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[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ after albert and brianna declared their plans to go out on a date for the rest of the evening, she took it upon herself to personally watch lyssa until they returned home, despite her former plans with her boyfriend. it's with that change (and realization of what she did at the very last moment) that she calls up caleb to tell him the news, sounding disappointed until she gleefully casually suggested that he come over to help. after some convincing that yes, albert won't be here and yes, she'll wait for him by the door, is done and over with, she happily skips down the stairs after telling lyssa's personal ninja butler that she'll be back shortly.

plops down on the second to last step of the stairs while happily swaying and humming to herself, her eyes planted on the doorway to wait for caleb to enter. ]

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[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ brightens at that, setting her glass aside to tug caleb's face down. ]

< You, mister superdog-- > [ smooches his nose. ] < --are the best-looking guy I've ever seen. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ tail wagging like crazy-- bumps their foreheads together. ]

< R-Really?! >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ nods, tilting her head a little to kiss him on the lips this time. ]

< Really really! >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ returns the kiss & then one more on the corner of her mouth. ]

< Thank you! It makes me happy that I can be handsome for Nathan-ee-ah! >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ also quickly pecks him again. ]

< And it makes me happy that I can be pretty for Caleb! >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ scoots onto the couch for more comfort & curls against (around) her, resting his head on hers. ]

< Both of us being happy is the best type of happy. >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ twists a bit to curl into his hold, becoming a little ball of... tiny. ]

< As long as you're here, I'll always be happy. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ curls around her some more until they're both comfortably situated on the couch. ]

< Then I'll try to stay as long as I can. >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ kisses the nearest patch of his skin in her line of sight. ]

< I will, too. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ tucks his nose against her hair & nuzzles gently & rhythmically. ]

< Then we'll have a long time! > [ then more quietly: ] < I like that. . . >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ also speaks quietly, if only because she's feeling shy. ]

< Forever, I'm hoping... >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ but he hears it, of course. closes his eyes, breathing evening out as he relaxes against her warmth. keeps his voice at a quieter murmur as not to disrupt the heartbeat that he's listening to. ]

< We can try. Try really hard, to get as close to that as we can get. >

1/2

[childsized.livejournal.com]

< Then I guess we'd better quickly find a house with a white picket fence. Maybe a dog, two or three ki-- >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ stops, if only because she realizes he will not understand that she's joking. and thus: ]

< Um. I'm only joking, by the way. It's an American joke, sort of. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ cracks open an eye sleepily, squinting a bit in confusion anyway. ]

< Sort of. . . ? So a house with white fence can mean 'forever' to Americans? >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

< Sort of... > [ reaches for one of his hands, playing with it a little as she explains. ] < It's called the American Dream, where people in America have this notion that there's one dream all Americans are striving for. People joke that a white fence, two or three kids, and a dog make up what all Americans dream to have. That'll lead to Happily Ever After, apparently. It's much deeper than that, of course, but it's a common and socially accepted joke here. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ listens quietly & nods, shutting his eye again. grins into her hair. ]

< I have the dog part covered! We're doing pretty good? >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ feels that grin, unable to keep herself from laughing (happily). ]

< It's like we're half-way there already! >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

Ja! < We are making good progress! Hilda would be proud. >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ gives a small nod, careful to not bump his face away in the process. pauses, however, when a thought strikes her. fiddles with his hand again, starts out slowly. ]

< If... if we do stay together forever, and um. Some things change maybe. Do you want to stay here or go back to Germany...? >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ cracks open his real eye again, fighting past the drowsiness in response to his tendency to prioritize others (& nathania in specific). ]

< I will stay where Nathan-ee-ah wants to stay. >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

[ feels like this is important enough to twist in a way where she can look him in the eye. ]

< But what do you want? You must have a preference. I know you miss Germany, but I know you like our team, too. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ looks unusually conflicted, stiffening a bit. ]

< It is wrong to be selfish, Nathan-ee-ah. I will stay with you, our team, and where SAVE needs me most. >

[childsized.livejournal.com]

< There's nothing wrong with being selfish, if it's done in moderation. > [ reaches up, stroking his face with a hand. ] < Nobody would blame you if you wanted to go. Not here. We'll always be family regardless, I promise you. >

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ leans into the touch while considering this for a moment. ]

< Yes, moderation is good. I was taught that. But it won't affect just me, yes? I was also taught to think about the whole. . . >