Fox walked through the home, doing his rounds like he did every evening to make sure his kids were fully prepared to go to sleep. Whether they had brushed their teeth, gotten into their jammies, or were in the physical bed he made sure to visit them both to wish them goodnight. The vulpine daddy walked toward the guest bedroom first, and knocked on it politely before entering.

"Come in Fox." Katt called out to him beyond the door, as she had just finished tucking Mark into her bed. Whenever Katt visited, Mark often times wanted to sleep with her. Fox figured eventually the feline would get tired of it and would just want the bed to herself, but she never minded, and in fact quite enjoyed the kit's company at night. Mark was letting out small gentle snores as Fox smiled to his figure.

"I guess he was a bit worn out from today." Fox whispered as he walked to the kit's form, kneeling down kissing his forehead lovingly as Katt just watched the heartwarming scene.

"I suppose so."

"Well goodnight Katt. If you need anything just let me know. You know where the bathroom is."

"I don't suppose you would want to take a shower together?" Katt asked in an enticing voice as Fox just blushed, looking over his shoulder out of habit to make sure nobody was listening on their private conversation. Katt eyed his form as Fox never wore a shirt at night, only in dark grey sweats, the feline fully knew he was preparing to shower as he did almost every night. "I know you've seen them before."

"Katt I don't think that's appropriate-"

"Because Krystal is here?" The feline interrupted as she gave him an agitated look, crossing her arms over his shoulder. "When are we going to talk about that anyway?"

"I don't know Katt, just sometime soon. I didn't plan on her being here you know that." The vulpine tried to defend himself.

"What does her being here have to do with us?"

"What is this 'us'?" Fox defended himself this time fully, "We only recently started talking on a regular basis again."

"Why is our relationship any of her business?"

"Why is my relationship with her any of your business?" Fox turned the question around as the two adults began to argue, Fox just rolled his eyes as he changed the subject. "Look I'm not going to argue with you when Mark is sleeping. Just know we will talk about it soon, I promise. Perhaps tomorrow."

"Alright Fox." Katt just settled it there with him knowing full well she had better keep her nerves cool, and her place in check. Fox wasn't wrong, not even on a technical level. They weren't anything special, anything exclusive. He was fully in the right mind to keep their relationship on a less intimate level while the blue vixen stayed here as well. Katt almost let her temper and jealousy get the better of her. But look at the bright side, Krystal wasn't in any better position as well.

"Goodnight Katt."

"Goodnight hon." The feline finally smiled to him again, as she gave him a sweet but short kiss on the cheek before he disappeared behind the door for the evening. Fox only let go of his breath as he headed for Jamie's room, not knowing what he did to deserve this situation forming in his usually peaceful home. He was flattered both women were interested in him after such a long time, but both women also needed a reality check to back off.

He knocked on the door a few times waiting for an answer.

"Come in dad." Jamie answered on the other side. The father slowly opened the door revealing the cute scene, as Jamie and Krystal were tucked in together, watching something on the holo-screen snuggled as two bugs in a rug, up against another closely.

"I just wanted to wish you two goodnight." Fox bowed down to kiss Jamie on her forehead as she was the one on the outside bed. "Sweet dreams honey."

"Goodnight, love you dad." She gave him a kiss on his cheek in return. Fox stood back up straight as the two adults look to one another.

"Goodnight Krystal, if you need anything just let me know. You remember where the bathroom is right?"

"Yea, thank you Fox. Goodnight." Fox simply nodded as he headed out the room closing the door behind her. Once he was gone Krystal looked toward Jamie as they met eye contact, quickly trying to shuffle over the younger girl.

"You know this might not be a bad time to talk to your dad Jamie, I'm going to try."

"Okay." Jamie simply gave, excitement hiding in the back of her tone. "Good luck."

"Thanks honey." Krystal smiled as she jumped out of the bed, and quickly went after the man. As she went out the door Fox was just about to enter his bedroom.

"Fox." She called out to him quietly as he looked in her direction, and met her in the middle of the hallway outside the bathroom.

"Did you need something Krystal?"

"No Fox, I just forgot to tell you thank you again for letting me stay here on such short notice." She smiled as Krystal held her two hands together by her waist. Fox gave her a simple smile back as well.

"Of course."

"I was wondering if this was an okay time to talk."

"Talk about what?" Fox questioned as Krystal broke the eye contact, giving off a slight blush.

"Well about…" Krystal paused as she played with her fingers, looking back up to the man.

"About what we talked about before." Her answer blew away the vulpine, and not necessarily in a positive light. Just great, not only did he have to have this conversation with the feline, Krystal wanted to talk about the same proposal as well, both in metaphorical and literal terms. Did they not understand it wasn't that simple to just choose between the two? Katt and Krystal needed a healthy dose of reality. A dose of that was then, and this is now. Fox was lost for words as he just shrugged his shoulders. This was definitely sounding like his years in high school again.

"Sure I suppose. But I don't really want to talk about it right now."

"Okay." Krystal sounded a little disappointed. "When would be a good time?"

"We'll figure it out Krystal." Is all Fox could promise her as he tried to smile. He could tell the blue vixen was a bit on the disappointed side, but it was all he could give her…for now.

"Alright Fox, thank you and goodnight."

"Goodnight Krystal." Krystal didn't settle for a kiss on the cheek, no she went in for lip contact and a small hug before turning around and returning to Jamie's room for the evening. Fox was about to turn back toward his room, until the door leading to the guest room opened again, revealing an annoyed feline leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Talk to her about what Fox?" She clearly did not sound happy.

"Like I said Katt, our relationship is none of your business. You want to talk? Sure that's fine, but Krystal gets her chance to talk about…Whatever she wants to as well." Fox was starting to get a bit annoyed as well. Katt only let go of her breath, and closed the door again. Fox simply forgot about it and disappeared behind his door for the evening, hopefully a good night's rest would help with how awkward today was, and how stressful tomorrow would surely be.

X

Early the next morning, Jamie was the first to wake up, still yawning as she was trying to figure out what she wanted for breakfast that morning. Fox often times made breakfast for the kids, but whenever he was off from work like he was this whole week, the daddy was usually much later at making breakfast. Jamie was so hungry the pre-teen girl didn't know if she could wait a few more hours to eat, as she reached for a bowl and a box of rot-your-teeth-out sugary cereal.

Just as she was about to pour it into the bowl a knock came to the front door, as Jamie wondered just who it could be this early in the morning right after eight? She stretched her muscles and yawned once again, before opening the door revealing a stranger. Or so she thought at least.

"Good morning." The light grey female wolf with light blue eyes gave kindly, as her smile widened, dressed as though she was an active being. "Are you Jamie by chance?"

"Do I know you?" The kit questioned in a bit of a weird tone, she had never seen this person before in her life. However this person knew her name.

"I guess you don't remember me. We've met before long ago when you were still a baby. May I come in?"

"Uhhh sure I guess." Jamie didn't know if she should be inviting this stranger into the home, but this person didn't seem like they were a threat. This person knew exactly who she was, and what if she was right? The wolf stepped into the home, looking all around at what gave its small-home feeling charm.

"Would you please go get your dad?"

"Okay." Jamie simply gave back as she went up the stairs. The she-wolf walked around slowly, looking to all the pictures and photos of the family over time. She picked up a family photo of four when the kids were still young, smiling nicely at the picture. Then set it down to look at all the other pictures on the walls. She saw anything from school graduations to sporting events. But something funny struck the wolf as she noticed. A familiar theme was taking place as time moved on in the pictures, the fennec mother was no longer present. At the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs did she turn her head, smiling wide and looking happy.

"Luna?" Fox rubbed his eyes to clear his vision as he had just woken up. It had been years since they last spoke, and even longer since they last saw each other in person.

"Fox!" Luna ran to the man to wrap her arms around his frame, as he slowly returned the favor.

"It's been…"

"It's been 10 years Fox." Luna admitted as the two broke apart. They had never seen each other in person again since graduation. While Fox stayed on Corneria, got married, and had kids like most young adults. Luna spent all this time traveling the Lylat System, never staying in one place more than a few months. This was the first time she had been back to Corneria for the first time in many years.

"Yea…Wow this is a surprise." They broke apart as Fox eyed her figure. All that traveling and exercise had not changed her shapely form. In fact she was thinner than before, more athletic.

"You look very nice as well Fox." Luna gave back once she noticed he was looking at her with wondrous eyes, her the same when he came down without a shirt on.

"Excuse me for a moment, go make yourself comfortable." Fox directed her toward the kitchen and living room before he ran back upstairs for a shirt. Luna walked into the kitchen slowly as she noticed the pictures held the same thing. As the pictures went on in time, Fara was gone. She wondered if Fox and her long time high school friend were divorced and over now.

"This is a surprise Luna, man what have you been up to all this time?"

"Traveling mostly." She turned back to the vulpine who leaned his figure against the hallway entrance to the kitchen. "Not long after graduating I left Corneria, wanting to see what was out there while I was still young."

"Yea I remember that." Fox remembered the past. "You left not even a year later, and you never came back. You've been on the move this entire time?"

"Yup, haven't stopped yet." She smiled as Fox walked to the kitchen, digging into the fridge for something to wet his tongue.

"So you're in town again, I take it for the reunion?"

"Exactly." Luna gave him as she placed her bag on the kitchen island. "I wouldn't have even known about it if I hadn't ran into Bill and Fay on vacation on Aquas."

"You just randomly ran into them?"

"Yea I was working at the largest resort at the time, and on my off days went to explore other parts of the planet."

"Interesting." Is all Fox gave back as he finished pouring his glass of milk. "So what are you here for? Just visiting or?"

"Well to be honest…" Luna broke the eye contact as she rubbed her right arm with her left hand. "I was hoping you would let me stay here for the time being until after the reunion. Traveling so much around the system I don't have a permanent home. Quite literally everything I own I carry on my back." Fox was so surprised he almost spit out his milk, as he looked to said bag on the kitchen island. Hell it was no bigger than your average duffle bag, and to think everything Luna owned which was so little she could carry it on her back was just bizarre.

"I guess if you don't have a permanent home that would make sense with you owning so little." Fox set the glass down as he looked to the bag, and then back to the wolf. "How do you afford to move around so much if you never have a job for more than a few months?"

"Well of course I only buy the essential needs, and I save up what I can in a savings account until I have enough to move from place to place. Often times I offer the employers to work for room and board and whatever pay is left after that. I've had a lot of different and…interesting jobs." Luna admitted keeping some of the more personal details to herself.

"Ah okay." Fox still shook his head as he could hardly believe Luna could life that kind of lifestyle for so long. She was much more adventurous than he was, he remembered those days well from their past.

"So is it alright or should I look somewhere else?"

"No it's okay Luna we'll…Find you somewhere to be." Fox looked around his house trying to think of where she could stay. Katt already had the guest bedroom, and Krystal was already sleeping in Jamie's room because there was so little space left. He almost wanted to offer Mark's room to Luna since he was so fond of sleeping with Katt, however decided against it once the vulpine remembered his old she-wolf friend had never met his youngest child yet.

"Give me until later today and I'll change out the sheets, you can take my room until after the reunion."

"Oh Fox you don't have to go to that kind of lengths." Luna wasn't comfortable about taking Fox's private room during her stay. She would have been happy with sleeping on the couch if it meant she could stay in his home, she didn't need the full room and board suite. "Why don't I sleep on the couch? Or a blowup mattress?"

"No it's fine Luna, I'm not going to have a guest sleeping on the couch. Not when you need your privacy as much as anyone else." Fox argued against her idea.

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Of course."

"Well thank you." Luna smiled, switching topics as she spread out among the kitchen island. "So where is Fara?" That's when the Luna knew she made a mistake, watching Fox's posture and face change so drastically. Luna had no idea what to think or what to believe, she had never heard from the two after the wolf had departed. She covered her mouth with her hands as Fox broke eye contact with her.

"I'm so sorry." She went to his side to give the vulpine a comforting embrace, and the two held one another. Fox was lost in thought, he didn't shed any tears for his wife's passing, but it was definitely a not so good start to his morning.

"It's alright."

"How long ago?" The two broke apart as Luna held her hands near her waist.

"Five years ago, she passed away from a rare, degenerative disease."

"Makers, I'm so sorry." She gave the man a concerned yet saddened look, as he gave a small smile.

"It's okay Luna, you didn't know."

"I can't believe I never knew…" Luna bowed her head as she couldn't help but feel guilty. Luna and Fara were pretty close during high school, but after she left the wolf had lost contact with everybody. It was nothing personal, she just went about her life differently than the rest of her friends. Fara had been dead for years, and she was completely oblivious to the knowing of it.

"It's alright. Stay as long as you want Luna." Fox found a reason to smile, as the two looked to one another again. He still held his youthful charm and good looks from the days of their high school careers.

"Thank you Fox. If you need any help around the house just let me know."

"Sure thing." Fox looked to the clock as it was about 20 minutes past eight in the morning. "Well now that I'm up I guess I'll go on my run, maybe do some grocery shopping while I'm out." The vulpine father looked back to the wolf as they both smiled. "I'll go change the sheets now Luna before I leave so you can get comfortable."

"Thank you Fox, should I wait for you to introduce me to your kid's again?"

"I guess that's up to you. Jamie is old enough to comprehend, but Mark is pretty shy around new people, especially women." Fox admitted as he set his glass in the sink, and then remembered something. "Oh by the way Luna, Katt and Krystal are staying here as well for the reunion."

"Oh wow so you got a full house." She was surprised to hear Fox had offered his home to others already. "Are you sure I shouldn't look for somewhere else to stay?'

"It's no trouble Luna, please stay and be comfortable. Catch up with the girls before the reunion." Fox gave a nice smile as she hugged him again, rubbing his back in a tender kind of love.

"Okay, thank you again."

"Sure thing. Just wait a minute it won't take long to change the sheets." Fox excused himself quickly running up the stairs, as Luna just went to relaxing on the couch, remembering to take off her shoes before stepping onto the light grey carpeting. Fox hurried through his room, grabbing a spare pair of sheets and quickly ripping his off to be washed later. After setting up new sheets and tidying up the clothing he had thrown on the floor, as well as making sure the bathroom was taken care of did he give it his final inspection. After approving that everything was in order, and nothing was in sight that he may or may not have wanted the wolf to see, Fox ran down stairs to see her sitting patiently on the couch.

"It's all set."

"Thanks again Fox." Luna smiled as she walked over and picked up her duffle bag from the kitchen island, swinging it over her shoulders.

"Sure thing. You know Luna if you need to stock up on a few things before…Wherever you're headed off to next, you can come with me and we could catch up."

"Sure that sounds like fun. I wouldn't really be comfortable in your house anyway, not with everybody sleeping and you being gone when I just got here."

"Okay. I'll grab the keys, you get ready. And we'll head off."

"Are you ready?" Luna asked as she looked to his attire of sweats and a sleeveless tea. "Looks like you just got out of bed."

"I'll throw over a sweater." Fox banished her worries.

Luna merely shrugged her shoulders, "If you say so."

"I guess I should show you where the room is first." Fox had the wolf follow him up the stairs, revealing his private room as she simply threw her duffle bag on the bed for now. Fox grabbed a sweater on the coat rack as he put it on quickly. Fox walked toward Jamie's bedroom, Luna slowly behind him as he cracked the door open to peak his head in.

"Jamie." Fox whispered as he got his daughter's attention, seeing her snuggling up to Krystal still sleeping. "I'm going grocery shopping, tell everyone I'll be back in a little while."

"Okay, love you."

"Love you too honey." Fox closed the door again as he looked back to Luna. "Alright let's go."

"Sounds like fun."

X

Over the next hour Fox and Luna reconnected from years past, just going about the grocery store buying whatever was needed, along with the few things Luna would need during her stay as well as when she would travel again. Fox offered to buy the she-wolf her things so Luna could save up a bit more before leaving. Although he offered to get her a few higher quality as well as a bit higher priced items, she insisted he buy her the cheaper off-brand names. Not only was it less money than she wanted him to spend on her, but it was just what the wolf was comfortable with after all this time.

"So you've been just about everywhere." Fox came to a conclusion after hearing Luna's tale. After 10 years of traveling the system relentlessly, she had seen so many wonderful and amazing sights. And wasn't done yet.

"Yea I've been just about everywhere in the system. Even the places few people go. Fortuna, Titania, even the Sargasso Space Station."

"Really?" Fox sounded baffled, although the vulpine had never been there he remembered stories his father would tell him about the infamous station. "How was it?"

"Horrible, don't ever go there." Is all Luna said as they looked to one another.

"I'll try and remember." Fox gave sarcastically as the two let out a small laugh. After a few moments of silence and looking at both sides of the aisle for something they may need, Luna smiled to him as he caught on.

"Remember when we first met? We were walking through the grocery store looking for this and that as well." Luna brought up as Fox remembered the days of their past. The first time He and Luna met, they went to the local grocery store for lunch, you could almost say it was their first 'date'…though perhaps not since he was still dating Krystal at the time and that all ended in a disaster. However a grocery store is where they shared their first kiss, so it wasn't all bad after all…Depending on how you looked at it.

"Yea I remember." Fox simply agreed.

"Do you ever think about those days Fox? Not necessarily about us…But when we were growing up."

"What do you mean exactly?" Fox asked as Luna tried to explain it in a more particular manner.

"Well…What if you wanted to marry me instead of Fara? Think you would have changed anything differently?"

"Hard to say Luna, after all you broke up with me." Fox gave her a quirky look as Luna shrugged her shoulders.

"Yea you're right, I'm not gonna lie about it."

"I have no idea Luna in all honesty." Fox began to open up to his longtime friend. "Things probably would have been different, not necessarily in a good or bad way. But then a lot of things wouldn't have come to pass as well."

"Yea, you're right."

"Do you ever think about us?" Fox turned the question around on her, as Luna kept looking forward with a smile crawling up her face.

"Yea all the time honestly."

"Really?" Fox was surprised, he didn't think that after all this time Luna would think about him so often, especially knowing he was married. Well…he was married.

"Yea to be honest Fox you were the last boyfriend I had, and that was 10 years ago!" She smiled as Luna finally looked back to him. "I've dated here and there but never found anyone interesting to be worth tying down too. Not since you at least."

"Interesting." Is all Fox said as his cheeks heated a bit, Luna noticing as she let out a small giggle.

"Oh come on Fox it's nothing to be embarrassed about. You know you haven't changed a bit." The two stopped in the middle of the aisle looking at one another, and smiled. "You're just as handsome now and you were back then."

"Thanks Luna, I can tell all that moving around has kept you looking young as well." The vulpine tried to return the compliment.

"It's hard to put on weight when there are days you are walking and hiking 10 miles one way."

"I wouldn't know, I'll just have to take your word for it."

"Your kids look adorable by the way." Luna was genuine with him as he gave a smile of pride. "Jamie's gotten so big since I last saw her. I hope Mark will be willing to talk to me."

"Yea I mean you haven't seen her in 10 years."

"Yea, I think of those days too. When we were taking care of her together…" Luna trailed off as Fox thought more and more about the words she was speaking. Oh man, he was starting to wonder what direction this conversation was heading. Was it a catch up, or a rekindling?

"Fox why are giving me that look?" Luna broke him out of his daze as Fox backed up for a second, giving her a sheepish smile. "Oh Makers, you are not." Luna sounded more humorous than angry, as she gave him a playful smack on the shoulder.

"I didn't say anything!" Fox tried to defend himself though he wasn't fooling her.

"I don't need you to say anything Fox, remember? I knew more about this kind of stuff than you, and that proves true to even this day." Luna gave him a nice smile as she bowed her up and looked up to the man with pensive eyes. She looked adorable as Luna gave that look to the vulpine. He remembered her words well, that Luna knew more about the ways of the heart than anybody he ever knew. She had changed so little, as he did as well.

"I'm flattered Fox, but I didn't come here to rekindle our relationship. This isn't a date is it?" Luna joked with him as she looked around the supermarket, trying to get a funny reaction out of the gentlemen.

"That's not what I had in mind at all Luna! And if it was a date, which it isn't, I would have chosen somewhere a bit more romantic than the grocery store!" Fox then bumped her off balance with his hip, as she did the same back to him. The two came together again as Luna spoke softly, in a sincere yet curious tone.

"If that's the case, then what's stopping you? And what's stopping us?" Suddenly all the fun and games were over, as Fox gave her a strange look as the realization of it all sank in. Luna continued to give him an innocent stare, as she tilted her head again revealing the side of her neck, and a happy smile formed across her face. He was completely off guard, completely oblivious to the hidden agenda that Luna may or may not have been trying to provoke out again from him.

"I thought you didn't come here for that Luna." Fox asked again, trying to deter the she-wolf again, however to no avail.

"I didn't Fox, I honestly did not come here to try our relationship again. But spending this time with you…being together after so long…" Luna paused as she was lost for words, and looked to him again as she admitted her feelings. "It's been nice. Like I said, you were the only man I ever dated I gave serious thought of being together and settled with."

Fox didn't know what to say as he let Luna continue, her stepping up to him as their bodies, and their faces were so close. Just mere inches away.

"The way I see it, we are both lost in a way. But if you remember from a few of our conversations before we separated…Both our souls are bright, attracting to other people, and attracted to one another." Luna closed what little distance there was between the two, as she wrapped her arms around his strong neck, and brought him closer to her with an enticing look.

"Luna I-"

"And we both wanted an army of kids, remember?" She brought his lips to her own, pulling him into an abrasive yet gentle kiss. As they separated, Luna took her hands off of him and took a step back, looking him over from head to toe.

"I…I don't know what to say Luna." Fox admitted as they looked toward one another, but if there was one thing he remembered about Luna form the past. It's that she got over heartache's and heartbreak's easily.

"It's alright Fox, I'm not the jealous type. I'm not saying to choose now, I'm not even saying to think about it at all. Just know that if you ever wanted to…The offer is on the table." Luna turned around turning her head to keep her eyes on the man, as she pushed the cart forward. "Now come on let's hurry up I'm starving for some breakfast!"

She ran down the aisle grabbing this and that, acting like she was 18 again. Fox only shook his head and put on a playful smile, running after his old friend like the days of their youth.

Author's Notes

This may or may not be the last story update for the next week or two weeks. The last few weeks of what should be my last term of college are coming up, and I got a lot of work to do. I got a lot of work to do, but let's see if I'll stay true to not updating xD

Hit The Mark is still on pause for now, don't worry it isn't a Hiatus, just wanting to make sure the next chapter is very organized and well thought out as it is very important.

Take it easy!

Zythxx