"walk to papa!"
the cute baby girl with little ash blonde pigtails teetered toward her enthusiastic, cheering father.
"you did it! yay~!" spirit lifted maka and spun her around till she was breathless and giggling uncontrollably.
she was easily the cutest baby ever.
"papa, papa!" the bright eyed toddler tugged on her fathers red hair.
"hmm?"
"cookie!" the little girl hollered.
"no cookies, maka, you wont finish lunch if-"
"cookie! cookie! papa, gimme cookie!"
she looked at him with big green sparkly eyes and spirit's will crumpled
"of course maka! you can have all the cookies you want!"
there was much squeezing and hugging from maka as her father carried her to the kitchen for cookies.
the red head hummed quietly as he searched the kitchen. no cookies.
"I'm sorry maka-chan, we don't have any more cookies."
the sweet little smile turned upside down. green eyes got big and glassy. then the little hicking sounds started.
spirit couldn't stand the sad hiccupping. he just couldn't. he lifted his daughter and started doing the rock and bounce thing.
"nonono, shh, its okay, please don't cry! papa will make something else, and then we can read a book. whichever one you want."
"... Joan of arc?" the water works were gone. phew.
only kami would read Joan of arc to a toddler.
"yeah! so how about baked smores?" not many knew that spirit albarn's baked smores kicked ass.
"yes!" maka's pigtails bounced as she threw her hands in the air in celebration.
maka loved eating extra gram crackers while waiting for the smores to bake.
so, spirit spent the next twenty minutes preparing baked smores for maka, then making sure they weren't too hot.
after that, maka fetched her storybook, (her very best one)and climbed onto sprit's lap in the big chair.
she cuddled up in her fluffy little pink blanket. the color matched the pink bows in her hair.
the adorable child chewed happily on her smores while her papa read her favorite story. she was warm. and happy. eventually, papa's voice became a lulling sound and she dreamed of warriors and sweets.
spirit looked down to find maka fast asleep, her face covered in chocolate along with her hands, which were fisted in her blanket, staining it. her mouth was a tiny o.
she was the cutest being in the universe.