Loose Ends: Father to Son

(Both of these fics were written to clear up a few 'loose ends' created in the 'Psychic Detectives' stories (found on my homepage). It's not really neccessary to have read those to understand these, though, since they're set before them.)



Author's note: Thanks go to Ven for bullying me into writing this. It's just a bit of Father/Son bonding. Aren't we all so glad Fujitaka is such a nice, kind, understanding person?

Loose Ends: Father to Son

Touya was doing his maths homework, on his own for once, when someone knocked on the door. "Yes?"

"Touya-kun, can I speak to you for a moment?"

Touya opened to the door to let his father in. "Of course, father."

"I wanted you to know that you don't have to be afraid to tell me things. I'm your father, I love you, and I like to know what's going on in your life."

Touya put his pen down. "This is about Yukito, isn't it."

His father looked slightly embarrassed. "I know you two are very close friends..."

"Father... I know what you're trying to ask, and the answer is yes. We are."

"Oh. Well, as long as you're happy..."

"I am, father. Believe me."

Fujitaka regarded him critically. "Do you love him?"

Touya nodded.

"Does he love you?"

Touya nodded again.

His father looked relieved. "Then I'm very glad for you that you found each other."

Touya smiled faintly. "So am I."

"Is everything fine at school?" asked his father, abruptly changing the subject.

Touya nodded once again. "But... there's something I wanted to ask you, father."

"Yes?"

Touya picked up his pen again and began twirling it through his fingers anxiously. "Well... Sakura explained to you about the Clow cards, didn't she?"

Kinomoto Fujitaka, the nicer half of the reincarnation of Clow himself, nodded.

"Did she also explain about Yukito and Yue?"

His father hesitated. "A little, but not very clearly."

"Well... Yukito's true form is Yue, one of the guardians created by Clow. And Yue sees Sakura as sort of his master and he wants to be near her as much as possible. To protect her, or something. And Yukito's living at home alone, because he doesn't really have any grandparents, So..." Touya stopped, fighting back a blush.

"Yes?" said his father, encouragingly.

"I wanted to know if Yukito could move in with us."

"I assume you mean into the spare bedroom," mused Fujitaka, a slight twinkle in his eyes indicating that he was teasing.

Touya blushed.

"You say he lives all on his own?"

Touya nodded. "His grandparents were always overseas because they never really existed."

"It must be awful for him, to suddenly be without family like that. To discover his whole life hasn't been real."

Of course, thought Touya, his father had been through something similar. Although Fujitaka was definitely more self-confident and stable than the teenaged, somewhat insecure Yukito.

"He's... coping. In a Yuki sort of way."

"Well, I don't see why we can't accept him into our family." Fujitaka smiled sunnily.

"So... you really don't have a problem with it?"

His father shook his head. "I've been watching my son fall in love with his best friend for over a year now." He smiled, suddenly. "Your mother is very happy for you, too."

Touya blinked at him in surprise. "You can see her?"

His father nodded, then stepped forward and put a hand on his son's shoulder. "That was a very noble thing you did for Tsukishiro-san. I'm proud of you."

Touya smiled. His world was finally coming together. "Thank you, father."

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