It has been two hours since they arrived to Kinomoto's house, Sakura wasn't there yet, and Touya was in his old room looking over some of his old books. Fujitaka and Eriol were alone in the living room, and Fujitaka was uncomfortably quiet, just looking seriously at his other self. Eriol knew that his half-soul had something to say. He knew that whatever it was definitely wasn't a good thing, he sensed Fujitaka's aura and it wasn't very comforting. Eriol prayed for Fujitaka to break the silence soon, so he carefully chose to wait and to give his other self some time.
Eriol knew that the return of his son as his departure was unexpected for Fujitaka, but he knew that the real shock was the notice of his son's fiancé. In other words, Touya had to go up to his room because it was Eriol he was engaged to. Touya knew that his father needed to talk to him.
Fujitaka had many questions to ask, but Eriol hadn't answered them all. There was a part of history which Touya needed to tell himself, but he wasn't sure if his son would do it.
"Hiiragizawa," Fujitaka decided to break the silent atmosphere, "you realize that Touya is your son in a way?" he finished without taking the anger out of his voice, while Eriol was looking at him, stunned. It wasn't the accusation he'd expected.
"Of course he is not," was the weak defense, "we love each other, and we aren't relatives." Eriol was angry at himself. He had said stupid words, and even if he knew that Touya and he weren't related at present, he didn't have the words to tell that to his other self. He didn't know why he was so shy and so uncomfortable when he knew his relationship with Touya was right.
But on the other hand, even when he had Clow's memories, he wasn't a 100 sure how the soul separation spell worked. The truth was that he hadn't thought of that when he and Touya started dating.
"How could you say that? We are the reincarnations of Clow, both of us." Eriol has never seen such anger on Fujitaka's face. The kind father was gone and in front of him was a furious man. But Fujitaka never dared to yell at him, and it was because he knew Touya was upstairs. "Eriol," Fujitaka sighed, "have you ever thought about it before? How could you? How could you? You don't even know if we are the same person, brothers or something. If he is not your son, he could be your nephew."
"We aren't sure about it, either," Eriol was lost; Fujitaka had a reason to be angered with him, but it was unfair. Fujitaka wasn't sure if his conclusions were true. The only thing he could do was keep hearing Fujitaka's accusations.
Eriol sighted the presence of Touya coming near them. Touya knew the topic of his father's and boyfriend's conversation, but he couldn't do anything to help Eriol, so he limited to hugged his boyfriend and whispering in his ear that it was time to leave the house. He received a thankful smile in return.
"Well, dad, I have all I need. We're leaving now," were the words of Touya, who was angry with his father.
"But son, aren't you staying here?"
"No, I will stay at Eriol's house." At the reprimand look from Eriol, Touya corrected himself, "our house," he smiled at his boyfriend.
"But please, Touya, come tomorrow for lunch, ok? Sakura will want to see you, and I'm sure that Yue and Kero will, too. Will you come?" Touya couldn't refuse his father's begging.
"We will be here, dad." Touya turned to face Eriol and hugged him. "Is it ok with you, koi?" Eriol understood Touya's game but he hadn't the energy to keep up with his boyfriend, so he limited to hugging Touya back, ignoring the anger on Fujitaka's face.
"It's ok with me, Touya".
"Ok, dad, we will be here tomorrow," Touya and Eriol said their good-byes and left the Kinomoto's house.
On their way to the mansion none of them said a word, lost in their thoughts. Touya was looking outside while holding Eriol's hand. There were many things on his mind. The conversation between Eriol and his father was hard for him and for Eriol, too, but he loved Eriol. He loved him very much and nothing ever could change that.
Touya was tired again and prayed that Eriol wouldn't notice that. There were more important things happening, and Eriol had many responsibilities, and taking care of him wasn't one. Eriol was the new master in the wizard board, and many of them weren't happy with that. It was one of the reasons for leaving England and coming to Japan. The other reason was the text. Touya had to be well to be able to take care of Eriol; he had to do it, and he was willing to do it even if it costs him life.