Chapter 10: Aunty Yen (Nanty Nenn????)

"Is she… is she nice? Will she think 'm ugly…" Eskel said as he touched and rubbed at his face. Jaskier thought Yen would only be a few more minutes by now. Jaskier sighed and shook his head.

"She's already seen you a bit, baby. She thinks you're all very cute. Warning though, she might be a bit excited. I told her that you're a bit guary so she'll probably not be too handsy but please, please, please, try your best to give her a chance. I know it's hard but try to tolerate her." Jaskier said and then almost on queue he heard the click clack of Yennefer's heels on the front porch.

Three short knocks before the door knob turned, Yennefer had gotten a key a week after Jaskier got his. Yennefer opened the door and quietly. She gasped and quickly tried to calm herself as he quickly shed her black water resistant cloak.

The boys stared at the woman. She had a high waisted ankle long pleated pastel purple skirt and a plaiblack blouse with a bit of ruffles around the low V neckline. She looked at them like they were… like they were diamonds. Her violet eyes sparkled and twinkled and practically glowed as she scanned over each boy. She kicked off her short heels and slipped on her slippers that were always at the ready.

"Hello pretties, I'm Yennefer, Jaskier's best fri-" She started and stood on the entryway with her hands clasped in front of her but she was cut off by a large lump of Lambert.

"Aunty! Aunty! Mine Aunty! Pretty Aunty! Mine! Mine! Mine!" Lambert said as he wrapped his arms around Yennefer and buried his face in her chest. Lambert nuzzled and purred loud like a truck engine. Yennefer squealed and hugged the baby back. Eskel hunched up and looked on guard but when Lambert's tail started swishing he calmed down a bit. Yennefer stroked his hair and back and nuzzled her own nose into the sweet smelling hair, being cautious of his ears.

"Oh hello Little Lammy! I am your Aunty! Oh you are just the cutest! Baby, baby,baby! Oh and hello to you little angels over there!" Yennefer said as she looked at the other two. Geralt had crept closer but got too nervous to come any closer. He took a hold of Eskel's hand and just watched as the lady kissed Lambert's forehead and pulled him back to look at his face.

Lambert had big blown eyes looking up at her with his sharp teeth showing. He looked like a cuddle drunk little fluff ball with his tongue poking through his teeth and his ears all relaxed. Yennefer kissed his forehead and moved to meet Eskel but Lambert just hung onto her side. Yennefer kept an arm around his shoulders.

Once she had met the two older boys she held out her free arm to shake their hands. Geralt looked at her like she had hung the stars. His eyes were big and love filled and she looked at her hand for a moment before letting go of Eskel, who was staring at her with a schooled blank expression. Geralt just stepped toward her and scented the airs for a moment before circling her twice.

"Hello dear. You're Geralt, right? You're so cute! Your daddy says you like sweets… Well I brought you each a treat. Would you like it?" Yennefer asked when Geralt dropped his head and put his ears forward. He automatically perked up and nodded Lambert also started to purr loudly again and both their tails started to swish. Eskel still stood still like a statue.

"Lambert, sweet pea, will you wait here for a moment?" Yennefer asked the snuggly kitten on her side. She didn't want to accidentally trip over him or hit him with her bag. Lambert reluctantly peeled himself off from pretty aunty's side and went and leaned on Eskel.

In a hushed voice barely audible Eskel asked Lambert a question. "Does she smell… dangerous? Do you trust her?" Eskel needed to know. Geralt wanted to know. Lambert, who was every color of fuzzy around the edges, just nodded. "Yeah, my aunty so nice and smells so good I wanna cuddle her. I love my aunty." Lambert said in a sugary sweet baby voice. Eskel relaxed and Geralt smiled. If Lambert was already that attached to her, she must be good.

Yennefer returned with her hands behind her back. All three tipped their noses up to scent and oh. Oh boy!

"You have chocolate!" Eskel barked out and smiled. Jaskier quickly stepped forward though because he thought maybe Eskel might bite her but no. Eskel and the other two crowded up in front of her and thumped down to their knees.

Geralt laced his hands behind his back and pushed his chest forward and smiled up at Yennefer. Eskel held his hands up in a "puppy pose" so his hands were slumped over near his chest, he kept smiling but didn't look directly up at his new aunt. Lambert flumped to his knees but then rolled to sit on his butt and smiled. Jaskier leaned his hip on the counter. They never just… submitted like this…

"Oh look at you three! Such good boys! I love good boys! No need to kneel though but since you did and you did so without being asked and you all look so very very very beautiful I think I might have even more in my purse. Aunty always has candy by the way!" Yennefer said as she gave each boy a small Hershey bar. She walked back to her purse and pulled out three more candies but these had peanuts and nougat in them.

"Thank you Aunty Yennefer!"

"Thank you Aunt Yennefer!"

"Fank yu Aunty, I love you."

Said Geralt, Eskel, and Lambert as they ate the first candies. Jaskier wasn't too greatly mad at them having more sugar but meh they liked it. Witcher metabolism and they eat really healthily anyway. Yennefer smiled and tossed them each another candy and said "oh sweet boys. Jaskier who really did find a bunch of sweet little babies didn't you!"

Jaskier nodded to his best friend who hugged him quickly. "Yeah they're real angels. Except they chew on everything even though I've bought eight billion binkies and chew rings. I'm glad they like you, relieved really." Jaskier said and then watched the boys rise gracefully and went to the kitchen where their special breakfast was.

"Aumty! Aumty! We made you special pamcakies! Special for Aumty Yem!" Said Geralt as he stumbled deeper into his soft warm regression. He always had a bit of a lisp when he was feeling particularly small and taken care of.

Yennefer gasped and looked awe struck. She looked at the messily berry and whipped cream covered pancakes and let out loud over dramatic 'wow!'s. When she sat down in the stood Eskel gestured to.

"Oh. My. Lords. You made these for me! They're gorgeous! Works of art! I love them!" Yennefer said as she kissed each boy's head before eating the cold yet tasty pancakes. Jask could always pull through on breakfast foods. The boys all purred and came over to check back with their daddy who scrubbed their heads. Well Lambert came over, licked Jaskier 's cheek and then came back to his Aunty.

Lambert flumped to the floor by the stool and he chewed on the bottom of Yennefer's skirt. She noticed but didn't say anything. Jaskier however walked over noticed and then said "oh lammy! No! We don't chew on Aunty's clothes! Here, here, binky. Chew a binky."

Jaskier ran over and got a plain blue binky and eased Lambert away from the skirt and slipped the rubber between his teeth. Lambert just let him. Yennefer just smiled and watched. It was nice seeing Jaskier act so… parental. Happy. Easy. Fatherly .

"It's fine Jask, he's so small. He probably doesn't like the hard rubber, get softer ones." Yennefer whispers as Geralt and Eskel wash and dry the dishes. Lambert holds onto the edge of the thick skirt. It felt nice to him. Safe. Everything about Aunty Yenny screamed safe .

Lambert was just about oblivious to everything other than his chew chew and Aunty's pretty skirt. He felt like he weighed just about one single pound and he felt happy. Happier than he's been probably ever.

Jaskier put the dishes away once the boys cleaned them. Each getting a kiss and a thank you. Geralt was almost bouncing with excitement.

"Daddy, cam I show… cam I show Aumty our pay-oom? Aumty see shpecial show wif 'reen tash man!" Geralt said and Eskel started to sway on his feet because of his wagging. "Yes! Yes! Aunty got to see our nest! Oh Oh and and our rooms!" Eskel said and looked back at his aunt who was rubbing gently at the base of Lambert's ears. She tipped her head up and looked at Jaskier who just nodded and waved away the two excited boys.

Yennefer stood which pulled her skirt and hands away from the baby. Lambert tried to grab back onto the purple fabric but Geralt and Eskel were already leading the women to the stairs. Lambert tried to call out but his aunty but the binky was in the way and then oh no where's daddy gone and then Lambert's crying.

Lambert pushes himself up onto his feet and wobbles a bit before he watches the basement door shut. Tears burned down his cheeks as he watched it. Bubbas left? Aunty left? No more bubbas? No more aunty? Lambert cried harder and harder and his binky fell from his mouth and the poor baby let out a broken wail. His tail and ears were all flopped down and still.

"Oh Lammy, Baby, Kitten, why are you crying? Sh, sh, sh, calm down. Daddy's here. Daddy's here, my little lamb." Jaskier rushed over and pulled the bawling baby into his arms. He rubbed at Lambert's back and rocked back and forth gently. Lambert held on tightly to the front of Jaskier's sweatshirt and shoved his face into his daddy's neck. Jaskier rubbed at his ears and stroked down his tail.

Jaskier just rocked and petted and shushed. Lambert eventually stopped crying and whining. "Are you alright? What got you so upset? I thought you were enjoying having Aunty Yen over." Jaskier asked as he walked the toddling witcher over to the counter to sit. Lambert plopped down in the chair and rubbed his face against the cold countertop. He mumbled something but Jaskier couldn't hear it so he asked the baby to repeat himself.

"bubbs n nt nneny eft" Lambert mumbled into the marble again. Jaskier walked back to him holding a warm wet rag and lifted his chin to look up. Jaskier wiped at his face gently, wiping away the tears and snot and drool. As he cleaned the babe's face he asked what that meant.

"Bubbas took Naunty Nenny 'way! She was gonn' feed me! I wan bottle from pretty pretty!" Lambert said exasperatedly. He got told he was gonna get to have a bottle and that his pretty aunty wanted to feed him. He was gonna get cuddles and sweet milk and he wanted that! He didn't think it was fair that bubbas got to take aunty away just cause they wanted to or that they were older or that they were were…. were better than him because they weren't babies. Lambert looked at his daddy. His face was all disappointment and unsettledness.

Jaskier gave him a small sad smile and then patted his back. Babies didn't understand that bubbas also wanted to have time with their aunt.

"Well darling, I think Aunty is down in the playroom. Bubbas just wanted to show her the nest. I think they're all going to stay down there and watch the show. Do you want me to make a bottle and you can go see if she wants to feed you down there? You could watch the show and get to cuddle up to Yennefer. How's that, darling?" Jaskier asked. Lambert perked up some. His ears rose to point up and he lifted his head. He nodded quickly and Jaskier made about making a bottle. He had been mixing milk and a small bit of sweetened condensed milk and then a small scoop of iron supplement. He had read through their medical files carefully and learned that Lambert was prone to anemia.

Lambert calmed and his tail swished gracefully as he watched daddy poor the ingredients into his favorite paw print bottle. Jaskier quickly shook up the contents and warmed it in a bowl of hot water that he'd popped in the microwave. Once he was done he got the bottle and came around to Lambert who looked droopy tired.

"Come now Lambert. Let's go see aunty and bubbas." Jaskier said and rubbed circles in Lambert's back until he stood and walked slumped and tired to the door. Jaskier pulled it open and walked down the stairs first, if Lambert fell he wouldn't get hurt as bad. Jaskier turned and saw that Yennefer was sitting with her slippers off in the middle of the nest with Eskel and Geralt showing her favorite stuffed animals. Geralt had his black rabbit and Eskel had a blue elephant. Geralt and Yen were listening to Eskel talk. Eskel loved to read and he was a witcher so he knew very much about very many things.

Once they noticed the baby walk in they made room for him near their aunt and Yennefer smiled widely and sat up once she noticed the bottle in Jaskier's hand. Geralt handed her Lambert's quilt.

"Yennefer, Lambert wants to know if you'd like to fe-" Jaskier asked but the baby walked around him, snatched the blanket from the ground, wrapped it around himself tightly, and flopped down unceremoniously into his aunt's lap. Yennefer let out a 'oof' when the near 200 pounds landed onto her lap.

"Lambert! Be more careful, you can hurt aunty! She isn't big like bubbas." Jaskier scolded the baby a bit but he looked far too enraptured with staring up at his aunty with big dough soft eyes. "He's not listening is he?" The musician asked Yennefer but she was too busy planting kisses over the now giggling baby's face.

Jaskier sat in between Geralt and Eskel after handing Yennefer the bottle. Yennefer happily took it and situated Lambert in her lap so his head rested on a cushion and her shoulder and his legs were bent and tucked up. Yennefer smiled and placed the nib of the bottle into Lambert's waiting mouth. Lambert closed his eyes and drank slowly. He was sleepy and Aunty felt… soft. Caring. Safe. Protective. She smelled nice too.

Soon Yennefer had a warm purring baby fast asleep in her lap. She stroked back his hair and rubbed at the soft fur of his ears. She kissed his forehead and laid back against the nest wall and just held him.

While Lambert ate, Jaskier listened to Eskel tell him all about elephants and about all the different places elephants live and then all about how he loves elephants and then all about how he loves all animals and then Jaskier heard all about goats because Eskel likes goats.

That's how the night went. Lambert slept for a few hours and then decided he wanted to wrestle and roll around the floor with Geralt. Eskel got a few more stuffed animals, the frog, alligator, and dodo bird (yes Jaskier did get alot of odd animals to have down there because he thought he or eskel could read books about them to the other two) and then folded and put away their nesting materials. Yennefer just watched them and shoved on Geralt or Lambert when they got to wrasling near her, they quite liked being shoved when they were in a wresly mood.

And when it became bedtime Yennefer followed and got to give Lambert his bath in the guest bathroom downstairs.

"Oh Lammy you are so cute! Does Daddy usually clean you up good?" Yennefer asked as she took time to clean under Lambert's nails with a small scrub brush. Lambert was fuzzy warm and happy. "Yeah, dada does good! Doesn't do as good as Aumty though!" Lambert answered. He felt very clean, cleaner than ever but not overly clean like being sanitized.

Yennefer had washed his hair (When she scratched his scalp she almost thought he growled with how strongly he started to purr), gently washed his ears, cleaned the insides of his ears, scrubbed his feet and toes, cleaned under his toenails, and took a very small strange looking brush that she had gotten from her back and brushed his eyebrows and eyelashes and the very small hairs inside his ears.

"Aw, well maybe I should tell your Daddy how to properly wash a baby! After we get you out, do you want me to do your nails? Would that be okay? I'll clip them and file them all smooth and pretty. Wanna do that?" Yennefer asked as she finished cleaning Lambert's under arms.

"Umm… I fink dats okay. You not gon cut 'em off though, right?" Lambert asked after thinking a while. Yennefer shook her head and rinsed him off. "No sweetheart, I'm not going to cut them off, I'll cut off just a little bit so they're shorter and then smooth them down. Now uppy!" Yennefer answered and helped the babe wrap up in a towel before sitting him on the floor on another towel.

Lambert happily brought his hands up to Yennefer once she had returned with a small nail kit. She sat down on the floor next to him, pulling his bath caddy to her side and fished out his lotion. For almost twenty minutes the violet eyed woman rubbed along Lambert's thick muscles, massaging in the sweet scented lotion. She spoke through most of it. Telling the babe all about different herbs and plants and scents and their benefits. Like lavender and chamomile.

Soon Lambert was staring at his nails, they were shorter now, smooth and shiny. He was surprised because it hadn't hurt at all! Lambert giggled and stood up to go show Daddy and bubbas but umm…

"Aunty… I don't haves no clothes… I need clothes so I can go show Daddy my nails!" The cat explained and Yennerf put the caddy and kit back together and put them both up on the sink. "Okay baby, just say here for a moment. What do you wanna wear so I can get it for you, you adorable little pumpkin?" His aunt asked as she unlocked the door.

"Cam I have my… my underwear, fuzzy socks, and um.... Can you maybe, maybe, maybe, get me one of Bear's hoodies?" Lambert said as he fiddled with his newly smoothed nails. Yennefer nodded and left. She quickly made her way to the room covered in green and gathered the clothing and found a large black hoody with blue circles on it.

She then walked to the open bathroom door. Eskel and Geralt were both in the tub. Eskel with Geralt's ear in his mouth and Geralt scratching at Eskel's stomach. Jaskier was laughing and stripped down to his flamingo print briefs.

"Hi Aunty!"

"Hello, Yen. Nothing to see here. Just two fluff balls and a badger taking a bath. Everyday normal stuff." Jaskier said after the pets greeted her.

Good Lord. My life is a mess. An absolute mess. I love it!