A/N: Hi guys! FINALLY A FREAKING UPDATE! (yay?) I finally finished this chapter. I'm sorry if the story is bad. Exam is getting inside of my head, so, forgive me if the story is not good enough. I'm just sorry if this story is bad overall. And without further things to do, Enjoy!

Update: There's some story change in chapter 3! don't worry guys, there will be no major influence in this chapter nor major part of next chapters. but the story that i planned for next chapters will changed. Check it out on the opening story on the chapter 3!

Chapter 4

Awaited Moment

Mom

Tomoyo's house, 6 PM…

"What did she mean by that?" Tomoya asked himself that question. That question still make him wonder "It's just me who don't get it or something else?...Ah, I don't get it! Why Kyou is such a confusing person?" He though and then sighed "Okay, what I really get is she said something about important person in my life. Who is the most important person in my life?" He though as he took a seat on the chair in dining room.

"Nagisa and Ushio, obviously." He though to himself "Is that really it?" He though and then think about important persons in his life. Out of nowhere, Tomoyo appeared in his mind "Wait, why Tomoyo? I never though about her. She's just one of my closest friend. Although I can't deny that she's a beautiful, hard worker, caring person…Wait, why did I think about Tomoyo like that?" He though then blushed "Why am I so clueless? Maybe I'm still too unexperienced despite my age. I can't believe after all of this, I still don't know about something that's so trivial." He laughed thinking about that "Ah, maybe I will find the solution later."

"Daddy?" Ushio looked at her dad's face. Tomoya is spacing out, so, when she did that, Tomoya didn't noticed her.

"Daddy?" Ushio called him again. Combination of her quite small voice and Tomoya deep in his own thought make her unnoticed again.

Usually, Ushio will continue what she does and called her dad later. But this time, inside her mind, she wanted to get her dad's attention. She didn't know why. Even though it's not actually a problem, she just wanted his attention. So, she did what she never done before.

Ushio shouted at Tomoya.

"Daddy!" Ushio said quite loudly.

"Eh-Uwah!" Tomoya yelped as he fell down from the chair. Loud crashing noise was heard from the dining room.

Ushio, of course, panicked and ran toward her dad who is trying to recover from the fall.

"Daddy!" Ushio called her dad and shook his body a bit.

"Ite, Kyou, Why you throw your book again to-" Tomoya stopped after he realized why he fell by feeling a small hand on his body and a girl's voice "Ushio?"

Ushio is trembling in fear of getting scolded by her father. She never expected what she did will hurt her father. She wanted to say sorry but her throat felt dry and her lips was frozen. Tomoya, of course confused by how Ushio reacted.

"Ushio, are you alright?" Tomoya asked a trembling Ushio. He wanted to check the temperature of her body from her forehead. His hand didn't even reach her forehead before Ushio ran away.

"Forgive me, daddy!" Is all she said before she ran away and even when she tried to no to cry, Tomoya can hear some of sniffing sound.

"What happened to her?" Tomoya asked himself. He's worried and confused why Ushio did that "Wait, she called me earlier…..Oh, I get it. Because I spaced out and Ushio yelled at me." Tomoya finally realized. He wanted to look for Ushio and tell her that it's alright. But, he cancelled his plan because of how she reacted. To be honest, he actually happy that Ushio did that. She acted like a kid around 5-6 years old, rather than a calm, composed child in their 9-10 years. But first, He have to tell Ushio that it's alright.

"What's with the ruckus here?" A woman voice called her.

Tomoya looked behind and saw Tomoyo who wanted to cooked the dinner "Oh, hey there, Tomoyo."

"I heard a sobbing voice. Is that Ushio's?" Tomoyo asked her, worried about Ushio.

"Yeah." He let out a sigh "I spaced out for a while and then apparently Ushio called me. Because I didn't respond, she yelled at me. I was surprised and then I fell. After I recovered from the fall, I wanted to ask her what's happening. I saw her trembling. So I though there's something wrong with her. But before I can put my hand on her forehead, she immediately ran away." Tomoya explained.

"Oh, That's unfortunate of you." She said as she nodded in understanding. She relaxed a bit because she though something bad happened.

"that girl…..Why she though that I will do something to her? Honestly….I like to saw her acted like a kid. She's way too young to know formal manner. And that's because she's always with me…" Tomoya let out a sigh again.

Tomoyo though for a bit "Let's see…I kinda agree with him. Ushio's way too young to know some formal manner. When we first met, Ushio bowed politely at me and the other. She eats cleanly, rarely dropped or spilled her food on the table. She put her dirty clothes in the laundry basket. When she read a book, she only spoke if needed. Having her in my house isn't like having a child in my house. It's like having a 10-11 years old." She though "I can't exactly say that I hate that. It's just…..I think he's right. I like to see her act like a child. I just wanted to see her smile like another kid."

"Yeah, I think so." Tomoyo said.

After around 5 minutes of thinking, Tomoya asked her what she didn't expect "Why don't you go and tell her?"

Tomoyo, surprised by this, stammered a bit "W-Wait, What!?"

"I said that you talked to her. I think she will listen to you." Tomoya said again.

"Why me?" Tomoyo said, still surprised.

"I think that she's most comfortable with you. You did many things easily to her that I must struggle to do." Tomoya said.

Tomoyo though. Many things happened with Ushio and her. She treated Ushio like her own child. She though that this is just another time where a child need a woman's treat.

"Okay, I will do it." Tomoyo said.

"Thank you. I will cook the dinner." Tomoya replied "And please, do your best."

Tomoyo felt that happiness just exploded in her heart. She didn't know why, but when Tomoya said to her to do her best, she's very happy to see that her friend trusted her.

She turned around and searched for Ushio. What Tomoya said repeated inside her mind. She then blushed because of the thought of that. She felt this emotion is very strong, unlike other emotion she ever felt. Unknown to her, she reopened the Pandora box.

Her unrequited love appeared again and it grew stronger than before.

Old feelings started to reappear again. Due to she's not having any experience with love, her mind replayed about Tomoya again and again. She tried to keep her blush down. Her smile always tried to creep up from her face. It took her some minutes to calm herself.

When looking for Ushio, she decided to go to her bedroom first

She opened her bedroom door. There, she saw Ushio sat on the sofa. Tear's trail is still on her face. Tomoyo approached her slowly.

"Ushio?" Tomoyo called her.

"Tomoyo-san…." Ushio called her weakly.

"What's going on? You look so sad." Tomoyo said, pretending to don't know what's going on.

It took Ushio a while before she answered "Daddy must be angry because of me….."

"Now, tell me what's going on." Tomoyo said.

Then Ushio explained what's going on. She feared to be scolded by his father. She felt guilty because what she done. She though about all of that.

After Ushio finished at her explaining, Tomoya brushed her hair and said in a soothing voice "Don't worry, it's alright."

Ushio calmed a bit but still worried "Won't daddy be angry at me?"

"No, he will not." Tomoyo said while still brushing her hair "We, people, do make mistake. We, people, sometimes want another people's attention. People tell us to be selfless, but sometimes, you can be selfish for yourself. Sometimes, what you can do is apologize. We aren't perfect. Like your dad? He did make some mistakes. Me too." Tomoyo then hugged her "So, please don't be sad. You may don't know, but sometimes, when you are sad, there are some people who also become sad. Because that's what make us human. We maybe not always feel happy, but we aren't born to be sad."

Ushio felt all the emotions in Tomoyo's word. She's genuinely worried and care about her. She never felt this emotion from other people before. She felt like her mom that directly told her. she felt so relaxed and calm hearing that words.

"Thank you, Tomoya-san. Now, I will look for daddy and apologized to him." Ushio said, already feel better.

"It's nothing." Tomoyo said and smiled at her.

Then they both walked to the dining room. There both of them saw Tomoya preparing the dish on the table.

"Daddy." Ushio called her dad.

"Ushio!" Tomoya said, surprised to see Ushio out from her hiding "What happened? Why you run away before?"

"Um…dad…" Ushio mustered all the courage she had "I'm…..I'm sorry to make you fell down from the chair. I just wanted to call you, but I didn't realize that you are thinking about something. I'm sorry." Ushio said and unlike normally where she would bow down, this time she looked at her father face and begging for forgiveness.

Tomoya then hugged Ushio and said "It's okay. I'm actually happy to see my daughter grown up. Sometimes, it's okay to do that."

Tomoyo looked at them. She felt the warmness of a family around them. Her worry is sucked up by the warmness of the aura. She can't help but to smile at them.

"Now, let's eat our dinner, shall we?" Tomoya said to both of them. Then, both of them took a seat on the chair.

"Did you make all of this?" Tomoyo asked, surprised to see what Tomoya made.

"Yeah, I made a sukiyaki. You can see I cooked that myself if you want. Look at the sink." Tomoya pointed out at her sink. It's full of kitchenware, vegetables, and meat package material. It's not much, but compared to the sink that Tomoyo have, It's a lot to take. Even the drainage port is covered by kitchenware.

"Well, I guess I will help later." Tomoyo giggled and then took a seat.

All of them took their seat and then eat their dinner.

"Itadakimasu!" They said and then eat their dinner.

After they finished, Ushio walked to the living room and do her homework while both Tomoya and Tomoya clean the dish. It's getting late.

While they are cleaning their dishes, Tomoya and Tomoyo had a chat.

"Wow, I didn't expect that to went so smoothly." Tomoya complimented her.

"T-Thank you for that. It's nothing, actually." Tomoyo said while she blushed a bit.

"As I said, she's most comfortable with you. I know that she will listen to you. It's like you are her mother." Tomoya said.

"Yeah." Tomoyo replied.

"I think you will make a good mother for her." Tomoya said normally, but unknown to him, dropped a bomb.

One second.

Two seconds.

After that, all hell break loose inside Tomoyo's mind. Unintentionally become a tsundere, she slapped Tomoya's head on the back and blushed very red. Although she knew that it meant to be a compliment, it's like Tomoya proposed her.

"Ite!" Tomoya yelped loudly in surprise and pain.

"W-W-What are you talking about!?" Tomoyo said, blushing and tried to regain her composure.

"What!? I just said that you make a good for-" Tomoya then realized what he said, blushed and tried to explained "I-I-I mean that you make a good mother figure for her!"

"Daddy? Tomoyo-san?" Ushio asked them, apparently hearing the ruckus in the kitchen.

Tomoya is the first to asked her, although still blushing "What is it, Ushio?"

"What happened here? I heard daddy's voice from the living room. Did daddy fall from his seat again?" Ushio asked.

They both tried to find a reason to cover up that embarrassing conversation. Tomoyo come out first with saying "I-I just saw an insect flew to your dad's back. So I tried to make it go away, but I hit his head." Tomoyo reasoned.

Tomoya decided to play along with her and said "Yeah, when she hit me, I'm caught off guard and yelped."

"Thank goodness." Ushio said relieved. (A/N: Sorry guys, messing around a bit here)

Both Tomoya and Tomoyo feel like there's a ray of heaven from the back of Ushio's head.

"Even though she's my daughter, she's-

Too pure and innocent!"

Both of them though. After that, Ushio left them in the kitchen alone.

There's a silent before Tomoyo started to laugh.

"Ha, I can't believe that even in this age, you are still the same." Tomoyo said while laughing.

"That's also the same to you." Tomoya said and eventually join the laughter.

While both of them laugh, they looked at each other face.

"She look so beautiful. It's like she has no problem at all." Tomoya though.

"He look so calm and happy. He's like the person I knew. Tomoya who I knew." Tomoyo though.

The thought about them make them went silent and blush. Suddenly, an awkward silence appeared.

"I-I think we're done here." Tomoyo tried to start the conversation again.

"Yeah, look like it is." Tomoya said as he put back the kitchenware.

After that, both of them and Ushio went to the bedroom. There, all of them fell asleep quite fast. But before both of them fell asleep, a thought slipped from inside their mind.

"It's been a long time since I feel this much fun in a day. Is it because of him/her?"