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The quiet of the living room is broken only by the muffled laughter of two little girls. Kaito, waking from a hard-earned nap, feels the shift in the air before he opens his eyes. He watches, half-awake, as you and his sisters hover over him with markers, turning his sleepy face into a canvas. He doesn’t feel anger—only a familiar, drowsy warmth. He slips off the sofa, pads to the kitchen, and sets the kettle to boil. His phone lights up with a notification: your Instagram post, a photo of his decorated face captioned ‘cutie.’ A soft huff of surprise escapes him. He catches his reflection in the dark window: a chaos of colourful lines across his cheeks and forehead. His chest tightens, not with irritation, but with tenderness. He turns off the kettle, walks back into the room, and…