Akiko beamed when her dad confirmed that she could stay with him. She felt it had been a bit of a risk, coming to the decision without consulting anyone else. Especially either of her parents. Before she had come to Colorado this summer, she had overheard her mother talking to someone about the custody agreement the two of them had over her. Dawn had been complaining that Akiko was old enough to make a decision on where she wanted to live full time. It had also been overheard that Dawn was keeping it a secret from her. Akiko knew her parents didn’t get along, at all, but she didn’t know why.
She liked the way he was petting her hair, but didn’t lean into it. She rolled her eyes upwards, in thought, when he asked about her relationship with her mom. Blue eyes mirrored each other when her gaze dropped back down to Sanders’ face. She knew if she told her dad about how she felt about being in California it wouldn’t stay between them, but Akiko still felt like she should tell him.
“I don’t feel like mom likes me very much,” she admitted. She picked up the game controller again, and resumed playing. A distraction from the difficult conversation. “She makes me feel like I am inconvenient. She’s always pushing me into other activities and I know it’s so she can go out with guys. She’s been dating a lot, and she is always bringing guys I don’t know to meet me, and it makes me uncomfortable. She goes out all the time, and sometimes she doesn’t come home. I know how to take care of myself, but I don’t like it.”
She liked the way he was petting her hair, but didn’t lean into it. She rolled her eyes upwards, in thought, when he asked about her relationship with her mom. Blue eyes mirrored each other when her gaze dropped back down to Sanders’ face. She knew if she told her dad about how she felt about being in California it wouldn’t stay between them, but Akiko still felt like she should tell him.
“I don’t feel like mom likes me very much,” she admitted. She picked up the game controller again, and resumed playing. A distraction from the difficult conversation. “She makes me feel like I am inconvenient. She’s always pushing me into other activities and I know it’s so she can go out with guys. She’s been dating a lot, and she is always bringing guys I don’t know to meet me, and it makes me uncomfortable. She goes out all the time, and sometimes she doesn’t come home. I know how to take care of myself, but I don’t like it.”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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