Clementine walks down the stairs quietly.

After heats she's usually a little calmer than usual.

Mostly because shes tired and just doesn't feel like fighting everything.

She walks into the kitchen and her hackles raise.

It smells like rut in here.

She looks at Dani.

He shakes and shivers, face red and sweaty.

Looks like rut to her.

Dani has a cup of peaches sitting in front of him and he turns his nose up at his spoon every time he raises it up.

He takes a bite and gags.

"Mum I don't wanna eat..." Dani shoves the cup away only a few peaches missing.

"You have to honey..." Maria shoves the cup back.

Clementine promptly sits down and she tries to ignore the rut odor in the room.

She's been in foster care for 14 years so its not to hard to ignore.

Dani pouts and tries his best to eat without gagging.

He whines every time he lifts the spoon to his mouth which makes clementine uncomfortable and she shivers her hackles raising.

When he finally finishes the cup he takes it and chucks it in the trash snarling.

Clementine moves uncomfortably and whines loudly.

Oops.

Shit.

They all look at her.

She turns red and looks at her food stuffing her face.

David stands and grabs dani's elbow lightly,"Dani lets go to your room and I'll tell you how to do this..."

Dani mutters something under his breath and he stands stomping out of the room.

David shrugs and follows his son.

Maria sits down next to clementine and starts eating her own food.

"So was the heat ok?"

Clementine looks at her and remembers what Soushi said.

'At least answer their questions with a yes or no...'

"Um... It wasn't fun... I've never..." Clementine thinks then lets out a slow breath,"I've never had a heat in a foster family's home..."

"Hmhm... I noticed you were acting a little more protective than you should have..." Maria mutters.

"Did you... Did you um call Soushi?" Clementine mutters taking her last bite of eggs on her fork.

"I was going to ask you the same thing... He just showed up on the front porch holding cups of yogurt and peaches..." Maria says and starts munching on her last piece of bacon.

Clementine internally grins but she hums.

"He's uh... He knows I have trouble with heats..." She mutters bashfully.

Cause although she hates to admit it.

Clementine freaks the fuck out if an alpha isn't there.

She can't handle the heat well without an alpha scent near her.

She may not be a very obedient omega in general but when her heat starts she is extremely needy and she wants an alpha.

Shes one of those needy omegas when it comes to her heats.

And when She's in a strange place to top it off.

She was acting like an absolute puppy in her room for the last 4 days.

So when soushi appeared on the 3rd day and held her close like that she was fine.

"So are you two more than friends?" Maria raises her brows.

"Ah- no no..." Clementine ignores the question best she can.

Yeah when Soushi is around she's at ease.

Yeah when he's not around she wants to find him immediately.

And when he holds her close or scents her while shes pinned against the wall she may pretend to hate it because she actually loves it.

But no she doesn't see him as her alpha or anything.

Never.

Maybe.

Clementine shoves the last of her egg in her mouth and stands taking her plate to the sink.

Maria stares at her almost like she knows why Clementine just completely avoided talking about this particular subject.

Clementine mutters thank you and leaves the room.

She pauses and looks back.

Maria smiles warmly just from her saying thank you.

Clementine thinks for a moment.

Maybe She does have a chance here.

No.

Remember to not give it a chance until she's here for a month.

She had planned to scent the room only after her 7th day here.

But the heat ruined that.

She'll start giving this place a little more of a chance at the end of the month.

That's exactly 23 days from now.

Then she'll feel more at ease knowing that they might actually keep her.