AN: Woo! Look! Chapter 16! -_- I wanted to get this done when I had my week off, but I just couldn't concentrate. Plus I had 4 essays to write as well. Actually, one was a one page write up for a song in choir, and two others were essays on themes of books we read in class, and the other was a 15pged research paper on impressionism... I was really burnt out after that. But, I'm getting it up now! Thank you to all of you who have read and reviewed so far and my muses of insperation! I love the positive feed back!
Disclaimer: See previous chapter...
The days passed by peacefully, and soon turned into weeks. And then, the weeks became a month or two. It was almost April. Genrou only had about a month and a half left to wait, and then he would be home free. Not only that, but school would be out for the summer. That would give him about three months of freedom to do whatever he wanted with Dr. Ri. Then after that, he would only have one year left of school, and then he could have for ever as long as he wanted with his love. 'Forever,' he thought.
Genrou let out a long sigh and clicked off his CD player. He was getting way ahead of himself. Granted that he and Dr. Ri had been together for few months already, but that didn't mean it could last for as long as the teen wished. He frowned and pushed himself into a sitting position on his bed. There was still that possibility that Dr. Ri could get tired of being with him; realizing that he was really with a kid after all. Genrou immediately felt bad for thinking that. Dr. Ri wasn't that kind of man. He was honest and true to what he felt and believed him. He wouldn't have agreed to be with Genrou if it were the other way around.
He was thankful that Regina was all right with his desire to be with Dr. Ri. To this day, he was still in shock that she had agreed to it. He thought for sure that she would have been against it like everyone else he knew would be. He vaguely wondered what Kouji would think about it. He frowned again at his thoughts. He and Kouji hadn't spent as much time together as the used to do ever since he got together with Dr. Ri. He would have to call his long lost best friend to get caught up. But first, there was another important matter to deal with. Regina was all right with his preferences, but was Erik?
There was a knock at the door, and Erik cheerfully poked his head. "Hey, there you are!" he said happily with a broad smile. Genrou turned to look at him over his shoulder.
"'Ey, Erik. Did ya need me fer somethin'?"
"Nope, I was just checking on you. Lunch is going to be ready soon."
"Okay. I'm kinda hungry." Suddenly, an idea came to him. Since he came to live with the Wieland couple, he hadn't done much with Erik alone. Regina accepted his relationship with Dr. Ri, but would Erik? "How long 'for lunch is ready?"
Erik dropped his gaze to the watch on his left wrist. "Oh, maybe another half an hour of so. Regina had to run to the store real quick to pick up a few things."
"Oh..." Genrou shifted nervously, wringing the blankets of his bed in his hands. He was afraid of how his foster father would react. But Erik seemed like a laid back guy. He would probably be as open minded about the situation as Regina was. "Could I talk t' ya, please?"
Erik blinked at that, but then shook himself out of it and stepped inside Genrou's room, closing the door behind him. "Sure. What's on your mind?" he asked as he sat down on the edge of the bed, then added playfully, "Girl problems?"
Genrou's faced turned as white as the sheets on his bed. Erik blinked again, noting the sudden color change of the boy's face, but then he laughed and nudged Genrou playfully with his elbow. "Don't worry! It can't be that bad! Tell me what happened with her."
Genrou was silent for a long moment, his face still white and his heart racing. There was no way he could tell Erik what he was going to now. He had to come up with something, and quick. Erik was looking at him oddly. So Genrou resulted in something that he had seen in some random movie or a TV show. "Well ... it ain't somethin' that really concerns me. Ya see, I got this friend, kay?"
Erik arched a brow, but then nodded his head. "Okay."
"An' this friend ... he sorta like guys..." Genrou trailed off, looking up to his foster to see his reaction. Erik's eyes widened slightly and he looked away furrowing his brows.
"I see...."
"An' my friend...." Genrou continued, "Don't know how t' tell his dad. He's scared that he'll get rejected."
"Well, I can't say that I wouldn't blame your friends father for doing so."
Genrou felt his heart stop and plop down into the pit of his stomach. It took him a moment to find his voice and he was able to choke out: "W-what do ya mean by that...?"
Erik grinned a little sheepishly and put his hand to the back of his head. "Ah, sorry, Genrou. I just don't like ga- ... homosexuals." He shuddered a little, then looked to his foster son, frowning a bit at the horrorstricken expression on his face. "Not what you wanted to hear, huh? I'm just the wrong person to talk to about this, I guess." He shrugged and stood up, reaching out to pat Genrou on the shoulder. "Maybe you should talk to Regina about it?"
"Yeah.... Thanks though."
"Any time!" Erik patted his shoulder again, then headed out of the room, closing the door behind him. For a long moment, Genrou could only stare at the wall across from him, in complete shock. That conversation did not go the way he wanted it to in the least, but he was thankful that he didn't come right out and say that it was really himself that he was talking about and not a friend. Slowly, Genrou closed his eyes against the tears that began to spring up into his vision. "What am I gonna do now...?"
Disclaimer: See previous chapter...
The days passed by peacefully, and soon turned into weeks. And then, the weeks became a month or two. It was almost April. Genrou only had about a month and a half left to wait, and then he would be home free. Not only that, but school would be out for the summer. That would give him about three months of freedom to do whatever he wanted with Dr. Ri. Then after that, he would only have one year left of school, and then he could have for ever as long as he wanted with his love. 'Forever,' he thought.
Genrou let out a long sigh and clicked off his CD player. He was getting way ahead of himself. Granted that he and Dr. Ri had been together for few months already, but that didn't mean it could last for as long as the teen wished. He frowned and pushed himself into a sitting position on his bed. There was still that possibility that Dr. Ri could get tired of being with him; realizing that he was really with a kid after all. Genrou immediately felt bad for thinking that. Dr. Ri wasn't that kind of man. He was honest and true to what he felt and believed him. He wouldn't have agreed to be with Genrou if it were the other way around.
He was thankful that Regina was all right with his desire to be with Dr. Ri. To this day, he was still in shock that she had agreed to it. He thought for sure that she would have been against it like everyone else he knew would be. He vaguely wondered what Kouji would think about it. He frowned again at his thoughts. He and Kouji hadn't spent as much time together as the used to do ever since he got together with Dr. Ri. He would have to call his long lost best friend to get caught up. But first, there was another important matter to deal with. Regina was all right with his preferences, but was Erik?
There was a knock at the door, and Erik cheerfully poked his head. "Hey, there you are!" he said happily with a broad smile. Genrou turned to look at him over his shoulder.
"'Ey, Erik. Did ya need me fer somethin'?"
"Nope, I was just checking on you. Lunch is going to be ready soon."
"Okay. I'm kinda hungry." Suddenly, an idea came to him. Since he came to live with the Wieland couple, he hadn't done much with Erik alone. Regina accepted his relationship with Dr. Ri, but would Erik? "How long 'for lunch is ready?"
Erik dropped his gaze to the watch on his left wrist. "Oh, maybe another half an hour of so. Regina had to run to the store real quick to pick up a few things."
"Oh..." Genrou shifted nervously, wringing the blankets of his bed in his hands. He was afraid of how his foster father would react. But Erik seemed like a laid back guy. He would probably be as open minded about the situation as Regina was. "Could I talk t' ya, please?"
Erik blinked at that, but then shook himself out of it and stepped inside Genrou's room, closing the door behind him. "Sure. What's on your mind?" he asked as he sat down on the edge of the bed, then added playfully, "Girl problems?"
Genrou's faced turned as white as the sheets on his bed. Erik blinked again, noting the sudden color change of the boy's face, but then he laughed and nudged Genrou playfully with his elbow. "Don't worry! It can't be that bad! Tell me what happened with her."
Genrou was silent for a long moment, his face still white and his heart racing. There was no way he could tell Erik what he was going to now. He had to come up with something, and quick. Erik was looking at him oddly. So Genrou resulted in something that he had seen in some random movie or a TV show. "Well ... it ain't somethin' that really concerns me. Ya see, I got this friend, kay?"
Erik arched a brow, but then nodded his head. "Okay."
"An' this friend ... he sorta like guys..." Genrou trailed off, looking up to his foster to see his reaction. Erik's eyes widened slightly and he looked away furrowing his brows.
"I see...."
"An' my friend...." Genrou continued, "Don't know how t' tell his dad. He's scared that he'll get rejected."
"Well, I can't say that I wouldn't blame your friends father for doing so."
Genrou felt his heart stop and plop down into the pit of his stomach. It took him a moment to find his voice and he was able to choke out: "W-what do ya mean by that...?"
Erik grinned a little sheepishly and put his hand to the back of his head. "Ah, sorry, Genrou. I just don't like ga- ... homosexuals." He shuddered a little, then looked to his foster son, frowning a bit at the horrorstricken expression on his face. "Not what you wanted to hear, huh? I'm just the wrong person to talk to about this, I guess." He shrugged and stood up, reaching out to pat Genrou on the shoulder. "Maybe you should talk to Regina about it?"
"Yeah.... Thanks though."
"Any time!" Erik patted his shoulder again, then headed out of the room, closing the door behind him. For a long moment, Genrou could only stare at the wall across from him, in complete shock. That conversation did not go the way he wanted it to in the least, but he was thankful that he didn't come right out and say that it was really himself that he was talking about and not a friend. Slowly, Genrou closed his eyes against the tears that began to spring up into his vision. "What am I gonna do now...?"