Rudolf’s still such a little kid sometimes, Kyrie thinks as he shakes the box to guess what’s inside.

His eyes light up as he asks, “Extra bullets for the Winchester,” and she thinks: but he’s her little kid, Asumu never knew what she had in him.

“Go on and see,” she dares, and she doesn’t miss the flicker of disappointment when it turns out to be only chocolates, but they’re his favorite kind so he gets over it and kisses her cheek, and she resolves to get him more firearms at the next chance he gets.