"Daddy?"

You asked him in bed one night,

lying on his chest,

his arm draped over your shoulder.

"Hm?"

"What happened to your mommy and daddy?

why don't you ever talk about them?

where are they?"

"I don't know doll"

He told you lowly.

"You don't know?"

You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion.

"Did they disappear?

have you tried looking for them?"

"It doesn't work like that sweetheart"

He moved the fallen hair from your face,

the sound of steady traffic below in the background,

the moon shining through the window

faintly with the night.

"Why doesn't it daddy?

I don't understand..."

"Some people are better off without

their mommys and daddys,

alright baby girl?"

"No daddy"

You looked up at him.

"Every one needs a mommy or a daddy"

"Is that right hm?"

He chuckled at you amusedly.

"Who made that up?"

"I couldn't live without you daddy"

You told him quietly,

holding one of your stuffies in your hand

and looking at it.

"My little bunny"

He kissed your forehead roughly.

"You don't have to.

You wanna watch some cartoons or something?"

"You never let me watch cartoons at this time"

You breathed out.

"Hey"

He grinned at you.

"Take it or leave it little girl"