"What?" Beast looked confused, "Why on earth would she start being so difficult now?" he asked as he headed over to see her. As soon as he stepped into the room he froze, "... oh... I sweetie"

"Hmm?" Ciara was looking out the window when Hank came in. She smiled, getting up and running over. "Lookie,lookie Daddy! It's my dress!" She did several twirls, giggling.

"Yes honey, it is" he smiled, "where on earth did you get that?"

"Not that. My dress..." She said waving the ends of the skirt back and forth. She blushed and hopped onto the bed, "My boyyyyyfriend."

"Ah-what now?" Beast blinked

"Boy.friend. Boyfriend. Boyfriend. BOYFRIEND!" She cheered before jumping up into his arms. "He made me my dress. Can you guess?"

"I-uh" Beast laughed and caught her, he hadn't seen her so happy in a long time, "Guess? Well, why don't you just tell me?"

"P-ie-tro." She blushed, burying her face into his fur. "I get all fuzzy just thinking about it... I got up the courage to ask what he thought of me... and he kissed me. <333 I'm as gitty as a gitty goat"

Beast stroked her hair gently, "I'm happy for you my droplet, but you know you can't wear that dress forever right? Especially while you're staying in here"

"Awwww. But I like my dress..." Ciara was acting very childish. "I was going to wash it at least..."

"I know you love it, but there's a time and a place for everything and here is not the time nor the place" he kissed her forehead, "your dress will be waiting for you back home, with all your other things."

Her expression became less childish and more serious "Dadddddd. I'm fine. How much longer are you going to keep me here? I have a boyfriend! I wanna go out of this place and OUT with him. I'd like to be able to take a walk without everyone asking me where I'm going every 5 mins.

I perfectly fine. I feel fit and I'm not taking the dress off and putting those robes on because I'M FINE."

Beast frowned slightly, scratching the back of his neck, "You went through a lot when you were gone... I just want to be sure, I want to know I have my little girl back" he looked at her, a sadness in his eyes, "I'm afraid" he admitted, "I don't want something to happen out there... to make you hate me again."

She frowned as well, putting a hand on his paw, "Dad. No matter what happens, I'll always love you. No matter what someone does to my mind... deep down I'll still be me... But you can't cage me here... Have me guarded or something but I'm going to go stir crazy if I stay here much longer. I mean... I did go through a lot and my issues aren't 100% gone... But I need to move on."

Beast let out a deep sigh and eventually nodded, "Well... I have to admit, you do make a valid argument, and you are sounding a lot more like yourself" he smiled and kissed her forehead, "Alright droplet, I'll get everything in order. Give me ten minutes"

Soon enough Ciara was let loose on the world and somehow Pietro not only knew, but was waiting just outside the doors for her with flowers in hand.
"Hey hot stuff" the speedster grinned, "Welcome back"

She blushed, taking the flowers, "They're beautiful. Thank you, Speedy." She sniffed them, "Smells nice with my new clean bill of health." She kissed him, then paused and turned to her father.

"...Why haven't you ripped him apart yet?" She asked. With every relationship, Beast had been very aggressive toward her partners. Part of the animal in him but this time he hadn't...

"uhh..." Pietro rubbed the back of his head, "maybe cuz he ripped into me already when I was the only person you'd talk to?"

"No, that was entirely different" Beast replied, eyeing Pietro, "I thought I would save this talk for later." he patted Ciara's shoulder, "go have fun dear"

She smiled, "Alright then." She kissed Beast's cheek, "I'll see you at home, Big Blue.... Before curfew."

She slipped her hand into Pietro's and swung it back and forth as they headed out. "Dad wants me to take baby steps in getting back to my normal life, hence the curfew. Oh, and don't worry about the ripping... It's part of his animal instincts. Just a bit of sparing... So, what are we going to do on my first official day as your girlfriend?"

"Sparring? With the Beast?" Pietro swallowed a little anxiously at the idea but quickly shook it off for now, "uh, well... actually, I was thinking you'd want to go see your house"

She blinked, "My house? Why would I want to see my house? OH. oh. Is there a surprise there?"

"Maaayyybe" Pietro smiled, "I wasn't able to do much mind you, Dr. McCoy insisted that everything had to stay as close to how you left it as possible so you wouldn't freak out or something."

"Well that's silly... But he's probably right in taking the precaution...Oh! I can't wait." She grinned.

"Hmm, well, in that case, the fact you're doing so well... there's a few extra things I wanna do. Gimme five minutes?" Pietro asked.

Ciara sat down on a nearby bench, "I'll be waiting." She kissed him, her body all warm and fuzzy.