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Nikolai turned his head slightly when he heard Leon and glanced over at him. "... That sounds good, dearie." he said with an unconvincing smile. He gave the man an amused look when he let out his war cry of sorts then looked back at his own door. He could do this. It was just a quick walk to his house, and the sidewalks weren't icy now so he could go as fast as he wanted. Taking a deep, shuddering breath, the Sin opened the door and stepped onto the snowy land.
He felt nauseous instantly. Each snowflake that landed on him or flew in front of his eyes made him stiffen, the nostalgic cold made him not want to breathe it in. His memories wanted to remind him of everything, but his time with Leon had made him stronger against it, if even by a little. Yes, this wasn't so bad. He'd make it fine.
Aysun squealed when she was picked up and screamed with excitement at how high up she was. She lifted her hands up to try and get as many snowflakes as possible, completely mesmerized by how quickly they melted. When she was set down, she smiled at the key she was given and was about to move to the front door when she noticed Nikolai waiting impatiently at the porch. He had his arms crossed and looked sad like last time. Aysun pursed her lips. She couldn't understand why he didn't like snow so much. Snow was so much fun! Maybe he just needed someone to play with?
Looking over to a nearby pile of snow. She hobbled over to it and, despite its cold touch, piled enough snow together to make a snowball. "Uncle Nikkiiiiiii!" she called out, smiling at him over his shoulder while concealing her weapon.
Shivering under his breath, the Russian faced the girl. "What is it, dearie?" he asked. Please don't let her have lost those keys.
"Gotcha!" she laughed and hurled the snowball at him. It hit his head and poured snow all over him. She expected him to laugh back and try to fire his own snowball, but he didn't. In fact, he didn't do anything. Nikolai froze completely as soon as the snowball hit him. Snow resting on both his shoulders and his head, the man stared forward with wide, haunted eyes.
When the snowball hit him it broke through the fragile wall he had that kept his war memories away. Crystal clear images of gulags and trenches flashed before his eyes, stripping him of his sense of reality. A scream tried to come out, but at the last second he swung his hand to his mouth to keep it closed. They were all just memories, he desperately tried to tell himself while closing his eyes tight. Just memories! Nothing more! They're not real! Eyes still closed but the images still there, he turned around and used his other hand to try and open his door. It was locked. Why was it locked?! He never locked his doors! Who locked him out?!

Aysun started frowning as everything went wrong. Before she knew it she was inside the house, key-less, and watching Leon try to snap Nikolai out of whatever was wrong with him. She... She didn't mean to... She frowned and whimpered with fear and guilt.
Nikolai, however, didn't notice. He could barely register anything. His vision was covered entirely by snow and the scarlet tinge of blood he saw leak from countless bodies with literal frozen expressions of absolute terror. He wanted it all to go away, he couldn't handle it anymore! When he felt Leon next to him he responded by moving his free hand towards him to try to push him away. He didn't need soothing words or warmth, he needed these memories to go away! Why couldn't he numb it! Why wouldn't it-
A mist of purple shot out of the sleeve that clamped Nikolai's mouth shut. His body tensed up for a minute then instantly slumped against the couch. His expression was no longer panicked but relaxed, like when he was sleeping. Then, his eyes opened to reveal mischievous purple irises.

Sloth grinned and pressed a bashful hand to his mouth when he was kissed. "A kiss? My, my, you're getting far too comfortable around me." he cooed, his tone lazier than Nikolai's (if that was possible). When he saw Leon move, the Sin sighed and slumped against his seat. "Tch, what a tease. It's been ages since I've seen you and I only get a peck! At least make it French!" When he heard whimpering, he quirked an eyebrow and leaned further back so that he was looking behind the couch with upside-down vision. "Oh, that's right. You have a child now." he mused. He returned to sitting normally on his seat and held his hand out. A purple mist slid out of his sleeve and clumped together until it was a misty, purple butterfly. Sloth grinned to himself and made the butterfly fly away with the point of his finger, then watched it flutter all the way to Aysun.
At that time the girl was whimpering and trying not to cry in front of her uncle. She didn't understand why Nikolai started acting weird, but she didn't mean it! She just wanted to-! The purple butterfly fluttered towards her and playfully flew around her head. She gaze it a dazed look then smiled a little when it landed on her nose.

"Mmm, but of course. Children are so easy to influence into doing absolutely nothing. It's the hormonal teenagers you have to worry about, you know." Sloth explained while moving his finger around lazily like a conductor, which in turn caused the butterfly to flutter around the girl that was now making it her mission to catch it.
When asked about Nikolai, Sloth's smile thinned, though it didn't disappear completely. "If it's about now you're talking about then I'd give him an hour or two. I'm trying to push him into a dream, but you know how dramatic trauma can be. Not that I mind. I like having the body to myself now and then, especially now that I'm at full potential~" he grinned while imagining his tail.
Becoming serious again, he said, "Frankly, dearie, I always thought Nikolai would never get over his illness, but then I saw how much he tried with you. I'm surprised he's even walking in the snow. You saw how he was a year ago, darling, he couldn't touch a snowflake without trembling. Poor dear doesn't know what he's missing. Sex in the snow is so wonderful!"

Sloth raised an eyebrow when he noticed the bag. "Hmm? You got me a gift?" he mused and tilted his head lightly at the gift then gave Leon a look. "My, we're quite the suck up today, now aren't we?" he teased then looked at the bag again, seeing the items placed in front of him. Ah, technology has come a long way, he thought to himself as he examined the glorious devices that promised to do the work for him.
"Isn't it nice to see people take after me?" he purred as he reached for the bottle. When he couldn't reach for it from his seat, he made no attempt to lean forward and instead leaned back. "Mmph. Can you get the bottle for me, dearie? Better yet, spin it and make sure it lands on both of us~" He glanced over to the table when he noticed his butterfly flutter towards them, and as Aysun drew near she noticed the bottle. "Why do you have an empty bottle?" she asked and forgot the bug to go to the table.
"Because we're about to play a game." Sloth answered. He grinned when he saw Aysun light up he asked, "Would you like to join us?"
"Can I??" she gasped and looked at Leon with wide, pleading eyes. Sloth did the same, only with an amused stare instead.

Aysun frowned but nodded. "Okay..." she mumbled, still disappointed that she couldn't play the game with them.
Sloth, however, had himself a good laugh as the two left. He honestly wasn't sure what would happen. Even if she had played or not, it would've been priceless.

With the bags of new clothes laid out before her in her room, Aysun dug through each one until she found some Hello Kitty pajamas Nikolai picked out with her earlier. She went to the restroom with them and set them on the nearby sink before looking back at Leon. "I'm okay." she nodded. Just as long as he wasn't there to help her bathe. She was a grown-up, dang it!
Before she could start any of that, however, she looked back at her uncle. "Uncle Leon?" she started in a guilt-ridden tone. "Why did Uncle Nikki act weird when I threw the snowball at him?"