[There's no accompanying flinch when she kicks him again. Sanji just takes it like he promised, watches her flounder in emotions she's probably struggling to understand, and his expression is careful and somber, and a little sad.
But her answering hug is like a fresh breath, a tiny moment of hope. He sighs into it, smiling and committing the feeling to memory.
This is what her picture should've been like.]
I love you, too. [He gives her a tight, one armed squeeze - and wonders, if she'll ever be too old for this. Shit, she's getting so big. One day he won't be able to swoop up behind her and plant her on his shoulders, will he? Maybe it's already too late for that anymore.
His heart thumps and it hurts, this time. He squeezes a tiny bit tighter.] Right now, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.
action;
But her answering hug is like a fresh breath, a tiny moment of hope. He sighs into it, smiling and committing the feeling to memory.
This is what her picture should've been like.]
I love you, too. [He gives her a tight, one armed squeeze - and wonders, if she'll ever be too old for this. Shit, she's getting so big. One day he won't be able to swoop up behind her and plant her on his shoulders, will he? Maybe it's already too late for that anymore.
His heart thumps and it hurts, this time. He squeezes a tiny bit tighter.] Right now, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.