That takes Akira back a bit. "We?" He drawls with a tilt of his head, glasses catching the light. "I'm not the one looking after four kids with my two boyfriends, Chirpling." Akira holds a finger to his nose, teasingly. "You can have fun with people looking after you, for once."

And if a very small, very bird-shaped part of him feels just the tiniest pang of envy...well. The bed he made is the one he lies in, at the end of the day. And it's not all bad, all things considered.

Aki-chan mimics Card-san's motion! "We care yu, Nissan!"