Fox was well aware of the dangers of his continued interactions with Wolf O' Donnell. Hell, a week prior he had to defend himself against several people who couldn't be anything less than space pirates while on his early morning jog down the city sidewalk. The group, who was dressed very casually but had scars and tattoos that were very distinct to a trained eye, asked him rather imposing questions regarding the lupine, consequently setting off every alarm bell within the vulpine's head. However, Fox had been trained by some of the best in the mercenary field and knew exactly what to say to keep things civil between himself and the others. Yet some in the group hadn't taken too kindly to his cut and dry attitude and had thought that placing a laser muzzle into his face would shake him enough to make him start rambling.

It didn't.

Instead a fight had broken out after he pulled the pistol owner into himself, headbutting the other to make them lose control over the hand holding the gun. A bloody few minutes later ended with two dead, one bleeding from the torso, and him with a slightly charred tail.

The Cornerian police had taken his statement and the bodies away while a medical van came for him and the one who he had tried to patch up. Like flies the Corneria news crew had followed the police onto the scene and within the hour coverage that the leader of team Star Fox had defended himself against a group of notorious thugs had made a very big splash on the morning media channels. Fox was not at all surprised when his phone had blown up with calls from his team moments after the video-feed went live.

Ironically enough the person who was most concerned for his well-being hadn't bothered with the phone and instead marched himself angrily into the vulpine's home and then lay down a barrage of question, all of which McCloud answered as calmly as he could. The caffeine from his morning tea had probably help to chase off of the adrenaline high Fox normally would have felt given the circumstances, otherwise he probably would have done something very uncharacteristic after Wolf grabbed him up in his massive grey furred arms.

That night, and the nights to follow, Fox didn't sleep alone.

All of this was fine with the vulpine. He was a mercenary after all, so he was used to adapting to odd situations. And yet, even he was not prepared for Peppy Hare to come into his apartment and find him playing Go Fish with O' Donnell. The hare hadn't said anything after letting himself into the apartment; he, like Falco and Slippy, had a key. Instead, the older Corneria merely looked at Wolf and Fox and then calmly told the vulpine that they needed to talk.

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