It wasn't surprising they were being so sweet with him. They always were in their own gentle ways. It seemed like his tears felt even hotter on his cheeks though. Maybe there were simply more of them. Kai tried blinking them away again, loathe to do anything that would jostle the two of them.

"I'm happy," he murmured, his voice a thick rumble. "I didn't have to miss telling you goodnight at all." Sniifff. "So this... I'm really, really happy."