Yuki opened her eyes, sitting up when Pepper growled… and jumping slightly when she saw someone in the darkened living room. She grabbed the gun, only for the person to jump back and yell "Don't shoot!"... and her turning on the lights and seeing Seth, who's brown eyes were red from crying.

"Seth? What is your problem? Don't fucking scare me… And why are you crying?" Yuki questioned while putting her gun away, before looking back at Seth.

"Zahra and I are done…" Seth responded, Yuki looking to a still growling Pepper.

"Hey, calm down, Pepper." Yuki said, before rubbing the back of his head to calm him down. "He's a friend. Just like Finny and Mandy." She explained.

The miniature schnauzer stopped growling, Yuki waving Seth over to her and Seth walking over and sitting down.

"She said I didn't have my priorities straight… that I wasn't putting her first." Seth responded.

"Well, you've seemed to be caring about yourself in the ring or even outside of it, Seth. Which is true. Sounds like you didn't care about her." Yuki explained.

"I wasn't expressing anything the right way as Dianne had told or rather, yelled at me last week… I lost Mandy, I lost Leighla, lost any chance with Kota… now Zahra." Seth replied, Yuki rubbing her left hand up and down his back.

"Hey, there's probably more women out there that are looking for you, Seth. Just make sure that your priorities are straight than all over the place. And you can stay over the night if you want to, just don't let Mandy or Finny find you if they come over to hang out." Yuki explained.

"Thank you." Seth responded before they hugged for a few seconds.

"Some of your things are in the car?" Yuki asked.

"I was gonna head back to Davenport but I didn't want Indie seeing me like this and getting upset." Seth explained, Yuki knowing that the 12 year old thought of Seth as a father since the only memory she had of her biological one was of him killing her mother.

"She'll be alright. I'll explain it to her when I see her." Yuki stated.

Seth nodded and headed upstairs, Yuki heading out into the frigid November night to go grab Seth's things… as she did, it was then that she saw Finn's silver Altima and knew that he and Amanda were back from Ireland.

Yuki headed inside, closed the door, walked upstairs and set the things upstairs in the guest room.

"I take it they just got back?" Seth asked, knowing that Amanda had gone to Ireland with Finn during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

"Yeah. But if you be quiet enough, maybe I won't get kicked in the ass by Mandy." Yuki stated.

"I'll try my best." Seth responded before he grabbed some things and headed to the restroom. When Yuki heard the shower running, she headed downstairs and called Amanda.

"Yuki, hey you." Amanda answered, sounding slightly drunk.

"Hey, Mandy, how was Ireland? And how's Finny doing?" Yuki questioned.

"I'm good and she loves it there. Don't mind her if she starts repeating what my brother suggested during dinner, she drank some whiskey on the flight back." Finn responded after helping Amanda out and into the apartment.

"I wish I would have come with y'all, but you two needed the time alone and I even had my mother over, since she wanted to stay away from my strict father." Yuki explained.

"Strict? More like stuck in the 50s. Remember when he said that I should be in the kitchen at home instead of working?!" Amanda replied.

"Yeah, and do you even remember the time when we went to see Finn for the first time and we brought him here, and nearly shock both my mom and my dad?" Yuki questioned, thinking back when the three were younger.

"Yeah… hey, where you going? Come back here." Amanda responded, reaching at Finn and him wrapping his right arm around her before lying her down on the couch and Yuki snickering.

"You two are way too lovey dovey." Yuki said, showing a smile.

"Nothing wrong with friendship love, Yuki." Finn responded, Yuki managing not to laugh.

"Things are changing, you two." Yuki replied as Amanda softly sang Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart.

"Yes they are." Finn responded before going to get his and Amanda's things… and seeing the rental car across the street. "Friend staying over, Yuki?" He asked after walking back into the apartment and setting the duffel bag, closing the door.

"Uh… that's my teen sister's rental car. You know my 14 year old sister… Chihiro, remember? From the Thanksgiving dinner?" Yuki explained, as Finn can tell that she was lying whenever she trailed off too much, was looking down on the floor or playing with her hair.

"Yeah… just hoping she had her fake ID with her. You have to be 25 to rent cars." Finn responded, deciding to let it go for now.

"She did." Yuki responded before Pepper started running around and jumping up on his back legs. "And Pepper misses both of you." She stated.

"We'll be over tomorrow to visit… goodnight, Yuki." Finn replied.

"Yeah, goodnight you two." Yuki said.

The two hung up and she sat down, Pepper jumping up and curling up on her lap… and Yuki petting him.

"You know I messed up, Pepper, right?" Yuki questioned while looking at the miniature schnauzer.

Pepper blinked twice… before standing up on his back legs again, his front paws on Yuki and him licking her face, which made her laugh softly.

"Okay, okay, I love you too, boy." Yuki said, hugging her small dog gently, before seeing Seth. "All refreshed and everything?" She questioned.

"Yeah. Thanks for letting me stay over. If I had turned up at the house next door, I think Liara would've shot me with her bow and arrow." Seth responded, Yuki remembering that a few weeks before the European tour, Seth ended up with an arrow in his left hand after yelling at Amanda.

"She probably would've. But things are calmed down tonight, maybe being out of the country helped Mandy and Finn clear their minds." Yuki replied as Seth sat down.

"Maybe." Seth responded.

"Do you need anything? Food? Something to drink? Or something from my bar?" Yuki questioned.

"I'll be okay. Gonna head upstairs to sleep… and thanks again." Seth responded before doing so.

Yuki looked at Pepper, who whined slightly.

"Yeah, I know, buddy. Let's head to bed too." Yuki said, before leading Pepper upstairs towards her bedroom.

Something told Yuki that she needed to keep a closer eye on Seth.