Amiko Kobayashi (hotlittlehands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-09-27 17:35:00

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27 September. The Wedding Anniversary. The wedding only left incomplete because of the monster controlling her Lady-Mother's mind. As far as Mariko, and thus, as far as Amiko was concerned, her parents had really been married anyway.

Amiko knew her Father no longer made his attempts to get roaring drunk -- or as close to it as he could possibly get -- on the anniversary, but she liked to keep calling anyway. Just in case, and just to talk to him.

This year was a little... complicated. She hadn't really kept a secret from him before. But it didn't seem like time yet to mention her mentally ill boyfriend for whom she was a parole officer. The ethical questions were bad enough; there was also the safety issue.

She takes a breath and calls.

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	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"He will not take it well, I know I wouldn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"And why is that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:26 am UTC (link)
	He looked at her as if she had sprouted a second head. He begins ticking off reasons. "Raised from birth to kill him, the son of one his most vehement enemies, been an assassin for many years, committed my first murder at 12, murdered innocents most likely, and kidnapped his son. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"And exactly one of those is your fault. He already knows we're working together." Pause. "So. For the record. Theoretically. You wouldn't allow our daughter to date some young idiot raised in horrible circumstances?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Keiji was a little stunned, even if it was a theoretical inquiry. He found it difficult to answer at first before he finally found his voice. "There are many possible factors in such a decision. I cannot answer that honestly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"Fair enough. But I can tell you, Keiji, my father's biggest interest in you, both now as my co-worker and, once he finds out, as my lover, is what you manage to make of yourself henceforth, and whether you treat me properly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"I can only try and make myself a better person. As for treating you properly, it is becoming as natural to me as breathing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-09-30 08:30 am UTC (link)

"You'll do wonderfully," she says quietly.

She pauses in thought for a moment.

"I...I sometimes wonder, what would be if that wedding day had gone differently, so long ago. If that monster hadn't kept them apart, driven her further into the path of The Hand. My father would have stayed in Japan. She... might not have died...."

She shrugs, shakes it off. "But there's no telling. And I cannot forget all the good things that happened. I have little brothers now, after all. I'm very proud of Misha. He's certainly worth everything my father did for him."

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	clawed_progeny 2011-09-30 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji listens attentively before speaking. "Are you not the one who tells me I cannot dwell on the events of the past? That it is the present that is important? I did not know her, but I'm sure your Lady-Mother would be proud of how you've grown into the woman you are now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-30 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	A small smile. "Thank you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-30 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Not at all," he gives her a tender kiss on the forehead. "And to try and live up to what I just said..I will not bring up incidents of my past as justification for why I shouldn't be here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-30 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Good," she says firmly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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