“Happy Birthday, Daddy! I drew you a picture!” the little girl squeaked as she ran up to the captain, getting up on her tiptoes and lifting it high over her head to show him. “I kinda messed up a little on me, but lookit, I drew Mommy, and the baby too!” she chirped, pointing to the red splotch of crayon meant to be Kasumi, her midsection enlarged.
“And I know Aimi doesn’t smile a whole lot, but I made her smile in the picture since she’s next to Mommy, and she always smiles when she’s with Mommy!” Kaede continued, but pouted a little. “I didn’t have enough room on the paper for Uncle Shunsui, Miss Rukia or Mister Sentaro, tho...” but soon the little girl was grinning again.
“What do you think, Daddy?! Do you like it??” the six year old asked, brown eyes like her mother’s glimmering with hope.
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