insanity-is-spreading:

emptynarration:

“Don’t be sad, Mae.”, he said softly, carefully reaching out and laying his hand onto her head.
“We both forgot. And that’s not a bad thing. Thank you for getting us our juice, and giving it to me. And don’t feel bad for forgetting I can’t see.”, he spoke softly. He didn’t want her to cry, especially over something like this -though he knew children cried more easily over little things.

Mae snuffled rubbing at his cheeks which just caused her to hiccup, crying audibly now. “ daddy say be nice an’ ‘member manners an’a can’t ‘member that you can’t see!” She exclaimed sniffling. “Tha’sa big thing to forget! N’you sad cuz I did it wrong!”

Markus frowned lightly. “It’s okay darling. I’m not sad, and I’m not mad at you either. I forget a lot of things too! Things that are very obvious. Like I forget that other people need the lights turned on, so I never turn them on when I have visitors.”, he spoke softly.

“Would you like a hug? I don’t want to just touch you without you wanting me to.”, he asked then, offering her his open arms to get a hug.