”We all do.” River told her. ”That’s what’s amazing… and what’s sad.”

”Hm. Well, luckily, today, we’ve got the amazing, and not the sad then, huh?” Kaylee offered.

”Maybe. But I think we could have done it on purpose.” River said off hand. ”That’s why I like quantum physics so much.”

”…if you say so.” Kaylee answered, getting up and investigating the food River was laying out. Her stomach was telling her it was time to eat.

As usual, the food River made was very good, likewise the company.

They spent hours there just relaxing, talking sometimes. Kaylee was sure she’d caught River watching her that same way as before a few more times, but she really didn’t think too much of it.

Though, in the back of her mind, she had to admit, she was kind’a curious about it.

———-

It was in the morning the day after next that Kaylee woke up in bed. River was with her, curled up on her side next to her. It took her a while to really feel awake though, so she just lay there a bit, letting her mind wonder.

Sleeping arrangements was just like this now.

There was just the one big, really nice and fancy bed after all. At first, River had insisted on camping out with some blankets and pillows on the floor, to avoid the chance that she’d hurt Kaylee if she got to kinkin’ in her sleep or somethin’. But as the days went by and Kaylee got to feelin’ better, she’d come to notice River wasn’t feeling in too great a shape in the mornings. Obviously, she hadn’t been sleeping too well. So she’d insisted River share the bed with her the next night and it had been fine, no problems.

River slept soundly next to her, always just curling up a little on her side facing her. She looked… really adorable, if Kaylee was bein’ honest. Downright cute. Grown up womanly cute though, not little kid cute, she noted to herself, unsure why she was making a distinction like that in her head exactly, other than maybe she knew River didn’t like being treated, well, not like a kid exactly, more not like as she was… damaged. Like she needed to have things done for her, needed for her brother and other people t’be lookin’ after her all the time.