After the gifts have been exchanged in a cacophony of giggles and shouts, everyone has spread out, some to the kitchen and some to their bedrooms while Hayley and Hope are still seated next to the tree and Klaus is simply watching them from the couch. Klaus suddenly gets up, jumps to the upper floor and come back less than a minute later. Hope is laughing as Hayley makes silly noise behind the large teddy bear Freya got her when Klaus steps in and kneels on the rug next to Hayley and Hope.
"I have a present, for both of you." His hands fidget with the small box in his hands, wrapped in flashy red paper that draws Hope's attention.
He smiles as Hope tries to catch the box he holds above her head before switching items and giving her the wooden wolf he had carved for her and gifted her before.
"I had Freya help me with it," he says as he turns to Hayley and hands her the box. She is slightly wary as it is rare to see Klaus so hesitant and she doesn't wish to antagonize him after he saved her earlier, the phantom feeling of a hand squeezing her heart has yet to dissipate.
She opens the box to reveal three leather bracelets, she picks up one of the two large bracelets, they are almost black in color, made of five straps entwined together in a pattern Hayley guesses resembles Viking designs. She places it back in the box and holds the smaller bracelet, made of thinner straps of leather entwined in an opposite pattern as the first bracelet. She looks questioningly at Klaus, she cannot see him simply offering her and Hope matching bracelets, especially if he had Freya's help.
Klaus gently takes the small bracelet out of her hand and slip it on Hope's wrist and the bracelet shifts in front of their eyes to be snugger around her small wrist. Tiny fingers touch the bracelets curiously and then hold on to Klaus' hand while Hope starts babbling to him, pointing this and that way while Klaus looks at her with pure joy.
He lets Hope keep hold of his hand and with the other he places a bracelet around Hayley's wrist, her left arm, like Hope.
"Freya spelled the bracelets so we will always be alerted when Hope is in danger or in pain and they should give us a sense of her direction if we are ever separated from her." His hand reaches for the last bracelet but Hayley beats him to it. She slowly places it around Klaus' wrist with her left hand, a flash of light emits from the three bracelets; a feeling of love and security rushes out of the bracelet when she touches it.
"Wow." Klaus mirrors her gesture, and she sees the moment he understands, his eyes open wide as he realizes that he can distinguish which emotions come from Hayley and which come from Hope.
They both turn away and focus on their daughter as she babbles on while she plays with her new toys, a giggle leaving her lips every time her right hand brushes against the bracelet.
"Klaus, this is… I have no words, thank you so much." She wants to hug the heck out of him but she knows it would feel awkward between them; instead she grabs his hand and slightly pulls him in to kiss his cheek.
He stares at her in shock while she smiles at him, thankful for this family day despite all the drama. Hope's hand grabs on to their still holding hands and she uses them to get to her feet, walking from one to the other while holding on to their arms like a rail. They both start talking to her, mock serious as Hope mumbles nonsense to them.