Laurence POV:

    Oisín got in trouble for helping Dmitri stow away on board. I chuckled under my breath watching him trudge away. It'll take some getting used to, but his behavior shows that he's definitely Y/n's kid. I started wondering how Garroth would react to the news. Probably much different than me, considering he never actually saw him. It'd still freak him out no less.

   Kawaii~chan had came forward to the docks with Malachi in tow. She jumped before hugging Dmitri like a doll. "OOOOOH LOOK AT THIS CUTIE-PIE!" He called her crazy while asking for someone's help. Dmitri looked pretty uncomfortable to say the least. "HE'S SO CUTE! KAWAII~CHAN THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE A CHIBI DANTE-KUN WITH HIS BLUE HAIR!"

Now that I think about it, that was true. "I REGRET COMING HERE! HELP THIS LADY IS GONNA KILL ME! SHE'S SQUEEZING ME SO HAR--- AUGHH!" He let out a squeak, dramatically looking as if his lungs had collapsed. Malachi reminded Kawaii~chan she was brought to look us over with our new found 'condition'.

   It took her a few minutes to regroup her head and finally focus on what she was brought over for(after finding out Dmitri was Nicole's son, asking his age and looking like she were about to get in a fist fight with Dante). When Kawaii~chan looked at us, she gasped and sprinted off with Aphmau to run some tests on what happened to us.

   Y/n was busy scolding Dmitri for "encouraging Oisín's behavior like that" and "going against your mother's instructions!" She had him run 10 laps around the settlement as a punishment instead of telling Nicole where he was. Though, I'm sure she's gonna find out sooner than later. Y/n sighed before twisting her neck in an almost pained manner. "Hey, you okay?"

She side glanced at me before nodding and rubbing a hand across her shoulder blade. "Yeah... all the stress is giving me knots though." Y/n realized her mistake and took long strides to get away from me. I laughed, realizing the opportunity that couldn't be passed up. Slinging an arm around her shoulder, she grunted and tried squirming out of my grasp.

"I'd happily give you a back massage. Just say the word and I'm there." She shook her head looking so disappointed in my life choices. "I can't believe you've done this. Get off of me ya Weirdo!" I snorted, getting the side of my face squished and shoved away. "Hey, I kept it chill for like a week. Feel proud of me." I got a slow, sarcastic hand clap in return.

"I'd pass out a gold star if I had any." Malachi and Levin took their leave to go patrol in place of Dante and Gale, who were out for the day to fix up some houses. I'd have to tell Aphmau if she went looking for them. Dmitri hadn't had the chance to even run off since Nekoette was smothering him with questions. She seemed really excited to meet another kid her age.

   Y/n told the both of them to go wait out in the guard(tree) tower while she decided what to have done with the little brat. As far as I knew, there wouldn't be a reason for Nicole to keep Dmitri away from Phoenix Drop. But it's none of my business. We both were walking in the direction of Y/n's house. A slow gush sent a steady chill through the air.

Like before, she had pulled one of the hanging vines after we traveled up the base of the tree trunk. Unlike last time, our platform now had a railing on one side of it. I shook my head at her pettiness. "Clever. Very clever." She shrugged as we finally stopped at the hidden house in the leaves. The lights were already on and there was some clatter in a room nearby.

I rounded a corner seeing Oisín messing with some trinkets he most likely shouldn't be. I cleared my throat with a growing grin as he whipped his head around in surprise. The combined look of fright quickly left as Oisín gave a scowl at me. "The hell are you doing in here?!" Damn. I blinked at the unexpected statement. Not a word I fully understood, but knew it was at least not appropriate in his used context.

Y/n stepped forward with an eyebrow raised and a hand on her hip. "I let him up, stop being disrespectful. The hell you touching my stuff for? You're still in trouble." The frightened look returned once more and Oisín quickly backed away and out of view. I chuckled, choosing not to think hard on his reaction. "Is this a normal thing for you guys?" I glanced over at the table He was playing on, seeing that picture from before. Upon a closer inspection, I realized it was a picture of Oisín from a few years ago.

"What do you mean?" Y/n started looking through her chests and drawers, probably to restock supplies. "Him taking after your bad influence and playing with your explosives." I sat down on a chair letting my legs rest. "Careful Laurence, your asshole is showing. But yes, and they aren't explosives." I hummed in response, picking one up and fidgeting the cube in my hand.

"...most of them."

I shot my arm out away from me while slowly placing it back on the table. Y/n laughed from where she was standing. I rolled my ears at that, "I can't believe you've done this. The utter betrayal," mocking her accent from before. She started sorting through things on the floor. "What are you doing?" Y/n was counting through while setting some items the side.

    "Back at South Eastern Wolf Tribe, all our stuff was taken. From what I was told, everything what burnt to a crisp. But Katelyn somehow got her gauntlet back. Whatever the case, I lost my weapons, medications and a couple personal items. I'm trying to see what I can replace without having to travel too far." There was a lot of stuff but most of it she didn't seem interested in.

    I let her work in peace after that. It was fairly quiet apart from some inanimate noises. At some point my head ended up resting against my arms on top of her work table. A quick power nap wouldn't hurt anybody. "Hey Weirdo," my head fell to one side when turning to her direction. Y/n  had a small smile on her face as she leaned against the previously used dresser. Things were zoning in and out, as I was much more tired than I thought.

   "I don't think I said it before but, thank you."

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