The Roof of the Dorms, Sunday Morning

[raspberryturk]

In the quest to find someplace that was spacious enough for the gaggle of children that happened to be following Reno about, Reno had decided to hit the roof with his own spawn. It was big, there was a view, and at present, it promised to be at least a little quiet

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[not_starcrossed]

Seraphina had not been forgotten, not by far, but Romeo'd assumed she would stay asleep while he went to deal with Kaz.

Silly Romeo.

Awakening, Seraphina followed the group up to the roof, then stood looking at the table of food. She bounced a little in frustration. It smelled so good, but she couldn't quite reach anything.

[raspberryturk]

Okay.

Kid was cute, kid was short, and kid was hungry. Also, kid was Romeo's, which helped in Reno's decision to walk over to the table and grin down at her.

"Want somethin' to eat, squirt? There's plenty to choose from, yo."

[not_starcrossed]

Seraphina smiled, grateful. "Fruit salad?" she asked hopefully. "And wheat toast and eggs."

No, the kid didn't like junk food. It was an unending mystery to her parents.

"ThankyouMisterReno," she added carefully.

[raspberryturk]

D'aww. Kid was all polite and stuff. That just made Reno smile more as he grabbed a paper plate and scooped up some food for her.

"You like fruit salad, huh? What's your favorite kinda fruit?" He grinned as he knelt down to present her with the plate. Small talk with small people was better made while lower to the ground.

[not_starcrossed]

"Blueberries!" Seraphina said happily, picking one up and putting it in her mouth. "And banana and mango. What's yours?"

She liked Mister Reno already.

[raspberryturk]

"I'm a pretty simple kinda guy," he replied with a grin. "I like apples. There's a kind back where I'm from called the Banora White." He laughed a little. "Most people just call 'em dumbapples. They're blue. Ever seen a blue apple before?"

[not_starcrossed]

Seraphina gave him a dubious look, then laughed. "There's no such thing as a blue apple," she declared. "Silly."

[raspberryturk]

Reno laughed and held up his hands. Okay, okay, he surrendered, see?

"You totally got me, kid. No such thing." Well, he figured, at least not where she was from. It was probably a bad idea to send her back to her other-universe parents asking for apples that only grew in one small area on a planet that they couldn't get to. "But blueberries are pretty good, too."

[not_starcrossed]

"Uh-huh!" Seraphina delicately offered him a blueberry off her plate, happy she had triumphed in the matter of the blue apples.

[raspberryturk]

"Hey, thanks," Reno grinned and popped the little berry into his mouth.

Yep. Blueberries were good. Romeo's kid had good taste.

"What other kinda stuff do you like, kiddo?"

[not_starcrossed]

"Coloring," Seraphina said gleefully. "And dollies, and playing dolls with Momma, and going to the beach with Poppa."

She picked up the toast and bit into it delicately.

[raspberryturk]

"The beach, huh? You swim very good?"

Reno? Reno was not a swimmer. Reno was a sinker.

He reached an arm upward to grab another blueberry off the table. They were pretty good.

[not_starcrossed]

"Really good!" Which she was, for four. "Only, I'm not 'lowed to swim in the ocean, 'cause Momma says the tides are too dangerous."

[raspberryturk]

"Your Ma's pretty smart," Reno informed her. Because there was a line in his head that was drawn firmly between water, and too much water. He imagined that any parent would think the same way.

Speaking of which...

"Where'd your dad get off to, anyhow?"

[withoutverona]

"Dunno," Seraphina said, sounding unconcerned as she ate more toast. "I woke up and he was gooooooone."

But apparently it was Reno's day to have highly useful Romeo-summoning abilities, because he appeared on the roof, Kazuki running ahead.

"Seraphina!" he said, not quite able to hide his sense he had messed up again. "Did Uncle Reno get you breakfast?"

She nodded, holding up a strawberry, as Kaz, greedy child that he was, promptly made a beeline for any waffles or other pastries left on the table of breakfast foods.

"Thank you," Romeo told Reno.

[raspberryturk]

Reno gave a dismissive wave of his hand. Letting Romeo dwell too hard on the fact that his kid had wandered astray wasn't high on Reno's list of priorities this morning.

"Don't mention it, man." He grinned a little and shrugged. "You probably would'a done the same for me if you ran into any of my little collection, right?"

And then he laughed.

"Besides, she's probably one of the more sane kids I've seen all weekend. Good company, yo."