Dinner With Interrogation
Cast:
Cure Dream, Yumehara Nozomi - age 21
Coco, Yumehara Kouji - age 28
Yumehara Megumi - Nozomi's mother - age 39
Yumehara Tsutomu - Nozomi's father - age 43
December, 2013
Nozomi and Coco have come to her parents' house for dinner. Since becoming an adult, she has been able to meet her mother's gaze without looking up, but that does not make certain questions any easier.
"So, when are you going to let us meet our grandchild?" Her mother asks, as if talking about the weather.
"Mom!"
"You knew this question was coming."
"Because you ask it all the time!"
As mother and daughter bicker, the father quietly taps Kouji on the shoulder. Kouji follows Tsutomu into an office in the back of the house, where the older man hands him a beer.
"We really are trying," Kouji tells him.
"No need to tell me that, son. You may think that you were good at hiding it, but with the way you two flirt it's pretty obvious. Has been since way back."
Kouji's eyes widen, but he manages to swallow his beer. "You knew?"
Tsutomu nods. "Around the time Nozomi started getting serious, we did a little investigating. We got your measure, and we determined there was nothing to worry about with you. Wouldn't you know it? We were right!"
Kouji downs the rest of his beer. "Excuse me while I go have a heart attack?"
"You are not excused. Our grandkids need their father alive, and not just present for their conception. Are we understood?"
"Yes, sir."