“Hey babygirl…” A slight knock against her doorframe as he stands awkwardly, waiting to see if he was allowed to enter her room. An equally awkward smile, one that reached his eyes — but his eyes seemed red-rimmed from the crying fits he had been struggling with for the past day. “… miss me?”

Rebecca blinked and let her violin down, looking over to the doorframe. She stared for a moment before her hands started shaking, putting down her violin. Her face scrunched up as tears pricked the edges of her eyes.

Then she burst into sobs and clung to him, nodding in response.

It seemed everything that happened was hitting her all at once now Zero was no longer emotionally blocked.

“I missed you, Papa…”