They said it was easy, but it wasn't. He knew how short of a temper his dad had, but they still encouraged him.
"He loves you, remember?" one said. But didn't his father abandon him?
"He misses you." but why didn't he search for him?
Sighing, he continued to walk. Why couldn't they see that it wasn't easy?
The boy tried to remember happy times with his dad, but he came up short. He can't even recall if he had said four simple words. I love you Silver.
He can't even remember if they were spoken, making him wonder if his dad cared. Not even reassuring words spoken by Gold could help him.
Entering the Rocket Base, Silver asked someone for direction to the boss's office. Noting that he was Giovanni's son, they brought him there as soon as possible.
"Giovanni, it's your son."
The look on Giovanni's face was something Silver didn't expect to see. He thought he would keep his solemn face, but he looks happy.
"I would like to be alone with him."
The grunt replied with a 'yes sir' and walked away, leaving the two alone.
"You wanted to speak with me?" Silver asked his voice cold and edgy.
"What's with the hatred?" Giovanni asked, offended by Silver's coldness.
Gritting his teeth, he responded. "Just my normal tone." he was lying, but he didn't care.
"I should know if my own son is lying or not, shouldn't I?" despite the words he chose to say, his voice was friendly, as if he wanted to get on good terms with Silver.
Nodding his head, Silver agree, but thought something different. 'That's something a good father would say.'
Smiling, Giovanni continued. "But that's beside the point. I called you in here to talk to you. You know, to connect with each other." A devilish grin appeared on his face.
"I'M NOT JOINING TEAM ROCKET!" Silver yelled.
Frowning, Giovanni let his son continue.
"Listen, I'm ashamed to even think that my father is the leader of an organization that I hate!" he spat out the word hate. "And now you want me to join it? NO! I'm not joining, so you can kiss your stupid little plans goodbye!"
He was about to walk out, but he heard something that he didn't expect, crying. There was no one else in the room, so it could only belong to Giovanni.
'Giovanni, crying?' Silver scratched his head at this. He never seen his dad cry, and he never expected the boss of Team Rocket to cry from a few hurtful words.
He decided to let the boss be, after all, what grown man would cry over something as silly as this? Running out of the room, he felt a pang in his heart.
"He loves you, remember?' 'He misses you' 'Not everyone is a bad guy."
He stopped in his tracks. They had been right, Giovanni does love him, and all this time he had thought he didn't.
Holding back tears, Silver ran into his dad's room. Approaching the crying boss, Silver put his hand on his back.
Leaning near his ear, Silver whisper. I love you, dad.