Dad Squared?

Well this was awkward... In truth, he wasn't totally sure where he stood with Naiche right now... He was determined not to show favoritism for either of Asla's children, regardless of their actual paternity... he'd long suffered under the "pure-blooded" Kleins as a child and it had wrecked his entire concept of self-worth and he was not about to subject each of the two precious lives he was tasked with taking care of to that. Obviously, he had been deeply moved to see his daughter when he'd first met them but her brother was just as worthy of that adoration in his mind. But Naiche hadn't exactly been too keen on the idea of them sharing fatherly duties equally, and it rankled him somewhat. It would have been so much easier for them to just both agree to even unofficially adopt the child that wasn't their blood child but no... It only made him more frustrated to see Naiche act so protective of Tira when he wouldn't extend the same courtesy for Mo to be in his son's life the way he was inserting himself in Mojito's actual daughter's life. If some part of him wasn't afraid that the yellow man would attempt to keep him away from both of them he would have probably pushed harder...

But that didn't mean he couldn't go to visit or even take the pups out to play and with them just recently out of the den Mojito was eager to do just that. He knew he didn't visit them as often as Naiche did... His tasks keeping him busy but he had made sure to come and visit the pups as much as he could, bringing little presents of moss balls or materials for them to chew on, a little act of defiance to make sure he couldn't be muscled out of their lives and today he had every intention to take them both on a little adventure around the plains... Though it was still awkward... He had been introduced to Tira as her father but had no such easy word for who he was to the boy, though he would obviously still show his affection for him, Naiche's jealousy be damned. He had a sneaking suspicion he was being blamed for Naiche being kept from Asla's den, which only soured him further, especially considering he'd explicitly told Asla not to kick Naiche out for his sake. But he also trusted her to know when, if ever, would be the right time to invite him back in. Ultimately he'd been tasked by Sirius to be a good father to whichever pups were born regardless of if they were his or not and for all he was intimidated by Naiche he feared the warlord more.

Mojito shook his head to clear his thoughts and he approached the den he knew his new small family was housed in, a soft bark announcing his presence and he settled himself outside the den, dropping the tight bundles of wool he'd been allowed to take from Hoa to offer to the pups to play with or to put in their den to pad it out some. He'd wait patiently for them to arrive.



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