i said i've got all night

[thxforthememories]

WHO: Kay Faraday and Kagerou
WHERE: The Nest Roof of the Police Headquarters
WHEN: Right after this thread.
WHAT: Kay asked to see her guardian. He obliges.
WARNINGS: SAP. FLUFF. TEETH-ROTTING SAP. and action-spam



[He isn't sure why Kay wants to see him so badly. Everything had turned out all right, hadn't it? They were both safe. Nothing had happened to either of them. A fact he was incredibly thankful for.]

[But he couldn't refuse her a request. Not after... Not after what she said made his AI spark, made him feel oddly warm. A different sort of feeling than when he thought of someone -- of his reason for existing. But if what everyone said was true, then, that was normal.]

[So he lands atop the roof, glancing around for her. She said she'd be in their "house", but it never hurt to check. Just in case she'd gotten into something.]

Kay?

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[thxforthememories]

[He has no idea how to answer that one, and ends up blinking down at her -- mystified.]

My... name is Kagerou.

[littlecrowgirl]

OH! I know, but...I didn't call my dad Byrne.

I didn't know if...you wanted me to call you Dad too.

[thxforthememories]

[He shakes his head slightly.]

I don't want to take that from your father... "Kagerou" is fine.

[littlecrowgirl]

[She nestles into her scarf, her face practically stuck in a smile.]

O-Okay. Kagerou, then.

[The way she says it, however...it's with the utmost respect and adoration. Just like she used to say 'Dad'.]

[thxforthememories]

[He can see that, Kay. And... he smiles a little himself. More and more, lately, she's the only one who brings it out so easily in him.]

It sounds better than other names I've had.

[Especially when said... like that. No one has ever said his name like that.]

[littlecrowgirl]

Really? But...it's just your name. It's...not really different, is it?

[She can't help but giggle, though. He's so adorable, sometimes.]

[thxforthememories]

You said it differently than anyone else ever has.

[Even Shadowmaru. He'd said it... in his own way.]

[littlecrowgirl]

[And a full on laugh erupts from her--a happy laugh.]

Maybe I'm just special!

[thxforthememories]

You are.

[He says that without hesitation, and with complete seriousness.]

[littlecrowgirl]

[She stops...dead cold.

But not in a bad way. She's just...it was so sweet to hear from him.]

You really think I'm special..?

[thxforthememories]

[He nods, slowly, his expression serious. Sincere.]

I do. You... make it seem as if I do have a heart, after all.

[littlecrowgirl]

...

Because you do, Kagerou.

You have a heart. I know it.

[thxforthememories]

... I'll try to remember that.

[Because it means something more, coming from her.]

[littlecrowgirl]

You better, or I'll come after you.

[thxforthememories]

Will you? Should I be worried about what you'll do if that happens?

[littlecrowgirl]

You betcha! I'm a toughie!

You'll definitely be sorry if you mess with me.

[thxforthememories]

Then I won't 'mess with' you. All right?

[littlecrowgirl]

[She turns around, those arms pressed to his chest.]

All right.

Promise.

[thxforthememories]

[And, in return, he presses his fingers to her, in the best sort of hug he can manage.]

Promise.