"Or you could simply permit me to have a clean home," Dark sniffed, mildly indignant, but after breakfast and being there for part of Ivy's playtime, he set about his task of deep cleaning before needing to shower and go go visit with Lex, bringing their baby gate designs.
Ultimately, he did agree to help her with her gate, although he still felt uncertain about it
He agreed to it because her ideas grabbed him enough to warrant the risk of what it meant for his control over his work, but he tried to put that out of his mind. That said, although he was grateful that Lex offered to do their gates for free, he still requested to pay her for at least part of the cost, because he didn't want to burden her. They weren't active on social media, they couldn't even offer her much in the way of exposure.
The next day, Dark and Daizi both waited a bit anxious for Lance to arrive. Despite both agreeing they probably didn't need to be anxious, anytime CPS came over, they couldn't help but worry at least a little bit.
When they heard a car pull up that could only be Lance, Daizi said, "I can't wait for the adoption to go through so we don't have to deal with this anymore," before getting up to open the door.