"K-ka..."
"Come on, you can do it Karkat!"
"Ka... Kakat!"
You loudly applauded the little baby in front of you, he laughed softly and imitated you, applauding with his little hands.
"Did he just talk?" Kankri's small body appeared at the end of the corridor, he was wearing a bright red sweater with gray pants and in his hands was a large bound book.
"I'm sorry for my sudden introduction" he quickly corrected himself, approaching where you were sitting with the little baby. "It was not my intention to trigger you, but is it true what I just heard? Did he talk? "
You smiled at the little boy, "yes Kankri, he said his name".
Kankri's eyes lit up and he quickly sat between you and his little brother.
"Ka-Kanny!" Karkat applauded when he saw his older brother.
You laughed softly, ruffling his hair, "No, Karkat, but you almost have it."
It had been almost 3 months since you found the two brothers and brought them to your house. You quickly forged a great relationship with them since they seemed to consider you almost like their mother. And you love them and you raised them as your own children, although you had never stopped looking for their father (who you learned was called Singless), but without much success.
You smiled with tenderness when you saw the two children playing together. Their personalities had always been very different; Karkat always seemed to be a little grumpy and distrustful (except for very special people, like Kankri or you), while Kankri was shy and extremely respectful, always willing to lecture anyone. It was strange how, despite their great differences, the two brothers could have such a strong relationship.
"Hey!" you said, drawing the attention of the two little ones. "How about I go for some cookies and milk and we have a snack?" Two cries of agreement and five minutes later you 3 were at the kitchen table, enjoying some warm milk and your special homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Suddenly the phone rang and you got up to pick it up, leaving your part of the cookies on the table.
"Hello?" You said picking up the phone.
"(Y/n)? Is that you?" your friend's familiar voice came from the other side of the line.
"(F/n)! How long! Did something has happened? Everything is alright?".
"Oh yes, everything is fine" (she/he) started "hey..., do you remember the person you asked me about a time ago? Uhh... Singless Vantas? "
You agreed, (f/n) was a cop and you had mentioned the name to (him/her) on some occasions, just in case you could find out something that would help you locate the father of Kankri and Karkat.
"Yes, I remember it," you said as you watched the two children, who still sitting at the table, too distracted with the cookies to notice the conversation.
"Well, I think I found him."
Your eyes opened and you pressed the phone closer to your ear.
"Wait. For real?! How?!".
There was a pause on the other side of the telephone line.
"That's not the problem (y/n). The important thing is that... he is not, well... in freedom ".
"Wait, what?" you said, your voice slightly louder "Why?"
You could hear papers moving in the background before hearing (her/his) voice again
"Illegal demonstrations" (she/he) said "all with very good intentions, but doing it in populated areas goes against the law".
"And now? Where is him?".
"Arrested. His detention still has a week to complete, but he could leave if someone paid the bail money."
You bit your lip uneasily. (F/n) seemed to guess your thoughts.
"Oh no (y/n), listen to me, you're not going to pay the bail of someone you do not even know! What if he is a criminal? I can find out his sentence, but I can not guess what he'll do once he's out. "
You sighed.
"And besides, who tells you he is a good person?! To begin with, who the hell leaves their children alone to go to a demonstration!? "
"I know, but... what if he had a good reason?" you murmured. You could hear (f/n)´s sigh on the other side.
"Okay just... make sure he's trustworthy... is it okay? I do not want you to get in trouble" the soft voice of (f/n) was heard on the phone.
You smiled
"I will" you made a little pause "and thank you very much for everything (f/n)".
You heard the characteristic laughter of (f/n) before (she/he) said goodbye and hung up the phone. Carefully you turned off yours as well and you headed back with the two children, but you still thinking about what (f/n) had told you.
You had to make some calls.