As Adi and Otis recovered, Otis began to fuss over how they would repay them.

"Adi...Where's my wallet?"

"Huh? Probably in your pants."

"Where are they?"

"Otis, why? You can get that stuff later."

"I...I...Well..."

"Are you afraid they took it? How much did you have in there to begin with?"

"What? No, I want to give them some..."

"Aww, baby. That's a good idea."

"Yeah, well, I have to find my wallet first."

She ran a hand over his head, smoothing his hair. "Baby...It'll be okay."

"I know...They just...they didn't have to do this for us..."

"Aww. You are the sweetest man..." She kissed him. "Let me snuggle up to you, my sweet man." She pushed him back against the bed, curling up on his chest. He wrapped his arm around her torso.

Adi was recovering quicker than Otis, and she started to prowl the grounds of the house, often wandering in the stalls to pet the horses.

Otis eventually was well enough to walk out, and followed her, limping heavily still.

"Baby! What are you doing out here?!"

"Came to see what you do out here."

"Sweetie...Look at that limp. You shouldn't be out here."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Come on."

"Otis, no...I...I'm worried about you."

"Aw, I'm fine. I've had a lot worse than this, mama." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her close.

"I know...But..."

"No buts." He smirked, reaching down and patting her backside. "Except for this one."

"You heathen!" She laughed, shoving him in the chest playfully.

He stumbled, landing on his injured leg and having his knees buckle. She grabbed him and kept him upright.

"Ohh! I'm sorry!"

He laughed. "No, no. You're fine."

"I love you..." She tucked a strand of hair behind his ear. "I love you so much."

"I love you too, baby..." He sighed. "Wonder what condition the car's in?"

"Babe, the car's trashed."

"What?!"

"Yeah...?"

"My car?!"

"It's a car."

"MY car! My favorite car! Ohhh...God, that was the first car I worked on with Rufus that we kept..."

"Otis."

"I can't believe I lost my car!"

"OTIS. Seriously?!"

"Yeah?"

"I almost lost you and you're worried about your car?"

"...Yeah?"

She sighed, letting her head fall on his shoulder. "You're nuts."

He kissed her head. "Yeah, I know."

"Come on, let's go back inside."

"Whaaat? Come on."

"No, come on. We're going back inside."

"Fine..." He hobbled along with her back into the house.

Adoria was overjoyed when Otis was finally well enough to sit at the table with them for meals. He had a pinker flush to his face and looked healthy again.

"I just dread you two leavin'...We've enjoyed havin' you here so much."

"Well...Doesn't mean we can't visit, I guess." Otis shrugged. "Right babe?"

"Er...Of course! of course we could."

"We just need your address and we can figure it out, I'm sure." Otis winked at Adi. He had enjoyed these people's company as well. They were kind to them, more so than they had to be, and they had saved their lives.

"Really?! You'll do that?!"

"Yeah, sure. Can't see why not, huh babe?" He took Adoria's hand in his own.

"Sure."

They arranged for a rental car when the woman had decided Otis was well enough, and started their journey home. It felt so much longer than it had coming down, but they had no idea where they were, and had to fiddle with a map.

As they approached the Firefly household, Rufus saw who was in the car and bolted into the house, informing everyone that they were finally back.

As soon as they stepped into the house, Mother Firefly was all over them.

"My babies! Ohhhhhh my babies!" She sobbed, grabbing Otis and pulling him close to her, smashing kisses on his cheeks and forehead.

"Mm...Hello..." He grimaced.

She hugged him, sobbing into his shoulder. "I was so, so worried about you! Oh my god I about died. not knowin' where my babies were or what happened to them...Oh, I'm so glad you're okay..."

Otis grimaced over Mother Firefly's shoulder at Adi. She rolled her eyes at him, mouthing: 'You stop that. I know you like the attention.'

Otis smirked and reciprocated Mother Firefly's hug. "Missed you too, mom."

Eve rebounded into deep sobs that shook her whole body, squeezing Otis to the point he thought his eyes would pop out of his head. He stumbled a bit as she released her grip, moving to Adi.

"My babies!" She squealed, squeezing Adi and continuing to sob.

"Glad you're home in one piece, man." Rufus pat Otis on the back. "Baby's gonna be real excited when she gets back, too."

"Oh, yeah? Where's she?" He asked.

"Out scouting for victims. Say man, what happened to you, anyway?"

Otis shrugged. "Got into a real bad car accident. Totaled my Pinto, goddammit. But we got into a bad car accident, I apparently got a real bad infection- I don't remember much, honestly- and Adi somehow? Ran into this woman who took us in and took care of us." He shrugged again. "You'll have to ask her for more details. I was pretty out for most of it."

"No surprise there." Rufus smirked.

"Asshole." Otis chuckled.

Mother Firefly fussed and fussed over them until Otis thought he would lose his mind, and Adi was in sensory overload. They retreated to their bedroom to escape the attention.

"Mmm...Our own bed..." Adi sighed, crawling in it and drawing the covers over her head.

Otis chuckled. "Hey, mama? You think I can borrow a $20 tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Why? What happened to your money?"

He crawled into bed with her, drawing her into his arms and nuzzling her shoulder. "I left it there. With a note thanking them."

"Ohhh, baby..." She stroked his face, kissing him lightly. "How much did you leave?"

"All I had in my wallet. $300."

"Whoa! Why were you carrying that much?"

He shrugged. "We were goin' on a trip."

She giggled, pulling him closer to her and kissing his collarbone; still healing, the scar was still red. "That's so, so sweet of you baby...You're such a good man..."

He shrugged. "Ain't nothin' but nothin'. I can take losin' some money. Couldn't have taken losin' you."

"I could never lose you, either, sweetheart. Never."