Bad Romance
AN: It's been so long since I've updated this one! So sorry! Enjoy!
"What are you doing?" Shigure asked, watching his girlfriend writing at the kitchen table. She gave him a sideways look, and wrote faster, making him suspect mischief.
"I'm writing a check." She declared at last. He raised an eyebrow and knew she was convienently leaving some detail out.
"We already paid the bills, Akito." Shigure stated calmly, with the slightest edge of suspicion.
"Yes." She agreed. Shigure looked over her shoulder and blinked.
"You're writing a check to Ren?" The former dog demanded softly, truely dumbfounded. Was this some sort of alternate universe where this daughter and mother got along?
"We agreed when the curse ended that we were going to divide the Sohma family funds between all the Sohma's and pay them a certain amount a month until the money ran out." Akito snapped in a soft whine.
"That way everyone could have some money for their new lives." Shigure added. Where was she going with this?
"I just never realized that your mother was included in that." He added softly.
"She wasn't initially. But she is my mother."
"You've grown Aki-Chan."
"Have I?"
"Yes. But I do fear that you will feel like you owe the family, for a long time, yet."
"Once the money runs out, then I won't have anything else to give them." Akito sealed the check to her mother in an envelope, avoiding Shigure's eyes all the while.
"I didn't mean money. You have already apologized and changed. You owe them nothing more. No matter how awful you used to be to them."
"Is that really true?" The former tyrant demanded softly. He felt her vulnerablity twinge his heartstrings. She was so delicate at heart. So sweet, and at 25 still such a child.
"I've forgiven you," Shigure chided, "And I think it's high time for you to forgive yourself." She offered him a half smile, and walked closer, eventually coming to where he sat. She rested her head on his shoulder from behind.
They stopped talking, because the moment had surpassed the need for speech. Now, they just were. Forgiven and loved.
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