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"I appreciate the offer. I might take you up on it." He does smile, even if it doesn't reach his eyes.

"And I've heard that. It's just going to take some time for me to settle in."

Geto's in more pain than he's willing to let on. Alluka doesn't know why, and she doesn't need to know why. She's here for him whether he wants it or not!

"Like I told Gojo, it took me a long time to settle in. I didn't move into anywhere for months. Just camped about. You're both doing way better on that count than I did," Alluka says, "Of course, I live on a boat now, so my home is cooler."

"Boats are definitely more fun." He agrees easily.

"Camping is fun too, though."

Alluka nods in agreement. They are more fun. She'd know. They lived a little while in Satori Hills until they figured out where they wanted to live.

"It's more fun with Big Brother than by myself," Alluka says. Shrugs. "It beat living by myself." No camping by herself doesn't count as living by herself. Shush.

"Is your brother here too?" She seems young to be alone, even in a supposedly peaceful place like this.

"No," Alluka frowns, "I left him behind when I followed the fox. He was showing me the world, and the fox offered to show me a whole other world. It was too tempting."

She gives Geto a smile, though, because she has people here. "I live with Zechs! He saved me from the swamp, and he's very serious about taking good care of me." She leans in close and whispers, "I take care of him too." Like it's a secret.

"It's good you have someone looking after you. And I'm sure you help him a lot too."

Alluka nods. She knows she's always had someone look after her, and she much prefers it like this, doing things together. "I'm glad you and Gojo are looking after each other too," Alluka says, "That's very good. I come and check on him, but it makes me feel better knowing you're here."

"He's pretty useless on his own, yeah."

Alluka smiles and laughs. "I guess you're right, though the cake he gave me for Christmas was really really good."

She glances over at the couch. She had a lot of time on it. "I hope you aren't going to keep sleeping on the couch. That isn't very good for you."

"Then he probably had nothing to do with making it." Suguru shrugs a shoulder, gaze following her to the couch.

"It's comfortable enough for the time being. I get enough sleep."

"Nope, he bought it with Lore!" Alluka agrees. Gojo admitted as much himself. It doesn't make the cake any less delicious because he still got it while thinking of her. She appreciates people thinking of her and doing nice things. Cooking appreciated but not required.

"Mmhmm, but you deserve a bed. My parents always made sure I had a bed. And lots of stuffed animals."

"And I'll make sure to get one. But I'm fine on the couch for the time being. It's not the worst place I've slept."

"Okay," Alluka says doubtfully. "I don't know if I could've fallen asleep there." Definitely not earlier.

She takes another onigiri because it's really delicious actually.

"I promise it's very comfortable." He reassures her before putting the wrapped onigiri into a bag for her, setting it in the fridge to keep them cool.

"More comfortable when someone else is here," Alluka says. She's not trying to make a comment about Geto and Gojo. She wasn't ready to be left in an apartment like that. It wasn't like when Zechs left the boat.

"Well yeah, sometimes. Not necessarily for sleeping though. It'd probably be pretty cramped."

"Oh that would be cramped if you were both asleep," Alluka agrees. "I like sleeping with my head in someone's lap though. It's really nice and feels safe. There'd be enough room for that."

"That's a pretty common way children sleep on their parents so I'm not surprised."

Alluka gives Geto a look. Parents? "I've never done that with my parents," Alluka says. She can't imagine it. They didn't even come into her room. "I mean Big Brother."

"Brothers count in the same category, though."

She blows a raspberry as she thinks about it. "I don't think so. Not in my family. I wouldn't sleep near Big Brother Il. Malluki or Kalluto would be okay." She has a lot of brothers. "Big Brother is best. He's not here, but there's Sharon and Zechs and Gojo and now you."

"Different people have different relationships, though, so that makes sense."

Alluka nods and eats another of the fresh riceballs. They really are quite good.

"If I'd known you were here, I would've brought the taffy I made when I met Gojo," Alluka says, "It's strawberry flavored and gave him cat ears. I wonder what it'd give you." She points at him. "If you were an animal, what would you be?"

"I'm not as big of a fan of sweets as Satoru is." although the idea of Satoru with cat ears fit.

"What animal do you think I'd be?"

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