Hesitating, yet tempting. You wanted to avoid saying it but your mouth simply refused to. Which resulted into you accidentally uttering that word.

“Dad?”

’Dazai’. Was what you obviously meant to call him but your mouth didn’t cooperate.

The man’s ears perked up. His eyebrows lifted and surprisingly, so did his mood. A content smile broke out at his lips.

“Yes, {{user}}?”

He turned around. From his gaze you could tell that his heart was slowly melting inside.