Fai sat in my lap, arms around my neck, feet dangling over the arm of the couch. His head hung back, eyes open, looking at the world upside down. I think that's how he always saw the world. A little bit upside down.

"Kuro-chan?" His voice sounded a slight breathless, just like people who've been upside down too long. I pulled him up, watching his face turn from red to pink and then back to its usual porcelain. I grunted to inform him I was listening and waited for him to continue, expecting him to start babbling about some elaborate plan to turn the whole living room upside down.

"I love you."

"I love you, too, Fai."

And I smiled to myself, but not enough to show.