We must've fallen asleep during the movie, cause when we woke up, the flight attendant is informing us we've landed. We gather our things and deboard the plane. There's a car waiting for us, so we get in and leave. It's not long until we pull up to my house. Kyoya gets out before me and assists me.

"Wow. Quite the gentleman."

"Only for you baby." I smile.

He walks me to the door and opens it for me. I step inside and turn around to say goodbye.

"Guess this is where we part for now. Thank you for going with me. I don't think I could've done it alone."

"Of course. I'll always be there for you. No matter what."

"Ugh. No more. I'm gonna cry. I can't deal with emotions right now."

"Alright. I won't say more. I love you. I'll see you tomorrow at school."

"Ok. Love you. See you tomorrow." He turns around gets back in the car. I close the door and start to head upstairs to my room. I see Tamaki turn the corner and he pales.

"Kair? You're home already?"

"Hi. We came straight back."

"Oh, I see."

"Is something wrong?"

"Um, well. Uh..."

"What is it?"

"We have an unexpected guest."

"Ok. And?"

"It's father."

"Oh."

"I swear I didn't know he was coming over. I mean, he never comes here. And-"

"Tamaki. Calm down. It's alright. Let me just go shower and change and I'll be right down, ok? Just tell him I just got off a long flight and need to freshen up, ok?"

"Ok." I start to head to my room. "Hey, Kairi?"

I turn back towards him. "Hmm?"

"Welcome home."

I smile. "Thanks."

Once I get up to my room, I drop all my shit on my bed and I turn the shower on. I quickly take a shower and change in a pair of dark blue jeans and a burnt orange sweater. I go back downstairs and head for the living room. When I get there, I see Yuzuru sitting in a chair while Tamaki sits on the couch. I walk in and they both stand up.

"Hi Kairi," Tamaki greets.

"Hey."

"Hello, Kairi," Yuzuru greets.

"Hello, father."

I sit on the couch, next to Tamaki. Both of them sit back down.

"So, to what do we owe the pleasure?" I ask Yuzuru.

"You don't need to be so formal right now."

"Sorry. Hello father. I'm so happy you've come over. How can we help you?" I ask in the most sickening customer service voice.

"You don't need to get lippy with me."

I huff. "Fine. What do you want?"

He sighs. "I've come to discuss your future, Kairi."

"What about it?"

"I think it's time to move things forward and go ahead with our plans."

"What? But that's not what we agreed on. We agreed we'd wait until I was in college to announce my existence. Why the sudden urgency?"

"With what happened 7 months ago, there is a need for moving things forward."

"Why? Because I was kidnapped? By someone from my past?"

"Yes. Someone who shouldn't have been able to find you. If he could find you, there's no telling who else could. And who knows? Someone could even figure out you're mine. It would cause a big scandal if someone were to find out and go public with it. Before that happens, we need to go ahead and make the announcement. Don't worry. We'll still go with the same story as before. It will change your life though. Mainly, from now on you'll have to start behaving properly and begin attending social gatherings. You won't be alone. Tamaki or Kyoya will be with you at all times. I will be announcing it this Tuesday, at the party I'm hosting. Tamaki will help you prepare. The week after, Yoshio and I will be announcing your engagement with Kyoya. We'll be moving the wedding date to just after the two of you graduate high school. I'll let you be the one to tell Kyoya."

There's silence after he finishes. Finally, I speak up.

"So, that's it then. No if's, and's, or but's. I'm just supposed to give up my life then? Just like that? Fine. But DON'T expect me to be your daughter outside of social gatherings. I'll behave and play my part. But you've lost the right to be my father. If that's all you needed, you can leave now."

"Kairi..."

"OUT! Now! And don't bother coming back. You want to talk to me, you do it at school or at social gatherings. Goodbye."

I storm off to my room. Several minutes later, there's a knock on my door.

"Kairi? It's me. Can I come in?"

"Ok."

The door opens and Tamaki walks in. I turn around and look at him. He immediately comes over and hugs me. I lose it and start bawling. He rubs my back and tells me it'll be ok. I start to calm down after a couple of minutes. I pull away from him so I can grab some tissues.

"I suppose I should've seen this coming. I'm surprised he didn't do anything sooner. God, I'm so stupid. You know, for a while there I actually thought that I could maybe accept him. I thought maybe he really did regret losing me. But now, I see he was just using me. He just wants me so he can overthrow his mother's tyranny. I mean, who does he think he is? Bossing me around like that. That shit don't work on me. You have to actually respect your elders in order for that to fucking work. And guess what? I have no fucking respect for that man."

"Then why did you agree? You could've just told him to fuck off. But you didn't. You agreed to his orders. Why?"

"Because...because..."

"Because deep down, you still want him to be your dad. You hope that he really does want to be your dad. That he cares."

I start to tear up. "I don't want to anymore. I'm just disappointed every time."

"Why do you think he decided to move things forward?"

"Like he said, to save his image."

"That's not what he said. Sure, he said it'd cause a scandal if someone found out, but he didn't say it was to save his image. Come on Kairi. I thought you were the intuitive one when it comes to people's emotions. Can't you tell?"

"Tell what?"

"He's worried about you. And he thinks this is the best way to protect you. You didn't see him when he found out you were kidnapped. He was devastated. It took everything in me to stop him from calling in the military. He didn't sleep until you were found. And then, he wanted to visit you at the hospital, but he wasn't sure you would see him. So, he waited. I gave him updates as often as I could. Look, I'm not trying to vouch for him. I just want you to know. And consider this, ok? I hate seeing you get hurt so much. But, you need to decide for yourself if you really want to have a strictly professional relationship with him, or if you want to give him a chance. I'll leave you be to think it over. Dinner will be ready at 6. I'll see you then."

With that, he leaves.