Notes:
I recommend listening to this song while reading this chapter:
Walls Could Talk – Halsey
6. Parent Discussion
Many times, parents do not think that arguing in front of their children or hearing them fight... can cause emotional damage to that little one...
Utahime's screams of fury did not stop echoing in that room
Not even Gojo's screams stop being heard, especially hearing the screams of this angry man was scary
"BUT YOU TOOK MY SON WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!"
Utahime yelled as something crashed into the wall.
"BUT YOU HID IT FROM ME FOR YEARS UTAHIME, YEARS! FIVE YEARS!"
Gojo shouted as a loud blow was heard on that tea table...
The bad thing about shrines and old houses is that the walls are so fragile that you can hear everything...
"Is this all my fault, Grandma?"
Yoshio asked, lying on his grandmother's lap as he looked at one of the toys Gojo bought him… the little boy was crying
As punishment, Grandpa Mamoru took away those toys that Gojo had given him and when he was about to burn them, but his wife stopped him.
Grandma Umeko cared more about how her grandson felt than punishing him at that moment and more than the parents of those two were furious with each other
So she went to comfort him... while her daughter was arguing with Gojo in that tea room.
While her husband Mamoru... well this man was cleaning up the mess Gojo made with that pagoda
He was so furious with that white-haired sorcerer that he decided not to get into that discussion for two reasons:
The first because if he saw Gojo he would kill him for everything he had done that day
In the end, he as a priest had to invent that pagoda fell down because it was old... although Gojo said he would pay for its reconstruction
So he was currently dealing with the curious people of that place
And secondly, because that discussion was a matter that her daughter had to resolve alone.
So, grandmother and grandson at that moment were a few rooms away from where those two were arguing.
But it was useless, the screams were so loud that they scared Yoshio...
"This is my fault..." Said that child with pure sadness.
"It's not my little boy... It's not your fault" she stroked his black hair and watched as his little eyes were swollen from crying so much
"But it wasn't good that you left like that without warning or that you'll let Gojo destroy the Pagoda...Yoshi."
Yoshio just sighed when he heard that, "I won't do it again... I promise granny..."
I reply quietly, listening as Gojo complains to Utahime about why she kept her pregnancy from him.
Yoshio sighed when he heard that... he felt bad for being born
Umeko kept stroking her grandson's hair while those screams continued... it wasn't fair that that little boy heard that
"This is a matter of those two adults... You shouldn't feel bad about this my child... they will soon solve it."
"Grandma... Is that man really my father?"
Yoshio asked even if he could take his tearful eyes off that pata-pata toy that his grandmother brought him...
The little boy watched as each block went down and knocked down the next... that's how he felt at that moment... he had only been the trigger for all that discussion
Umeko just sighed and kept stroking her grandson's hair... it was time to tell him the truth
"Yes my boy... that man is your father..."
Yoshio sighed sadly "I figured ..."
After Utahime finds Yoshio and Gojo
Umeko caught up with them at the Pagoda and seeing that those two were going to start raising their voices in a public place... she decided to take them to the shrine
He set up the tea room for them to talk "quietly" but it was useless... those two were arguing so loudly that it could even be heard throughout the sanctuary.
Utahime in a fit of fury threw the teapot and teacups at him
But again, Gojo had been saved from being drenched thanks to his infinite
It seemed that this room was becoming the room of discussions
"I want an explanation Utahime!" Why you did not tell me anything?!" Gojo questioned very upset
Utahime dried some tears
"Because you're such a big womanizing idiot. That's why!"
"But hide it from me?" During six years?!
"The day I was going to tell you! I saw you with another woman kissing you outside that fucking hotel! I had traveled all the way to Tokyo to break the news to you, but you blew it, your imbecil!"
"I ruined it? Look who's saying it!..."
Those two had been arguing in there for almost an hour.
The atmosphere felt very heavy, especially because of Gojo's cursed energy
They both held a moment of silence as Utahime wiped away his tears of anger.
Gojo began to analyze what Utahime said about him going to "Tokyo"
"When?" Gojo asked without looking at Utahime.
"When what?"
"When did you find out you were pregnant?" he asked annoyed
Utahime sighed and looked at the ceiling for a moment... her tears wouldn't stop
"After your birthday... exactly after Christmas Eve, I had taken too much and — she gulp. —That day my symptoms worsened and I got very sick and Shoko told me that I could be pregnant because of the symptoms I was presenting and well... I took the test... actually I took five pregnancy tests and there they were all positive...
"Alcoholic!" You could have killed my son!" Gojo answered with annoyance hitting that tea table with his finger
At least I'm glad to know that my son was not born with any delay or malformation because of your alcoholism!"
Gojo sounded very annoyed by that bad habit of Utahime
"Moron! I didn't know at the time that she was pregnant! It wasn't until two days later that my body got very sick and that's when I found out I was pregnant! Before that moment I DIDN'T KNOW IT!" Utahime answered yelling
"Whatever... And you couldn't even tell me by phone call?!" He yelled again annoyed
"For what? Why would you say that son was not yours?!" replied Utahime
"And who said I was going to say that?!" Damn Alcoholic, Grumpy!
Gojo attacked again with those words
"Idiot!"
Utahime threw the last cup of tea on that table at him
Once again there was silence in that place... while Gojo continued to analyze everything and Utahime cried with anger
"And who else knew about it during all these years?" Gojo asked, looking furious at Utahime.
Utahime bit her lip "At first only Shoko..."
"Initially? That traitor... that fuck daughter of..."
"Don't insult my friend like that!" — Utahime yelled furiously at him
"She was actually the one who gave me the advice to tell you, but of course... "Don Juan" ruined everything!"
"Look who's saying it... You're not so holy or so "good" to say that, Utahime! Surely for you this hidden life WITH MY SON was very simple!"
Gojo commented very annoyed
Again there was a silence between those two... that was a dimes and diretes that was becoming very heavy
"Well... but now we're both parents..." Gojo said in a sigh
"We are? Excuse me but Yoshio has my last name and he is JUST MY SON" Utahime replied annoying
"You know that as his biological father I can ask the law for custody and if I wanted I could even take it from you" Gojo replied annoyed
"NEVER! HE'S MY SON! AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU TAKE IT FROM ME! " Utahime yelled standing up
But Gojo stood up too" OURS! HE IS ALSO MY SON AND I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HIM!"
"I DON'T WANT YOU NEAR ME OR MY SON, YOU GREAT IMBECIL!" — Utahime yelled very upset
But Gojo got closer to her
" YOU KNOW UTAHIME WHAT IS BOTHERING ME THE MOST AT THIS FUCKING MOMENT IS KNOWING THAT YOU COULD ENJOY OUR SON FROM THE FIRST DAY YOU KNEW YOU WERE PREGNANT!"
Gojo's energy was so heavy that it made Utahime take a few steps back, leaning against the wall.
Utahime felt cornered and more when seeing Gojo in front of her very upset claiming her in her face
"IT MAKES ME ANGRY TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ONLY LIVED WITH YOSHIO THIS DAY, WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU HAVE LIVED WITH HIM SINCE HE WAS IN YOUR WOMB! YOU SAW IT BIRTH! YOU WATCHED HIM GROW! WALK! SPEAK! AND ME? I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH HIM ONLY THESE FUCKING HOURS! THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME THE MOST ANGRY! THAT I COULD NOT LIVE WITH HIM UNTIL TODAY!"
Gojo can't take it anymore and hit the wall hard making a hole in it.
Even from that heavy blow, it made Utahime jump in fear.
"HE IS MY SON TOO!" Gojo yelled with such fury that he banged on the wall again... making Utahime cry bitterly.
"SATORU! Get out of me! Your cursed energy suffocates me!" Utahime screamed in desperation, her legs trembling in fear.
"At this moment... my heart aches like you have no idea Utahime... your lie hurts me... what you did hurts me..."
Gojo said very close to her since he had cornered her with his hands on each side ... she could not move from fear and more than Gojo being a very tall man, he covered any exit
They both fell silent again for a moment, while Gojo tried to calm his furious breathing and Utahime took some air.
Utahime swallowed hard—"I had my reasons for not telling you... and one of them was the fact of how you are Gojo... at that time you were an exile... you were expelled and then you came back as if nothing had happened..."
Utahime rubbed his belly with his hand.
"I also did it to protect him... that's why I resigned from the academy after the deaths of some of my dear students and some of our fellows ..."
Utahime let out some tears—"I didn't want to lose him... how I lost you... idiot"
Gojo was still in front of her with his hands leaning against the wall in fists while he listened to her
I still wanted to hit that wall... while Utahime's tears kept rolling down her cheeks
Gojo tried to put his hand on her cheek to dry her tears, but she slapped him away.
But he one held her hands tightly
"Gojo, let go of me!"
"Still... that doesn't take away from the fact that you kept it from me Utahime... All this fucking shit is your fault!"
He said while holding his hands with some force
"GOJO, LET ME GO, YOU HURT ME!" Utahime yelled, struggling a little.
Gojo brought his face closer to Utahime's.
"IT'S ALSO YOUR FUCKING FAULT GOJO!" Utahime said seeing him close to her. "SOMETIMES I REGRET SLEEPING WITH YOU!" TO HAVE LOVED YOU! HAVING BEEN PREGN…" The poor thing fell silent
Gojo felt his blood boil at that. "If there was what?" SAY IT! DO YOU REGRET GETTING PREGNANT WITH ME?" took him harder
- LET ME GO! YOU HURT ME!" Utahime yelled again trying to get away, but it was useless, with another of hers her other hand Gojo brought her closer to him
"Ha! You didn't say that when you slept with me and I held your hands like that!" Gojo released very annoyed
"You're a...! "Utahime screamed very upset that she wanted to slap him or any blow that could get him away from her
At that moment, Utahime was struggling to free himself from Gojo's arms.
But it was until a voice shouted that those two calmed down
"Stop!"
Both adults looked to where they heard that voice, which was Umeko's, who decided to intervene.
"Your son is crying because of you two, you idiots!" - Umeko said entering to stop those two before they killed each other at any time
Gojo released Utahime as she kept crying silently.
The albino couldn't look directly at Umeko... it was sad what he felt for that situation
"For your son's sake, both of you calm down and breathe!" In this situation, Both of them were at fault in many matters! But this is my sanctuary and I will no longer allow fighting inside this compound! So...— Umeko addressed her daughter first.
"Utahime, grab your things and go home with Yoshio... take all day tomorrow."
His mother said very seriously, Utahime dried some tears and left there since her child was crying in the hallway
"Mommy..." Yoshio's voice broke more when he saw her leave there
"Let's go home, my love..." she said, hugging her son tightly while she was still crying, "excuse me, my life."
She took her son in her arms, I carried him carefully and they walked away from there, between those corridors that the afternoon covered
Yoshio looked at Gojo for a moment... the albino felt terrible seeing his son cry like that while Utahime took him through the corridors
What would he think of his father?
Among those shadows, only the blue eyes of that child could be seen, which were later lost in the dark...
Umeko cleared her throat. "And as for you, Satoru..." she grimaced as she stood in front of him.
"I... I'm sorry Umeko sama... I apologize for my behavior" he said very embarrassed with that woman
Umeko sighed—"Look... I always held you in esteem for my daughter... but the day you lay a hand on her again, I swear by all the kamis of this temple that I will kill you... Now come... I want to show you something."
Said that kuchiyose miko leaving that disastrous room
Notes
What do you think of this fic?
I've thought about translating this story between every one or two weeks
While in Spanish, I'm just going to write chapter 40 of this story
Don't be cruel, English IS NOT MY ORIGINAL LANGUAGE