It takes Danny a moment to process that. Because even after all this time, something as simple as that was really what he wanted most of all.

Acceptance. Being able to be just Danny to people. Sometimes it seemed like almost everyone he knew only liked half of him. His parents liked his human half and hated his ghost half. Valerie was like that too. So many people in Amity Park thought Danny Phantom was cool, but Danny Fenton was just a weird loser.

It was hard, sometimes.

Danny gives Chat a crooked grin in return.

"Don't ever apologize for that. There's not a lot of people who can say that."

And it meant something to him.