Angela and Hana walked to school in silence. Angela didn't understand why the young girl was being such a brat today but also didn't question it. Angela had always treated Hana like a daughter, but felt like she was out of place when it came to scolding the girl. Hana didn't regularly act out against the adults in her life, if she ever did it was for a good reason; Angela wanted to press Hana for information on her tantrums, but couldn't find the words to do it.

Hana spoke first, "you know sometimes I really don't like my dad."

Angela was shocked at the cruel words coming from the girl, "why not?"

Hana thought about the words she would use and looked Angela in the eye, her brown eyes were filled with something similar to sadness, but not quite so. "He always does this, from Monday to Friday you'll take me to school while he hides at home." Angela could hear the hurt in Hana's voice. Did Jack ever explain to the girl why he didn't like this week? "I wish he knew I don't care what people at school think. He doesn't need to be afraid."

Angela answered her own question; she put an arm around Hana's little shoulders and smiled at her. "He does this because he loves you more than the world itself, my dear." She squeezed Hana closer to her and Hana instinctively wrapped her arms around Angela's waist, it was awkward to walk in such a weird pose but the two girls laughed as they tried.

"I love you Angela." Hana spoke quietly, "but I think I love my dad a lot more than you, and that's why I prefer him walking me over you."

Angela smiled down at Hana, "I would be worried if you didn't love Jack more than I."

The two continued their walk to school, joined together and laughing. Angela pointed out local landmarks and explained their history to Hana. On the other hand, Hana pointed out advertisements for her favorite shows and explained to Angela the plot of the shows. Angela made a mental note to scold Jack for not forcing the kid to go outside more often.

The two of them got to school and Hana gave Angela two big kisses on both cheeks and thanked her for walking all the way with her. Angela watched as Hana walked into the school, and was surprised to see other kids flock to her and try to interact with her, but Hana brushed them off and continued to class.

Hana was definitely stretching the truth to Jack, Mercy thought. It wasn't that the other kids ignored her, or didn't give her a chance; she just had no interest in interacting with them. Thinking to who Hana spent the most time with it was either Jack or Gabriel, she was more mature than the average ten year old and Angela decided that was probably the reason why the other children didn't interest her.

She was a lot like her father, it amazed Angela. She could match their two personalities exactly, and they even spoke and acted the same. Hana had picked up bad habits Jack possessed in his teenaged years, which he had long quit before Hana was old enough to take notice. It must have been his composure that naturally bred those bad behaviors. Reyes most likely didn't help Hana with those behaviors at all, she thought; he most likely encouraged the girl to put her feet on the table or to eat candy before bed. He had always took peace in the small things that annoyed the people around him, and Hana definitely looked to him for inspiration.

Angela ruled that she would have to have a chat with Jack and Gabriel. Just not together, or it will end up in a fist fight with the two men blaming each other for what's going on. She collected all of her thoughts on her way back to Jack's apartment; It wasn't easy telling a father that his one and only daughter had attitude and behavioral problems. Angela thought maybe it wasn't her place to tell Jack about it, but he had so much guilt that it caused him to have tunnel vision when it came to Hana, which made him choose not to discipline her beyond sending her to bed early.

She arrived at his apartment, took a deep breath and opened the door. Jack was on the couch in a t-shirt and underwear, one leg on the table and the other on the couch, with a bowl of cereal in his lap and his attention on the TV entirely.

"You two are twins." Angela sounded humored but disappointed.

Jack looked over and saluted the woman, "Hi Ange, want cereal? It has marshmallows."

Angela shook her head and walked over to the couch, pushing the man's legs off the couch she sat down. "Jack.." she started speaking but was shushed by the man as his television show came back on. He made her so furious, she could see clearly in front of her where Hana got all of her bad habits and it made her furious that Jack was enabling this behavior in his household.

Her face red and hot, Angela walked over to the TV and turned it off. She stood over Jack, looking down on him. The man's eyes lazily rolled up to look at her, he bit his lip and sighed. "What do you want Angela?"

Angela was furious; she didn't know where to begin. She decided to be frank. "You're ruining your daughter's future."

This caused Jack to choke on his cereal and drop his bowl, he stood up angrily; suddenly he was towering over Angela, but she didn't back down. "What did you just say to me, doc?"

Angela pushed the man's chest, sending him back onto the couch with a loud thump; "You are enabling this child to have bad behaviors that will affect her future development. You're basically raising a sloppy son." Angela scolded the man.

"I don't know who you think you are Angela, but you are not Hana's mother."

"And you're not her father, Jack." Angela snapped.

The room was quiet, almost too quiet. The only audible noise was the coffee pot dripping silently, and Angela's angry breathing. Jack looked sad, like Angela had reached into his chest, grabbed on to his heart and twisted it around.

He sighed and looked up at her, "you're right, I'm not her father…" he spoke silently, his voice full of pain. "But, that doesn't mean I can't play pretend, Angela." The man stood back up, with a new kind of confidence. "If you think you can be her mother, go ahead. I'm not stopping you, but don't think I won't intervene as her father to stop you when you're out of control like this."

Angela looked at the man in shock, "what are you saying Jack?"

He stepped closer to her, the gap between them nearly disappearing as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her face closer to his. He rested his forehead on hers and spoke slowly, "if you want to be Hana's mother, you'll have to deal with me as her father."

Angela was bright red, her cheeks burning and her chest pounding. "Jack, I-"

She couldn't finish; Jack's lips were on hers. He kissed her hard and passionately, pulling her closer as he seemed to fight himself to kiss her harder. Angela didn't know what to do, this had been exactly what she wanted for the last twenty years, but never expected it to be like this. After a few seconds of struggling she gave in, she wrapped her arms around the man's neck, her hands pulling at his hair as she deepened the kiss as much as she could.

Their tongues danced together, both of them groaned and moaned into each other's mouth. They were fighting to take control of the kiss, every time Angela pulled Jack's hair he would bite her lip, eventually she found him on top of her on the couch painting her neck with sweet kisses. She whimpered as he bit her gently and ran his hands along her body.

Jack had waited ten years to do this, and a new found confidence finally made him swallow his pride and take Angela for himself. He was pleased that she was returning his affection, but he found himself being rougher than he intended, it had been like he was dreaming of this moment for so long that he couldn't help but take every drop of her he could. He savored in her kiss, the taste of her was sweet and like coffee with too much creamer, the sound of her quiet moans in his ear drove him crazy as he pushed her further against the couch.

"I have waited so long for this." He breathed against her neck before kissing it again.

Angela moaned in pleasure and nodded her head, her eyes opened slightly and she spoke quietly, her voice shaking; "M-me too.."

This drove Jack even crazier, he couldn't help it anymore. His hand shot down the woman's pants and rubbed against her underwear. Angela cried out, but Jack silenced her with his kiss. Their tongues danced with each other's again as he felt her underwear becoming damp, he pushed them aside and put two fingers inside of her. She seemed surprised, but pleased as she moaned into his mouth and pushed her hips upwards.

He continued playing with her for a while longer before coming back to his senses. He pulled his hand out of her pants and she let out a disappointed whine, he smiled at her and kissed her again.

"I really love you Angela, but I don't feel comfortable doing this right now."

She understood and kissed him back, "I love you too Jack, it's alright."

It was lunch time at school, Hana dreaded lunch because of the amount of attention she got from the other kids. The entire day had been spent making Mother's Day presents and crafts. The teachers never understood what Hana meant when she told them she didn't have a mom to craft for. So she ended up making presents for Reyes instead.

A boy sat beside her and smiled, he opened his lunchbox and offered her his sandwich. "H-here Hana…" he blushed, "its peanut butter."

Hana turned her nose up at the boy and firmly told him, "I don't take offerings from children."

The boy seemed hurt, and decided to eat his sandwich quietly beside her. They sat in silence for a few minutes before Hana felt bad for snapping on the boy, she opened her lunch box and gave him the milk pudding Jack had packed for her.

"I'm sorry, just don't tell the teacher. I don't want detention." She forced a smile and the boy's face lit up.

"You're the best Hana!" he shouted with a big grin on his face.

Hana hid her head and sighed loudly, this is torture…

The day seemed to fly by pretty quickly, until the end of it. Hana was on the playground reading a book she had taken from her dads library, waiting for Angela to come and get her. When the same boy walked up to her, looked her in the eye and said "is your mom dead?"

"What are you talking about?" Hana was genuinely confused at the boys question.

He pressed on, "you always tell the teachers you don't have a mom to make gifts for, your dad drops you off at school and picks you up." He got closer to her face, "where is your mom?"

Hana's cheeks turned red, it was a question she had never thought about. She always assumed it was fine to just have Jack around. She even had Reyes and Angela as extra support, as far as she knew her family was incredibly normal.

"And why don't you have friends?" the boy continued, "you're so mean to all of us when we just want to be your friend. But all you do is ignore us and read books. For being so mean you would think you had at least one friend."

The book hit the ground as Hana shot up, she grabbed the boy by the collar and pinned him against the playground. She clenched her fist and drew it back, but before it could hit his skin she was being pulled back by rough, familiar hands. She turned around to find Reyes staring at her with his arms crossed. He had a scowl on his face, and it wasn't directed at the boy she had nearly assaulted.

Hana was terrified, she turned around to the boy and bowed deeply. "I'm sorry for my sudden outburst, please forgive me." She nearly shouted, "the truth is I don't have a mom, I am raised by my dad, and his friends from the army. I have never known about my mother or thought to question my situation. My life is too good that I never noticed the fact I didn't have one and I never saw it as not normal." Hana was out of breath with that last sentence, it was the most she spoke all day.

She wasn't sorry, she just didn't want to be yelled at by Reyes. He didn't yell at her often, but when he did the only thing she could compare him to was a demon. He was loud, angry and seemed to fill the entire room with a dark aura. Hana wasn't afraid of him, but she was afraid of that side of him.

Suddenly Reyes was bowing too, "I'm sorry on behalf of my hot headed child. Her father is an utter idiot and hasn't raised her to have any manners at all."

The boy backed away slowly from the two and ran to his mom crying. Reyes quickly collected Hana's things and they left swiftly. It was silent during the walk home, it seemed they were going to Reyes apartment instead of Jacks. When they were a decent distance from the school Reyes stopped walking, Hana braced herself for the yelling but was instead greeted with a high five.

"You really stood up for yourself there, kid." He put his hand on her head and pet her.

Hana was at a loss for words, she stared at him with a shocked expression on her face.

"Your grip on that kid was so strong, it seems like you inherited your dads strength too." Reyes praised her more, "you would make a fine addition to Overwa-" he stopped, "nevermind" he pet her head again and picked her up, he placed her on his shoulders and instructed her to hold on.

"He was getting on my nerves." Hana explained, "I really just felt like reading before Angela came to get me, but he wouldn't leave me alone. I thought that if I couldn't make him shut up by ignoring him I could just punch him a few times. I wasn't planning on hurting him."

Reyes laughed, "That's a good strategy but in the future you need to do that stuff off school grounds. Your dad suffers for your bad behavior sometimes you know."

Hana nodded and placed her head on top of Reyes. "Why didn't Angela come and get me today?" she asked.

Reyes shrugged, "her and Jack had something come up I think. You'll be spending the night at my place, and then I'll take you to school in the morning and Angela will get you afterwards."

The truth was Jack and Angela had somehow managed to confess their feelings for each other. Reyes had assumed that keeping a ten year long secret probably made the sexual tension between the two of them unbearable, so he had volunteered to take Hana off of their shoulders for the night. It wasn't a big deal, over the years he had grown extremely close to the young girl and often found himself thinking about her often. He had a strange anxiety to protect the child, and having her in his presence helped that anxiety calm down for a while. He seemed to get the most peace and quiet from the rambunctious and loud little girl.

Hana groaned, "Can I skip school tomorrow?" she asked sweetly.

Reyes thought about it, "Maybe, we'll see how many times you beat my high score first."

The two of them laughed as they headed to Reyes apartment. When they arrived Hana jumped off the man's shoulders and grabbed the spare key he kept hidden, she opened the door to his apartment and kind of coughed at the strong smell coming from it.

"Do you ever clean this place"? She asked

"I clean it daily, but when you can't afford a luxury apartment like your dads, you have to settle for some mold."

Hana shrugged and made her way to Reyes fridge. She opened it and grabbed a bottle of water, she made her way to the coffee table in front of the TV and emptied her backpack.

"I have a lot of homework." She complained.

Reyes kneeled down beside her and looked through the books and papers. "For a little kid you get a lot of work."

Hana nodded and groaned before starting to work quietly. Reyes admired the girl as she worked hard, her hair was growing longer every day and her tiny button nose seemed to make her face look incredibly cute. He ordered pizza and sat behind her on the couch, he used his foot to massage the little girls back and she seemed to really enjoy it. Sometimes he could compare her to a dog, but he couldn't complain because he was realty enjoying his fleshy foot rest.

After homework and dinner, the two of them made their way to the bathroom. Sharing a bath had become a tradition between the both of them, and the embarrassment Reyes felt ten years ago seemed to be entirely gone. He enjoyed spending some time in the hot water helping the girl wash her hair and talking about their lives. They both opened up more when it was the two of them together alone, Hana felt extremely comfortable around Reyes and treated him like more of a father than she did Jack.

Hana sighed in pleasure and leaned back into Reyes chest, her soapy hair mixed with the hair on his chest. Hana seemed tired but also like something was on her mind. Reyes decided to encourage her to tell him what was going on.

She hesitated to tell him, which wasn't normal for her. After a few moments of silence she finally spoke up, "is not having a mom a big deal?" she asked quietly.

Reyes shook his head, "No, it's not." He answered; he then grabbed Hana by the shoulders and turned her around to look at him. "Tell me something Hana, do you go to bed hungry?"

She shook her head.

"Do you have lots of warm clothes and blankets?"

She nodded.

"What about TV and video games?"

Another nod.

"Does Jack tell you he loves you every night before bed?"

She giggled, "More like every other hour."

Reyes smiled at her, "see, you don't need a mom when you have so much love." He began rinsing her hair, "Jack loves you, and so do Angela and I. We couldn't imagine a world without our tiny Hana."

Hana smiled big and hugged on to Reyes tightly. He picked the girl up and carried her out of the tub; wrapping her in a towel he ruffled her wet hair with his hand. "Go get dressed for bed; I keep my pajamas in my third drawer."

She nodded and ran down the hall, Reyes followed her into his room and she was already dressed and under the covers. He smiled and turned off the light before crawling into bed with her, she snuggled herself closely to him and Reyes kissed the top of her head.

"Sweet dreams Hana."

She kissed his chin, "sweet dreams Gabe."