The next day Adam had moved most of his stuff in the guest room and Leona was very worried. Not about Adam but about her parents. When she asked her mother why Tigerclaw wasn't home she explained that he wasn't coming back for awhile.
Kitsune tried to reassure her that her parents were just in a bad rut and it'll pass soon but she wasn't convinced.
Leo sighed as she walked into Yuki's bedroom, which Tigerclaw had just redecorated.
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She gently picked Yuki up out of the crib and sat her down on the floor before going to the closet to get her dressed for daycare, but the little turtle was being very fussy.
"No!" She screamed as she ran around the room as Leo tried to put a Hello Kitty shirt on her. Leo growled in frustration as she slumped to the floor. When Yuki saw her mom wasn't chasing her anymore, she waddled into her princess play tent where some of her toy were.
Suddenly the door opened and Leo saw Adam stepped inside.
"Is everything alright?" He asked with a concerned smile.
"Don't suppose you know how to get a hyperactive toddler dressed, do you?" She sighed as they heard Yukiko talk with her adorable little babble speech as she play inside the tent with her toys.
Adam thought about it for a minuet before smiling and walking over to the tent.
"Knock, knock." He playfully smiled. Yuki poked her little head out the tent and giggled. "Yuki, do you want to go to daycare today?" He asked but she shook her head. "Why not?"
"Ah wanna play." She whined and hugged the bear her daddy had got her when she was born, now named Mr. Stuffington.
"But you can play at daycare." He said.
"No! Ah wanna play with my fluffies!" She pouted and threw one of her dolls at him.
"Yukiko!" Leo scolded but she just stuck her tongue out at her.
"I see, but if you go to daycare you can brag to all your friends about all your new toys and pretty clothes, you'll be one of the most popular girl there!" He smiled at her.
Yuki looked like she was thinking about it before she smiled and ran out of the tent towards her mother.
Leo mouthed a thank you to Adam as she dressed Yuki in the shirt and a black sequin skirt...
******
At breakfast Alopex wasn't in the kitchen so Kitsune was stuck making breakfast for the whole family, while Yuki had some cereal and orange juice, everyone else had toast or pancakes.
"So what are you doing today?" Adam asked Leo as he drank some coffee.
"Taking Yuki to daycare, going to school, picking Yuki up from daycare then coming home." She sighed. She looked up the clock and quickly stood up. "OK princess, finish your breakfast then lets go." She said as she grabbed Yuki's bag and the child safety harness of the cabinet.
"Have fun at school honey!" Alopex called down from her room...
******
Tigerclaw fidgeted in his seat as he sat in the car. He was sat in his car outside the house, waiting. He watched as Leona left with Yuki and then Adam left to go to work.
As soon as Adam was gone Tigerclaw quickly got out the car and went up to the house.
He knocked and Kitsune answered. She didn't say anything, instead she just stepped aside and let him in.
"Alopex, there's someone here to see you!" She called up the stairs before heading into the kitchen to give them some time. Alopex then came downstairs with an empty duffel bag.
"Alopex, I just want to say-"
"I want you to pack your all stuff in this bag and I want you to go away, and I want you to stay away to until you can prove that you've changed your violent ways." She said firmly, close to tears.
"What? You can't be serious!"
"Fine." She glared. "I'll do it for you." She added and grabbed the bag before going upstairs. There was a few minuets of awkward silence he saw Kitsune glaring at him from the kitchen doorway.
"She's just bluffing you know." He told her, but the woman didn't response, instead she went back into the kitchen. A few minuets later Alopex came down with the duffel bag now stuffed with Tigerclaw's belongings.
He stared at her in shock.
"You can't be serious."
"I'm dead serious."
"But where am I supposed to go?!"
"I don't care." She replied coldly. Tigerclaw glared at her before picking up the bag and getting up in her face.
"You've just been waiting for something like this to come along, haven't you?" He snarled. "Any excuse to get rid of me and move that bastard in here!"
"Don't you dare try and make me feel guilty!" She screamed. "I didn't want any of this! Now get out!"
Tigerclaw glared at her for another second before pushing passed her and out the door with Alopex slamming it behind him. Once he was gone she out her face in her hands and sobbed loudly...
