Breakfast time with the Yashida's and Yuki gets to see the family dynamics.

Breakfast with Ikuto

Ikuto came downstairs first and he smeels a huge amount of food being cooked and to his surprise...his father was actually doing parts of the cooking and he smiled at this and said, "Hey, dad."

Yang looks at his smile with a smile and nods his head in response and Lei comes in the kitchen, putting a chair next towards Ikuto and she sits down on another chair waiting for Yuki to come and join in the table with them as Yang finishes up cooking and soon enough, Yuki comes downstairs and sees them at the table and of course, Yuki sits next to Ikuto and she said, "Morning, guys."

"Good morning, Yuki. Slept well last night?" asked Lei.

"Yes, ma'am. Thank you." Yuki answered.

"Yang's putting in all the food together for all of us; we got some dumplings, eggs, rice and Ikuto's personal favorite; mongol noodles with some sweet chicken and my son's favorite juice; mango juice." Lei added.

"Thanks, mom." Ikuto said, half smiling.

"You should thank your father. He cooked breakfast for me while I was asleep early this morning. He's very handsome with that pink apron on, doesn't he?" Lei said, with a giggle.

Yang's response was a certain blush and just shaking his head before coming to the table and putting all the food in there and he removed the apron and sat down with the rest of them and Ikuto said to Yuki, "He really is a great cook, you know."

Yang nods in agreement as he gets some rice, dumplings, eggs and steamed vegetables and everyone else piled in on some food as well and as they were eating, Yuki was amazed at how much Yang's cooking tasted and she said, "This is one of the best ones I've eaten. Mr. Yashida, your cooking is so much delicious than Mason's, my dad's or even my own."

Yang smiled in response to that and Lei said, "He deeply appreciates it."

"I'm happy to hear that." Yuki answered.

As Ikuto was eating, he looks over at Yuki and he asked, "Think you can watch me train today? I know that you've seen me train so many times, but I think it'd be cool if you saw me train with my dad and your uncle today."

That surprised Yuki to the core to know that her uncle Akashi is coming over to train Ikuto and sooner or later, he'll know about what had happened about Kuzan and her fear is just putting her family at risk in getting killed in Kuzan's clutch if she tells them and she only said, "That's great. I'm looking forward to that."

Ikuto could sense a little bit of concern in Yuki's eyes and he knows that there's a sense of fear in her somewhere and he's gonna d everything he can to help her and protect her. Suddenly, Lei clears her throat and said, "After breakfast, I'll show you some of Ikuto's pictures of when he was a little baby. They're just so cute."

"Mom, please...don't show her the pictures." Ikuto said, lowering his ears in embarrassment.

"I've even got the ones with his little tushy. He had the cutest tushy when he was a pup." Lei said, glowing.

Ikuto covered his face because he knew that there was no stopping her from showing Yuki those baby pictures and whined, "Mom...not the tushy pictures!"

Soon after breakfast, Ikuto watched in full-on agony and embarrassment when Lei showed Yuki pictures of Ikuto as a baby pup and a younger pup; everything from Ikuto in a diaper to cuddling up in his mother's arms, tunbles, napping and of course...the tushy pictures. Yuki was giggling a little bit on some of the tushy pictures and all Ikuto could do is just cover his face because it was just too embarrassing to have those seen by his girlfriend.

'Let it be over now. Please let this be over.' Ikuto thought to himself.

"This one is a favorite of mine. One I always treasure when Ikuto was 2; him standing up with in the back where his little tushy is there. I couldn't resist taking a picture of it. I had thought that I would treasure it whenever he go tolder. For some reason, Ikuto always felt embarrassed about me talking about his tushy in his puppy years." Lei stated.

"Mom, I was a pup then. I'm almost 20. Don't you think it's time to stop talking about my tushy or even show it?" asked Ikuto.

"I've got several of Ikuto in his underwear when he was a little pup. He always loved running around in his underwear from the time he was four until he was seven." Lei added.

Ikuto yelped at this and he said, "Mom! You promised you'd never show that!"

"But I can't resist. I'm sorry, but I can't pass this up." Lei said, bringing them out.

Ikuto whined in response and he felt completely embarrassed as Lei shows Yuki some pictures of Ikuto as a puppy, running around in his underwear or just playing pretend while wearing it and even wearing his underwear on his head...which is the one picture that makes him more embarrassed than ever to be shown by Yuki.

"Wow...you were cute then, Ikuto." Yuki said, looking at the pictures.

"I was a kid. I was stupid back then." Ikuto added.

"No matter how you grow up, you'll always be my puppy-boo." Lei added.

Ikuto sighed at this and just excused himself and went outside to get some air and Yuki excused herself as well to see if he's doing okay and when she got there, she sees Ikuto feeling a huge sense of humiliation and she asked, "You okay?"

"No. I never wanted you to see those pictures of me as a kid." Ikuto said, ears dropping down.

"Aw, why not?" asked Yuki, sitting next to him.

Ikuto looked at Yuki in the eye and he said, "Because I told myself that I would never let my mom show those pictures to my friends or my girlfriend...especially my girlfriend. Because if my mom did show them, she would laugh at me and just...see me as a puppy instead of a gentleman."

"Trust me. I've been there. My mom always showed pictures of me when I was a cub too and some of them were twice as embarrassing as yours...some that I can't even describe or mention. Why are you ashamed of that?" asked Yuki, putting a paw on Ikuto's back.

Ikuto sighed at this and he said, "It's just embarrassing. My mom always sees me as her little puppy-boo and no matter how old I get, she'll always know me as that name. It's stuck with me until the end of my days. I just...I'm just embarrassed of it because I was afraid you wouldn't like me."

"Ikuto...I still love you. We both have embarrassing moments when we were kids in different ways. But you can't let it define who you are. It's not the end all, be all. One day, our parents won't be there anymore and we have to appreciate them for what they do for us. Nothing will ever change that." Yuki added.

Ikuto smiled a little bit and he said to her, You're right. I don't know how good you are of picking me up when I'm down."

"We both pick each other up no matter what happens to us. Our love is strong enough to handle anything." Yuki added.

Ikuto tickled under Yuki's chin, receiving a purr from her and he said, "That's why I love you so much."

Both of them leaned over for a kiss for a while until he hears someone clearing their throat and when they turned around, they saw Akashi standing there and Ikuto said, "Hey, Akashi."

"Did you slip her the tongue?" asked Kira, smiling.

"No, we didn't. Hi, Kira." Ikuto answered.

Yuki looked at her uncle and cousin and she said hi to them and she said, "You guys mind if I watched Ikuto train?"

"I figured that. Sure, you can watch him train. Afterwards, you and me are gonna have a little talk." Akashi said.

"Must be serious." Kira added.

Yuki gets a front row seat to see Ikuto's training! Stay tuned!