and countdown

[nonaligned]

... still not sure about this.

[He's following Namine (mendedcrayon) along, looking a little nervous to borderline scared, though his hands are in his pockets and he's trying to stay calm.

Hey, big day was coming, right? The... least he could do was. meet the family.

Man, why isn't he dead yet.]

[ooc: AUGH THIS IS SO LATE. They're looking windup_boytoy and just Nami's extended family in general.]

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because i'm a ninja!

[windup_daddy]

[Daddy throws Roxas a glare that might kill him from the intensity of it]

Don't you dare question what I'd do for my family, kid.

[baby-Kira will cling to Nami's leg, and she'll set off the other toddlers soon enough]

[nonaligned]

[He sets his jaw firmly, meeting it head on.]

No disrespect intended, I wasn't questioning what you'd do, sir. I was asking if you were fine with this.

[He wants to know if he's even remotely happy about this baby. A simple yes or no would suffice.]

[mendedcrayon]

[Augh she doesn't want to leave these two alone but also doesn't want the kids involved here ;;]

...come on guys..Let's go to the kitchen and I'll show you some of my drawings.

[She'll make the pretty pictures move.

At least she's fairly sure Kira won't be mad at her boyfriend choice :c

Gives Ri a pleading look. Pleeeaaase don't drive away or kill my boyfriend while I'm gone ;;]

[windup_daddy]

[Ri's jaw tenses up, but he's glad that Nami is taking the babies away for the moment; Kira's in the kitchen anyway so things should be okay -- now he can focus on Roxas]

Of course I'm not fine with this. My daughter is going to be a mother far too early. And I don't see much in you so far that says that you'd be anything like the support she needs for the baby.

Nami's probably out of this thread now, yeah?

[mendedcrayon]

[Be glad Namine didn't hear that, Ri. She'd probably would have left ;;]

yes unless you want to thread with Kira separately

[windup_daddy]

[he didn't mean it the way it sounded ;;]

that works

[mendedcrayon]

[It still sounded hurtful ;;

Yeah she needs to hang out with sister.]

Re: that works

[daddyhasagun]

[Kira is in the kitchen! and busy making dinner for the whole family, though she felt Nami's presence]

Re: that works

[mendedcrayon]

[Hey Kira. Slightly depressed pregnant Nami walking in the room :C]

Hey, Kira..

[daddyhasagun]

Oh, Nami! What are you doing? You should sit down. Lemme help with the babies.

[Kira will hurry to fuss with the toddlers and set them in highchairs and such]

[mendedcrayon]

Thanks..

[She'll help where she can if Kira will let her.]

[daddyhasagun]

What are you doing here anyway? I didn't know you were gonna visit!

[Nami can help, but the look on Kira's face says she thinks Nami should be sitting and not moving because she is hueg]

:o do we continue this thread or move to the other one?

[mendedcrayon]

[She's only doing the easy stuff! She knows better than to be doing any real work around so many mother hens.]

I uh..I brought Roxas to meet everyone. He's talking to Dad.

i guess we move down after Nami and Kira have their girltalk?

[daddyhasagun]

You actually brought him here? Did you drug him?

Nami mun says to skip her btw

[nonaligned]

Because you're choosing to judge me already within a few minutes of meeting me, right.

[They're all the same. ): Give him one look. HA. Nope, he's not worthy of anything, is that it?]

Nami and I would have to disagree though. We both want the baby.

[And nothing's going to change that.]

ok

[windup_daddy]

And let me point out that I've only met you for a few minutes, what? Just before the baby's born? You've had nine months to cower away from me. Longer even, if you've been dating my daughter.

So, yes, I'll judge you as a damn well please, because I want the best for my daughter and grandchild, and you're not it.

[nonaligned]

I have my own reason for not wanting to meet you, this being one of the primary reasons.

[He's got his own acceptance issues, Ri.]

But I made a promise to Nami I would, because I care about her. You might not think I'm best, and I agree, I might not be. But I want to be there for her and our kid all the same. Because that's what we both want.

[windup_daddy]

So you admit you're a coward?

[nonaligned]

Yes.

[He doesn't even bat an eye in saying it. He knows what it is. A coward and tons of other things.]

I got my own issues. I'm scared of things as well. But I want to set aside those things right now because I have responsibilities now. If you're so offended that I didn't meet you for nine whole months, I'm sorry.

[He bows his head at that.]

[windup_daddy]

[ugh if it's one thing Ri dislikes it's cowards who won't stand up for themselves]

Sorry? You're sorry? So what happens now? What happens when the next big thing comes along? Our family has particularly unfriendly enemies. What happens when someone goes after Nami again? Are you going to turn tail and run again? Because if you can't meet me, when I'm Nami's father, I can't trust you not to abandon her and the baby when things get really hard.

[nonaligned]

[The only reason he's not standing up (yet) to Ri is that he's at least trying to be nice and patient and humble before he ends up saying things that might further piss him off. Mentioning abandoning Namine and the kid hits the trigger point though.]

I'm not turning and running away at anything that's going to harm people I care about. I can face that anytime. I can face danger and responsibility head on when it comes to her. There's no problem with her.

The only thing I've been coward about this entire time is when it comes to myself. You know why? Because I know I'm a failure at a lot of things. I know you're going to judge me one way or another, because that's who you are, you're the father, you want what's best for your kid. But I'm not the best. I never claimed to be, I'm just a human with some fucked up issues. Even as we're talking I doubt I'm gaining points on you on this, and the reason I'm scared is because I know this is going to disappoint her if you don't give your approval. She wants us to get along, all of us, but would you even let me in with approval like this?

I'm fucked up and I'm not perfect, but I do love your daughter because she's one of the only right things that ever happened to me. If you think I'm about to screw that up as well, then think what you want. I know what I'm going to do and I intend to see it through.

[windup_daddy]

[he grumbles a bit because you are taking his daughter away and he doesn't like that you took so long to meet the family, and no one is ever going to be good enough for any of his kids; but now he's just cranky because he's well aware of how uncomfortable you are, and that you finally did have the balls to meet him, even if it's late]

... go in the kitchen and meet Kira. And the babies. You're staying for dinner.

[nonaligned]

[Better late than never, Ri.

... he blinks at that and nods numbly, inhaling a little sharply because ugh he can't believe he managed to say all those. He'll wait for Ri to lead the way or something, because he doesn't want to go in the kitchen uninvited... or at least to have Ri behind him.]

should we make a new thread for everyone?

[windup_daddy]

[it's days like this that Ri wishes he didn't give up drinking; but he'll make an impatient gesture for Roxas to follow him]