Regrets

New Job

It wasn't long before the Saiyo family was discharged from the hospital and their front door was replaced with a much better one.

"Mom, where's Yuki?" Leo asked when she came running down the stairs. The poor teen had become protective of her daughter and had slept in her nursery, but when she woke up and found that Yuki wasn't in her crib she panicked.

"She's washing her doll's clothes for me to iron." Alopex replied. Leo went into the kitchen and saw Yuki standing on a chair next to the sink and she was holding the doll under the water.

Leo sighed as she picked her daughter up and carried her into the kitchen.

"Leona, she's fine, just let her play." Alopex said as she followed the turtle.

"You are joking right?" She asked in disbelief.

"What?"

"A mad man tried to kill us and now you're trying to pretend it didn't happen!"

"Look, I'm doing my best, what should I be doing?" She glared.

But Leo didn't say anything and went to get changed...

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Later that day Leo took Yuki to the cafe to meet up with April and Casey. They had heard about what had happened and they were spooked.

"I just can't imagine it." Casey mumbled once Leo was done explaining. "It was bad enough thinking you could of... you know, but thinking little Yuki was too!"

"Don't, it's not somethin' we should be thinkin' about." April said, but it seems Casey didn't get the message.

"Is it true your life flashes before your eyes?" He asked, only to be elbowed by his girlfriend.

"What life? I'm nearly 18." She replied.

"Well you have packed a lot into it." She smirked and nodded to Yuki, who was chugging her strawberry milkshake.

"It was like my brain was saying I'm going to burn here but it was like I was saying I'm going to have pizza for dinner." Leo said with a grimace.

Suddenly she saw the manager and left the table to follow him.

"I hope everything's alright." April whispered to Casey once Leo was out of hear shot.

"Yeah, I hope they ain't scarred fer life." He replied.

"Casey!"

"What?! Ya never know, one of them might turn out warped 'cause of this."

Just then Leo came back and the two humans shut up.

"What was all that about?" April asked her.

"Well, I've been talking with my parents and I was thinking of getting a part-time job and there was a position here." She explained with a smile.

"So what did he say?" Casey asked.

"I start Friday after school!" She exclaimed excitedly. Casey and April smiled at their friend, happy for her...