Kay hadn't been carried since she was a little girl, and the last time she'd been carried like this, it had been when Byrne had allowed her to stay up late (ten o'clock had been late for a ten-year-old) to finish watching a movie and he'd carried her to bed. That had been before everything had changed. She was older now, and for as many piggyback rides as she'd claimed from Johan (and Juudai), she was fine carrying her own height. Most days, she preferred it. But this... she didn't mind it. For that matter, she might have said she enjoyed it, being toted around so carefully, but that was something else to think about later.

There were a lot of things to think about later, and all because she'd gone and asked for a first date volunteer.

She sighed, not due to any sense of irritation or annoyance, but just as an acknowledgment. She'd let Johan have his say, whenever he chose to... well, say it.