“Heard you have a birthday in a few months.” Hakatori grins across the booth. Her fingers latch onto her coffee.
“Finally, legal adulthood,” Higemaru says dreamily. He pauses. “Wait. But you still have-”
“Two and a half years,” Hakatori confirms.
Higemaru slumps. He can’t…well, dating a minor isn’t exactly a trivial thing. “Does it bother you?”
“No. I’ve been an adult for years.” Hakatori sips her coffee. “It bothers you?”
“Yeah?” Higemaru says weakly. “I just – I don’t want to seem like I’m taking advantage of you!”
“Hige, right now, neither of us are adults. We didn’t start as an adult preying on a kid.” Hakatori rolls her eyes. “You’re overthinking this too much.”
“Okay, okay.” Higemaru wishes he didn’t care what people thought. Well, he’ll do his best to treat her with respect no matter what. Not that he wouldn’t anyways.
“Besides, your parents approve of me.” Hakatori wiggles her eyebrows. “Kaneki and Touka, Urie and Mutsuki, and your biological parents.”
Higemaru chokes on his coffee. “So I have three sets of parents now?”
“Yup.” Hakatori nudges her foot against his. “And, just so we’re clear, I want them as my parents, too.”
Higemaru smiles back at her, wondering how he got so lucky.
Mercy and Magic 