The warm light of the sun entering through the balcony of Klaus' room awoke Rosalind that morning.
The compound was calm and apparently, Klaus and the twins were already downstairs, by the sound of voices and laugh downstairs.
If there's one thing Klaus does like no one else is to spoil the ones he loves. Don't even need to talk about his own children. The ones he so much loves and longed for, even if it was a secret kept inside him.
Seeing that something so beautiful, so pure and full of light, is a part of him, his legacy, changed completely his vision of himself and his future.
"Now, you can't call yourself a connoisseur if you have not sampled each and every one of these" Klaus says to the twins, who are currently sat in his lap, in front a huge table, full of pastries "Hm? Here!"
He holds a two beignets for the two tribrids to bite.
"Hm..."
"It's so good!"
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Klaus chuckles softly, seeing their lips dirty with sugar.
"Did I ever tell you two the story of my first beignet?" they shook their head "No? You both are in for a treat" Klaus stood up, placing them sat on the chairs "Long ago, three French nuns came to New Orleans looking for a fresh start and they came here" he gestures towards the front door of the compound "They marched right into our courtyard, and they presented your Uncle Elijah and me with these rather lumpy-looking, sugar-coated pastries. Well, needless to say, we were entranced. We set them up quite well"
"Why did they come to you?" Hope asks.
Theodore was too busy almost swallowing another full beignet.
"Because there was a time when we were regarded as royalty" Klaus speaks, kneeling between them "You might even go so far as to say I was king, which would make you a princess" he then looks over Theodore, wiping the sugar off of his chin "and you, a prince"
The two little tribrids smiled happily, warming Klaus' heart deeply.
Rosalind arrives on the courtyard, walking over them. Already dressed for the day.
No matter how pissed or annoyed Klaus could be, he couldn't bring himself to deny now ethereal she looks, even in casual clothes.
"Good morning!" she smiles which turns into a funny look when she saw the table looking like a festival of pastries "I guess apple turnover is fruit"
Hope and Theodore immediately tried to hide their mouths full and hands all smudge with sugar and caramel.
"Well, I saw no harm in indulging our children's sweet tooth" Klaus gestures at the table, with a teasing smile "All things in moderation, of course!"
