Ok... This is a bit different from what I usually do.

This is a Songfic for father's day.

I really didn't know very much what else to write , because the song has got already a considerable message and impact.

Anyway... As I said... it's someone's POV, actually thoughts.

The song used is Papa, Can you hear me? from the film Yentl, by Barbra Streisand.

I thought it really fits the purpose.

Kaleido Star belongs to Junichi Sato.

Enjoy.


I'm in France now. Kalos asked me if I wanted to be producer on the Kaleido Stage. He told me he had asked you too, years ago. Seems like I can't help but follow your steps, in a weird way, I know, but even though.

In fact, I never expected that. Forgiveness, I mean.

Oh God

Our heavenly Father.

Oh, God

And my father
Who is also in heaven.
May the light of this
Flickering candle
Illuminate the night the way
Your spirit illuminates my soul.

I know you may not be proud of me, I know what I did was wrong.

But I was blind.

I even dare to say I had no choice.

Papa, can you hear me?

You can't imagine how much I need you, how much I miss you.

Papa, can you see me?

I'm sorry for not being strong. I'm sorry for disappointing you.

Papa can you find me in the night?
Papa are you near me?
Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you help me not be frightened?
Looking at the skies I seem to see
A million eyes which ones are yours?

The stars are shining beautifully today.

I know you are in there, somewhere.

Where are you now that yesterday
has waved goodbye
and closed its doors?

I felt so abandoned.

The night is so much darker;
The wind is so much colder;
The world I see is so much bigger
Now that I'm alone.
Papa, please forgive me.
Try to understand me;
Papa, don't you know I had no choice?

All I wanted was to make everything safe, to protect everybody.

Can you hear me praying,
Anything I'm saying
Even though the night is filled with voices?
I remember everything you taught me

I remembered you yesterday, while I was walking through Paris.

I went to that groceries shop where we used to buy chocolate croissants.

Then, I went to the Eiffel tower.

Remember when I ran away from you on the top of it and you couldn't find me?

Today I painted a boy with his father.

I remembered you.

Every book I've ever read...
Can all the words in all the books
Help me to face what lies ahead?
The trees are so much taller
And I feel so much smaller;
The moon is twice as lonely
And the stars are half as bright...

You know what I realized... You've never once lifted your hand against me.

I am not the one to judge... But I guess it would have been different if you had done.

I wonder whether that was why her slap marked me so deeply... The first one in my whole life, by someone I was so fond of...

I found out that both of you are kind of alike, stubborn and one single word that leaves your lips has the impact of a thousand.

Papa, how I love you...

I presume that is why I went back here to study.

I wanted to be close to you. Close to my deepest memories.

Papa, how I need you.

That is why I am praying to you tonight.

Papa, how I miss you

I wish you were here.

Kissing me good night...

Happy father's day.