Rose! Examine Esther!
Examine That! (Accepting!)
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Kids always fascinated you. You couldn't remember being a child, nor had you any particular skill in being a parent, but you LOVED kids. They are always so much funner than boring adults. They get you.
When you discovered through a rather sudden encounter that Dark had a daughter, you didn't consider why he hid this from you. In fact, it was fantastic news! It was almost like a test of liking him, or something.
Losing Dark for nearly a month because of said random encounter nearly broke you. If you two hadn't had one last chance to talk, you would have left that timeline and... You don't want to consider that.
In fact, you have more important things to consider. Dark has trusted you to keep an eye on Esther while he goes to some brief meeting thing. A very normal, sensible suggestion of a movie was given, and to your credit you had started. However...
You're both now lying in a pillow fort in between the armchairs in the living room. Every pillow in the house has been donated to the cause, and you even put up coloured punting around the edges. It's one of the fanciest pillow forts you've ever seen. People would pay to sleep here when on holidays.
To be more exact, you're lying on your stomach as Esther has a field day braiding your hair. Her own blond hair is in two braided pigtails, complete with little flowers you pulled out of your back pocket. They only serve to further complement her summer outfit - a bright blue, floral pattern dress with a white cardigan - and make her that little ball of joy you've quickly fallen in love with.
She asks you a question - why some of your hair is pink, while the rest is black. You chuckle and admit that you have no idea. Apparently, that is enough of a justification for her to decide she should get part of her hair dyed. Or at the least, her dad should. You joke that red would look spiffing on him and she laughs. It's so like how Dark laughs! In fact, she tilts her head to peer down at you, and you swear Dark has given you that same look of amusement before. It makes you smile in return.
By the time you two are discovered by Dark, you have both decided that Dark should try dying his hair blond to match Esther, and she declares as much.
However, judging by how he's overcome by a fit of giggles upon seeing you with thirty tiny braids jutting out in all directions, you suspect he didn't hear a word of what she said.