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It was evening in the Kiramman Mansion. Caitlyn was sitting on the floor scrubbing at the crayon on the wall, when Vi walked up and sat next to her. The pink haired woman gave her girlfriend a kiss on the cheek, and gently grabbed the sponge out of her partner’s hand. Caitlyn let her grab the sponge and sighed, leaning back onto her now free hands as her girlfriend scrubbed.
“Is she asleep?” The blue haired woman asked.
“Yeah, it took 2 stories and 3 lullabies, but she’s asleep.” Violet replied.
“I can’t imagine how hard it must be for her right now. Jinx was everything to her, and who knows what happened to her parents before she met your sister. She’s had loss after loss at such a young age.” Cait said solemnly. They had all experienced massive losses in this war and before, but to be so young for it all was something else.
“I get it, I was around her age when I lost my parents, but I still had Powder. I lost everything and everyone when I was 15, but I had those years between. She only got a glimpse of that before Jinx…” Vi responded. Even though it’s been a month, she still struggled to say her sister was dead. It was easier when Powder was dead, because Jinx was still there. Having someone to hate made it easier. The muscular woman felt her girlfriend’s arms wrap around her. Vi put the sponge down and pulled her partner closer. Being in Caitlyn’s arms always grounded her.
“I hate that all that happened to you darling” the Piltovan said into her lover’s neck. “I wish I could do something to fix it all”.
“Just being here is everything I need.” The Zaunite replied. She pulled back enough to kiss her girlfriend slowly. “Should we let the staff take care of the wall and head to bed, Cupcake?”
Cait nodded and they got up to go to their bedroom.
A scream rang out through the house. The two women rushed to Isha to comfort her. The small, golden eyed child, was sitting up in bed, crying, and hugging the stuffed bunny Jinx had given her.
“Shhhhh it’s ok, it’s ok” Cait cooed at the child as she rushed over and pulled the girl into her arms. Vi was just behind, and joined in hugging the small girl.
“Was it another nightmare?” The muscular woman asked. Isha nodded, while sniffling. She was starting to calm down. “What was it about this time?”
[V-A-N-D-E-R] Isha signed. They had been working on learning proper Piltovan sign together so the girl could communicate better and start at the local school for the deaf. Cait looked at Vi with concern. Not only was he Vi’s dad, but the 3 of them had all seen him turn into that monster and try to hurt Isha. Thank god for Jinx saving her, but it could have gone very differently.
“I have nightmares about him too.” Vi said to the girl. “He didn’t used to be scary, you know. Do you want to see a picture of him from when I was a kid?” Isha considered for a second, but decided it couldn’t hurt. She nodded at the pink haired woman.
“Alright, I’ll be right back.” Vi said as she got up from the bed and left the room. Cait stroked Isha’s hair.
“You’re safe Duck,” The blue-haired woman said. “We won’t let anything hurt you again. I promise.” The girl looked up and locked eyes with the woman holding her. She nodded, and snuggled closer to Cait.
Violet returned holding a framed, black and white picture. She sat on the bed with the other two, handing the picture to Isha. “This is the family photo Vander had taken when I was 14. That’s him.” She said pointing at the large, friendly looking man in the photo. Isha noticed someone else though.
[J-I-N-X?] the golden eyed girl signed. She pointed at a young girl in the photo.
“Yeah, but she wasn’t always Jinx. That’s when she was Powder.” Vi answered. She had a look in her eyes as if she was somewhere else. Isha patted her to get her attention and pointed at another person in the photo, then looked up curiously. “That’s Mylo. He never knew when to shut up.” Vi said with a chuckle. The young girl pointed at the other boy in the photo. “That’s Claggor. He was the kindest brother a girl could have.” Vi stated. She saw flashes of memories with her family. For once it felt good. The past month, thinking of them was painful with the deaths of Vander and Jinx.
Isha patted both of the older women next to her to get them to look. She pointed at Vi in the picture and signed [M-O-M], then pointed at Vi.
The muscular woman was shocked for a moment, but managed to squeak out “yeah, that’s me, your mom.” Happy with that response, the girl nodded resolutely.
Isha then turned to Caitlyn, pointed at her, then signed [M-U-M]. A tear came to Caitlyn’s good eye.
The blue-haired woman replied “I would be honoured to be your Mum Isha.” The younger girl nodded resolutely, then yawned. “We should let you go to bed Duck” Cait said. She gave the girl a kiss on the top of her head, and Vi gave her an extra squeeze before grabbing the picture and starting to get up.
Isha grabbed both women, then signed [Stay. Cuddles?]
“I guess we could stay Pipsqueak”. Vi replied, giving Cait a look asking for permission.
“Of course we can stay Duck.” Cait said. The women got into the double bed on either side of Isha and pulled her into a tight cuddle. The three quickly drifted off to sleep as a family, dreaming of the rest of their lives together.