then he rested his head on Joel’s shoulder. He didn’t bother the bear and was excited to go out.
Joel told Finn that he would go out with Zander for a while and Zenith was still sleeping with Lil Thing. Currently, Hanna was pregnant and she got a very bad morning sickness, while Aliana had to do something and Grilla just left for a while, because she needed to check on something, she would return in less than an hour.
With how peaceful nowadays, it was fine to lower their guard, especially when Lil Thing was inside.
"Check on Zenith later," Joel said again.
"Okay."
"’Kay!" Zander parroted what Finn said. "Bye Finns... Bye bye..." Zander waved his hands, as he was being carried by Joel to walk in the garden.
"Bye Zan." Finn waved back to the baby.
Ten minutes later, Finn entered the room, he checked on Zenith, but the baby was still sleeping, so he walked out of the room and left him with Lil Thing.
However, not long after he left, Zenith actually woke up and he rolled his body on his cribs, causing him to hit the woods and startled Lil Thing. The bear immediately got up and saw the little one was trying so hard not to cry, but he pursed his lips and grumbled.
After that, Zenith crawled around his cribs, while Lil Thing watched the baby. Crawling and rolling around.
The baby was rather active today, but suddenly, Zenith stood up. He pushed the crib, but it didn’t budge, he pushed it again, wanting to go out, but still it didn’t budge.
Lil Thing tilted its head and stood up on its hindlegs, as it stretched out to Zenith.
The baby giggled and climbed on Lil Thing’s arm, to its shoulder and slid down on its back. Just like that, Zenith could go out of his crib.
"Up, up," Zenith said, as he tugged Lil Thing’s hindleg. He was very familiar with Lil thing and this was not the first time he climbed on its back, but this would be the first time he did it without any surveillance.
Iris would have a heart attack if she watched what Zenith was actually doing right now.
Her baby actually stood up, walked and climbed the bear’s back. He did it with ease and giggled when Lil Thing pushed his bumped so he could sit between its shoulder and held onto its head. The baby’s grip was so strong when he gripped its fur.
"Go, go... there." Zenith pulled Lil Thing’s head, but he didn’t want to go out, he wanted to go to the bathroom and play with water.
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