"When you began walking, you were like a little tail, always following your father around. It was adorable, but sometimes… sometimes I worried."


Kagami twitched. Perhaps it was just coincidence, or maybe she was paranoid, but her instincts were absolutely screaming at her to turn around. She did so, slowly, as silently as she could manage, and stared in wonder as Nishiki casually strolled by, sending her a grin and raising a single finger to his lips.

She blinked, but said nothing, and a moment later a pair of small feet followed her husband as he kept walking. Kagami didn't even know Kinu had learnt to walk yet, and yet there she was toddling after her father in what Kagami assumed was supposed to be a 'sneaky' way.

It was adorable, Kagami couldn't deny it, but she also couldn't deny the fact that the mischievous look on Nishiki's face worried her greatly.

So when the same scene repeated itself an hour later, she waited until Nishiki had left the room before she scooped up her daughter and promptly put a stop to their game.

"Kinu-chan?"

The baby fox pouted.

"I know you like following your papa around, but wouldn't it be more fun if you hid and jumped out to scare him when he comes back instead?" she suggested with a waggle of her eyebrows, and considering the delighted look on her daughter's face, the suggestion had done its job.

Obviously, Nishiki would be able to smell Kinu a mile away, but the little toddler didn't realize that, and if Nishiki didn't notice, well…

It'd be good practice, wouldn't it?


We're halfway there, can you believe it? C': Thank you so much to all my precious reviewers, ghost readers, everyone who added this series to their favorites and who followed it! I love you all, okay? We're reaching plot soon, so look forward to that (or not, if you're avoiding spoilers) so soon there will be spoiler warnings at the beginning of a chapter if it deals with Revelation's plot, okay?

I've also got some AU drabbles that deals with the Nohr path, but I'm unsure if I should post them at the end (so technically this fic will be more than 100 chapters whoops) or in the middle somewhere? Let me know your thoughts!

~Iscanox