AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay I probably rushed it a bit, but I really wanted to get this out and finished. I may at some point later elaborate on more that happened while Kyoko was visiting and what they did in the cabin in the Redwood Forest, but, for now, I'll call it good.
Thank you so much for reading!
Good-bye to a Daughter
"Do you really think she'll be all right, Kuu?" Julie asked as they watched the plane ascend to the sky taking their daughter back to Japan.
Kuu wrapped his arm around Julie's shoulders and the model leaned into him. "She'll be fine," Kuu said. "And she said that she'll call us every week and tell us about what's going on with her."
"I wish Kuon would do the same," Julie said wistfully.
"When he thinks he's ready he will, Julie," Kuu said with a soft smile. "I have a feeling we'll be hearing all about 'Ren Tsuruga' as well, so there is that."
"Is that why you decided to get close to her?" Julie asked turning and scowling up at her husband. "So you could keep an eye on Kuon?"
Kuu held up his hands immediately under the flare of temper in his wife's eyes. "That never occurred to me until just now," he said. "Although next time I see Ren Tsuruga, I'm going to have a serious talk with him."
"Dear?" Julie frowned.
"I have to find out his intentions towards my daughter," Kuu said darkly.
"So how was Disneyland?"
"We actually didn't make it to Disneyland this time, Papa said that we'd go next time for sure," Kyoko smiled up at Tsuruga-san.
"Papa?" the actor repeated as they moved down to the baggage claim to get the bag that Julie had purchased to put the new clothes she and Kyoko shopped for in.
Kyoko nodded. "Mama wanted to go shopping with me and then we decided to go camping in the redwoods for a little while to get to know each other. That's why I wasn't able to contact you for those three days. We only got back the day before my flight left again and decided we'd rather hang out quietly together than brave the crowds at Disneyland."
"It sounds like you had a lot of fun," he said.
She nodded. "I never knew a family could be like that," she said softly. "What was your family like, Tsuruga-san? If it's not prying I mean…"
The dark-haired man chuckled. "My family is very warm and loving. I haven't talked to them in a while…"
"Why not?" Kyoko asked.
"Because the circumstances haven't been right yet," Tsuruga-san replied. "But I think it's getting closer."
"I think you would get along well with Papa and Mama," Kyoko said.
"I probably would. Maybe next time you go to California I can see if I can clear my schedule enough to come along with you."
Kyoko's eyes went wide and she turned to look at him in surprise, her cheeks coloring at his comment. "It'll be like meeting your parents, right?" he said and Kyoko's cheeks turned a darker red. "It wouldn't be a bad thing to meet my kouhai's parents, would it?"
"Um…no…" Kyoko squeaked.
