While Luna hangs around Sage, we focus on Summer's adjustment in the Bushido-Akio home.
Chapter 15: Settling In with Summer
Musaki was busy feeding both Luke and Noah and he made a few faces to hear them laugh and as he did so, Luke was gurgling and laughing at the same time and Noah was laughing a little and Musaki did a few fish faces and tongue tricks and it was like he's keeping them entertained for a while and he learns that there can be fun things about being a dad too. That's always the one part that he loves the most is that he can have fun with them while doing his fatherly duties.
Around the same time, he was unaware that Summer was watching the whole thing downstairs and she noticed that Musaki's doing really well with taking care of both Noah and Luke around the time that he took them in and as she looked at him, she could only feel a huge sense of happiness about this and that it made him ready for fatherhood. Both adopted foxes became the driving force to mold him into a better father and as Sierra looks down on her belly, she knows that they're gonna bring their own baby into the world one day.
Yet...she was also afraid of the fact that she might not be the perfect mother for their child and there's a level of uncertainty and there's 'what if's' floating around her head and she quietly went upstairs to just think about being a mom for the first time. She walked past Sierra and as she did so, Sierra couldn't help but wonder if there's something wrong with her, so she followed her to Musaki's room and once Summer turned around to see her wolf sister standing there, she asked, "What is it?"
"Are you okay?" asked Sierra, a little concerned.
Summer tried to brush it off like everything's cool and just lets out a fake smile and replied, "Yeah, it's perfect."
Yet, Sierra knew her panda sister all too well about her and she folded her arms at this and said, "Summer...there's something wrong."
"Why?" asked Summer.
Sierra rose her eyebrow and lets out a tiny growl of concern and once Summer heard that, her smile faded a little and she slumped her shoulders and just looked at Sierra in the eye and she said, "Okay...I'm having some second thoughts about this."
Soon enough, Sierra could understand where this is going with and she sat down with her panda sister and she asked, "Being a mom?"
"Yeah. I just saw Musaki feeding Noah and Luke and he's like...having so much fun with them and making them happy and secure. And...I just don't know if I'm a good enough mother like he's a good enough dad. What if I make a few mistakes?" asked Summer, worriedly.
"Believe it or not...I used to feel the exact same way when I was pregnant with Jacob. Sometimes...you don't know whether or not you'll be a good mother and we all want to be better at this. And you wish that you could be the perfect parent...but there's really no such thing as the perfect parent. There's really no right or wrong answer. You just do the best you can to make sure that you'll give your cub all the love and security you can give them. You and Musaki will make great parents once this little one comes out soon." Sierra answered.
Sierra rubbed Summer's belly for support and she lets out a smile and Summer asked, "You think I'll be a good mother?"
"I know you will." Sierra replied.
That made Summer help ease her mind a little bit and she lets out a smile and she rubbed her belly and hugged Sierra tightly and she said, "Thank you."
"Anytime, sis." Sierra replied.
Just then, Musaki came in the room with Noah and Luke in hand and sees Sierra and Summer together and asked, "Hey, girls. What's going on?"
"Not a lot. Just giving Summer some advice about being a mother." Sierra replied.
"Really?" asked Musaki.
"Yeah. Saki, do you think Summer would make a great mother?" asked Sierra.
"I know she'll make a great mother. You've been a good mother to both Noah and Luke and so will you...with our own baby. I know you will." Musaki replied, coming close to her.
Summer looked at Musaki and the look on his face deeply tells that there's a huge sense of calm and support going inside of her and Musaki kissed her on the lips deeply and once Summer felt the kiss, she felt a huge sense of comfort coming in and that was definitely something that she needed and afterwards, they didn't know that Sierra was still here.
Sierra waved at them and Musaki said, "Hey, Sierra."
"I'll watch Noah and Luke for you while you guys kiss." Sierra said, smiling.
Looks like Summer had some anxiety about being a mother after Musaki's fatherly instincts with Noah and Luke sets in. She'll make a great mother. Stay tuned!