Chasing The Moon

Chapter 15

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"For starters, she put a restraining order on me while she was still pregnant with you, so that's why I never came to see you. Not that I didn't want to, I just couldn't. I sent you gifts every Christmas and birthday, but that was the most I could do."

"If she put a restraining order on you, why are you allowed to see me now?" I asked. He must have done something bad for her to do that, and that made me not want to stay with him even more.

"She didn't put one for you, only herself. I guess she wasn't thinking that she'd die before you were of the legal age. Oh well. Can't tell you why she did it either. She wouldn't tell me either," he said, scratching his face. I could tell he was lying through his teeth. No one puts a restraining order on someone for no good reason. But I don't expect him to tell me anything now, although I don't wanna find out. "So, you can unpack your stuff now." I looked back over at the suitcase. I didn't want to stay with him. I wanted to be with Tsukki. I trusted his family. I didn't know anything about my dad. I didn't how he acted or if he even had a job to support us. This was a terrible situation I'm in, but what was I supposed to do about it?

I grabbed the suitcase off the floor and headed back up to my room, unpacking everything. When I was done I sat on my bed with a loud sigh, staring at the room I was just previously about to leave forever not ten minutes ago. Now, the entire atmosphere of the house had changed. Before, it still felt like my home, but now it feels as if an intruder has come in and ruined that entire thing. This wasn't the home I shared with my mom anymore. I didn't wanna be here any longer, so I left my room and back down the stairs, passing my dad without a second glance.

"Where ya headed?" He asked, and I grabbed the doorknob, putting on a believable smile before turning to him.

"My friends, I promised I'd help him with his homework for tomorrow," I said and left before he could say anything else to me. I ran down the porch and quickly down the street to Tsukki's house. Even if I could see him for a little while it would help calm my nerves. If I spent another second in that house I'd freak out. As I turned the corner, I stopped for a second, trying to catch my breath. I wasn't even paying attention to how fast I was running. I decided to walk the rest of the way since it wasn't far. Luckily, Tsukki's mom wasn't home yet, so I could just talk and spend some time with him by ourselves.

I opened the door, looking around for Tsukki. No one was in the living room so I made my way to his room, knocking on the door just in case. He opened it, shirtless as always, and motioned to come in.

"Hey, Tsukki," I said in a disappointed tone.

"Hey, wheres your stuff?" he asked as I laid down harshly on the bed, groaning. "Everything okay?" I shook my head, sitting up and wrapping his blanket around me. He started making his way on the bed with me.

"My dad showed up." He stopped midway, staring at me for a second in shock before continuing, sitting next to me. "And he said he was gonna be the one staying with me now," I said with a shrug.

"Are you sure it's him?"

I didn't have a doubt in my mind it wasn't. He looked just like me, it was insane. I nodded my head, and he sat his head back on the wall, closing his eyes.

"Well, do you think it's a good thing?"

"I don't know yet to be honest. I can't read him. Ugh, I'm so frustrated. Why isn't anything going right?" I said, pulling the blanket up my face. I could feel my body aching to cry, and I held my breath hoping I could hold the tears back. Tsukki moved over to me, lifting me up to put me on his lap, me wrapping my legs around his waist. He put the blanket over both of us as I laid my head on his shoulder. If I'm being honest, this was my favorite position. It was one of the most intimate and comfortable ones. I could probably stay here all day. That wouldn't be so bad.