A/N: Anyone reading this who hasn't read 'Generations' please do so now to understand what's going on.
Generations: Part Two:
Version B:
Chapter One:
"Sakuma-san?" The doctor inquired, at which Ryuuichi stood up, trembling—with tear-filled, hopeful eyes he faced the doctor.
"Yes?" Ryuu searched the doctor's face for hope, for some good news—all he found was a mask hiding all emotion except a sliver of….of pity? 'No….'
"I'm sorry; there was nothing we could—"
Ryuu blocked everything out at that moment—faintly he was aware of the collective gasp around him and the mournful words of comfort pelted down on him, but they were distant.
'No…Kess….'
Soon even his dim recollect of Tohma speaking to him worriedly, tears in his eyes left his senses—all replaced by images of his son.
His vibrant blue eyed, black haired son.
Two years old:
Kess mother left him with Ryuu, the middle of the night, wearing nothing but ratty old jeans and a second hand t-shirt—both too small. No shoes, but with the cutest, most hopeful expression on his face….
God—Ryuu could still remember how it felt when he found out Kessuke was his, how it felt to hold the young boy in his arms that first night.
Four years old:
"Dada, can I have a Kumagoro too? I wanna Kumagoro." Kess pleaded looking longingly at the pink plushie in Ryuu's hands.
"Ha Hai! Yes, you can Kess-chan—Kumagoro'd love to play with you, na no da!" Ryuu smiled and handed the plushie to Kess, who beamed and hugged Kumagoro in a grip that rivaled Ryuu's.
The older man refrained from chewing his lip and staring wistfully at his pink plushie in his son's hands, and instead just continued smiling, beaming with Kessuke as he played.
God—Ryuu would never forget that smile on Kessuke's face, or how the boy looked with Kumagoro in his arms—half carrying and half dragging the plushie bunny.
Seven years old:
"Dad! Guess what Tohma-uncle-san and I did today?" A thin, hyper young boy ran through the front door and into Ryuu's arms. "We went to the museum and saw the cool lookin dinosaur bones and fossils and stuff…then we went to the zoo and saw all the animals…even a big old lion! It was cool! So cool!"
"Ha ha, I bet it was, one day I should go too and you can show me around, Kess-chan!"
"Really, Really?! Yea! Yeah! I wanna spend the day with you tomorrow! The two of us!"
"Ha, ha…."
'God, why didn't I go with him that day or the next day? Why did I send him to Tohma's instead of spending time with him? I should've…I should've….'
Ten years old:
A more mature Kessuke stood in front of Ryuu, breaking his father's heart by disregarding the pink plushie the man held out to him.
"I don't need to carry that thing around anymore—I'll look stupid carrying it around in school, all the kids will laugh."
"But Kess-chan, you used to love taking Kumagoro everywhere, you took him to school everyday last year. You'll make Kumagoro sad if you don't…."
"Oh stop it. It's a stuffed toy, it doesn't get sad—it's a thing, not a being. I'm not taking it to school."
Ryuu didn't know what broke his heart more—the words Kessuke said or the look of detest he gave the poor pink plushie.
'Oh, Kessuke, why couldn't you stay young and carefree? I miss those days where you'd run into my arms regardless if I left you with Tohma the whole day—before you started hating me for the promises I failed to keep…'
Fourteen years old:
A lanky teen glared at Ryuu, wild black hair falling over his cold blue eyes.
"I don't fuckin care, I'm not going to school—you never were serious yourself, mister-can't-even-write-hiragana-correctly."
"But Kess…."
"You're doing fine—and I already know more than you, so I should be fine too—at least I know that stuffed animals can't hold conversations with people—" Kess leered at Kumagoro in Ryuu's arms as the older man cringed as though struck.
'Kess, Kess….'
"Kessuke…." Ryuu muttered and collapsed in Tohma's arms.
A/N: End chapter one of part two version b, please review.