A/N: hey, so my writer's block for this particular story is being a little more persistent but I needed to give you something. I hope this is good enough.

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"I can't believe you, Daddy. You've never been this stubborn before!"

"But, Karin…It's not like this is some trivial subject like usual!"

"All the more reason for you not to be so…pig-headed!"

"Karin, I'm still your father. Do not talk to me like that. Go to your room. Right now." He stared at his daughter with the iciest, angriest glare his usually relaxed disposition could muster.

And for the first time in Fujii family history, Karin lost a battle. She trudged up the stairs to her room, apologizing to Wataru over and over in her head.

Everyone is against me nowadays…

"I still don't understand your reasoning behind this, Ryuu." Momoko had appeared behind him in their dining room. The silence made it seem like the walls were closing in around them. It was already a small room, too…

"I'd really like it if we spent some time talking about something other than Wataru and Kazuki…"

"You just want us to pretend that everything is normal then, right? You want me to pretend that my son hasn't been effectively driven out of his home by hisfather? How can I do that Ryuu?"

"If he'd date a girl, you wouldn't have to pretend."

"But that wouldn't be natural for him! This is his life, not yours. You don't get to make all of the decisions."

"But protecting him is natural for me! Once he enters society as an adult, people will look at him funny, they'll try and make his life a living hell…" Ryuu looked away from his wife as though looking into his son's future.

"Ryuu," she started, her voice getting quieter, "things are starting to change already… Homosexual couples are starting to be accepted. You need to change too."

"I'm not against homosexuality."

"No? Then what did you call that awful display in the kitchen last week?"

"I'm against homosexuality for my son. I don't want him to suffer."

"You're making him suffer right now. The fact that you won't accept him sent him to the infirmary last week."

"But this is nothing, wait until-"

"Ryuu! I want my son back home where he belongs. Maybe you should leave…"

"…You're kidding, right?"

"You really won't understand any other way, will you?"

"…You're kidding, right?"

"No. I'm not kidding. I want Wataru back home. And if that means that you have to go because of it…"

"…I can't believe this."

"I'll go get you an overnight bag."

"Momo, do you still love me at all?"

Tears were threatening rolling down her already blotchy cheeks. "I still love you…"

"How can you do this?"

"How can you do this, to your own son!"

"So that's how it's going to be…"

"Yeah," she said through her tears, "come home when you've gotten over yourself."

"Momo, please don't make me leave…" Ryuu took her into his arms despite some not very convincing struggling.

"Will you stop being such an asshole about your son's preferences?"

"I…I'll do my best," he still wasn't happy about the situation, but he couldn't bear the idea of leaving home any more than he could understand Wataru choosing Kazuki over a woman.

"…And don't make any slurs towards him…" she had to stop talking as he kissed her. "…And don't just think that by kissing me you can make everything better…" she stopped once again as he kissed her again.

"…Well there's kissing and then there's…" he insinuated.

"Hey! Stop that! Go call Wataru and tell him you miss him and you want him back home."

"Yeah. I do miss seeing him fighting with his sister and hanging out with Kawamura around here. Not that I miss Kawamura, he always steals my thunder with you."

"Call Wataru…"