I own nothing. Duh duh, the beginning of the confrontation.


Song 16: Someone is Missing at Christmas


Truthfully when Neku had called his father, he didn't really expect the man to actually listen to him. Perhaps finally some sort of guilt was finally setting in? He stared at his father sitting before him, absentmindedly picked his breakfast.

"Neku," Shunsoku started.

"Dad," Neku interrupted. "I wasn't really expecting you home so I already made plans for the day."

Right on cue, Neku heard Joshua call out to him from another room. "Neku? Are you ready?"

Shunsoku's eyebrow rose at the sound of the voice. He was unaware that someone had come (or was already) over.

"I told you to stop letting yourself in," Neku shouted back, rolling his eyes in the process. Shunsoku watched as a silvered hair boy with purple eyes walked into the kitchen.

"You shouldn't have given me the key then," the boy said.

"You stole mines and made a copy," Neku shot back with a glare.

"Neku?" Shunsoku asked. Who was this boy?

At that moment the boy seemed to notice that Neku wasn't alone in the kitchen. "Oh you must be Neku's father," the boy said politely. "I'm Kiryuu Yoshida, but please call me Joshua."

Shunsoku could only blink as he watched Joshua care a bowl from the cupboard and help himself to some breakfast. Before he could sit down eat though, Neku who had finished promptly grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and began to drag him out of the kitchen.

"We'll be back in a few hours, Dad," Neku said. "We, well I did, got invited to a Christmas party tonight. I'll tell them you're coming though."

"Wait, Neku," Shunsoku started again. He needed to talk to his son.

Neku didn't turn around to look at him. "You're not the only who misses her dad." Without another word he left with Joshua in toll.