A child is child - The truth can be wild
John followed his eyes as he looked down at his son with slight amusement and then up at him again, they stared at each other for a few moments. It seemed as though his voice had been trapped in his throat and he couldn`t utter a single word. He didn`t notice when his son got up from the floor, dusted his pants and extended his hand, "Hey there," He looked down and saw that Nathan`s hand wasn`t directed at Ocelot, it was aiming towards the small set of fingers hooked to Ocelot`s knees. Nathan craned his neck slightly to look behind Ocelot`s legs at the little girl hiding her face behind him.
Adam stepped aside to reveal his three year daughter, wearing a striped pink hood which was a little too big for her size, pulled over her head revealing two neat blond braids, holding a pink fluffy shoulder bag. She looked at Nathan`s hand with big scared eyes and then up at her father who nodded slowly. She then shook the hand slowly and looked up at Snake, smiling hesitantly at the way he was looking at her.
"Ocel…?" He asked skeptically and let out a breath he had been holding since he had set his eyes upon the little girl smiling at him.
"Major Adamska." Ocelot said steadily before putting forward his hand for Snake to shake. His voice seemed mature and somewhat more sensible than he had last heard it, 'till we meet again, John.'
Snake took his hand, in a feathery grip, still too shaken by hearing his voice after such a long time. He cursed himself for forgetting his name. It was unbelievable that Ocelot had a pretty little daughter and he was here for helping him redo the mission reports. He cursed himself again, of course he would be helping him, who was the second most involved in operation Snake Eater?
Just as he was musing in the door way Eva`s voice called out from inside, "John, Nathan! Can`t you two get even a single do- you?"
She was holding a small plate in her hands which almost dropped to the floor when Nathan caught it, "and you have a- so cute!" She bent down and let out an excited breath as she patted the little girl`s cheeks, Ocelot looked down wearily as Snake and Nathan exchanged anxious glances and shrugged identically.
"mum," Nathan began, tugging at the back of her shirt, "shouldn`t we call them in?"
"sure." Eva got up and looked at Ocelot a little apologetically, "Please come in." She turned and walked back into the kitchen a little too hurriedly, turning back to look at them from her shoulder.
Snake looked down at the single hand bag and couldn`t help but ask, "you`ve travelled halfway across the world with a single handbag?"
"and her purse too." Nathan pointed out and John nudged him, "what? Isn`t it a purse?" He asked the girl.
She shook her head, "Its my school bag." She said in her soft innocent voice and John had a very strong urge to pick her up and cuddle her.
"you go to school?" Nathan asked as Ocelot picked up the hand bag he had placed down earlier. John and Nathan stepped aside to let them in, she was still holding on to her father`s legs but he seemed to be well accustomed to this habit of hers and walked completely at ease.
"no." She shook her head at Nathan as she walked, "But I will go to school when we go back home. Yes daddy?"
"of course." Ocelot said distractedly and looked up at Snake, "Where do I put this?"
"Wherever you like." He said, not looking him straight in the eyes. Ocelot nodded vaguely before placing the bag alongside a wall. He then looked at the little girl and asked softly, "do you want me to put your school bag down?" She shook her head.
Nathan crinkled his nose, "Daddy`s little girl." He whispered to John who smirked before leading the way towards their dining room. Nathan kept making disapproving faces at the way she was clinging on to Adam`s pants.
"isn`t it a pleasant surprise seeing you here." Eva smiled broadly as she placed the plates on the table, "What`s your name again?"
"Adamska." Ocelot said and pulled out a chair for his daughter so that she could climb up beside him while John and Nathan just stared at him open mouthed because it was only a second ago when John had pulled the chair from behind his son, almost making him fall.
"And yours?" Nathan looked at her and raised his eyebrows before settling himself in a chair between John and Eva, facing the two guests.
"Samantha." She answered coyly and started looking down at the empty plate in front of her.
"I`m Nathan." He said proudly and then turned to an amused Ocelot, "you know what, I`m gonna call you Adam, because you have a pretty large name," John eyed him from the side and tried to evaporate the slight tension by picking up a dish of roasted chicken and helping himself. "and you…" Nathan went on, pointing towards Samantha, "are going to be Sam." He then started laughing, "and that`s a boy`s name." John couldn`t help but grin lightly while Adam just raised his eyebrows.
Samantha smiled, "you can be Nay." She looked at her father for reassurance who passed a small smirk, "and that was my pony`s name back home."
"you had a pony?" Nathan laughed as he watched his mom fill out his plate for him and pass the dish to Adam who picked out a piece for himself and Sam and then placed it back. "I have a dog and his name is Gunk."
Sam`s jaw parted only slightly and her eyebrows rose disbelievingly before she picked up a knife and fork and looked down at her plate.
Nathan was skeptic, he looked to his side and saw John glancing at him with an uneasy look, they both had their food half way across their already mouths in bare hands while the two in front of them were taking small steady bites with cutlery, their eyes glued to their plates as they wiped their mouths after every two bites. John wiped his mouth off his sleeve, smirked at Nathan and then dug in again. Eva frowned up at him and turned back to eating in her old refined way again, how she wished her child would be just like the one sitting across the table.
"So…" Nathan tried again, "how do you know my father?"
"mission." Adam replied quietly, not looking up at him.
"ooh. I know all about his missions," He said excitedly and fought off Eva as she tried to clean his cheek with a napkin. "mum!" He said irritably, "which one?"
"Snake Eater." He stole a glance at John who was deliberately looking down at the neglected food.
"I don`t remember any Adam there," He furrowed his eyebrows in an attempt to remember, he looked up at his father for assistance but he was a little too engrossed in his own world, "well except for the one who never showed up with mum." Eva smiled and nodded when he looked at her.
"My code name was Ocelot."
"whoa!" Nathan got up from his chair and banged his hands on the table, Sam cringed and grabbed the side of Adam`s shirt from under the table, "You?" a broad grin spread across his face as his innocent eyes widened up, Ocelot couldn`t help but awe at the way he was so similar to his father, "man, you`re the coolest! Wow… I can`t believe it was you!"
"Nay…" John tried to interrupt bashfully.
"You have this…" the young boy gestured with his hands hysterically, "guns and awesome shooting…" He let out a breath and looked at the blonde who was smiling at him, this was the first time Ocelot had smiled so openly in ages and Snake felt a lot lighter. "and you and dad hated each other like hell and then you were on our side in the end, oof." It seemed as though a character from one of his stories had come to life, he looked at Eva who gave him an anxious glance, trying to indicate that he should stop.
Ocelot nodded lightly, unable to keep the sudden surge of warmth that was spreading across his whole body. Snake had told his son about him like he was some sort of hero. He looked at Snake and raised an eyebrow, the other avoided his eyes and pursed his lips.
"and… and then mum ran her motor bike on your face!" Nathan started laughing and Eva hit him on the head, giving Ocelot an apologetic look who made a disapproving sound at the gesture. "what mum?" Nathan rubbed his head, "and you and dad were so yaoi!" Snake hit him on that, followed by Eva. He rubbed both the sides of his head and smiled up at Ocelot who was looking up at him, dumbfounded. Apparently he didn`t understand Japanese.
A/N: Well bleh! look at the name of the chapter! could i have been a LITTLE more lame? uff! sheesh. haha. i know this is a little predictable and lame and blah but please be kind and let me know what you think. Ocelot having a daughter just gives me a giddy little feeling in the stomach. I`d love some suggestions on how you want this to turn out. Love ya` all! ^_^
