The Great Pursuit

“Leon the King~ Father of Thetaaaa~” Oh dear, here’s the tears. Funny how happiness could control the teen like this, “So great to meet you! I’m Yuki! A-and I will now, I will..!” 

“Ah-!” and even more amazing as to how strong he was! “You really are worthy…” Yuki murmured, almost tearing up at this. Leon was PERFECT for Theta! Now all he needed to do was meet this ‘Haru’ father and then he wouldn’t have to worry. Haha there are the tears, “Protective..th-the perfect father~~” 

“Piiiip!” Immediately Smudge was VERY startled though. What was going to happen? Did he have to peck Leon to get away? Or-or??

Being put down was very nice though, “Thank you. Yeah-I know you are-but its okay! You gotta let your feelings and emotions out, and having anger out is way better than having it in. So please..let it flow~” See? This blonde haired man was nice! He just had a lot of emotion to him. He liked that. 

This was a bit too much to process though. And there was most definitely more story to be heard in this. But for now there was one important thing that needed to be said. Leon turned his gaze back at the boy and cleared his throat.

“You better be planning to spend more time in  Theta’s life then. And I mean not from far away but from where she can see you. She will be happy and that is exactly how I want her to stay. I may be her father now, but you’re..... her brother. You need to be here too. Now...”

“Ah-uh-er..its fine. I understand. I thiiink we’re in the same boat here.” Laughing to himself, Yuki couldn’t believe it, “That’s so wonderful…okay okay. I’m Yuki-her brother! Ah-ha!” Jumping up, he grasped Leon’s other hand, grinning with happiness. 

“I got to meet her father today, I can’t believe it-I-I’ve always watched my sisters and how they’ve been protectors, but I’ve been too shy…but you have done nothing but loved her and become such a wonderful father to her-!” 

Okay maybe excited was an understatement seeing how the pink-haired was sparkling with happiness and joy.

Leon’s expression darkened very quickly as he took hold of the boy’s arms and slowly started raising him up in the air.

“And where were you when she was in that place? Being experimented on? Used as a lab rat! Back when she thought about killing s if it was nothing?!”

No, no. Stop. There had to be some explanation, some kind of reason as to why her so-called brother hasn’t been present all this time besides being shy. Leon softly placed the boy back down and released his grip. Ugh. All these instant changes in mood made Leon dizzy and gave him a huge headache.

“... I’m... sorry. I just-... I’m still a bit angry about many things. I shouldn’t take it out on you. But you do owe me an explanation.”

“A bodyguard? Now that’s a titl-wait..bodyguard..?” Yuki was just about to start this amazing pun! But alas that caught him off guard. So his blue gaze turned into an inquisitive green squint at him,

“You have about five seconds to explain how you know my daughter before I knock you into the ground.”

And suddenly his mood shifted. He needed to protect his wonderful daughter from this person if he turned out to be someone bad. Err, wait. He didn’t seem like a bad person. “Sorry, I get a bit defensive. Are you... one of Theta’s friends?” He was calm now. He just needed a clear answer before deciding on how he felt. The topic of Theta always seemed to smack him back into the reality of the world.

Smudge silently protested with a frown, though. 

“Fight a lot? So you’re a cop? No…” As he was talking, the pink haired had the planks of the bench come together and stick together. It was kind of easy. And afterwards, he sat down on the bench, smiling,

“I’m a bodyguard.”

Oh, what’s this? He had powers too? Why couldn’t he have powers either?! Gods this just sucked. In a family of nothing but cursed and blessed children, people with affinities, even robots, idols and geniuses he was the dullest, most boring and plain person between everyone he knew. It just served more to make him increasingly frustrated.

A low growl.

    Plus this would give her more reasons to crash at his place.

Satou approached him, taking his hand away so that he was no longer nibbling at his glove. What? Boiling gloves? But he didn’t want to eat anything. But he was hungry. But he wasn’t actually hungry. Agh! What did he FEEL? Ah. What was this? Satou’s touch actually relieved a small portion of whatever was taking over his senses.

Maybe...

    “ Yaaay! Free invite! “ Substitute Mom said in a sing-song voice. She was, at this moment, still oblivious to everything. Her primary focus was feeding Leon some healthy supper and maybe sneaking a second helping of dessert. That is to say, she came here with completely pure-hearted intentions and not tricks up her sleeves.

“Yeah umm... I always pick a place with at least two rooms in case Theta wants to come over and stay with me. Her room’s through that door.” Said the instant happy father as he pointed to a room with a closed door. But the moment he turned back to Satou, that weird feeling came up again. The intense heat, the imaginary sweating, his throat drying up, his heartbeating rapidly. Lord what was this. Again, nibbling at his glove.

“So, uhh... how are... things?”

Let’s try to keep a distance from Satou. 

RANDOMIZER SAYS ENVY

“This blows.” A custom made, vanilla flavored smoke stick flicked outta the hands of the blonde man. “Why does everyone get to have one and I don’t? I rightly deserve one. Don’t I? Of course I fuckin’ do.”  Leon stood from the bench he sat at and just… stared at the sky. Quite suddenly, he simply flung his hands up to pull at his hair, letting out a low growl of frustration.

“I should have a girlfriend.” The amount of anger backing up that sentence didn’t seem quite right. Normally he wouldn’t be like this. But it was as if something pushed him to a border and down a cliff. “I have a daughter. I can’t even get her an actual mother. There’s Satou but.. she’s like… substitute mom.” Don’t let her catch you saying that. “When do I get my chance, huh? This is bullshit.” He turned, kicking the bench clean through and getting his leg stuck in between it.

Smudge had his head out, licking the cone as well and replying with an awe-filled, “Piiiipp..” how could a person be that strong? 

Slowly, the blonde pulled- oh it’s a bit stuck there. Slowly he carefully [and aggressively] yanked his leg out of the bench. Lord knows how many splinters he has or if he’s ever bleeding from his leg. Black pants will never give you the answer. He cleared his throat and turned towards the boy speaking towards him.

“I’m fine.”

He probably ain’t but let’s not go into detail here.

“It’s the bench you should worry about.”

RANDOMIZER SAYS GREED

Leon scratched the back of his head furiously. They were going to steal his smokes weren’t they? WEREN’T THEY?! Oh, but he wouldn’t let them. Let anybody steal his precious menthol smokes with infused flavors. They were too good, too relaxing. It was his escape and his way to relax. Nobody- NOBODY would have them!

“Heh, heh…. heh!“

“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING !?”

RANDOMIZER SAYS LUST

Leon stood from his bed and paced around his room. He’d been alone for so long just come and going from his job without rest. Well yes, he did rest but for some reason he was restless. The gloves on his hands felt stifling. All of his clothing felt like they were constricting him. And he felt so unusually lonely. Leon needed someone to hold, someone to embrace and-

Whoa there. Let’s… let’s stop! What was this unearthly tension?

“Hnn…”

His heart raced a bit too fast. Blood was pumping way to quickly and he felt way too hot. He almost sprinted towards the air conditioner to turn it on, then unbuttoned the first two buttons from his shirt and threw away his tie. There was something weird going on with his body. With his head. His breathing had gotten slightly heavy and he couldn’t stop nibbling at his gloves.

And then there was a doorbell.

He was by no means expecting anybody. But this was good, right? Right! Or not right. But right! No! Not good! Oh, okay. It was right! 

     “ LEEEEEeeOoonnnn! Heh~llo! “ She squealed, oblivious for the moment to his altered state. Satou one hand on her hips and beamed confidently, while the other held out a bundled package of food containers. “ Weeee had leftovers! And I bet you could go for some homemade Mikky 5 star cooking, ne? Also, desserts! Yahoo~! Lucky you! “

“Stop”

Snapping back into reality, Leon shook his head and smiled up at Satou. “Uh- yeah sure. I’d love some food.” He was hungry. He didn’t feel like eating food, but for some God forsaken reason he just felt hungry. Hopefully whatever this was would go away soon.