Haruka hesitantly met her father's jade gaze and forced a smile, while trying to swallow the large knot that was forming in her throat.
"Hello Father." she managed to whisper and the tall man smiled slightly as he ran his hand over his hair. The room was filled with an awkward silence as the two tried to advert their eyes to other area's of the room to aviod each other's gaze.
"Aren't you going to introduce us Ruka?" Michiru asked gently, trying to break the uncomfortable silance that had formed in the room.
"S-sorry. Father this is Michiru, my girlfriend...and the long haired lady is Setsuna...a good friend of ours and the little runt is Hotaru...our daughter." the blond teen nervously explained, expecting a harsh retort from her parent however to her surprise he shook their hands and replied "I spoke to Miss Kaiou on the phone the other day." then the silance drifted in again.
"Perhaps we should allow you two to have some privacy." Michiru stated and Haruka hesitantly nodded as they walked out. Once the three other's had left the room Haruka's Father sighed as he closed the distance between him and his daughter.
"Haruka, I know I have hurt you in the past...More than I can ever take back but I want you to understand my view of your lifestyle when we got the call from the school about you and that Hikari girl in the locker rooms. I wont lie to you, I still don't agree with your and Michiru's relationship however I will try to accept it if you will try to see my point." he stated, his voice cracking slightly.
Haruka felt moister seep down her face as she listened to her father's explianation and she nodded.
"Dad, I was always a dissapiontment to you...nothing I have ever done was good enough. Then you went so far to actaully Rape me! Now you're standing here telling me to try to see your point? I don't give a crap if Hotaru goes with a guy or a girl when she gets older but whatever her choice I would never try to hurt her to change her mind!" She snapped, tears beganing to stream down her face.
You never accepted me in any way Father? I wanted to make amends but you were always mean to me! WHY! Why did you alway's find a reason to punish me so harshly? why father?
"Haruka, Work was hard in those days...I was afraid your mother would leave our family and I used drinking to solve that problem. I make no excuse for what I have done. I don't even recall forceing myself onto you...however I believe you and of course I wanted to change your mind...however I went about it in a wrong way...I had no right strikeing you and I want to patch up our relationship. That's the whole reason I came." he whispered and the sixteen year old frozed, her father never appologized to anyone...exspacaily not her.
"Dad I..." she began however he stopped her by gently pressing his hand to her cheek.
"I can't believe how much like your grandmother you look now...If only she could see you now." the man whispered, causeing Haruka to glance down.
"She'd be furious at me...exspacially for being a lesbian." she whispered and he nodded as he replied gently.
"Haruka, you where a child when you left home yet you learned how to persue your dreams. I think that alone would have made your grandmother pround...I know it has me."