I'M BACK! Sorry it took me so long to get back on track! I promise that I'm going to try to get my updates out a little faster now that I have a bit more time on my hands. Anyways, without further a due, here's the next chapter of Socially Awkward.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

Claimer: Ichirou, Mythos, Sora, Yukiko, Taro, Akihiko, Raiden, Takeshi, Mana, Hana, Rin (No, not the original Rin!), Sachiko, Shizuka, and Usagi belong to me

WARNING: Yaoi, Yuri, Slash pairings

Chapter Eleven: Jail Bird Without A Tune (Mythos)

You don't know pain. Not until it's starring you straight in the face. Clawing at the tender skin of your spine and forcing the sickly taste of yesterdays breakfast back up your esophagus. When you see the strongest man you have ever known. The guy you've looked up to your entire life. Someone you call your hero sitting in a dingy jail cell. That's when you finally recognize what pain feels like.

*Flashback*

Standing in front of cell 203 I watched in complete silence as my father lifted his head to meet the onlooking eyes of his children. Clutching onto Ichirou's wrist, I stood just behind his left shoulder. Fear shooting up from the base of my spine, I can recall thinking my father appeared to be some sort of monster locked up in that iron cage. His long dark hair a stringy mop looking mess, dark bags forming under his amethyst orbs, and his orange jumpsuit resembling that of a moldy tangerine; you would not have been able to recognize that creature as Inuyasha Inutaisho.

"Inutaisho, I'll give you fifteen minutes with the boys." Officer Wolf said looking into the dark cubical. "No more than that."

Taking out a tiny brass key, Officer Wolf slowly unlocked the jail cell. Ichirou heading in first, I soon followed after. Wolf throwing us a gaze, he indicated that he'd be just outside if need be. The two of us nodding we both took a seat on the now vacant bed. Our father was leaning against one of the cement walls peering at his feet.

"Glad you boys could come." Our father said breaking the uneasy silence that had come over the three of us.

"No problem, dad." Ichirou replied looking over at me.

"Yeah, sure thing." I nodded not really feeling like words were necessary at this point.

"You both need to understand something." My father stated in a hushed tone. "I'm not a terrible person. I love all four of my children. My family is the most important thing to me."

"If you love us so damn much then why did you attack Sora and threaten Yuki?" I shouted angrily; I couldn't help myself. The words just came blurting out.

"Because I wanted to protect them!" My father exclaimed his fist colliding with the wall behind him.

"You call beating the shit out of my little brother protecting him!" I cried thinking of the look of terror on Sora's face and the bruises covering Akihiko's body.

"Mythos..." Ichirou whispered softly placing a hand on my chest.

"No!" I shouted feeling the tears build up in my eyes. "He needs to know what he's done to our family. How he's destroyed the four of us."

"I never intentionally meant to harm any of you..." Dad stuttered searching for the words that would calm my enraged form.

"So that's why you shove the responsibility of being a father on Ichirou. Or deflate the side of me that wants to be sensitive towards the people I care about. How about making Sora give up what he's passionate towards just so you won't have to be embarrassed. Or better yet disown your daughter because she's an independent bisexual."

The tears were running rapidly down my face as I continued on with the rant.

"What about mom? The man she feel in love with censors his children from the eye of mankind. The children that she could had easily aborted but kept inside her womb for him. How do you think mom feels being married to a royal bastard like yourself, hu?"

I couldn't even hear myself thinking from that point on. I was spewing from my lips everything that had built up inside me since my brother's battering. Why should he have had to endure that kind of punishment? Why couldn't my father just love and accept his children for the way they were programed?

"You say that you love us so why can't you just accept us for who we are!" I sobbed clenching my hands into two tight fists. "Why can't we just be good enough for you?"

"Mythos..." My father murmured reaching out to me.
"No, don't touch me." I said coldly pushing back on the bed. "After everything you've put us through don't think that you can just put your arms around me and make this right."

I stood up and turned to my brother. Looking back Ichirou glanced at my father quickly before following in suit. Treading to the door I tapped on the bars to the cell. Shortly appearing a minute later was Officer Wolf. Unlocking the cell, both my brother and I left without word. And it was then, out of the corner of my eye, I could see my father sink to the floor. And from his throat came the most dejected cry I'd ever heard.

"It's going to be a long hard year for Inutaisho." Wolf sighed as he walked us to the door.

"Who cares." I sniffled wiping my nose on the back of my sleeve. "He's getting exactly what he deserves."

"Mythos..." Ichirou whispered looking at me with a wary expression. "He is still our father you know."

"I don't care." I stated defiantly. "I'm not going to forgive him. Not until he's proven to me that he loves me. Loves you. Loves all of us for the way we are. We deserve that much...don't we?"

"Yeah..." Ichirou nodded softly as we stepped out of the police station. "I suppose we do."

Oh man, Papa Inu has a years worth of jail time. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review ^_^