DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS. JUST THE PLOT OF THIS STORY.

Yeah, yeah. I'm supposed to be working on Barcode Anonymous and Creed, but I was attacked by a plot bunny and it wouldn't stop gnawing on my leg, so here we are...

Amor Omnia Vincit

"Love Conquers All"

I

"It's a baby," Terra muttered as he paced back and forth through the den, running his fingers through his hair in agitation.

"I can see that," Ventus replied as he bounced lightly to calm said infant. She was fussy, most likely due to hunger, and Aqua had yet to return with some formula. He began to hum a lullaby that he miraculously managed to recall from before he'd been stripped of most of memories.

"I know, I know, but seriously! Who the hell abandons a baby on a doorstep?!" He stopped his pacing just long enough to check out the window for Aqua, like he'd been doing for the past hour. "I didn't think people actually did stuff like that in real life. Only movies and books."

"I was left on the the doorstep," Ventus chimed, pausing his bouncing for all of four seconds before hastily continuing as his tiny companion began to whimper pitifully.

"First off, you were eleven. Second, Xehanort walked you in and told Master Eraqus you were staying with us before dumping you here." He frowned. "We're too young for this."

"Technically we're in our thirties," Ventus argued, monotone.

"And we don't look a day of it," Terra argued back. "We need an adult. An adulter adult. Stop looking at me like that, Ven."

Ventus blinked slowly at his brother. He knew where he was coming from, but it's not like they had a much of a choice in the matter. The only people they, well, he, could trust with the baby were on different worlds and, to be blunt, taking an infant through the Lanes Between seemed like an overall bad idea. On top of that he was already forming an attachment to the tiny person clutching at his shirt. "You think the master was prepared to take care of us?" He wondered out loud.

"What?" Terra thought about it for a moment. He'd only been taken in under Eraqus's care a few months after Aqua and he'd be lying if he said the man didn't look at least a tad bit overwhelmed, even more so once Ven had recovered from his "accident" and was just as energised as he and Aqua. "Not really. No... "

The white mage didn't have to say a word more, Terra could already see the point he was making. No one's ever truly prepared to take care of children, not even those who'd planned the process.

"I have to agree with Ven," Aqua said as she dumped several bags in the middle of the floor. It looked like she'd gone all out with the baby shopping, even going as far to buy some sleepers and a few outfits.

"When did you get back?" Terra asked, slightly startled. He hadn't heard her come in.

"Been here for a few minutes, listening in," She replied as she dug out a pack of bottles and a can of formula. "I'll go ahead and fix her something to eat. There's a bag of diapers if she needs to be changed," Aqua informed them as she headed towards to kitchen. She said something else, but it was drowned out but the sound of the running tap. When she returned with a warm bottle in hand, Ventus had just finished changing their newest addition, Terra staring at him in awe.

"The hell are you so good at this? She cried when I tried messing with her." He said, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Maybe he had siblings before he came here?" Aqua suggested as she took the baby and started to feed her. She sucked down the milk hungryly, kicking her chubby legs in enthusiasm.

Ventus thought about it for moment. He still had next to no recollection of his life pre-Xehanort, but he might have had younger sibling that he helped take care of. It was that or he just had a natural knack for babies, which maybe he did. It was then a sudden thought hit the young, if only in appearance, blond.

"Uh, we have two problems."

Aqua glanced up at him as she adjusted to infant to burp her. "Like what?" She asked slowly,

"She doesn't have a name, for starters. We can't just keep calling her Baby." He glanced at Terra. "Or Muffin. Also, where is she gonna sleep?"

Aqua glanced around the room as she hummed thoughtfully. He already have a feeling of what she was going to say. "Well, seeing as how you currently have the biggest bed and she likes you best…" Yep. He knew it.

"Wishing you would've let me or Aqua get the big bed now, huh?" Terra half taunted, hands on hips.

Ventus rolled his eyes. "She wouldn't be sleeping with you anyhow. You're too big and sleep too heavy. You'd roll over and squish her before the night was up." Sometimes he swore the older man could sleep through an earthquake, which he has, by the way. It was a fairly amusing ordeal, seeing Terra's reaction upon waking up and finding his room, and the rest of the castle, a complete and utter mess. The look their master had given the brunette upon realising he'd slept through the whole thing undisturbed was nothing short of spectacular.

Said brunette rolled his eyes before looking at the baby thoughtfully. "What about Annabeth? I saw that name in a book once."

"You read a book once?"

"Shut up, Ven," Terra drawled, his voice hilariously calm.

"I like it," Aqua chimed and she handed the raven haired babe back to Ven. She was getting fussy again and nothing Aqua was doing seemed to calm her. Yet another reason she found it best she stayed near Ventus.

"Me too," Ventus added as he began to rock on his heels. "It's a lot better than Muffin."

"I'll have you know I'm still calling her that," Terra said, a chuckle in his voice. His mood about the situation had greatly improved from what it had been when he opened the door to find a wailing basket with flailing limbs coming out of it. He still couldn't believe someone would do such a thing. None of them could, but that didn't change the fact that someone had, and they were going to have to make some serious adjustments to, well, adjust.

In all honesty, when it came time to go to bed Ventus was terrified. He'd said Terra was the most likely to roll on top of little Annabeth, but what if he did it? He was a light sleeper, he knew this, but what if he slept harder than normal that night? What if she started crying and he didn't hear her? What if-

"You're making a face," Aqua said then, snapping him out of his thoughts of doom. "Calm down. You've handled her well all day and if you need help in the middle of the night my room is right down the hall."

Ventus sighed. "I know."

"Oh, and if she wakes up hungry, Remember to follow the instructions on the can exactly. Too much can make her sick," Aqua informed him. Much to his surprise she looked a little nervous herself, which did absolutely nothing to settle his nerves.

"I'll be fine. Like you said, you'll be just down the hall if I need you. And Terra's even closer, though I don't think he'd be of much help," Ventus told her. Annabeth had long ago fallen asleep on his shoulder and he wanted to get in the bed before she woke up.

"I heard that," Terra called from his room, his voice muffled by the blanket over his head. How he slept like that without feeling like he was about to suffocate, Ven would never know.

With a bit of reluctance Ventus entered his room, leaving his door cracked so that someone could hear him if he called, and lied the sleeping baby on his bed, covering her with a thin blanket as she sprawled out comfortably. He took a calming breath before crawling in himself, leaving his lamp on so he could see and making sure to leave enough room between him and Annabeth. He was still terrified of squishing her. He honestly didn't think co-sleeping would be so stressful. They'd have to get a crib soon, or else he was sure he'd go mad with worry.

He had managed to drift off for all of two hours before he was awoken by the sound of quiet pouting. Annabeth had started to stir and twist, before, with much effort, rolling onto her stomach. Ventus drowsily started to gently rub her back and her green eyes reluctantly fluttered closed once more, the occasional pout leaving her lips.

"You're probably getting hungry again, huh?" Ventus whispered as he made to get out of the bed. He menovered a blanket and his pillow so not to risk her managing to roll off the bed while he fixed her a bottle.

His bare bare feet padded quietly against the cold floor as he quickly made his way to the kitchen and set upon preparing a bottle. It took him a bit longer than he would've liked to get the temperature right. The chill in the air had him a little more than half awake by the time he made it back to his room, Annabeth whimpering softly as he picked her up before giving her the bottle.

He couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that she was once again kicking her legs as she feasted on the formulated milk, the occasional grunt escaping her tiny form. Did all babies behave like this when they ate?

The sound of footsteps caused Ven to look up and find Aqua, clad in a loose shirt and sleep shorts entering his room and plopping herself on the foot of the bed. She smiled at him sleepily.

"And here I was worried," She said, her voice barely above a whisper. She pulled an extra blanket from under the bed and promptly curled up in it.

"I'm not sure if I should read that as you thinking me incapable or you mothering me," Ventus replied as he removed the bottle from Annabeth's lips. She'd fallen back asleep halfway through the bottle and was now quietly snoring in his arms.

Aqua chuckled before taking the bottle from him and getting up, his spare blanket still wrapped around her like a cloak. "I'll take this back to the kitchen for you. My room's cold, unlike yours. I'll give this back in the morning."

"Night, Aqua."

"Goodnight, Ven."

I know. this is different from all the the other Kingdom Hearts stories, but different is good, right? Anyhoo, let me know what y'all think and leave me reviews~