Shady

(Good with me! Where to?)

Ky sighed quietly as they got to the third floor, looking longingly up the stairs to her sweet, sweet room.

“Mm.” She wasn’t sure if he was implying that meant she was going to start. But she wasn’t regardless. She realized as she started up the stairs, though, that it ...

“…I did too,” she said. Ish. Not really, but it felt rude not to reciprocate. She started for the stairs. “But I don’t run.”

“Okay,” she said quietly, nodding and stepping towards the door. “Will do.”

Ky nodded again and went back to her meal.

She nodded and tied off the packaging. Should she make a run for it now? Or wait?

“Yes, sir.” Ky nodded. “It’s a valuable skill to have, I think. Gives you a lot of opportunities you- I- wouldn’t otherwise have.”

She swallowed again to try to force her throat to clear. “I think I’ll save the rest for later.”

“Oh.” She nodded. “Yessir.” How odd that must have been for them all. Not even pretending to be a cohesive family unit. He must have felt so left out growing ...

Ky took another tiny nibble and then started wrapping it back up. “But very, very sweet.”

Tadaaki nodded, looking at his plate bashfully. Ky glanced between them. She felt bad for Tadaaki. Which meant she needed to take the focus off him. Which meant she needed ...

Ky quietly, anxiously nibbled on the bar, doing her absolute best to drag it out as long as humanly possible. Your brain was more likely to send ‘I’m full’ signals ...

She forced herself to swallow it all the way. “Good… you?”

Tadaaki blushed an even deeper shade of crimson. He couldn’t even find the words to refuse the compliment. He couldn’t find any words at all. He was too horrified by ...