Atobe's: Past, Present, and Future
Keigo 19: Fears
Keigo sat in the darkness of his parent's home – swirling a straw around in the full glass of rum. "Keigo?" the man looked up to find his father walking into the kitchen in sky blue pajama pants. "What are you doing here?"
"I just needed to think," Keigo mumbled.
Keisuke scrunched his eyebrows as he leaned against the counter – his son was sitting on the same stool he'd sat on as a child despite him now being a fully grown man, "At 3am? What's really going on Keigo?" There was a small silence as Keigo twirled the straw in the drink in front of him and Keisuke's eyes stayed set on his son.
"What…" Keigo's voice cut through the silence, "What if I'm not a good father, Dad?" It was clear to both of them that this was why Keigo had ventured the hour from his own home to his parent's home – because only in the dark of night with no one around to hear could he actually admit his fears. Only to his father could he actually admit what his greatest fear was.
"Keigo Takuya Atobe," Keigo was shocked by the gentleness of his father's voice despite the usage of his full name – it usually came with anger not this light and caring tone. "You love Jirou don't you?"
"Of course I do!" Keigo said louder then he intended.
"And you want this child right?"
"Obviously Dad! I don't get what this has to do with what I asked though!"
Keisuke chuckled – even has a man his son was still impatient and loud. "That's all you have to do Keigo," Keisuke declared with a smile, "You just have to love your child, and love your husband."
Some part of Keigo knew his father was right.
