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Clarice half wanted to laugh at Raki's expression. The other half also wanted to laugh, but felt guilty for doing so.
"So Raki, what's this I hear about a family now?" the smaller man had said as they had walked in the door. "First Clare, then that little girl, and now these two? You need to learn responsibility, brat!"
"It's not like that!" Raki had exclaimed, and for a moment he really did look like a young teen, rising to the teasing of an older peer.
"Oh?" said Sid, raising an eyebrow. "Then what about her?"
Her was Miata, who was all but clinging to Raki in the face of Sid's… personality. Sid continued. "You need to learn to not lose your women, Raki. Woman hate it when a man forgets about an anniversary, or forgetting about them for a moment, but losing track of them? Unforgivable!"
Raki grit his teeth, but said nothing. It was probably his best defense at this point.
"What do you think about Raki, little girl?" Sid had asked Miata.
"Papa?" Miata responded, looking to Raki for guidance. Raki had sighed as Sid laughed and ruffled her hair anyway, but now he had that expression, and she was trying so hard not to laugh…
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