100 Themes: Light.
"Daddy! Come on!" Kaya bounced up and down, grabbing her father's hand and pulling him to the door. "You're gonna miss it!" Usopp chuckled.
"Kaya, the moon stays out all night, I can't miss it."
"If you keep going this slow you will!" She stomped her little five year old foot on the hardwood floor, pouting slightly.
"Alright, alright. Let's go." Usopp smiled and reached out his hand, which was immediately pulled through the door and onto the back patio. Kaya grinned and looked around for what she had seen through her bedroom window.
"There it is! There! Look!" Usopp followed her finger up into the sky, where the full moon was shining bright up in the night sky.
"Wow. Look at that!" He smiled, picking up the girl and placing her on his shoulders.
"Isn't it pretty?" She breathed, folding her arms on her father's head.
"It sure is." They stood there for a few quiet moments, with Kaya grinning up at the huge moon. She looked around at the stars, gasping as there was a twinkle across the black background.
"Daddy! I saw a shooting star! Did you see it? Did you see it?!" He laughed as she leaned her head in his line of vision, eyes sparkling like the stars she loved so much.
"No, I didn't. But, you get to make a wish now!"
"I do?" Usopp nodded.
"Yeah! If you wish on a shooting star, it'll come true." The girl frantically climbed down from her father's shoulders, scampering forward to stand in the grass. She stared up at the sky before squeezing her eyes shut, clasping her hands tightly together and tensing her body as she wished super hard on the star. When she let go, she turned back to Usopp and smiled.
"I hope it comes true!" The man only chuckled and knelt down, ruffling her curly black hair before standing and taking her hand.
"Well, it's way past your bedtime." She pouted again.
"Do I..." The girl yawned. "…Have to?" He laughed.
"I'm afraid so." The two walked back to Kaya's room, and Usopp watched as she dug around in her dresser for pajamas, getting help from him to put them on and button up her shirt. Once that was done, she climbed into bed and grabbed her lamb plushie.
"Can you tell Merry and I what you wished for?" Kaya looked down at the lamb, before looking back up at her dad.
"I wished that mommy could come back." Usopp smiled, forcing back a wave of emotion and swallowing his sudden urge to cry.
"That's a great wish, darling." He leaned in and kissed her forehead, pulling the blankets to her chin and walking out, shutting the door quietly.
If only shooting stars worked.