Parted ways

A brigth born passion

Another day had arrived to Kolissíao, the sun rising above he Bear pack's cave, a dim light shining through the entrance, then young boy Ikara woke up yawning a bit and rubbing one of his eyes while he looked around for a couple of seconds, letting out a small sigh finding himself still in there.

After that he could hear steps coming towards his room, making him tilt his head for a moment, standing up from his bed and stretching a little bit, "hello?" he said as he walked over to the door, seeing Alfan walking over towards him and tilting his head for a moment "Oh... hi mister Alfan. Good morning" he said.

"I told you baby bear, you can just call me Alfan" the man said as he placed a hand on top of his head, making the boy close his eyes for a moment, soon looking back up and nodding lightly "can we get back to training?" he asked softly twiddling his fingers a bit, "be patient baby bear, we need to eat first "he responded, taking the boy to the kitchen.

In there Katherine as well as the other kids were waiting for them, the blonde woman cooking a large animal with some fruits on the table where Blake, Lucy, Adam and Ziera, "morning "Ikara said softly as he walked to the table, sitting down between the others while everyone said their respective hellos.

"Good morning baby bear, how did you sleep?" Katherine asked him, "I slept alrigth..." he spoke, soon the smell of the food was caught by his nose, making him turn instantly to it "that.... That looks very yummy..." he spoke, making the woman giggle a bit "well then, you came just in time because breakfast is ready!" she said causing both Adam and Lucy to cheer.

Soon after that the blonde woman cut the animal into pieces and served each of them a piece of different sizes, which caused Ikara to tilt his head when noticed the difference of his portion and the one of Alfan, causing the man to looks back down at him "is something wrong baby bear?" he asked him, to which the boy tensed up a bit.

"a...ah well ...uh... I just thought ... my piece looked a bit small compared to the one you have" the boy said rubbing the back of his head nervously "are you sure you could eat something of that size?" he asked, "I can try... I haven't eaten like this in days... besides it's the first time I see you bringing something like this" he said.

Alfan thought for a moment humming slightly and then turning back down at him, "very well then, let's see it baby bear" he spoke, cutting a big block of meat and placing it in front of the boy, his eyes became wide in reaction "woah..." he said and almost instantly after began to chew away on it.

"Oh my god what are you kid" Blake said raising eyebrow as he watched the little boy wildly eating away the big block of meat in front of him, meanwhile Ziera giggled a little watching as well while Katherine crossed her arms a bit "Alfan dear are you sure it's a good idea to feed him something so big? He might have problems later" she said.

"He seems fine to me, but we will have to find out with me Katherine, after all we still know very little about him" Alfan responded as he placed his hand over his head as he ate happily.

Soon everyone finished their food, but before Ikara could get out of his chair Katherine sat in front of him with a towel, starting to clean his face since it had gotten sloppy from the meal, "h,,hey! What are you doing?" he protested "no training until you're clean" she spoke, making the boy huff and look away letting her continue.

When his face was finally cleaned Katherine sighed in relief "there's your bright little face" she said and kissed his forehead "you can go now baby bear" she said, Ikara smiled a bit and stood up "thanks mom!" he said in instinct before covering his mouth realizing what he said "u...uh, I gotta go now" he said quickly running out of the kitchen.

Katherine watched him with a smile on her face and her hands together, sniffing a little bit and letting out a small giggle, seeing the boy so innocently call her mom after knowing her for so little made her hearth warm, just like how it felt every time another of her kids called her that.