Always You
Chapter Two: Don't Give Up
Babblings: Here's chapter two. Enjoy. Be ready for more angst. And sorry if it is cliché.
Destin's point of view
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It scared me when Dad stopped visiting Daddy.
"Katherine?" I asked one day, joining her and Kira in the kitchen. "What's wrong with Dad?"
She smiled up at me from the recipe she was looking at. "Nothing. He's just going through a lot right now."
"And we're not?" I snapped, lifting Kira into my arms as he began to cry. "He barely looks at Kira. I care about him more than he does. He's the father. He's supposed to take care of us, not the other way around. Why is that? I want to know."
Again, she just smiled, ignoring the question. "Oh, Destin, you've grown up so fast."
I glanced at my baby brother, who had calmed down and was looking at me expectantly. "I-" I stuttered. "I don't… want him to end up like me." I loved Kira so much. I knew I was too mature for my own good. More than anything, I wanted to save Kira from that. He needed to grow up like a normal kid. "Does Dad blame Kira for what happened to Daddy?"
"I can't tell you the answer to that," she sighed and went back to making cookies.
Couldn't or wouldn't. That was always the question with her.
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One night, I woke up to Kira screaming. This wasn't all that unusual, so I turned and started to go back to sleep, but it didn't stop.
Quietly, I walked from my room and into my parents'. Sasuke wasn't even there. "Shhh…" I reached into the crib and lifted Kira to my chest, whispering soft words of comfort. Where was Dad?
I didn't know quite what I was doing, but I had seen Katherine do it many times before. I set milk on the stove and waited for it to warm up, testing it for warmth on my arm before pouring it in a bottle and carefully putting it in Kira's mouth.
This wasn't my job, my mind screamed. But there was no one else to do it.
Finally, Kira calmed down and fell asleep in my arms. I was about to take him back upstairs when the front door opened and voices spilled in.
"Thank you for the wonderful evening."
"Yes, would you like to go again sometime?"
"Of course. I'd love to."
Then there was silence. I rounded the corner, praying that what I thought was happening wasn't really happening.
It was.
When I walked into that room, my life was suddenly turned upside-down. My Dad was kissing another man - one who definitely wasn't my Daddy. I recognized him as one of the doctors from the hospital.
Sasuke saw me and backed away from the man. "Sorry, I've got to go." He shoved the door in the other's face. "Destin, it's not what you think-"
"Don't you dare give up on Daddy!" I yelled, holding onto Kira tightly, not willing to let him go. "He waited for you for five years and he never gave up on you!"
"Destin, I-"
"You're a liar! You never loved Daddy! You never loved any of us! I hate you!" My words seemed to hover in the air. He didn't say anything. Maybe he couldn't deny the truth.
Blindly, I ran up the stairs, into Katherine's room, and collapsed on the bed, still holding Kira.
I cried and she held me, not saying a word. Kira woke again, but he didn't cry. Sobs wracked my body and left me with no energy. "He asked Daddy to marry him,' I said softly, as I ran out of tears. "He said he loved him."
"He does, baby. He does."
I couldn't bring myself to argue with her.
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The next morning, I locked myself in the study with the piano and didn't come out for several days. I hated that my escape was the same as Sasuke's. I lost myself - sometimes in the music, sometimes in the sound of my own voice.
A knock on the door brought me painfully away from my haven.
"Go away!"
"Destin?" came Katherine's soft voice. "Kira misses you."
Reluctantly, I stood up and opened the door. She placed a squirming Kira in my arms. "We're going to visit your Daddy. Would you like to come along?" I sighed, looking up at her and attempting to keep my tears at bay. Then I nodded.
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It still terrified me to see him so lifeless. I missed him so much. I wanted my Daddy back.
I reached for his hand, which was only slightly larger than mine. "Daddy, we need you back with us."
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Babblings: Well there you have it. It's a bit shorter than the last one. Oh and sorry about Sasuke in this chapter. He isn't really that bad. You have to see it from his perspective.