"Well do you know who Everclear is?" Kai asked.
"Of course I do! 'I Will Buy You a New Life' is such a beautiful song!" Rei said.
"Well it's wonderful." Kai said.
"Of course it's wonderful." Rei said.
"No I mean the song 'Wonderful.'" Kai said smiling a little.
"Oh, sorry. Wonderful? Hm…well let's see, 'I close my eyes when I get too sad. I think thoughts that I know are bad. Close my eyes and I count to ten. Hope it's over when I open them . I want the things that I had before. Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door. I wish I could count to ten. Make everything be wonderful again. Hope my mom and I hope my dad. Will figure out why they get so mad. Hear them scream, I hear them fight. Say bad words that make me wanna cry. Close my eyes when I go to bed. And I dream adventures that will make me smile. I feel better when I hear them say. Everything will be wonderful someday. Promises mean everything when you're little. And the world's so big. I just don't understand how. You can smile with all those tears in your eyes. Tell me everything is wonderful now. Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now. I go to school and I run and play. I tell the kids that it's all okay. I laugh a lot so my friends won't know. When the bell rings I just don't wanna go home. Go to my room and I close my eyes. I make believe that I have a new life. I don't believe you when you say. Everything will be wonderful someday. Promises mean everything when you're little. And the world is so big. I just don't understand how. You can smile with all those tears in your eyes. When you tell me everything is wonderful now. I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now. I don't wanna hear you say. That I will understand someday. No, no, no, no. I don't wanna hear you say. No, no, no, no. I don't wanna meet your friends. And I don't wanna start over again. I just wanna my life to be the same. Just like it used to be. Some days I hate everything. everyone and everything. Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now. I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now.'" Rei sang.
"Yeah, wanna figure out why? Or is it self explanatory?" Kai said.
"Hehe. So you had family problems?" Rei asked.
"Yeah, and could of easily used Everclear's 'Father of Mine.'" Kai said.
" 'Father of mine. Tell me where have you been. You know I just closed my eyes. My whole world disappeared. Father of mine. Take me back to the day. When I was still your golden boy. Back before you went away. I remember blue skies. Walking the block. I loved it when you held me high. I loved to hear you talk. You would take me to the movie. You would take me to the beach. You would take me to a place inside. That is so hard to reach. Father of mine. Tell me where did you go. You had the world inside your hand. But you did not seem to know. Father of mine. Tell me what do you see. When you look back at your wasted life. And you don't see me. I was ten years old. Doing all that I could. It wasn't easy for me. To be a scared white boy. In a black neighborhood. Sometimes you would send me a birthday card. With a five dollar bill. I never understood you then. And I guess I never will. Daddy gave me a name. My dad he gave me a name. Then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. My daddy gave me a name. Daddy gave me a name. Daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. My daddy gave me a name. Father of mine. Tell me where have you been. I just closed my eyes. And the world disappeared. Father of mine. Tell me how do you sleep. With the children you abandoned. And the wife I saw you beat. I will never be safe. I will never be sane. I will always be weird inside. I will always be lame. Now I'm a grown man. With a child of my own. And I swear I'm not going to let her know. All the pain I have known. Then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. My dad gave me a name. Then he walked away. My daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. My daddy gave me a name. Then he walked away. Then he walked away. Then he walked away.'" Rei sang.
"Yeah except the part where it talk about having kids of my own and growing up in a black neighborhood. Other than that the whole song is true." Kai said.
"Wow. So parent trouble. I can kinda relate to another Everclear song."
"Which?"
"'Volvo Driving Soccer Mom'" Rei said.
"Really? You're kidding." Kai asked in disbelief.
"Nope."
"Your mom was a stripper and then married your dad who was a costumer and tehn became a 'good girl'."
"Yup."
"Well that's weird."
"Yeah, but we are being weird and comparing our lives to songs." Rei said.
"So what was that crashing sound I heard from inside your house?"
"My house sucks, when I fell the dishes fell from the cabinets." Rei said looking down.
"How can you live in that?" Kai asked.
"I don't know. I just make it work."
"How about you live with me?"
"I don't even know you. Well Everclear helped me get to know you, but I still don't know you, you know?" Rei said and Kai chuckled at the over usage of word 'know'.
"Look, I refuse to allow you return to that shack, I'll get some of my workers to get some of your belongings and you'll be moved into my place. I'll contact the post office and telephone company so we can direct all mail and calls to my place. You have no say in the matter. The police officers I spoke to say since you have no known relatives that I will now be in charge of you, and I will be responsible for taking you to a therapist everyday for seven months." Kai said finally.
"Wait why you?"
"Because I was the one that brought you here and waited for you to wake up. So they automatically assumed that I was something to you. I already have all documentation stating that you will now be in my care until you have proven yourself fully capable of not harming yourself and taking proper care of yourself."
"What? Wait. They can't do that! You're a complete and total stranger!" Rei shouted.
"Excuse me. Mr. Hiwatari. You got a call from a Mr. Valkov?" said a nurse walking in.
"Tell him to call me back another time, I have more pressing matters to attend to." Kai said looking at Rei as he said it. Rei was angry, confused, and very nervous about how Kai was looking at him. He was about to move in witha sexy, smart, and interesting stranger. He hoped things wouldn't become too uncomfortable. At least he wouldn't be alone.
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