(As you might notice.. my cc has changed, it is now a mix between alpha and MM)
“He has been awfully secretive the last months..”
She had ofcourse tried to ask him what he was doing, but he had just shrugged his shoulders and told her that she would get to know when he was ready.
“You think it might be a birthday present?”
It felt wierd that she was finally having her birthday. How many birthday’s had they been to now, so that it was her turn now was quite a fun idea to her. He had asked if she wanted a big party, but she had shook her head. It was something with living for so long that just made it something she wanted to share with those that had been around for all her life.
“You are late.”
“And you are sitting outside in the snow doing homework?”
“Yeah.. that serum you made seems to work.”
She had asked him if there was a way for her to not freeze so much whenever it was winter. He had been a unwilling to begin with, but when she once returned from school so cold he had to put her in a bathtub to get her warm again, he had a change of heart.
“Good, I’d rather not have that scare again.”
“You were really scared weren’t you?”
“Yeah.. my programming isn’t really ment for sick teenagers.”
“Luckily, you had help.”
She didn’t blame him for his reaction too it. She barely remembered being sick, just that when she was getting better someone named Jeremiah was in their home, someone she later learned was one of Itsuki and Nagisa’s grandchildren. He had been a doctor back in the days so he had been called in to help out.
“A doctor was a little over the top though, don’t you think?”
“Nah, I wanted to be safe.”
“Sooo, do I get to know the surprise soon?”
“On your birthday.”
“That’s tomorrow.. really?”
“Yes, it took some time.”
She was so curious as to what he had been working on. She had even tried to follow him a couple of times, but he had either noticed her, or he had managed to give her the slip.
“I just hope you like it.”
“I will, regardless of what it is.”
“How can you say that?”
“Because it’s from you.”
“You don’t need to freeze up every time I compliment you.”
He blinked, he hadn’t realized he was doing it again, the addition of her leaning her head on his shoulder just seemed to affect his way of thinking. Like if he moved, he would break the moment.
“Sorry.”
“It’s fine, you will get used to it eventually.”
She remembered their long talk. She only dared to because of something she had a very long talk with Nagisa about how she felt, and how he said he felt. It was after a bit of thinking and probably talking with her husband, she told her the words that he had told her so many times in her childhood; He wasn’t her father.
So, as odd as it might be, loving him was nothing wrong. What she didn’t know was that Liam had also talked to them, separate form her, asking for their thoughts on the matter. He was afraid that it would be seen by wrong by everyone else, but after a long talk with many questions on their end, they had told him the same thing they later told her. He was not her father, they were not related, there was nothing wrong with loving her. He had asked Inori on one of his visits as well, but all she had done was smile, pat him on the back, and mumbled something about “It’s about dammed time!”
So although it was still a very slow process, he was learning how to handle the fact that he had feelings in his system, or as he liked to call it, a cute error in his software programming.
“So, have you made the cake?”
“Wait.. you wanted cake.”
“Duuh!”
He chuckled, he had of course made cake, he had just made sure she hadn’t noticed.
“Come on, they should be here any minute, we best get ready.”
While Liam was doing the finishing touches, she picked up the violin she had gotten her last birthday, getting an audience of one dog, and after a while their guests.
“Ready?”
“Oh yes!”
“I don’t really feel much different.”
“I have been told that’s normal.. but, I now need you to trust me, and not take this off.”
She saw Nagisa’s grin before a blindfold was put over her eyes, and she was lead out of the house she had spent all her life in. She couldn’t make out where they were going, but it took them a fair while to get there. The sounds were different, she had only heard car’s a couple of times in her life so far and that was when they visited San Mushino.
“Okay, were here.. are you ready for your birthdaypresent?”
“YES!”
Very carefully the blindfold was removed, and it took her eyes a little time to get used to the light again.
“Happy Birthday, I hope you like it.”
“…..”
“No?”
“How.. but.. eh?”
It wasn’t often she didn’t have words, and it made him happy to notice her not know what to say.
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
“YES!”
She knew that she had made him a promise that they would take things slow, not so much for her sake, but for his. The whole idea of loving someone was still very new to him, and something he wasn’t fully sure of how to handle, but with this surprise she simply forgot.
“Come on, let me show you what I have been spending so much time on.”
“So this isn’t just me dreaming?”
“If it is, were having the same dream.”