Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

[COLOR="Purple"]Charles chuckled and knelt down so he was eye level with his shivering daughter, despite the summer humidity. “Kurumi, this is something you have to do alone. You are a big girl now,” he smiled as he put his right hand under her chin.

“But…I’m still so short,” she frowned looking at the ground. She didn’t understand how she could be a big girl when she still couldn’t see the top of the kitchen counter.

Charles shook his head. “I am not talking about how tall you are, Kurumi,” he smiled putting his hand over her heart. “I am talking about what is on the inside.”