Kyouko wasn't one to easily cry, but dammit, she could feel her eyes starting to water up the more she looked at him and heard those final words. Just what she had wanted to hear from anyone at all since her family died, the few words that could break through her loneliness.. This was all she had wanted, all she needed. It just happened to come a little bit too late, huh?

Slowly - it took a lot of effort by now - she managed to raise her arm, enough at least to be able to reach out to him and slowly and softly pat him on the head, ruffling his hair a little now there wasn't a bandana to cover it anymore.

Kyouko smiled, but the tears came out at the same time too.

"Love ya too.. lil' bro."