#vincentcooper

Most of his visits to Dominic’s and Vincent’s was Tatsuo’s safe place. A sounding board. Dominic would listen, and Vincent would give advise, if Tatsuo asked for it. A place to go, without fear of reprisal and complain about his father, and his mother for that matter, as she would never step in and take Tatsuo’s side.

TATSUO- “Would you believe that he told me that if I did not take out my nose ring, that HE would rip it out and didn’t care if it ripped my nose off. And, mom? She just stood there with her arms crossed and never said a word!”

DOMINIC- “That was just an idle threat Tat, he wouldn’t really do that. He said the same thing when you got your ears pierced and it never happened”

TATSUO- “True, but I think he is just waiting for the right moment. Probably when I am sleeping! I just don’t know how much longer and I can take it. I Can not wait until I graduate. You know I will be 18 in a month, I could just run away until school starts at the city college.”

DOMINIC- “That’s crazy, Tat, you don’t have that much longer, and where would you go?”

TATSUO- “I could just stay here, with you, Vincent and Keenan!”

DOMINIC- “I’m not sure Vincent would be agreeable to that, Tat. I mean we only have the two bedrooms--”

TATSUO- “I’d sleep here on the sofa, I wouldn’t be in the way, I swear.”

DOMINIC- “I really don’t know, that would be his call, I mean this is his place, after all.