Nikolai left his father and Dimitri after a short drink so they could speak amongst themselves; sometimes it was rude to butt in, but in this case, it was old men enjoying a nostalgic conversation.
So he headed into the side room, aiming to greet his girls before leaving.
The moment he entered, he saw them playing together on the climbing frame bolted to the wall, with Viktoria sitting on the roof, and both twins on the slide.
"Hey girls, are you having fun?!"
To the side of them, both Nagisa and his mother sat drinking coffee, but their eyes never left the children for a second.
"Yessss~!"
"Ah, it's Dad!"
Elizabeth points to him, then jumps cleanly off the metre-high climbing frame.
Unwilling to lose, Dhalia and Viktoria soon followed.
Nikolai's body flashed forward, but stopped the moment the girls landed perfectly, like daintily little fairies.
