"Come sit Jake." Dad (Gou) said gesturing towards a chair near him.
"O-ok..." I said nervously. I knew I was in trouble. My dad (Gou) was normally really cool about me doing anything I wanted; but dad (Vest) was hard as nails towards me. If I did something wrong, he would punish me.
"Do you know what time it is?" Dad (Vest) said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Ves calm down..." Dad (Gou) said trying to relax him.
"I'm sorry dads...I lost trace of time while I was studying. I have to keep my grades up you know." I said hoping that would get me out of trouble.
"You know better than to sneak out!" Dad (Vest) snapped.
"I-I was embarressed about getting extra help. Everyone here is so smart and I'm so...unsmart..." I said trying to play this right.
"Jake you are smart. Everyone has their strengths..." Dad (Gou) said trying to comfort me.
"Ya I know dad...I just don't feel like I fit in..." I said as my dad (Vest) let out a soft sigh.
"Listen Jake...there is nothing wrong with getting extra help when you need it. Don't sneak out ok? We need to know where you are going...to keep you safe. We love you Jake..." Dad (Vest) said looking at me placing his hands on the counter. Dad (Gou) looked at him then at me.
"He's right Jake, you should never feel like you have to sneak out. You are smart; everyone needs extra help now and then. Everyone in the house, even we have had to ask for help more than once in our lives. It's not a bad thing, if you ask for help, if anything you should feel stronger. It takes guts to ask, a lot of people feel the way you do." Dad (Gou) said a soft smile painted across his face.
"You have asked for help dad?"
"Yes of course I have! It's important to know when you need help so you can get it when you need it." Dad (Gou) said nodding to me, but looking over to my other dad. I know my other dad needed help. That was something he was good at asking for. It felt like sometimes we were fighting for dad's (Gou's) attention. I love my dads but I hate not spending so much time with dad (Gou).
"We are always here to help you when you need it Jake. That's what parents do; Aunt Hope is here too. I'm sure Ty, Rose and Matt wouldn't mind helpping either." Dad (Vest) said trying to play the good cop now.
"I know, I guess I'll have to get use to it." I said looking at them with a little smile hoping I would stay out of trouble, "So I'm going to go to bed...?"
"Not yet...you know the rules..." Dad (Vest) said holding his hand out to me. I let out a soft sigh in objection going into my bag trying to find my phone charger.
"Wait, Ves..." Dad said to him, as I frozen looking at them. Ves is dad's nickname to dad. It's weird but I guess that's what happens when you're in love?
"What Gou?"
"We know why he did it...put yourself in his shoes..."
"No, no we aren't doing this. Rules are rules, there is no sneaking out. Ty, Rose and Matt all follow them."
"That's true..."
"When they don't follow the rules, Hope is bound to do worse...he is lucky...but since it was out to study and not to see someone I guess you just do extra chorse instead."
"What!?" I said looking at him.
"Sounds fair..." Dad (Gou) said nodding to dad before looking at me. I know this punishment was better than them taking my phone charger. If my phone died I wouldn't be able to talk to Saijii. I don't know his number yet and his number isn't in anyone else's phone either.
"Yes...thank you dad..." I said letting out a sigh, "May I go now?"
"Yes, good night Jake." Dad said (Vest).
"Good night Jake, sleep well."
"Night dads, see you in the morning." I said knowing tomorrow dad (Gou) would be starting his new research. What it was about no one knew; but he'd be up early to see me before school! I walked up start and slipped into Matt's room falling onto his bed with a loud sigh, "That was horrible."
"I didn't think it was going to be pretty..." Matt said looking up from his book.
"You heard everything I can guess; your room is the perfect place to hear anything you want in the house."
"Excluding the cameras and mics everywhere that I'm bouncing off of. Uncle Gou has them in the house to be the house's 'eyes'. So if something happened, say a fire in the hall. The house is so high tech it would put a stop to the fire before it set the alarm. Unless the 'eyes' see that the fire is impossible to contain. Then it will tell you how to get out safely. I use the eyes when I want to see what I want."
"Matt are you really that smart?"
"Again that's why I'm in a private school. Also reading a lot boosts your minds power, hint what am I doing all the time?"
"Reading...you thought of it this far in advance?!"
"I have enjoyed books since I could understand words. I want to make a difference. I don't want to fight because that's how all Saiyan's are labled."
"You want to end the cycle? How can you do that though?"
"You'll have to wait and see. That's why this school is so important to me. I need to keep my head in the game."
"That school will help you?"
"It's the best around, now get out. I need to sleep and so do you!' Matt said throwing a pillow at my face.
"Ok ok...night." I said before walking out of Matt's room heading a few doors down and across the hall from Matt. My room wasn't to far from his. Between us are Ty and Rose's rooms; a bathroom, a nursery. The hall way can go on forever. It's bigger on the inside than on the outside. Is something dad (Gou) designed, he was good with tech stuff like that. I hope I can be like that one day. I think that would be kinda cool, a father son business maybe?