Thurston watched from a distance as (y/n) helped the children.
She made sure each had an understanding of their homework and subjects before she let them work on their own, she stood away from the children as she watched them. The sound of footsteps alerted her to the presence of the Finnish man, she saw movement and turned to see a bouquet held out to her.
White lilies, roses, a single red pink, daisies. Again, all a silent language to tell her how much he loved her and was captivated by her beauty. The albino woman silently wished she had the power to take the kids with her to hide. But she only knew how to heal and make lights.
His face still held a neutral extression that looked like his was irritated at something,  yet she could not feel anger from him. The way he greeted her after not seeing her for a long time was like she would expect from Luxembourg or Denmark.
The albino took the plants from him to be polite and he stood beside her like he was guarding her. Aske wandered over and showed her the drawing he did because he was too young for homework, (y/n) patted his head.
"That is lovely, Aske.," the female said.

The little boy grinned up happily to the young woman.
Her kind smile warmed up Thurston after he saw it. It was something he had wanted to see since she had been there last. He realized that she already had her birthday, she was nineteen. She had to have had the birthday at one of the places she had been at. The Scandinavian took Aske's hand and walked back to the table to check over the work the children did.
Markus did well on his work, Craig was still working as he had really shaky hands.
Terri and Jess had just finished and waited for the young woman to check over the work.
Aske went back to drawing cute little pictures for his new family.
(Y/n) checked over the girls' work and gave them tips for the problems that they had trouble with.
She checked over Craig's homework and found he got all of the problems correct.
The albino female congratulated the tan boy.
Thurston watched her and the children, he noted all of the scars the children had.
He watched them even more before one of the girls started to glare at him, "Hey. Stop staring. Creep."
"The hell did you say?," Thurston said and (y/n) got between the two.
The brunet Finn looked at the woman then to the girl she was standing in front of.

He turned and walked away. The female looked back to the child, "Please don't anger him."
"Fine.," Jess said in return.
Egil and Loki brought in some things for the kids to eat and drink while they work.
The Cold Icelandic man set the meals in front of the kids and Loki set their drinks down "Magnus is working in his office and will eat there, Bernard is already eating.," Loki said.
"Why is Thurston mad?," Egil asked.
"He wouldn't stop staring at us, he looked like a creep.," Jess replied
"Oh.. ohohoho.," the Fiery haired Norwegian laughed as he picked up Aske, "He's just watching his dear fiancée act like a mother to you, perhaps even deciding which one of you he wants to be a patron of."
Those words got the attention of the children, "Patron?"
Egil piped in after his brother spoke, "Yep, patron. Since you five live and are under our protection, we decided that we will lend you some of our power. Each one of us will choose one of you to be a patron of, you will receive the strength or power that is associated with us."

"For example.," Loki said and patted Aske on the curly ember colored hair, "I will be Aske's Patron, he will have some of my fire magic. Markus."
"Yes sir?," the dirty blond teen asked.
"Magnus has decided that you will receive his strength and durability. Congratulations.," The Norwegian said and put down the now pretty much glowing little boy, "Also, Kanin, Please at least talk to your fiancé instead of just staying with the children."
The Scandinavian female gave her older brother a blank and somewhat irritated look.
The kids started to get curious about who would choose them to be their patron.
Loki walked away while Egil paced about, thinking hard while he looked over the kids.
The cold Icelander stopped by the two girls and looked between them, both glared at the youngest Nordic assassin.
The one eyed Icelandic man placed his hand on top of Terri's head, "This one. Her eye looks like mine."
He was right, both of them had violet eyes, his had more of a red tint in them. Terri was Surprised that his touch was cold but he was not gross like the other adults made her feel, it was kindness and care she felt from his touch.
"That's three out of five.," Markus said, "I wonder who you will get Craig?"
"Y-yo-you th-three got th-the co-cool ones.," Craig stumbled as Bernard and Thurston walked in and listened.
"Is it patron day already?," the swede asked.

Markus nodded, "I got Magnus."
"Loki!," Aske cheered.
"I chose Terri.," Egil spoke as the two red eyed males walked over.
"That leaves two for us to choose from, Lillabror.," Bernard spoke and pointed to the bandage covered tan teen, "Him. You will get my healing, strength and immunity."
Jess shot up, "That leaves me for the Grumpy asshole?!"
"Watch it brat!," Thurston snapped back.
"You two do seem similar in terms of personality.," Markus said with his usual cool headed and somewhat apathetic tone.
(Y/n) placed her hand on Jess's shoulder to get the Girl's attention and shook her head, "remember what I said."
The olive eyed female nodded and sat back down to glare at her guardian patron.
Bernard got a glare from his younger sister, "You better not think of biting him to form the connection."
"Lillasyster, I won't. The bites are just to taste.," the male said and had Craig follow him to another room.
Markus went to look for Magnus.
Terri got ready for bed with Aske, leaving Jess with (y/n) and Thurston.
The albino woman kept her distance from the Finn, Jess kept glaring at the man. "Kultaseni. I missed you.," the man said, "You don't know how much it hurt to be away from you."
The woman took the flowers he gave her and placed them in a vase with water.
Thurston never took his eyes off of her.

Jess was beginning to get uncomfortable with their silence and she went to bed, leaving the Scandinavian woman and the Finn alone together.
As soon as the girl left, Thurston was at (y/n)'s side and had his arms around her.
His strong arms did not remove themselves from her, he moved so fast that she did not see him until he was right there. She knew he was no longer holding himself back and will be even harder to escape from if she did try to.
The brunet male had her in a strong but loving embrace, it felt nice but the love that he had for her was only somewhat returned. She remembered how much she did love him when she woke up from that coma, she still had that love. She however had greater romantic feelings for another, yet she knew that telling him this would send him on the warpath against the one she did love.
This great internal conflict made her feel sick and want to cry.
She wanted to cry right there in his arms, just to break down. At the same time, she wanted to stay strong and not let him have anything from her to use.

Thurston hugged his beloved tightly after not seeing her for so long, his heart felt like it was going to explode from the amount of love and desire he had for her.
He had his face buried in her neck and one of his hands in her hair.
Something hit his cheek.
Warm and wet, he felt (y/n) shake and heard her inhale sharply. Thurston let go and saw his fiancée was crying.
This made him a little scared for her. Why was she crying? Was she hurt? Did someone do something to her?
The albino fell forward into his arms completely, Thurston held her close and let her face rest against his chest.
"It's okay. I'm here Kultaseni, I'm here for you.," the man said and kissed her forehead, "I'm always here for you. It will be okay."
(Y/n) had her hands grasping his jacket and shirt as she cried, this made him feel like she needed him.
"Just how long were you keeping this in, Kulta?," Thurston asked, "I'll take care of you. I promise."
He placed a kiss on her cheek and tasted the salt of her tears with the sweetness of her skin. Thurston took one of his arms and scooped her large up while holding her torso. She clung around his neck as she carried her.

He heard the steps of feet behind him and turned to see the girl who was supposed to be the one he was supposed to be the patron of. The girl looked from the man to the crying woman.
"Is lady (y/n) okay?," She asked.
"She is. She just has been through a lot. There is only so long you can stand strong before you crumble.," the Finn replied, "Then that is the time you can be built back up better than before."
Thurston walked to his room with the albino in his arms, the tomboy followed. He stopped and looked behind him again.
"Is there something you want to say?," Thurston asked.
"Her room is over there.," Jess said and pointed to the master bedroom, "Why are you taking her to yours?"
"Because she is my fiancée and I want to help her.," the Finn said, "Now go to bed girl. I have to tend to Kulta."
He took her into his room and shut the door behind him. The Finn placed his beloved on his bed and sat next to her as she continued to cry then settle down.

She stayed quiet once she had finally stopped crying, Thurston was at least somewhat satisfied with that and got changed for bed. His beloved had not moved when he turned back. The Finn got onto the bed with her and pulled her under the covers with him.
(Y/n) resisted a little but she cuddled easily.
The albino woman snuggled to him and fit perfectly into his arms as she did.
"Don't worry, just relax and have a good rest.," Thurston said and kissed her softly, "I'll be here to keep you safe."
He waited for her to close her eyes and listened to her breathing slow as she did fall asleep. His brunet head laid next to her and closed his own eyes before he woke up later to the sound of a child crying.
He felt the woman in his arms get up and he followed to see where she was going, he saw her pick up the wandering little boy who's hair glowed like embers. Loki's beneficiary.
The Finn walked up behind the woman who was glowing softly from her magic while she rocked the boy, he saw the child fall asleep in her arms.
The small frail boy must have had a nightmare and was looking for someone to ease his fears. Thurston watched the woman he loved soothe the child and carry him away to the master bedroom where she went to bed with the child sleeping in her arms.
Thurston followed to get in the bed with her.
He saw that she was holding the small child with a motherly gentleness and love.
The brunet lay next to her and the child and fell asleep there.

Loki woke up and went to wake the children, to his surprise, he was not able to find Aske. The man was able to wake up the other children before he went to look for the little boy. The Norwegian found who he was looking for curled up in the arms of his beloved sister.
The fiery haired male smiled softly.
"Now this is adorable.," the man said with a chuckle and walked in, "Kanin, time to get up. Aske, you have a big day ahead of you."
The little boy yawned and got up with the albino Scandinavian while the Finn glared at the Norwegian.
The pyromancer took the child from his light magi sister, "I think you should go see Jess."
"Is something wrong?," the albino asked.
"It's a woman thing.," Loki winked and walked away with Aske. Thurston looked a little disgusted.
"Who the hell is Jess?," the man asked.
"Your beneficiary.," the albino woman said and walked out of the room to go see the teen girl.
It was just as Loki said, it was the girl's first period and she was freaking out about it.
Terri was also freaking out from it. (Y/n) just had to explain it to the two and cast a healing spell to lessen the pain and bloat from the menstruation.
She let the girls go get ready for school while she cleaned up the mess with her magic, she learned how after being with Gilen and Lutz for a while.
The albino looked behind her to the red eyes of her betrothed. She felt her urge to escape grow.