The ride home was somewhat long and Dee could feel her father's
frustration. She gazed at him and studied his face. She could tell a lot
about her father through his facial expressions. He looked tired. And well
he should be, the man was not a teen anymore, he was 36 for heaven's sake.
Seifer still looked good for his age yet time had left small imprints here
and there. He had formed small wrinkled at the corners of his eyes from
both smiling and squinting a lot. His hair had developed a slight darkened
tint to it and contained a few graying hairs. In addition, his face bore
the look of fatherly wisdom at times. To D'meera her father was one of the
most beautiful creatures in the world and she never saw him the way other
people saw him. To her Seifer had always been kind and loving. He pampered
her and got her anything her heart desired. To the others, it seemed as if
she was a gift of the gods. D'meera was the world to him.
"So what happened?" his deep voice cut the silence and snapped her back to reality.
"…."
"Dee what happened why'd you wanna come home?"
"Because everyone hates me", she struggled to say as she fought back tears.
"Why'd you say that?" he asked as he glanced at her.
"Because dad they do, they hate me because I'm an Almasy."
"That's bullshit Dee and you know it. If the little shits there can't see you for who you are then why go?"
"I wanna be like you dad".
Those words hit him like a brick wall. Seifer stopped the car and looked at his daughter. She was HIS daughter. And that's what hurt the most. She wanted to be like him. She ignored what he had done in the past yet she wanted to continue his legacy. She wanted to be a SeeD like her father once did. Seifer looked at her and broke. The tears flowed and try as he might he couldn't stop. The Great Seifer Almasy was crying. He reached over to Dee and hugged her. She meant everything to him. Somewhere in his mind he felt a little embarrassed for crying in front of his daughter by hey he couldn't help it. He held her for a few moments before composing himself and looked at her with loving eyes.
"Your name has nothing to do with who you are you got that? And I'll be damned if I let you quit".
"I know dad, I know" she whispered and kissed him on the cheek.
"So besides the morons over there how'd you like it?"
"Well Instructor Dincht isn't all there, neither is Instructor Kinneas, she's to… happy"
"Heh heh yeah that's Chicken-wuss for ya. As for the messenger girl she's been like that since who knows when. What about your commander?"
"Commander Leonheart's pretty cool. Everyone there worships him as if he were a god. It's kinda creepy." She giggled.
Seifer smiled at the thought of it. Poor PB, he thought, all those kids worshiping a stone. He laughed to himself as he pictured all the kids chanting and dancing around a shrine of Squall. Dee looked at her dad smiling and wondered if she should bring up Derrick. She had hoped he would have asked about her brother but she figured she would let sleeping dogs lie for tonight. They pulled into the driveway of her home and she could see her mother emerging from the doorway.
"D'meera!" she called out as she hugged the girl. Her fear had eased a bit as Fujin noticed that her daughter was ok. Looking to her husband, she could tell he was in a better mood and proceeded to help him gather Dee's belongings.
"So what happened?" his deep voice cut the silence and snapped her back to reality.
"…."
"Dee what happened why'd you wanna come home?"
"Because everyone hates me", she struggled to say as she fought back tears.
"Why'd you say that?" he asked as he glanced at her.
"Because dad they do, they hate me because I'm an Almasy."
"That's bullshit Dee and you know it. If the little shits there can't see you for who you are then why go?"
"I wanna be like you dad".
Those words hit him like a brick wall. Seifer stopped the car and looked at his daughter. She was HIS daughter. And that's what hurt the most. She wanted to be like him. She ignored what he had done in the past yet she wanted to continue his legacy. She wanted to be a SeeD like her father once did. Seifer looked at her and broke. The tears flowed and try as he might he couldn't stop. The Great Seifer Almasy was crying. He reached over to Dee and hugged her. She meant everything to him. Somewhere in his mind he felt a little embarrassed for crying in front of his daughter by hey he couldn't help it. He held her for a few moments before composing himself and looked at her with loving eyes.
"Your name has nothing to do with who you are you got that? And I'll be damned if I let you quit".
"I know dad, I know" she whispered and kissed him on the cheek.
"So besides the morons over there how'd you like it?"
"Well Instructor Dincht isn't all there, neither is Instructor Kinneas, she's to… happy"
"Heh heh yeah that's Chicken-wuss for ya. As for the messenger girl she's been like that since who knows when. What about your commander?"
"Commander Leonheart's pretty cool. Everyone there worships him as if he were a god. It's kinda creepy." She giggled.
Seifer smiled at the thought of it. Poor PB, he thought, all those kids worshiping a stone. He laughed to himself as he pictured all the kids chanting and dancing around a shrine of Squall. Dee looked at her dad smiling and wondered if she should bring up Derrick. She had hoped he would have asked about her brother but she figured she would let sleeping dogs lie for tonight. They pulled into the driveway of her home and she could see her mother emerging from the doorway.
"D'meera!" she called out as she hugged the girl. Her fear had eased a bit as Fujin noticed that her daughter was ok. Looking to her husband, she could tell he was in a better mood and proceeded to help him gather Dee's belongings.